Thursday, April 27, 2006
11:30 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Alan Lasee.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 32.
Absent - Senator S. Fitzgerald - 1.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Carpenter led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Wednesday
, April
26, 2006.
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Read and referred:
Senate Resolution 18
Relating to: commending Cold War veterans.
By
Senators
Lazich and Zien.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 699
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Public Defenders Association, WFT/AFT, Local 4822, AFL-CIO, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the public defenders collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 700
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Professional Employees in Research, Statistics, and Analysis, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional research, statistics, and analysis collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 701
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 702
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Education Association Council, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 703
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the administrative support collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 704
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the blue collar and nonbuilding trades collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 705
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the security and public safety collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 706
S794
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the technical collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 707
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Public Defenders Association, WFT/AFT, Local 4822, AFL-CIO, for the 2005-07 biennium, covering employees in the public defenders collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
To committee on Senate Organization.
