Thursday, March 2, 2006
10:24 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Alan Lasee.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the roll call, prayer, and pledge of the special session be applied to the regular session.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Wednesday, March 1, 2006.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 72
Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 16-22, 2006, "Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.
By
Senators
Lassa, Schultz, Robson, Olsen, Plale, Wirch, Breske, Darling and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Kestell, Kerkman, Sheridan, Seidel, Lehman, Ott, Gunderson, Grigsby, Krawczyk, M. Williams, Sinicki, Berceau and Turner.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 646
Relating to: compensation for certain wells contaminated by bacteria.
By
Senator
A. Lasee
; cosponsored by Representatives Ott, Bies and Ziegelbauer.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 647
Relating to: payment of required employee contributions for state elected officials and disclosure of certain records of state elected officials under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
By
Senator
Reynolds
.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 648
Relating to: regulating the minimum price of motor vehicle fuel.
By
Senator
Reynolds
.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
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The committee on Agriculture and Insurance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 617
Relating to: prohibiting certain rules related to defined network plans and preferred provider plans, requiring defined network plans and preferred provider plans to provide certain notices, requiring the commissioner of insurance to publish a guide describing out-of-network coverage for all defined network plans, and other miscellaneous provisions related to preferred provider plans.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Kapanke, Kedzie, Brown, Olsen, Erpenbach, Hansen and Miller.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Kapanke, Kedzie, Brown and Olsen.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Erpenbach, Hansen and Miller.
Dan Kapanke
Chairperson
The committee on Energy, Utilities and Information Technology reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 498
Relating to: excavation notices and installation of certain water and sewer laterals.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Cowles, Kapanke, Plale, Wirch and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Cowles, Kapanke, Plale and Kedzie.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Wirch.
Senate Bill 533
Relating to: allowing a city, town, or village to allow persons to operate a neighborhood electric vehicle on local highways.
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 Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 784
Relating to: a mandatory term of confinement and the maximum term of imprisonment for certain child sex offenses and providing penalties.
Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
S651
Noes,
1 - Senator
Risser.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Risser.
Senate Bill 318
Relating to: the definition of sexually violent person, sexually violent person commitment proceedings, criteria for supervised release, battery by certain committed persons, escape from custody by a person who is subject to a sexually violent person commitment proceeding, and providing penalties.
Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
