Relating to: requiring criminal history searches of certain persons hired or proposed to be hired by certain facilities or services, requiring conduct of an elder abuse awareness campaign, authorizing positions for the board on aging and long-term care, clarifying requirements for reporting the misappropriation of property, abuse or neglect of certain patients or facility residents, making appropriations and providing a penalty.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Silbaugh, Powers, Ladwig, Owens, Freese, Ainsworth, Krusick, Gronemus, Carpenter and Meyer.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Silbaugh, Powers, Ladwig, Owens, Freese, Ainsworth, Krusick, Gronemus, Carpenter and Meyer.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Silbaugh, Powers, Ladwig, Owens, Freese, Ainsworth, Krusick, Gronemus, Carpenter and Meyer.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 989
Relating to: certain fraudulent or unfair trade practices against elderly and disabled persons and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Silbaugh, Powers, Ladwig, Owens, Freese, Ainsworth, Krusick, Gronemus, Carpenter and Meyer.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Rudy Silbaugh
Chairperson
Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
The committee on Children and Families reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 670
Relating to: the requirement for a certified copy of a birth certificate in order to obtain a marriage license.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Ladwig, Gunderson, Seratti, Goetsch, Dobyns, Huebsch, R. Young, Krug, Morris-Tatum and Murat.
Noes: 1 - Representative Bell.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 501
A950
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.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Ladwig, Gunderson, Seratti, Goetsch, Dobyns, Huebsch, R. Young, Krug, Morris-Tatum, Murat and Bell.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Ladwig, Gunderson, Seratti, Goetsch, Dobyns, Huebsch, R. Young, Krug, Morris-Tatum, Murat and Bell.
Noes: 0.
Concurrence as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Ladwig, Gunderson, Seratti, Goetsch, Dobyns, Huebsch, R. Young, Krug, Murat and Bell.
Noes: 1 - Representative Morris-Tatum.
To committee on Rules.
Bonnie Ladwig
Chairperson
Committee on Children and Families
The committee on Colleges and Universities reports and recommends:
Assembly Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for its excellent undergraduate and graduate programs.
Adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Kreibich, Hutchison, Albers, Hahn, Owens, Underheim, Hanson, Boyle, Baldwin, Meyer, Murat and Wasserman.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 801
Relating to: Indian student assistance grants and making an appropriation.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kreibich, Albers, Hahn, Owens, Underheim, Hanson, Boyle, Baldwin, Meyer, Murat and Wasserman.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kreibich, Albers, Hahn, Owens, Underheim, Hanson, Boyle, Baldwin, Meyer, Murat and Wasserman.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 996
Relating to: the requirements for licensure as a certified public accountant and granting rule-making authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kreibich, Hutchison, Albers, Hahn, Owens, Underheim, Hanson, Boyle, Meyer, Murat and Wasserman.
Noes: 1 - Representative Baldwin.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 1011
Relating to: establishing a college tuition prepayment program, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Kreibich, Hutchison, Albers, Hahn, Owens, Underheim and Boyle.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Hanson, Baldwin, Meyer, Murat and Wasserman.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kreibich, Hutchison, Albers, Hahn, Owens, Underheim, Boyle and Wasserman.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Hanson, Baldwin, Meyer and Murat.
To joint committee on Finance.
Rob Kreibich
Chairperson
Committee on Colleges and Universities
The committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 594
Relating to: providing for pharmacological treatment for certain serious child sex offenders and affecting probation and parole.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Goetsch, Wood, Dobyns, Brandemuehl, Lehman, Kaufert, Owens, Walker, Gunderson, Rutkowski, Travis, Huber, Riley, Baldwin and Murat.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Goetsch, Wood, Dobyns, Brandemuehl, Lehman, Kaufert, Owens, Walker, Gunderson, Rutkowski, Travis, Huber and Baldwin.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Riley and Murat.
To joint committee on Finance.
