Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read and referred:
Senate Resolution 5
Relating to: memorializing Congress to enact the Employee Free Choice Act.
By
Senators
Coggs, Decker, Hansen, Wirch, Lehman, Miller, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout, Lassa, Erpenbach and Kreitlow.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Senate Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: recognizing and supporting national Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
By
Senators
Coggs, Risser, Wirch, Erpenbach, Vinehout, Plale, Sullivan, Taylor, Lassa, Cowles and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Young, Grigsby, A. Williams, Turner, Colon, Fields, Cullen, Richards, Townsend, Bernard Schaber, Montgomery, Hintz, Seidel, Bies, Spanbauer, Strachota, Berceau, Hixson, Barca, Pope-Roberts and Toles.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 13
Relating to: the Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin.
By
Senators
Wirch, Hansen, Schultz, Lehman, Cowles, Lazich, Darling, Harsdorf, Olsen, Erpenbach, Leibham, Vinehout, Taylor and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Lothian, Ballweg, Pasch, Barca, Shilling, Kerkman, M. Williams, Townsend, Brooks, Berceau, Petersen, Strachota, A. Ott, Bies, A. Williams, Steinbrink, Vos, Pope-Roberts and Molepske Jr..
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 63
Relating to: a postsecondary education tax credit for businesses.
By
Senators
Lassa, Darling, Kreitlow, Coggs, Taylor, Plale, Harsdorf, Lazich, Hopper and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Fields, Zipperer, Hebl, Strachota, Sinicki, Ballweg, Davis, A. Ott and Nass.
To committee on Economic Development.
Senate Bill 64
Relating to: increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers.
By
Senators
Kedzie, Darling, Lazich, Kanavas, Leibham and Hopper; cosponsored by Representatives Nass, Lothian, Nygren, Kerkman, Davis, Brooks, Meyer, Roth, Knodl, LeMahieu, Spanbauer, Gunderson, Gundrum, Zipperer, Murtha and Bies.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 65
Relating to: expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual.
By
Senators
Kedzie, Darling, Lazich, Kanavas, Leibham, Hopper, Schultz and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Lothian, Nass, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Townsend, Davis, Brooks, Meyer, Rhoades, Roth, LeMahieu, Gunderson, Vos, Gundrum, Zipperer, Murtha, Spanbauer, Ballweg, Petersen, J. Ott and Bies.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 66
Relating to: operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Plale, Lehman, Decker, Hansen, Vinehout, Harsdorf, Risser, Carpenter, A. Lasee, Darling, Erpenbach and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Zepnick, Lothian, A. Ott, Bies and Honadel.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 67
Relating to: preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.
By
Senators
Erpenbach, Lehman, Taylor, Wirch, Hansen, Vinehout, Coggs, Risser and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Mason, Toles, Berceau, Smith, Soletski, Zepnick, Benedict, Vruwink, Hixson, Pocan, Zigmunt, Pope-Roberts, Young, Milroy, Turner and Bernard Schaber.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 68
Relating to: reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Lehman, Cowles, Olsen, Kedzie, Leibham and Hopper; cosponsored by Representatives Spanbauer, Ballweg, Bies, Gunderson, Kaufert, Kestell, Petersen, Ripp, Strachota and Townsend.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 69
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Relating to: adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies.
By
Senators
Hopper, Erpenbach, Darling, Harsdorf, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Schultz and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Roth, Young, Kaufert, Ballweg, Benedict, Bies, Brooks, Cullen, Davis, Gunderson, Gundrum, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Richards, Ripp, Spanbauer, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos, A. Williams, Ziegelbauer, Zipperer and Nerison.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 70
Relating to: coverage of dependents under health care plans.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Erpenbach, Robson, Lehman, Carpenter, Wirch, Taylor, Coggs, Hansen and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Hraychuck, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Young, Seidel, Clark, Berceau and Pasch.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 71
Relating to: preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, and establishing a standard application for individual health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Erpenbach, Robson, Lehman, Carpenter, Wirch, Taylor, Coggs, Hansen, Miller and Kreitlow; cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Roys, Hraychuck, Seidel, Clark and Berceau.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 72
Relating to: portability under group health benefit plans and independent review of insurance policy rescissions and preexisting condition exclusion denials under group and individual health benefit plans.
