The committee on Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 379
Relating to: discharge or other retaliation or discrimination against an employe of a health care facility or a health care provider who reports a violation of the law or a violation of a clinical or ethical standard by the health care facility or health care provider or by an employe of the health care facility or health care provider and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Underheim, Walker, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Olsen, Wieckert, Hundertmark, Owens, Wasserman, Carpenter, Krusick, La Fave, Meyer, Miller, Schooff and Waukau.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Gregg Underheim
Chairperson
Committee on Health
The committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy reports and recommends:
Assembly Joint Resolution 83
Relating to: the vote on bills that would increase certain tax rates (first consideration).
Adoption:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Huebsch, Gundrum, Walker, Suder and Grothman.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Sherman, Colon, Hebl and Staskunas.
To committee on Rules.
Michael Huebsch
Chairperson
Committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy
The committee on Public Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 308
Relating to: prohibiting smoking in the state capitol building and on the state capitol grounds and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Freese, Kreibich, Townsend, Carpenter, Bock, Miller and Wasserman.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Urban and Underheim.
A595
To committee on Rules.
Frank Urban
Chairperson
Committee on Public Health
The joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 442
Relating to: the amount of the exemption from income tax withholding requirements for employes of a county fair association.
Adoption of Report:
Ayes: 9-Representatives Hahn, M. Lehman and Hebl; Senators Decker, Breske and Cowles; Secretary Cate Zueske, Mr. Alan Lee, Department of Justice and Mr. Paul Vrakas.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Eugene Hahn
Assembly Chairperson
Joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
The committee on Tourism and Recreation reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 606
Relating to: expanding the definition of "bed and breakfast establishment".
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Spillner, Seratti, Olsen, Pettis, Skindrud, Hutchison, Reynolds, Sinicki, Steinbrink and Waukau.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Spillner, Seratti, Olsen, Pettis, Skindrud, Hutchison, Reynolds, Sinicki, Steinbrink and Waukau.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Joan Spillner
Chairperson
Committee on Tourism and Recreation
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 41
Relating to: the filing of personal property reports.
Passage:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Plale and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Morris-Tatum and Turner.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 572
Relating to: the sales tax and the use tax on tips and gratuities.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Turner and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Turner and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 619
Relating to: the sales tax and the use tax on purchases made with a manufacturer's rebate.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Turner and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Turner and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 634
Relating to: the liability of married persons filing a joint income tax return, the payment of the alternate fuel tax and the tobacco products tax, reducing nondelinquent taxes, rounding dollar amounts to whole dollars on all tax returns, allowing a mathematical computation of sales and use taxes, items used exclusively for tax-exempt purposes, paying taxes with a credit card, extending the time for filing a tax withholding report, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing a penalty.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives M. Lehman, Sykora, Goetsch, Huebsch, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Owens, Spillner, Wood, La Fave, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Turner and Ziegelbauer.
Noes: 0.
