Representative Murtha asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Weatherston. Granted.
Representative Jorgensen asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Hebl. Granted.
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Special Guests
Speaker Vos introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient, Jayden Jaramillo, who addressed the members from the rostrum. In September, 2015, 9 year old Jayden assisted his bus driver who was suffering an asthma attack. Jayden’s parents, Francisco and Nicole Jaramillo, and sisters, Brianna, Isabella and Eliana, joined him at the rostrum.
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Special Guest
Representative VanderMeer introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient, Larry “Doc” Scheckel, for his service and contributions to his community. Mr. Scheckel addressed the members from the rostrum.
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Amendments Offered
hist47044Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 53 offered by Representative J. Ott. hist47045Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 174 offered by Representative Kitchens. hist47118Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 410 offered by Representative Sanfelippo. hist46909Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 431 offered by Representative Tranel. hist47113Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 460 offered by Representative Gannon. hist47114Assembly Amendment 5 to Assembly Bill 460 offered by Representative Gannon. hist47156Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 611 offered by Representative Krug. _____________
Administrative Rules
hist46646No action taken by committee on Education on January 7, 2016. Referred on January 11, 2016.
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Introduction and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: Agricultural Producer Security Council members, expenses for inspection and certification of grain, the American Society for Testing and Materials, service of process for the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, eliminating a reporting requirement for local ordinances relating to pesticides, and making an appropriation (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: appointing a guardian ad litem in certain cases where a paternity action is barred by a statute of limitations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and Families).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: remedial legislation affecting the Wisconsin Retirement System and the Department of Employee Trust Funds (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Employee Trust Funds).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: volunteer health care provider program, changing reference to residential treatment programs, and eliminating a grammatical error in the Well-Woman Program provision on specialized training for rural colposcopic examinations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: the mileage reimbursement rate for travel expenses of national guard members on state active duty (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Military Affairs).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure and licensure for alternative education program teachers (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: technical corrections of various tax statutes (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Revenue).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: the appointment of an advisory committee to advise the Department of Safety and Professional Services (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Safety and Professional Services).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: certain drinking age reports, the effective date of certain changes to the requirements for issuing operator's licenses and identification cards, and repealing the tax on controlled substances (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: transferring federal moneys received by the Department of Workforce Development to the Labor and Industry Review Commission and making an appropriation (suggested as remedial legislation by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: affecting various provisions of the statutes to correct errors and reconcile conflicts (Correction Bill).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: revising various provisions of the statutes to eliminate defects, anachronisms, and obsolete provisions (Revision Bill).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of making corrections and reconciling conflicts (Correction Bill).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of the Director of State Courts).
By Law Revision Committee
Relating to: the definition of faculty of the University of Wisconsin System (suggested as remedial legislation by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System).
By Law Revision Committee
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