The Senate met for a floor session on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, on the following: Breske, Roger, of Eland, as Commissioner of Railroads, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2011; Callisto, Eric, of Madison, as Chair of the Public Service Commission, to serve for the interim term ending March 1, 2009 and a full term ending March 1, 2015; Senate Bill 574, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the administrative support collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 575, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the blue collar and nonbuilding trades collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 576, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional social services collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 577, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the security and public safety collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 578, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the technical collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 579, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the law enforcement collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 580, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the District 1199W/United Professionals for Quality Health Care, SEIU, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional patient care collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 581, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Education Association Council, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 582, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Professional Employees Council, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional fiscal and staff services collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 583, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Science Professionals, AFT, Local 3732, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional science collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of fund; Senate Bill 584, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, AFT/WFT, Local 2169, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 585, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Physicians and Dentists Association, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional patient treatment collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 586, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Public Defenders Association, WFT/AFT, Local 4822, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the public defenders collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 587, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association, Inc., for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional legal collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds; Senate Bill 588, relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, AFL-CIO, and its appropriate affiliated locals, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

Adjournment.

The State Senate met on May 14, 2008, as part of the April Special Session.

Continued.

The State Senate met on May 13, 2008, as part of the March Special Session.

At the Governor's call, the Senate met briefly for a Special Session on April 17, 2008 to consider the Great Lakes Water Compact, but took no action and adjourned until April 22, 2008.

The Senate held a session on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, on 2008 Special Session Assembly Bill 1, relating to state finances and appropriations.

The Senate met for a floor session on the following items: Frank, Matt, of Middleton, as Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor; Nelson, Elwyn, of Oshkosh, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010; Senate Resolution 28, relating to divestment of State of Wisconsin Investment Board investments in certain companies with ongoing business operations in Sudan; Senate Resolution 29, relating to the life of David F. Schulz who passed away on Sunday, the 7th of October, 2007, after many years of government and academic service; Senate Joint Resolution 105, relating to expressing support for the Milwaukee Center for Independence; Senate Joint Resolution 80, relating to providing property tax relief to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state; Senate Bill 215, relating to making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday; Senate Bill 232, relating to pharmacists, contraceptives, and the definition of abortion; Senate Bill 374, relating to compulsory financial responsibility for the operation of motor vehicles, providing an exemption from emergency rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 404, relating to making companies that hire illegal aliens ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 500, relating to creating an agricultural education and workforce development council and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 532, relating to motor vehicle operating privileges, seizures by courts or law enforcement officers of operator's licenses, and reinstatement of canceled identification cards; Senate Bill 546, relating to drunken driving and creating a penalty; Senate Bill 553, relating to notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 557, relating to state special education aid for the salaries of certain pupil services personnel and granting rule-authority; Assembly Bill 144, relating to escapes by persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 301, relating to holding periods for secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers and regulating occasional sellers of computer toys and games and audio and video recordings; Assembly Bill 531, relating to the frequency of wage payments to volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians; Assembly Bill 605, relating to investment of assets in the state investment fund; Assembly Bill 606, relating to Investment Board report dealing with investments in this state; Assembly Bill 615, relating to service on foreign corporations; Assembly Bill 617, relating to adding the definition of fiscal year to abandoned property reporting requirements law and assessment of a service charge after June 30 regarding abandoned property.

Continued.

Continued.

