Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 216 offered by Senator Darling.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 394 offered by Senator Carpenter.
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Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Lassa be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Kanavas be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 543
Relating to: providing the public with information on expenditures made by state agencies and state agency contracts and grants.
By
Senators
Lazich and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives F. Lasee and Musser.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
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The committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 173
Relating to: membership of the Council on Mental Health.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter, Taylor, Roessler, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 246
Relating to: mental health professionals who may provide outpatient services for the treatment of nervous and mental conditions and alcoholism and other drug abuse problems or who, under Medical Assistance, may provide psychotherapy and alcohol and other drug abuse services and exempting certain Medical Assistance benefits from physician prescription requirements.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter, Taylor and Roessler.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Lazich and Kanavas.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter, Taylor and Roessler.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Lazich and Kanavas.
Relating to: remote dispensing by pharmacists and authorizing the exercise of rule-making powers.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter, Taylor, Roessler, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter, Taylor, Roessler, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 487
Relating to: treatment records and patient health care records.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Erpenbach, Vinehout, Carpenter, Taylor, Roessler, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jon Erpenbach
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 537
Relating to: judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan and Vinehout.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Lazich and Grothman.
Lena Taylor
Chairperson
The committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs reports and recommends:
Neumann, Judith,
of Madison, as chair of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2013.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Coggs, Wirch, Lehman, Grothman and A. Lasee.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 282
Relating to: deduction of membership dues from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Coggs, Wirch and Lehman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Grothman and A. Lasee.
Senate Bill 426
Relating to: authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Coggs, Wirch, Lehman, Grothman and A. Lasee.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Coggs, Wirch, Lehman and Grothman.
Noes, 1 - Senator
A. Lasee.
Spencer Coggs
Chairperson
The committee on Transportation and Tourism reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 454
Relating to: the transportation of invasive species on highways and providing a penalty.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Breske, Plale, Erpenbach, Hansen, Kapanke, Schultz and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Breske, Plale, Erpenbach, Hansen, Kapanke, Schultz and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 519
Relating to: nonmoving traffic violations involving rented or leased vehicles, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Breske, Plale, Erpenbach, Hansen, Kapanke, Schultz and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Roger Breske
Chairperson
The committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
