Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: the life and public service of Lance Cpl. Daniel Wyatt.
By
Representatives Vos, Kerkman, Gunderson, Lehman and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Lazich and Wirch.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: proclaiming the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
By
Representatives Rhoades, Vruwink, Lamb, Huebsch, Sinicki, Benedict, Hines, Hubler, Cullen, Gronemus, Shilling, Wood, Travis, Suder, M. Williams, Ott, Fields, Sheridan, Gard, Lehman, Grigsby, Nischke, Nelson, Boyle, Musser, Pettis, Berceau, McCormick, Pocan, Davis, Hundertmark, Seidel, Nerison, Jeskewitz, Owens, Kerkman, Toles, Van Roy, Wasserman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Molepske, Ziegelbauer, Hebl, Albers, Krawczyk, Vrakas, Petrowski, Towns, Gielow, Strachota, Ballweg and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Taylor, Kapanke, Coggs, Schultz, Brown, Roessler, A. Lasee, Erpenbach, Leibham, Lassa, Cowles, Harsdorf, Stepp, Robson, Lazich, Plale and Ellis.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 760
Relating to: changes to the comprehensive planning statutes and authorizing towns to withdraw from county zoning.
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By
Representatives Albers, Musser, Ainsworth and Hahn.
To committee on Property Rights and Land Management.
Assembly Bill 761
Relating to: a harbor assistance grant for the construction of a dockwall in the city of Marinette.
By
Representatives Gard and Mursau; cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee
.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 762
Relating to: exempting from motor carrier regulations certain vehicle combinations operated in intrastate commerce.
By
Representatives Nerison, Ainsworth, Petrowski, Hahn, Ott, Lamb, Davis, Gronemus, Vruwink, Albers, M. Williams, Loeffelholz, Towns, Ballweg, Bies, Boyle, Freese, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hines, Hundertmark, Kestell, Kleefisch, LeMahieu, Musser, Owens, Pettis, Pridemore, Schneider, Townsend, Ward and Wood; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Kapanke, Brown, Olsen, A. Lasee and Grothman.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 763
Relating to: carrying a concealed weapon, possessing or transporting a firearm under certain circumstances, background checks for handgun purchases, photographic identification cards for retired law enforcement officers, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, providing an exemption from rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
By
Representatives Gunderson, Suder, Pettis, Albers, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Hundertmark, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, Mursau, Musser, Nass, Nischke, Owens, Petrowski, Pridemore, Schneider, Strachota, Towns, Van Roy, Vos, Vrakas and Jensen; cosponsored by Senators Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Breske, Brown, Grothman, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Leibham, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz and Stepp.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 764
Relating to: awards to persons suffering damages as the result of medical malpractice and evidence of compensation for those damages.
By
Representatives Gielow, Huebsch, Nischke, Gard and Nerison; cosponsored by Senator S. Fitzgerald
.
To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 765
Relating to: coverage under the injured patients and families compensation fund of medical school graduates engaged in postgraduate training.
By
Representatives Gielow, Huebsch, Nischke and Gard; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald and Kapanke.
To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 766
Relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.
By
Representatives Gielow, Huebsch, Nischke, Gard, Freese, Gottlieb, Gundrum, Hahn, Honadel, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Kestell, Kreibich, Lamb, Loeffelholz, McCormick, Moulton, Mursau, Rhoades, Strachota, Van Roy, Vos, M. Williams, Wieckert, Nerison, Underheim, Suder, Friske, Owens and Petrowski; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Kapanke, Brown, Darling, Ellis, Grothman, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp and Zien.
To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 767
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for using alternative energy sources to generate electricity and heat water.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Gard, Berceau, Parisi, Kerkman, Hahn, Turner, Vos, Cullen, Boyle, Albers, Krawczyk, Gunderson, Ballweg, Musser, Gundrum, Wood, Freese, Davis and Hines; cosponsored by Senator Hansen
.
To committee on Energy and Utilities
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Assembly Bill 768
Relating to: authorizing the University of Wisconsin System to establish or contract for the establishment of a charter school.
By
Representatives Vukmir, Ward, Wieckert, Underheim, Jensen, Hahn, Towns, Hines and Hundertmark; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Kanavas.
To committee on Education Reform
.
Assembly Bill 769
Relating to: requiring actuarial audits of the injured patients and families compensation fund and authorizing the fund's board of governors to organize an insurance corporation.
By
Representative
Ziegelbauer
.
To committee on Insurance.
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The committee on Colleges and Universities reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 387
Relating to: eligibility of a person enrolled in a program that confers a master's degree in nursing for a loan under the Nursing Student Loan Program.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kreibich, Ballweg, Underheim, Nass, Jeskewitz, Towns, Shilling, Schneider, Black and Molepske.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kreibich, Ballweg, Underheim, Nass, Jeskewitz, Towns, Shilling, Schneider, Black and Molepske.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Rob Kreibich
Chairperson
Committee on Colleges and Universities
The committee on Transportation reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 342
Relating to: private motor carriers transporting livestock.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Ainsworth, Petrowski, Hahn, Suder, Ott, Van Roy, Davis, Steinbrink, Gronemus, Sherman, Vruwink, Molepske and Nelson.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Ainsworth, Petrowski, Hahn, Suder, Ott, Van Roy, Davis, Steinbrink, Gronemus, Sherman, Vruwink, Molepske and Nelson.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
John Ainsworth
Chairperson
Committee on Transportation
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Governor's Veto Message
October 14, 2005
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 207. The bill expands the circumstances under which a health care provider may refuse to provide certain medical procedures based on moral or religious convictions. Current law already allows providers to refuse to perform sterilizations and abortions. The bill would also allow such an objection as a basis for not participating in procedures involving human embryos and fetal tissue or organs.
The bill is nearly identical to Assembly Bill 67. I vetoed that bill in 2004 for the same reasons. This bill lets your doctor put his or her political beliefs ahead of your medical best interests. That is simply unconscionable. Medical decisions should be made by the patient and the doctor based on what's best for the patient, not on the doctor's political views.
This bill doesn't even require health care providers to give you a referral to someone else if they object to a particular treatment. In fact, the doctor wouldn't even have to tell you about a treatment option that might exist. Even if your life was threatened, this bill would allow a doctor to withhold lifesaving medical care.
The bill could also deny medical access to people in rural areas, who may have a very limited pool of doctors to choose from. It is hard enough for many people to get the health care they need, and this bill would make it even tougher.
Because it puts a doctor's political views ahead of the best interests of patients, this bill ought to be called the "unconscionable clause."
Respectfully submitted,
