Relating to: directing the governor to annually proclaim February as African American History and Cultural Heritage Month.
By Representatives Morris and Young; cosponsored by Senators Coggs and Moore.
Read first time and referred to committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Relating to: funding for engineering instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Rock County campus and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Towns, W. Wood, Powers, Ward, Gard, Loeffelholz, Musser, J. Wood, Albers, Ott, Hines, McCormick, Gunderson, Freese and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Kanavas, Welch and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
Assembly Bill
841
Relating to: various changes to the regulation of hearing instrument specialists, speech-language pathologists, and audiologists and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Underheim, Berceau, Kreibich, Townsend, Vrakas, Albers, Hines, Bies, Wasserman and Ott; cosponsored by Senator Kedzie
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
845
Relating to: establishing a cancer drug repository program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By Representatives Underheim, Krawczyk, Pettis, M. Lehman, Johnsrud, Kerkman, Vruwink, Kreibich, Montgomery, Miller, Vukmir, Gunderson, Hahn, Hebl, Gielow, Hines, Plouff, Huber, Wieckert, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Bies, Townsend, Nass, Travis and McCormick; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Roessler, Schultz, Robson, Chvala, Plale, Lassa, Kanavas, Carpenter, Zien, Welch, Coggs, Erpenbach, Brown, Wirch and A. Lasee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
909
Relating to: refunding public debt that is used to finance tax-supported or self-amortizing facilities, transferring moneys from the general fund to the Medical Assistance trust fund, and making appropriations.
By Representatives Gard and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Panzer and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: commending and congratulating Matt Kenseth, his family, and his crew on winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.
By Representatives Ward, Friske, Richards, Gunderson, LeMahieu, Gronemus, Lothian, Boyle, Towns, M. Lehman, Turner, Miller, Montgomery, Musser, Nischke, Ladwig, Suder, Petrowski, Honadel, Pocan, Nass, Albers, Hahn, Kaufert, Olsen, Bies, Ott, Shilling, Jeskewitz, Stone, Vrakas, Townsend and Steinbrink; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Breske, Darling, Chvala, Brown, Hansen, Kanavas, Lazich, Carpenter, Stepp and Roessler.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 67
Relating to: the life and public service of Marcia P. Coggs.
By Representatives Young, Taylor, Hebl, Boyle, Schneider, Sinicki, Krug, Turner, Morris, Travis, Plouff, Lothian, Gronemus, Pocan, Gunderson, Jeskewitz, Musser, D. Meyer, W. Wood, Hahn, Cullen, Ott, M. Lehman, Black, Zepnick, Albers, Olsen, Berceau, Bies, Van Akkeren, Kaufert, Miller, Toles, Vruwink, Kestell and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Moore, Hansen, Carpenter, Robson, Risser, Decker, Kanavas, Chvala, Erpenbach, Plale, Roessler and Lassa.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: proclaiming February 27, 2004, Green Bay Day in Wisconsin.
By Representatives Weber, Van Roy, Krawczyk, Gard, Montgomery, F. Lasee and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Hansen and A. Lasee.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 428.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 471.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 472.
Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Joint Resolution
64.
Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill
272.
Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill
589.
Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 427.
Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 408.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 428.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 471.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 472.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 289.
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Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 69 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: proclaiming February 27, 2004, Green Bay Day in Wisconsin.
Read.
Senator Roessler, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 344.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 69 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 909 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Assembly Bill 909
Relating to: refunding public debt that is used to finance tax-supported or self-amortizing facilities, transferring moneys from the general fund to the Medical Assistance trust fund, and making appropriations.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 909 offered by Senator Risser.
Senator Panzer moved rejection of Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 909.
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The question was: Rejection of Senate amendment 1 to
Assembly Bill 909?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 20; noes, 13; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Brown, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Panzer, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch and Zien - 20.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Chvala, Decker, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, M. Meyer, Moore, Plale, Risser, Robson and Wirch - 13.
Absent or not voting - None.
Rejected.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 909
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 24; noes, 9; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Chvala, Coggs, Darling, Decker, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kedzie, Lassa, M. Meyer, Moore, Panzer, Plale, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Stepp, Wirch and Zien - 24.
Noes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Ellis, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Reynolds, Schultz and Welch - 9.
Absent or not voting - None.
Concurred in.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 67 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Assembly Joint Resolution 67
Relating to: the life and public service of Marcia P. Coggs.
Read.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that all members of the Senate be added as cosponsors of Assembly Joint Resolution 67.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 67 be concurred in?
Concurred in by unanimous rising vote.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 68 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Assembly Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: the life and military service of U.S. Army Specialist Robert J. Cook.
Read.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 68 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
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