The Senate met for a floor session on March 13, 2008, on the following: Culver, Curt S., of Nashotah, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010; Stark, Will, of De Pere, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010; Assembly Bill 297, relating to the regulation of certain structures in navigable waters, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 69, relating to information obtained by a tax preparer in the course of preparing a client's tax return; Senate Bill 176, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer; Senate Joint Resolution 101, relating to commending Chancellor John P. Keating on his commitment to excellence in higher education; Senate Joint Resolution 102, relating to the life and public service of Jerome F. Quinn; Senate Joint Resolution 103, relating to commending Chancellor John D. Wiley for his outstanding service to the state of Wisconsin; Senate Bill 251, relating to removal of a pupil from class, from any portion of school property, or from a school-sponsored activity; Senate Bill 274, relating to restrictions relating to soil testing and the installation, design, maintenance, repair, and sale of private sewage systems and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 285, relating to the regulation of certain telecommunications utilities and the public service commission's jurisdiction over public utilities in general; Senate Bill 349, relating to records of pupils attending a private school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program; Senate Bill 379, relating to fire safety performance standards for cigarettes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 397, relating to the disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, making an appropriation, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 442, relating to the use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 453, relating to the total amount of airport development zone and technology zone tax credits; Senate Bill 474, relating to licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 486, relating to requiring the licensure of instructional staff in schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program; Senate Bill 493, relating to providing information about suicide prevention to public and private school professional staff; Senate Bill 494, relating to changing the procedures for filling vacant civil service positions in the city of Milwaukee; Senate Bill 504, relating to supervision of barber or cosmetologist apprentices; Senate Bill 510, relating to requiring the combined reporting of corporate income and franchise taxes; supplemental funding for the renewable energy grant and loan program; Wisconsin higher education grants for technical college students; income eligibility for child care subsidies; incentive grants to technical college district boards for training in advanced manufacturing skills; airport development zone and technology zone tax credits; funding for the Department of Transportation; the Regional Transit Authority and commuter rail transit systems; authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance projects related to research facilities; and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 536, relating to adding a member to the Council on Veterans Programs; Senate Bill 544, relating to requiring that local regulation of a wind energy system be consistent with Public Service Commission rules and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 549, relating to the confidentiality and electronic filing of real estate transfer returns; Senate Bill 551, relating to reporting requirements for certain charitable organizations; Assembly Bill 169, relating to obtaining a special registration plate for disabled persons; Assembly Bill 216, relating to community service work option for certain defendants; Assembly Bill 334, relating to designating feral pigs as harmful wild animals; Assembly Bill 468, relating to notaries public who are not attorneys and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 613, relating to salaries of deputy district attorneys; Assembly Bill 623, relating to investments and operations of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board; Assembly Bill 654, relating to eliminating the study related to imposing local general property taxes on public utility property; Assembly Bill 764, relating to coverage of long-term care districts under the Wisconsin Retirement System; Senate Bill 257, relating to invasion of privacy; Senate Bill 355, relating to restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons using electronic text messaging devices and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 476, relating to the effect of an order denying, limiting, discontinuing, or prohibiting parental visitation with a child who is adjudged to be in need of protection or services, who is the subject of a termination of parental rights petition, or who is in sustaining care following a termination of parental rights on visitation between the child and a sibling and requiring a child's permanency plan to include a statement as to whether visitation between the child and a sibling is in the best interests of the child and sibling when parental visitation is denied, limited, discontinued, or prohibited; Senate Bill 545, relating to creating an alcohol beverages licensing exception for certain auction sales of wine.

Continued.

Continued.

The Senate met on March 11, 2008, on the following items: Senate Joint Resolution 91, relating to the life and military service of Army Sergeant Matthew Pionk; Assembly Joint Resolution 53, relating to the life and service of Captain Kevin Kryst of the United States Marine Corps, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 94, relating to the life and military service of Sergeant Louis Griese of the United States Army, who lost his life during Operation Enduring Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 100, relating to the life and military service of Sergeant Lance S. Cornett; Assembly Joint Resolution 105, relating to the life and public service of Dominic Frinzi; Assembly Joint Resolution 110, relating to commending Mayor Jeannette Bell on her career and public service; Senate Bill 385, relating to the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake; Senate Bill 433, relating to cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program; Senate Bill 464, relating to placement of a child for adoption with a nonrelative prior to termination of parental rights, payment for preadoption preparation when a child is placed for adoption by a child welfare agency, and the applicability of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; Senate Bill 511, relating to registration plates for vehicle transporters; Senate Bill 518, relating to changes to BadgerCare Plus; Senate Bill 525, relating to requirements for automatic fire suppression systems and exhaust hoods in mobile kitchens; Senate Bill 528, relating to expanding an exception to local levy limits for levies for debts incurred by a joint fire department; Senate Bill 548, relating to changing the terms home health aide, hospice aide, and nurse's assistant to the term nurse aide; changing requirements for instructional and competency evaluation programs for nurse aides; changing certain requirements for review and investigation of reports of client abuse or neglect; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 77, relating to distributing the school levy and lottery and gaming property tax credits; Assembly Bill 501, relating to insurance agent license requirements, revocations, and reinstatement and relicensing requirements, and granting rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 591, relating to suspending the operating privilege of an underage person who operates a vehicle while having an intoxicant in a vehicle; Assembly Bill 592, relating to the authorization of the secretary of transportation or his or her designee to execute conveyances, contracts, and agreements in the name of the Department of Transportation; Assembly Bill 593, relating to the issuance of motor vehicle occupational licenses after certain operating privilege suspensions; Assembly Bill 594, relating to operation of unregistered motor vehicles on highways; Assembly Bill 595, relating to certificates of title for vehicles that have been damaged by hail; Assembly Bill 611, relating to creating an exception to the prohibition on protective placement or continued protective placement of an individual in a nursing facility; Assembly Bill 612, relating to approval of a court order for a minor's placement in or transfer to an inpatient facility; Assembly Bill 616, relating to authorization to administer the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly under the Medical Assistance program; Assembly Bill 760, relating to registration of professional employer organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 486, relating to expenditure of $10,317.93 from moneys appropriated to the Department of Natural Resources in payment of a claim against the state made by the Klemme Brothers Well Drilling, Inc.; Senate Bill 462, relating to psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 413, relating to markers for military memorial highways and bridges; Senate Bill 202, relating to specifically authorizing local governmental units to issue debt related to the brownfields revolving loan program.

