Senators Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Hopper, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Reverend Peter Narum, from St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Verona.
"Gracious God,
We come to you in a time when the challenges we face are many.
It is a time for wisdom, patience, courage, and hope. We pray for these things, so that the deliberations in this chamber and the decisions reached may guide this state forward.
Help us catch a glimpse of and work toward your desired future: a state, a country, and a world where everyone has a place to live and a meal to eat, where the air is fresh and the water pure, where laws are just and liberty is enjoyed by all; where healthcare is right and not a privilege, where our children live in safety, and our adults engage in meaningful and honest work.
We thank you for the privilege and responsibility of leadership. Help leaders in all walks of life, and especially here, to remember those who have no power or voice. In decisions made in this place, help guide our senators to remember the poor, the widow and orphan, the least of these in our midst.
We thank you this day for our staff members, both here at the capital and in our home communities: for the gifts they bring and the work they do. And we thank you also for our family and friends - those who support us, encourage us, and love us.
Bring resolution to all warring conflicts: an end to violence and the greed that feeds it. We remember this day our sisters and brothers from Wisconsin who have put themselves in harms' way: the service men and women of our armed forces. Protect them, watch over them, provide for their families, and bring them safely home. For the wounded we ask that you bring healing of body, mind, and soul; for the dead, bring comfort and peace to their loved ones.
Gracious God, we come to you in a time when the challenges we face are many.
May the challenges of our time make us stronger, our decisions clearer, our policies more just, and our state a better place for all as we move forward together.
Bless President Obama, Governor Doyle, all the leaders of our state, counties, cities and towns. And bless and guide these your leaders of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Amen."
The Senate remained standing and Senator Coggs led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 18
Relating to: fee remissions for certain University of Wisconsin System and technical college students.
By
Senators
Hansen, Lehman, Wirch, Holperin and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Soletski, Bies and Hraychuck.
To committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
Senate Bill 19
Relating to: liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
By
Senators
Taylor, Risser, Robson, Lehman, Coggs and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Grigsby, Van Akkeren, Pope-Roberts, Hixson, Cullen, Benedict, Pasch, Berceau, Molepske, Pocan, Roys, Soletski, Black, Schneider, Young and Turner.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 20
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 and making an appropriation.
S36
By
Senators
Hansen, Robson, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Vinehout, Taylor and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Jorgensen, Sheridan, Pocan, Nelson, Seidel, Colon, Parisi, Grigsby, Sherman, Shilling, Mason, Van Akkeren, Toles, Benedict, Soletski, Molepske, Roys, Fields, Pasch, A. Williams, Young, Dexter, Richards, Hilgenberg, Pope-Roberts, Black, Garthwaite, Hixson, Berceau, Hintz, Smith, Turner, Vruwink, Zepnick, Cullen, Clark, Steinbrink, Schneider and Hubler.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 21
Relating to: fees charged by notaries public.
By
Senators
Risser and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl and Townsend.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
15
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Kapanke added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 4
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Kapanke added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 5
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Robson added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 4
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Taylor added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
15
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill
5
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Lassa added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
15
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Lassa added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill
5
.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January 28, 2009
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 15.107(11)(b), I am appointing Sarah Briganti to the Women's Council.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
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Finder-Stone, Patricia,
of De Pere, as a member of the Board on Aging and Long Term Care to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Hopper, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
Lease
, Mary,
of Oregon, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Hopper, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
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By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 5
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Assembly Bill
1
Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state.
By Representatives Clark, Molepske, Bernard Schaber, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Danou, Hixson, Mason, Nelson, Parisi, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Radcliffe, Richards, Roys, Seidel, Sheridan, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Van Akkeren, A. Williams, Zigmunt, Jorgensen and Barca; cosponsored by Senators Plale and Erpenbach.
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
Assembly Bill
2
Relating to: state procurement of contractual services.
By Representatives Pocan, Zigmunt, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Black, Clark, Danou, Fields, Grigsby, Hraychuck, Hubler, Jorgensen, Krusick, Mason, Molepske, Nelson, Parisi, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Radcliffe, Richards, Roys, Seidel, Sheridan, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Van Akkeren, A. Williams and Young; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Coggs, Hansen, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Robson and Sullivan.
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
Relating to: payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state.
By Representatives Sinicki, Sheridan, Nelson, Seidel, Staskunas, Barca, Colon, Van Akkeren, Jorgensen, Toles, Parisi and Honadel; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Decker, Miller, Hansen, Lehman and Wirch.
