The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 31; noes, 2; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 31.
Noes - Senators Kedzie and Schultz - 2.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
Falbo, Michael,
of Franklin, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2008.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 32; noes, 1; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Noes - Senator Grothman - 1.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
Rosen, Michael,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 31; noes, 2; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 31.
Noes - Senators Darling and Harsdorf - 2.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
Ervin, Roger,
of Madison, as Secretary of the Department of Revenue, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
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Morgan, Michael,
of Madison, as Secretary of the Department of Administration, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
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Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and public service of Jerris Leonard.
Adopted by unanimous rising vote.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that all members of the Senate be made coauthors of Senate
Joint Resolution 7.
Messaged.
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Senate Bill 6
Relating to: extension of the right to vote to certain 17-year-old persons and providing for a referendum.
Read a second time.
Senator Coggs, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 6 be referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Referred.
Senator S. Fitzgerald asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 1 be withdrawn from the committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations and taken up at this time.
Senator Robson objected.
Senator S. Fitzgerald moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution
1 be withdrawn from the committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations and taken up at this time.
President Pro Tempore Carpenter in the chair.
The question was: Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Joint Resolution 1 be withdrawn from the committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations and taken up at this time?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 15; noes, 18; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Roessler and Schultz - 15.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Kreitlow, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 18.
Absent or not voting - None.
Refused to take up.
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Senator Erpenbach, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the entire UW Basketball program for being ranked #1.
Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of a special 12-year old girl, Mary Horejsch from Pleasant Prairie, who last Christmas told her parents she didn't want any presents, but that she wanted to get money to buy presents for children in hospitals.
Senator Lassa, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of wrestlers Matthew Theisen, Adam Theisen, Tim Beaumel, and Ryan Siedler. They are all Adams-Friendship High School wrestlers who will be going to State. We wish them all well.
Senator Plale, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of his staffer Katy Venskus, who will be turning 30 something this coming Friday.
Senator Harsdorf, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in memory of U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Helman, 27, from New Richmond, who died in a training exercise that preceded his deployment to Iraq.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of her grandson Charlie Winkeljohn's First Birthday.
Senator Coggs, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the first African-American elected to the Wisconsin State Legislature, Lucien H. Palmer.
Senator Leibham, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the birth of Andrew Joseph Leibham and his mother, Heather.
Senator Lazich, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of her newest granddaughter, Macie Marie Lazich.
Senator Kanavas, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the #1 ranked UW Mens Basketball team.
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Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, February 22, 2007.
Adjourned.
12:45 P.M.
