ROBERTS, LON
Of Wausau, as Secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Read.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 32; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Bewley, Carpenter, Cowles, Darling, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Gudex, Hansen, Harsdorf, Kapenga, C. Larson, Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, LeMahieu, Marklein, Miller, Moulton, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Risser, Roth, Shilling, Stroebel, L. Taylor, Tiffany, Vinehout, Vukmir, Wanggaard and Wirch - 32.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senator Harris Dodd - 1.
Confirmed.
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Consideration of motions, resolutions, and joint resolutions not requiring a third reading
Senate Joint Resolution 95
Relating to: naming February 17, 2016, as Random Acts of Kindness Day in Wisconsin.
hist54616The question was: Adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 95? Adopted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
hist54617The question was: Concurrence of Assembly Joint Resolution 4? Concurred in.
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Second reading and amendments of senate joint resolutions and
senate bills
Senate Bill 407
Relating to: biennial budget requests of state agencies.
hist54618Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 407 be placed after Senate Bill 533 on today’s calendar. Senate Bill 447
Relating to: designating and marking STH 87 as the Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway.
hist54624Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 450
Relating to: animals believed to have been involved in crimes against animals, when a stray or abandoned animal may be considered unclaimed, and a court order relating to an animal taken into or held in custody.
hist54627The question was: Adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 450? Adopted.
hist54628The question was: Adoption of Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 450? Adopted.
hist54630Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 458
Relating to: information required on building permit forms and reporting requirements for municipalities that issue building permits.
hist54646The question was: Adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 458? Adopted.
hist54633The question was: Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 458? Adopted.
hist54635Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time and passed.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
hist54637Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 618 be withdrawn and taken up at this time. Senate Bill 618
Relating to: the crime of child sex trafficking, the inclusion of child sex trafficking in the definition of child abuse, the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution or of child sex trafficking for purposes of a commercial sex act, and providing a penalty.
hist54639The question was: Adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 618? Adopted.
hist54640The question was: Adoption of Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 618? Adopted.
hist54642Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time and passed.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
hist54645Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 599 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up at this time. Senate Bill 599
Relating to: regulation of unarmed combat sports and granting rule-making authority.
hist54650The question was: Adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 599? Adopted.
hist54648The question was: Adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 599? Adopted.
hist54652Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time and passed.