Thursday, May 14, 2009
11:15 A.M.
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Senate Journal
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Chief Clerk Marchant, pursuant to Senate Rule 5 (4)(b).
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Introduction, First Reading, and
Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 200
Relating to: products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Jauch, Coggs, Cowles, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Risser, Robson, Sullivan, Taylor, and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Danou, Black, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Dexter, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Milroy, A. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Roys, Sinicki, Smith, Spanbauer and Steinbrink.
To committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
Senate Bill 201
Relating to: permitting motor vehicle dealers to remain open for business on Sunday.
By Senator Ellis , by request of Megan Stine .
To committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
Senate Bill 202
Relating to: school policies on bullying.
By Senators Kedzie, Coggs, Sullivan, Carpenter and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Young, Berceau, Richards, Bies, Lothian, Staskunas, Spanbauer and Smith.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 203
Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases.
By Senators Plale, Hansen and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Sinicki, Roys, Berceau, A. Williams, Pope-Roberts, Mason, Toles, Cullen, Spanbauer, Zepnick, Turner, Parisi and Kessler.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 204
Relating to: prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty.
By Senators Coggs, Taylor, Carpenter, Risser, Hansen, Holperin, Erpenbach, Plale, Sullivan and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Parisi, Suder, Seidel, A. Ott, Pocan, Van Roy, Young, Tauchen, Sherman, Petrowski, Grigsby, Wood, Roys, Spanbauer, Berceau, Hebl, Nygren, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Zepnick, Shilling, Milroy, Sinicki, Toles and Dexter.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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Petitions and Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
May 14 , 2009
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill 122 , relating to appellate time limits and procedure, withdrawn from committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill 123 , relating to appellate procedure regarding commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons, withdrawn from committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill 124 , relating to appellate procedure, withdrawn from committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization .
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
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Legislative Reference Bureau Corrections
Corrections In:
to 2009 Senate Bill 181
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(May 13, 2009)
1. Page 5, line 19: delete "veteran's" and substitute "veterans".
S175 Corrections In:
Senate Amendment 1,
to 2009 Senate Bill 181
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(May 13, 2009)
1. Page 5, line 8: delete "two" and substitute "2".
2. Page 5, line 21: delete "veteran's" and substitute "veterans".
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
May 12, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
In response to a complaint reported to the Fraud, Waste, and Mismanagement Hotline established by 2007 Wisconsin Act 126, we have completed a limited-scope review of the role of construction engineers in the Department of Transportation's (DOT's) quality assurance process on state highway projects. Construction engineers, who include both DOT staff and private consultants, ensure that construction contractors build highways according to contractual requirements. In fiscal year (FY) 2007-08, construction engineering expenditures totaled an estimated $56.8 million, including $20.8 million in spending related to state staff and $36.0 million paid to private consultants.
Our analysis is focused on state highway projects built with concrete pavement. We reviewed in detail projects begun from FY 2006-07 through FY 2007-08. None of 20 projects we reviewed had any measurements that indicated unacceptable concrete pavement thickness. However, documentation for 11 of the 20 projects indicated that contractors measured the concrete pavement's thickness less frequently than contractually required. State staff served as the lead construction engineer on 7 of the 11 projects, while consultants served in that role on the remaining 4. It is possible the measurements were actually taken but not documented, but we cannot independently confirm this.
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