Relating to: membership of the group insurance board.
By Representatives Rhoades, Hraychuck, Musser, Hahn and Murtha; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Vinehout, Kapanke and Olsen.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
685
Relating to: parenting plans in actions affecting the family.
By Joint Legislative Council.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
709
Relating to: requiring every applicant for a marriage license to present a certified copy of a birth certificate.
By Representatives Jeskewitz, Ballweg, Berceau, Bies, Gottlieb, Hahn, LeMahieu, Montgomery, Mursau, Musser, Nelson, Nerison, Newcomer, Nygren, A. Ott, Petrowski, Strachota, Suder, Vos, Van Roy and F. Lasee; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Breske, Cowles, Grothman, Kedzie, Lazich, Olsen, Roessler and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
735
Relating to: petitions and management plans for the designation of managed forest land, transferrals of ownership of managed forest land, establishing stumpage values and estimating withdrawal taxes under the managed forest land program, signatures and authentication requirements for orders under the forest croplands program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Friske, Mursau, Bies, Townsend and Musser; cosponsored by Senators Breske and Hansen.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
765
Relating to: certain review, reporting, and out-of-date requirements regarding the Public Service Commission (suggested as remedial legislation by the Public Service Commission).
By Law Revision Committee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
798
Relating to: the sale of raffle tickets.
By Representatives Kerkman, Kreuser, Turner, Mursau, Nass, Molepske and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Olsen and Grothman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
803
Relating to: exempting nonprofit camps from certain town sanitary district or town assessments.
By Representatives Kerkman, Kreuser, Soletski, Townsend, Gunderson, Owens and Mursau.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
807
Relating to: the definition of a group health benefit plan and reports by the commissioner of insurance on the effect of changing the definition.
By Representatives F. Lasee, Davis, Gunderson, LeMahieu, Mursau, Nygren, Strachota and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Darling, Roessler and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
828
Relating to: the definition of bicycle; lighting of bicycles, motor bicycles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; and manual turn signals for bicyclists.
S698
By Representatives Davis, Black, Ballweg, Bies, Montgomery, A. Ott, Townsend and Hahn; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Cowles, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Olsen and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
846
Relating to: unlawful use of a global positioning device and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Kramer and Kessler.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
854
Relating to: providing financial aid at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
By Representatives Shilling, Nass, Nerison, Hixson, Musser, Hintz and Jeskewitz; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Kapanke, Schultz and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
862
Relating to: providing the public with information on state agency operations expenditures and state agency contracts and grants.
By Representatives Vos, Kramer, Zipperer, Albers, Gunderson, Kerkman, Lothian, Molepske, Montgomery, Moulton, Murtha, Musser, Nass, Nygren, Petersen, Pridemore, Vukmir and Cullen; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Hansen, Darling, Lazich and Roessler.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
863
Relating to: confidentiality of health care services reviews; use as evidence of information regarding health care providers; homicide or injury by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; criminal abuse of individuals at risk; and criminal abuse and neglect of patients and residents.
By Representatives Newcomer, Moulton, Vukmir, Soletski, Vruwink, Albers, Gunderson, Hahn, LeMahieu, M. Williams, Montgomery, Musser, Nygren, A. Ott, Strachota, Suder and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Darling, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie and Olsen.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
893
Relating to: distribution of moneys to Wisconsin Retirement System employers under
1999 Wisconsin Act 11; payment of interest by the Department of Employee Trust Funds on credited or refunded moneys; Wisconsin Retirement System beneficiary standard sequence; accelerated death benefit option continuation under the Wisconsin Retirement System; life insurance benefits administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds; definition of the term Internal Revenue Code for purposes of benefit plans administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds; interest rates charged on moneys owed the Department of Employee Trust Funds for benefit programs; payment of death benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System; authority of the Group Insurance Board; eligibility requirements for duty disability benefit under the Wisconsin Retirement System; amortization period for unfunded prior service liability under the Wisconsin Retirement System; attachment of retirement benefits for delinquent state tax purposes; waiver of benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System; and granting rule-making authority.
By Representative
Jeskewitz
; cosponsored by Senator Wirch
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
898
Relating to: police escorts and vehicle rights-of-way related to escorted vehicles and providing a penalty.
By Representative
Wieckert
, by request of Outagamie County Sheriff's Department, Brown County Sheriff's Department and Badger State Sheriff's Association
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Senator S. Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Darling be granted a leave of absence for part of today's session.
Senator S. Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Grothman be granted a leave of absence for part of today's session.
Senator S. Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Kedzie be granted a leave of absence for part of today's session.
Senator S. Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Schultz be granted a leave of absence for part of today's session.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Hansen be granted a leave of absence for part of today's session.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Sullivan be granted a leave of absence for part of today's session.
Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Taylor be granted a leave of absence for part of today's session.
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Special order of business at 11:01 A.M.
Culver, Curt S.,
of Nashotah, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 27; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 6; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Vinehout and Wirch - 27.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senators Grothman, Hansen, Kedzie, Schultz, Sullivan and Taylor - 6.
Confirmed.
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Special order of business at 11:02 A.M.
Stark, Will,
of De Pere, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
Special order of business at 11:03 A.M.