Senate Bill 360
Relating to: nonmoving traffic violations involving rented or leased motor vehicles.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Wirch, Moore, Grobschmidt, Drzewiecki and Zien.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Wirch, Moore, Grobschmidt, Drzewiecki and Zien.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Wirch
Chairperson
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 412
Relating to: modifying the definition of a parent of a child with a disability and granting rule-making authority.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 11 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Jauch, Shibilski, Baumgart, Robson, Erpenbach, Darling, Roessler, Huelsman, Lazich and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 432
Relating to: auditing University of Wisconsin System and technical college system courses by persons who are 60 years of age or older.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 11 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Jauch, Shibilski, Baumgart, Robson, Erpenbach, Darling, Roessler, Huelsman, Lazich and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Richard Grobschmidt
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 328
Relating to: admitting certain police identification reports at preliminary examinations.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing, Huelsman and Darling.
Noes, 0 - None.
Relating to: creating a southeast Wisconsin crime abatement task force.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing, Huelsman and Darling.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 2.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing, Huelsman and Darling.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing, Huelsman and Darling.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 610
Relating to: including relatives by adoption on the same basis as relatives by blood in certain definitions and references in the statutes.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing, Huelsman and Darling.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 354
Relating to: collection of data concerning motor vehicle stops, law enforcement training standards and granting rule-making authority.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing, Huelsman and Darling.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 380
Relating to: eliminating emergency detention under the fifth standard of dangerousness, eliminating termination of involuntary civil commitments under the fifth standard of dangerousness, permitting only petitions approved by the attorney general to be filed for involuntary civil commitment under the fifth standard of dangerousness and providing access by the counsel for the interests of the public to court records and treatment records of persons receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or drug dependence.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing, Huelsman and Darling.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 404
Relating to: sexually violent person commitment proceedings, escape from custody by a person who is subject to a sexually violent person commitment proceeding, sentencing of persons who have prior convictions for certain crimes, requiring persons who commit certain offenses to register as a sex offender and providing penalties.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing, Huelsman and Darling.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 425
Relating to: authorizing the department of justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
George, Risser, Clausing and Darling.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Huelsman.
Gary George
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
March 8, 2000
The Honorable, The Senate:
On Wednesday, March 1, 2000, I introduced LRB 3696/4, relating to a property tax exemption for an air carrier with a hub terminal facility.
After introduction and referral of the proposal - Senate Bill 411, it came to my attention that a member of my staff made an error in the listing of Assembly cosponsors. It was my intention that the listing of Assembly cosponsors begin with State Representative Jeff Plale, followed by State Representative Jeff Stone. The cosponsorship list for Senate Bill 411 currently indicates Representative Stone as the first cosponsor and Representative Plale as second. Otherwise, the listing of cosponsors was correct.
I would appreciate your assistance in correcting the records of the Senate to indicate my intention of listing Representative Plale as the first Assembly cosponsor of Senate Bill 411. If you have any questions concerning my request, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Richard Grobschmidt
State Senator
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
February 29, 2000
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Chapter
109 of Wisconsin Statutes I hereby submit the department's 1999 annual report on business closings and or mass layoffs to you. The report lists all businesses that notified the department in 1999 of planned closings/mass layoffs and complaints the department received of alleged notification infractions. The report indicates the involved business, location, date complaint received, determination issued and disposition of each complaint. Beyond complaints filed in 1999, the updates of disposition of complaints pending at the end of 1998.
At the end of 1998 eleven business closing complaints remained under investigation. One of those complaints against the Menasha Corporation, remains under investigation at this time. The department anticipates completing this investigation by the end of March. Nine of the completed investigations of cases pending at the end of 1998 resulted in findings of no violation. The final completed investigation involving the Louis Allis Company resulted in the documentation of a violation. The Louis Allis case currently is pending in federal bankruptcy court.
In 1999 the department received ten complaints alleging violations of the notification law. The department completed investigation of six of the ten complaints in 1999 or early 2000. In five of the cases the department concluded no violations occurred. In the sixth case, the department initially concluded the company violated the business closing notification requirement. The employer has appealed that ruling and the matter remains under review at this time. The other four complaints remain under investigation at this time.
If you have any questions regarding the information in this report, please contact me.
Linda Stewart, Ph. D.
Secretary
