Present - Representatives Ballweg, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, J. Fitzgerald, Friske, Garthwaite, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Honadel, Hraychuck, Hubler, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kramer, Krusick, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, Nelson, Nerison, Newcomer, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petersen, Petrowski, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Radcliffe, Rhoades, Richards, Ripp, Roth, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Vukmir, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt, Zipperer and Speaker Sheridan - 97.
Absent with leave - Representatives Nass and Stone - 2.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Suder asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Nass and Stone. Granted.
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Representative Barca asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Fields, Grigsby and Young. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 16 offered by Representative Nygren.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 20 offered by Representative Schneider.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 29 offered by Representatives Schneider and Vruwink.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 171
Relating to: unlawful use of a global positioning device and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Kramer, Kessler and Schneider; cosponsored by Senator Erpenbach
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To committee on Personal Privacy
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Assembly Bill 172
Relating to: requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process.
By
Representatives Jorgensen, Zepnick, Sinicki, Danou, Toles, Berceau, Grigsby, Smith, Hilgenberg, Spanbauer, Black, Parisi, Barca, Seidel, Sherman, Pocan, Nelson and Sheridan; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Wirch, Lehman, Decker, Plale, Taylor, Erpenbach and Kreitlow.
To committee on Labor.
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From: Robert J. Marchant, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
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I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Passed and asks concurrence in:
Senate Bill 51
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Speaker's Appointments
March 26, 2009
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I am making the following appointments to the following standing committee:
Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
Representative Peggy Krusick, Chair
Representative Polly Williams, Vice Chair
Representative Kelda Helen Roys
Representative Mark Radcliffe
Representative Kitty Rhoades
Representative John Townsend
Representative Kevin Petersen
These appointments are effective immediately.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sheridan
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
March 26, 2009
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Joint Resolution 2, relating to eliminating the spring election (first consideration).
Sincerely,
Robert Jauch
State Senator
25th Senate District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
Madison
March 18, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The following information is provided for your consideration and review pursuant to § 301 .03 (6m), Wisconsin Statutes. The figures below pertain to calendar year 2008.
1) There were sixty-three Chapter
51 mental health commitments within the Department of Corrections. Of these, twenty-one were initial commitments and forty-two were extensions of commitments from previous years.
Fifty-five of the sixty-three commitments were obtained at the Wisconsin Resource Center (male inmates). Of these, seventeen were initial commitments and thirty-eight were renewals of commitments from previous years.
Eight of the sixty-three commitments were obtained at Taycheedah Correctional Institution (female inmates). Of these, four were initial commitments and four were recommitments from previous years.
After a Chapter
51 commitment, male inmates returned to the Wisconsin Resource Center (WRC) for further treatment. Average length of stay for WRC inmates was 372 days. Three male inmates were transferred from WRC to Mendota Mental Health Institute on an involuntary basis.
After a chapter 51 initial commitment, females were transferred to Winnebago Mental Health Institute (WMHI). For recommitments, females remained at TCI. In addition, one female was transferred to WMHI and received treatment on a voluntary basis. Average length of stay for committed individuals was 20 days.
2) The total number of inmates who were treated with psychotropic medication in 2008 was 8,115. This number includes inmates who were incarcerated for short-term stays as well as long-term stays. The number of inmates who were treated with psychotropic medication on any specific date is estimated at approximately 4,700. Of these, the number treated on an involuntary basis was the same as the number of involuntary commitments (sixty-three). Major classes of medication included antidepressants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers.
3) Mental Health Services are available at all of the major institutions. Services include crisis intervention, individual counseling, and group therapy. Specific programs include sex offender treatment, anger management, domestic violence, substance abuse treatment, and cognitive interventions. Psychiatrists are available at all major institutions to provide evaluations for psychotropic medication and management of these medications. In addition, consultation is available from both psychologists and psychiatrists to evaluate competency to consent to psychotropic medication and/or medical treatment.
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If you have any questions or need any further information, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Rick Raemisch
Secretary
Referred to committee on Correction and the Courts.
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Assembly Joint Resolution 28
Relating to: commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
28 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 28 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Representative Grigsby asked unanimous consent that her leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 35
Relating to: commending the Gundersen Lutheran Health System on being recognized as the first medical facility in the nation to achieve a top rating from the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
35 be adopted?
Motion carried.
