Thursday, December 8, 2005
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Chief Clerk Marchant pursuant to Senate Rule
5 (4)(b).
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the Journal.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Wednesday, December 7, 2005.
Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: the life and public service of Dr. H. Rupert Theobald.
By
Senators
Risser, Hansen, Breske, Coggs, Miller, Grothman, Darling, Ellis, Lazich, Roessler, Olsen and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Gard, Black, Cullen, Gronemus, Molepske, Kreuser, Schneider, Berceau, Grigsby, Gunderson, Pocan, Young, Boyle, Ainsworth, Albers, Ballweg, Bies, Freese, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Hines, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Kerkman, Kessler, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Lehman, LeMahieu, McCormick, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Ott, Owens, Sheridan, Stone, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Vos and M. Williams.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 468
Relating to: administration of elections, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Coggs, Carpenter and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Fields, Young, Grigsby, Lehman, Richards, Colon, Zepnick and Sinicki.
To committee on Labor and Election Process Reform.
Senate Bill 469
Relating to: the conveyance of certain submerged lands to Brown County.
By
Senator
Hansen
; cosponsored by Representatives Krawczyk, McCormick and Van Roy.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 352
Relating to: creating the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority to develop and operate spaceports and related facilities and services and other aerospace facilities and services and providing the authority with the power of condemnation, authorizing municipalities to develop and operate spaceports, and making an appropriation.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Cowles, Leibham, Olsen, Decker and Taylor. Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer and Pocan.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 3.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Cowles, Leibham, Olsen, Decker and Taylor. Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer and Pocan.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 4.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Cowles, Leibham, Olsen, Decker and Taylor. Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer and Pocan.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 5.
Ayes, 14 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Cowles, Leibham, Olsen and Taylor.
Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer and Pocan.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Decker.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 6.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Cowles, Leibham, Olsen, Decker and Taylor. Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer and Pocan.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 7.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Cowles, Leibham, Olsen, Decker and Taylor. Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer and Pocan.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Leibham, Olsen and Taylor.
Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer and Pocan.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Cowles and Decker.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Leibham, Olsen and Taylor.
Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer and Pocan.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Cowles and Decker.
Scott Fitzgerald
Senate Chairperson
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Legislative Audit Bureau
December 8, 2005