To committee on Insurance, Securities and Corporate Policy.
Assembly Bill 837
Relating to: the grounds for involuntary termination of parental rights over a child, appeals of and motions for relief from orders terminating parental rights and denial of visitation by a parent of a child adjudicated to be in need of protection or services; the statement of legislative purpose in the children's code; abuse and neglect of a child; grounds for jurisdiction over a child alleged to be in need of protection or services; criteria for holding a child in physical custody; payment by a parent for alcohol and other drug abuse services or special treatment or care for a child; duties of a county department of human services or social services with respect to child abuse and neglect investigations; grounds for a child abuse restraining order and injunction; the defense in criminal prosecutions based on the privilege of reasonable discipline of a child; determining whether a child alleged to be in need of protection or services needs protection or services that can be ordered by a juvenile court; extension of an informal disposition for a child when the informal disposition is based on allegations that the child is in need of protection or services; the duties of a guardian ad litem appointed in proceedings involving a child alleged to be in need of protection or services; the right to a jury trial in proceedings involving children alleged to be in need of protection or services; the release of certain information, including the results of tests for the human immunodeficiency virus or viral hepatitis, type B, regarding a child to the child's foster parent or treatment foster parent or the operator of a group home or child caring institution in which the child is placed; a county's authority to use certain community aids funds to employ private attorneys for proceedings under the children's code; disclosure of certain information to certain voluntary reporters of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect; the time by which a detention hearing must be held and the time by which a petition must be filed under the children's code if a child is held in custody; petitioning a court, at the time a petition is filed for involuntary termination of parental rights to a child, for an order prohibiting visitation or contact with that child; the role of foster parents, treatment foster parents and certain other physical custodians in hearings under the children's code; permitting genetic testing for paternity determinations under the children's code, paternity determination proceedings for a child alleged to be in need of protection or services and disclosure of records Relating to paternity determination proceedings; guardianship for certain children adjudged to be in need of protection or services; requesting the joint legislative council to study the use, effectiveness and funding of systems and programs directed at the prevention of child abuse and neglect; and discovery in proceedings under the children's code.
By
Joint Legislative Council
.
To committee on Children and Families
.
Assembly Bill 838
Relating to: qualification of candidates for justice of the supreme court for grants from the Wisconsin election campaign fund in 1996 and making an appropriation.
By
Representative
Prosser
; cosponsored by Senator Adelman
.
To Calendar.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 330
Relating to: vehicle color and motor vehicle registration and providing a penalty.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representative Brancel; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders and Ourada; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 1 - Representative Harsdorf.
To Calendar.
Assembly Bill 344
Relating to: creating a separate collective bargaining unit for certain state employes engaged in law enforcement.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 0.
To Calendar.
Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: tax-exempt individual employe medical savings accounts established by employers or self-employed persons with the difference between the cost of catastrophic and comprehensive health care coverage.
Assembly substitute amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 1 - Senator Cowles.
To Calendar.
Assembly Bill 548
Relating to: employment relations for attorneys employed in the office of the state public defender.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Panzer, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 3 - Senators Weeden, Schultz and Cowles.
To Calendar.
Assembly Bill 630
Relating to: fruit and vegetable producer security.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf, Linton and Coggs; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Petak, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Brancel, Porter and Ourada; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Petak, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Foti, Schneiders, Harsdorf, Linton and Coggs.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 690
Relating to: grants for military memorials for women and making appropriations.
Passage:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf, Linton and Coggs; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Petak, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 0.
To Calendar.
Senate Bill 188
Relating to: a member of an area private industry council on the Wisconsin conservation corps board.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf, Linton and Coggs; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Petak, Rosenzweig, George and Decker.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Ben Brancel
Assembly Chairperson
Joint committee on Finance
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Representative Jensen asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 833 be withdrawn from calendar of February 1, 1996 and placed at the foot of the twelfth order of business on today's calendar. Granted.
Representative Jensen asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 808 be withdrawn from today's calendar and placed at the head of the twelfth order of business on today's calendar. Granted.
Representative Jensen asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 48 be withdrawn from the committee on Rules and placed at the foot of the ninth order of business on today's calendar. Granted.
Representative Bock asked unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 48. Granted.
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Representative Green asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand in recess until 12:00 Noon. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
10:25 A.M.
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12:40 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
