The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Jon Erpenbach.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated February 19, 2004 :
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 746
Relating to: eligibility to attend an independent charter school and payments made to independent charter schools.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Leibham, Lazich, Harsdorf, Roessler, Decker and Moore. Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer, Krug and Schooff.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Leibham, Lazich, Harsdorf, Roessler and Moore. Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer and Krug.
Noes, 2 - Senator
Decker. Representative
Schooff.
Assembly Bill 747
Relating to: eligibility to attend Woodlands School, a charter school located in a 1st class city school district.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 2 - Senator
Decker. Representative
Schooff.
Noes, 13 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Leibham, Lazich, Harsdorf, Roessler and Moore. Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer and Krug.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Leibham, Lazich, Harsdorf, Roessler and Moore. Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer and Krug.
Noes, 2 - Senator
Decker. Representative
Schooff.
Senate Bill 253
Relating to: independent charter schools established by University of Wisconsin institutions and college campuses.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 14 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Leibham, Lazich, Harsdorf, Roessler and Moore. Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer, Krug and Schooff.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Decker.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 11 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Leibham, Lazich, Harsdorf and Roessler.
Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades and D. Meyer.
Noes, 4 - Senators
Decker and Moore. Representatives Krug and Schooff.
Senate Bill 388
Relating to: increasing bonding authority for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
Passage.
Ayes, 14 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Leibham, Harsdorf, Roessler, Decker and Moore. Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer, Krug and Schooff.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Lazich.
Alberta Darling
Senate Chairperson
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated February 20, 2004 :
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Read and referred:
Senate Bill 474
Relating to: the 2003-05 Authorized State Building Program and granting bonding authority.
By
Senators
Roessler and Risser, by request of the Building Commission.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 475
Relating to: the regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Erpenbach, Kanavas, Robson, Carpenter and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Schooff, Black, Molepske, Albers, J. Lehman, Townsend, Gunderson, Berceau and Taylor.
To committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 476
Relating to: strategic energy plans regarding electricity, certificates of public convenience and necessity for electric generation and transmission facilities, approval of electric power purchase contracts, and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senator
Risser
; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Miller, Berceau, J. Lehman, Pocan and Boyle.
To committee on Energy and Utilities.
Relating to: school district revenue limits and levy limits for cities, villages, towns, counties, and technical college districts.
By
Senators
Welch, Kanavas, Leibham, Reynolds, Darling and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Honadel, Suder, LeMahieu, Gard, Gundrum, Freese, Weber, J. Fitzgerald, Pettis, Nass, F. Lasee, Towns, Hines and Vukmir.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 478
Relating to: major highway projects, southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects, and the transportation projects commission.
By
Senator
Roessler
; cosponsored by Representative Jeskewitz
.
To Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Senate Bill 479
Relating to: lie detector tests of sexual assault victims.
By
Senators
Lassa, Brown and Kedzie; cosponsored by Representatives Suder, McCormick, Sinicki, Musser, Nischke, Kreibich, Owens, Miller and LeMahieu.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
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The committee on Economic Development, Job Creation and Housing reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 354
Relating to: the display of the United States flag by condominium owners.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Stepp, Roessler, Brown, Moore and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 370
Relating to: termination of a tenancy if notice given regarding drug or criminal gang activity.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Stepp, Roessler, Brown, Moore and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 608
Relating to: making changes to the comprehensive planning statute known as Smart Growth.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Stepp, Roessler, Brown, Moore and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Kruger
, David,
of Madison, as a member of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, to serve for the term ending January 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
