Thursday, September 24, 2009
1:15 P.M.
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
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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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 306
Relating to: driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Taylor and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Black, Hubler and Van Roy.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 307
Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Lions Clubs of Wisconsin and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Lazich, Sullivan, Schultz, Lassa, Coggs and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Nerison, Honadel, Zepnick, Milroy and Jorgensen.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 308
Relating to: a requirement that an employer permit an employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire department or fire company, a public agency, or a nonprofit corporation to be late for or absent from work if the lateness or absence is due to the employee responding to an emergency that begins before the employee is required to report to work.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Darling, Hansen, Harsdorf, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Schultz, Taylor, Wirch and Robson; cosponsored by Representatives Gunderson, Berceau, Bies, Clark, Danou, Dexter, Garthwaite, Gottlieb, Hebl, Hintz, Hraychuck, Huebsch, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Lothian, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Mursau, Murtha, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Pridemore, Ripp, Schneider, Sherman, Sinicki, Smith, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Suder, Townsend, Vos, Vruwink, Zigmunt and Brooks.
To committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
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Corrections In:
Assembly Amendment 3
TO 2009 ASSEMBLY BILL
387
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(September 24
, 2009)
In engrossing, the following correction was made:
1. Page 2, line 6: delete "19" and substitute "18".
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Taylor added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill
283
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Ellis added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
40
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
274
.
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Relating to permits to operate for boilers, pressure vessels, anhydrous ammonia systems, mechanical refrigeration systems, conveyances and passenger ropeways, and registration and performance tests for cross connection control assemblies.
Submitted by Department of Commerce.
Report received from Agency, September 24, 2009.
Referred to committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail, September 24, 2009.
Relating to emergency assistance for needy families and affecting small businesses.
Submitted by Department of Children and Families.
Report received from Agency, September 23, 2009.
Referred to committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development, September 24, 2009.
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Assembly Bill
57
Relating to: permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be.
S337
By Representatives Pasch, Roys, Parisi, Sinicki, Benedict, Black, Berceau, Ballweg, Cullen, Hintz, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Mason, Molepske Jr., Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Toles, Townsend, Vruwink and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Erpenbach, Wirch, Darling, Schultz, Cowles, Sullivan and Lehman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation.
Assembly Bill
131
Relating to: pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act.
By Representatives Hebl, Roys, Colon, A. Ott, Pope-Roberts, Black, Gunderson, Berceau, Townsend, Molepske Jr., Spanbauer, Fields, Hintz and Seidel; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Lehman, Lassa and Miller.
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
