Tuesday, August 28, 2007
11:15 A.M.
Ninety‐Eighth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Kestell in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Relating to voter registration.
Submitted by Elections Board
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Report received from Agency, August 16, 2007.
To committee on Elections and Constitutional Law
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Referred on August 28, 2007
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Relating to implementing a film production accreditation program, and affecting small business.
Submitted by Department of Commerce.
Report received from Agency, August 20, 2007.
To committee on Jobs and The Economy
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Referred on August 28, 2007
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Relating to fees and procedures for searches and documentation of division of motor vehicle records.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, August 15, 2007.
To committee on Transportation
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Referred on August 28, 2007
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: the procedure for redistricting the legislature and the establishment of a state redistricting board and a legislative technology services bureau (first consideration).
By
Representatives Kessler, Black, Sheridan, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Hebl and Fields; cosponsored by Senator Lehman
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To committee on Elections and Constitutional Law
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Assembly Bill 491
Relating to: creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez.
By
Representatives Colon, Sherman, Zepnick, Young, Berceau, Fields, Sheridan, Turner, Grigsby, Mason, Sinicki, Kessler, A. Williams and Toles; cosponsored by Senators Hansen and Lehman.
To committee on State Affairs
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Assembly Bill 492
Relating to: providing information about the human papillomavirus to schools and to parents of pupils in grades 6 to 12.
By
Representatives Hines, Grigsby, Benedict, Berceau, Boyle, Fields, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Smith, Soletski, Turner, Vruwink, Wasserman, Young, Pocan and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Wirch, Lassa, Olsen, Kapanke, Carpenter, Coggs, Erpenbach, Kreitlow, Miller, Roessler, Sullivan and Risser.
To committee on Public Health
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Assembly Bill 493
Relating to: the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Krusick, Hines, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Fields, A. Ott, J. Ott, Sheridan and Young; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Coggs, Erpenbach, Lassa, Lehman and Wirch, by request of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter Network,AARP-Wisconsin,Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin,Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups,Community Alliance of Providers of Wisconsin,Disability Rights Wisconsin,Independence First,Learning Disabilities Association of Wisconsin,Steinhauer Group, LLC,Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long-Term Care,Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities and Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers, Inc..
To committee on Aging and Long Term Care
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The committee on Transportation reports and recommends:
Relating to: obtaining a special registration plate for disabled persons.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Petrowski, Bies, A. Ott, Hahn, Gottlieb, Van Roy, Davis, Steinbrink, Vruwink, Sheridan and Garthwaite.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 238
Relating to: requiring the Department of Transportation to study vehicle size and weight limits.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Petrowski, Bies, A. Ott, Hahn, Gottlieb, Van Roy, Davis, Steinbrink, Vruwink, Sheridan and Garthwaite.
Noes: 0.