Continued.

Continued.

The Senate held a floor session on March 6, 2008, on the following: Bagadia, Nikhil, of Milwaukee, as a member of the Real Estate Appraisers Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Berg, Scott, of Appleton, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; DeCicco, Julia, of Milwaukee, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Gust, Gary, of Menomonie, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Janiak, Matthew, of Mondovi, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Lee, Kenneth, of River Falls, as a member of the Real Estate Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Mickowski, James, of Stoughton, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010; Raemisch, Richard, of Waunakee, as a member of the Prison Industries Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2008; Weirich, Lisabeth, of Middleton, as a member of the Real Estate Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Widerski, Ted, of Cambridge, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Senate Joint Resolution 98, relating to commending Mayor Theresa M. Estness on her career and service to the citizens of Wisconsin; Assembly Joint Resolution 93, relating to proclaiming June 7, 2008, as Proper Drug Disposal Day; Assembly Joint Resolution 97, relating to recognizing February 2008 as American Heart Month and February 1, 2008, as Wear Red For Women Day; Assembly Joint Resolution 100, relating to commending students, faculty, and staff of the University of Wisconsin System campuses on Undergraduate Research Day; Senate Bill 75, relating to requiring an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee who is pregnant or who is breast-feeding her child; Senate Bill 162, relating to extending domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions to include abuse to animals and threats of abuse to animals; Senate Bill 278, relating to threatening or committing battery against certain employees of first class cities and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 384, relating to disclosure of juvenile court records to other courts, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and agencies providing services to a juvenile court and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 439, relating to prohibiting the retention of certain information obtained in transactions using account access devices; Senate Bill 461, relating to liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; Senate Bill 463, relating to the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law; Senate Bill 496, relating to the consequences for failure to act within a time period specified in the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code, extension of certain time periods specified in the Children's Code, and informal dispositions under the Children's Code; Senate Bill 498, relating to possession of an electric weapon; Senate Bill 523, relating to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, withdrawals of water from the Great Lakes Basin, water withdrawal and use, water supply planning, water conservation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 442,relating to special distinguishing registration plates associated with Donate Life Wisconsin, the promotion of organ and tissue donation in this state, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.

Continued.

The State Senate met on March 4, 2008, on the following items: Anderson, Marcia, of Verona, as a member of the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013; Naylor, Daniel, of Waupaca, as a member of the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013; Neumann, Judith, of Madison, as chair of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2013; Senate Joint Resolution 82, relating to opposing a federal mandate requiring the suspension or revocation of driver's licenses in all circumstances where a person has been convicted of a drug or other controlled substances violation and exercising the state's option to opt out of this federal mandate; Senate Joint Resolution 95, relating to the life and public service of Anne Carol Kok; Assembly Joint Resolution 90, relating to proclaiming an annual Wisconsin Water Skiing Appreciation Week; Assembly Joint Resolution 94, relating to proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2008, Syttende Mai Weekend; Assembly Joint Resolution 95, relating to celebrating March 1, 2008, as St. David's Day; Assembly Joint Resolution 102, relating to honoring the Sun Prairie High School Coed Cheerleading Team for winning the 2008 Universal Cheerleading Association's National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Florida; Senate Bill 246, relating to mental health professionals who may provide outpatient services for the treatment of nervous and mental conditions and alcoholism and other drug abuse problems or who, under Medical Assistance, may provide psychotherapy and alcohol and other drug abuse services and exempting certain Medical Assistance benefits from physician prescription requirements; Senate Bill 340, relating to special distinguishing registration plates for certain vehicles owned by members of the national guard; Senate Bill 391, relating to revoking the voluntary dissolution of a limited liability company (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Financial Institutions); Senate Bill 409, relating to remote dispensing by pharmacists and authorizing the exercise of rule-making powers; Senate Bill 410, relating to motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations; Senate Bill 412, relating to payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges; Senate Bill 426, relating to authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village; Senate Bill 429, relating to allowing a village meeting specified criteria to exceed its retail liquor license quota by issuing one additional retail license; Senate Bill 434, relating to cleanup and consolidation of Department of Commerce economic development programs, establishing a comprehensive annual reporting requirement, requiring the development of programmatic goals and accountability measures for economic development grants and loans, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 454, relating to the transportation of invasive species on highways and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 480, relating to changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 483, relating to repealing and recreating the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 487, relating to treatment records and patient health care records; Senate Bill 517, relating to mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, and loan originators; Senate Bill 519, relating to nonmoving traffic violations involving rented or leased vehicles, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 537, relating to judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings; Assembly Bill 173, relating to membership of the Council on Mental Health; Assembly Bill 483, relating to abatement or removal of human health hazards, requirements for certain local health officers, personnel of a local health department, state agency status for certain physicians, community health improvement plans, emergency medical services, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.

Continued.

The Senate met on February 28, 2008, on the following: Senate Joint Resolution 92, relating to commemorating the achievements and contributions of the Boy Scouts of America; Senate Joint Resolution 93, relating to commending the Green Bay Packers on their outstanding 2007 season; Senate Bill 142, relating to requirements to successfully complete training on use of an automated external defibrillator, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 286, relating to fee remissions for certain University of Wisconsin System and technical college students; Senate Bill 319, relating to providing the jury in civil actions with an explanation regarding the results of their findings; Senate Bill 330, relating to use of phrases to describe a private sewage system (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce); Senate Bill 344, relating to fire detection, prevention, and suppression rules governing places of employment and public buildings under 60 feet in height (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce); Senate Bill 345, relating to variances to rules concerning automatic fire sprinklers in places of employment and public buildings under 60 feet in height (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce); Senate Bill 351, relating to investments and operations of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board; Senate Bill 358, relating to authorizing a school board to construct or acquire a renewable resource facility; Senate Bill 364, relating to the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest; Senate Bill 371, relating to offering circulars provided to prospective franchisees under the franchise investment law (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Financial Institutions); Senate Bill 378, relating to the location of bank branches; Senate Bill 382, relating to information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender; Senate Bill 386, relating to the definition of a late enrollee; making group insurance certificates available electronically; prohibiting a lender from requiring property insurance in an amount that exceeds the replacement value of improvements; premium tax statute of limitations; miscellaneous changes to the insurance security fund; investments of the local government property insurance fund by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, other miscellaneous insurance-related modifications; and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 418, relating to appellate time limits and procedure; Senate Bill 419, relating to appellate procedure; Senate Bill 430, relating to making various changes in the worker's compensation law; Senate Bill 431, relating to various changes in unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 435, relating to annual or consecutive month permits for overweight vehicle combinations transporting granular roofing material, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 436, relating to reports or records kept on the occurrence of fires; Senate Bill 443, relating to operation of all-terrain vehicles that have attached snowplows on roadways; Senate Bill 445, relating to increasing the public contract minimum bid requirements for drainage districts; Senate Bill 456, relating to an addition to the 2007-09 Authorized State Building Program; Senate Bill 473, relating to regulating the purchase and sale of scrap metal and other metal items, the determination of property value of scrap metal for a theft conviction, creating a civil cause of action regarding scrap metal, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 485, relating to the production, sale, and distribution of intoxicating liquor, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 509, relating to driver education instruction and driver's license examinations; Senate Bill 513, relating to increasing the fee for a snowmobile trail use sticker; Senate Bill 514, relating to all-terrain vehicle routes and trails that may be used by operators of lightweight utility vehicles; Assembly Bill 377, relating to requiring a hospital to provide to a sexual assault victim information and, upon her request, emergency contraception and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 400, relating to powers and duties of the Department of Military Affairs, the adjutant general, military officers, military property and assets, the national guard, the state defense force, rights of service personnel, the Wisconsin code of military justice, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 502, relating to furnishing or using certain consumer loan information to make solicitations and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 581, relating to prohibiting exercise of emergency powers to restrict activities related to firearms or ammunition.

