Wisconsin Legislature: S523

Read first time and referred:

Senate Bill 509

Relating to: transferring toll-free calls to pay-per-call services or international numbers, creating certain disclosure and reporting requirements and providing a penalty.

By Senators Moore, Burke and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Otte, Baumgart, Ziegelbauer, Bock, Murat, L. Young, Morris-Tatum, Notestein, R. Young, Musser and Riley.

To committee on Utility Regulation.

Senate Bill 510

Relating to: defining employes of fraternals to include retired employes and providing insurance for the spouses and minor children of employes of fraternals.

By Senators Ellis, Cowles, Roessler, Welch and Drzewiecki; cosponsored by Representatives Wieckert, Lorge and Kaufert.

To committee on Insurance, Tourism and Rural Affairs.

Senate Bill 511

Relating to: exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses.

By Senator Burke ; cosponsored by Representative Bock .

To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.

Senate Bill 512

Relating to: exemptions from rules regulating mining and regulating the storage and disposal of mining waste.

By Senator Burke ; cosponsored by Representative Bock .

To committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.

Senate Bill 513

Relating to: modifying eligibility standards for child care funding to permit parents of a child under the age of 18 with a special need or a child under the age of 22 with a special need who is receiving special education to receive child care funding; regulating medical assistance private duty nursing services for children; consent for release of information from a pupil's behavioral records or pupil physical health records for claiming reimbursement for school medical services; providing notice of protective placement transfers; guardian involvement in proceedings related to the ordering, review, transfer, modification or termination of a protective placement; a study of the cost of authorizing the provision of personal care services under the medical assistance program at locations other than in the recipient's home; and granting rule-making authority.

By Joint Legislative Council.

To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.

Senate Bill 514

Relating to: absconding from parole and providing a penalty.

By Senators Darling and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives Ladwig, Vrakas and Freese.

To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.

Senate Bill 515

Relating to: fleeing to this state to avoid prosecution for a serious sex offense in another jurisdiction, committing a serious sex offense in this state after fleeing prosecution in another jurisdiction and providing penalties.

By Senators Darling and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Vrakas, Freese, Kelso, Schafer, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, Albers, Walker, Nass, Musser and Ladwig.

To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.

S523 Senate Bill 516

Relating to: allowing criminal sentences to run concurrent with or consecutive to a previously imposed juvenile delinquency disposition.

By Senators Darling, Farrow and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Dobyns, Ainsworth, Grothman, Riley, Huber, Turner and Plale.

To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.

Senate Bill 517

Relating to: establishing programs for low-income energy assistance, improving energy conservation and efficiency markets and encouraging the development and use of renewable resources, creating a public benefits and energy assistance board, establishing a public benefits and energy assistance fund, requiring electric utilities and retail cooperatives to charge access fees to customers and members, imposing requirements on the use of renewable resources by electric and gas utilities and cooperatives, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations and providing a penalty.

By Senator Burke ; cosponsored by Representative R. Potter.

To committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.

Senate Bill 518

Relating to: jurisdiction in divorces.

By Senator Burke ; cosponsored by Representative Bock .

To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.

Senate Bill 519

Relating to: creating a property tax exemption for wetlands.

By Senator Burke ; cosponsored by Representative Bock .

To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.

Senate Bill 520

Relating to: disciplinary procedures for certain local law enforcement officers.

By Senators Welch, Burke, Huelsman, Fitzgerald, Jauch and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Klusman, Dobyns, Green, Johnsrud, Musser, Turner, Porter, Jeskewitz, Travis, Gronemus, Hanson, Kreibich and J. Lehman, by request of Professional Police Association of Wisconsin.

To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.

Senate Bill 521

Relating to: a parent's right to know certain information about a family day care center and the posting and making available to parents of reports and notices of violations by family day care centers.

By Senators Darling and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Riley, Kelso, Owens and Notestein.

To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.

Senate Bill 522

Relating to: the itemized deductions credit.

By Senators Darling, Burke and Huelsman; cosponsored by Representative Musser .

To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.

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report of committees

The committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources reports and recommends:

Assembly Bill 402

Relating to: the counties and municipalities that may participate in negotiation and arbitration concerning a proposed landfill or hazardous waste facility.

Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate amendment 1.