Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 217
Relating to: allowing an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed by a divorced or legally separated parent to his or her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program and limiting the deduction that may be claimed by a married person who files separately.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 464
Relating to: surveys, landmarks, and monuments and providing a penalty.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 523
Relating to: enforcement on the one-family and 2-family dwelling code in certain cities, villages, and towns.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ronald Brown
Chairperson
The committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 625
Relating to: employment rights of certain employees in the state civil service (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of Employment Relations).
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Almond
, Patricia M.,
of Madison, as Division Administrator of Merit Recruitment and Selection, Department of Employment Relations, to serve for the term ending March 26, 2004.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
S683
Bauman
, Susan,
of Madison, as a Commissioner of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Bindl
, Karen J.,
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the Accounting Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Drury
, Michael H.,
of Merrill, as a member of the Deferred Compensation Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Flynn
, James,
of Milwaukee, as Commissioner of the Labor and Industry Review Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Glaser
, Robert,
of Brown Deer, as a member of the Labor and Industry Review Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2009.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
McNamara, Patrick J.,
of Lancaster, as a member of the Auctioneer Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Neumann, Judith,
of Newton, Massachusetts, as Chair of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 511
Relating to: the renewal and extensions of business contracts.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien, Decker and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 535
Relating to: interest rates for residential loans involving the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Reynolds, Kedzie, Zien and Decker.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Hansen.
Thomas Reynolds
Chairperson
The committee on Senate Organization reports and recommends:
Senate Resolution 31
Relating to: strongly urging Congress and the administration to address the significant price disparity in the international trade of brand-name prescription drugs by creating a safe and legitimate program for prescription drug importation or through negotiated trade agreements with other industrialized nations.
Adoption.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Panzer, A. Lasee, Zien, Erpenbach and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Mary Panzer
Chairperson
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Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 508 offered by Senator Cowles.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 518 offered by Senator Roessler.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 524 offered by Senator Risser.
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Read and referred:
Senate Resolution 32
Relating to: urging the members of the U.S. Congress from this state, Wisconsin state legislature, executive branch, judicial system, county governments, city governments, village governments, town governments, University of Wisconsin System, Wisconsin technical college system, and public school districts to work on securing more federal funds for the residents of Wisconsin.
By
Senators
Zien, Welch, Panzer, Lazich, Schultz, Darling, Harsdorf, Kedzie, Reynolds, Leibham, Stepp, Brown, Kanavas, S. Fitzgerald, Roessler, A. Lasee, Plale, M. Meyer, Wirch, Robson, Coggs, Lassa, Moore and Hansen.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 68
