Tuesday, March 2, 2010
11:11 A.M.
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
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The roll was called, disclosing the presence of a quorum.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
15, the official attendance for session was:
Senators Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Hopper, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 31.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - 2 - Senators Darling and Olsen.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Presbyterian Minister Rev. Scott Anderson, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Robson led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Senator S. Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senators Darling and Olsen be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
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Senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 139 offered by Senator Carpenter.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 323 offered by Senator Lassa.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 337 offered by Senator Coggs.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 509 offered by Senator Taylor.
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The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill
332
Report correctly enrolled on 3-2-2010.
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The Chief Clerk records:
Senate Bill
271
Senate Bill
292
Senate Bill
293
Senate Bill
308
Senate Bill
455
Presented to the Governor on 3-2-2010.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 573
Relating to: public access to certain shared law enforcement records.
By
Senators
Lehman, Hansen, Olsen and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Hraychuck, Brooks, Clark, Kestell, Mursau, Nerison, A. Ott, Petrowski, Schneider, Townsend, Zigmunt and Turner.
To committee on Rural Issues, Biofuels, and Information Technology.
Senate Bill 574
Relating to: exemption from execution for payments made to certain family farm businesses.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Vinehout and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, A. Ott, Clark, Spanbauer, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend and Vos.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 575
Relating to: meals that a bed and breakfast establishment may serve.
By
Senators
Miller, Taylor, Plale, Grothman, Risser and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Radcliffe, Roys, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Berceau, Ripp, Petrowski, Ballweg, A. Williams and Molepske Jr..
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 576
Relating to: the requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district.
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By
Senators
Schultz, Harsdorf, A. Lasee, Cowles, Olsen, Kedzie and Kapanke; cosponsored by Representatives Davis, Ziegelbauer, Kerkman, Vos, Gunderson, Van Roy, Ripp, Townsend, Hubler, Mursau, Roth, Kestell, Spanbauer and LeMahieu.
To committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
Senate Bill 577
Relating to: limiting eligibility for public assistance programs to U.S. citizens and qualifying aliens, requiring documentary proof of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Grothman, Schultz, Lazich, Darling, Leibham, Kapanke, Kedzie and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Kleefisch, Ziegelbauer, Vos, Nygren, Kestell, Knodl, Suder, Newcomer, Van Roy, Nass, Kerkman, Pridemore, Roth, Bies, Davis, Honadel, LeMahieu, Meyer and Petrowski.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 578
Relating to: adding a member to the council on veterans programs.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, Taylor and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Dexter, Suder, Hebl, Berceau, Mason and Petersen.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 579
Relating to: designation of a corporation to receive funding for electronic health information exchange, creation of a corporation, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, Vinehout, Lehman, Risser, Lassa, Taylor, Plale, Darling and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Dexter, Pasch, Berceau, Turner, Molepske Jr., Vruwink, Suder, Seidel, Benedict, Grigsby, Shilling, Pocan, Stone, Rhoades and Hilgenberg.
To committee on Rural Issues, Biofuels, and Information Technology.
Senate Bill 580
Relating to: animals taken into custody.
By
Senators
Risser, Carpenter, Miller and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Pocan, Berceau, Black, Brooks, Hebl, Pasch and Pope-Roberts.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 581
Relating to: prohibiting social security numbers on instruments under the corporate registration system and on records under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
By
Senators
Sullivan, A. Lasee, Taylor and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Fields, Zigmunt, Vos, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Townsend and Lothian.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 582
Relating to: public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Robson, Miller and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Smith, Berceau, Molepske Jr., Kessler, Pope-Roberts, Schneider, Black, Garthwaite, Van Akkeren, Hilgenberg, Sherman, Bies, Roys, Hintz, Vruwink, A. Williams, Sinicki and Hubler.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 583
Relating to: the time period to petition to review an administrative decision.
By
Senator
Risser
; cosponsored by Representative Molepske Jr.
.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 584
