Wednesday, February 22, 2012
9:03 A.M.
One-Hundredth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Ellis.
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The roll was called, disclosing the presence of a quorum.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
15, the official attendance for session was:
Senators Carpenter, S. Coggs, Cowles, T. Cullen, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Galloway, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Jauch, Kedzie, King, C. Larson, Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Moulton, Olsen, Risser, Schultz, Shilling, Taylor, Vinehout, Vukmir, Wanggaard, Wirch and Zipperer - 32.
Absent - None - 0.
Absent with leave - Senator Erpenbach - 1.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Schultz led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The Senate stood for a moment of silence.
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Senator Miller, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Erpenbach be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
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Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 275 offered by Senator Grothman.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 477 offered by Senator Lassa.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 503
Relating to: preparing the executive budget bill or bills according to generally accepted accounting principles; prohibiting the executive budget bill or bills from increasing the state's budget deficit; and requiring legislation to reduce the state's budget deficit.
By
Senators
Lassa, Vinehout and S. Coggs; cosponsored by Representative Berceau
.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 504
Relating to: limiting the authority of a city, village, or town to enact a development moratorium ordinance.
By
Senator
Lasee
; cosponsored by Representatives Steineke, LeMahieu, Stroebel and Jacque.
To committee on Insurance and Housing.
Senate Bill 505
Relating to: venue in actions in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents.
By
Senators
Holperin, Lassa and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Sinicki, Staskunas and Toles.
To committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 506
Relating to: management and performance evaluation audits of large programs and large agencies by the Legislative Audit Bureau.
By
Senators
Lassa, Vinehout, C. Larson, Taylor and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Kramer, Molepske Jr, Bernard Schaber, Jacque, Spanbauer, Sinicki, Berceau, Turner and Ringhand.
To committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
February 22
, 2012
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill
489
, relating to
separation of the licensing requirements for barbering and cosmetology, creation of the barbering examining board, and providing a penalty,
withdrawn from committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs and rereferred to committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL E. ELLIS
Senate President
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Ballweg added as a cosponsor of
Senate Joint Resolution 66
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Ballweg added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
498
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Spanbauer added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
497
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Vinehout added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
496
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Lasee added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
503
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representatives Brooks, Staskunas, Nygren, Craig, Danou, Honadel, Pocan and Zepnick added as a cosponsors of
Senate Bill
356
.
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