Tuesday, February 26, 2008
11:35 A.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 Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 75 offered by Senator Lassa.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 75 offered by Senator Lassa.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 480 offered by Senator Lassa.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 534
Relating to: expungement of misdemeanors.
By
Senator
Taylor
; cosponsored by Representatives Kessler, Grigsby, Pocan, Toles and Fields.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 535
Relating to: indoor environmental quality in schools.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Hansen, Roessler, Harsdorf, Lehman, Taylor and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Fields, Turner, Boyle, Musser, Sinicki, Grigsby, Cullen, Seidel, Molepske, Davis, Zepnick, Pocan, Sheridan, Staskunas, Benedict, Pope-Roberts, Berceau, Nelson, Van Akkeren and Soletski.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 536
Relating to: adding a member to the Council on Veterans Programs.
By
Senator
Sullivan
; cosponsored by Representative Musser
.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 537
Relating to: judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings.
By
Senators
Taylor, Hansen, Lehman and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby and Turner.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
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The committee on Agriculture and Higher Education reports and recommends:
Greer, Marthina,
of Lomira, as a member of the Veterinary Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
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.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 425
Relating to: a meat processing facility investment income and franchise tax credit, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Relating to: increasing the public contract minimum bid requirements for drainage districts.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 456
Relating to: an addition to the 2007-09 Authorized State Building Program.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.