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State of Wisconsin
January
23
, 2006
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to the statutes governing, I have made the following appointment to committee:
The Council on Highway Safety: Senator Kedzie
Sincerely,
DALE SCHULTZ
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
January 25, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
Thank you for your understanding and accommodation of my absence from Senate Session on January 24, 2006 due to a death in the family. Below, please find a summary of how I would have voted had I been able to be present for session:
• Senate Bill 299-Aye
• Senate Bill 375-Aye
• Amendment 1 to SB 375-Aye
• Senate Bill 409-Aye
• Senate Bill 411-Aye
• Senate Bill 464-Aye
• Senate Bill 485-Aye
• Assembly Bill 116-Aye
• Assembly Bill 133-Aye
• Assembly Bill 144-Aye
• Assembly Bill 240-Aye
• Assembly Bill 345-Aye
• Assembly Bill 728-Aye
Again, I appreciate your accommodation. Please contact me or the 9th Senate District office at 266-2056 if you have any additional questions with regard to this issue.
Sincerely,
JOE LEIBHAM
State Senator
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Representative Molepske added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill 525.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 24, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Macareno, Amelia,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Banking Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Housing and Financial Institutions.
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By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 98
Assembly Bill 273
Assembly Bill 297
Assembly Bill 338
Assembly Bill 659
Assembly Bill 830
Assembly Bill 843
Assembly Bill 855
Assembly Bill 881
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution
74
Concurred in:
Senate Bill 45
Senate Bill 244
Senate Bill 282
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Assembly Bill
98
Relating to: requiring headlights and other required lamps on vehicles to be lighted when visibility is limited by inclement weather and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Freese, Gunderson, Hines, Ott, Owens, Sheridan, Shilling, Townsend and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee
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Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Relating to: chaperoning pupils on school-sponsored trips.
By Representatives Berceau, Gunderson, Jensen, Albers, Jeskewitz, Lehman, Gronemus, Cullen, Sheridan, Musser, Black, Molepske, Travis and Seidel.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
297
Relating to: an education tax credit for businesses.
By Representatives Jensen, Rhoades, LeMahieu, Ballweg, Lamb, Vos, F. Lasee, Nass, Moulton, Petrowski, Shilling, Gard, Vrakas, Strachota, J. Fitzgerald, Hines, Nerison, Kleefisch, Nischke, Ward, Jeskewitz, Townsend, Pettis, Bies, Hahn, Ainsworth, Musser, Davis, Suder, Kreibich, Mursau and Pridemore; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Olsen, Harsdorf, Leibham, Stepp, Brown and Kanavas.
Read first time and referred to committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
338
Relating to: civil liability exemption for claims resulting from weight gain and obesity.
By Representatives Vrakas, Krawczyk, Kerkman, Vukmir, Montgomery, Suder, Jeskewitz, Moulton, LeMahieu, Ainsworth, Van Roy, Vos, Kestell, Gard, Jensen, Hines, Wood, Strachota, Mursau, Honadel, F. Lasee, J. Fitzgerald, Nass, Hahn, Ballweg, Musser, Albers, Ott, Petrowski, Gunderson, McCormick, Kreibich, Hundertmark, Nerison, Lothian, M. Williams, Kleefisch, Gronemus, Pettis and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Reynolds, Harsdorf, Leibham, Roessler, Olsen, Kedzie, Kanavas, Breske, Lazich, S. Fitzgerald, Darling and Grothman, by request of Wisconsin Restaurant Association.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Assembly Bill
659
Relating to: consent for the recovery, processing, or distribution of certain anatomical gifts.
By Representatives Ott, Gielow, Wieckert, Wasserman, Strachota, Staskunas, Townsend, Kerkman, Van Roy, Hahn, Albers, Sheridan, Bies, Kestell, Gunderson, Hines, Lothian and Moulton; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Roessler, Brown, Darling, Miller and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
830
Relating to: anatomical gifts and the powers and duties of coroners and medical examiners.
By Representatives Wieckert, Vruwink, Musser, Gronemus, Bies, Schneider, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Vos, Townsend, McCormick, Shilling, Albers, Lehman, Gunderson, Kreibich, Gielow, Wasserman, Underheim, Krawczyk, Owens, Zepnick, Boyle, Kestell, Van Roy, Ainsworth, Nelson, Strachota, Ott, Nass and Ballweg; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Breske, Olsen, Risser, Leibham, Hansen, Darling, Erpenbach, Lassa, Cowles and Kedzie.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
843
Relating to: punitive damage awards.
By Representatives Gundrum, Huebsch, Albers, Nischke, Krawczyk, Musser, Hahn, Owens, F. Lasee, Nass, Vos, Bies and Kestell; cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Schultz, Roessler and Lazich.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Assembly Bill
855
Relating to: damages for frivolous claims.