Lena Taylor
Chairperson
__________________
The committee on Senate Organization reports:
[MOTION 1] To waive the public hearing requirement, pursuant to Senate Rule
18(1m), on AB-760, relating to registration of professional employer organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. The Senate companion bill, SB-440, received a public hearing on February 13, 2008. In addition, to refer AB-760 to, and withdraw from, the joint committee on Finance and place on the calendar for Tuesday, March 11, 2008 as a special order of business at 11:25 A.M. after AB-616, pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e).
[MOTION 2] To waive the public hearing requirement, pursuant to Senate Rule
18(1m), on AB-486, relating to expenditure of $10,317.93 from moneys appropriated to the Department of Natural Resources in payment of a claim against the state made by the Klemme Brothers Well Drilling, Inc. and place on the calendar for Tuesday, March 11, 2008 as a special order of business at 11:26 A.M. after AB-760.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Decker, Risser, Hansen, and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 1 - Senator Leibham.
Russ Decker
Chairperson
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
March
7
, 2008
The Honorable, the Legislature:
Bill Number Act Number Publication Date
Senate Bill 279 Act 55
March 18
, 2008
Senate Bill 431 Act 59
March 18
, 2008
Senate Bill 1 Act 61
March 18
, 2008
Senate Bill 297 Act 62
March 18
, 2008
Senate Bill 167 Act 63
March 18
, 2008
Sincerely,
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
March
7
, 2008
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on
Senate Organization.
S675
Assembly Bill
720
withdrawn from committee on Transportation and Tourism and rereferred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
March
6
, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The following rules have been published in the February 29, 2008 Wisconsin Administrative
Register No. 626:
Clearinghouse Rules Effective Date(s)
06-120
3-1-2008
07-050
3-1-2008
07-069
3-1-2008
07-077
3-1-2008
07-083
3-1-2008
07-084
3-1-2008
07-086
3-1-2008
07-090
3-1-2008
Sincerely,
BRUCE J. HOESLY
Senior Legislative Attorney/Code Editor
__________________
The committee on Commerce, Utilities and Rail reports and recommends:
Relating to certifying businesses as being eligible to claim tax credits for fuel and electricity used in manufacturing, under sections
71.07 (3t),
71.28 (3t), and
71.47 (3t) of the statutes, and affecting small business.
No action taken.
Relating to liquor wholesaler warehouse facilities.
No action taken.
Jeffrey Plale
Chairperson
The committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation reports and recommends:
Relating to prescription labels.
No action taken.
Relating to the transfer of a prescription drug by a pharmacy technician.
No action taken.
Jon Erpenbach
Chairperson
__________________
Assembly Bill
47
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes.
By Representatives Kaufert, Moulton, Jeskewitz, Davis, Ziegelbauer, F. Lasee, J. Fitzgerald, Petrowski, Ballweg, Kerkman, Hubler, Albers, Roth, Tauchen, Wood, Lothian, Hines, Van Roy, A. Ott, Meyer, Hahn, Petersen, Townsend, Strachota, Murtha, Owens, Rhoades, J. Ott, Nass, Bies, Zipperer, Stone, LeMahieu, Montgomery, Friske, M. Williams, Nerison, Nygren, Musser, Kestell, Gunderson, Kramer, Kleefisch, Suder, Gundrum and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Harsdorf, Grothman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Kapanke, Roessler, Olsen, Kanavas, Kedzie and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Assembly Bill
67
Relating to: an education tax credit for businesses.
By Representatives Zipperer, Moulton, Bies, Davis, Gronemus, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Honadel, Jeskewitz, Kramer, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nygren, J. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Roth, Strachota, Tauchen, Townsend and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Plale, Kanavas, Leibham, Roessler, Schultz, S. Fitzgerald and Kedzie.
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Workforce Development, Technical Colleges and Consumer Protection.
Assembly Bill
71
Relating to: requiring that patients be informed of health care facility use charges and that the charges be identified separately on bills.
By Representatives Benedict, Berceau, Boyle, Gunderson, Hahn, Hubler, Molepske, Mursau, Nass, Seidel, Sheridan, Travis and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Coggs and Erpenbach.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Assembly Bill
92
Relating to: battery occurring during a riot and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Albers, Owens, Musser, Mursau, Kleefisch, Gunderson, Lothian and A. Ott; cosponsored by Senator Schultz
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
144
Relating to: escapes by persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision and providing penalties.
By Representatives Seidel, Kreuser, Hraychuck, Albers, Bies, Gunderson, Gundrum, Jeskewitz, Musser, Nass, Nelson, Sheridan and Staskunas; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Roessler, Lassa and Lehman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
151
S676
Relating to: making a postsecondary student who has been convicted of possessing, with intent to manufacture, distribute, or deliver, or of manufacturing, distributing, or delivering, a controlled substance or controlled substance analog based on conduct that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the postsecondary student was receiving any state financial assistance ineligible for state financial assistance and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Hahn, LeMahieu, Van Roy, Lothian, Nygren, Suder, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Pridemore, Vukmir, Zipperer, A. Ott, Nass, Albers, Townsend, Bies, M. Williams, Vos, Petrowski and Roth; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Lazich, Cowles, Roessler, Kanavas, Schultz and Darling.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
