Wednesday, March 12, 2008
1:05 P.M.
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
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The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
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.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Miller led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill
142
Senate Bill
289
Senate Bill
294
Senate Bill
324
Senate Bill
325
Senate Bill
326
Senate Bill
327
Senate Bill
328
Senate Bill
369
Senate Bill
370
Senate Bill
378
Senate Bill
487
Report correctly enrolled on 3-12-2008.
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The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill
142
Senate Bill
300
Senate Bill
301
Senate Bill
302
Senate Bill
303
Senate Bill
304
Senate Bill
305
Senate Bill
324
Senate Bill
325
Senate Bill
326
Senate Bill
327
Senate Bill
328
Senate Bill
368
Senate Bill
369
Senate Bill
370
Senate Bill
485
Presented to the Governor on 3-12-2008.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 106
Relating to: commending the public service of John Martin Antaramian.
By
Senator
Wirch
; cosponsored by Representatives Kreuser and Steinbrink.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: commending the Wauwatosa East High School Red Raiders boys basketball team.
By
Senator
Sullivan
; cosponsored by Representative Cullen
.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 568
Relating to: payment of the prevailing wage rate to laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on a publicly funded private construction project, submission of certain payroll information on a weekly basis by a contractor, subcontractor, or agent performing work on a project that is subject to the prevailing wage law to the local governmental unit, state agency, or owner or developer authorizing the work, inspection of the payroll records of contractors, subcontractors, and agents performing work on projects that are subject to the prevailing wage law, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Wirch, Hansen, Decker and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Kessler, Boyle, Soletski, Zepnick, Pocan, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Black, Sheridan, Parisi, Turner, Jorgensen, Nelson, Hixson, Fields, Kreuser, Hintz, Garthwaite, Hilgenberg and Van Akkeren.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for income derived from manufacturing.
By
Senator
Grothman
; cosponsored by Representative Strachota
.
To committee on Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity.