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.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout and Kreitlow.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Julie Lassa
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing reports and recommends:
Bagadia, Nikhil,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Real Estate Appraisers Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Lee
, Kenneth,
of River Falls, as a member of the Real Estate Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 278
Relating to: threatening or committing battery against certain employees of first class cities and providing a penalty.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
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.
Senate Bill 384
Relating to: disclosure of juvenile court records to other courts, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and agencies providing services to a juvenile court and providing a penalty.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 461
Relating to: liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan and Vinehout.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Lazich and Grothman.
Relating to: assistant district attorney positions and making an appropriation.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan and Vinehout.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Lazich and Grothman.
Lena Taylor
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
March
4
, 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
485
withdrawn from joint survey committee on Retirement Systems and rereferred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
Senate
March
4
, 2008
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am writing to you in my capacity as the chairperson of the Senate Committee on
Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Assembly Bill 710 which creates a new crime or revises an existing criminal penalty, was referred to my committee. I am writing to you under s.
13.525 (5) (a), Wis. Stats., to request that the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties prepare a report on the bill under s.
13.525 (5) (b), Wis. Stats.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
JON ERPENBACH
Chairperson
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Kapanke added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Joint Resolution 94
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Hilgenberg added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
512
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Hansen added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 95
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Darling added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
434
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill
741
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Hansen added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
434
.
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Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that all appointments be taken up en masse.
Anderson, Marcia,
of Verona, as a member of the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013.
Naylor, Daniel,
of Waupaca, as a member of the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013.
Neumann, Judith,
of Madison, as chair of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2013.
Read.
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Senator S. Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 1:00 P.M.
12:49 P.M.
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1:04 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
President Risser in the chair.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - 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.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
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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.