Passage as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Stone, Townsend, Brandemuehl, Urban, Suder, Ryba and Young.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 600
Relating to: transporting persons in open cargo areas of certain motor trucks.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Stone, Townsend, Brandemuehl, Urban, Ryba and Young.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Suder.
To committee on Rules.
Jeff Stone
Chairperson
Committee on Highway Safety
The committee on Labor and Employment reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 640
Relating to: the location in the statutes of the equal rights programs administered by the department of workforce development and reorganizing certain statutes concerning vocational rehabilitation (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of workforce development).
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Vrakas, Montgomery, Nass, Grothman, Hundertmark, Goetsch, Turner, Meyerhofer, Pocan and Schooff.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 163
Relating to: changing certain terminology in laws affecting the state civil service system (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of employment relations).
Concurrence:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Vrakas, Montgomery, Nass, Grothman, Hundertmark, Goetsch, Turner, Meyerhofer, Pocan and Schooff.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Daniel Vrakas
Chairperson
Committee on Labor and Employment
The committee on Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 674
Relating to: veterans benefits and institutions.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Musser, Hundertmark, Pettis, Sykora, Petrowski, Ryba, Boyle, Kreuser and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Musser, Hundertmark, Pettis, Sykora, Petrowski, Ryba, Boyle, Kreuser and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Musser, Hundertmark, Pettis, Sykora, Petrowski, Ryba, Boyle, Kreuser and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 291
Relating to: veterans benefits, facilities and institutions.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Musser, Hundertmark, Pettis, Sykora, Petrowski, Ryba, Boyle, Kreuser and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
Concurrence as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Musser, Hundertmark, Pettis, Sykora, Petrowski, Ryba, Boyle, Kreuser and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Terry Musser
Chairperson
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Relating to: income and franchise tax credits for a business to construct, equip and operate a day care center for the children of employes.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Turner and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Plale and Turner.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Wood and Ziegelbauer.
To joint committee on Finance.
Michael Lehman
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
February 15, 2000
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
In
1997 Act 27, the 97-99 Biennial Budget, the Legislature established requirements in state law intended to strengthen protections for children and vulnerable adults in organized care settings. The provisions require, among other things, that designated caregivers conduct background checks on all new and existing staff and bar them from employing anyone who has committed certain crimes or acts. DHFS and (for certain child care providers) counties and local school boards must perform checks on a provider before issuing a license or other credential. Individuals who have committed prohibited crimes or acts may apply to the Department, counties, or school boards for a waiver of the employment or licensing bans upon evidence of rehabilitation.
Sections
48.685(5g) and
50.065(5g) of the Wisconsin Statutes direct the Department to submit an annual report to the Legislature that specifies the number of persons who have sought waivers of employment or licensing bans by requesting to demonstrate that they have been rehabilitated. The report must also specify the number of requests that were approved and the reasons for the success or failure of the requests. Attached is the report for 1999.
Questions about this report should be referred to Linda Dawson, Deputy Chief Legal Counsel, at 608-266-0355.
Thank you for distributing this report to members of the Assembly.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
February 17, 2000
Mr. Charles R. Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
