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Call of Roll
The roll was called, disclosing the presence of a quorum.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 15, the official attendance for session was: Senators Bernier, Bewley, Carpenter, Cowles, Craig, Erpenbach, Feyen, Fitzgerald, Hansen, Jacque, Johnson, Kapenga, Kooyenga, Larson, LeMahieu, Marklein, Miller, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Risser, Roth, Schachtner, Shilling, Smith, Stroebel, L. Taylor, Testin, Tiffany, Wanggaard and Wirch - 32.
Absent with leave - Senator Darling - 1.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Reverend Dave Veldhorst of Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Oostburg.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Miller led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Leaves of Absence
Senator Feyen, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Darling be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date. _____________
Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: determining shared costs and the secondary cost ceiling for the purpose of general equalization aids for school districts.
By Senators Marklein, Kooyenga, Olsen and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Novak and VanderMeer.
Relating to: supplemental state aid for consolidated school districts and making an appropriation.
By Senators Marklein, Feyen, Nass and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Kulp, Kurtz, Tittl and VanderMeer.
Relating to: allocation of early stage seed investment credit to offset taxes imposed on insurers.
By Senators Marklein, L. Taylor, Cowles, Feyen, Olsen and Tiffany; cosponsored by Representatives Zimmerman, Fields, Brandtjen, Crowley, Haywood, Hutton, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Krug, Loudenbeck, Macco, Murphy, Ohnstad, Ott, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Vruwink and Zamarripa.
hist100922To the committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions. Relating to: allowing local governments to regulate pesticides.