Relating to: using a flashlight while hunting coyotes.
By Representatives Gunderson, Suder, Albers, Freese, Friske, Gronemus, Hahn, Hines, Kestell, Musser, Olsen, Ott, Pettis and Vrakas.
Read first time and referred to committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill
395
Relating to: the number of school days required each school term.
By Representatives Towns, Vruwink, Nischke, J. Lehman, Jensen, Gronemus, Gunderson, Ladwig, Ott, Pettis, Kreibich, Musser, Krawczyk, Ainsworth, Gielow, Friske, Bies, McCormick, Hines, J. Wood, Owens, Albers, Seratti, Petrowski, Kerkman, Lothian, Vrakas and Van Roy.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
Assembly Bill
410
Relating to: programs to encourage businesses to support and provide discounts to veterans and members of the reserves and national guard.
By Representatives Musser, Bies, Boyle, Pettis, Schneider, Kreibich, Gronemus, Suder, Travis, McCormick, Freese, Gunderson, Morris, Turner, Kestell, Hines, Vrakas, Krawczyk, Albers and Ott; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Hansen, Wirch, Roessler and Carpenter.
Read first time and referred to committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
419
Relating to: towing and storage charges associated with nonmoving traffic violations.
By Representatives Ladwig, Gielow, Gottlieb, Hines, Krug, Owens, Petrowski, Staskunas, Townsend and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Stepp.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.
Assembly Bill
427
Relating to: the display of historical registration plates on special interest vehicles that are 20 or more years old and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Petrowski, Owens, Albers, Wasserman, Hines, Van Roy and Hahn; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.
Assembly Bill
437
Relating to: granting towns limited authority to create tax incremental financing districts.
By Representatives Loeffelholz, Ott, Musser, Petrowski, Ainsworth, Gunderson, Hundertmark, McCormick, Bies, Owens, Ward, Hines, Pettis, J. Wood, Kestell, Kerkman, M. Williams, Towns, Hahn, Powers, Lothian, Vrakas, Johnsrud, J. Fitzgerald, Seratti, Weber, Huebsch, Ladwig, Kreibich, Gronemus, Freese, Albers, Friske, Suder and Stone; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Schultz, Breske, Kanavas and A. Lasee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Job Creation and Housing.
Assembly Bill
467
Relating to: the traffic violation and registration program and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Ladwig and Ainsworth.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.
Assembly Bill
477
Relating to: creating an individual income tax subtract modification for certain individuals who donate a human organ.
S485
By Representatives Wieckert, Gundrum, Rhoades, Jeskewitz, Pocan, Townsend, Berceau, Nass, M. Lehman, Staskunas, J. Lehman, Ott, Taylor, Gunderson, Coggs, Gronemus, Krawczyk, Ladwig, Lothian, Freese, Hundertmark, Vrakas, McCormick, Wasserman, Van Roy, Miller, Schneider, Hines and LeMahieu; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Darling, Schultz, Risser, M. Meyer, Stepp and Kanavas.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
508
Relating to: the income and franchise tax credit for sales tax and use tax paid on fuel and electricity consumed in manufacturing.
By Representatives Wieckert, F. Lasee, Nischke, Ziegelbauer, Hines, Ainsworth, Gronemus, Seratti, Bies, Gunderson, Van Roy, McCormick, Montgomery, Gard and Krawczyk; cosponsored by Senators Welch, Lassa, Reynolds, Leibham, Stepp, Roessler, Darling, Ellis, Hansen and Breske.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Job Creation and Housing.
Assembly Bill
611
Relating to: limitations on the amount of revenue obligations and appropriation obligations that may be contracted to pay the state's unfunded prior service liability under the Wisconsin Retirement System and the state's unfunded liability under the unused accumulated sick leave conversion credit and supplemental credit programs and making appropriations.
By Representatives Gard and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Panzer and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
626
Relating to: an income tax and franchise tax credit for training apprentices.
By Representatives Loeffelholz, Vrakas, Kestell, Suder, Hundertmark, Gunderson, Pettis, Musser, Albers, Hines and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Reynolds and Roessler.
Read first time and referred to committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
633
Relating to: preemption of county, city, village, or town living wage ordinances.
By Representatives Grothman, Nass, LeMahieu, Hahn, Owens, Hines, Jensen, Vrakas, Stone, Friske, Suder, Gundrum and Weber; cosponsored by Senators Panzer, Reynolds, Welch and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
656
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the District 1199W/United Professionals for Quality Health Care, SEIU, AFL-CIO, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional patient care collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By joint committee on Employment Relations.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
657
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Science Professionals, AFT, Local 3732, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional science collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By joint committee on Employment Relations.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: calling for concerted action to support, renew, and expand the agricultural economy in Wisconsin.
By Representatives Ott, Gronemus, Towns, Ainsworth, Gard, Kreibich, McCormick, Ward, Kestell, Freese, Weber, Nischke, Lothian, Loeffelholz, Ladwig, Musser, Olsen, Krawczyk, Hahn, Owens, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Van Roy, Balow, Pope-Roberts, J. Wood, Hines, M. Williams, Gielow, Vruwink, Hebl, Plouff, Petrowski, Bies, Molepske and Miller; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Welch, Brown, Decker, A. Lasee, Leibham, Roessler, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Lassa and Hansen.
Read and referred to committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance.
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Senate Joint Resolution 48
Relating to: the life of Green Lake County Police Office Bruce A. Williams.
Read.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Joint Resolution
48.
Senator Moore, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Joint Resolution
48.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that all members of the Senate be made coauthors of Senate Joint Resolution 48.
Adopted.
Senate Bill 249
Relating to: certified capital investment limitations, qualified business requirements, creating a certified capital company income and franchise tax credit for insurers, certified capital company office, qualified distributions of certified capital companies, certified capital company net worth, certified capital company investment reporting requirements, treatment of qualified investments that become nonqualified, permitted nonqualified investments, reviews of certified capital company financial statements, requesting a performance audit, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 249 offered by Senator Kanavas.
Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked to be withdrawn as a coauthor of Senate Bill
249.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 249?
Adopted.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 249 offered by Senators Moore and Kanavas.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 2 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 249?
Adopted.
S486
The question was: Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1 to
Senate Bill 249?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 249
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 25; noes, 7; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Leibham, M. Meyer, Moore, Panzer, Plale, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch and Zien - 25.
Noes - Senators Carpenter, Chvala, Cowles, Lazich, Reynolds, Risser and Wirch - 7.
Absent or not voting - Senator George - 1.
Passed.
