hist5133QUACKENBUSH, WILLIAM of Black River Falls, as a member of the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2014. hist5134RAATHS, WILLIAM of Menasha, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2014. hist5135ROSE, TIMOTHY of Appleton, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2014. hist5136SHAVER, DALE of Waukesha, as a member of the Waste Facilities Siting Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2014. hist5137STRAUSS, DEAN of Sheboygan Falls, as a member of the Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2019. hist5138VAN DE HEY, RON of Kaukauna, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2014. hist5139VAN ZEELAND, LEE of Appleton, as a member of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2015. hist5140ZIMMER, GARY of Laona, as a Northern Area Representative 3 on the Natural Resources Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2019. The question was: Confirmation en masse?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, Cowles, T. Cullen, Darling, Ellis, Erpenbach, Farrow, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Gudex, Hansen, Harris, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kedzie, C. Larson, Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Moulton, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, Schultz, Shilling, L. Taylor, Tiffany, Vinehout, Vukmir and Wirch - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
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Consideration of motions, resolutions, and joint resolutions not requiring a third reading
Senate Joint Resolution 25
Relating to: the life and public service of Joseph LaPorte.
hist5142The question was: Adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 25? Adopted.
Senate Joint Resolution 26
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire men's hockey team on winning the 2012-13 NCAA Division III Championship.
hist5193Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Joint Resolution 26 be referred to committee on Senate Organization. Senate Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: proclaiming May 2013 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
hist5143The question was: Adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 27? Adopted.
Senate Joint Resolution 28
Relating to: proclaiming May 2013 as Motorcycle Awareness Month.
hist5145The question was: Adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 28? Adopted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: proclaiming women's history month.
hist5146Senator Shilling, with unanimous consent, asked that all members of the Senate be added as cosponsors of Assembly Joint Resolution 11. hist5147The question was: Concurrence of Assembly Joint Resolution 11? Concurred in.
Assembly Joint Resolution 16
Relating to: recognizing career and technical student organizations.
hist5148The question was: Concurrence of Assembly Joint Resolution 16? Concurred in.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
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Second reading and amendments of senate joint resolutions and
senate bills
Senate Bill 68
Relating to: termination of maintenance upon the payee's or payer's death and notices relating to maintenance.
hist5157Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 75
Relating to: operating certain three-vehicle combinations on highways.
hist5161Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 85
Relating to: increasing the allowable number of project plan amendments, and lengthening the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made, for Tax Incremental District Number 3 in the city of Wausau.
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In The Chair
Senate President Pro Tempore Leibham in the chair.
hist5164The question was: Adoption of Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 85? Adopted.
hist5166Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time. Read a third time.
The question was: Passage of Senate Bill 85?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, Cowles, T. Cullen, Darling, Ellis, Erpenbach, Farrow, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Gudex, Hansen, Harris, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kedzie, C. Larson, Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Moulton, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, Schultz, Shilling, L. Taylor, Tiffany, Vinehout, Vukmir and Wirch - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Passed.
Senate Bill 115
Relating to: telecommunications systems installed on tower sites under the management and control of the Department of Natural Resources and the suspension of portions of a rule of the Department of Natural Resources.
hist6287Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 115 be referred to committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill 135
Relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
