Tuesday, April 5, 2005
11:00 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Alan Lasee.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Lassa led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Friday, April 1, 2005.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 19
Relating to: deleting from the constitution the office of state treasurer (first consideration).
By
Senator
A. Lasee
; cosponsored by Representatives Kerkman, Jeskewitz, Kreibich, Freese, Bies, Owens, Van Roy, Hines and Pridemore.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 153
Relating to: allowing certain counties to create tax incremental financing districts.
By
Senators
Breske and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Hahn, McCormick, Ainsworth, Hines, Townsend, Gard, Albers and Krawczyk.
To committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 154
Relating to: allowing two-vehicle combinations of a certain length to operate on a highway without a permit.
By
Senators
Breske and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Suder, Sheridan and Hines.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 155
Relating to: employment discrimination based on creed and exemption from liability and discipline for pharmacists who refuse to dispense for abortions, assisted suicides, and euthanasia.
By
Senators
Reynolds, Brown, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Kanavas, Kedzie, Lazich and Leibham; cosponsored by Representatives Owens, Albers, Ballweg, Bies, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Gundrum, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Hahn, Hines, Honadel, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, Mursau, Nischke, Ott, Petrowski, Pridemore, Suder, Towns, Vos, Vrakas, Wieckert, Wood and Ziegelbauer.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 156
Relating to: the annual adjustment of the motor vehicle fuel tax rate.
By
Senators
Carpenter and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Cullen, Gundrum, Sinicki, Ziegelbauer, F. Lasee, Krusick, Van Akkeren, Lehman, Pocan, Wasserman, Turner, Pope-Roberts, Zepnick, Berceau, Kessler, Boyle, Benedict, Pridemore and Vukmir.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
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The committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 4
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Roessler, Darling and Brown.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Arneson, Kenneth D.,
of Oshkosh, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Bohacek, Linda,
of Eau Claire, as a member of the Dentistry Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Kaufert, Dean,
of Madison, as a member of the Council on Domestic Abuse, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Rabinowitz, Abe,
of Middleton, as a member of the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board, to serve the term ending July 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
