Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 291 offered by Senators Vinehout, Sullivan and Decker.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 390 offered by Senator Hansen.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 553
Relating to: assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Miller, Olsen, Schultz, Vinehout, Coggs, Erpenbach, Hansen, Holperin, Jauch, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lehman, Robson and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Ballweg, Garthwaite, Benedict, Berceau, Bies, Brooks, Clark, Danou, Dexter, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hixson, Hubler, Jorgensen, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Murtha, Roys, Schneider, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Spanbauer, Townsend, Vruwink and Wood.
To committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation.
Senate Bill 554
Relating to: qualifications of the secretary of natural resources and qualifications of members of the Natural Resources Board.
By
Senators
Kedzie, Kapanke, Grothman and Hopper; cosponsored by Representatives LeMahieu, Nerison, Suder, Kestell, Nygren, Vos, Lothian, Spanbauer, Pridemore, Gunderson, Ballweg, Townsend, Bies, Tauchen, Brooks, Meyer and Van Roy.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 555
Relating to: crimes against animals and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Jauch, Carpenter, Risser and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Milroy, Turner, Zepnick, A. Williams, Berceau, Sinicki, Pasch, Benedict and Smith.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 556
Relating to: the term of office of the commissioner of insurance.
By
Senators
Vinehout and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Barca, Pasch, Zigmunt, Turner, Hraychuck, A. Williams and Sinicki.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 557
Relating to: notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Miller, Hansen, Cowles, Taylor, Robson, Lehman, Holperin and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Zigmunt, Zepnick, Petrowski, Townsend, Mursau and Berceau.
To committee on Environment.
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The committee on Agriculture and Higher Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 11
Relating to: eliminating the World Dairy Center Authority.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Kreitlow, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 455
Relating to: the testing of portable scales used for the enforcement of vehicle weight limitations.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Kreitlow, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Koepke
, John,
of Oconomowoc, as a member of the Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2015.
Confirmation.
S586
Ayes,
5 - Senators
Vinehout, Kreitlow, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Zore
, Edward,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Wisconsin to serve for the term ending May 1, 2014
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Kreitlow, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 327
Relating to: designating Wisconsin cheese as the Wisconsin state snack.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Kreitlow, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 407
Relating to: eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Kreitlow, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 497
Relating to: creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Kreitlow, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 527
Relating to: the agricultural producer security program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Kreitlow, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Kathleen Vinehout
Chairperson
The committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 485
Relating to: required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental rights warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, the confidentiality of social services records, changing from day care to child care the term used to describe care and supervision for children for less than 24 hours a day, and renumbering the definition of neglect.
