Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 64 offered by Senator Jauch.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 117
Relating to: imposing a tax on the sale of soft drinks, creating a dental access trust fund, creating grants for dental public health and dental education projects, and making appropriations.
By
Senator
Miller
; cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Zepnick, Albers, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Grigsby, Hebl, Molepske, A. Ott, Pocan, Sheridan, Sherman, Soletski, Townsend, Turner, A. Williams and Young.
To committee on Health and Human Services.
Senate Bill 118
Relating to: advertising for prescription drugs.
By
Senators
Carpenter, Robson, Hansen, Lehman, Miller and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Sherman, Benedict, Zepnick, Pocan, Turner, Hilgenberg, Jorgensen, Hahn, Travis, Vruwink, A. Williams, Black, Berceau, Musser, Smith, Molepske and Sinicki.
To committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy.
Senate Bill 119
Relating to: ballast water management, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Cowles, Wirch, Hansen, A. Lasee, Harsdorf, Breske, Plale, Risser, Roessler, Schultz, Lassa, Coggs, Lehman and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, A. Ott, Molepske, Hahn, Pocan, Cullen, Black, Berceau, Sheridan and Hilgenberg.
To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 120
Relating to: enforcement of motor vehicle safety belt violations and providing a penalty.
By
Senator
Risser
; cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Sinicki, Gottlieb, Hines, Hraychuck, A. Ott, Steinbrink, Stone and Townsend.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism and Insurance.
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The committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Family Prosperity and Housing reports and recommends:
Albrecht, Arlie,
of Green Bay, as a member of the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Kinney, Michael,
of River Falls, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Marotta, Marc,
of Mequon, as a member of the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2013.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 89
Relating to: marketing agricultural products, a grant program to promote purchase of food produced locally, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Julie Lassa
Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
March
27
, 2007
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am writing to inform you, pursuant to Senate Rule
46 (2)(c), that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill
72
withdrawn from committee on Transportation, Tourism and Insurance and rereferred to committee on Commerce, Utilities and Rail
.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
March 27, 2007
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2007-2008 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us/
Arnold, G Brett Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools
Brooks, Bryan Cottonwood Financial Ltd.
Essie, Patrick MAXIMUS Inc
Froehlke, Scott Gathering Waters Conservancy, Inc.
Kammer, Peter MAXIMUS Inc
Krueger, Erin MAXIMUS Inc
Kuehn, Ronald W Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Wisconsin Chapter
Lamb, Jordan Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Wisconsin Chapter
Nelson, Jeffrey Wisconsin Medical Society
O'Connor, Alice Wisconsin Fireworks Association
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
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
March 21, 2007
