Relating to: employment discrimination based on creed; exemption from liability and discipline for health care providers and hospital employees who refuse to participate in sterilization, abortion, assisted suicide, and other procedures on moral or religious grounds; and power of attorney for health care instruments and patient declarations regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or feeding tubes.
By
Representatives Hundertmark, Staskunas, Albers, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Huebsch, Kerkman, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Nass, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Rhoades, Stone, Suder, Underheim, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vukmir, Weber, Wieckert, J. Wood and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Reynolds, Breske, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Schultz, Stepp and Welch.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 68
Relating to: granting high school credit for extracurricular sports.
By
Representatives Pettis, Krawczyk, Stone, Van Roy, Hines and Seratti.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 69
Relating to: closing dates for certain fishing seasons.
By
Representatives Pettis, Hines, Plouff, Nass, J. Wood, Johnsrud, Owens, Gronemus, Jeskewitz, Gunderson, Krawczyk, Stone, Bies, Hahn, Seratti, Musser, Townsend, McCormick and Lothian; cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Harsdorf.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 70
Relating to: modifying the definition of income under the homestead tax credit.
By
Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Grothman, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Krawczyk, Owens, Seratti and J. Wood.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 71
Relating to: threats to release or disseminate harmful chemical, biological, or radioactive substances and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Musser, Hines, M. Lehman, Hahn, Gielow, Krawczyk, Bies, Owens, Ladwig, Olsen, Gunderson, Jeskewitz, Townsend, Ott, F. Lasee, Nass, Stone, J. Fitzgerald, Vrakas, Van Roy and Weber; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Schultz, Lazich, Stepp, Brown, Kanavas, Roessler and Leibham.
To committee on Criminal Justice
.
Assembly Bill 72
Relating to: providing alcohol beverages to persons who are 18, 19, or 20 years of age and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Owens, Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Hines and Kerkman; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
.
To committee on State Affairs.
Assembly Bill 73
Relating to: termination of parental rights and adoptive placement of a newborn child whose custody has been relinquished by his or her parent.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Jeskewitz, Ainsworth, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Huebsch, Jensen, Kerkman, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, McCormick, Montgomery, Musser, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Plouff, Seratti, Townsend, Vrakas and J. Wood; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Cowles, Kanavas, Lazich, Roessler and Schultz.
To committee on Children and Families
.
Assembly Bill 74
Relating to: tuition vouchers for students who sound Taps at military honors funerals.
By
Representatives Musser, Townsend, Loeffelholz, Turner, Bies, Plouff, Pettis, Balow, Ainsworth, Boyle, Petrowski, Cullen, Owens, Gunderson, Gronemus, Krawczyk, McCormick, Coggs, Stone, Ott, Hines, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Ward, Olsen, Hahn, J. Fitzgerald and Hundertmark; cosponsored by Senators Brown, Leibham, Wirch, S. Fitzgerald, Welch, Kanavas, Breske and Schultz.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 75
Relating to: classifying employees of the Department of Military Affairs who perform security functions at weapons facilities owned by the state as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
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By
Representatives Musser, Boyle, J. Wood, Freese, Gronemus, Pettis, Albers, Bies, Hines and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senator Breske
.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
.
Assembly Bill 76
Relating to: classifying certain teachers employed by the state as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
By
Representatives Musser, Gunderson, J. Wood, Boyle, Freese, Black, Pettis, Lassa, Gronemus, Plouff, Balow, Coggs and Miller; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Roessler, Hansen, Risser and Breske.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
.
Assembly Bill 77
Relating to: creditable military service under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
By
Representatives Musser, Miller, Kerkman, Loeffelholz, Suder, Boyle, Owens, Bies, Travis, Pettis, Albers, Lassa, Freese, Gronemus, Coggs, Balow, Hines, Turner, Gielow, J. Lehman, Krawczyk, Friske, Gunderson, McCormick and Petrowski; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Roessler, Wirch, Stepp, Breske, Harsdorf and Welch.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
.
Assembly Bill 78
Relating to: state government holidays.
By
Representatives Musser, Bies, Lassa, Freese, Pettis, Petrowski, Gronemus, Krawczyk, Hahn, Owens, Ward, Plouff and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Breske and Wirch.
To committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
Assembly Bill 79
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance a project undertaken for a facility used for education by a private, tax-exempt institution.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Vukmir, Jensen, Montgomery, Owens, Van Roy, Hines, Ladwig, Bies, J. Wood, Kaufert, Ainsworth, Vrakas, Hundertmark, F. Lasee, McCormick and J. Fitzgerald; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Schultz, S. Fitzgerald, Welch and Ellis.
To committee on Education Reform
.
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The committee on Forestry reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 9
Relating to: authorizing the establishment of a program for the suppression of gypsy moths, specifying areas eligible for aerial insecticide treatment for the suppression of gypsy moths, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Friske, Ainsworth, Seratti, M. Williams and Boyle.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Friske, Ainsworth, Seratti, M. Williams and Boyle.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Friske, Ainsworth, Seratti, M. Williams and Boyle.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 12
Relating to: educational requirements for foresters employed by the Department of Natural Resources and persons authorized to designate trees for cutting in state forests.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Friske, Ainsworth, Seratti, M. Williams and Boyle.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Friske, Ainsworth, Seratti, M. Williams and Boyle.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 18
Relating to: supporting the use of sound, scientific, and sustainable forest management harvest techniques in order to preserve and maximize the use and enjoyment of Wisconsin's forests.
Adoption:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Friske, Ainsworth, Seratti, M. Williams and Boyle.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Donald Friske
Chairperson
Committee on Forestry
The committee on Tourism reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 37
Relating to: allowing certain school buses to tow trailers.
Passage: