Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Taylor and Risser.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Taylor and Risser.
Senate Bill 569
Relating to: deoxyribonucleic acid testing of criminals.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 574
Relating to: deadline for distributing a physician's or psychologist's report on a criminal defendant or a person committed upon a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 575
Relating to: applying cash deposited for bail to restitution payments or to recompense ordered in criminal cases.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Taylor and Risser.
Senate Bill 577
Relating to: the Volunteer Fire Fighter and Emergency Medical Technician Service Award Program and the exclusion of wages earned for services performed as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or first responder from partial unemployment benefit determinations.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 75
Relating to: fees charged by notary publics.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Grothman.
David Zien
Chairperson
The committee on Labor and Election Process Reform reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 567
Relating to: limiting eligibility for public assistance programs to U.S. citizens and qualifying aliens, requiring documentary proof of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Reynolds, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Hansen and Carpenter.
Thomas Reynolds
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
February 21, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that
Assembly Bill 617 be withdrawn from the committee on
Agriculture and Insurance and rereferred to the committee on
Senate Organization.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
February 21, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that
Assembly Bill 864 be withdrawn from the committee on
Agriculture and Insurance and rereferred to the committee on
Senate Organization.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
February 21, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that
the following appointments to the HIRSP Board
be withdrawn from the committee on
Health, Children, Families, Aging, and Long Term Care and rereferred to the committee on
Agriculture and Insurance.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Michelle Bachhuber
Dennis Conta
Michael Gifford
Patricia Jerominski
Joseph Kachelski
Carol Peirick
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
February 21, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
Alexander, Joseph Alexander Company, Inc.
Gegios, Robert Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C.
Langenohl, Tony Northwestern Mutual
Pendleton, Alexander Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C.
Walby, Kathleen Johnson Financial Group Inc
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2005 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Miller added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 459.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Hansen added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 208.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Wirch added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 208.