Thursday, January 24, 2008
2:35 P.M.
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Assistant Chief Clerk Renk, pursuant to Senate Rule
5 (3) and
(4)(b).
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 165 offered by Senator Hansen.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: the life and public service of Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus.
By
Senators
Kanavas, Lassa, Lazich, Taylor, Hansen, Harsdorf, Decker, Risser, Plale, Roessler, Schultz, S. Fitzgerald, Darling, Carpenter, Kedzie, Olsen, Ellis and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Kramer, Molepske, Hines, Kleefisch, Jorgensen, Van Akkeren, J. Ott, Gunderson, Sheridan, Pocan, Nygren, Ballweg, Zipperer, Soletski, Hebl, Albers, Kreuser, Hubler, Cullen, Sinicki, Jeskewitz, Zepnick, Boyle, Gronemus, Tauchen, Musser, Nass, Turner, Seidel, Owens, Fields, Townsend, Petrowski, Bies, Mursau, Hintz, A. Ott, Vos, Berceau and Hahn.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: opposing a federal mandate requiring the suspension or revocation of driver's licenses in all circumstances where a person has been convicted of a drug or other controlled substances violation and exercising the state's option to opt out of this federal mandate.
By
Senators
Taylor and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, Fields, Kessler, Mason, Parisi, Sinicki, Toles and Turner.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 409
Relating to: remote dispensing by pharmacists and authorizing the exercise of rule-making powers.
By
Senators
Breske, Roessler, Darling, Grothman, S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Lehman, Lazich, A. Lasee, Plale, Wirch, Cowles, Kreitlow, Lassa and Kapanke; cosponsored by Representatives Montgomery, Musser, Soletski, Mursau, Hahn, A. Ott, Nerison, Hines, Petrowski, Nygren, Tauchen, Seidel and Molepske.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Senate Bill 410
Relating to: motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations.
By
Senators
Taylor and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, Fields, Mason, Parisi, Sinicki, Toles, Turner and Kessler.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 411
Relating to: allowing the Department of Transportation to issue occupational licenses following operating privilege suspensions related to motor vehicle financial responsibility violations.
By
Senators
Taylor and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, Fields, Kessler, Mason, Parisi, Sinicki, Toles and Turner.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Senate Bill 412
Relating to: payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges.
By
Senators
Taylor and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, Fields, Kessler, Mason, Parisi, Sinicki, Toles, Turner and Ballweg.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 413
Relating to: markers for military memorial highways and bridges.
By
Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Leibham, Roessler and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Murtha, Sheridan, Gunderson, Mursau, Musser, Nerison, Owens, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend and Turner.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Senate Bill 414
Relating to: preparation and legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill.
By
Senators
Leibham, Kanavas, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kapanke, Lazich, Roessler and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Zipperer, Vukmir, Roth, Ballweg, Bies, Davis, Gunderson, Hahn, Honadel, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Kramer, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Lothian, Moulton, Musser, Nass, Nygren, Owens, Petersen, Pridemore, Strachota, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos and Wood.
To joint committee on Finance.
Relating to: permitting a researcher, under certain conditions, access to cancer information reported to the Department of Health and Family Services, prohibiting certain other use or redisclosure of the information, creating civil liability for violation of the prohibitions, making an appropriation, and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Kreitlow, Schultz, Robson, Miller, Cowles, Lehman, Kapanke, Olsen, Risser, Roessler, Plale, Hansen, Lassa, Darling, Taylor and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Shilling, Wieckert, Vruwink, Sheridan, Musser, Richards, Davis, Van Akkeren, Suder, Hebl, Jeskewitz, Black, Pope-Roberts, Mason, Murtha, Grigsby, Hilgenberg, Young, Seidel, Moulton, Benedict, Bies, Townsend, Boyle, Parisi, Newcomer, Berceau, Mursau, Soletski, A. Ott, A. Williams, Fields, Gunderson, Nelson, Nerison, Sinicki, Garthwaite, Owens, Hixson, Wood, Kaufert and Wasserman.
To committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 23, 2008
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Naylor, Daniel,
of Waupaca, as a member of the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013.
Respectfully submitted,
