Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 24
Assembly Bill 46
Assembly Bill 49
Assembly Bill 59
Assembly Bill 75
Assembly Bill 132
Assembly Bill 316
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution
34
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Assembly Bill
24
Relating to: quorum requirements for a zoning board of appeals or adjustment.
By Representatives Albers, Owens, Ainsworth and Musser; cosponsored by Senators Olsen and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Assembly Bill
46
Relating to: the number of deputy coroners that may be appointed by a coroner and the appointment of a chief deputy coroner.
By Representatives Underheim, Townsend, Musser and McCormick; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
49
Relating to: preemption of city, village, town, or county living wage ordinances.
By Representatives Nass, LeMahieu, Albers, Gard, Hines, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Moulton, Nischke, Owens, Strachota, Stone, Suder, Townsend, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vos, Ward and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Brown, S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich and Reynolds.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
59
Relating to: actions against forestry operations and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Mursau, Friske, Ainsworth, Albers, Gard, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, McCormick, Montgomery, Musser, Ott, Owens and Vos; cosponsored by Senator Zien
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Insurance.
Assembly Bill
75
Relating to: regulating the cremation of human remains, creating a Crematory Authority Council, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
By Representatives Kerkman, Lothian, Gronemus, Albers, Bies, Freese, Gunderson, Hines, Hundertmark, Kreibich, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Owens, Stone, Van Roy, Vrakas and Hahn; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Kedzie, Roessler, Risser, Lassa and Breske.
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
132
Relating to: removal of abandoned dams.
By Representatives Kestell, LeMahieu, Hahn, F. Lasee, Petrowski, Hines, Pridemore, Ott, Vrakas, Lothian and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, A. Lasee, Reynolds, Olsen and Grothman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Assembly Bill
316
Relating to: the plan period for county forest land use plans and eligibility for grants for county forest administrators and sustainable forestry.
By Representatives Ainsworth, Friske, Freese, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Hubler, Hundertmark, LeMahieu, Meyer, Musser, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Townsend, Vrakas and Nerison; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Grothman and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Insurance.
Assembly Joint Resolution 34
Relating to: the life and public service of Stanton Peter Helland.
By Representatives Albers, Hines, Freese, Hahn, Gunderson, Jeskewitz, Townsend, Lehman, Gard, Turner and Jensen; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Olsen, Lazich, Kedzie and Miller.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 195
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge, directing the secretary of workforce development to appoint a committee to study wage disparities between men and women and between minority group members and nonminority group members, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Hansen, Taylor, Miller, Carpenter, Lassa, Wirch, Breske and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Boyle, Fields, Berceau, Young, Benedict, Sheridan, Molepske, Vruwink, Nelson, Grigsby, Shilling, Richards, Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Pocan and Seidel.
To committee on Labor and Election Process Reform.
Senate Bill 196
Relating to: resident hunting approval and fishing license fees paid by a minor child of a Wisconsin resident.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Grothman, Olsen, A. Lasee, Lassa and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Gunderson, Musser, Pettis, Lamb, Molepske, Hahn, Kestell, Lothian, Ott, Pridemore, Van Roy, Petrowski, Bies, Townsend, M. Williams, Nass, Towns, Sheridan, Lehman, Albers, Owens, Krawczyk, F. Lasee and Ballweg.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 197
Relating to: the release of security interests in vehicles.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Olsen, Breske, Stepp and Brown; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Lamb, Turner, Hahn, Musser, Friske, Hines, Petrowski, Townsend, Lothian, Moulton, Ott, Vos, Pettis, Kreibich, Pridemore, Krawczyk, Van Roy, Suder, Vrakas and Ballweg.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Relating to: the assignment of property contaminated by hazardous substances.
By
Senators
Kanavas, Darling, Kedzie, Grothman, Roessler and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Fields, Honadel, Gard, Zepnick, Montgomery, Jensen, Grigsby, Ott, Townsend, McCormick, Albers, Hahn, Gielow, Hines, Lothian, Pridemore, Cullen, Vrakas and Ballweg.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 199
Relating to: indoor places where smoking is prohibited, designating smoking areas in indoor places where smoking is generally prohibited, and smoking outside the state capitol building.
By
Senators
Darling, Roessler and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Gottlieb, Lehman, Wasserman, Underheim, Bies, Black, Boyle, Gielow, Hines, Ott and Parisi.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 200
Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from promulgating a rule setting forth general policy on conserving and enhancing navigable waters.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 201
Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Health and Family Services from promulgating a rule under which fees for copies of patient health care records and X-rays equal certain amounts.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
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The committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 193
Relating to: establishing a Gulf War Illnesses Recognition Day.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 194
Relating to: the involvement of military base commanders with local zoning entities; creating a council on military and state relations; and requiring a seller of real property to disclose its proximity to the boundaries of a military installation.
Introduction of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
