Report received from Agency, March 5, 2010.
Referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions,
March 8, 2010
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The committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail reports and recommends:
Relating to tax incentives for job creation, captial investment, employee training and corporate headquarters, and affecting small businesses.
No action taken.
Jeffrey Plale
Chairperson
Assembly Bill
35
Relating to: the use of race-based names, nicknames, logos, and mascots by school boards, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Soletski, Pope-Roberts, Mursau, Young, Benedict, Berceau, Black, Colon, Cullen, Fields, Grigsby, Hilgenberg, Kessler, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Nelson, Parisi, Pasch, Pocan, Radcliffe, Schneider, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Steinbrink, Turner, Van Akkeren and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Hansen, Taylor, Risser and Holperin.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
135
Relating to: allowing an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed by a divorced or legally separated parent to his or her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program and limiting the deduction that may be claimed by a married person who files separately.
By Representatives Molepske Jr., Roys, Cullen, Nass, Berceau, Suder, Vos, Richards, Kaufert, Smith, Pope-Roberts, Bies, Zepnick, Kestell and Fields; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Kreitlow, Holperin, Darling, Lehman, Erpenbach, Plale, Grothman, Olsen and Kedzie.
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill
413
Relating to: crimes against children committed by certain persons and creating a penalty.
By Representatives Van Akkeren, Turner, Mason, Van Roy, Townsend, Bies, Berceau, Gunderson, Smith and Spanbauer; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Leibham and Hopper.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
480
Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence motivated by gender.
By Representatives Berceau, Roys, Black, Sinicki, Dexter, Grigsby, Pasch, Toles and Parisi; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Hansen and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
481
Relating to: making crimes based on gender of victim subject to a penalty enhancer and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Parisi, Pasch, Roys, Black, Berceau, Turner, Shilling, Dexter, Grigsby, Smith and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Taylor and Vinehout.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
529
Relating to: violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Hilgenberg, Hixson, Ziegelbauer, A. Ott, Young, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Milroy, Sherman, Cullen, Vruwink, Jorgensen, Hraychuck, Mason, Pasch, Benedict, Clark, Fields, Richards, Barca, Zigmunt, Smith, Danou and Garthwaite; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Miller, Taylor and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
544
Relating to: prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of wheel weights and other wheel balancing products that contain lead.
By Representatives Black, Danou, Clark, Mason, Roys and Pope-Roberts; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Carpenter, Hansen, Miller, Taylor and Risser.
Read first time and referred to committee on Environment.
Assembly Bill
594
Relating to: notifying a law enforcement agency when certain persons are released from the custody of the Department of Corrections.
By Representatives Staskunas, Gundrum, Danou, Ballweg, Berceau, Bies, Brooks, Gunderson, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Mursau, A. Ott, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Townsend, Turner and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Darling, Schultz and Hansen.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
599
Relating to: a speed limit for the operation of snowmobiles during the hours of darkness.
By Representatives Kaufert, Hubler, Honadel, Black, A. Ott, Ziegelbauer, Brooks, Ballweg, Kerkman, Gottlieb, Berceau, Lothian, Bies, Townsend and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Cowles, Hansen and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill
621
Relating to: library boards of public libraries established in a first class city.
By Representatives Colon, Fields, Zepnick, A. Williams, Toles, Richards and Cullen; cosponsored by Senators Coggs and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
658
Relating to: qualifications of mortgage loan originators.
By Representatives Parisi and Fields; cosponsored by Senator Miller
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Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
Relating to: an addition to the 2009-11 Authorized State Building Program.
By Representatives Hixson, Hintz and Black; cosponsored by Senators Robson, Risser and Plale.
Read first time and referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
704
Relating to: uniform power of attorney for finances and property.
By Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Turner, Berceau, Vos, Zepnick, Smith and Roys; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Taylor and Lehman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
707
Relating to: self-service storage facility notices and procedures.
By Representatives Barca, Clark, Steinbrink, Danou, Zigmunt, Kerkman, Zepnick, Ripp, A. Williams and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Taylor, Wirch and Ellis.
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
Assembly Bill
709
Relating to: requiring access to toilet facilities in a retail establishment, immunity from civil liability related to use of the toilet facilities, and providing penalties.
By Representatives Van Roy, Soletski, Townsend, Berceau, Montgomery, Spanbauer, Knodl, Vos, A. Ott, Brooks, Turner, Pasch, Zigmunt, Roys, Jorgensen, Smith and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Hansen, Taylor, Coggs and Plale.
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
Assembly Bill
713
Relating to: mutual assistance between tribal and county or municipal law enforcement agencies.
By Representatives Hraychuck, Turner, Sherman, Pasch, Hubler, Berceau, Ballweg, Mursau, Molepske Jr. and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Coggs, Taylor, Harsdorf, Holperin, Vinehout, Schultz, Lehman, Miller and Grothman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
766
Relating to: designating and marking a portion of STH 50 in Kenosha County as the LeRoy and Lynn Copen Memorial Highway.
By Representatives Steinbrink, Barca and Kerkman; cosponsored by Senator Wirch
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill
767
Relating to: changes to the membership of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, notification to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board of bills with an economic impact on small businesses, and the role of the Office of the Small Business Advocate in the Department of Commerce.
By Representatives Barca, Dexter, Strachota, Bernard Schaber, Clark, Zigmunt, Garthwaite, Hilgenberg, Shilling, Jorgensen, Steinbrink, Kerkman, Smith, Sinicki, Hubler, Berceau and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Wirch, Darling, Vinehout, Lassa and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
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Motions Under Senate Rule
98 and Joint Rule
7
for the Month of February 2010
A certificate of congratulations by the Wisconsin Senate on the motion of Senator Kedzie, for Kathryn Allen, on the occasion of the completion of the Senate Scholar Program.
A certificate of commendation by the Wisconsin Legislature on the motion of Senator Harsdorf, for Baldwin Telecom, Inc., on the occasion of being named the 2009 Small Business of the Year by the St. Croix County Economic Development Corporation.
A certificate of congratulations by the Wisconsin Senate on the motion of Senator Schultz, for the Bank of Wisconsin Dells, on the occasion of celebrating 100 years of dedicated service.