Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Donald Friske
Chairperson
Committee on Forestry
The committee on Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 1174
Relating to: termination of mobile telephone contracts by members of the military.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Musser, Pettis, Petrowski, Loeffelholz, Schneider and Sinicki.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Musser, Pettis, Petrowski, Loeffelholz, Schneider and Sinicki.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 182
Relating to: temporary revision of child or family support when payer is on active military duty.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Musser, Pettis, Petrowski, Loeffelholz, Schneider and Sinicki.
Noes: 0.
Concurrence as amended:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Musser, Pettis, Petrowski, Loeffelholz, Schneider and Sinicki.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Terry Musser
Chairperson
Committee on Military Affairs
From: Robert J. Marchant, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Senate Joint Resolution
5
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Senate Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of enacting the death penalty in this state.
By
Senators
A. Lasee, Reynolds, S. Fitzgerald and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Gunderson, Stone, Hines, Kreibich, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Lothian, Musser, Ott, Owens, Pettis, Pridemore, Vos and Ainsworth.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
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Executive Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
April 14, 2006
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
The following bills, originating in the Assembly, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number Date Approved
Assembly Bill 378324April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 718327April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 851329April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 973330April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 1008331April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 64333April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 615337April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 755338April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 230339April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 122340April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 309341April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 526342April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 688343April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 443344April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 864345April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 114346April 14, 2006
Assembly Bill 449347April 14, 2006
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Doyle
Governor
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Governor's Veto Message
April 14, 2006
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 1071. This bill would restrict the time allowed for medical malpractice claims to be brought against health care providers in cases where the victim is under the age of 18 and is disabled by reason of insanity, developmental disability or imprisonment. Specifically, this bill would require disabled children to file actions against health care providers under the same time constraints that apply to non-disabled children: (a) within three years of the date of injury, (b) one year from the date the injury was discovered, but not more than five years from the date of injury, or (c) by the time the child reaches the age of 10, whichever is latest.
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 1071 because it fails to recognize the added difficulty associated with detecting malpractice injuries in disabled children. Parents of disabled children shouldn't be forced to prematurely initiate litigation, by the time a child reaches the age of 10, for example, where it isn't yet clear to what extent that child's disability may be developing. While there may be a reasonable statute of limitations that should apply to disabled minors, this bill ignores the complexity inherent in detecting medical malpractice injuries in disabled children. I therefore must veto this bill.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Doyle
Governor
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April 14, 2006
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 1072. This bill would allow courts in medical malpractice cases to reduce the amount of damages awarded to an injured claimant, by the amount an injured claimant receives from other "collateral sources" in compensation for injuries sustained as a result of medical malpractice.
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 1072 for the same reasons that I vetoed the virtually identical AB 764 in December of 2005. Like AB 764, this bill is fundamentally unfair. Injured claimants should not be penalized for having obtained health care coverage. Similarly, as I have said before, those responsible for medical malpractice should not be relieved of their obligation to pay for damages simply because certain patients had the foresight to obtain health care benefits. Our laws governing medical malpractice should be structured to deter, not relieve, wrongful and harmful conduct. Quite simply, this bill has the potential to put patients at risk.
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Moreover, Assembly Bill 1072 solves nothing. Injured claimants very rarely benefit from "double payments." The fact is, most health insurers require claimants to repay benefits they receive from their insurer when they also receive a medical malpractice damages award. This legislation is unnecessary and unfair, and I cannot sign it.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Doyle
Governor
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April 14, 2006
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
