Assembly Bill 531
Relating to: the exception to the assessment of withdrawal taxes and fees against a landowner who transfers ownership of managed forest land for siting a public safety communications tower.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 4 - Representatives Clark, Sherman, Milroy and Friske.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 4 - Representatives Clark, Sherman, Milroy and Friske.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 562
Relating to: the master logger certification scholarship grant program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).
Passage:
Ayes: 4 - Representatives Clark, Sherman, Milroy and Friske.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 580
Relating to: petitions and management plans for the designation of managed forest land; transferrals of ownership of managed forest land; establishing stumpage values, filing cutting reports, 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; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 4 - Representatives Clark, Sherman, Milroy and Friske.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 4 - Representatives Clark, Sherman, Milroy and Friske.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 4 - Representatives Clark, Sherman, Milroy and Friske.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
The committee on Health and Healthcare Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 591
Relating to: authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Richards, Roys, Benedict, Shilling, Vruwink, Seidel, Pasch, Bernard Schaber, Vukmir, Rhoades, Stone, Strachota and Nygren.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Richards, Roys, Benedict, Shilling, Vruwink, Seidel, Pasch, Bernard Schaber, Vukmir, Rhoades, Stone, Strachota and Nygren.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Jon Richards
Chairperson
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
The committee on Rules reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 503
Relating to: exposure to a minor and providing a penalty.
Report Requested:
Ayes: 0.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 515
Relating to: reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty.
Report Requested:
Ayes: 0.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Thomas Nelson
Chairperson
Committee on Rules
The committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 467
Relating to: creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez.
Passage:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Kessler, Young, Pope-Roberts, Roys and Black.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Ballweg, Kleefisch and Knodl.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 556
Relating to: designating the bacterium Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Kessler, Young, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Black, Ballweg and Knodl.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Kleefisch.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 57
Relating to: composition of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kessler, Young, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Black, Ballweg, Kleefisch and Knodl.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration).
Concurrence:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kessler, Young, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Black, Ballweg, Kleefisch and Knodl.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Frederick Kessler
Chairperson
Committee on State Affairs and
Homeland Security
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends: