Legislative Committees

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES

Period ending December 31, 1996

Table of Contents

Administrative rules, Joint committee for review of (Assembly)

Golf courses acquired under stewardship program: state prohibited from incurring public debt; existing rules suspended - AB334

Health care professional service corporation: rules suspended re patient compensation fund coverage  - AB581

Unisex toilets in certain buildings: DILHR rule promulgation prohibited -  AB580

Administrative rules, Joint committee for review of (Senate)

Golf courses acquired under stewardship program: state prohibited from incurring public debt; existing rules suspended - SB179

Health care professional service corporation: rules suspended re patient compensation fund coverage  - SB342

Unisex toilets in certain buildings: DILHR rule promulgation prohibited -  SB341

Audit, Joint committee on (Assembly)

Investment board revisions re membership, investments, minutes, information to local governments and reports; internal audit subunit and chief investment officer position created; LAB reports revised -  AB664

Audit, Joint committee on (Senate)

Investment board revisions re membership, investments, minutes, information to local governments and reports; internal audit subunit and chief investment officer position created; LAB reports revised -  SB402

Controlled substances, Special committee on — Senate

Controlled substance laws: penalties increased for 2nd or subsequent offenses -  AB816

Controlled substances: laws revised -  AB817

Employment relations, Joint committee on (Assembly)

Blue collar and nonbuilding trades bargaining unit: contract ratification -  AB677

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: contract ratification -  AB681

Clerical and related employes bargaining unit: contract ratification; DETF duties created re health insurance premium credits program -  AB684

Health insurance premium credits program created for nonrepresented state employes and elected state officials  - AB683

Nonrepresented state employe compensation plan modified re administration, wage or parity adjustment, catastrophic leave, travel expenses and attorney general's salary  - AB473

Professional engineering bargaining unit: contract ratification -  AB1070

Professional fiscal and staff services bargaining unit: contract ratification -  AB1074

Professional patient treatment bargaining unit: contract ratification for the 1993-95 and 1995-97 biennia  - AB682

Professional research, statistics and analysis bargaining unit: contract ratification -  AB1075

Professional science bargaining unit: contract ratification -  AB1071

Professional social services bargaining unit: contract ratification  - AB678

Security and public safety bargaining unit: contract ratification  - AB680

Technical employe bargaining unit: contract ratification -  AB679

U.W. Madison and Extension program, project and teaching assistants: contract ratification - AB1072

U.W. Milwaukee program, project and teaching assistants: contract ratification -  AB1073

Employment relations, Joint committee on (Senate)

Assistant district attorneys bargaining unit: contract ratification  - SB676

Professional education bargaining unit: contract ratification -  SB677

Professional engineering bargaining unit: contract ratification -  SB649

Professional fiscal and staff services bargaining unit: contract ratification -  SB653

Professional patient care bargaining unit: contract ratification  - SB678

Professional patient care collective bargaining unit: contract ratification -  JR5SB1

Professional research, statistics and analysis bargaining unit: contract ratification -  SB654

Professional science bargaining unit: contract ratification -  SB650

U.W. Madison and Extension program, project and teaching assistants: contract ratification - SB651

U.W. Milwaukee program, project and teaching assistants: contract ratification -  SB652

Environment and utilities, Committee on — Assembly

Reformulated gasoline sale in southeastern Wisconsin: Congress requested to suspend requirement  - AJR25

Finance, Joint committee on (Assembly)

Budget bill  - AB150

Health, human services and aging, Committee on — Senate

MEB procedures re credential suspension or revocation; podiatrist licensure and continuing education requirements  - SB340

Human resources, labor, tourism, veterans and military affairs, Committee on — Senate

Prevailing wage rates and hours laws revised re state and local public works projects; coverage of certain truck drivers revised - SB373

Joint legislative council

Child care economics: laws revised re grant and loan assistance programs, prekindergarten or kindergarten programs, day care center regulations, outdoor play space, location other than first floor and safe and affordable child care for low-income parents; study provided -  SB540

Child or family support: court authorized to grant credit in specified circumstances -  SB421

Child support: revisions re percentage standard, deviation factors, child care expenses, trust fund, Huber prisoner wages, social security benefits and postmajority support for exceptional educational needs children; paternity judgments and blood test costs revised; DHSS studies and reports required  - SB422

Children in need of protection or services: laws revised and expanded -  AB837

Children in need of protection or services: laws revised and expanded -  SB501

Custodial parent moving with, or removing, child after divorce and joint legal custody re physical placement order: provisions revised; custody study fee increased  - SB420

Electronic benefit transfer system for food stamp and other programs: DHSS to implement; county participation optional  - SB445

Emergencies resulting from enemy action or natural or man-made disasters: role of state agencies, including DMA, specified -  SB418

Emergency government, Division of, name changed to Division of emergency management; related references to agencies and personnel revised -  SB419

Environmental statutes (chap. 144, Wis.Stats.) renumbered and reorganized -  SB622

Farmland preservation program revisions; farmland tax relief credit repealed -  SB370

Guardian ad litem: parent or guardian liable for compensation; state payment to counties modified; contracting encouraged - AB742

Immunization program modified; school health services plan adoption required -  SB469

Information technology sharing by state agencies; DOA duties and implementation plan requirements  - SB396

Intergovernmental cooperation enhancement recommendations re municipal revenue sharing, police, libraries and CESA and technical college districts; report required  - SB491

Legislative information policy and privacy bureau created, JCLO duties set; JCIP duties expanded re public video conferencing -  SB395

Local roads improvement program: counties may bid for city, village or town highway projects - SB542

State fire programs interagency coordinating council created, sunset provided; SERB membership and duties revised  - AB746

Tribal law enforcement officers: LESB to reimburse for certain training -  SB502

Tribal prisoners confined in county jail: agreements between sheriff and county board and recognized tribe authorized - SB503

U.W. system chancellors: powers and duties revised -  SB371

Wisconsin information service council created to broadcast government proceedings; DOA and JCLO duties set  - SB397

Labor and employment, Committee on — Assembly

Prevailing wage rates and hours laws revised re state and local public works projects; coverage of certain truck drivers revised - AB632

Law revision committee

Academic excellence higher education scholarship program: grade point average requirement revised (remedial legislation) - AB765

Adult court: petition procedure revised re waiver of jurisdiction after child becomes 18 -  SB258

Agricultural law revisions re fertilizer control law terminology, tonnage fees and weights and measures (remedial legislation) - SB470

Alcohol testing before issuance of citation: court decision codified -  SB570

Bank trust power language: references to lunatics deleted (remedial legislation) -  SB464

Check tendered but not cashed: court decision codified re statute of limitations -  SB574

Condemnation proceedings: award of litigation expenses modified; judicial decicion codified - AB466

Criminal defamation: court decision codified re civil law privileges applied to criminal cases - SB577

DETF revisions re WRS lump sum payment, intestate or abandoned accounts notification, GIB contracting with public or private entities, life insurance to certain Milwaukee teachers and application date for long-term disability insurance benefits (remedial legislation) -  SB483