Assembly Bill 893
Relating to: distribution of moneys to Wisconsin Retirement System employers under
1999 Wisconsin Act 11; payment of interest by the Department of Employee Trust Funds on credited or refunded moneys; Wisconsin Retirement System beneficiary standard sequence; accelerated death benefit option continuation under the Wisconsin Retirement System; life insurance benefits administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds; definition of the term Internal Revenue Code for purposes of benefit plans administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds; interest rates charged on moneys owed the Department of Employee Trust Funds for benefit programs; payment of death benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System; authority of the Group Insurance Board; eligibility requirements for duty disability benefit under the Wisconsin Retirement System; amortization period for unfunded prior service liability under the Wisconsin Retirement System; attachment of retirement benefits for delinquent state tax purposes; waiver of benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System; and granting rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 893
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 31; noes, 1; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, 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 - 31.
Noes - Senator Grothman - 1.
Absent or not voting - Senator Ellis - 1.
Concurred in.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 709 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Assembly Bill 709
Relating to: requiring every applicant for a marriage license to present a certified copy of a birth certificate.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 709
Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Joint Resolution 104 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Senate Joint Resolution 104
Relating to: recognizing May 12, 2008, as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.
The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 104 be adopted?
Adopted.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 410 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Assembly Bill 410
Relating to: legislative committee review period of administrative rules and revisor consent regarding technical standards in rules.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 410
Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 875 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Assembly Bill 875
Relating to: certification of major party nominees for the offices of president and vice president in 2008.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 875
Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Breske, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess.
5:48 P.M.
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6:45 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
President Risser in the chair.
Senator Hansen moved that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 5 be withdrawn from the committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations and taken up.
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The question was: Shall the rules be suspended and
Senate Bill 5 be withdrawn from the committee on
Ethics Reform and Government Operations and taken up?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 28; noes, 4; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Olsen, Plale, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 28.
Noes - Senators Jauch, Miller, Risser and Robson - 4.
Absent or not voting - Senator Ellis - 1.
Rules suspended and taken up.
Senate Bill 5
Relating to: elimination of accumulated sick leave credit program for legislators, justices and judges, all other state elected officials, and certain appointed executive branch officials.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 5 offered by Senator Erpenbach.
Senator Erpenbach, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill
5 be withdrawn and returned to author.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 5 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 29; noes, 3; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Olsen, Plale, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 29.
Noes - Senators Jauch, Miller and Risser - 3.
Absent or not voting - Senator Ellis - 1.
Ordered to a third reading.
POINT OF ORDER
Senator Miller raised the point of order that Senate Bill 5 was not properly before the Senate because it is required to be referred to the joint committee on Finance.
The Chair took the point of order under advisement.
Senator Kapanke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
854 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up.
Senator Miller objected.
Senator Kapanke moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 854 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up at this time.
The question was: Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Bill 854 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up at this time?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 14; noes, 18; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Cowles, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Roessler and Schultz - 14.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Kreitlow, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 18.
Absent or not voting - Senator Ellis - 1.
Refused to suspend rules and take up.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Messaged.
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Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, March 13, 2008.
Senator Fitzgerald objected.
Senator Decker moved that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, March 13, 2008.
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 19; noes, 13; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch
- 19.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Roessler and Schultz
- 13.
