Senator Brown, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 570.
Senator Erpenbach, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Joint Resolution 59.
Senator Lassa, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 408.
Assembly Bill 619
Relating to: dissolution of the Racine County children with disabilities education board.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 619
Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 428 be placed after Assembly Bill 747 on the calendar of February 26, 2004.
Assembly Bill 746
Relating to: eligibility to attend an independent charter school and payments made to independent charter schools.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 746?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 746
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 20; noes, 13; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Moore, Panzer, Plale, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch and Zien - 20.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Chvala, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, M. Meyer, Risser, Robson and Wirch - 13.
Absent or not voting - None.
Concurred in as amended.
Assembly Bill 747
Relating to: eligibility to attend Woodlands School, a charter school located in a 1st class city school district.
Read a second time.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 747 be withdrawn and returned to author.
Senate amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 747 offered by Senators Moore, Coggs and Carpenter.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Resolution 19.
Senator Darling moved rejection of Senate amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 747.
The question was: Rejection of Senate amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 747?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 18; noes, 15; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Panzer, Reynolds, Roessler, Stepp, Welch and Zien - 18.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Chvala, Coggs, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, M. Meyer, Moore, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz and Wirch - 15.
Absent or not voting - None.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 747
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 22; noes, 11; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, M. Meyer, Moore, Panzer, Plale, Reynolds, Roessler, Stepp, Welch and Zien - 22.
Noes - Senators Breske, Chvala, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, Risser, Robson, Schultz and Wirch - 11.
Absent or not voting - None.
Concurred in.
Senate Bill 428
Relating to: extending the expenditure period and the life of a tax incremental district in West Bend.
Read a second time.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 428 offered by Senators Stepp and Panzer.
The question was: Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 428?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 428
Read a third time and passed.
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Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
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Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Stacy Guerin, his niece, who is in the Army Reserve, at the rank E2, in the 961st from the Silver Spring Base in Milwaukee, WI, and also in honor of the members of her unit who have been called to service in Iraq.
Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin, on the happy occasion of her birthday this February.
Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Beth Portilia for her excellent work for Kenosha County as an Economic Support Specialist.
Senator Harsdorf, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the Prescott High School dance team, which won the state championship on February 7th.
Senator Harsdorf, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the Grantsburg High School boys' basketball team, who won their conference for the first time in 46 years this year.
Senator Harsdorf, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the UW-River Falls Men's Basketball team, who won the regular season WIAC championship with a 20-6 record. The Falcons beat the UW-Eau Claire in the quarterfinals of the WIAC tournament on Tuesday night and they play the UW-Platteville tonight in the semifinals.
Senator Welch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of David Piechowski from Redgranite who set the new World Record for biggest Sturgeon ever caught.
Senator Coggs, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Mariama Coggs, his daughter, whose birthday was yesterday.
Senator Hansen, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Nichole Frye, U. S. Army Reservist from the town of Little River killed in Iraq, whose funeral was today in Lena.
Senator Reynolds, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the Medical College of Wisconsin, which has been a vibrant part of Wisconsin's educational community since 1893. The Medical College of Wisconsin has recently been named one of the top places in the country to work for non-tenured life scientists.
Senator Moore, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Anthony Caceres on becoming the Medical Director at Sinai Samaritan Hospital in Milwaukee.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Carl Edquist for his being honored by Cedarburg for his civic vitality
Senator Roessler, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Erin Allers on her 25 birthday.
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Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Tuesday, at 11:00 A.M..
Adjourned.
2:55 P.M.
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Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 439 offered by Senator Welch.
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Corrections In:
SENATE AMENDMENT 1,
TO SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2003 SENATE BILL 351
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(February 25, 2004)
1. Page 1, line 4: delete "line 2:" and substitute "line 3:".
