You have given us this good home on earth as our heritage and entrusted, to us, the care of countryside and townships, cities, villages and neighborhoods; places of recreation, arenas of work, sanctuaries for healing and environments for learning. And you have ordained that among us leaders will arise to protect and provide for the common good of citizens in all these places. We give you thanks for these leaders and ask that your divine counsel will guide them.
You have entrusted fields and watersheds, forests, great lakes, working rivers, lazy streams, the hills and their mirrored valleys to the stewardship of those who preside over them. We give thanks for the diverse natural beauty and plentiful resources of his land. Bless this creation by prudent law and careful lawmakers.
You have called upon the strong to care for the weak, the privileged to support the vulnerable and the powerful to remember the helpless. We pray that the sick and the unemployed, the poor and the hungry, the neglected, abused, and uneducated, the homeless and the oppressed and all who are easily abandoned will not be forgotten in this room.
Grant now what is right and good for this day in this place and may your blessing reside on these men and women so that at day's end them may take good rest and find comfort in knowing they have served well.
Amen."
The Senate remained standing and Senator A. Lasee led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 127 offered by Senators Risser, Erpenbach and Taylor.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 337 offered by Senator Coggs.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Friday, January
15
, 2010.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 381 offered by Senator Taylor.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 408 offered by Senator Jauch.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 263
Relating to: criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 14 - Senators
Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa and Olsen.
Representatives Pocan, Colon, Mason, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby and Montgomery.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction of Senate Amendment 2.
Ayes, 14 - Senators
Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa and Olsen.
Representatives Pocan, Colon, Mason, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby and Montgomery.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 2.
Ayes, 14 - Senators
Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa and Olsen.
Representatives Pocan, Colon, Mason, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby and Montgomery.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa and Olsen.
Representatives Pocan, Colon, Mason, Shilling, Sherman and Grigsby.
Noes, 1 - Representative
Montgomery.
Senate Bill 409
Relating to: a postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Introduction of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa and Olsen.
Representatives Pocan, Colon, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby and Montgomery.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa and Olsen.
Representatives Pocan, Colon, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby and Montgomery.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa and Olsen.
Representatives Pocan, Colon, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby and Montgomery.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa and Olsen.
Representatives Pocan, Colon, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby and Montgomery.
Noes, 0 - None.
Mark Miller
Senate Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 15, 2010
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Paul
, Edward,
of Neenah, as a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
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The committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 325
Relating to: notice of proposed vacation of certain highways.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Wirch, Erpenbach, Kreitlow, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jeffrey Plale
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 400
Relating to: requiring landlords to change locks.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Erpenbach, Grothman and Hopper.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 47
Relating to: prohibiting persons convicted of certain felonies from providing martial arts instruction to minors.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Erpenbach, Grothman and Hopper.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Erpenbach, Grothman and Hopper.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 365
Relating to: the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act and providing a penalty.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Erpenbach, Grothman and Hopper.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 395
