Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 641
Relating to: authority for an off-duty peace officer to act outside his or her territorial jurisdiction.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Grothman.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman and Taylor.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Risser.
David Zien
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
April 14, 2006
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required by s.
14.065, and on behalf of the Governor, I am transmitting a recommended Stripper XXI Oil Overcharge Plan, and requesting the Joint Committee on Finance consider this plan at their next s.
13.10, Wis. Stats., meeting.
This plan allocates $862,299.80 of oil overcharge monies ($152,899.22 of new Stripper monies plus all accrued and future accruing interest, $40,099 of direct state restitution monies, $434,679.24 reprogrammed Exxon monies). The plan is designed to reduce the State's dependence on petroleum based motor fuels and increase the use of renewable energy.
I appreciate your support in helping Wisconsin increase its energy efficiency and increase its use of renewable energies. If you have any questions or need additional details regarding the proposed program modification, please contact Kimberly R. Walker, Administrator for the Division of Energy, at 261-6357.
Sincerely,
STEPHEN E. BABLITCH
Secretary
Referred to committee on Energy, Utilities, and Information Technology.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Brown added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 668.
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Relating to stop work, stop use and petition for variance procedures and affecting small businesses.
Submitted by Department of Commerce.
S777
Report received from Agency, April 17, 2006.
Referred to committee on Housing and Financial Institutions, April 18, 2006
.
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The joint committee for Review of Administrative Rules reports and recommends:
Relating to the requirements for administering the office facilities and equipment for safe and effective administration and the applicable standards of care, and to provide for reporting of adverse occurrences related to anesthesia administration.
Report objection recommended, Ayes 5, Noes 4.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Grothman and Stepp.
Representatives Gottlieb, LeMahieu and Friske., Towns, Schneider, Black
Noes, 4 - Senators
Jauch and Miller. Representatives Schneider and Black.
Glenn Grothman
Senate Chairperson
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The committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 33
Relating to: an exception to confidentiality requirements for treatment records.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Wood
, Daryl,
of La Crosse, as a member of the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Carol Roessler
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April
19
, 2006
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number
Date Approved
Senate Bill 579 Act
351
April 18
, 2006
Senate Bill 181 Act
353
April 19
, 2006
Senate Bill 157 Act
354
April 19
, 2006
Senate Bill 312 Act
355
April 19
, 2006
Senate Bill 515 Act
358
April 19
, 2006
Senate Bill 467 Act
360
April 19
, 2006
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate:
Bill Number Act Number
Publication Date
Senate Bill 161 Act
325
April 28
, 2006
Senate Bill 329 Act
326
April 28
, 2006
Senate Bill 596 Act
328
April 28
, 2006
Senate Bill 592 Act
332
April 28
, 2006
Senate Bill 591 Act
334
April 28
, 2006
Senate Bill 352 Act
335
April 28
, 2006
Senate Bill 375 Act
336
April 28
, 2006
Sincerely,
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 18, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am vetoing Senate Bill 68. This bill permits schools to choose not to comply with the requirement to reduce class sizes in grades two or three or both and to forego aid under the SAGE program for students in those classes. This provision would apply to just those districts in which no more than 50 percent of the student enrollment is comprised of pupils who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. If a school were to choose to not reduce class size and forego aid for students in grades two or three or both, that school would still be eligible for the current law payment under the SAGE program for students in grades in which it continued to reduce class size.
The bill also creates a new, sum sufficient special education aid supplemental appropriation. The appropriation amount would be equal to the amounts lapsed to the general fund in the previous fiscal year from the SAGE appropriation. The funds would be used for the payment of aids for special education and school age parent programs, to be distributed in the same manner as under current law. In effect, funds appropriated for the SAGE program that go unexpended as a result of districts opting out of the class reduction requirements of the SAGE program for grades two, three, or both, would be used for special education and school age parent programs.
As Governor, I have been forced to use my veto pen on more than one occasion to defend the SAGE small class size program against attacks by the Legislature, and I will do so again today. This bill lets schools take small class size funding without actually reducing class sizes. That makes no sense. Every parent and every teacher knows that one of the best things you can do for a child's education is to put them in a classroom with fewer students. Moreover, research shows that the positive outcomes associated with reduced class sizes are sustained only if class sizes remain reduced over consecutive years, in kindergarten through third grade. This bill is a cynical attack on the SAGE program that would result in more students being packed into larger classes in the early grades – a critical stage in their education.
