By
Representatives Vukmir, Kramer, Tauchen, Kerkman, Townsend, Davis, Strachota, Knodl, Murtha, Ripp, Gunderson, Vos, Bies, LeMahieu, Petrowski, Honadel, Nass, Nygren, Van Roy, M. Williams, Suder, J. Ott, Pridemore, Kleefisch, Rhoades, Zipperer, Brooks, Petersen, Lothian, Spanbauer, Huebsch, Newcomer, Montgomery, Nerison, A. Ott, Stone and Kestell; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Darling, Hopper, A. Lasee, Schultz and Grothman.
To committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
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Assembly Bill 540
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.
By
Representatives Vukmir, J. Fitzgerald, Nygren, Vos, Strachota, Lothian, Kramer, Honadel, Ballweg, LeMahieu, Bies, Zipperer, Gunderson, M. Williams, Pridemore, Knodl, Murtha, Suder, Davis, Petersen, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Brooks, Nerison, Van Roy, Townsend and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Hopper, Kanavas, Lazich and Schultz.
To committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
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The committee on Children and Families reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 453
Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Grigsby, Seidel, Pope-Roberts, Sinicki, Berceau and Spanbauer.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Kestell and Pridemore.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 485
Relating to: required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental rights warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, the confidentiality of social services records, changing from day care to child care the term used to describe care and supervision for children for less than 24 hours a day, and renumbering the definition of neglect.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Grigsby, Seidel, Pope-Roberts, Sinicki, Berceau, Kestell, Pridemore and Spanbauer.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 486
Relating to: requiring consultation with a child in determining and reviewing his or her permanency plan; requiring agencies, in making reasonable efforts to place a child in a permanent placement, to include efforts to place the child outside this state; requiring juvenile courts to take certain actions to expedite the interstate placement of children; requiring juvenile courts to give a child's out-of-home care provider the right to be heard in proceedings involving the child; requiring notice to relatives when a child is removed from the home; requiring reasonable efforts to place siblings together or to provide for visitation between siblings; requiring agencies to assist children in developing a plan for transition to independent living; requiring health care providers to report cases of infants with controlled substances in their bodily fluids to the agency responsible for investigating suspected child abuse or neglect; authorizing circuit court commissioners to conduct permanency plan reviews and hearings; specifying certain placements for purposes of calculating how long a child has been placed outside the home for purposes of filing a termination of parental rights petition; and permitting disclosure of information to a relative of a child for purposes of facilitating placement of the child with the relative or to a public or private agency in this state or any other state for purposes of investigating a proposed foster or adoptive placement.
Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Grigsby, Seidel, Pope-Roberts, Sinicki, Berceau, Kestell, Pridemore and Spanbauer.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Grigsby, Seidel, Pope-Roberts, Sinicki, Berceau, Kestell, Pridemore and Spanbauer.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 510
Relating to: the monthly rates that are paid for foster care; the levels of care that a foster home may provide; licensing of kinship care relatives to operate foster homes and, subject to certain exceptions, time limits on the receipt of kinship care payments; and licensing of foster homes across county lines.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Grigsby, Seidel, Pope-Roberts, Sinicki, Berceau, Kestell, Pridemore and Spanbauer.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Grigsby, Seidel, Pope-Roberts, Sinicki, Berceau, Kestell, Pridemore and Spanbauer.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Tamara Grigsby
Chairperson
Committee on Children and Families
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 458
Relating to: providing instruction in human growth and development.
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Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter, Hilgenberg, Sinicki, Hixson, Smith, Krusick, Radcliffe, Davis, Nass, Townsend, Vukmir and Nygren.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter, Hilgenberg, Sinicki, Hixson, Smith, Krusick, Radcliffe, Davis, Nass, Townsend, Vukmir and Nygren.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter, Hilgenberg, Sinicki, Hixson, Smith, Krusick and Radcliffe.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Davis, Nass, Townsend, Vukmir and Nygren.
To committee on Rules.
Sondy Pope-Roberts
Chairperson
Committee on Education
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 159
Relating to: the charge-back of refunded or rescinded taxes and of personal property taxes and sharing certain collected taxes.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Pocan, Colon, Mason, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby, Vos and Montgomery; Senators Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa, Darling and Olsen.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Pocan, Colon, Mason, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby, Vos and Montgomery; Senators Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa, Darling and Olsen.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 267
Relating to: licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Pocan, Colon, Mason, Shilling, Sherman, Grigsby and Montgomery; Senators Miller, Hansen, Taylor, Lehman, Robson, Lassa, Darling and Olsen.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Vos.
To committee on Rules.
Mark Pocan
Assembly Chairperson
Joint Committee on Finance
The committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 449
Relating to: a sales tax exemption for fuel used for commercial fishing.
Passage:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Molepske Jr., Bernard Schaber, Fields, Hintz, Barca, Krusick, Benedict, Toles, Zipperer, Friske, M. Williams and Strachota.
Noes: 0.
Louis Molepske Jr
Chairperson
Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business
