Tuesday, February 19, 2008
12:09 P.M.
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the roll call, prayer, and pledge of the special session be applied to the regular session.
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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.
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Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 69 offered by Senator Plale.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 286 offered by Senator Hansen.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 436 offered by Senator Hansen.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 480 offered by Senator Lassa.
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Corrections In:
to 2007 Senate Bill 462
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(February 18, 2008)
1. Page 4, line 6: delete “
(b)" and substitute “(g)".
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 501
Relating to: the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, the submission of budget information by the department of commerce, and allocating funding to the technology commercialization grant and loan program.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Kanavas, Taylor, Kedzie, Darling and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Strachota, Hintz, Shilling, Sinicki, Jeskewitz, Hahn, Musser, Albers, Bies, Vos, Townsend, LeMahieu and Molepske.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 502
Relating to: single trip permits for the movement of oversize mobile homes, manufactured homes, and modular homes.
By
Senators
Lassa, Cowles, Kedzie, Kreitlow, Lehman, Olsen, Roessler, Schultz and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Albers, Ballweg, Bies, Gunderson, Jeskewitz, Kestell, Molepske, Musser, Nass, Nerison, Sheridan, Suder, Vos and Vruwink.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Senate Bill 503
Relating to: regulating substitutes for ozone-depleting refrigerants used in mobile air conditioners.
By
Senator
Grothman
; cosponsored by Representatives LeMahieu, Kestell, Hahn, Vos, Albers, Gottlieb and Townsend.
To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 504
Relating to: supervision of barber or cosmetologist apprentices.
By
Senators
Taylor and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Van Roy, Young, A. Williams, Albers, Bies and Grigsby.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Senate Bill 505
Relating to: grants to community action agencies for skills enhancement programs and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Lassa, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harsdorf, Miller, Robson, Roessler and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Albers, Berceau, Davis, Grigsby, Jeskewitz, Molepske, Seidel, Sheridan, Sinicki, Townsend, A. Williams and Zepnick.
To committee on Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity.
Senate Bill 506
Relating to: income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building and energy efficient products.
By
Senators
Leibham, Schultz, Kedzie, A. Lasee and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Albers, Gunderson, Hahn, Owens, Townsend and Wood.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Relating to: technical college attendance under Wisconsin Works.
By
Senators
Plale, Kanavas, Sullivan and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Grigsby, Sinicki, Hahn, A. Williams, Hintz, Musser, Sheridan and Zepnick.
To committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Workforce Development, Technical Colleges and Consumer Protection.
Senate Bill 508
Relating to: increasing fees at technical colleges for collegiate transfer programs.
By
Senator
Plale
; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Bies and Gunderson.
To committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Workforce Development, Technical Colleges and Consumer Protection.
Senate Bill 509
Relating to: driver education instruction and driver's license examinations.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, Olsen, Schultz, Kedzie, Cowles, Jauch, Carpenter, Lassa and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Moulton, Wood, Petrowski, Kaufert, Zepnick, Smith, Musser, Mursau, Hahn, Lothian, Molepske, LeMahieu, Berceau, Ballweg and Albers.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Senate Bill 510
Relating to: requiring the combined reporting of corporate income and franchise taxes; supplemental funding for the renewable energy grant and loan program; Wisconsin higher education grants for technical college students; income eligibility for child care subsidies; incentive grants to technical college district boards for training in advanced manufacturing skills; airport development zone and technology zone tax credits; funding for the Department of Transportation; the Regional Transit Authority and commuter rail transit systems; authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance projects related to research facilities; and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, Hansen, Breske, Wirch, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Plale, Taylor, Robson and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Berceau and Gronemus.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 511
Relating to: registration plates for vehicle transporters.
By
Senators
Plale, Lehman, Grothman and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Honadel, Krusick, Stone, Murtha, Lothian, Ballweg, Albers, Townsend and Zepnick.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Senate Bill 512
Relating to: mandatory overtime hours worked by health care workers employed by health care facilities and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Robson, Coggs, Lehman, Carpenter, Miller, Hansen and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Benedict, Zepnick, Van Akkeren, Turner, Boyle, Berceau, Kessler, Pocan, Sheridan, Grigsby, Toles, Richards, Mason, Staskunas, Colon and Hintz.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 513
Relating to: increasing the fee for a snowmobile trail use sticker.
By
Senators
Breske, Erpenbach and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Turner, LeMahieu, Vruwink, A. Ott and Nelson.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Senate Bill 514
Relating to: all-terrain vehicle routes and trails that may be used by operators of lightweight utility vehicles.
By
Senator
Breske
; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Boyle and Friske.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Senate Bill 515
