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Senate, 2007-2008 Legislative Session


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Carpenter, Tim (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 3 		14%
Coggs, Spencer (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 6 		28%
Cowles, Robert (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 2 		85%
Darling, Alberta (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 8 		92%
Decker, Russell (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 29 		21%
Ellis, Michael (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 19 		78%
Erpenbach, Jon (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 27 		14%
Fitzgerald, Scott (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 13 		100%
Grothman, Glenn (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 20 		92%
Hansen, Dave (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 30 		21%
Harsdorf, Sheila (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 10 		85%
Jauch, Robert (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 25 		14%
Kanavas, Theodore (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 33 		- - 100%
Kapanke, Dan (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 32 		- 76%
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Kedzie, Neal (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 11 		100%
Kreitlow, Pat (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 23 		21%
Lasee, Alan (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 1 		92%
Lassa, Julie (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 24 		- - 0%
Lazich, Mary (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 28 		100%
Lehman, John (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 21 		21%
Leibham, Joe (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 9 		92%
Miller, Mark (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 16 		21%
Olsen, Luther (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 14 		85%
Plale, Jeffrey (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 7 		21%
Risser, Fred (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 26 		21%
Robson, Judith (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 15 		- 15%
Schultz, Dale (R)
Wisconsin Senate District 17 		- 92%
Sullivan, Jim (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 5 		21%
Taylor, Lena (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 4 		21%
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Vinehout, Kathleen (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 31 		14%
Wirch, Robert (D)
Wisconsin Senate District 22 		21%

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1 WI 2007: AB 207, On concurrence VIDEO COMPETITION; Prior law required video service providers (such as cable companies) to negotiate franchise agreements municipality-by-municipality. Such agreements generally required cable companies to pay franchise fees and to carry public access channels. Under AB 207, a video service provider will have to enter into just one franchise agreement, at the state level. Video service providers will continue to pay municipalities a franchise fee and would continue to be required to carry public access channels
2 WI 2007: SB 130, On passage STATE MINIMUM WAGE; Increases state minimum wage from $6.50 per hour to $7.25 per hour and indexes the rate as of September 1, 2008.
3 WI 2007: SB 138, On passage CLAIMS FOR LOSS OF SOCIETY & COMPANIONSHIP; Expands the eligibility for recovery for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice claims to include recovery between adult children and their parents.
4 WI 2007: SB 15, On passage REMOVE DNR ACCOUNTABILITY; Would insulate the DNR's top decisionmaker from the scrutiny of elected officials by allowing the unelected Natural Resources Board to select the DNR Secretary, instead of the Governor.
5 WI 2007: SB 165, On passage CAUSE OF ACTION IN COURT & PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR WISCONSIN FAIR EMPLOYMENT ACT CASES; Creates compensatory and punitive damages for all Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) Claims, and exposes employers to both the Equal Rights Division administrative process AND circuit courts in defending WFEA claims, and all of the costs associated with those processes.
6 WI 2007: SB 178, On passage HEALTHCARE INSURANCE MANDATE FOR AUTISM THERAPY; Creates a new healthcare insurance mandate, requiring health insurance policies sold in Wisconsin to cover treatment for autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified. Coverage would have to be provided for treatment by a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker certified to practice psychotherapy, or a paraprofessional working under the supervision of any of these.
7 WI 2007: SB 40, On Passage BUDGET BILL: GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE; The Senate Democrat budget included a government-run health care proposal, funded by a new 14.5% payroll tax. This would have raised state taxes by $15.2 billion annually, nearly $3 billion more than what Wisconsin currently collects in sales taxes, individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, public utility taxes, cigarette and tobacco products taxes, liquor and wine taxes, beer taxes, and estate taxes. The plan would have been administered by a gubernatorially-appointed board of directors that would have had the power to set the tax rate, determine elibigility, determine benefits, and establish cost-containment measures such as limiting access to care and new technologies. The plan lacked a requirement that the able-bodied work to help pay for benefits, or that beneficiearies be legally present in the United States.
8 WI 2007: SB 40; SA 1 to SSA 1, To Table Amendment BUDGET BILL: ELIMINATE TRANSPORTATION FUND RAIDS; The Senate Democrat budget included a modified version of the Governor’s proposed the 2.5 percent tax on oil company gross receipts. The Senate version creates a graduated scale of rates at which gross receipts would be assessed based on each supplier's annual amount of gross receipts during each state fiscal year, rather than assessing all gross receipts at 2.5%. At peak summer of 2007 gasoline prices, the tax would be over 8 cents per gallon of gasoline. SA 5 to SSA 1 would have eliminated this new tax on gas.
9 WI 2007: SB 40; SA 7 to SSA 1, To Table Amendment BUDGET BILL: PATIENT’S COMPENSATION FUND RAID; The Senate Democrat budget included the Governor’s proposed $175 million transfer from the Patients Compensation Fund to help pay for other spending. According to the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, this fund, created to help compensate medical malpractice victims, has total assets of $750 million and total liabilities of $690 million. SA 7 to SSA 1 would have eliminated the Patients Compensation Fund raid.
10 WI 2007: SB 40; SA 8 to SSA 1, To Table Amendment BUDGET BILL: ELIMINATE TRANSPORTATION FUND RAIDS; The Senate Democrat budget included the first year of the Governor's proposed conversion of 16 existing appropriations from the General Fund to the Transportation Fund. The Senate Democrat budget included the first year of the Governor's proposed use of the Transportation Fund to pay the debt service on some Feneral Fund-issued bonds. The Senate Democrat budget included the Governor's proposal to pay $55 million in pupil transportatoin aids from the Transportation Fund, instead of the General Fund. SA 8 to SSA 1 would have eliminated the Transportation Fund transfers and, instead, have maintained the integrity of the Transportation Fund.
11 WI 2007: SB 404, On Passage PENALTIES FOR EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS: Under this bill, any company that has hired illegal aliens is, for a period of seven years, ineligible to 1) receive any income or franchise tax credit or property tax exemption; 2) enter into a contract with the state or a local governmental unit for the construction, remodeling, or repair of a public work or building, or for the furnishing of supplies, services, equipment, or material of any kind; and 3) receive any grants or loans from a local governmental unit.
12 WI 2007: SB 430, On passage WORKERS COMPENSATION; The reform legislation includes modest increases in benefits for injured and disabled workers. It clarifies the legal rights of temporary workers, provided by multiple employers, who are working at the same work site.
13 WI 2007: SB 431, On passage UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS; The legislation adjusts the taxable wage base for all Wisconsin employers and shifts revenues to the systems’ solvency fund. The bill increases the amount of time that UI claimants must have worked in order to qualify for unemployment insurance benefits, and also freezes UI benefit levels at current levels until 2009.
14 WI 2007: SB 510, On passage COMBINED REPORTING; 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.

We also found votes cast by the following former members of this chamber: