Thursday, February 5, 2009
2:55 P.M.
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: modifying the session schedule for the 2009-10 biennial session period and extending the deadline for the governor's budget message.
By
Senator
Decker
; cosponsored by Representative Nelson
.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 9
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of restoring the annual adjustment of the motor vehicle fuel tax rate in this state.
By
Senator
Carpenter
; cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Vos and Spanbauer.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: the dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration).
By
Senators
Plale, Kreitlow, Holperin, Carpenter, Cowles, Kanavas, A. Lasee, Kedzie, Harsdorf, Olsen, Kapanke, Lazich, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Grothman, Darling, Leibham and Hopper; cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen, Strachota, Gottlieb, Honadel, Kaufert, Montgomery, Kleefisch, A. Ott, Petersen, Suder, Nygren, Bies, Kestell, Knodl, Ripp, Ballweg, Van Roy, Davis, Lothian, Pridemore, Zipperer, Mursau, Murtha, Gundrum, Nass, Stone, LeMahieu, Brooks, M. Williams, Gunderson, Vos, Ziegelbauer, Nerison, Kramer, Kerkman, Roth and Spanbauer.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration).
By
Senators
Carpenter, Lehman and Harsdorf; cosponsored by Representatives Pasch, Van Akkeren, Lothian and Townsend.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 39
Relating to: cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, Erpenbach, Taylor, Lassa, Plale, Lehman, Wirch, Vinehout, Schultz, S. Fitzgerald, Leibham and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Milroy, Garthwaite, Hebl, A. Ott, Sinicki, Fields, Townsend, Richards, Smith, Gunderson, Toles, Berceau, Petersen, Bies and Strachota.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 40
Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, Taylor, Sullivan, Miller, Risser, Erpenbach, Wirch, Lassa, Lehman, Hansen, Vinehout and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Hintz, Hilgenberg, Smith, Garthwaite, Benedict, Roys, Hebl, Staskunas, Turner, Parisi, Cullen, Jorgensen, Richards, Zepnick, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Clark, Shilling, Hubler, Black, Berceau, Grigsby, Molepske Jr. and Kessler.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 41
Relating to: indoor environmental quality in public and private schools.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Olsen, Miller, Hansen, Vinehout, Lassa, Taylor, Darling, Erpenbach, Schultz, Risser and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, Pope-Roberts, Cullen, Hilgenberg, Black, Benedict, Fields, Berceau, Mason, Toles, Hintz, Molepske Jr., Zepnick, Hebl, Pocan, Parisi, Milroy, Roys and Hixson.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 42
Relating to: a report on food safety programs.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Kapanke, Darling, Holperin, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Schultz and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives A. Ott, Ballweg, Barca, Brooks, Davis, Gunderson, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, LeMahieu, Molepske Jr., Murtha, Nerison, Ripp, Spanbauer, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend, M. Williams, Zepnick and Ziegelbauer.
To committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
Senate Bill 43
Relating to: the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law.
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By
Senators
Erpenbach, Kreitlow, Ellis, Vinehout, Hansen, Risser, Lehman, Holperin, Harsdorf, Carpenter, Cowles and Robson; cosponsored by Representatives Dexter, Hebl, Cullen, Zigmunt, Sherman, Barca, Hintz, Black, Hilgenberg, Mason, Toles, Hixson, Pope-Roberts, Pocan, Kaufert and Berceau.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 44
Relating to: adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Darling, Harsdorf, Olsen, Schultz and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Gunderson, Richards, Murtha, Kerkman, Vos, Fields, Lothian, Townsend, Stone, Bies, Ballweg, Kaufert, LeMahieu, Nygren, Petersen, Van Roy and Spanbauer.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 45
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes.
By
Senators
Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Olsen, Lazich, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Grothman, Hopper and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, J. Fitzgerald, Murtha, Nygren, Ziegelbauer, Tauchen, Kerkman, Montgomery, Huebsch, Van Roy, Petersen, Newcomer, Ballweg, Meyer, LeMahieu, Kestell, Roth, Nerison, Davis, Ripp, Spanbauer, Honadel, Fields, A. Ott, Knodl, Petrowski, Lothian, Strachota, Gottlieb, Townsend, Mursau, Stone, Gunderson, J. Ott, Brooks, Friske, Vos and Bies.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 46
Relating to: arbitration and fair-share agreements during collective bargaining negotiations under the Municipal Employment Relations Act.
By
Senators
Hansen, Wirch, Lehman, Vinehout, Coggs and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Soletski and Berceau.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 47
Relating to: designating portions of the Totogatic River as a wild river.
