Thursday, May 7, 2009
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 181 offered by Senators Risser, Erpenbach and Decker.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Tuesday, May
5
, 2009.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Townsend withdrawn as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
180
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Wednesday, May
6
, 2009.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 129 offered by Senator Ellis.
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The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill
49
Report correctly enrolled on 5-6-2009.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate Republican Leader
May 5, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
Following is my list of appointments from the Senate Republicans to serve on the following councils, boards, and commissions:
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board: Senator Glenn Grothman
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
scott fitzgerald
Senate Republican Leader
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The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing reports and recommends:
Relating to replacement of life insurance or annuity contracts and to disclosure requirements.
No action taken.
Lena Taylor
Chairperson
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 191
Relating to: podiatrist-patient privilege, immunity exemption for podiatrists providing emergency care at athletic events, allowing podiatrists to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans, allowing podiatrists to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits, cooperatives organized to provide sickness care, the Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board, allowing podiatrists to certify driver school instructors' physical fitness, allowing Medical Assistance recipients to freely choose among podiatrists, and giving equal weight to certifications of disability by podiatrists for insurance purposes.
By
Senators
Lehman, Taylor, Plale, Schultz, Wirch and Holperin; cosponsored by Representatives Barca, Zigmunt, Benedict, Turner, Kerkman, Steinbrink, Friske, Mason, Townsend, Zepnick, Ballweg, Berceau and Petrowski.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 192
Relating to: the possession and consumption of alcohol beverages on retail licensed premises in a park in a 1st class city.
By
Senator
Coggs
; cosponsored by Representatives Young, Richards and Zepnick.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 193
Relating to: raffle licenses.
By
Senators
Holperin, Plale, Kedzie, Kapanke, Hansen and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Brooks, Roth, Bies, Townsend, Vos, Mursau, Petrowski, Ballweg, Gunderson, Knodl, Ripp, Spanbauer and Hraychuck.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Relating to: professional land surveyors, the practice of professional land surveying, surveying land abutting navigable waters, and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Risser, Lehman, Cowles, Taylor, Holperin and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Clark, Roys, Berceau, Mason, Staskunas, Gunderson, Zepnick, Hubler, Danou, Smith, Milroy, A. Ott and Jorgensen.
To committee on Economic Development.
Senate Bill 195
Relating to: adding a member to the council on veterans programs.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Hansen, Taylor, Lassa, Carpenter and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Hilgenberg, Colon, Pasch, Turner, Bies, Townsend, Berceau, Petrowski, Zepnick, Petersen, Sinicki, Lothian, Spanbauer, Cullen and Ripp.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 196
Relating to: the time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family and medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Department of Workforce Development under that law.
By
Senators
Lassa, Taylor and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Molepske Jr., Nass, Mason, Berceau, A. Ott, Parisi, A. Williams, Townsend and Lothian.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 197
Relating to: damages for frivolous claims.
By
Senators
Grothman, Olsen, Schultz, A. Lasee, Kedzie, Lazich and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Suder, Kestell, LeMahieu, Tauchen, Townsend, Petrowski, Vos, Gunderson, Knodl, Lothian, Bies, Ballweg, Spanbauer, Nass, A. Ott and Strachota.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 198
Relating to: donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs.
By
Senators
Robson, Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Taylor, Olsen, Harsdorf, Cowles, Carpenter, Darling, Schultz, Miller, Risser and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Pope-Roberts, Black, Sherman, Smith, Molepske Jr., Van Roy, Suder, Montgomery, Townsend, Vos, Turner, Benedict, Soletski, Tauchen, Kerkman, Petersen, Grigsby, Ripp, Petrowski, Bies, Ballweg, Friske, Gunderson, Kaufert, Knodl, Nass, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Gottlieb and Strachota.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 199
Relating to: requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, and the fee for an identification card issued by the Department of Transportation.
By
Senators
Leibham, Lazich, Carpenter, Darling, Grothman, Harsdorf, Hopper, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Olsen, Plale, Schultz and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Vukmir, Bies, Brooks, Davis, Gundrum, Honadel, Huebsch, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kramer, LeMahieu, Lothian, Meyer, Montgomery, Murtha, Nass, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Pridemore, Spanbauer, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos and Zipperer.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
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The committee on Environment reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 107
Relating to: the sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Miller, Jauch, Wirch, Kedzie and Olsen.
