Relating to: collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
By Representatives C. Taylor, Barca, Barnes, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Danou, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harris Dodd, C. Larson, Lassa, Miller, Ringhand, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch.
hist51928To committee on State Affairs and Government Operations. Relating to: aids to individuals and organizations related to the arts and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Ballweg, Milroy, Murphy, Allen, Ohnstad, Zepnick, Berceau, Considine, Spreitzer, Sinicki, C. Taylor and Mason; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Bewley and Gudex.
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Committee Reports
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 665
Relating to: grants for participation in robotics competitions and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Jagler, Rodriguez, Horlacher, Murphy, Quinn, Hutton, Duchow, Pope, Sinicki, Genrich and Barnes.
Noes: 1 - Representative Considine.
JEREMY THIESFELDT
Chairperson
Committee on Education
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 561
Relating to: taxes on managed forest lands, eligibility for the managed forest land program, management plans for managed forest land, sale or transfer of managed forest land, productivity of managed forest land, closed managed forest land, forest production areas, natural heritage inventory, wildlife action plans, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
hist51938Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption: Ayes: 12 - Senators Darling, Olsen, Harsdorf, Vukmir, Tiffany, Marklein, Nygren, Kooyenga, Loudenbeck, Knudson, Schraa and Czaja.
Noes: 3 - Senators L. Taylor, C. Taylor and Hintz.
Ayes: 12 - Senators Darling, Olsen, Harsdorf, Vukmir, Tiffany, Marklein, Nygren, Kooyenga, Loudenbeck, Knudson, Schraa and Czaja.
Noes: 3 - Senators L. Taylor, C. Taylor and Hintz.
JOHN NYGREN
Assembly Co-Chairperson
Joint Committee on Finance
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The committee on Jobs and the Economy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 757
Relating to: an industry cluster research and development tax credit.
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Neylon, Krug, Tauchen, Allen, Kulp, Tittl, Kuglitsch, Macco, Rohrkaste, Steffen, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Barnes, Spreitzer and Stuck.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Neylon, Krug, Tauchen, Allen, Kulp, Tittl, Kuglitsch, Macco, Rohrkaste, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Barnes, Spreitzer and Stuck.
Noes: 1 - Representative Steffen.
Assembly Bill 758
Relating to: industry cluster partnerships and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Neylon, Krug, Tauchen, Allen, Kulp, Tittl, Kuglitsch, Macco, Rohrkaste, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Barnes, Spreitzer and Stuck.
Noes: 1 - Representative Steffen.
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Neylon, Krug, Tauchen, Allen, Kulp, Tittl, Kuglitsch, Macco, Rohrkaste, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Barnes, Spreitzer and Stuck.
Noes: 1 - Representative Steffen.
ADAM NEYLON
Chairperson
Committee on Jobs and the Economy
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Reference Bureau Corrections
hist53140Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 548 1. Page 7, line 8: delete “(1) (ch)” and substitute “(4) (kc)”.
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Assembly Bill 665
1. Page 3, line 4: delete “20.244” and substitute “20.255”.
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Speaker's Communications
February 9, 2016
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
In accordance with the Majority Leader’s determination under Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a), I am referring the following bills to the Joint Committee on Finance: hist51971Assembly Bills 515, 599, 666 and 734. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
ROBIN J. VOS
Assembly Speaker
February 9, 2016
Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt
Room 16 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative Thiesfeldt:
hist52087Pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c), with your permission as Chair of the Education committee, I will remove Assembly Bill 748 from the committee and refer the bill to the Finance committee. Please contact my office with any questions.
Sincerely,
ROBIN J. VOS
Assembly Speaker
