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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 194
Relating to: administration of certain public assistance programs in Milwaukee County, removing county civil service protections from certain employees, required provisions in certain collective bargaining agreements under the Municipal Employment Relations Act, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Grigsby, Sinicki, Pasch, Fields and Kessler; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Coggs and Plale.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 195
Relating to: the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program.
By
Representatives Hilgenberg, Garthwaite, Kaufert, Pasch, Black, Berceau, Staskunas, Cullen, Richards, Petrowski, Hraychuck, Bies, Zepnick, Townsend and Tauchen; cosponsored by Senators Robson, Holperin, Schultz, Taylor, Plale, Lassa and Hansen.
To committee on Public Health.
Assembly Bill 196
Relating to: providing the public with information on state agency and school district operations expenditures and state agency and school district contracts and grants.
By
Representatives Kramer, Vukmir, Zipperer, Davis, Vos, LeMahieu, Kleefisch and Lothian; cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Darling and Leibham.
To committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security
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Assembly Bill 197
Relating to: the definitions of motor bicycle and moped.
By
Representatives Sherman, Berceau, Ballweg, A. Ott and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Holperin, Schultz, Taylor and A. Lasee.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 198
Relating to: highway maps published by the Department of Transportation.
By
Representatives Vruwink, Hilgenberg, Turner, Berceau, Jorgensen, Milroy, Barca, Pope-Roberts, A. Williams, Zepnick, Townsend, Lothian and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Taylor, Lassa, Lehman, Erpenbach, Olsen and Schultz.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Assembly Bill 199
Relating to: classifying members of the Parole Commission; psychologists and corrections classification specialists employed by the Department of Corrections who perform duties related to sexually violent person commitments; clerical employees employed at probation, extended supervision, and parole offices; and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
By
Representatives Suder, Spanbauer, Montgomery, Mursau, A. Ott, Hintz, Bies and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senator Lassa
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To committee on Corrections and the Courts
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Assembly Bill 200
Relating to: the number of school days required each school term.
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By
Representatives Rhoades, Mursau, Kerkman, Lothian, LeMahieu, Gottlieb, Strachota, A. Ott, Murtha, Bies, Gunderson and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Kreitlow, Schultz and Kedzie.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 201
Relating to: the date of pupil counts in second semester of school year.
By
Representatives Huebsch, Mursau, LeMahieu, Petrowski, A. Ott, Bies, Montgomery, Vos, Gunderson, Nerison, Townsend, Murtha and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Kreitlow, Grothman and Olsen.
To committee on Education.
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The committee on Health and Healthcare Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 76
Relating to: requiring the Department of Transportation to establish rules allowing living will and health care power of attorney information to be included on driver's licenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Richards, Roys, Benedict, Vruwink, Seidel, Pasch and Strachota.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Vukmir, Rhoades, Stone and Nygren.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Richards, Roys, Benedict, Vruwink, Seidel, Pasch and Stone.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Vukmir, Rhoades, Strachota and Nygren.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 103
Relating to: authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Richards, Roys, Benedict, Vruwink, Seidel, Pasch, Vukmir, Rhoades, Stone, Strachota and Nygren.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Jon Richards
Chairperson
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
The committee on Insurance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 16
Relating to: requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age.
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Ziegelbauer, Parisi, Berceau and Hebl.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Nygren, Suder, Vos and Roth.
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Ziegelbauer, Parisi, Berceau, Hebl, Nygren, Vos and Roth.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Suder.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Ziegelbauer, Parisi, Berceau and Hebl.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Nygren, Suder, Vos and Roth.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Ziegelbauer, Parisi, Berceau and Hebl.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Nygren, Suder, Vos and Roth.
To committee on Rules.
David Cullen
Chairperson
Committee on Insurance
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Communications
April 7, 2009
Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan
211 West State Capitol
Dear Speaker Sheridan:
Currently, Representative Phil Montgomery serves as the minority party appointee to the IT Management Board. This letter is to advise you of my decision to nominate Representative Kevin Petersen as my minority party appointee to the IT Management Board pursuant to statue 15.105 (28).
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jeff Fitzgerald
Assembly Republican Leader
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