Continued.

The Senate held a floor session on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, on the following: Fischer, Jack, of Appleton, as Secretary of the Department of Commerce, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor; Kuehl, Bruce, of Menomonie, as a member of the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Pike, Mary, of Madison, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Senate Resolution 9, relating to urging Congress and the President to enact the Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act; Senate Joint Resolution 90, relating to commending students, faculty, and staff of the University of Wisconsin System campuses on Undergraduate Research Day; Senate Bill 124, relating to notice for child abuse, vulnerable adult, and harassment injunctions; Senate Bill 163, relating to state procurement of contractual services; Senate Bill 178, relating to health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders; Senate Bill 292, relating to human trafficking and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 314, relating to accumulating vacation leave for the purpose of termination or sabbatical leave for state employees (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of State Employment Relations); Senate Bill 315, relating to disciplinary actions against credential holders (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Regulation and Licensing); Senate Bill 316, relating to the residential facilities council (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce); Senate Bill 317, relating to eliminating the Petroleum Storage Environmental Cleanup Council (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce); Senate Bill 318, relating to duties of the director of the Office of State Employment Relations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of State Employment Relations); Senate Bill 335, relating to changing the requirements for the publication of certain actions taken by certain local governments; Senate Bill 359, relating to religious or charitable gifts from candidates; Senate Bill 372, relating to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Senate Bill 376, relating to reconciling outdated Internal Revenue Code references with changes made by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20 (Correction Bill); Senate Bill 377, relating to renumbering the appropriation accounts for the Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Administration); Senate Bill 406, relating to parenting plans in actions affecting the family; Senate Bill 407, relating to a municipal court judgment regarding community service work; Senate Bill 420, relating to appellate procedure regarding commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons.

Continued.

Continued.

Continued.

The Senate met on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, pertaining to the following: Senate Joint Resolution 89, relating to proclaiming March of every year as Irish-American Heritage Month; Senate Bill 37, relating to regulation of unsafe children's products, extending the time limit for and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 99, relating to prohibitions against certain telephone and facsimile solicitations, authorizing a private cause of action, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 108, relating to requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process; Senate Bill 126, relating to notification of the state regarding a medical malpractice claim; Senate Bill 167, relating to a state electrical wiring code; regulation of electricians, electrical contractors, and electrical inspectors; inspections of electrical wiring; regulation of electrical wiring; regulation of heating and air conditioning contractors by a county with a population of 500,000 or more; and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 171, relating to public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 194, relating to the licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation and fire-stop product mechanics and contractors; creating a thermal system insulation and fire-stop council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing, removing, and maintaining thermal system insulation and fire-stop products; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 223, relating to expanding the area in which a tax incremental district's project costs may be expended; Senate Bill 273, relating to the regulation of certain suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas, applicability of the statewide system for notification of the location of transmission facilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 284, relating to open burning of solid waste, illegal storage or disposal of waste tires, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 341, relating to salaries of deputy district attorneys; Senate Bill 346, relating to products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 350, relating to required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental rights warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, the confidentiality of social services records, changing from child caring institution to residential care center for children and youth the term used to describe a facility operated by a licensed child welfare agency for the care and maintenance of children residing in that facility, changing from day care to child care the term used to describe care and supervision for children for less than 24 hours a day, and renumbering the definition of neglect (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 353, relating to collective bargaining process for University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff and making appropriations; Senate Bill 368, relating to the operation of certain 3-vehicle combinations on certain highways without a permit (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation); Senate Bill 369, relating to occupational licenses for certain offenders (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation); Senate Bill 370, relating to depositing all revenue from the assessment on licensed beds of nursing homes and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded into the Medical Assistance trust fund (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 381, relating to rules requiring that certain buildings be superinsulated; Senate Bill 390, relating to increasing the size of the city of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, authorizing a panel of the board to decide certain cases, and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against an officer; Senate Bill 393, relating to background checks for personal care workers; Senate Bill 396, relating to online courses for elementary and secondary school pupils and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 417, relating to increasing the allowable number of project plan amendments for tax incremental district number 2 in the village of Pleasant Prairie; Assembly Bill 100, relating to the requirement that motor vehicles be equipped with safety glass. By Representatives Schneider, Albers, Petrowski, and A. Williams; Assembly Bill 361, relating to child in need of protection or services, jurisdiction over a child whose guardian is unable or needs assistance to care for or provide necessary special treatment or care for the child, but is unwilling or unable to sign a petition requesting that jurisdiction; Assembly Bill 500, relating to issuance of retail intoxicating liquor licenses.

