Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 511
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 615
Relating to: mitigation payment agreements.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 615
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 727
Relating to: alibi witnesses in criminal cases.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 727
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 748
Relating to: discharging a firearm in the direction of an electric transmission facility and providing a penalty.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 748
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 823
Relating to: motor vehicle dealers.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Messaged.
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Senate Bill 425
Relating to: the authority of the Department of Justice and public nuisance actions.
Read a third time.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 425 be passed?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 19; noes, 14; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp and Zien - 19.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Taylor and Wirch - 14.
Absent or not voting - None.
Passed.
Senator Schultz asked unanimous consent that Senate Bill 425 be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Senator Robson objected.
Senator Schultz moved that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 425 be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
The question was: Shall the rules be suspended and Senate Bill 425 be immediately messaged to the Assembly?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 18; noes, 14; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp and Zien - 18.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Taylor and Wirch - 14.
Absent or not voting - Senator Grothman - 1.
Refused to immediately message.
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Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Lyle and Doris Krahn of Bristol who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on February 11th.
Senator Lasee, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Suzanne Baierl who is in Madison with the Senate Scholar Program this week. Suzanne is from Luxemburg, Wisconsin and Senator Lasee asks that the Senate give her a warm welcome.
Senator Plale, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Representative Jeskewitz's birthday.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of her daughter Liza, who gave birth to her first child Charlie on Saturday, February 18th.
Senator Coggs, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Vel Phillips. Born Velvalea Rodgers on Milwaukee's South Side in 1924, Phillips won a national scholarship to attend Howard University. Phillips returned to Wisconsin for law school in the 1940s and became the first black woman to graduate from the school. In 1956, Phillips became the first woman and the first African American alder in Milwaukee and was given the title "Madam Alderman" by local officials. After 15 years as alderman, Phillips resigned in 1971 and was appointed to the Milwaukee County judiciary, the first woman in Milwaukee and the first African American judge in Wisconsin. In 1978, Phillips made national history as the first woman and first African American elected secretary of state in Wisconsin. During the absence of both the governor and lieutenant governor, Phillips served as acting governor, though only briefly, she noted, as "the men hurried back" when they realized they had left a woman in charge. Although Phillips lost the next election, she remained the highest-ranking woman to win state office in the 20th century.
Senator Roessler, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the fallen soldiers who visited the Senate today.
Senator Roessler, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Senator Ellis' birthday.
Senator Harsdorf, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the fallen soldiers whose families visited the Senate today.
Senator Brown, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the fallen soldiers and their families who were honored in the Senate today.
Senator Miller, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the memory of Pearl Kau of Monona.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Senator Ellis' birthday.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, February 23, 2006.
Adjourned.
2:13 P.M.
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 394 offered by Senator Brown.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 602 offered by Senator Schultz.
