Friday, January 4, 2008
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 75
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team.
By
Senators
Robson, Kedzie, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Hansen, Taylor, Cowles, Erpenbach, Miller, Lassa, Lehman and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Hixson, Jorgensen, Grigsby, Kerkman, Richards, Vos, Hahn, Sheridan, Hebl, A. Ott, Fields, Jeskewitz, Kleefisch, Turner, Nass, Hintz, Ziegelbauer, Bies and Petrowski.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 76
Relating to: limiting the provisions that may be considered by the committee of conference.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Cowles, Darling, Olsen, Kedzie, Leibham and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Zipperer, Ziegelbauer, Tauchen, Staskunas, Albers, Soletski, Pridemore, Vos, Nass, Gunderson, Lothian, Hahn and Strachota.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: the life and military service of Lance Corporal Andrew Matus of the United States Marine Corps who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
By
Senator
Decker
; cosponsored by Representative M. Williams.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 372
Relating to: the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
By
Senators
Risser and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Rhoades and Black.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 373
Relating to: setoffs against tax refunds for debts related to providing ambulance services.
By
Senators
Jauch, Erpenbach, Harsdorf, Olsen, Cowles and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Rhoades, Bies, Mursau, Davis, LeMahieu, Albers, Petrowski, Lothian, Hahn, Strachota and Townsend.
To committee on Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity.
Senate Bill 374
Relating to: compulsory financial responsibility for the operation of motor vehicles, providing an exemption from emergency rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Lehman, Carpenter, Wirch, Roessler, Leibham and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Boyle, Hixson, Jorgensen, Van Akkeren, Murtha, Berceau, Sinicki and Krusick.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism and Insurance.
Senate Bill 375
Relating to: health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems.
By
Senators
Hansen, Lehman, Breske, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Harsdorf, Miller, Risser, Robson, Vinehout and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Albers, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Boyle, Cullen, Fields, Grigsby, Hintz, Kaufert, Mason, Nelson, A. Ott, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Toles, Turner, Young and Zepnick.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Senate Bill 376
Relating to: reconciling outdated Internal Revenue Code references with changes made by
2007 Wisconsin Act 20 (Correction Bill).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 377
Relating to: renumbering the appropriation accounts for the Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Administration).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
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The committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Relating to: authorizing an elective member of a political subdivision's governing body to refuse his or her salary.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Risser, Robson, Kreitlow, Ellis and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Risser, Robson, Kreitlow, Ellis and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 281
Relating to: reporting requirements related to general transportation aids to local governments.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Risser, Robson, Kreitlow, Ellis and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Risser, Robson, Kreitlow, Ellis and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 300
Relating to: repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill).
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Risser, Robson, Kreitlow, Ellis and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 301
Relating to: repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill).
Passage.