Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
June 23, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following reports to the 2001 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL2003-02 Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/reports_by_topic.htm.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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Relating to requiring primary insurers and self-insurers to provide notice to the patients compensation fund of the filing of out-of-state medical malpractice action against an insured Wisconsin health care provider within 60 days of the primary insurer or self-insurer's first notice of the filing of the action.
Submitted by Office of Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, June 25, 2003.
Referred to committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance, June 26, 2003
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By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 67
Assembly Bill 73
Assembly Bill 141
Assembly Bill 175
Assembly Bill 204
Assembly Bill 329
Assembly Bill 344
Assembly Bill 388
Assembly Bill 393
Concurred in:
Senate Bill 15
Senate Bill 25
Senate Bill 115
Senate Bill 116
Senate Bill 117
Senate Bill 167
Senate Bill 173
Senate Bill 188
Senate Bill 194
Senate Bill 197
Senate Bill 206
Assembly Bill 111 Senate amendment 1
Assembly Bill 288 Senate amendment 1
Amended and concurred in as amended:
Senate Bill 77
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adopted
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Assembly Bill
67
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.
S257
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.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
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.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
141
Relating to: the eligibility of employees of cities, villages, towns, and counties to be candidates for elective public office.
By Representatives Krug, Jeskewitz, Plouff, A. Williams, Pocan, Coggs, Berceau, Turner and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Wirch and Carpenter.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
Assembly Bill
175
Relating to: mailing, transmittal, and witnessing of absentee ballots.
By Representatives Ladwig, Gunderson, Albers, Bies, Grothman, Hahn, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Krawczyk, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, McCormick, Montgomery, Nass, Ott, Owens, Seratti, Stone, Vrakas and J. Wood; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Leibham, Stepp, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Reynolds, Schultz and Harsdorf.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education, Ethics and Elections.
Assembly Bill
204
Relating to: capital expenditures by technical college district boards for applied technology centers.
By Representatives Stone, McCormick, Krawczyk, M. Lehman, Nischke, Ladwig, Olsen, Ainsworth, J. Lehman, J. Wood, Gielow, Weber, Lassa, Coggs, Hines, Gunderson, Albers and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Roessler and Harsdorf.
Read first time and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
Assembly Bill
329
Relating to: the frequency of local lodge meetings.
By Representatives Montgomery, Van Roy, Wieckert, Jensen, Bies, J. Wood, M. Lehman, Weber, Towns, Schooff, Grothman, Ladwig, Cullen, Owens, Hines, McCormick, Plouff, Shilling, Gielow, Stone and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Hansen and Breske.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance.
Assembly Bill
344
Relating to: requiring certain college students to be vaccinated against or be informed about meningococcal disease.
By Representatives Kreibich, Gard, Jensen, Huebsch, Gronemus, Schneider, Jeskewitz, Ward, Freese, Pettis, McCormick, Ott, Seratti, Suder, Shilling, Wasserman, Lothian, Hahn, Gottlieb, Balow, Olsen and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, S. Fitzgerald and Breske.
Read first time and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
Assembly Bill
388
Relating to: designating and marking the bridge on STH 13 across the south fork of the Flambeau River in the town of Fifield in Price County as Freedoms Bridge.
By Representatives M. Williams, Bies, Gronemus, Jeskewitz, Krawczyk, McCormick, Owens, Petrowski, Plouff, Seratti, Turner, Vrakas, J. Wood and Miller; cosponsored by Senators Decker, Zien and Wirch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.
Assembly Bill
393
