By Representatives Owens, Ainsworth, Bies, Freese, Gronemus, Gundrum, Hines, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, LeMahieu, McCormick, Musser, Petrowski, Pettis, Pridemore, Strachota, Suder and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, S. Fitzgerald, Lassa, Wirch and Zien.
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
589
Relating to: providing information about meningococcal disease to parents of pupils in grades 6 to 12.
By Representatives Lamb, Kreibich, Gard, Strachota, J. Fitzgerald, Vos, Lothian, Musser, Pope-Roberts, Gunderson, Albers, Pettis, Ott, Schneider, Gronemus, Ward, Bies, Hundertmark, Jensen, Townsend, Hahn, Owens, Kleefisch, Davis, Berceau, McCormick, Hines, Vrakas and Moulton; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Olsen, Roessler, Breske and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
702
Relating to: sexual contact or sexual intercourse involving a 16- or 17-year-old and a person who works or interacts with him or her through the person's occupation or a volunteer position and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Gundrum, Honadel, Gard, Wasserman, LeMahieu, Krawczyk, Gunderson, McCormick, Petrowski, Suder, Musser, Owens and Hines; cosponsored by Senators Lazich, A. Lasee, Brown, Leibham and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Assembly Bill
783
Relating to: duties of real estate brokers and salespersons.
By Representatives Wieckert, Gard, Kreuser, Huebsch, Kestell, Nischke, Lehman, Vos, Fields, Albers, Ott, Gunderson, Sheridan, Hundertmark, Lothian, Bies, Freese, Montgomery, Meyer, LeMahieu, F. Lasee, Zepnick, Musser, Hubler, Davis, Towns, Nelson, Krawczyk, Steinbrink, J. Fitzgerald, Gronemus, Pocan and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Schultz, Robson, A. Lasee, Olsen, S. Fitzgerald, Plale, Jauch, Zien, Ellis and Brown.
Read first time and referred to committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
787
Relating to: the sale and distribution of fermented malt beverages.
By Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Huebsch, Kreuser, Gard, Krawczyk, Musser, Fields, Hahn, Hines, Gronemus, Kreibich, Lothian, Boyle, Montgomery, Nelson, Nerison, Seidel, Stone, Sheridan, Towns, Travis, Van Roy and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Brown, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Breske, Kanavas, Plale, Leibham and Zien.
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
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Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 282 offered by Senator Kapanke.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 282 offered by Senator Kapanke.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 418
Relating to: the erection of outdoor advertising signs in areas zoned for commercial or industrial activity.
By
Senators
Breske, A. Lasee, Grothman, Lassa and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Hines, Kestell, Pettis, Albers, Musser, Lothian and Gunderson.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 419
Relating to: mailing and transmittal of absentee ballots.
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By
Senators
Darling, Kanavas, Olsen, Roessler, Zien, Reynolds, Leibham, A. Lasee, Stepp, Lazich, Harsdorf and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Jeskewitz, Lothian, LeMahieu, Kerkman, Gunderson, Gielow, Gottlieb, Vos, Van Roy, Albers, Kreibich, Freese, Hahn, Petrowski, McCormick, Musser, Vukmir, Nass, Hines, Ott, Townsend, Underheim and Honadel.
To committee on Labor and Election Process Reform.
Senate Bill 420
Relating to: the definition of a group health benefit plan.
By
Senators
Kanavas, Darling, Leibham, Lazich and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Gielow, Hahn, Hines, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, McCormick, Mursau, Musser, Nischke, Ott, Shilling, Towns, Townsend and Vos.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 421
Relating to: eliminating the annual adjustment of the motor vehicle fuel tax rate.
By
Senator
Reynolds
.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 422
Relating to: the annual adjustment of the motor vehicle fuel tax rate and depositing sales and use tax revenues from the sale or use of motor vehicle parts into the transportation fund.
By
Senator
Reynolds
.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
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The committee on Energy, Utilities and Information Technology reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 103
Relating to: disclosure of facsimile transmission numbers.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Cowles, Kapanke, Plale, Wirch and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 115
Relating to: utility aid payments based on the megawatt capacity of a wind farm.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Cowles, Kapanke, Plale, Wirch and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Cowles, Kapanke, Plale, Wirch and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Cowles
Chairperson
The committee on Labor and Election Process Reform reports and recommends:
Krueger, Byron,
of Melrose, as a member of the Auctioneer Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Lazich, Kanavas, Hansen and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Sweeney, Timothy,
of Ripon, as a member of the Auctioneer Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Reynolds, Lazich, Kanavas, Hansen and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Thomas Reynolds
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
November 2, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that
Assembly Bill 175 be withdrawn from the committee on
Health, Children, Families, Aging, and Long Term Care and rereferred to the committee on
Judiciary, Corrections, and Privacy.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Lazich added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 49.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
October 15, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
This report presents statements of fund condition and operations (budgetary basis) of the State of Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. This satisfies the requirements of s.
16.40(3), Wisconsin Statutes. Displayed are major sources of revenues and major categories of expenditures for the General Fund and other funds compared to the prior year.
The 2003-05 biennium began with a fiscal year 2003 deficit of $282 million. This quickly increased to $3.2 billion due to the use of one-time measures to balance the 2001-03 budget combined with increasing costs. Wisconsin's $3.2 billion budget deficit was one of the largest in the country on a per capita basis. This report confirms that the difficult decisions made by the Governor and Legislature, combined with an improving economy, have erased the deficit and left the state with a $4.1 million surplus.
