2009-02-18 Senate Journal

Ninety-Ninth Regular Session

S73

STATE OF WISCONSIN

Senate Journal

The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.

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Introduction, First Reading, and
Reference of Proposals

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

S74 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.

By Senators Vinehout, Erpenbach, Robson, Lehman, Carpenter, Wirch, Taylor, Coggs, Hansen and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Pasch, Richards, Berceau, Seidel, Sherman, Young, Hraychuck and Clark.

To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.

Senate Bill 73

Relating to: the lifetime limit under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan.

By Senators Vinehout, Erpenbach, Robson, Lehman, Carpenter, Wirch, Taylor, Coggs, Hansen and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Hraychuck and Berceau.

To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.

Senate Bill 74

Relating to: health insurance coverage denials for eligibility under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan.

By Senators Vinehout, Erpenbach, Robson, Lehman, Carpenter, Wirch, Taylor, Coggs, Hansen and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Hraychuck and Berceau.

To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.

Senate Bill 75

Relating to: the designation of Korean War Armistice Day.

By Senators Vinehout, Hansen, Cowles, Coggs, Decker, S. Fitzgerald, Lehman, Lazich, Schultz, Plale, Wirch, Taylor and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Radcliffe, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, Garthwaite, Grigsby, Gunderson, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Honadel, Hraychuck, Hubler, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Lothian, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Murtha, Nelson, A. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petrowski, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Richards, Ripp, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, M. Williams, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Zigmunt.

To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.

Senate Bill 76

Relating to: the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day.

By Senators Vinehout, Hansen, Cowles, Coggs, Decker, S. Fitzgerald, Lehman, Lazich, Schultz, Plale, Wirch, Taylor and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Radcliffe, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, Garthwaite, Grigsby, Gunderson, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Honadel, Hraychuck, Hubler, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Lothian, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Murtha, Nelson, A. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petrowski, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Richards, Ripp, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, M. Williams, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Zigmunt.

To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.

Senate Bill 77

Relating to: changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

By Senators Lassa, Vinehout, Sullivan, Lehman, Robson, Kapanke, Cowles, Harsdorf, Darling, Taylor, Schultz, Hopper and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Garthwaite, Strachota, Berceau, Mason, Townsend, Sinicki, Vos, Hintz, Hraychuck, Staskunas, Soletski, Molepske Jr., Hilgenberg and Roys.

To committee on Economic Development.

Senate Bill 78

Relating to: protections for tenants in foreclosure actions.

By Senators Taylor, Carpenter and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Hintz, Soletski, Fields, Cullen, Richards, Krusick, Staskunas, Seidel, Pocan, Grigsby, Toles, Berceau, Roys, Zepnick, Kessler, Jorgensen, A. Williams and Sinicki.

To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

Senate Bill 79

Relating to: public disclosure of certain information when abuse or neglect results in a child dying or being placed in serious or critical condition.

By Senators Darling, Lazich, Hopper, A. Lasee and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives J. Ott, Strachota, Townsend, Vukmir, Gunderson, Kerkman, Bies, Spanbauer, Kestell, Vos and Pridemore.

To committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.