Continued.

The Senate met on January 31, 2008, pertaining to the following: Senate Joint Resolution 62, relating to the life and service of United States Army Specialist Eric D. Clark, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 63, relating to the life and service of Staff Sergeant Robert J. Basham of the Wisconsin Army National Guard, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 74, relating to the life and military service of United States Army Captain Christian Skoglund. Senate Joint Resolution 77, relating to the life and military service of Lance Corporal Andrew Matus of the United States Marine Corps who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 79, relating to the life and military service of Corporal Matthew Ross Zindars; Senate Joint Resolution 81, relating to the life and public service of Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus; Senate Joint Resolution 83, relating to the Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin; Senate Joint Resolution 84, relating to recognizing February 2008 as American Heart Month and February 1, 2008, as Wear Red For Women Day; Senate Joint Resolution 85, relating to the life and military service of Second Lieutenant Tracy Lynn Alger; Senate Joint Resolution 86, relating to the life and service of Corporal Jason F. Lemke of the United States Army, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 87, relating to the life and public service of John R. Moses; Assembly Joint Resolution 66, relating to the life and public service of Norbert DeCleene; Assembly Joint Resolution 68, relating to the life and military service of Corporal Keith A. Nurnberg of the United States Army, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Assembly Joint Resolution 77, relating to the life and public service of Richard B. Nowakowski; Senate Bill 103, relating to crimes against children and providing penalties; Senate Bill 165, relating to authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge, directing the secretary of workforce development to appoint a committee to study wage disparities between men and women and between minority group members and nonminority group members, and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 259, relating to prohibiting the use of information in credit reports for issuing or setting premiums for motor vehicle or property insurance; Senate Bill 275, relating to furnishing or using certain consumer loan information to make solicitations and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 287, relating to allowing a 16-year-old to donate blood with parental consent; Senate Bill 289, relating to the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in certain buildings, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 320, relating to refunds of overcharges by commercial mobile radio service providers, actions against commercial mobile radio service providers that fail to make timely refunds, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 324, relating to grants to community health centers (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 326, relating to eliminating reimbursement rate requirements for certain respiratory care services (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 366, relating to unfunded pension liability financing in populous counties and membership on the pension study committee; Senate Bill 380, relating to the sale of renewable motor vehicle fuels, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 403, relating to the property tax exemption for low-income housing; Assembly Bill 8, relating to capturing an image of a nude or partially nude person in a locker room, written policies on privacy in locker rooms, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 246, relating to identification for purposes related to the purchase of alcohol beverages; Assembly Bill 321, relating to designation of state agency status for certain health care facilities that use volunteer providers during a declared state of emergency; declarations of emergencies by counties; immunity from liability for qualified food and emergency household products; creating an interoperability council; and requiring public and private schools to conduct tornado or other hazard drills.

Continued.

Continued.

