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Assembly Bill
55
Relating to: vehicle failure-to-yield violations.
By Representatives Pridemore, Kerkman, Strachota and Spanbauer; cosponsored by Senators Olsen and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections.
Assembly Bill
69
Relating to: the privilege of self-defense.
By Representatives Kaufert, Mursau, Jacque, LeMahieu, Ziegelbauer, Nass, Kerkman, Williams, Spanbauer, Petryk, Knodl, Petrowski, Kestell, Steineke, August, Litjens, A. Ott, Danou, Tauchen, Krug, Strachota, Ripp, Honadel, Farrow, Thiesfeldt, Van Roy and Ballweg; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Leibham, Holperin, Lazich, Cowles, Olsen, Vukmir, Grothman, Hansen, Galloway, Darling, Harsdorf, Hopper, Taylor, Moulton and Lasee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
144
Relating to: creating a commission on financial aid consolidation and modernization.
By Joint Legislative Council.
Read first time and referred to committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues.
Assembly Bill
147
Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
By Representatives Severson, Nygren, Strachota, Kaufert, Bewley, Bies, Brooks, Jacque, Ripp, Spanbauer, Tauchen and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Galloway, Cowles, Darling, Holperin, Schultz and Wanggaard.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
152
Relating to: state aid for airport improvement projects.
By Representatives Steineke, Litjens, Petersen, Bernard Schaber, Brooks, Krug and A. Ott; cosponsored by Senators Ellis, Galloway and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections.
Relating to: authorizing school boards and libraries to transfer a gift or grant to certain charitable organizations.
By Representatives Kaufert, Hintz, Thiesfeldt, Brooks, Petrowski, Molepske Jr, A. Ott, Strachota, Mursau and Ringhand; cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Taylor, Wanggaard and Lassa.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
246
Relating to: resisting officer while armed with or threatening to use a dangerous weapon.
By Representatives Krug, Jacque, Bernard Schaber, Brooks, Endsley, Kerkman, Ripp, Spanbauer and Zepnick.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs.
Assembly Bill
274
Relating to: requiring motorists to yield to railroad track equipment trains at railroad crossings and requiring a railroad to maintain its right-of-way.
By Representatives Petrowski, Mursau, Brooks, Endsley, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Nerison, A. Ott, Rivard, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Zepnick and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Olsen, Hansen and Taylor, by request of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division, IBT
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Bill
301
Relating to: review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources.
By Representatives Suder, Kapenga, Ripp, Rivard, Krug, Jacque, Thiesfeldt, Stroebel, Spanbauer, Kleefisch, LeMahieu, A. Ott, Mursau, Kestell and Endsley; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Lasee and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Assembly Bill
311
Relating to: creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements.
By Representatives Steineke, Rivard, Suder, Bies, Bernier, Endsley, Jacque, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Knilans, Krug, LeMahieu, Litjens, Marklein, Meyer, Murtha, Nass, Nygren, A. Ott, Petryk, Severson, Spanbauer, Strachota, Stroebel, Tiffany, Tranel, Williams and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Galloway and Moulton.
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
Assembly Bill
319
Relating to: reductions in cost of compensation or fringe benefits to municipal employers without modifying an existing collective bargaining agreement for purposes of
2011 Wisconsin Act 10.
By Representatives Wynn, Knilans, Marklein and LeMahieu; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Grothman.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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The committee on Senate Organization reports:
Placed the following proposals on the Regular Session Senate Calendar of Thursday, November 3, 2012.
Senate Bill 116
Assembly Bill 69
Assembly Bill 274
Assembly Bill 319
Ayes: 3 - Senators Fitzgerald, Ellis, and Grothman.
Noes: 2 - Senators Miller and Hansen.
SCOTT FITZGERALD
Chairperson
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Senator Leibham, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 102 be withdrawn from the 12th Order of Business and taken up at this time.
Assembly Bill 102
Relating to: crimes against children committed by certain persons and providing a penalty.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 102?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator S. Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 102
Read a third time and concurred in as amended.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Assembly Bill 102
Messaged.
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Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all the appointments be taken up en masse, with the exception of Reginald Newson and Randal Savaglio.
stephen beers
of Fontana, as a member of the Real Estate Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2014.
Marie
Hetzer
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the Real Estate Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2012.
Mary
Maas
of Tomah, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2016.
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Michael Mulleady
of Minocqua, as a member of the Real Estate Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2014.
William Oemichen
of Madison, as a member of the College Savings Program Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2015.
Dennis
Pierce
of Kenosha, as a member of the Real Estate Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2013.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Carpenter, S. Coggs, Cowles, T. Cullen, Darling, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Galloway, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Jauch, Kedzie, King, C. Larson, Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Moulton, Olsen, Risser, Schultz, Shilling, Taylor, Vinehout, Vukmir, Wanggaard, Wirch and Zipperer - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
Reginald Newson
of Milwaukee, as Secretary of the Department of Workforce Development, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
