Wednesday, February 15, 2012
12:01 A.M.
One-Hundredth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Ellis.
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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, S. Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Galloway, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Jauch, Kedzie, King, C. Larson, Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Moulton, Olsen, Risser, Schultz, Shilling, Taylor, Vinehout, Vukmir, Wanggaard, Wirch and Zipperer - 32.
Absent - Senator T. Cullen - 1.
Absent with leave - None.
President Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that the prayer and pledge from yesterday's session be applied to today's session.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 398 offered by Senator Lazich.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 423 offered by Senator Lazich.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 428 offered by Senator Zipperer.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 478
Relating to: giving notice of, and providing assistance after, a motor vehicle accident and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
S. Fitzgerald and Olsen, by request of Sheriff of Dodge County, Todd M. Nehls.
To committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 479
Relating to: establishing an assistant state public defender pay progression plan.
By Senators Taylor, C. Larson, Lassa, Risser and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Litjens, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Brooks, Grigsby, Hebl, Mason, Molepske, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Roys and Turner
.
To committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 480
Relating to: an expenditure of $90,000 from the general fund for payment of a claim against the state made by Robert Lee Stinson.
By
Senators
Taylor, Hansen, Risser and C. Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Spanbauer, Turner, Grigsby, Berceau, Hebl and Fields.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 481
Relating to: proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students.
By
Senators
Taylor, C. Larson, Holperin, Erpenbach, Wirch, T. Cullen, Risser and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Pasch, Grigsby, Vruwink, Doyle, Turner, Kessler, Hebl, Berceau, Molepske Jr, Bewley, Staskunas, Radcliffe, Ringhand, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Mason and Fields.
To committee on Transportation and Elections.
Senate Bill 482
Relating to: lodging establishments and restricting a local government's ability to prohibit or restrict an individual from renting his or her home.
By
Senator
Lasee
; cosponsored by Representative Rivard
.
To committee on Insurance and Housing.
Senate Bill 483
Relating to: informational highway signs identifying wild rivers and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Holperin, Jauch, Schultz, Taylor, Lassa, C. Larson and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Milroy, Ballweg, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Ringhand and Rivard.
To committee on Transportation and Elections.
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The committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 425
Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for energy and water improvements to premises and collection of the debt by special charge.
Passage.
S711
Ayes,
5 - Senators
Cowles, Kedzie, Wanggaard, Wirch and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Cowles
Chairperson
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 442
Relating to: an addition to the 2011-13 Authorized State Building Program.
Passage.
Ayes, 16 - Senators
Darling, Olsen, Harsdorf, Grothman, Leibham, Zipperer, Taylor and Jauch. Representatives Vos, Meyer, Strachota, LeMahieu, Nygren, Kleefisch, Mason and Richards.
Noes, 0 - None.
Alberta Darling
Senate Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
February 15
, 2012
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.
Assembly Bill
426
, relating to
regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties, withdrawn from Senate select committee on Mining Jobs and rereferred to joint committee on Finance.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL G. ELLIS
Senate President
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Moulton added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
447
.
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Corrections In:
2011 SENATE
BILL
461
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(February 14
, 2012)
1. Page 12, line 15: delete "115.38-(2)" and substitute "115.38 (2)".
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State of Wisconsin
