Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 623
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 630
Relating to: calculating the estimated snowmobile gas tax payment; operation of snowmobiles by law enforcement officers on highways; operation of snowmobiles proceeding in opposite directions or in excess of roadway speed limits; tampering with odometers of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles and with hour meters of boats, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles; transfer of snowmobile registration certificates; exempting accidents occurring in certain snowmobile races or derbies from requirements to render aid and from reporting and investigation requirements; and providing a penalty.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 630
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 29; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 4; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Chvala, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, M. Meyer, Panzer, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch and Wirch - 29.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senators Coggs, Jauch, Moore and Zien - 4.
Concurred in.
Senator Hansen, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill
630.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 630.
Assembly Bill 908
Relating to: the effective dates for provisions relating to the distribution of payments received by taxation districts for acres designated as closed under the Managed Forest Land Program.
Read a second time.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 908 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
908 be withdrawn from the Joint Committee on Finance and taken up at this time.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 908
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 30; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 3; as follows:
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Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Chvala, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, M. Meyer, Moore, Panzer, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch and Wirch - 30.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senators Coggs, Jauch and Zien - 3.
Concurred in.
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Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Sgt. Kirk A. Straseskie, Beaver Dam, WI, age 23; Maj. Mathew E. Schram, Brookfield, WI, age 36; E-7 Dan H. Gabrielson, Frederic, WI, age 40; SPC. Paul J. Sturino, Rice Lake, WI, age 21; PFC Rachel K. Bosveld, Waupun, WI, age 19; 2LT. Jeremy L. Wolfe, Menominee, WI, age 27; SPC Eugene A. Uhl III, Amherst, WI, age 21; SSG Warren S. Hansen, Clintonville, WI, age 36; MAJ Christopher J. Splinter, Platteville, WI, age 43; SPC Robert J. Cook, Sun Prairie, WI, age 24; PFC Nichole M. Frye, Lena, WI, age 19; SPC Bert E. Hoyer, Ellsworth, WI, age 23; CPT John F. Kurth, Columbus, WI, age 31. These men and women of Wisconsin gave their lives while in service to their country for freedom of the people in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Senator Kanavas, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the 183rd Anniversary of Greek Independence Day.
Senator Kanavas, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of his brother Jeff Kanavas.
Senator Plale, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of his son Jack's 7th birthday.
Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the distinguished servece of Kenosha Fire Chief Joseph J. Kiser, and wish him well in his retirement.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of one of her staff, Katie Ford. Katie has accepted a job with the Republican National Committee and will be moving to D.C.
Senator Moore, with unanimous consent, asked that journal show she would have voted aye on concurrence of Assembly Bill 630.
Senator Lassa, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of her sister Katie, who turned 19.
Senator Welch, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Republican Party, which held its first meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin.
Senator Hansen, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of his grandson David Bicoy's 7th birthday today, March 25.
Senator Stepp, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Racine's Prairie Girls Basketball Team who won the Division 4 State Girls Basketball Championship in a 57-44 victory over South Shore on Saturday, March 13th.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Kelly Rindfleisch, one of her staff people who will be leaving to work in the Milwaukee area.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Senator Erpenbach, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Senator Moore and Senator Meyer and to thank them for their distinguished service to the State of Wisconsin.
Senator Roessler, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the Oshkosh West Wildcats Girls Basketball team, winners for the second straight year of the State WIAA Division Championship.
Senator Roessler, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of Terri Schumacher the coach for the Oshkosh West Wildcats Girls Basketball team.
Senator Lasee, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of his youngest child Polly who is 33.
Senator Lasee, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of his sweet wife, Janice. She is recuperating from surgery in a Milwaukee hospital.
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Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Adjourned.
10:21 A.M
