Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Lena Taylor
Chairperson
__________________
The committee on Senate Organization reports:
The following bills were referred to the joint committee on
Finance, pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Senate Bill 238
Relating to: accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the technical college system.
Senate Bill 283
Relating to: the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Senate Bill 292
Relating to: human trafficking and providing a penalty.
Senate Bill 321
Relating to: criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Senate Bill 325
Relating to: moneys used to reimburse the cost of drugs to treat HIV infections and making appropriations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services).
Senate Bill 353
Relating to: collective bargaining process for University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff and making appropriations.
Assembly Bill 502
Relating to: furnishing or using certain consumer loan information to make solicitations and providing a penalty.
Assembly Bill 580
Relating to: objecting to property tax assessments.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Decker, Risser, Hansen, Fitzgerald and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
The following bills were withdrawn from joint committee on
Finance and made Available for Scheduling, pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Senate Bill 325
Relating to: moneys used to reimburse the cost of drugs to treat HIV infections and making appropriations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services).
Relating to: objecting to property tax assessments.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Decker, Risser, Hansen, Fitzgerald and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
RUSS DECKER
Chairperson
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January 17
, 2008
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46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred.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
254
withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Senate
January 16
, 2008
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
75, please have the Senate Journal reflect how I would have voted had I been present for the roll call votes taken on Tuesday, January 15, 2008:
Confirmation of the Appointments en masse: Aye
Passage of Senate Bill 130: Aye
Passage of Senate Bill 211: Aye
Concurrence of Assembly Bill 181: Aye
Concurrence of Assembly Bill 228: Aye
Concurrence of Assembly Bill 296: Aye
Concurrence of Assembly Bill 454: Aye
Please contact me if you have any questions pertaining to this matter.
Sincerely,
JUDITH B. ROBSON
State Senator
__________________
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Taylor added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill
224
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Roessler added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
375
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Kessler added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
388
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Plale added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
74
.
__________________
The committee on Agriculture and Higher Education reports and recommends:
Relating to voluntary certification of firewood dealers.
No action taken.
Kathleen Vinehout
Chairperson
__________________
Assembly Bill
51
Relating to: prohibiting certain computer messages or postings that invite harassment or obscene, lewd, or profane communication and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Friske, Schneider, Bies, Petrowski, J. Ott, Mursau, Ballweg, A. Ott, Nerison, Jeskewitz, Gunderson, Musser, Townsend, Hahn and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Darling, Roessler and Lazich.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
69
Relating to: registration requirements for professional engineers.
By Representatives Gottlieb, Kerkman, A. Ott and Townsend; cosponsored by Senator Plale
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
96
Relating to: the possession, release, control, storage, sale, and transportation of fish of an invasive fish species and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By Representatives Schneider, Petrowski, Mursau, Hahn, Benedict, Turner, Van Roy, A. Ott, Kleefisch, Sheridan, Hilgenberg, J. Ott and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Risser, Wirch, Plale and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill
259
Relating to: the acquisition by the Department of Transportation of land for mitigation related to highway projects.
By Representatives Nygren, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Mursau and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Hansen and Roessler, by request of City of Oconto
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Assembly Bill
309