The Senate considered a number of bills on January 22. Those included: Senate Bill 138, relating to claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases, Senate Bill 212, relating to renewals and extensions of business contracts. Senate Bill 297, relating to nursery dealers, nursery growers, Christmas tree growers, and granting rule-making authority. Senate Bill 298, relating to regulating foreclosure reconveyances and foreclosure consultants, staying certain eviction actions, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and providing a penalty. Senate Bill 325, relating to moneys used to reimburse the cost of drugs to treat HIV infections and making appropriations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services). Senate Bill 327, relating to replacing the term lead inspection with the term lead investigation with respect to the level of lead in certain premises (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services). By Law Revision Committee. Senate Bill 328, relating to service of notice for certain licensees, registrants, or holders of certificates or applicants for licensure, registration, or certification (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services). Assembly Bill 39, relating to allowing access to pending paternity proceeding information for purposes of administering the child support establishment program, Assembly Bill 295, relating to public access to voter registration identification numbers and Assembly Bill 580, relating to objecting to property tax assessments.

Continued.

The Senate met to consider the following on January 15: Senate Bill 1, relating to authorizing library boards to transfer a gift, bequest, or endowment to certain charitable organizations; Senate Joint Resolution 72, relating to recognizing and encouraging international education as an essential component of the future of this state; Senate Joint Resolution 75, relating to commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team; Assembly Joint Resolution 61. Relating to: Midwest Airlines; Senate Bill 38. Relating to: possession of dogs by certain felony offenders and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 71, relating to substitutions by pharmacists dispensing epilepsy drugs; Senate Bill 98, relating to providing benefits to tribal schools and tribal school pupils similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 116, relating to repeat drunken driving offenders and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 128, relating to heated exterior pedestrian walkways; Senate Bill 130, relating to a state minimum wage and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 156, relating to prohibiting certain persons from refusing to honor, or from attempting to avoid honoring, a document of gift for donation of an anatomical gift; Senate Bill 197, relating to restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other lawn fertilizer and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 208, relating to, the leasing of land in the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest for the purpose of gravel extraction; Senate Bill 211, relating to soliciting purchases of goods or services using unsolicited checks or money orders and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 244, relating to prosecution decisions based on certain payments to organizations or agencies; Senate Bill 260, relating to: strangulation and suffocation, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 264, relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect exemption for privileged information; Senate Bill 280, relating to authorizing an elective member of a political subdivision's governing body to refuse his or her salary; Senate Bill 281; relating to reporting requirements related to general transportation aids to local governments; Senate Bill 288, relating to regulation of and registration requirements for certain cemetery authorities, cemetery associations, and cemetery merchandise; Senate Bill 291, relating to University of Wisconsin System tuition gift certificate program; Senate Bill 300, relating to repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill); Senate Bill 301. Relating to: repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill); Senate Bill 302, relating to amending and revising under section 10.53 of the statutes various provisions of sections 10.62 to 10.82 of the statutes for the purpose of correcting conflicts between the listings in sections 10.62 to 10.82 of the statutes and the substantive statutes to which those sections refer (Revisor's Correction Bill); Senate Bill 303. Relating to: amending and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, and correcting and clarifying references (Revisor's Correction Bill); Senate Bill 304, relating to renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting and clarifying references, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill); Senate Bill 305. Relating to: renumbering and amending a provision of the statutes for the purpose of eliminating ambiguities (Revisor's Correction Bill); Senate Bill 310, relating to anatomical gifts, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 32, relating to prohibiting employment discrimination because an individual is or applies to be a member of, or performs, has performed, applies to perform, or has an obligation to perform active service in, the state defense force, the national guard of any state, or any reserve component of the military forces of the United States; Assembly Bill 75, relating to assistance for veterans affected by depleted uranium; Assembly Bill 80, relating to special distinguishing registration plates for persons who have had an immediate family member die while in military service; Assembly Bill 82, relating to recall of elective town sanitary district commissioners; Assembly Bill 152, relating to the method of election of village officers; Assembly Bill 181, relating to continuing education for architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems, and land surveyors; Assembly Bill 184, relating to the investment by certain local units of government of funds held in trust to provide post-employment benefits; Assembly Bill 228, relating to the transfer of certain fish and game licenses and permits to minors; Assembly Bill 239, relating to automated teller machine charges for international accounts; Assembly Bill 296, relating to issuing hunting and fishing approvals to members of the U.S. armed forces who are former residents of this state; Assembly Bill 305, relating to: control of final disposition of certain human remains and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 351, relating to designating and marking a bridge in Columbia County as the Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge; Assembly Bill 359, relating to the preference systems for issuing Class A bear licenses, bobcat hunting and trapping permits, fisher trapping permits, and otter trapping permits; Assembly Bill 370, relating to commercial driver license testing for military license holders; Assembly Bill 413, relating to temporary certificates to practice respiratory care; Assembly Bill 454, relating to issuance by the Department of Natural Resources of federal hunting, fishing, and trapping approvals.

Continued.

Senate President Fred Risser, D-Madison, made an announcement that the Senate would be delayed because of inclement weather.

The Senate considered a number of resolutions and bills on December 11. That included: Senate Joint Resolution 46, relating to supporting Taiwan's admission to the World Health Organization; Senate Joint Resolution 61, relating to the life and military service of Corporal Keith A. Nurnberg of the United States Army, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 62, relating to the life and service of United States Army Specialist Eric D. Clark, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 69, relating to transferring duties of the revisor of statutes to the legislative reference bureau; Senate Joint Resolution 70, relating to designating the month of March in each year as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; Senate Joint Resolution 71, relating to the life and military service of Corporal Rachael L. Hugo; Assembly Joint Resolution 53, relating to the life and service of Captain Kevin Kryst of the United States Marine Corps, who lost his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Senate Joint Resolution 5, relating to prohibiting partial vetoes from creating new sentences (second consideration); Senate Bill 54, relating to fees charged by notary publics; Senate Bill 72 relating to ratification of the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact; Senate Bill 86, relating to a fraud, waste, and mismanagement hotline at the Legislative Audit Bureau; Senate Bill 88, relating to requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for infants and young children; Senate Bill 136, relating to distribution of the Wisconsin Statutes to certain government officers; Senate Bill 153, relating to protective placements and protective services; involuntary administration of psychotropic medication; guardianships, conservatorships, and wards; and services for adults at risk and elder adults at risk; Senate Bill 176, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer; Senate Bill 269, relating to terminating a tenancy for imminent threat of serious physical harm, making leases that restrict access to certain services void and unenforceable, and prohibiting the imposition of fees for local government emergency services; Senate Bill 272, relating to insurance agent license requirements, revocations, and reinstatement and relicensing requirements, and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 279, relating to attractions displayed on highway specific information signs; Senate Bill 294, relating to the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, filing insurance policy forms with the commissioner of insurance, suitability of annuity contracts, and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 332, relating to the filing of certain forms related to tax incremental financing district number 6 in the city of Rhinelander; Assembly Bill 254, relating to municipal boundary agreements and the use of alternative dispute resolution in municipal boundary disputes; Assembly Bill 341, relating to imposing fees for acquiring public park land, dedicating storm water treatment facilities to the public, changing the time relating to when impact fees must be paid and used, and regulating the costs of certain professional services provided through a political subdivision.

The Senate continued to considered a number of resolutions and bills on December 11.

The senate considered a number of bills and resolutions November 8. Those bills and resolutions included: Senate Joint Resolution 66, relating to the life and public service of Lloyd H. Kincaid; Senate Joint Resolution 67, relating to the life of David F. Schulz who passed away on Sunday, the 7th of October, 2007, after many years of government and academic service; Assembly Joint Resolution 38, relating to honoring Bob Berezowitz's coaching career at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Senate Bill 42, relating to school policies on bullying; Senate Bill 96, relating to liability for the actions of tribal law enforcement officers when enforcing state law; Senate Bill 97, relating to conservation wardens employed by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission; Senate Bill 154, relating to health insurance coverage of a full-time student on medical leave. Senate Bill 199, relating to adding a circuit court branch in Barron, Chippewa, Dodge, Green, Juneau, Monroe, and St. Croix counties; Senate Bill 228, relating to the regulation of construction contractors and subcontractors, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 299, relating to distribution of a portion of the school levy tax credit; Assembly Bill 207, relating to regulation of cable television and video service providers; Assembly Bill 526, relating to a speed limit for the operation of snowmobiles during the hours of darkness.