Wisconsin Legislature: Richards, Rep. Jon (19th A.Dist.; Dem.)

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Rep. Rhoades:

Assembly Bills: 4, 6, 17, 27, 28, 31, 38, 126, 158, 173, 189, 206, 228, 259, 263, 293, 298, 317, 318, 319, 387, 432, 433, 436, 447, 522, 534, 603, 625, 685, 714, 757, 766, 788, 844, 850, 892, 944, 945, 981, 992, 995, 1012, 1031, 1034, 1077, 1110, 1154

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 16, 23, 27, 30, 35, 47, 52, 53, 55, 62, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 82, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 108, 109

Assembly Resolutions: 5, 44, 46

Assembly Petitions:

Senate Bills: 5, 7, 9, 16, 37, 38, 57, 95, 121, 132, 146, 167, 193, 247, 293, 313, 320, 336, 393, 448, 451, 483, 525, 529, 535, 576, 577, 613, 659

Senate Joint Resolutions: 2, 3, 13, 17, 33, 34, 39, 40, 46, 48, 56, 58, 62, 64, 65, 66, 68, 78, 81, 82, 85

A19 Richards, Rep. Jon (19th A.Dist.; Dem.)

Advanced practice nurse prescribers and physician assistants: certain medically related actions authorized - AB683

City of Milwaukee Employes' Retirement System (CMERS): investment of funds revised re Uniform Prudent Investor Act - AB870

Gift or grant from a class of a particular school with no specific direction: school board must use gift for the benefit of that school - AB1216

Historic barn preservation and rehabilitation: individual income tax credit created; SHSW duty specified - AB1046

Historic building regulations revised re razing, State Historic Building Code administrative procedure, and multifamily dwelling requirements re handrails and accessibility; local governmental units directed to interpret regulations to facilitate preservation and restoration; JLC to study methods to promote rural historic preservation; Comm.Dept and SHSW provisions - AB1045

Historic property: state and federal historic rehabilitation tax credits revised; SHSW duties specified - AB1047

Keenan, George Frost: life and career as a diplomat, philosopher, and historian commended - AJR25

Neighborhood improvement district (NID): municipality allowed to create - AB366

One-time MA nursing home reimbursement supplement re 2005 WisAct 211 (AB-981) modified - AB1128

Parking vehicles on highway abutting residences and commercial enterprises: local authority may permit under certain conditions; 1st class city may set aside parking spaces adjacent to U.W. System campus under certain conditions - AB667

Private health insurance purchasing arrangement (PHIPA) established and Private Health Insurance Purchasing Corporation of Wisconsin created to facilitate and administer; reports and audits required; health savings account provisions; DHFS duties specified - AB1140

Social Security Trust Fund and privatizing social security: U.S. governors urged to support repaying the fund and rejecting privatization plans - AJR32

Speed limit in a 1st class city: forfeitures doubled for exceeding - AB358

Stein, Martin F.: life and service to the Milwaukee community commended - AJR90

Survey of rural historic properties: appropriation for SHSW to enter into a contract to conduct - AB1048

Uniform Commercial Code revisions re letters of credit - AB1036

U.W. Milwaukee Men's Basketball Team and Head Coach Bruce Pearl congratulated on their 2004-05 season achievements - SJR15

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program expanded to certain public elementary schools, charter schools, and MPCP participating schools; conditions set; definition expanded to include nurse practitioner; DOA approval required - AB829

Watts, George: life and commitment to Milwaukee commended - AJR33

Wisconsin Probate Code remedial modifications - AB1038

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Rep. Richards:

Assembly Bills: 77, 108, 119, 160, 180, 186, 204, 205, 211, 230, 261, 305, 307, 327, 351, 352, 395, 406, 459, 491, 532, 542, 565, 583, 599, 627, 771, 793, 795, 821, 822, 824, 832, 848, 961, 967, 985, 1028, 1032, 1055, 1087, 1106, 1117, 1144, 1148

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 14, 16, 23, 27, 30, 35, 47, 53, 55, 62, 65, 66, 69, 70, 74, 78, 82, 94, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 108, 109, 110

Assembly Resolutions: 5, 16, 44, 46

Assembly Petitions:

Senate Bills: 3, 40, 98, 122, 134, 166, 172, 195, 227, 235, 249, 260, 292, 296, 307, 343, 354, 367, 379, 397, 439, 463, 466, 468, 541, 548, 600, 602, 625, 645, 649, 658, 721

Senate Joint Resolutions: 3, 13, 17, 34, 39, 40, 45, 46, 48, 56, 58, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 77, 78, 81, 82, 83, 85

A72 Schneider, Rep. Marlin D. (72nd A.Dist.; Dem.)

