The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Wednesday, February 11
, 2009.
The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Joint Resolution 8
Report correctly enrolled on 2-11-2009.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 48
Relating to: catch and release bass and muskellunge fishing.
By
Senators
Holperin, Miller, Vinehout, Wirch, Cowles, Leibham, Hansen, Taylor and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Milroy, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Clark, Danou, Hubler, Kerkman, Meyer, Suder, Townsend, Zigmunt, Smith, Vruwink, Gunderson and Kaufert.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 49
Relating to: changing the procedures for filling vacant civil service positions in the city of Milwaukee.
By
Senators
Taylor and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Richards, Toles, Fields, A. Williams, Young, Zepnick, Turner, Grigsby and Kessler.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 50
Relating to: legislative oversight of expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds.
By
Senators
Carpenter, Risser, Wirch, Schultz, A. Lasee, Olsen, S. Fitzgerald, Kedzie, Darling, Hopper and Leibham; cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Hubler, Krusick, Vukmir, Fields, Zepnick, Molepske Jr. and Nass.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 51
Relating to: judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, Erpenbach, Taylor, Vinehout, Schultz, Hansen, Lehman, Holperin, Kapanke and Hopper; cosponsored by Representatives Hintz, Spanbauer, Townsend, Ballweg, Shilling, Van Roy, Kaufert, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Garthwaite, Jorgensen, Sinicki and Friske.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 52
Relating to: an education tax credit for businesses.
By
Senators
Darling, Kanavas, Harsdorf, Hopper, Kedzie, Lazich, Leibham and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Zipperer, Honadel, Ballweg, Brooks, Davis, Kaufert, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kramer, LeMahieu, Murtha, Nass, Nygren, A. Ott, Petersen, Ripp, Roth, Spanbauer, Strachota, Suder, Townsend and Vos.
To committee on Economic Development.
Senate Bill 53
Relating to: extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers.
By
Senators
Grothman, Olsen and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Gottlieb, Vos, Ballweg, Brooks, Spanbauer, J. Ott, A. Ott, Stone, Townsend, Strachota, Mursau and Petrowski.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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The committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue reports and recommends:
Relating to continued group health insurance coverage of an insured dependent after the death of the insured employee or annuitant.
No action taken.
Jon Erpenbach
Chairperson
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 54
Relating to: prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers.
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By
Senators
Darling, Kanavas, Lazich, Hopper, Schultz, Kedzie and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Gunderson, Vukmir, Knodl, Gottlieb, Honadel, Pridemore, Kerkman, Rhoades, Bies, Davis, Kestell, Lothian, Vos, Townsend, LeMahieu, Nass and Spanbauer.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 55
Relating to: the regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Lassa, Erpenbach, Risser, Taylor, Plale, Harsdorf, Vinehout, Lehman, Schultz, Darling and Leibham; cosponsored by Representatives Shilling, Hintz, Molepske Jr., Lothian, Seidel, Dexter, Clark, Ballweg, Spanbauer, Jorgensen, Bernard Schaber, Strachota and Davis.
To committee on Economic Development.
Senate Bill 56
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Hopper, Erpenbach, Olsen, Darling, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lazich, Leibham and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Murtha, Davis, Brooks, Gunderson, Honadel, Huebsch, Knodl, Kramer, LeMahieu, Lothian, Meyer, A. Ott, Petersen, Ripp, Roth, Spanbauer, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos, M. Williams and Zipperer.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 57
Relating to: composition of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
By
Senators
Leibham and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Van Akkeren, Gunderson, Kestell, LeMahieu, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Townsend, Ziegelbauer and Zigmunt.
To committee on Economic Development.
Senate Bill 58
Relating to: permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers.
By
Senators
Leibham, Harsdorf, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Nerison, Townsend, M. Williams, LeMahieu, Kerkman, Murtha, Spanbauer, Gunderson, Strachota, Nygren, Vos and Mursau.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 59
Relating to: seizure of a computer used to commit a crime and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Leibham and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Van Akkeren, Kerkman, Townsend, Spanbauer, Gunderson, Suder, Staskunas, Bies and LeMahieu.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 60
Relating to: highway improvement projects in the city of Kiel.
By
Senators
Leibham and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Kestell and Townsend.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 61
Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates expressing enthusiasm for hunting and fishing for sport and recreation.
By
Senators
Leibham and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Kestell, Brooks, Gunderson, Huebsch and Mursau.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing reports and recommends:
Alden
, Ginger,
of Wausau, as a member of the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, to serve for the term ending August 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Erpenbach and Hopper.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Grothman.
Berkos
, Daniel,
of Mauston, as a member of the Public Defender Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
