10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Alan Lasee.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 32.
Absent -Senator Darling-1.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Wirch 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 Darling be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Thursday, April 28, 2005.
The committee on Higher Education and Tourism reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 121
Relating to: appointment of student members of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Sheila Harsdorf
Chairperson
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Senate Bill 39
Relating to: school transportation bio-diesel fuel cost assistance and making appropriations.
Rereferred to the joint committee on
Finance, pursuant to Senate Rule
41(1)(e).
Withdrawn from the joint committee on
Finance and placed on the calendar of 5-3-2005, pursuant to Senate Rule
41(1)(e).
Senate Bill 45
Relating to: operating certain 3-vehicle combinations on the highways.
Rereferred to the joint committee on
Finance, pursuant to Senate Rule
41(1)(e).
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The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill 3
Presented to the Governor on April 27, 2005.
Senate Bill 27
Senate Bill 79
Senate Bill 83
Presented to the Governor on April 28, 2005.
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Read and referred:
Senate Resolution 7
Relating to: urging the House Armed Services Committee as well as the entire United States Congress to adopt H.R. 605, awarding a Medal of Honor posthumously to First Lieutenant Garlin Murl Conner.
By
Senators
Wirch, Breske, Erpenbach, Lassa and Zien.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Senate Joint Resolution 23
Relating to: the life of Kenneth J. Clasen.
By
Senators
Lazich, Schultz, Reynolds, Grothman, A. Lasee, Zien, Darling, Kanavas and S. Fitzgerald; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Van Roy, Vrakas, Nass, Kerkman, Underheim, Petrowski, Lothian, Nischke and M. Williams.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 192
Relating to: special observance days in school.
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By
Senators
Plale, Wirch, Darling, Cowles, Stepp, Grothman and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Honadel, Turner, Lehman, Staskunas, Hahn, Vrakas, Seidel and Petrowski.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 193
Relating to: establishing a Gulf War Illnesses Recognition Day.
By
Senators
Brown, Kapanke, Wirch, S. Fitzgerald, Zien, Decker, Coggs, Lassa, Schultz, A. Lasee and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Loeffelholz, Gronemus, Musser, Sinicki, Rhoades, Kestell, Bies, Pridemore, Boyle, Kerkman, Hines, Turner, Nass, Hundertmark, Albers, Gundrum, McCormick, Pettis, Kreibich, Petrowski, Townsend and Lamb.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
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The committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 127
Relating to: donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown and Carpenter.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Erpenbach.
Senate Bill 167
Relating to: creating an individual income tax checkoff for multiple sclerosis programs.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Carol Roessler
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
April 26, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I will be reappointing Mary Jo Baas to serve on the Wisconsin Women's Council. Her current term of service will expire on July 1, 2005. Upon her reappointment, Mrs. Baas will be serving until July 1, 2007. I am confident that her committment and service to the women of the State of Wisconsin will continue to grow. Her knowledge, experience and tenure will only add to the overall quality of the Council.
