Senate Bill 490
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adopted
Senate Bill 495
Assembly amendment 1 adopted
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Assembly Bill
304
Relating to: procedures to create a school district out of the territory of one or more existing school districts and information provided to persons filing a petition for a referendum on the detachment of large territory from one school district and its attachment to another school district.
By Representatives Olsen, Jeskewitz, Albers, Duff, Grothman, Hahn, Huebsch, Jensen, M. Lehman, Ott and Owens; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Huelsman, Schultz and Welch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
432
Relating to: licensing and community oversight of child welfare agencies, group homes and community-based residential facilities and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Huber, Walker, Gard, Hanson, Rutkowski, Goetsch, Duff, Gunderson, Urban, Ziegelbauer, Kelso, Olsen, Ryba, Boyle, Musser and Springer; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig, Decker, Darling, Roessler, Breske, Huelsman, Farrow and Plache.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly Bill
620
Relating to: prohibiting the use of the real estate foreclosure process for certain types of defaults.
By Representatives Rutkowski, Bock, Plouff and R. Young; cosponsored by Senators Plache and Farrow.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
802
Relating to: exempting wood harvesting slashers from vehicle registration and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Ourada, Boyle, Seratti and Handrick; cosponsored by Senators Jauch and Breske.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill
811
Relating to: the authorization, use and verification of digital signatures, licensure and regulation of certification authorities, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Jensen, Hutchison, Schneider, F. Lasee, Owens, Hanson, Albers, Goetsch, Porter, Meyer, Sykora, Schafer, Kelso, Otte, Travis, Duff, Plale, Powers, Green, Spillner, Ott, Grothman and Springer; cosponsored by Senators Panzer, Rosenzweig, Farrow and Cowles.
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Information Policy.
Assembly Bill
843
Relating to: security interests in growing crops.
By Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Brandemuehl, Freese, Goetsch, Gronemus, Grothman, Hahn, Hutchison, Klusman, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Plouff, Springer and Sykora; cosponsored by Senators Farrow and Breske.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
Assembly Bill
860
Relating to: participation by institutions of higher education in the academic excellence higher education scholarship program and clarifying the required grade point average for academic excellence higher education scholarships (suggested as remedial legislation by the higher educational aids board).
By Law Revision Committee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
872
Relating to: charging a tenant for a credit check, presumption that tenant caused damage, allowing plaintiffs to remove and store property under a writ of restitution and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Grothman, Wasserman, Albers, Duff, Goetsch, Handrick, Kedzie, F. Lasee, Nass, Seratti, Staskunas, Walker, Ward, Ziegelbauer and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Weeden, Rosenzweig, Roessler, Farrow and Welch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Relating to: a statutory rape prosecution pilot program and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Spillner, Albers, Kelso, Olsen, Schafer, Sykora, Dobyns and Huebsch; cosponsored by Senators Welch and Fitzgerald.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
881
Relating to: prohibiting browsing of taxpayer information and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Sykora, F. Lasee, Spillner, Schafer, Porter, Ainsworth, Musser and Green; cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee
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Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
915
Relating to: eliminating outdated references to certificates of registration to practice audiology and speech-language pathology, and replacing the term "hearing aid" with "hearing instrument"; eliminating outdated references to transitional appraiser licenses; exempting certain persons who assist occupational therapists from licensure and certification requirements; use of titles and representations regarding Wisconsin registered interior designers by firms, partnerships and corporations; continuing education requirements for physicians and podiatrists; allowing the optometry examining board to deny, limit, suspend or revoke a certificate authorizing an optometrist to use topical ocular diagnostic or therapeutic pharmaceutical agents or to remove foreign bodies from an eye, and continuing education requirements for optometrists certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents or to remove foreign bodies from an eye; and public accountants practicing under a certificate of authority and qualifications for applicants for a certificate as a certified public accountant (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of regulation and licensing).
By Law Revision Committee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Joint Resolution 65
Relating to: memorializing Congress to enact legislation to facilitate the development and approval of new drugs, biological products and medical devices.
By Representatives Johnsrud, Kunicki, Brandemuehl, Jensen, Goetsch, Duff, F. Lasee, Urban, Sykora, Kreibich, Lazich, Hahn, Zukowski, Klusman and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Rude, Roessler and Rosenzweig.
Read and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Joint Resolution 117
Relating to: commending Harry Caray for his accomplishments as a baseball announcer and expressing grief at his death.
By Representatives Plale, Steinbrink, Kreuser, Porter, Bock, Boyle, Brandemuehl, Coggs, Cullen, Dobyns, Gard, Gronemus, Hanson, Harsdorf, Huebsch, Johnsrud, Kelso, J. Lehman, Lorge, Otte, Owens, Robson, Ryba, Spillner, Vander Loop, Walker and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Burke, Cowles, George, Moen, Rosenzweig, Weeden and Farrow, by request of Former State Senator Joseph Andrea.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 119
Relating to: proclaiming Cesky Den.
By Representatives Johnsrud, Porter, R. Young, Ladwig, Ryba, Dobyns, Turner, Gronemus, Ward, Owens, Bock and Walker; cosponsored by Senators Chvala, Rude, Drzewiecki, Zien, Burke, Moen, Schultz and Grobschmidt.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Joint Resolution 117 be withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and taken up at this time.
Assembly Joint Resolution 117
Relating to: commending Harry Caray for his accomplishments as a baseball announcer and expressing grief at his death.
Read.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 117 be concurred in?
Concurred in.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate return to the twelfth order of business.
Assembly Bill 12
Relating to: public comments at meetings of governmental bodies.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 12
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 44
Relating to: the authority of towns and town sanitary districts to levy special assessments for water and sewage systems on certain farmland and the methods used by cities, villages, towns and metropolitan sewerage districts to finance sewerage projects.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 44
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 189
Relating to: exposing a child to harmful descriptions or narrations and providing a penalty.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
