Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
209
Relating to: allowing an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed by a great-grandparent, aunt, or uncle to a college savings account or a college tuition and expenses program.
By Representatives Kreibich, Jeskewitz, Miller, Hahn, Gronemus, Van Roy, Krawczyk, M. Lehman, Hines, LeMahieu, Musser, Seratti, Owens, Grothman, Ainsworth, Freese, Gunderson, Bies, Ott, Shilling, Towns, Cullen, McCormick, Vrakas, J. Fitzgerald, Coggs, Olsen, Suder, Lassa and Pettis; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Schultz, Stepp, Harsdorf, Kedzie, Roessler, Wirch and Breske.
Read first time and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
Assembly Bill
284
Relating to: the requirement that operators of fish farms provide evidence of fish health and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Ott, Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Freese, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Kerkman, Kreibich, M. Lehman, Petrowski, Pettis, Plouff, Seratti, Townsend and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Breske, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Schultz, Stepp, Welch and Zien.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance.
Assembly Bill
286
Relating to: the prohibition against underage persons entering or being on any premises operating under an alcohol beverage license.
By Representatives J. Wood, Jeskewitz, Gundrum, Gronemus, Kreibich, Jensen, Owens and Plouff; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Brown and A. Lasee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
326
Relating to: allowing funeral directors and operators of funeral establishments to copy vital records.
By Representatives M. Lehman, Olsen, J. Lehman, Vrakas, Staskunas, Freese, Rhoades, Pettis, Nass, Hines, Ladwig, Hahn, F. Lasee, Hundertmark, Van Roy, Friske, Bies, Weber, Gunderson, Montgomery, Musser, McCormick, LeMahieu, Krawczyk and Jensen; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Lazich, Roessler, Wirch, Leibham, M. Meyer, Breske and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
332
Relating to: the full and equal enjoyment of a public place of accommodation or amusement by a person with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal.
By Representatives Miller, Berceau, Sherman, Boyle, Hines, Albers, Balow, McCormick, Plouff, Gielow and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Robson, Carpenter, Risser and Wirch, by request of Wisconsin Academy of Graduate Service Dogs, Incorporated and Wisconsin Council of the Blind
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
341
Relating to: authorizing counties to use the marriage license fee for purposes related to domestic violence and increasing the assessment imposed on persons convicted of domestic abuse offenses.
By Representatives Kreibich, Kaufert, J. Wood, M. Williams, Vrakas, Owens, Ward, Rhoades, Turner, Jeskewitz, Gielow, Musser, Shilling, Ott, Ladwig, Pettis, Balow, Hines, Loeffelholz, Olsen, Berceau, Albers, Van Roy, Weber, Friske, J. Fitzgerald, Suder, Miller, Plouff and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Leibham, Darling, Stepp, Cowles and Jauch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
345
Relating to: designating the first weekend in March Aldo Leopold Weekend.
By Representatives Miller, M. Williams, Boyle, Travis, Krug, Pocan, Black, Hahn, Gunderson, Plouff, Van Roy, Freese, McCormick, Berceau, Krawczyk, Coggs and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Wirch, Schultz, Decker, Risser, Erpenbach, Cowles, Welch, Plale, Hansen and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill
426
Relating to: the regulation of professional boxing contests.
By Representatives Colon, Jensen, Wasserman, Stone, Cullen, Townsend, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Bies, Albers, F. Lasee, Ward and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Hansen and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Small Business Development and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
468
Relating to: exclusion of witnesses from legal proceedings.
By Representatives Friske, Huber, Ladwig, Staskunas, Hines, Gronemus, Ott, Ziegelbauer, Seratti, J. Lehman, Musser, Petrowski, Owens, Loeffelholz, Ainsworth, Hahn, Gunderson, Albers and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz and Roessler.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Assembly Bill
488
Relating to: the administration of local exposition district taxes.
By Representative
Foti
; cosponsored by Senator Darling
, by request of Wisconsin Center District
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
570
Relating to: removal of a shopping cart and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Gielow, Loeffelholz, Gronemus, Van Roy, Huebsch, Kestell, Ladwig, M. Lehman, Ainsworth, Suder, Albers, Krawczyk, Shilling, Bies, Hundertmark, LeMahieu, Gunderson and McCormick; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Lazich, S. Fitzgerald, Roessler, Breske and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Relating to: the operation of off-road utility vehicles and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Gielow, Wasserman, Ainsworth, Krawczyk, Hahn, Gunderson, McCormick and Grothman; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Kedzie, Reynolds and Schultz, by request of villages of Bayside and Fox Point.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.
Assembly Bill
733
Relating to: reciprocal agreements for real estate licenses.
By Representative
Gard
.
Read first time and referred to select committee on Job Creation.
Assembly Bill
746
Relating to: eligibility to attend an independent charter school and payments made to independent charter schools.
By Representatives Krug, Vukmir, Sinicki, Jensen, Richards, Jeskewitz, J. Wood and Nischke; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Plale, Kanavas, A. Lasee, Reynolds, Stepp and Lazich.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
747
Relating to: eligibility to attend Woodlands School, a charter school located in a 1st class city school district.
By Representatives Sinicki, Jensen, Zepnick, Jeskewitz, Taylor, Honadel, Richards, Krug, Cullen and Krusick; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Plale, Reynolds, Moore, Carpenter, Coggs, Stepp and Lazich.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 62
Relating to: commending the life of Irvin Favre.
By Representatives Weber, Van Roy, Montgomery, Krawczyk, Ainsworth, McCormick, Owens, Kaufert, F. Lasee, Ladwig, Petrowski, Nass, Jeskewitz, Kreuser, LeMahieu, M. Lehman, Olsen, Kreibich, Gunderson, M. Williams, Schneider, Plouff, Lothian, Foti, Vrakas, Rhoades, Kestell, Shilling, Miller and Huber; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Hansen, Roessler, Darling, Risser, Wirch, Kanavas, Erpenbach, Stepp and Lassa.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Senate Bill 119
Relating to: payment of litigation expenses of emergency medical services personnel, fire fighters, and law enforcement or correctional officers.
Read a second time.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 119 be referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 120
Relating to: creating a public health council, reimbursement for quarantine costs, intrastate mutual aid, requiring use of the incident command system in an emergency, exemption from liability during a state of emergency, threats to release or disseminate harmful chemical, biological, or radioactive substances, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
Read a second time.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 120 be referred to the joint committee on Finance.
Senator Robson objected.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 120 be placed at the foot of the 11th order of business on the calendar of January 21, 2004.
Senate Bill 247
Relating to: providing certain orientation information for University of Wisconsin System students electronically.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 247
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 287
Relating to: multiple municipal local health departments in Milwaukee County.
Read a second time.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 287 be referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 320