Senate Bill 397
Relating to: designating personal care shortage areas, reimbursement for losses in the provision of personal care services, providing a supplement for hourly medical assistance reimbursement rates for in-home personal care services workers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority and making appropriations.
Passage.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Shibilski, Moore and Plache.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 429
Relating to: a nonprofit corporation to promote the development of high-technology businesses and making an appropriation.
Passage.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Shibilski, Moore and Plache.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 485
Relating to: revocation of the privilege to operate snowmobiles for violations of the intoxicated snowmobiling law; speed restrictions on the operation of snowmobiles; confiscation of snowmobiles after conviction under the intoxicated snowmobiling law or for failure to stop a snowmobile in response to a law enforcement officer; increasing the public-use snowmobile registration fee; snowmobile trail aids to counties; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Senate amendment 1 adoption.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Shibilski, Moore and Plache.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Shibilski, Moore and Plache.
Noes, 0 - None.
Brian Burke
Chairperson
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 533
Relating to: authorizing the appointment of assistant district attorneys to provide restorative justice services; authorizing counties and the department of corrections to contract with religious organizations for the provision of services relating to delinquency and crime prevention and the rehabilitation of offenders; inmate rehabilitation; creating the office of government-sectarian facilitation; establishing a grant program for a neighborhood organization incubator; distributing funding for alcohol and other drug abuse services; and making appropriations.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Plache.
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Senate substitute amendment 1 adoption.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 3 - Representatives Albers, Duff and Ward.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 16 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 315
Relating to: child abuse and neglect prevention and making appropriations.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 16 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 14 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 2 - Representatives Albers and Duff.
Senate Bill 362
Relating to: fiscal estimates for bills containing criminal penalty provisions, establishing a corrections special reserve fund and making appropriations.
Passage.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 1 - Representative
Duff.
Senate Bill 378
Relating to: payments to ethanol producers, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 16 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 13 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 3 - Senators Plach, Cowles and Representative Duff.
Senate Bill 442
Relating to: authorizing the creation of a local cultural arts district; granting a property tax exemption for the district's property; granting a sales tax and use tax exemption for tangible personal property and services purchased by the district; giving a local cultural arts district the authority to issue bonds and granting income tax exemptions for interest income on bonds issued by the district; authorizing certain local cultural arts districts to acquire property by condemnation; and authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance certain cultural arts facilities.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 16 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 16 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache, Cowles and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 443
Relating to: funding to repair a dam located in the village of Cazenovia and making an appropriation.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Cowles.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 15 - Senators
Burke, Decker, Jauch, Moore, Shibilski, Plache and Darling. Representatives Gard, Porter, Kaufert, Albers, Duff, Ward, Huber and Riley.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Cowles.
Brian Burke
Senate Chairperson
The committee on Human Services and Aging reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 706
Relating to: eligibility for kinship care or long-term kinship care payments of a relative who is providing care and maintenance for a person 18 years of age or over, but under 19 years of age, who is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and be granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Robson, Moore, Wirch and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 504
Relating to: increasing the family income that an individual may have to be eligible for the medical leave premium subsidy program; changing the term "informal conference" to "case conference" for resolution of appeals of alleged violations by certain facilities; additional medical assistance payments to a hospital that qualifies as a disproportionate share hospital; the amounts of revenues in excess of allowable costs that may be retained by nonprofit providers of rate-based services under contracts with the department of health and family services or with certain county departments; requiring the presence of a manager or his or her agent at certain times in specifically classified community-based residential facilities; funding for fiscal year 1993-94 for pilot alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program for hearing-impaired individuals; funding for social services and mental hygiene services for American Indians; the provision of financial information by a parent of a child who is placed in substitute care; the licensing of foster homes; the conditions that must be met for a person to receive kinship care or long-term kinship care payments; and granting rule-making authority (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of health and family services).
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Robson, Moore, Wirch and Rosenzweig.
Noes, 0 - None.
Judy Robson
Chairperson
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The committee on
Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 141
