The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 317
Relating to: sexual assault and providing a penalty.
By
Senator
Adelman
; cosponsored by Representative Rutkowski
.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 318
Relating to: dispute settlement procedures in local government employment other than law enforcement and fire fighting employment.
By
Senators
Shibilski, Wineke, Burke, George, Breske, Risser and Clausing; cosponsored by Representatives Baldwin, Wood, Linton, Ryba, Plouff, J. Lehman, Boyle, Riley, Bock, Hanson, R. Young and Black.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 319
Relating to: release of patient health care records to the patient's health care provider.
By
Senators
Wirch, Schultz and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Ziegelbauer, Ott, Musser, Gronemus, Turner, F. Lasee, Goetsch, Sykora, Porter and Williams.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 320
Relating to: providing the jury with an explanation regarding the results of their findings.
By
Senators
Burke, Moen, Decker and Plache; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Krug, Lorge and La Fave.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 321
Relating to: increasing the number of circuit court branches.
By
Senators
Adelman, Fitzgerald, Rude, Breske, Roessler, Burke, Huelsman, Weeden, Grobschmidt and Farrow; cosponsored by Representatives Huebsch, Ourada, Dobyns, Foti, Ward, L. Young, La Fave, Owens, Wood, Walker, Staskunas, Notestein, Gronemus, Meyer, Huber, Nass, Olsen, R. Potter and Wasserman.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 322
Relating to: certification requirements for dietitians.
By
Senators
Moen, Roessler, Breske, Rosenzweig, Burke, Farrow and Huelsman; cosponsored by Representatives Urban, Robson, Handrick, Carpenter, Bock, M. Lehman, Meyer, Ott, La Fave, Porter, Duff, Seratti, Kreibich, Plale, Notestein, Kelso and Springer.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 323
Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law.
By
Senators
Plache and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives Vrakas and Vander Loop.
To committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 324
Relating to: allowing audiologists to engage in the practice of fitting and selling hearing aids without obtaining a hearing instrument specialist license, continuing education for hearing instrument specialists, audiologists and speech-language pathologists and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Moen, Burke, Fitzgerald, Breske and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Underheim, Bock, Kaufert, Jensen, Kunicki, La Fave, Johnsrud, Lorge and Olsen.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 325
Relating to: the amount of assistance for funeral or burial expenses of recipients under certain benefits and assistance programs and the value of an irrevocable burial trust that is excluded from the resource determination under the medical assistance program.
By
Senator
Moen
; cosponsored by Representatives Underheim, Hasenohrl, Kelso, Plouff, Seratti, Lorge and Albers.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 326
Relating to: creating a tuition protection program for students enrolled in proprietary schools, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
Introduction.
Ayes, 7 - Senators C. Potter, Jauch, Shibilski, Grobschmidt, Darling, Huelsman and Roessler.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Education.
Calvin Potter
Chairperson
Wisconsin State Senator
Richard Grobschmidt
October 13, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am currently serving on the Commission on Privatization. Do to scheduling conflicts and my legislative workload, I request that I be removed as a member of this Commission.
Thank you for your assistance in this request. Should you have any questions, or require further information, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Richard Grobschmidt
State Senator
7th Senate District
State of Wisconsin
Department of Transportation
October 7, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
The enclosed report has been sent to you pursuant to sec. 1.11(2)(j), Stats. This statute states:
"Annually, no later than September 15, submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172(2), including the number of proposed actions for which the agency conducted an assessment of whether an impact statement was required under par. (c) and the number of impact statements prepared under par. (c)."
This report addresses the activities of the Department of Transportation for Fiscal Year 1997, the period from July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997.
We apologize for the tardiness of this report.
Sincerely,
Charles H. Thompson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems
and the Retirement Research Committee
October 9, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed is a copy of the Reports of the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems to the 1995 Legislature. I would appreciate it if you would note in the next Journal of the Senate that this report has been filed in your office and that limited copies are available from the Committee office.
Sincerely,
Debra K. Breggeman
Program Assistant
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
October 1, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
