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Senator Zein, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 4:28 P.M.
4:13 P.M
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4:28 P.M
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Risser in the chair.
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Senator Chvala moved that the rules be suspended and the bill be given a the third reading.
The question was: Shall the rules be suspended and the bill be given a the third reading?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 18; noes, 15; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Decker, Erpenbach, George, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Jauch, M. Meyer, Moen, Moore, Plache, Risser, Robson, Shibilski and Wirch - 18.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Huelsman, Kanavas, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Schultz, Welch and Zien - 15.
Absent or not voting - None.
Refused to suspend rules.
Senate Bill 353
Relating to: state government holidays.
Read a second time.
Senator Burke, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 353 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 372
Relating to: recording and filing documents with the offices of register of deeds and the department of financial institutions.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 372?
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 372
Read a third time and passed.
Relating to: miscellaneous changes to the insurance laws related to the confidentiality of personal information obtained in the course of administering a state insurance fund, the statute of limitations for bringing an action against the patients compensation fund, the applicability of a timeliness requirement for the payment of insurance claims for chiropractic services, an exception from a requirement to obtain consent to incorporate certain publications by reference in administrative rules, the type of property for which the loss amount is the insurance limits, the renewal date for viatical settlement brokers' licenses, eliminating the requirement to keep a separate account for surplus lines taxes, issuance of temporary licenses for intermediaries, specifying by rule the amount of stop-loss reinsurance that a town mutual must obtain, standards related to assisting unauthorized insurers, and defining extraordinary dividends for life insurers; and granting rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 375?
Adopted.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 375 be laid on the table.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 375 offered by Senator Breske.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 375?
Adopted.
Senate amendment 4 to Senate Bill 375 offered by Senators Breske and Moen.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 4 to Senate Bill 375?
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 375
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 378
Relating to: theft of farm-raised fish and providing penalties.
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 378
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 393
Relating to: electric personal assistive mobility devices, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 393 offered by Senator Breske.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 393?
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 393
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 397
Relating to: the practice of nurse-midwifery, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 725 be withdrawn from the committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs and taken up.
Assembly Bill 725
Relating to: the practice of nurse-midwifery, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 725 offered by Senator Robson.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 725?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 725
Read a third time and concurred in as amended.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 397 be laid on the table.
Senate Bill 411
Relating to: authorizing the city of Bayfield to become a premier resort area.
Read a second time.
Senator Burke, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 411 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Senator Burke, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill
411 be withdrawn from the Joint Committee on Finance and taken up at this time.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Moen, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 411
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 28; noes, 5; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Harsdorf, Huelsman, Jauch, M. Meyer, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Schultz, Shibilski, Wirch and Zien - 28.
