Messaged.
Assembly Bill 727
Relating to: a firearm prohibition for an individual subject to an individuals-at-risk injunction and disclosure of and access to information regarding individuals who are prohibited from possessing a firearm.
hist25787Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Assembly Bill 727
Assembly Bill 734
Relating to: powers and duties of the board of veterans affairs; reimbursement of veterans' tuition at tribal colleges; documentation for eligibility to veterans homes; operation of veterans homes; eligibility and procedural requirements for veterans home loans, veterans personal loans, county veterans service grants, and American Indian veterans grants; and funeral honors, burial, and disinterment of veterans.
POINT OF ORDER
hist25811Senator Fitzgerald raised the point of order that Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 734 was not germane, pursuant to Senate Rule 50 (6)(b). The Chair ruled the point of order well taken.
hist25812Senator Lassa appealed the ruling of the Chair. The question was: Shall the Decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Senate?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 17; noes, 15; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Farrow, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Gudex, Harsdorf, Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Moulton, Olsen, Petrowski, Schultz, Tiffany and Vukmir - 17.
Noes - Senators Carpenter, T. Cullen, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harris, Jauch, C. Larson, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 15.
Absent or not voting - Senator Kedzie - 1.
The Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate.
hist25814Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Assembly Bill 734
Senators Miller and Vinehout, with unanimous consent, asked to be recorded as voting “No” on concurrence of Assembly Bill 734.
Assembly Bill 743
Relating to: the operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles on highway bridges.
hist25818Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Assembly Bill 743
Assembly Bill 744
Relating to: licenses for new dairy plants, food warehouses, food processing plants, retail food establishments, and meat establishments.
hist25822Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Assembly Bill 744
Assembly Bill 745
Relating to: milk procurement fees.
hist25826Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Assembly Bill 745
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
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Motions may be offered
hist25841Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 367 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up at this time. Senate Bill 367
Relating to: distributing a sexually explicit image without consent and providing a penalty.
hist25834The question was: Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 367? Adopted.
hist25836Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Read a third time and passed.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
Senator Carpenter moved that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 74 be withdrawn from the committee on Judiciary and Labor and taken up at this time.
Senate Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
hist25846The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 74 be withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and Labor and taken up at this time? The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 15; noes, 17; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, T. Cullen, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harris, Jauch, C. Larson, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 15.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Farrow, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Gudex, Harsdorf, Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Moulton, Olsen, Petrowski, Schultz, Tiffany and Vukmir - 17.
Absent or not voting - Senator Kedzie - 1.
Refused to suspend rules and take up.
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Announcements, Adjournment Honors, And Remarks Under Special Privilege
Senator Miller, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourns, it do so in memory of his birth mother, Mary Elizabeth Scoon Miller and his stepmother, Marjorie “Midge” Cavins Leeper Miller, both of whom contracted a similar form of cancer. Mary underwent chemotherapy as an experimental treatment not covered by insurance in the early 60s. She did not survive even a year. Twenty years later, Marjorie’s cancer was treated with chemotherapy, which in the 90s was a routine therapy for cancer patients. Her treatment was covered by insurance. She lived another 25 years.
Senator Shilling, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourns, it do so in honor of Syttende Mai weekend. Norwegian immigrants have made countless contributions to the cultures of Wisconsin and other regions of the United States. One out of every twelve Wisconsinites claims Norwegian ancestry and “Syttende Mai,” Norwegian for “May 17,” celebrates the anniversary of the 1814 signing of the Norwegian Constitution that declared Norway’s independence from Denmark. The Norwegian Constitution is the third-oldest in the world, being predated only by the constitutions of the United States and France. Norwegian culture can be found throughout Wisconsin in the cuisines of lutefisk and lefse, in the art of rosemaling, and in the presence of wood-carved trolls. Wisconsin communities, such as Westby, Stoughton, Blair, Mount Horeb, and Woodville, will celebrate Syttende Mai in many ways, including parades, Norwegian displays, Norwegian street music and dancers, Syttende Mai King and Queen presentations, Syttende Mai runs, special museum tours, choral concerts, church services, and Norwegian drama. Thousands of Wisconsin citizens of Norwegian heritage will participate in these activities during the month of May.
Senator Taylor, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourns, it do so in honor of Mimi Feingold.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourns, it do so in honor of the Brown Deer High School- Division 3 Boys Basketball Champions. Brown Deer won its first ever WIAA Boys Basketball Championship on Sunday, March 16, 2014, completing a remarkable 23-5 season.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourns, it do so in honor of the Germantown High School- Division 1 Boys Basketball Champions and Whitefish Bay Dominican High School- Division 4 Boys Basketball Champions. Germantown and Whitefish Bay Dominican both won their third straight WIAA Boys Basketball Championships Saturday. Germantown and Dominican became two of only seven teams to win three consecutive boys basketball titles.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourns, it do so in honor of the Whitefish Bay High School- Division 2 Girls Gymnastics. Whitefish Bay recently captured the WIAA Girls Gymnastics Championship in Wisconsin Rapids, led by Lily Hayes, who won the state all-around title, and freshman Aly Yurkowitz, who won a school record 12 individual medals.
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