Absent or not voting - None.
Passed.
Senate Bill 268
Relating to: restoration and reinstatement rights of classified employes appointed to unclassified positions; leaves of absence from state employment to seek partisan political office; compensation and employment rights of assistant district attorneys; the salary of the position of Wisconsin veterans museum superintendent; authority of the administrator of the division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment relations to appoint local examiners; and solicitation of recommendations for positions in the classified service of the state (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of employment relations).
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 268
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 270
Relating to: the possession of barbed hooks while fishing.
Read a second time.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 270 be laid on the table.
Senate Bill 274
Relating to: credit union membership, powers and operation; the application of agriculture, trade and consumer protection statutes to credit unions and providing a penalty.
Read a second time.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 551 be withdrawn and taken up at this time.
Assembly Bill 551
Relating to: priority of claims for distribution in insurance liquidations, the insurance security fund, conforming the mutual insurance holding company provisions to changes made in the nonstock corporation provisions, the certified capital investment credit for insurers and miscellaneous changes to insurance statutes.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 551
Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 100 be withdrawn and taken up at this time.
Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: celebrating March 1, 2000, as St. David's Day.
Read.
Concurred in.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that
Senate Bill 274 be placed after
Senate Bill 357 on the calendar of February 8, 2000.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 325 be placed after Senate Bill 274 on the calendar of February 8, 2000.
Senate Bill 287
Relating to: registration of reductions in certain air emissions and granting rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 287?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 287
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 315
Relating to: child abuse and neglect prevention and making appropriations.
Read a second time.
Senator Burke, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 315 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 357
Relating to: an agreement between the state and tobacco product manufacturers; classification and elements of felony offenses and certain misdemeanor offenses; modification of a bifurcated sentence in certain cases; revocation of extended supervision; the creation of a sentencing commission and temporary sentencing guidelines; legislative procedure for criminal penalties bills; assistant district attorney positions for certain counties; releasing information from the sex offender registry to school district administrators and parents, guardians and legal custodians of children; achievement guarantee contracts; authorizing digital television conversion projects; funding for gaming law enforcement operations, general program operations of the state lottery, lottery retailer compensation, lottery vendor fees, the farmland tax relief credit, costs of administration, administration of the lottery and gaming credit; prescription drug assistance for elderly persons; funding for the badger care health care program; funding for food pantries; requiring insurance coverage of certain immunizations for children; creating an office of public intervenor in the department of justice; bonding authority under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program; shared revenue payments to counties and municipalities, circuit court support payments, financial assistance for local recycling programs, community aids, youth aids; transferring certain consumer protection functions performed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to the department of justice; the composition of the board of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; distribution of national forest income payments from the federal government; restoring the school property tax rent credit; granting bonding authority; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 357 offered by Senators Breske, Decker and Jauch.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 357 offered by Senators Burke and Chvala.
Senate amendment 4 to Senate Bill 357 offered by Senator Moore.
Senate amendment 5 to Senate Bill 357 offered by Senators George and Chvala.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 357 offered by Senators Lazich, Drzewiecki, Panzer, Rude and Farrow.
Senator Panzer moved that Senate Bill 357 be referred to the joint committee on Finance.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 357 be referred to the joint committee on Finance?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 16; noes, 17; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Welch and Zien - 16.
Noes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, Erpenbach, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Plache, Risser, Robson, Shibilski and Wirch - 17.
Absent or not voting - None.
Referral refused.
Senator Chvala moved that Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 357 be laid on the table.
The question was: Shall Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 357 be laid on the table?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 17; noes, 16; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, Erpenbach, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Plache, Risser, Robson, Shibilski and Wirch - 17.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Welch and Zien - 16.
Absent or not voting - None.
Tabled.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 357 be laid on the table.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 357?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 25; noes, 8; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Erpenbach, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, A. Lasee, Moen, Moore, Plache, Risser, Robson, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Welch, Wirch and Zien - 25.
Noes - Senators Darling, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler and Rosenzweig - 8.
Absent or not voting - None.
Adopted.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 357?
Adopted.
Senator Moore, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 4 to Senate Bill 357 be withdrawn and returned to author.
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The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 5 to
Senate Bill 357?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 17; noes, 16; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, Erpenbach, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Plache, Risser, Robson, Shibilski and Wirch - 17.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Welch and Zien - 16.
Absent or not voting - None.
Adopted.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 357 be ordered to a third reading?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 17; noes, 16; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, Erpenbach, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Plache, Risser, Robson, Shibilski and Wirch - 17.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Welch and Zien - 16.
Absent or not voting - None.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
