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46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred.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withdrawn from joint survey committee on Retirement Systems and rereferred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions.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.
The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 82 be adopted?
Adopted.
Senate Joint Resolution 95
Relating to: the life and public service of Anne Carol Kok.
The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 95 be adopted?
Adopted.
S652
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that
Senate Joint Resolution 97 be withdrawn from the committee on
Senate Organization and taken up.
Senate Joint Resolution 97
Relating to: state recognition of the sovereign status of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands.
The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 97 be adopted?
Adopted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 90
Relating to: proclaiming an annual Wisconsin Water Skiing Appreciation Week.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 90 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
Assembly Joint Resolution 94
Relating to: proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2008, Syttende Mai Weekend.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 94 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
Assembly Joint Resolution 95
Relating to: celebrating March 1, 2008, as St. David's Day.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 95 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
Assembly Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: honoring the Sun Prairie High School Coed Cheerleading Team for winning the 2008 Universal Cheerleading Association's National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Florida.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 102 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
Senate Bill 246
Relating to: mental health professionals who may provide outpatient services for the treatment of nervous and mental conditions and alcoholism and other drug abuse problems or who, under Medical Assistance, may provide psychotherapy and alcohol and other drug abuse services and exempting certain Medical Assistance benefits from physician prescription requirements.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 246?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate Bill 246
Read a third time and passed.
