Tuesday, February 8, 2005
11:00 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Chief Clerk Robert Marchant.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor and Wirch - 31.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - Senators A. Lasee and Zien - 2.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Leibham preside.
Senator Leibham in the chair.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Senator Carol Roessler.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Breske led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator A. Lasee be granted a temporary leave of absence for today's session.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Zien be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Thursday
, February
3, 2005.
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The committee on Energy, Utilities and Information Technology reports and recommends:
Meyer
, Mark,
of La Crosse, as a member of the Public Service Commission, to serve for the interim term ending March 1, 2005 and for the full term ending March 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Cowles, Leibham, Kapanke, Plale and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Cowles
Chairperson
The committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care reports and recommends:
Alvin
, Eric,
of Madison, as a member of the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Balachandran, Swaminat,
of Verona, as a member of the Optometry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Barbeau, Lori R.,
of New Berlin, as a member of the Dentistry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Boron
, Rose,
of Mosinee, as a member of the Board on Aging and Long Term Care, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2009.
Confirmation.
Clark
, Mary Ann,
of Cumberland, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Fisher
, Thomas E.,
of Wausau, as a member of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Foster
, Gregory,
of Neillsville, as a member of the Optometry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Franklin, LaMarr,
of Glendale, as a member of the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Garcia
, Terrie,
of Waukesha, as a member of the Board of Nursing, to serve the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Glocke
, Char,
of Onalaska, as a member of the Chiropractic Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Gottfredsen, Eugene,
of Beloit, as a member of the Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board, to serve the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Griebenow, Kerry,
of New London, as a member of the Optometry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Heine
, Margaret,
of Janesville, as a member of the Board of Nursing, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
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Heinz
, Geri A.,
of Wausau, as a member of the Council on Domestic Abuse, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