American-made goods purchasing by federal government and others encouraged: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] - AR29

American soldiers in Iraq charged with theft for using metal from broken equipment to reinforce their vehicles: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] - AR30

Asian carp: possessing, controlling, storing, or transporting alive prohibited - AB470

Assembly Sergeant at Arms, Office of: employees required to answer telephones in legislator offices when staff is on vacation, leave, or in an emergency [Assembly rule 6 (1)(L)] - AR32

Attendance at national conferences [Assembly rule 99m] - AR3

Cigarette tax increased; Badger Care, prescription drug assistance, and MA GPR appropriations revised; drug dispensing fee re pharmacies increased; certain MA nursing home, hospital, and trust fund appropriation provisions - AB779

Circuit courts required to use the circuit court automated informations systems developed by Director of State Courts - AB427

Closing of military bases located in this state: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] - AR22

Commercial mobile telephone monthly service contract: expiration of monthly access time specified - AB476

Compact disc (CD) and digital video disc (DVD): required notices on packages of prerecorded discs - AB469

Complaint procedure with State Superintendent established re use of ethnic names, nicknames, logos, and mascots by a school; DNR prohibited from using the word ``squaw" in the name of any lake or stream and names in current use must be changed - AB564

Computer system or telephone used to invite harassment or send obscene, lewd, or profane messages prohibited; penalty provided - AB188

Congressional leadership position prohibited for member who is under federal or state indictment: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] - AR26

Deferred prosecution programs: circuit court may impose a fee - AB563

Deferred prosecution programs: circuit court may impose a fee - AB582

Digital representations re photograph, film, motion picture, audio, or video is admissible under certain conditions; knowingly submitting altered evidence is a misdemeanor - AB472

Discrimination between an employee in a job dominated by employees of a particular sex and an employee in a job dominated by employees of the oppoiste sex in compensation for work of comparable worth prohibited; tax benefits, grants, and appropriation supplements when employers achieve compliance; sales and use tax on legal services and moneys put in comparable worth fund; school revenue limits increased re wage differential paid - AB528

Domestic abuse or violence recognition training: Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board required to provide - AB478

Domestic partnerships established; health care coverage for domestic partners of U.W. System employees and annuitants and state employees and annuitants; marriage defined as a civil contract between one man and one woman - AB503

Drugs prescribed to treat a rare disease or condition: health insurance policies and plans required to cover; OCI duty specified - AB1218

Encryption of audio and video programming prohibited re broadcast and cable television service - AB468

Federal education laws and federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB): DPI and school boards directed to resolve conflicts with state laws and seek waivers; federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provision - AB562

Federal tax exemptions, deductions, and credits that have an impact on Wisconsin: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] - AR33

Financial organizations that violate certain protections to active members of the armed forces and their dependents: DOR to deny tax benefits - AB697

Fire fighters memorial: individual income tax checkoff created - AB577

Fuel price gouging: crime created - AB846

Fund-raising social events and related campaign contributions by legislators before enactment of the executive budget bill prohibited [Joint rules 11 and 12] - AJR45

Gender discrimination in prescription drug pricing prohibited - AB471

Gulf War syndrome, lung cancer, or combustion illnesses re veterans of first or second Gulf War: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] - AR27

Hearing aids or cochlear implants for children under one year of age: health insurance policies and plans required to cover - AB1217

Hours worked by Assembly employees: each Assembly member directed to determine method and reporting period [Assembly rule 7 (5)] - AR34

Humane officer employed by a political subdivision may issue a citation on behalf of that political subdivision - AB696

Illegal aliens: companies that hire are ineligible for income and franchise tax credits, property tax exemption, public works or services contracts, and loans or grants from local governments - AB703

Jackamonis, Edward G.: life and public service - AJR74

Legislative employees: State Employment Labor Relations Act extended to cover - AB369

Legislative hotline call requesting a particular member of the Assembly: referral to any other member of the Assembly or Senate without written consent of the Assembly member who was called prohibited [Assembly rules 95 (43m) and 99m] - AR21

Legislators performing ordered military duty: appointment of temporary acting senators and representatives permitted. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR7

Limited-business floorperiod re bills introduced by JCRAR: bills with minimum wage as a subject and not agreed to by both houses excluded [Joint rule 81r] - AJR8

Local professional baseball park district: sunset on collection of sales and use taxes; property, income, and franchise taxes apply - AB396

Mail-in rebate prohibited - AB502

Maintenance in divorce actions: requirements for ordering revised - AB529

Manufacturer's rebate on tangible personal property: sales or use tax paid on reduced price - AB371

Martial arts instruction provided to a minor for a fee without a license prohibited; background check by DOJ; DRL licensing requirements - AB694

Maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways reduced - AB658

Medical malpractice: limit on noneconomic damages created; Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, OCI, and JCF provisions - AB960

Memorializing Congress or the federal government: eliminating the prohibition against offering an Assembly joint resolution or the Assembly receiving a Senate joint resolution [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a), 39 (1), 41 (1)] - AR20

Microchip implanted in an individual: requirement of prohibited; forfeiture provision - AB290

Net job loss by companies: report to Comm.Dept required; ineligibility certain tax credits or exemptions, public works or purchasing contracts, and state or local government grants or loans - AB704

Nude or partially nude image captured on a recording device in a locker room prohibited, exceptions provided; written policy on use of recording devices in locker rooms required - AB475

Outsourcing of jobs currently held by Wisconsin and U.S. citizens to other nations: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] - AR23

OWI violation: DOT to purge driving records of first conviction after 5 years - AB373