Friday, December 23, 2011
One-Hundredth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 441
Relating to: signing a petition to recall the same officer more than once and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Tauchen, LeMahieu, Tiffany, Krug, A. Ott, Nass, Honadel, Brooks, Kleefisch, Severson, Meyer, Knodl and Craig; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Lasee.
To committee on Election and Campaign Reform
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Assembly Bill 442
Relating to: pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act.
By
Representatives Hebl, Bewley, C. Taylor, Spanbauer, Zamarripa, Wynn, Ringhand, Hintz, Grigsby, Sinicki and Roys; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Lassa, Risser and S. Coggs.
To committee on Financial Institutions
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Assembly Bill 443
Relating to: excluding sports officials from coverage under the worker's compensation law.
By
Representatives Fields, Barca, Jacque, Marklein, A. Ott, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Wynn and Molepske Jr; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Schultz and Taylor.
To committee on Labor and Workforce Development
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Assembly Bill 444
Relating to: restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies.
By
Representatives Grigsby, Pasch, Pocan, Berceau, C. Taylor, Hebl, Roys, E. Coggs, Zamarripa, Bernard Schaber, Fields, Kessler, Bewley, Turner and Toles; cosponsored by Senators Taylor and S. Coggs.
To committee on Election and Campaign Reform
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The committee on Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 421
Relating to: the issuance of, and exemptions from, certain individual permits, contracts, and general permits for structures, deposits, and other activities in or near navigable waters; areas of significant scientific value that are areas of special natural resource interest; repair and maintenance of boathouses and fixed houseboats; information required to be published on the Department of Natural Resources Internet Web site; expedited procedures for certain plan approvals; deadlines for action on certain approval applications; and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Mursau, Rivard, Kleefisch, Nerison, Severson, Steineke, Tiffany, Stroebel, Litjens and Clark.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Mason, Danou, Milroy and Hulsey.
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Mursau, Rivard, Williams, Nerison, Severson, Tiffany, Stroebel and Litjens.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Steineke, Mason, Danou, Clark, Milroy and Hulsey.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Mursau, Rivard, Kleefisch, Nerison, Severson, Steineke, Tiffany, Stroebel, Litjens, Mason, Danou, Clark and Milroy.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Hulsey.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Mursau, Rivard, Kleefisch, Nerison, Severson, Steineke, Tiffany, Stroebel and Litjens.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Mason, Danou, Clark, Milroy and Hulsey.
To committee on Rules.
Jeffrey Mursau
Chairperson
Committee on Natural Resources
Communications
December 23, 2011
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 441, relating to signing a petition to recall the same officer more than once and providing a penalty.
Sincerely,
Joan Ballweg
State Representative
41st Assembly District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
December 12, 2011
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed please find the Medical College of Wisconsin's (MCW) annual report for the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Program. This Program is funded through the Wisconsin income tax checkoff created by the 2003 Wisconsin ACT 176 (breast cancer) and the 2005 Wisconsin ACT 460 (prostate cancer). The law requires that MCW use this money for breast and prostate cancer research and to report annually on the use of funds.
This document reports activities, projects and research funded through the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Program at MCW for the period of July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please contact me at 414-955-8217.
Sincerely,
Kathryn A. Kuhn
Vice President, Government and Community Relations
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
December 19, 2011
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending June 30, 2011, as required by s.
565.37 (3), Wis. Stats. The attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year-to-date Revenue and Expenditure information.
Lottery sales were $133.5 million for the quarter, up 5.2% from the same quarter last year. For the year, sales are at $502.6 million, up 4.4% over last year.
