Ayes - 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.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Passed.
Senate Bill 552
Relating to: a Medical Assistance family planning demonstration project minimum age eligibility limitation change.
Read a second time.
Senator Grothman, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 552 be laid on the table.
Senate Bill 555
Relating to: the deadline for applying for the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 555
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 556
Relating to: a system of classifying invasive species (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 556
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 557
Relating to: boats and associated tackle and equipment that are public nuisances under the fish and game laws (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 557
Read a third time and passed.
Relating to: the authority of a warden to kill certain dogs that injure wildlife (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 560
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 562
Relating to: possession of firearms by juveniles while hunting (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 562
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 577
Relating to: the Volunteer Fire Fighter and Emergency Medical Technician Service Award Program and the exclusion of wages earned for services performed as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or first responder from partial unemployment benefit determinations.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 577
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - 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.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Passed.
Senate Bill 578
Relating to: confidentiality of health care review records and immunity.
Read a second time.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 578 be placed at the foot of the eleventh order of business on the calendar of March 2, 2006.
Senator Robson, with unanimous consent, asked that a leave of absence be granted for Senator Erpenbach.
Senate Bill 591
Relating to: podiatric medicine.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 591?
Adopted.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 591?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 591
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 613
Relating to: the transfer of funds to the veterans trust fund, exempting certain veterans from tuition and fees at the University of Wisconsin System and at technical colleges, eligibility for tuition fee remissions of unremarried surviving spouses and children of certain deceased veterans, information technology server and network infrastructure staff in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and making an appropriation.
Read a second time.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 613 be placed at the foot of the eleventh order of business on the calendar of March 2, 2006.
Senate Bill 617
Relating to: prohibiting certain rules related to defined network plans and preferred provider plans, requiring defined network plans and preferred provider plans to provide certain notices, requiring the commissioner of insurance to publish a guide describing out-of-network coverage for all defined network plans, and other miscellaneous provisions related to preferred provider plans.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 617?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Miller moved indefinite postponement of Senate Bill 617 .
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 617 be indefinitely postponed?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 13; noes, 19; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Taylor and Wirch - 13.
S661
Noes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp and Zien - 19.
Absent or not voting - Senator Erpenbach - 1.
Refused indefinite postponement.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
