To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 875
Relating to: creating an exemption from securities broker-dealer and securities agent licensing requirements.
By
Representatives Jeskewitz, Plale and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach and Huelsman.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 876
A715
Relating to: a loan from the general fund for the private employer health care coverage program, requiring the group insurance board to offer an additional health insurance plan for state employees, creating a small employer catastrophic reinsurance board, creating a small employer catastrophic care board, creating a small employer catastrophic care program fund, requiring small employer insurers to specify threshold levels of covered benefits and reimbursing small employer insurers that pay benefits in excess of the threshold, imposing an additional premium on small employer insurance to pay reimbursements to small employer insurers, creating a pilot program for reimbursing small employer insurers for claims costs for certain employees of small employers, authorizing assistance in negotiating prescription drug rebates and reducing prescription drug charges, providing notice of the right to independent review, requiring reports, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Seratti, Underheim, Montgomery, Rhoades, Urban, Ainsworth, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Friske, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hundertmark, Johnsrud, Kestell, Krawczyk, Ladwig, La Fave, J. Lehman, Lippert, McCormick, D. Meyer, Musser, Olsen, Petrowski, Pettis, Starzyk, Sykora, Townsend, Vrakas and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Darling, Harsdorf and Roessler.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 877
Relating to: regulating roofing contractors, creating a roofing advisory council, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
By
Representative
Schooff
.
To committee on Labor and Workforce Development
.
Assembly Bill 878
Relating to: the funding of kindergarten programs.
By
Representatives Grothman, Albers, Gundrum, Hines and Urban; cosponsored by Senator Welch
.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 879
Relating to: the funding of 4-year-old kindergarten programs.
By
Representatives Grothman, Albers, Gunderson, Hines and Urban; cosponsored by Senator Welch
.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 880
Relating to: requiring Indian gaming compacts to contain provisions requiring that a sign stating the expected loss per hour of play be displayed on gambling machines.
By
Representatives Grothman, Suder, Kestell, Krawczyk, Owens and Gundrum.
To committee on State Affairs.
Assembly Bill 881
Relating to: the regulation of investment adviser representatives.
By
Representative
Grothman
; cosponsored by Senator M. Meyer.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 882
Relating to: annual submittal to the department of health and family services of budgets for contracted services and for community aids.
By
Representative
Grothman
; cosponsored by Senator M. Meyer.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 883
Relating to: the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority and providing a penalty.
By
Representative
Underheim
.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
.
Assembly Bill 884
Relating to: domestic abuse arrests and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Krug, Kaufert, Berceau, Turner, McCormick, Coggs, Sykora and Huebsch; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Huelsman, Burke, Roessler and Darling.
To committee on Criminal Justice
.
Assembly Bill 885
Relating to: requiring defined network plans to provide notice regarding reproductive health care services.
By
Representatives Richards, Berceau, Plouff, Turner and Wasserman.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 886
Relating to: waiver of certain state purchasing requirements.
By
Representatives Richards, Staskunas, Black, Turner, Berceau, Miller, Ryba and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Hansen.
To committee on Government Operations
.
Assembly Bill 887
Relating to: the eligibility of employees of cities, villages, towns, and counties to be candidates for elective public office.
By
Representatives Krug, Musser, Turner, Jeskewitz, Miller, Carpenter, J. Lehman and Berceau; cosponsored by Senator Burke
.
To committee on Campaigns and Elections
.
Assembly Bill 888
Relating to: the conversion of lands that are entered on the tax roll as forest croplands to lands that are entered on the tax roll as managed forest lands.
By
Representatives Hubler, Ainsworth, Musser, Ryba, Hahn, Albers, Seratti and Gronemus; cosponsored by Senator Jauch
.
To committee on Rural Affairs and Forestry
.
Assembly Bill 889
A716
Relating to: creating a wireless 911 board; imposing a surcharge on wireless telephone customers; making grants for wireless 911 emergency telephone service; allowing adjustments in telecommunications utility rates for expenses in supporting wireless 911 emergency telephone service; requiring wireless number portability; jurisdictional and enforcement authority of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; construction and ownership of telecommunications facilities by local units of government; services provided by telecommunications providers; authority of the public service commission regarding area codes and telephone numbers; allowing for adjustments in incentive-regulated telecommunication utility rates; requesting the joint legislative council to study retail and wholesale telecommunications services; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Montgomery and Pettis.
To committee on Information Policy and Technology
.
Assembly Bill 890
Relating to: expanding the volunteer health care provider program to include provision of services in public elementary and secondary schools.
By
Representatives Richards, Duff, Vrakas, Sinicki, Wasserman, M. Lehman, Bock, Shilling, Jeskewitz, Urban, Lassa, Owens, Miller, Gunderson, Carpenter, Ryba and Berceau; cosponsored by Senator Grobschmidt
.
To committee on Education Reform
.
Assembly Bill 891
Relating to: regulation of the sale of motor vehicle fuel below cost.
By
Representatives Krug, Plale, Riley, Turner, Carpenter, J. Lehman, Richards and Colon; cosponsored by Senator Kanavas
.
To committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs.
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The committee on Agriculture reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 679
Relating to: growing and using industrial hemp and granting rule-making authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Hahn, Ainsworth, Petrowski, Kestell, Loeffelholz, Bies, Hines, Gronemus, Plouff, Reynolds, Lassa, Schneider and Hubler.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Ott, Suder and Steinbrink.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 845
Relating to: continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary technicians and granting rule-making authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Ott, Hahn, Ainsworth, Petrowski, Kestell, Suder, Loeffelholz, Bies, Hines, Gronemus, Plouff, Reynolds, Steinbrink, Lassa, Schneider and Hubler.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 867
Relating to: authorizing dairy product wholesalers to furnish freezer cabinets to dairy product retailers.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Ott, Hahn, Ainsworth, Petrowski, Kestell, Suder, Loeffelholz, Bies, Hines, Gronemus, Plouff, Reynolds, Steinbrink, Lassa, Schneider and Hubler.
Noes: 0.
