Sincerely,
Jon E. Litscher
Secretary
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 3, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Bradley, James,
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1,1 2003.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
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Relating to ice fishing shelters.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, February 4, 1998.
Referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources, February 5, 1998.
Relating to hearings on relief from institutional charges, a low-income standard for allocating state nutrition and senior volunteer funds and maintaining the confidentiality of personal facts included in medical information obtained by department staff in the conduct of official business.
Submitted by Department of Health and Family Services.
Report received from Agency, February 4, 1998.
Referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs,
February 5, 1998 .
Relating to the forest fire protection grant program.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, February 4, 1998.
Referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources, February 5, 1998.
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By Charles Sanders, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 53
Assembly Bill 139
Assembly Bill 275
Assembly Bill 509
Assembly Bill 554
Assembly Bill 581
Assembly Bill 582
Assembly Bill 600
Assembly Bill 601
Assembly Bill 602
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution 98
Concurred in:
Senate amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 4 to Senate Bill 3
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Assembly Bill
53
Relating to: disclosure of identifying information about birth siblings, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Notestein, Freese, Ladwig, Williams, Goetsch, Riley, Musser, R. Young, Albers, Boyle, Powers, Ryba, Gunderson and Baldwin; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Buettner and Breske.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
139
Relating to: veterans benefits for veterans who are delinquent in child or spousal support, maintenance, medical expenses or birth expenses.
By Representatives Musser, Sykora, Zukowski, Duff, Ryba, Powers, Turner, Gunderson, Grothman, Albers, Kreuser, Hahn, M. Lehman, Nass, Boyle and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Welch, Cowles, Rosenzweig and A. Lasee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
275
Relating to: access by a child's substitute care provider to medical information concerning the child, the child's religious affiliation or belief and information Relating to any involvement of the child in any sexual abuse, in any cult or group that promotes criminal activity or in any activities that are harmful to the child.
By Representatives Seratti, Ainsworth, M. Lehman, Ryba, Lorge, Ladwig, Wasserman, Freese, Musser, Lazich, Owens, Grothman, Goetsch, Gunderson and Brandemuehl; cosponsored by Senators Buettner, Weeden and Zien.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
509
Relating to: creating a marriage and family therapist training certificate and the eligibility requirements for taking the examination for a marriage and family therapist or professional counselor certificate.
By Representative
Otte
, by request of Department of Regulation and Licensing Secretary Marlene A. Cummings
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Relating to: transporting children in open cargo areas of certain motor trucks.
By Representatives Kelso, Ladwig, Black, Bock, Dobyns, Hanson, Hasenohrl and Urban.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill
581
Relating to: the supplemental food program for women, infants and children and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Sykora, Wasserman, Harsdorf, Kreibich, Albers, Baumgart, Bock, Boyle, Gronemus, Handrick, Hasenohrl, Huebsch, Johnsrud, Meyer, Musser, Notestein, Olsen, Otte, Plouff, Robson, Ryba, Springer, Staskunas, Underheim, L. Young, R. Young and Murat; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Rude, C. Potter, Breske, Clausing, Decker, Huelsman, Plache, Roessler, Wirch and Zien.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
582
Relating to: allowing a power of attorney for health care instrument to be used to make or refuse to make an anatomical gift and allowing a health care agent to make an anatomical gift.
By Representatives Wasserman, Huber, Underheim, Kreuser, Walker, Staskunas, Baumgart, Bock, Brandemuehl, Goetsch, Gronemus, Krug, Ladwig, Murat, Notestein, Porter and R. Young; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig, Risser, Roessler, Grobschmidt and Huelsman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
600
Relating to: the placement of a child with a relative for adoption and application of the interstate compact on the placement of children; the time by which a juvenile court must hold a hearing on a petition for adoptive placement of a child with a nonrelative and a petition to terminate parental rights that is filed with a petition for adoptive placement; removal of a child from a foster home, treatment foster home or group home for the purpose of placing the child by an agency for adoption; education about adoption and school age parents programs; who may be adopted; the documentation required in a permanency plan for preadoptive placement of a child in foster care or treatment foster care under a voluntary agreement; payments by an adoptive or proposed adoptive parent for the expenses of a birth parent or child; the release of identifying information by an agency that placed a child for adoption or that was appointed guardian of a child who was adopted; advertising related to adoption; the time by which a petition for a rehearing on the ground of new evidence must be filed in a juvenile court proceeding; and providing a penalty.
By Joint Legislative Council.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
601
Relating to: adoption assistance, granting rule-making authority and making appropriations.
By Joint Legislative Council.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
602
