Wisconsin Legislature: A201

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Introduction and Reference
of Proposals

Read first time and referred:

Assembly Joint Resolution 54

Relating to: proclaiming Cesky Den.

By Representatives Nerison, Brooks, Spanbauer, Tauchen, Jorgensen, Townsend, Petrowski and M. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Kapanke, Schultz, Taylor and Coggs.

To committee on Rules.

Assembly Bill 268

Relating to: federalizing the treatment of capital losses.

By Representatives J. Ott, Petrowski, Kestell, Mursau, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Townsend, Vukmir, Nygren, Gundrum, Gunderson, A. Ott, Kaufert, Ripp, Honadel, Bies, Spanbauer and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Olsen and A. Lasee.

To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions .

Assembly Bill 269

Relating to: causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty.

By Representatives Danou, Milroy, Brooks, Kerkman, Bies, Sinicki, Kaufert, Jorgensen, Townsend, Zigmunt, Smith, Berceau, Soletski, Hraychuck, Pasch, Zepnick, Dexter, Clark and Spanbauer; cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Kreitlow, Plale, Carpenter, Kapanke and Schultz.

To committee on Criminal Justice .

Assembly Bill 270

Relating to: utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power.

By Representatives LeMahieu, Turner, Kestell, Fields, Ripp, Smith, Petrowski, A. Ott, Bies, Ballweg, Brooks, Gunderson, Townsend, Lothian, Stone and Spanbauer; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Leibham, Holperin, Taylor, A. Lasee and Schultz.

To committee on Energy and Utilities .

Assembly Bill 271

Relating to: professional land surveyors, the practice of professional land surveying, surveying land abutting navigable waters, and granting rule-making authority.

By Representatives Clark, Roys, Staskunas, Berceau, Danou, Gunderson, Hubler, Jorgensen, Mason, Milroy, A. Ott, Smith and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Lehman, Cowles, Holperin, Schultz and Taylor.

To committee on Consumer Protection .

Assembly Bill 272

Relating to: donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs.

By Representatives Nygren, Van Roy, Suder, Montgomery, Ballweg, Benedict, Bies, Black, Friske, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gunderson, Kaufert, Kerkman, Knodl, Molepske Jr., Nass, A. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Pope-Roberts, Ripp, Sherman, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Strachota, Tauchen, Townsend, Turner and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Robson, Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Taylor, Darling, Schultz, Risser, Olsen, Miller, Harsdorf, Hansen, Cowles, Carpenter and Wirch.

To committee on Public Health.

Assembly Bill 273

Relating to: podiatrist-patient privilege, immunity exemption for podiatrists providing emergency care at athletic events, allowing podiatrists to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans, allowing podiatrists to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits, cooperatives organized to provide sickness care, the Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board, allowing podiatrists to certify driver school instructors' physical fitness, allowing Medical Assistance recipients to freely choose among podiatrists, and giving equal weight to certifications of disability by podiatrists for insurance purposes.

A201 By Representatives Barca, Zigmunt, Benedict, Turner, Kerkman, Steinbrink, Friske, Mason, Townsend, Zepnick, Ballweg, Berceau, Petrowski and Strachota; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Taylor, Plale, Schultz, Wirch and Holperin.

To committee on Public Health.

Assembly Bill 274

Relating to: allowing probation after certain convictions related to drunken driving.

By Representatives Staskunas, Zigmunt, Ziegelbauer, Jorgensen, Pope-Roberts, Kerkman, A. Ott, Mason and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Darling and Hopper.

To committee on Public Safety.

Assembly Bill 275

Relating to: the Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board.

By Representatives Bernard Schaber, Berceau, Black, Danou, Davis, Gunderson, Hilgenberg, Kaufert, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Nerison, Newcomer, A. Ott, Pasch, Richards, Seidel, Soletski, Townsend, Van Roy, M. Williams, Zepnick and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Robson, Coggs, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Holperin and Taylor.

To committee on Health and Healthcare Reform .

Assembly Bill 276

Relating to: composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

By Representatives Smith, Rhoades, Hixson, Soletski, Garthwaite, Turner, Molepske Jr., Shilling, Grigsby, Montgomery, Danou, Kestell, Townsend, A. Ott, Brooks, Lothian and Murtha; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Harsdorf, Vinehout, Hansen, Kreitlow, Holperin and Schultz.

To committee on Colleges and Universities .

Assembly Bill 277

Relating to: prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty.

By Representatives Parisi, Suder, Seidel, A. Ott, Pocan, Van Roy, Young, Tauchen, Sherman, Petrowski, Grigsby, Wood, Roys, Spanbauer, Berceau, Hebl, Nygren, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Zepnick, Shilling, Milroy, Sinicki, Toles and Dexter; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Taylor, Carpenter, Risser, Hansen, Holperin, Erpenbach, Plale, Sullivan and Lehman.

To committee on Housing.

Assembly Bill 278

Relating to: the sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties.

By Representatives Bernard Schaber, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Clark, Dexter, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hubler, Kaufert, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., A. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Roys, Seidel, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, A. Williams and Grigsby; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Lehman, Risser, Robson, Lassa, Taylor and Vinehout.

To committee on Natural Resources .

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Committee Reports

The committee on Transportation reports and recommends:

Assembly Bill 32

Relating to: extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers.

Passage: