Relating to: declaring May as Manufacturing Month in Wisconsin.
By
Senator
Plale
; cosponsored by Representative Honadel
.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 164
Relating to: limiting authorized employee positions in state government.
By
Senators
Kanavas, A. Lasee and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Bies, Strachota, Gunderson, Townsend and Nass.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 165
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge, directing the secretary of workforce development to appoint a committee to study wage disparities between men and women and between minority group members and nonminority group members, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Hansen, Lassa, Breske, Taylor, Lehman, Erpenbach and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Soletski, Sheridan, Van Akkeren, Pocan, Grigsby, Vruwink, Pope-Roberts, Travis, Shilling, Berceau, Black, Boyle, Fields, Hintz, Mason, Turner, Sherman, Benedict, Smith, Richards, Zepnick, Garthwaite, Young, A. Williams, Nelson, Steinbrink, Kreuser, Colon, Hubler, Parisi, Seidel, Jorgensen, Toles and Schneider.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 166
Relating to: issuance of certain hunting approvals to certain members of the U.S. armed forces.
By
Senators
Decker, Breske, Miller, Wirch, Kedzie, Schultz, Plale, Leibham, Grothman, Roessler, Darling, Erpenbach, Lassa and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Nerison, Gunderson, J. Ott, Hraychuck, Bies, M. Williams, Mursau, Gundrum, Petrowski, Albers, Friske, Gronemus, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Meyer, Musser, A. Ott, Pridemore, Sheridan, Suder, Townsend and Vos.
To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
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The committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Family Prosperity and Housing reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 131
Relating to: continuing education requirements for persons applying for a building permit.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 35
Relating to: increasing the income limit and maximum annual loan amount under the property tax deferral loan program of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 37
Relating to: regulation of unsafe children's products, extending the time limit for and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
Julie Lassa
Chairperson
The committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 1
Relating to: authorizing library boards to transfer a gift, bequest, or endowment to certain charitable organizations.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Risser, Miller, Kreitlow, Ellis and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 23
Relating to: service by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Risser, Miller, Kreitlow and Leibham.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Ellis.
Fred Risser
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
April
25
, 2007
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill
19
withdrawn from joint survey committee on Retirement Systems and rereferred to committee on
Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
April 24, 2007
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2007-2008 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us/
Brozek, Michael Global Notice, Inc
Brozek, Michael Lexmark International
Coughlin, Terry Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Early, Annie Wisconsin Beverage Association
Fisher, Thomas Wisconsin Laborers District Council
Johnson, Douglas Q Midwest Hardware Association Inc
Klaetsch, George Wisconsin Coalition for Consumer Choice
Kussow, Michelle International Bottled Water Association
Langenohl, Tony Midwest Forest Products Company
McCoshen, William J Midwest Forest Products Company
Schillinger, Patrick Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Scholz, Brandon International Bottled Water Association
Walsh, Kenneth Wisconsin Beverage Association
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Mursau added as a cosponser of
Senate Bill
122
.
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