2009-09-30 Senate Journal

The committee on Rural Issues, Biofuels, and Information Technology reports and recommends:

Christman, Blane, of Ladysmith, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2012.

Confirmation.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Kreitlow, Jauch, Holperin, Kapanke and Kanavas.

Noes, 0 - None.

Patterson, Leslie, of Greenfield, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.

Confirmation.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Kreitlow, Jauch, Holperin, Kapanke and Kanavas.

Noes, 0 - None.

Pat Kreitlow

Chairperson

Petitions and Communications

State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President

September 29 , 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Pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred.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.

Senate Bill 215 , relating to a personal property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs, withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.

Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President

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Introduction, First Reading, and
Reference of Proposals

Read and referred:

Senate Joint Resolution 47

Relating to: the second anniversary of WisconsinEye's commencement of broadcast operations.

By Senators Jauch, Miller, Holperin, Hansen, Schultz, Risser and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Barca, Pope-Roberts, Pasch, Berceau, Roys, Hilgenberg, Clark, Jorgensen, Sinicki, Turner, Vos, Pocan, Toles, Zepnick and Ballweg.

To committee on Senate Organization.

Senate Joint Resolution 48

Relating to: the life and military service of Lance Corporal Dean Opicka.

By Senator A. Lasee ; cosponsored by Representative Bies .

To committee on Senate Organization.

Read first time and referred:

Senate Bill 309

Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Association of State Prosecutors for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the assistant district attorneys collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

By joint committee on Employment Relations.

To committee on Senate Organization.

Senate Bill 310

Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Professional Employees in Research, Statistics, and Analysis, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional research, statistics, and analysis collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

By joint committee on Employment Relations.

To committee on Senate Organization.

Senate Bill 311

Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

By joint committee on Employment Relations.

To committee on Senate Organization.

Senate Bill 312

Relating to: the electronic medical records tax credit.

By Joint Legislative Council.

To committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail.

Senate Bill 313

Relating to: physical fitness assessments, school nutrition, a quality rating system for day care centers, and granting rule-making authority.

By Joint Legislative Council.

To committee on Education.

Senate Bill 314

Relating to: traditional neighborhood development ordinances, mixed-use zoning, and the state housing strategy plan.

By Joint Legislative Council.

To committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail.

Senate Bill 315

Relating to: the maximum term of extended supervision.

By Joint Legislative Council.

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

Senate Bill 316

Relating to: time spent in prison after revocation of parole or extended supervision.

By Joint Legislative Council.

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

Senate Bill 317

Relating to: community supervision services in the Department of Corrections.

S340 By Joint Legislative Council.

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

Senate Bill 318

Relating to: risk reduction programming.

By Joint Legislative Council.

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

Senate Bill 319

Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.

By Senators Lassa, Taylor, Olsen, Schultz, Erpenbach and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Parisi, Suder, Soletski, Brooks, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Pasch, Berceau, Wood, Sinicki, Bies, Zepnick, A. Ott, Vruwink, Nygren, Van Roy, Tauchen, Nerison, Turner, Honadel, Hraychuck, A. Williams, Molepske Jr., Petersen, Ballweg and Stone.

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

Senate Bill 320

Relating to: participation in variable annuity program under the Wisconsin Retirement System.

By Senator Wirch ; cosponsored by Representative Hubler .

To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.

Senate Bill 321

Relating to: operation of neighborhood electric vehicles.

By Senators Vinehout, Holperin, Lazich, Erpenbach, Cowles, Ellis, Schultz and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Danou, Jorgensen, Radcliffe, Wood, Zigmunt, Ballweg, Van Akkeren, Berceau, Kaufert, Pope-Roberts and Zepnick.

To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.

Senate Bill 322

Relating to: information concerning independent candidates for partisan office that appears on the ballot at elections.

By Senators Taylor, Lehman and Kedzie; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Stone, Hilgenberg, A. Williams, Jorgensen and Vruwink.

To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.

Senate Bill 323

Relating to: requiring newborn hearing screening.

By Senators Lassa, Taylor, Lehman, Schultz, Kreitlow, Risser, Miller, Darling, Coggs and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Dexter, Kaufert, Berceau, Black, Townsend, Schneider, Hilgenberg, Mason, Soletski, Sinicki, Jorgensen, Hixson, Lothian, Turner, Grigsby, A. Williams, Krusick, Wood, A. Ott, Molepske Jr. and Bernard Schaber.