The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Tuesday, February 24
, 2009.
By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has concurred in:
Senate Joint Resolution
4
Senate Joint Resolution
13
Senate Joint Resolution
14
Senate Joint Resolution
15
Senate Bill 6
Senate Bill 7
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution
1
Assembly Joint Resolution
5
Assembly Joint Resolution
7
Assembly Joint Resolution
18
Assembly Joint Resolution
21
Passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 3
Assembly Bill 4
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Assembly Joint Resolution 1
Relating to: proclaiming Niagara Escarpment year and month.
By Representatives A. Ott, Bies, Ballweg, Black, Kestell, LeMahieu, Ripp, Roth, Spanbauer, Strachota, Townsend, Van Roy, M. Williams and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Cowles, Hansen, Lazich and Olsen.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: the life and public service of Jerome J. Kleczka.
By Representatives Sinicki, Richards and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senator Plale
.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and public service of Judge Ted E. Wedemeyer, Jr.
By Representatives Kessler, Staskunas, Pocan, A. Williams, Hebl, Pasch, Cullen, Fields, Grigsby and Barca; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Sullivan, Coggs, Miller, Wirch and Plale.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 18
Relating to: the life and public service of Rebecca Young.
By Representatives Berceau, Black, Ziegelbauer, Sinicki, Sherman, Pasch, Hebl, Roys, Grigsby, Turner, Mursau, Richards, Staskunas, A. Ott, Cullen, Zepnick, Nass, Townsend, Gunderson, Bernard Schaber and Pope-Roberts; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Erpenbach, Vinehout, Holperin, Olsen, Plale, Carpenter, Lehman, Cowles, Coggs, Decker, Taylor, Lassa and Miller.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: celebrating March 1, 2009, as St. David's Day.
By Representative
Davis
.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 16
Relating to: limiting the provisions that may be considered by the committee of conference.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Schultz, Kedzie, Darling, Leibham and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Zipperer, Kerkman, Vos, Gottlieb, Murtha, J. Ott, Bies, LeMahieu, Roth, Spanbauer, Gundrum, Townsend, Mursau and Kleefisch.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 85
Relating to: eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children.
By
Senators
Leibham, Hopper, Plale, Darling and S. Fitzgerald; cosponsored by Representatives Rhoades, Schneider, Bies, Brooks, Lothian, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Suder and Townsend.
To committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
Senate Bill 86
Relating to: school conference and activities leave.
S87
By
Senators
Carpenter, Lassa, Lehman, Plale, Taylor, Erpenbach, Miller and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Black, A. Ott, Smith, Zigmunt, Sinicki, Benedict, Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Pocan, Grigsby, A. Williams, Young, Cullen, Fields, Zepnick, Pasch, Berceau and Soletski.
To committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.
Senate Bill 87
Relating to: increasing the maximum annual loan amount under the property tax deferral loan program of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
By
Senators
Lassa, Hansen, Vinehout, Lehman, Darling, Coggs, Taylor and Robson; cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Hebl, Hintz, A. Ott, Fields, Young and A. Williams.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 88
Relating to: purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces.
By
Senators
Leibham, Hopper, Plale, Darling, Harsdorf and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Bies, Gunderson, Kerkman, Kestell, LeMahieu, Lothian, A. Ott, Spanbauer and Suder.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 89
Relating to: requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten.
By
Senators
Coggs, Lehman, Carpenter, Vinehout, Plale and Robson; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Pope-Roberts, Berceau, Richards, Soletski, Colon, Sinicki, Mason, Pasch, Fields, Hebl, Benedict, Hixson, Milroy, Clark, Zigmunt, Bernard Schaber and A. Ott.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 90
Relating to: the registration of antique snowmobiles.
By
Senators
Holperin, Cowles, A. Lasee, Lehman, Hansen, Taylor, Plale, Olsen and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, Sherman, Garthwaite, Milroy, Zepnick, A. Ott, Nygren, Gunderson, Townsend, Petrowski, Molepske Jr., Steinbrink, Ziegelbauer, Benedict, Mursau and Kaufert.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Strachota added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
64
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator S. Fitzgerald added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
51
.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
February 25, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to 109.12(2) and (3), Wis. Stats., I hereby submit the Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) 2008 annual report on the administration and enforcement of 109.07 and 109.075, Wis. Stats. The report contains three sections. The first section lists all employers in 2008 that notified DWD of business closings and mass layoffs planned in Wisconsin. The second section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received business closing or mass layoff notification complaints and the current status or outcome of those complaints. The third section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received healthcare cessation notification complaints, DWD's actions and the current status or outcome of those complaints.
Business Closing or Mass Layoff Notification Cases: