By Representatives Jensen, Duff, Dobyns, Silbaugh, Porter, Green, Handrick, Kreibich, Olsen, Walker, Albers, Springer, Lazich, Klusman, F. Lasee, Huebsch, Grothman, Goetsch, Ladwig and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Huelsman, Buettner and Zien
.
Read first time and referred to committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Assembly Bill
843
Relating to: the occupational tax imposed on domestic mink farms, research concerning the breeding and raising of domestic mink and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Jensen, Duff, Dobyns, Silbaugh, Green, Porter, Handrick, Kreibich, Olsen, Walker, Albers, Springer, Lazich, Klusman, F. Lasee, Huebsch, Grothman, Goetsch, Wasserman, Hahn, Ladwig and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Rude, Darling and Zien
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs.
Assembly Bill
844
Relating to: preference in sending or receiving telegraphs.
By Representatives Jensen, Duff, Dobyns, Silbaugh, Green, Porter, Handrick, Kreibich, Olsen, Walker, Albers, Springer, Lazich, Klusman, F. Lasee, Huebsch, Grothman, Goetsch, Wasserman, Ladwig and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Darling and Zien
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
Assembly Bill
845
Relating to: creating an exemption from preinspections and payment of preinspection fees for the transfer of a permit for operation of certain establishments under certain circumstances.
By Representatives Jensen, Duff, Dobyns, Silbaugh, Porter, Green, Handrick, Kreibich, Olsen, Walker, Albers, Springer, Lazich, Klusman, F. Lasee, Huebsch, Grothman, Lehman, Wasserman, Ladwig and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Buettner, Darling, Huelsman and Zien
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
852
Relating to: libelous electronic material.
By Representatives F. Lasee, Urban, Goetsch, Green, Freese, Lehman, Ainsworth, Wasserman, Seratti, Brandemuehl, Ladwig and Jensen; cosponsored by Senators Rude and Buettner
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.
Relating to: use of electronic mail and other computerized communication systems and providing penalties.
By Representatives F. Lasee, Urban, Handrick, Goetsch, Green, Freese, Lehman, Ainsworth, Ryba, Wasserman, Seratti, Brandemuehl, Ladwig and Jensen; cosponsored by Senators Panzer and Buettner
.
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Information Policy.
Assembly Bill
858
Relating to: the powers of full-time court commissioners.
By Representatives Walker, Green, Gunderson, Jensen, Schneiders, Goetsch, Nass, La Fave, Powers, Krug, Hahn, Duff, Lazich, Riley, Grothman and Coggs; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Darling, Rosenzweig and Fitzgerald, by request of Chief Judge Patrick Sheedy of Milwaukee County.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill
879
Relating to: changing the definition of a restaurant.
By Representatives Ainsworth, F. Lasee, Ott, Seratti, Johnsrud, Gronemus, Hahn, Olsen, Lehman, Wilder, Silbaugh, Goetsch, Zukowski, Brandemuehl, Hasenohrl, Musser, Grothman and Lorge; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Panzer, Rude, Huelsman and Buettner
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
892
Relating to: authorizing the department of regulation and licensing to regulate and license certain business entities for certain occupations.
By Representatives Brancel, Lehman, Goetsch, Baldus, Musser, Dobyns, Ziegelbauer, Ainsworth, Seratti, Hanson, Lorge, Green, Olsen, Albers, La Fave, Vrakas, Schneiders, Gunderson and Grothman; cosponsored by Senators Welch, Huelsman, Panzer, Buettner, Drzewiecki and Petak
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
895
Relating to: the reburial by a cemetery authority of human remains buried in a cemetery owned or operated by the cemetery authority.
By Representatives Vrakas, Freese, Klusman, Schneiders, Huebsch, Seratti, Ward, Lehman, Olsen, Ainsworth, Ott, Albers, Otte, Grothman, Goetsch, Hahn and Gronemus; cosponsored by Senators Weeden, Huelsman, Panzer and Darling
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
908
Relating to: sexual assault of a student by certain school employes and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Kelso, Olsen, Grothman, Jensen, Ladwig, Skindrud, Hahn, Underheim and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senator Drzewiecki
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill
912
Relating to: an indeterminate permit to operate a public utility; investigation by the public service commission of the reasonableness of public utility rates; updating the definition of complaint; deleting the requirement that a small telecommunications utility submit a list of its published consumers to the public service commission when proposing a rate increase; updating the definition of public utility; the advance planning of electric generating facilities and transmission lines; rebates, concessions and discrimination by public utilities; and the assessment by the public service commission against the local exchange and interexchange telecommunications utilities (suggested as remedial legislation by the public service commission).
By Law Revision Committee
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
Assembly Bill
919
Relating to: the duration of the requirement to maintain proof of financial responsibility for long-term care of a mining waste facility.
By Representatives Seratti, Ourada, Powers and Reynolds; cosponsored by Senator Cowles
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
Assembly Bill
926
Relating to: prohibiting circumcision, excision or infibulation of certain genital tissue of a female minor and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Wasserman, Robson, Morris-Tatum, Riley, Notestein, Krug, R. Potter, Plache, Harsdorf, Hanson, R. Young, Gronemus, Lazich, Baldwin, Travis, Hasenohrl, Otte, Kreibich, Handrick, Lorge, Powers, Black, La Fave, Plombon, Reynolds, Gunderson, Kreuser, Wirch and Grothman; cosponsored by Senators Moore, Huelsman and Rude
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Assembly Bill
955
Relating to: the tax on car line companies.
By Representatives Hoven, Gard, Lehman, Brancel, Klusman, Wood, Schneider, Gunderson, Goetsch, Hanson, Underheim, Hasenohrl and Bell; cosponsored by Senators Weeden, Drzewiecki, Buettner, Farrow, Wineke and Jauch
.
Read first time and referred to committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Assembly Bill
966
Relating to: facilities for the production, transmission or distribution of gas.
By Representatives Duff, Hanson, Albers, R. Young and Bock; cosponsored by Senators Cowles and Burke
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
Assembly Bill
969
Relating to: powers of court commissioners.
By Representatives Kelso, Ainsworth, Green, Grothman, Owens, Porter, Silbaugh, Albers, Olsen, Brandemuehl, Goetsch, Kaufert, Nass, Kreuser, Schneiders and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Cowles and Drzewiecki
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.
Relating to: committing theft against certain persons and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Silbaugh, Powers, Freese, Owens, Ladwig, Ainsworth, Green, Johnsrud, Krusick, Carpenter, Meyer, Musser, Albers, Otte, Hahn, Skindrud, Dobyns, Olsen, Seratti, Kreibich, Gunderson, Turner and Hasenohrl; cosponsored by Senators Buettner, Breske and Grobschmidt
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill
988
Relating to: requiring criminal history searches of certain persons hired or proposed to be hired by certain facilities or services, requiring conduct of an elder abuse awareness campaign, authorizing positions for the board on aging and long-term care, clarifying requirements for reporting the misappropriation of property, abuse or neglect of certain patients or facility residents, making appropriations and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Silbaugh, Krusick, Freese, Goetsch, Ainsworth, Powers, Ladwig, Carpenter, Owens, Meyer, Albers, Green, Hahn, Skindrud, Johnsrud, Olsen, Otte, Gunderson, Seratti, Kreibich, Urban and Hasenohrl; cosponsored by Senators Buettner, Clausing and Grobschmidt
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Assembly Bill
989
Relating to: certain fraudulent or unfair trade practices against elderly and disabled persons and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Silbaugh, Skindrud, Powers, Green, Owens, Porter, Ainsworth, Ladwig, Freese, Harsdorf, Albers, Hahn, Krusick, Carpenter, Meyer, Johnsrud, Turner, Lorge, Otte, Hutchison, Olsen, Kreibich, Dobyns, Wirch, Gunderson and Hasenohrl; cosponsored by Senators Buettner, Drzewiecki, Breske and Grobschmidt
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Assembly Bill
993
Relating to: penalties for the operation of agricultural machinery upon a highway by uncertified youthful operators.
By Representatives Ott, Brandemuehl, Otte and Harsdorf
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs.
Assembly Bill
1004
Relating to: the youth and athlete facility of the state fair park board and granting bonding authority.
By Representatives Brancel and Klusman; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig and Farrow
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs.
Assembly Bill
1070
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the State Engineering Association for the 1995-97 biennium, covering employes in the professional engineering collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
By joint committee on Employment Relations
.