Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vukmir, Galloway, Moulton, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Van Meeteren, Robert,
of Reedsburg, as a member of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2013.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vukmir, Galloway, Moulton, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Leah Vukmir
Chairperson
The committee on Senate Organization reports:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
76, establish a schedule and time limits for the consideration of
Assembly Bill 7 and other matters that may come before the Senate. Pursuant to this motion:
• The Senate will vote on the question of concurrence of Assembly Bill 7 at 11:00 A.M. today.
• Following the vote on concurrence, if there are any further debatable motions made, debate on all such motions will be limited to a total of 15 minutes.
• Any time spent in caucus or on other matters shall not delay the time of these votes.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Fitzgerald, Ellis, and Grothman.
Noes: 2 - Senators Miller and Hansen.
SCOTT FITZGERALD
Chairperson
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Corrections In:
2011 SENATE
BILL
90
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(May 19
, 2011)
In enrolling, the following correction was made:
1. Page 25, line 24: delete "941.295 (4)" and substitute "941.295 (1c) (a)".
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
May 17, 2011
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Satula
, Brian,
of Oak Creek, as an Administrator on the Wisconsin Emergency Management, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Respectfully submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs.
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Assembly Bill 7
Relating to: requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
President Ellis addressed the Senate:
"Pursuant to Senate Rule
76 and the committee on Senate Organization, we have established time limits for the consideration on Assembly Bill 7 and any other matters to come before the Senate today.
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Pursuant to that directive, the Senate will vote at 11 A.M. on the question of concurrence, and any other subsidiary motions that are made after that will be clocked in at 15 minutes."
Senator Miller moved that the actions of the committee on Senate Organization be repealed, and that the established time limits be removed.
The question was: Shall the actions of the committee on Senate Organization be repealed?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 13; noes, 19; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, S. Coggs, T. Cullen, Erpenbach, Hansen, Holperin, Jauch, C. Larson, Miller, Risser, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 13.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Galloway, Grothman, Harsdorf, Hopper, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Moulton, Olsen, Schultz, Vukmir, Wanggaard and Zipperer - 19.
Absent or not voting - Senator Lassa - 1.
Motion to repeal refused.
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Pursuant to Senate Rule
2 (1), Senator Kedzie in the chair.
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President Ellis in the chair.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 7 be concurred in?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 19; noes, 5; absent or not voting, 9; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Galloway, Grothman, Harsdorf, Hopper, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Moulton, Olsen, Schultz, Vukmir, Wanggaard and Zipperer - 19.
Noes - Senators Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Holperin and Wirch - 5.
Absent or not voting - Senators S. Coggs, T. Cullen, Jauch, C. Larson, Lassa, Miller, Risser, Taylor and Vinehout - 9.
Concurred in.
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Pursuant to the suspension of Senate Rule 73m on June 8, 2011, the official roll call on the question of concurrence in Assembly Bill 7 is:
Ayes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Galloway, Grothman, Harsdorf, Hopper, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Moulton, Olsen, Schultz, Vukmir, Wanggaard and Zipperer - 19.
Noes - Senators Carpenter, S. Coggs, T. Cullen, Erpenbach, Hansen, Holperin, Jauch, C. Larson, Lassa, Miller, Risser, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 14.
Absent or not voting - None.
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Senator S. Fitzgerald moved that the vote by which Assembly Bill 7 was concurred in be reconsidered.
The question was: Shall the vote by which Assembly Bill 7 was concurred in be reconsidered?
Reconsideration refused.
Assembly Bill 7
Messaged pursuant to Senate Rule
42 (1).
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Senator Larson, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Kristine Schwanda and Molly Swank. Both women are constituents of Senator Larson and members of Emerge Wisconsin's 2011 class. Emerge Wisconsin is part of a national movement to address the under-representation of women in elected office at the local, state, and federal level.
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President Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate stand adjourned
Adjourned.
11:03 A.M.