State Senate Calendar for Thursday, March 4, 2010

Here is the calendar for the state Senate floor session scheduled for Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.:


First Order.                  Call of Roll.

Second Order.             Chief clerk's entries.

Third Order.                 Introduction, first reading and reference of proposals.

Fourth Order.               Report of committees.

Fifth Order.                  Petitions and communications.

Sixth Order.                 Referrals and receipt of committee reports concerning proposed administrative rules.

Seventh Order.            Advice and consent of the Senate

Eighth Order.               Messages from the Assembly.

Ninth Order.                 Special Orders.

Tenth Order.                Consideration of motions, resolutions, and joint resolutions not requiring a third reading.

QUESTION:            Shall the joint resolution be concurred in?

Assembly Joint Resolution 14. Relating to: the life and public service of Frank H. Urban, M.D.

Assembly Joint Resolution 79. Relating to: honoring the life of Terry Wise. 

Assembly Joint Resolution 92. Relating to: recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the symbolic end of the Cold War. 

Eleventh Order.           Second reading and amendments of senate joint resolutions and senate bills.

QUESTION:            Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?

Senate Bill 250. Relating to: accepting pupils under the full-time Open Enrollment Program.
(Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0)

Senate Bill 286. Relating to: collection agencies. (Report passage recommended by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions, Ayes 5, Noes 0)

Senate Bill 291. Relating to: authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. (Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1, Ayes 7, Noes 0, adoption of Senate Amendment 2, Ayes 7, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Economic Development, Ayes 7, Noes 0)     Senate Amendments 1 and 2 pending

Senate Bill 399. Relating to: authorizing two or more cities, villages, towns, or counties, or a combination of such political subdivisions, to create a commission to issue conduit revenue bonds and exercise eminent domain authority and exempting from taxation interest on such bonds.(Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2, Ayes 7, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Economic Development, Ayes 7, Noes 0) Senate Amendment 2 pending

Senate Bill 414. Relating to: school nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils. (Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1, Ayes 7, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1) Senate Amendment 1 pending

Senate Bill 452. Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for food sold by child welfare facilities. (Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1, Ayes 7, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0) Senate Amendment 1 pending

Senate Bill 483. Relating to: prohibiting health insurance policies and self-insured health plans from excluding coverage for injuries based on the use of alcohol or controlled substances.  (Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 4, Noes 3) Senate Amendment 2 pending

Senate Bill 527. Relating to: the agricultural producer security program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (Report passage recommended by committee on Agriculture and Higher Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0)

Twelfth Order.             Second reading and amendments of assembly joint resolutions and assembly bills.

QUESTION:            Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?

Assembly Bill 139. Relating to: littering and providing a penalty. (Report concurrence recommended by committee on Environment, Ayes 4, Noes 1) Senate Substitute Amendment 1 pending

Assembly Bill 159. Relating to: the charge-back of refunded or rescinded taxes and of personal property taxes and sharing certain collected taxes.  (Report concurrence recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0)

Assembly Bill 455. Relating to: the testing of portable scales used for the enforcement of vehicle weight limitations. (Report concurrence recommended by committee on Agriculture and Higher Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0)

Thirteenth Order.         Third reading of joint resolutions and bills.

Fourteenth Order.        Motions may be offered.

Fifteenth Order.           Announcements, adjournment honors, and remarks under special privilege.

Sixteenth Order.          Adjournment.