May 8, 2006
TAXPAYER’S PROTECTION AMENDMENT DIES IN SENATE
After a slim party-line vote, with nine Republicans voting no in the Assembly, the State Senate rejected their own version of the Taxpayer’s Protection Amendment on a 22-11 vote. All Democrats and Republican Senators Brown, Cowles, Ellis, Harsdorf, Kapanke, Lasee, Olsen, and Roessler voted against the bill. With the end of the regular session the issue appears to be dead.
More information about the Taxpayer Protection Amendment is available at: http://staterelations.wisc.edu/TABOR.html.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION FOR SEVERAL UW RELATED BILLS
Final action was taken to pass several other bills in the last hours of the Spring session and they are now awaiting the Governor’s signature. These include:
- SB 554- Technical statutory changes with regard to who sits on the Board of the State Lab of Hygiene Board.
- SB 526- Defines alcohol as an intoxicant for purposes of prosecuting some sexual assaults.
- SB 613- Expands Veterans tuition remissions to 100 percent after Fall of 2007.
- SB 436- Gives college re-enrollment and registration priority to persons called into active military service.
- SB 338- Streamline the start-up technology process (self-dealing).
- No action was taken on AB 1084, an income tax credit for sales tax paid for the right to purchase season admission to athletic events sponsored by an institution of higher education.
Bills that have yet to be acted on by the Governor must be done so by May 30th.
For the complete text of all bills and their current status, please visit
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/ab_list.html (Assembly bills) or
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/sb_list.html (Senate bills).
For more information on state related issues contact,
Kristi Thorson or Don Nelson
Assistant Directors, State Relations
608/262-8967