Wisconsin Legislature: 2008-02-12 Senate Journal

To committee on Commerce, Utilities and Rail.

Senate Bill 474

Relating to: licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

By Senators Lehman, Darling, Miller, Olsen and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Hines, Berceau, Bies, Hahn, Hintz, Kreuser, Mason, A. Ott, Parisi, Staskunas, Townsend, Turner and Van Roy.

To committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.

Senate Bill 475

Relating to: eliminating racial balance as a basis for rejecting a pupil under the Open Enrollment Program.

By Senator Lazich ; cosponsored by Representatives Nass, Suder, Tauchen, Nygren, Bies, Vos, Hahn, Owens, LeMahieu, Mursau, Pridemore, A. Ott, Jeskewitz and Albers.

To committee on Education.

Senate Bill 476

Relating to: the effect of an order denying, limiting, discontinuing, or prohibiting parental visitation with a child who is adjudged to be in need of protection or services, who is the subject of a termination of parental rights petition, or who is in sustaining care following a termination of parental rights on visitation between the child and a sibling and requiring a child's permanency plan to include a statement as to whether visitation between the child and a sibling is in the best interests of the child and sibling when parental visitation is denied, limited, discontinued, or prohibited.

By Senators Lazich, Darling and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Gunderson, Grigsby, Nass, Hahn, Townsend and Strachota.

To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.

Senate Bill 477

S575 Relating to: disclosure of adoption records for purposes of determining the availability of a placement for a child with an adoptive parent or proposed adoptive parent of a sibling of the child.

By Senators Lazich, Darling and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Kleefisch and Owens.

To committee on Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity.

Senate Bill 478

Relating to: creating a winter highway maintenance grant program in the Department of Transportation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

By Senator Vinehout ; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Hixson, Albers, Berceau, Smith, Zepnick, Turner and Molepske.

To committee on Transportation and Tourism.

Senate Bill 479

Relating to: prohibiting an elected official, who is convicted of certain felonies, from receiving an annuity, lump sum payment, or death benefit under the Wisconsin Retirement System.

By Senator Cowles ; cosponsored by Representative Kaufert .

To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.

Senate Bill 480

Relating to: changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

By Senators Lassa, Sullivan, Roessler, Vinehout, Darling and Kapanke; cosponsored by Representatives Strachota, Jeskewitz, Vos, A. Ott, Townsend, Kleefisch, Ballweg, Hahn and Mursau.

To committee on Economic Development.

Senate Bill 481

Relating to: fees to support water safety patrols.

By Senator Grothman ; cosponsored by Representatives Gottlieb, Berceau and Townsend.

To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Senate Bill 482

Relating to: requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture.

By Senator Risser ; cosponsored by Representatives Lothian, Berceau, Cullen, Jeskewitz, A. Ott, Townsend, Shilling, Davis, Vruwink, Montgomery, Turner and Mason.

To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.

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State of Wisconsin

Office of the Governor

February 11, 2008

The Honorable, The Senate:

I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Vasquez, Jose, of Milwaukee, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2009.

Respectfully submitted,

JIM DOYLE

Governor

Read and referred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.

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Report of Committees

The committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy reports and recommends:

Assembly Bill 483

Relating to: abatement or removal of human health hazards, requirements for certain local health officers, personnel of a local health department, state agency status for certain physicians, community health improvement plans, emergency medical services, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.

Concurrence.