Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren and Zipperer.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Seidel.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 872
Relating to: disclosure of information by health care providers, insurers, and governmental self-insured plans; requiring acceptance by a health care provider of a payment amount in certain circumstances; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren, Zipperer and Wasserman.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Seidel.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren, Zipperer and Wasserman.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Seidel.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 873
Relating to: allowing out-of-state insurers to offer health care plans that are exempt from certain laws to employers and individuals in this state.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren and Zipperer.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Seidel.
To committee on Rules.
Leah Vukmir
Chairperson
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
The committee on Homeland Security and State Preparedness reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 736
Relating to: standards for emergency management programs for public works departments.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Ballweg, Kerkman, Musser, Hines, Petersen, Sinicki, Schneider, Ziegelbauer and Benedict.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 869
Relating to: expanding an exception to local levy limits for levies for debts incurred by a joint fire department.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Ballweg, Kerkman, Musser, Hines, Petersen, Sinicki, Schneider, Ziegelbauer and Benedict.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Joan Ballweg
Chairperson
Committee on Homeland Security and State Preparedness
The committee on Insurance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 272
Relating to: insurance agent license requirements, revocations, and reinstatement and relicensing requirements, and granting rule-making authority.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives F. Lasee, Nygren, Montgomery, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Kramer, Cullen, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Parisi and Hilgenberg.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 294
Relating to: the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, filing insurance policy forms with the commissioner of insurance, suitability of annuity contracts, and granting rule-making authority.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives F. Lasee, Nygren, Montgomery, Van Roy, Ballweg, Moulton, Kramer, Cullen, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Parisi and Hilgenberg.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Frank Lasee
Chairperson
Committee on Insurance
The committee on Jobs and The Economy reports and recommends:
Relating to: the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, the submission of budget information by the department of commerce, and allocating funding to the technology commercialization grant and loan program.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Strachota, Honadel, Friske, Kerkman, Nygren, Vos, Sheridan, Toles and Mason.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Patricia Strachota
Chairperson
Committee on Jobs and The Economy
The committee on Public Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 717
Relating to: fire safety performance standards for cigarettes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Hines, Ballweg, Moulton, Nerison, Benedict, Wasserman and Schneider.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Vukmir.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Hines, Ballweg, Moulton, Nerison, Benedict, Wasserman and Schneider.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Vukmir.
To committee on Rules.
J.A. Hines
Chairperson
Committee on Public Health
The committee on Rural Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 599
Relating to: the regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; and granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Nerison, Tauchen, Hahn, Petrowski, Wood, Schneider, Smith, Jorgensen and Garthwaite.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 3 adoption:
