Ayes, 4 - Senators
Clausing, Wirch, A. Lasee and Zien.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Clausing, Wirch and Zien.
Noes, 1 - Senator
A. Lasee.
Alice Clausing
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 150
Relating to: electronic filing of certain campaign finance reports with the elections board and making an appropriation.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 284
Relating to: testing for the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted diseases in criminal defendants and juveniles alleged to be delinquent or in need of protection or services who are found not competent to proceed or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 300
Relating to: the performance of services for the victim by a juvenile as restitution for the juvenile's act.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 396
Relating to: the filing officer for candidates for the office of municipal judge in municipal courts serving 2 or more municipalities.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 410
S427
Relating to: original adult court jurisdiction over a juvenile who is alleged to have attempted or committed a violation of any state criminal law if that violation may be joined with an alleged assault, battery, homicide or attempted homicide over which the adult court has original jurisdiction, the elimination of reverse waiver for a juvenile who is once waived always waived, the imposition of a juvenile adjudication and disposition by an adult court on a juvenile who has been found to have committed a lesser offense, the financial ability of a juvenile, either alone or with the assistance of a parent with custody of the juvenile, to make restitution for any damage or injury resulting from the juvenile's act or to pay a forfeiture imposed on the juvenile, sanctions for a juvenile in need of protection or services based on habitual truancy or being a school dropout who violates a condition of his or her dispositional order and sanctions for contempt of court by a juvenile who violates a condition of his or her dispositional order, the rules of evidence at postdispositional hearings under the juvenile justice code and the disclosure of juvenile court records to other juvenile courts for the purposes of preparing a presentence investigation, determining custody of a juvenile, setting bail, impeaching a witness and determining whether a juvenile who would otherwise be an heir has intentionally killed the decedent.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 487
Relating to: the sale of a motor vehicle subject to a seizure for a crime related to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant or other drug and providing a penalty.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 564
Relating to: sexual assault, the controlled substance flunitrazepam and providing penalties.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 254
Relating to: powers of attorney.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing and Huelsman.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Drzewiecki.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Wirch, Clausing and Huelsman.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Drzewiecki.
Senate Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: providing that the proceeds of the state lottery, all moneys received by the state under Indian gaming agreements, other than moneys used to regulate and enforce the provisions of the Indian gaming agreements, and all moneys received by the state that are attributable to pari-mutuel on-track betting must be used for reducing property taxes imposed on principal dwellings by creating property tax credits and may be used for reducing rent constituting property taxes; and providing that the distribution of the proceeds of the state lottery, moneys received by the state under Indian gaming agreements and all moneys received by the state that are attributable to pari-mutuel on-track betting are not subject to the uniformity requirement of article VIII, section 1, of the Wisconsin Constitution (first consideration).
Adoption and without recommendation.
Ayes, 2 - Senators
Wirch and Clausing.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Huelsman and Drzewiecki.
Robert Wirch
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
January 26, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The following information is provided for your consideration and review pursuant to 301.03(6m) WI STATS. The figures below cover the period from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997.
1.
There were 38 inmates transferred involuntarily from a prison to a mental health institute under 51.20(13)(A)4. All but six were committed for outpatient treatment. Six inmates were committed to inpatient treatment and stayed an average 37 days.
No inmates transferred voluntarily from prison to a mental health institute,
2.
3,134 inmates underwent voluntary treatment with psychotropic drugs and 38 inmates were treated with psychotropic drugs on an involuntary basis.
The types of medication used include antipsychotic drugs, antidepressant drugs, mood stabilizers, anti-parkinsonian medications, and medications for side effects.
3.
Mental health services, both psychiatric and psychological, are available at all major institutions. Services include individual and group therapy, chemotherapy, psychiatric, psychological, and neuropsychological evaluations, crisis intervention, sex offender groups, domestic abuse groups, and anger management groups.
Inmates who need more intensive mental health services are transferred to the Special Management Unit at Columbia Correctional Institution, the Wisconsin Resource Center, or one of the Mental Health Institutes.
If you need any additional information, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sullivan
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
January 29, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 1997 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council.
RL 97-7 Legislation on Changes in Fishing and Hunting Laws (1997 Assembly Bill 736)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff Offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/jlcrecs.html.
Sincerely,
Jane R. Henkel
Deputy Director
