The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
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The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
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.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Senator Judith Robson.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Grothman led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 122
Relating to: the property tax exemption for waste treatment facilities.
Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 16 - Senators
Decker, Hansen, Taylor, Jauch, Miller, Lehman, Darling and Olsen.
Representatives Rhoades, Meyer, Stone, Kestell, Suder, Vos, Pocan and Colon.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 16 - Senators
Decker, Hansen, Taylor, Jauch, Miller, Lehman, Darling and Olsen.
Representatives Rhoades, Meyer, Stone, Kestell, Suder, Vos, Pocan and Colon.
Noes, 0 - None.
Russell Decker
Senate Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
July
17
, 2007
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number Date Approved
Senate Bill 11 Act 18
July 17
, 2007
Senate Bill 179 Act 17
July 17
, 2007
Senate Bill 209 Act 16
July 17
, 2007
Respectfully submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Cowles added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 51
.
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The committee on Environment and Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Relating to hunting and trapping regulations.
No action taken.
Relating to petroleum environmental cleanup fund awards, and affecting small businesses.
No action taken.
Mark Miller
Chairperson
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Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 59 be placed at the foot of the calendar of 7-17-2007.
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Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 122 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Senate Bill 122
Relating to: the property tax exemption for waste treatment facilities.
Read a second time.
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The question was: Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1 to
Senate Bill 122?
Adopted.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate Bill 122
Read a third time.
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.
Passed.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Joint Resolution 51 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Senate Joint Resolution 51
Relating to: commending Jeff Nania upon receipt of the 2007 National Wetlands Award.
Read.
Adopted.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Messaged.
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Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: creating a committee of conference on 2007 Senate Bill 40, the executive budget bill of the 2007 legislature.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 59 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
President Risser appoints Senators Robson, Decker and Jauch as conferees on the part of the Senate to the committee of conference on Senate Bill 40.
Senator Fitzgerald appoints himself as a conferee on the part of the Senate to the committee of conference on Senate Bill 40.
Approved.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Messaged.
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Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Pleasant Prairie native Christina Anna Thompson who won the Miss Wisconsin title and will advance to the 2008 Miss America pageant next January.
Senator Jauch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Ayah Hasarma, Wafa AbuYaqoub, Sajidah Mohammad and Sara Khasib, high school students from Ramallah in the central West Bank of Palestine, who were also joined by Fouad Alriahi, Ahmed Hamza, Ibrahim Hamza, Mohammed Zebda and their chaperone Huthayfa Jalamneh. These students made a presentation at the Center for Civic Education International Project Citizen Showcase in Washington D.C. which identified unsafe and unsanitary conditions in a hospital in their community that serves poor people. Through their presentation, they passionately identified alternative solutions and mobilized their community to engage with a government that did not want to be responsible for making substantial improvements to the hospital. As women they stood taller than the tallest basketball player to champion the rights of women and strive for economic justice. Their efforts were incredibly courageous and their presentation inspirational.
