By
Senators
Lassa, Taylor, Lehman, Schultz, Kreitlow, Risser, Miller, Darling, Coggs and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Dexter, Kaufert, Berceau, Black, Townsend, Schneider, Hilgenberg, Mason, Soletski, Sinicki, Jorgensen, Hixson, Lothian, Turner, Grigsby, A. Williams, Krusick, Wood, A. Ott, Molepske Jr. and Bernard Schaber.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 338
Relating to: maximum amount of funeral and burial expenses under the funeral, burial, and cemetery expenses program.
By
Senators
Lehman, Wirch, Miller, Lassa, Taylor, Kedzie and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Turner, Soletski, Kerkman, Montgomery, Nygren, Bies, Vos, Barca, A. Williams, Young and Hubler.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 341
Relating to: reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Jauch, Lassa, Kreitlow and Hopper; cosponsored by Representatives Hubler, Berceau, Petersen, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, Turner, Pasch, Townsend, Danou, Grigsby, Sinicki, Zepnick and Hilgenberg.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 407
Relating to: eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships.
By
Senators
Miller, Taylor and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Smith, Pope-Roberts, Hebl, A. Ott, Townsend, Bies, Brooks and LeMahieu.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 472
Relating to: adopting revised article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code concerning general provisions.
By
Senators
Risser and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen and Townsend.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 480
Relating to: adopting revised Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code, concerning documents of title.
By
Senators
Risser and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Turner, Townsend, A. Williams and A. Ott.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 491
Relating to: requiring an aging and disability resource center to perform a financial screening for, provide information to, and assist individuals choosing to participate in the self-directed services option (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 494
Relating to: allowing nonprofit corporations to operate an aging and disability resource center (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
By
Law Revision Committee.
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To committee on
Rules.
Senate Bill 497
Relating to: creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Lassa, Olsen, Harsdorf and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen, Vruwink, Molepske Jr., Benedict, Clark, Gunderson, Montgomery, Nerison, A. Ott, Ripp, Smith, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Suder, Townsend, Zepnick, Zigmunt and Pasch.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 505
Relating to: motor vehicle emission inspections and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Wirch and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Steinbrink, Gottlieb, Honadel and Pasch.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 514
Relating to: additions to the 2009-11 Authorized State Building Program.
By
Senators
Plale, Kreitlow and Kanavas; cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Hintz, Black and Stone, by request of State of Wisconsin Building Commission
.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 523
Relating to: unfair labor practices in violation of collective bargaining rights.
By
Senators
Coggs, Hansen, Vinehout, Wirch, Lehman, Taylor, Lassa and Kreitlow; cosponsored by Representatives Pocan, Mason, Hixson, Roys, Turner, Jorgensen, Sinicki, Kessler, Berceau, Zepnick, Milroy, Soletski, Toles, Hilgenberg, Young, Van Akkeren, Molepske Jr., Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Grigsby, Hintz, Smith and Richards.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 531
Relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
By
Senator
Jauch
; cosponsored by Representative Sherman
.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 533
Relating to: an integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Plale, Taylor, Lassa, Carpenter, Lehman, Lazich, Cowles, Hansen, Sullivan and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Bies, Jorgensen, Turner, Staskunas, Petrowski, Townsend and Honadel.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 557
Relating to: notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Miller, Hansen, Cowles, Taylor, Robson, Lehman, Holperin and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Zigmunt, Zepnick, Petrowski, Townsend, Mursau and Berceau.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 572
Relating to: suitability of annuity contracts and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senator
Wirch
; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Turner and A. Williams.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 617
Relating to: creating a privilege for communications to veteran mentors.
By
Senators
Taylor and Kreitlow; cosponsored by Representatives Shilling, Turner, Hilgenberg, Molepske Jr., Sinicki and Suder.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 631
Relating to: submission of biological specimens for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis.
By
Senators
Taylor and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Staskunas and Bies, by request of Attorney General JB Van Hollen.
To committee on Rules.
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Communications
Statement of Representative Mary Hubler
on 2009 Assembly Resolution 14
April 5, 2010
2009 Assembly Resolution 14, relating to the expulsion of Representative Jeffrey Wood, from the 67th Assembly District, from membership in the Wisconsin State Assembly, was introduced by Representative Nass on October 27, 2009. Pursuant to Assembly Rules
21 and
43 (3), the Assembly Special Committee on Ethics and Standards of Conduct was convened to consider Assembly Resolution 14.
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Article IV, Section 8, of the Wisconsin Constitution provides that "[e]ach house may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish for contempt and disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member; but no member shall be expelled a second time for the same cause." Further, Assembly Rule
21 provides the procedure under which the Special Committee considers a resolution to expel, censure, or reprimand a member of the Assembly.
The Special Committee held organizational meetings on November 4, 2009, and December 15, 2009, and held public hearings on Assembly Resolution 14 on March 3, 2010, and March 16, 2010. On March 23, 2010, the Special Committee took executive action and reported Assembly Resolution 14 without recommendation.
As chair of the Special Committee, I wish to submit, for the record, my perspective on classes of conduct that should not be considered by the Assembly to expel, censure, or reprimand one of its members.
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
21 (2), the Special Committee ascertained the facts of the controversy and recited them in three substitute amendments to Assembly Resolution 14: LRBs0215, relating to expulsion; LRBs0216, relating to censure; and LRBs0217, relating to reprimand.
In its ascertainment of the facts, the Special Committee excluded the following conduct of Representative Wood: (1) conduct that occurred prior to Representative Wood's November 2008 re-election to the Assembly; and (2) record of Representative Wood's vote on legislation. Assembly Resolution 14, as introduced by Representative Nass, included Representative Wood's 1990 and 1991 convictions for drunk driving and a 1989 accusation of having sex with an underage minor and included Representative Wood's "aye" vote on passage of 2009 Assembly Bill 283, relating to operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Conduct that occurred prior to the election of a member of the Assembly should not be considered in the expulsion, censure, or reprimand of a member. The voters who elect a member are aware of past conduct of a member and, despite that conduct, choose to elect the member. In addition, the vote of a member of the Assembly on any legislation should not be considered in the expulsion, censure, or reprimand of a member. A member should not be subject to discipline for casting a vote.
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April 14, 2010
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
