One-Hundred and First Regular Session
10:49 A.M. WEDNESDAY, February 13, 2013
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fitzgerald.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date. _____________
Chief Clerk's Entries
Amendments Offered
hist1563Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 10 offered by Senator Harsdorf. _____________
Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: recodification of the child abuse and neglect reporting law; making probation agents, parole agents, and certain employees, contractors, and volunteers of schools and institutions of higher education mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; requiring training for certain mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; definitions of physical injury and neglect for purposes of mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect; requiring child protective service agencies to notify tribal agents of reports of suspected child abuse or neglect; and granting rule-making authority.
By Joint Legislative Council.
hist1571To committee on Health and Human Services. Relating to: state agencies entering into contracts for legal services on a contingent fee basis.
By Senators Grothman, Vukmir and Farrow; cosponsored by Representatives Kuglitsch, August, A. Ott, Craig, Stone, Schraa, Jacque, Spiros, Stroebel and Thiesfeldt.
hist1572To committee on Judiciary and Labor. Relating to: residency of election officials.
By Senators Lazich, Cowles, Grothman and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Bernier, Kleefisch, Bies, Thiesfeldt and Schraa.
hist1573To committee on Elections and Urban Affairs. Relating to: extending the expenditure period for a tax incremental district in the city of Marinette.
By Senators Tiffany and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Jacque, Mursau, Steineke, Tauchen and Weininger.
hist1574To committee on Economic Development and Local Government. Relating to: collateral source payments.
By Senators Farrow and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Jacque, Bies, Craig, Czaja, Kestell, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, Murphy, Sanfelippo, Spiros, Thiesfeldt and Weatherston.
hist1575To committee on Judiciary and Labor. _____________
Petitions and Communications
hist1565Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Jauch added as a co-author of Senate Bill 10. _____________
Messages from the Assembly Considered
Assembly Joint Resolution 2
Relating to: creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (second consideration).
By Representatives Ripp, Kahl, August, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Czaja, Danou, Doyle, Endsley, Honadel, Jacque, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Klenke, LeMahieu, T. Larson, Marklein, Murphy, Mursau, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pridemore, Schraa, Smith, Spiros, Stone, Steineke, Strachota, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Weininger, Zepnick and Ballweg; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Lazich, Farrow, Gudex, Harsdorf, Kedzie, Lasee, Leibham, Moulton, Olsen, Schultz and Darling.
hist1608Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization Assembly Joint Resolution 3
Relating to: Turner syndrome awareness month.
By Representatives Weatherston and Kuglitsch; cosponsored by Senators Lehman and Lazich.
hist1610Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: the life and public service of Felmers O. Chaney.
By Representatives Pasch, Richards, Goyke, Kessler, Barnes, Young, Stone, Johnson, Riemer, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Kahl, Jorgensen, Hesselbein, Bies, Spiros, Hulsey, Ohnstad, Milroy, Berceau and Mason; cosponsored by Senators Harris, Taylor, C. Larson, Carpenter, Cowles, Miller and Schultz.
hist1612Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization Assembly Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: honoring the career and public service of United States Senator Herbert H. Kohl.
By Representatives Goyke, Hintz, Richards, Barnes, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Brooks, Danou, Genrich, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hulsey, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, A. Ott, Pasch, Pope, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Smith, Stone, Strachota, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Wachs, Young, Zepnick, Barca and Doyle; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Carpenter, T. Cullen, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harris, Jauch, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Risser, Schultz, Shilling, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch.
hist1614Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization Assembly Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and public service of former University of Wisconsin-Stout chancellor Robert S. Swanson.
By Representative Murtha.
hist1616Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization Assembly Bill 2
Relating to: extending the expenditure period for a tax incremental district in the city of Marinette.
By Representatives Nygren, Jacque, Mursau, Steineke, Tauchen and Weininger; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany and Hansen.
hist1567Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Local Government Assembly Bill 3
Relating to: the exclusion of veterinarians from the prescription drug monitoring program.
By Representatives Knudson, Pasch, Berceau, Bernier, Brooks, Clark, Czaja, Danou, Doyle, Endsley, Jacque, Jagler, Kahl, Kapenga, Kerkman, Billings, Kestell, Knodl, Kooyenga, Krug, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Marklein, Milroy, Murphy, Murtha, Nygren, Ohnstad, A. Ott, Petryk, Richards, Ripp, Smith, Swearingen, Tauchen, Tranel, Vruwink, Wachs, Weatherston, Weininger, Williams, Zamarripa, Jorgensen, Hintz, Nerison, Ringhand, Born and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Vinehout, Ellis, Gudex, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Lehman, Olsen, Petrowski, Schultz, Shilling, Taylor, Vukmir and Grothman.
hist1619Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization _____________
Adjournment
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate stand adjourned until Wednesday, February 20, 2013, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 and Senate Joint Resolution 6.
Adjourned.
10:50 A.M.
