2008-01-08 Senate Journal

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Ninety-Eighth Regular Session

S488

STATE OF WISCONSIN

Senate Journal

The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.

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Chief Clerk's Entries

The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated January 7, 2008.

Report of Committees

The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing reports and recommends:

Senate Bill 156

Relating to: prohibiting certain persons from refusing to honor, or from attempting to avoid honoring, a document of gift for donation of an anatomical gift.

Passage.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.

Noes, 0 - None.

Senate Bill 193

Relating to: drunken driving and providing a penalty.

Passage.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.

Noes, 0 - None.

Senate Bill 38

Relating to: possession of dogs by certain felony offenders and providing a penalty.

Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.

Noes, 0 - None.

Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 2.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.

Noes, 0 - None.

Passage as amended.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.

Noes, 0 - None.

Lena Taylor

Chairperson

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Legislative Reference Bureau Corrections

Corrections In:

2007 Senate Bill 366

Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau

(January 7, 2008)

1.   Page 7, line 6: on lines 6 and 8, substitute “public" for “pubic".

Corrections In:

2007 Assembly Bill 26

Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau

(January 4, 2008)

1.   Page 2, line 12: delete “s. 346.46 (2m)" and substitute “section 346.46 (2m) of the statutes".

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Introduction, First Reading, and
Reference of Proposals; Reference of Appointments

Read first time and referred:

Senate Bill 378

Relating to: the location of bank branches.

By Senators Sullivan, Hansen, Vinehout, Lassa, Kanavas, Kapanke, Harsdorf, Schultz and Kreitlow; cosponsored by Representatives Roth, A. Ott, Sheridan, Newcomer, Davis, Molepske, Hahn, Montgomery, Moulton, Musser and Hines.

To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions.

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Report of Committees

The committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs reports and recommends:

Senate Bill 130

Relating to: a state minimum wage and granting rule-making authority.

Passage.

Ayes, 3 - Senators Coggs, Wirch and Lehman.

Noes, 2 - Senators Grothman and A. Lasee.

Spencer Coggs

Chairperson

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Petitions and Communications

State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President

S489 January 8 , 2008

The Honorable, the Senate:

Pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you 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.

Assembly Bill 334 withdrawn from committee on Environment and Natural Resources and rereferred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education .