Read first time and referred to committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Relating to: a loan from the general fund for the private employer health care coverage program, requiring the group insurance board to offer an additional health insurance plan for state employees, creating a small employer catastrophic reinsurance board, creating a small employer catastrophic care board, creating a small employer catastrophic care program fund, requiring small employer insurers to specify threshold levels of covered benefits and reimbursing small employer insurers that pay benefits in excess of the threshold, imposing an additional premium on small employer insurance to pay reimbursements to small employer insurers, creating a pilot program for reimbursing small employer insurers for claims costs for certain employees of small employers, authorizing assistance in negotiating prescription drug rebates and reducing prescription drug charges, providing notice of the right to independent review, requiring reports, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
By Representatives Seratti, Underheim, Montgomery, Rhoades, Urban, Ainsworth, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Friske, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hundertmark, Johnsrud, Kestell, Krawczyk, Ladwig, La Fave, J. Lehman, Lippert, McCormick, D. Meyer, Musser, Olsen, Petrowski, Pettis, Starzyk, Sykora, Townsend, Vrakas and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Darling, Harsdorf and Roessler.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: congratulating and commending the University of Wisconsin Men's Basketball Team on its 2001-2002 Big Ten Conference Championship.
By Representatives Montgomery, Freese, Rhoades, Krusick, Boyle, Vrakas, Ward, Loeffelholz, Kreuser, Turner, Jeskewitz, Owens, Gunderson, Ryba, Gronemus, Urban, Ott, Bock, Black, Staskunas, Huebsch, Berceau, Pocan, Musser, Albers, Lippert, Olsen, Ladwig, D. Meyer, Hahn, Krawczyk and Miller; cosponsored by Senators Chvala, Hansen, Lazich, Kanavas, Grobschmidt, Roessler, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch, Erpenbach, Schultz, Plache, Moen and Burke.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 103
Relating to: the retirement of John D. Powell.
By Representative
Black
; cosponsored by Senator Risser
.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 106
Relating to: the life and public service of Reino A. Perala.
By Representative
Boyle
; cosponsored by Senator Jauch
.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Senate Bill 307
Relating to: the possession of wild animals and their carcass parts; farm-raised deer; farm-raised game birds; animal health and animal markets, dealers, and truckers; participation in the national poultry improvement plan; taking, removing, selling, and transporting certain wild plants; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 24; noes, 8; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Erpenbach, George, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Harsdorf, Huelsman, Jauch, Lazich, M. Meyer, Moen, Moore, Plache, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz and Wirch - 24.
Noes - Senators Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas, A. Lasee, Panzer, Shibilski, Welch and Zien - 8.
Absent or not voting - Senator Rosenzweig - 1.
Passed.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Tuesday, March 8 at 10:00 A.M.
Adjourned.
12:12 A.M.
