Assembly Bill 648
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs.
By
Representatives Black, Berceau, Nass, Plouff, Turner, Gronemus, Albers, Pope-Roberts, Ziegelbauer, Pocan and Coggs; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, A. Lasee, Chvala and Lassa.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Assembly Bill 649
Relating to: covering all state employees under laws prohibiting retaliatory action by a governmental employer against employees for disclosing certain information.
By
Representatives Schooff, Vruwink, Sinicki, Black, Miller, Jeskewitz, Berceau, J. Lehman, Hines, Gronemus, Taylor, Young and J. Wood; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Decker, Roessler, M. Meyer and Risser.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 650
Relating to: the definition of agricultural forest land for property tax purposes.
By
Representatives Kestell, Gronemus, M. Lehman, Ott, Gielow, Ward, Towns, Hines, Bies, Petrowski, Suder and Musser; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf and Welch.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 651
Relating to: parental liability for acts of their minor child, recovery of damages for certain criminal actions, increasing the jurisdictional amount in small claims court, garnishment, attorney fees, exemption from execution of accounts, civil actions by collection agencies, earnings garnishment, retail theft, recovery in actions involving worthless checks, and revocation of fish and game approvals for which payment is made by worthless checks.
By
Representatives Montgomery, Olsen, Musser, Hines, LeMahieu, Hahn, Gard, Vrakas, Rhoades, Grothman, Bies, Townsend, McCormick, Hundertmark, Owens, Krawczyk, J. Fitzgerald, Kestell, Suder, Albers, Powers and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Kanavas, Schultz, Lassa, Welch, Breske, Hansen, Roessler and Cowles.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 652
Relating to: lie detector tests of sexual assault victims.
By
Representatives Suder, McCormick, Sinicki, Musser, Nischke, Kreibich, Owens, Van Roy, Miller and LeMahieu; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Brown, Roessler and Kedzie.
To committee on Criminal Justice
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Assembly Bill 653
Relating to: making changes to the Tax Incremental Financing program, authorizing the Department of Revenue to impose a fee to determine or redetermine the tax incremental base of a tax incremental financing district, and requiring the department to prepare a tax incremental financing manual.
By
Representatives M. Lehman, Wieckert, Nischke, Olsen, Boyle, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Musser, Gunderson, Van Roy, Ladwig, Townsend, Hundertmark, Lothian, Hines, Gottlieb, Underheim, Albers, Balow, Freese, Gielow, Hahn, Huber, Hebl, F. Lasee, Loeffelholz, McCormick, Jeskewitz, Ott, Petrowski, Steinbrink, Stone, Van Akkeren, Vrakas, Weber, J. Wood and Staskunas; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Kanavas, Darling, Leibham, Jauch, A. Lasee, Wirch, Roessler, Schultz, Brown, Kedzie, Hansen, S. Fitzgerald, M. Meyer, Zien and Robson.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 654
Relating to: making technical and policy changes in the tax incremental financing program based in part on the recommendations of the governor's December 2000 working group on tax incremental finance, authorizing certain counties to create tax incremental financing districts, and making a modification to the environmental remediation tax incremental financing program.
By
Representatives M. Lehman, Wieckert, Nischke, Olsen, Boyle, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Musser, Gunderson, Van Roy, Ladwig, Townsend, Hundertmark, Lothian, Hines, Gottlieb, Underheim, Albers, Balow, Freese, Gielow, Hahn, Huber, Hebl, F. Lasee, Loeffelholz, McCormick, Jeskewitz, Ott, Petrowski, Steinbrink, Stone, Van Akkeren, Vrakas, Weber, J. Wood and Staskunas; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Kanavas, Darling, Leibham, Jauch, A. Lasee, Wirch, Roessler, Schultz, Brown, Kedzie, Hansen, S. Fitzgerald, M. Meyer, Zien and Robson.
To committee on Ways and Means.
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The committee on Energy and Utilities reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 632
Relating to: construction of electric generating facilities and transmission lines, and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Jensen, Friske, J. Fitzgerald, Gottlieb, Nischke, Honadel, Ziegelbauer, Steinbrink, Krug, Schooff and Travis.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Jensen, Friske, J. Fitzgerald, Gottlieb, Nischke, Honadel, Ziegelbauer, Steinbrink, Krug, Schooff and Travis.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Jensen, Friske, J. Fitzgerald, Gottlieb, Nischke, Honadel, Ziegelbauer, Steinbrink, Krug, Schooff and Travis.
Noes: 0.
To calendar.
Scott Jensen
Chairperson
Committee on Energy and Utilities
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 323
Relating to: the Managed Forest Land Program, providing funding for grants for land acquisition for outdoor recreation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades and D. Meyer;
Senators
Darling, Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Harsdorf and Kanavas.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Coggs and Schooff; Senators Decker and Moore.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades and D. Meyer;
Senators
Darling, Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Harsdorf and Kanavas.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Coggs and Schooff; Senators Decker and Moore.
To calendar.
Assembly Bill 437
Relating to: granting towns limited authority to create tax incremental financing districts.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer, Berceau and Schooff; Senators
Darling, Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Kanavas, Decker and Moore.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer, Berceau and Schooff; Senators
Darling, Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes: 2 - Senators
Decker and Moore.
Assembly Amendment 3 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Stone, Rhoades and D. Meyer; Senators
Darling, Lazich and Decker.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Berceau and Schooff;
Senators Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas and Moore.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer and Schooff; Senators
Darling, Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich and Kanavas.
Noes: 3 - Representative
Berceau;
Senators
Decker and Moore.
To calendar.
Assembly Bill 467
Relating to: the traffic violation and registration program and making an appropriation.
Passage:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer, Berceau and Schooff; Senators
Darling, Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Kanavas, Decker and Moore.
Noes: 0.
To calendar.
Assembly Bill 626
Relating to: an income tax and franchise tax credit for training apprentices.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades, D. Meyer and Schooff; Senators
Darling, Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Harsdorf and Kanavas.
Noes: 3 - Representative
Coggs; Senators
Decker and Moore.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kaufert, Huebsch, Ward, Stone, Rhoades and D. Meyer;
Senators
Darling, Welch, S. Fitzgerald and Kanavas.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Coggs and Schooff; Senators Lazich, Harsdorf, Decker and Moore.
To calendar.
Dean Kaufert
Assembly Chairperson
