2009-03-13                     Senate Journal                      Page 0522
          Urging the United States Senate to ratify the United                                                                  
          Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Law                                                                     
          of the Sea Treaty).                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SJR 14                                                                                                                        
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14 BY SENATORS                                                                                      
THERRIAULT, Wagoner, Dyson, Bunde, Menard,                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
          Urging Congress not to remove the exemption for                                                                       
          hydraulic fracturing from the provisions of the Safe                                                                  
          Drinking Water Act.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SB 148                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 148 BY THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION                                                                                
COMMITTEE BY REQUEST, entitled:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act relating to limitation of state liability on                                                                  
          certain federal highway programs; and providing for                                                                   
          an effective date."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Transportation and Judiciary                                                        
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SB 149                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 149 BY SENATORS PASKVAN, Therriault,                                                                            
entitled:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act relating to the regulation of residential real                                                                
          property mortgage lending, including the licensing of                                                                 
          mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, and mortgage                                                                      
          loan originators and compliance with certain federal                                                                  
          laws relating to residential mortgage lending; and                                                                    
          providing for an effective date."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and                                                              
Finance Committees.