Assembly Bill
675
Relating to: hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund.
By Representatives Roys, Smith, Berceau, Pasch, Sinicki, Turner, Vruwink and Young; cosponsored by Senators Robson and Vinehout.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Assembly Bill
701
S733
Relating to: the Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, investment guidelines for charitable gift annuity segregated accounts, Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan assessment participation, reciprocity for long-term care insurance policies, voting by fraternal members, the insurance security fund, modifications to motor vehicle insurance policy and umbrella and excess liability policy requirements, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
By Representative
Cullen
; cosponsored by Senator Taylor
, by request of Commissioner of Insurance
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
725
Relating to: providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils.
By Representatives Zigmunt, Berceau, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hixson, Kaufert, Sinicki, Soletski, Steinbrink, Vruwink, A. Williams, Young and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Carpenter, Risser and Taylor.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
737
Relating to: weapons authorized for use under certain hunting approvals, prohibiting certain persons from obtaining or using hunting approvals, authorizing issuance of archery hunting approvals and nonfirearm hunting approvals for hunting certain animals, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Smith, Suder, Turner, Danou, Berceau, Hebl, Van Roy, Townsend, Kaufert, Bies, Ripp, Petrowski and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senator Holperin
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill
747
Relating to: crimes against animals and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Milroy, Turner, Zepnick, A. Williams, Berceau, Sinicki, Pasch, Benedict and Smith; cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Carpenter and Risser.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
753
Relating to: providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
By Representatives Hraychuck, Gunderson, Staskunas, LeMahieu, Kestell, Berceau, Zigmunt, Turner, Petersen, Smith, A. Ott, Mursau, Townsend, Brooks, Knodl, Ballweg, Gottlieb and Benedict; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Vinehout, Olsen, Cowles and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
769
Relating to: evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and attempt of certain sex crimes against children and providing penalties.
By Representatives Staskunas, Berceau, Brooks and Suder; cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Sullivan.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Assembly Bill
771
Relating to: a grant to Wisconsin Workforce Development Association from the Department of Commerce and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Hraychuck, Garthwaite, Molepske Jr., Benedict, Vruwink, Brooks, Suder, Milroy, Toles, Danou, Zigmunt, Jorgensen, Smith and Shilling; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Taylor and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development.
Assembly Bill
780
Relating to: elimination of surplus retention limitations for residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and child welfare agencies that provide rate-based services for the Department of Children and Families or a county department of human services or social services; determination of the rates charged by those providers; establishment of a performance-based contracting system for those providers; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By Joint Legislative Council.
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill
808
Relating to: student achievement guarantee in education program contracts.
By Representatives Dexter, Hilgenberg, Garthwaite, Danou, Berceau, Clark, Hraychuck, Molepske Jr., Pasch, Pope-Roberts and Smith; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Kreitlow, Olsen, Vinehout and Lehman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
809
Relating to: transportation of private school pupils.
By Representatives Dexter, Danou, Clark, Garthwaite, Hilgenberg, Hraychuck, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Sinicki, Smith, Staskunas and Zigmunt; cosponsored by Senators Kreitlow, Vinehout and Holperin.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
853
Relating to: tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Hintz, Molepske Jr., Vruwink, Pasch, Zigmunt, Hixson, Schneider, Hilgenberg, Garthwaite, Jorgensen, Soletski, Sinicki, Milroy, Berceau, Hebl, Bernard Schaber, Smith, Dexter, Clark, Roys, Mason, Grigsby, Richards, Staskunas and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Taylor, Hopper and Leibham.
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
Assembly Bill
877
Relating to: duties of physicians and of the Medical Examining Board and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By Representative
Richards
; cosponsored by Senator Risser
, by request of The Medical Examining Board.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Relating to: the duties of the Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council.
By Representatives Grigsby, Pasch, Stone, Strachota and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Coggs and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.
Assembly Bill
898
Relating to: trial job program and transitional jobs demonstration project and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Grigsby, Sinicki, Roys, Pasch and Molepske Jr.; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Lehman, Jauch and Miller.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
929
Relating to: willful misclassification of an employee as a nonemployee by a person engaged in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures with intent to evade the laws related to income tax withholding, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, or employment discrimination and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Pocan and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Risser and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.