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.
By Representatives Underheim, Carpenter, Albers, Black, Bock, Boyle, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Goetsch, Hahn, Hebl, Kaufert, Kelso, Kreuser, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Miller, Musser, Olsen, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Richards, Sinicki, Staskunas, Walker, Wasserman, Waukau and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators George, Robson, Baumgart, Burke, Cowles, Darling, Grobschmidt, Moen, Plache, Roessler and Rosenzweig.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Bill
483
Relating to: authorizing the payment of different prices to producers for milk based on volume.
By Representatives Ward, Ainsworth, Gard, Goetsch, Hahn, Kedzie, Klusman, Kreibich, Ladwig, Musser, Ott, Seratti, Skindrud, Spillner and Suder; cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Darling and Fitzgerald.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform.
Assembly Bill
538
Relating to: minimum standards for life insurance policies in which the proceeds are assigned to funeral directors or funeral establishment operators.
By Representatives F. Lasee, La Fave, Musser, Ryba, Pettis, Wasserman, Hoven, Underheim, Albers and Grothman; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Shibilski and Rude.
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections.
Assembly Bill
566
Relating to: employe supervision by real estate brokers and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By Representatives Wieckert, Spillner, Sykora, Porter, Hahn, Schooff, Vrakas, Kestell, F. Lasee, Pocan and Meyer; cosponsored by Senators Clausing, Fitzgerald, Roessler and Rude.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
603
Relating to: prisoner reimbursement to county for booking costs.
By Representatives Montgomery, Ryba, Goetsch, Gunderson, Hahn, Ladwig, M. Lehman, Musser, Ott, Pettis, Porter, Seratti, Stone, Suder and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Farrow, A. Lasee, Roessler and Schultz.
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections.
Assembly Bill
619
Relating to: the sales tax and the use tax on purchases made with a manufacturer's rebate.
By Representatives M. Lehman, Wood, Sykora and Ziegelbauer.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
620
Relating to: parental liability for acts of their minor child, recovery of damages for certain criminal actions, increasing the jurisdictional amount in small claims court, powers of court commissioners, garnishment, attorney fees, exemption from execution of accounts, assignment of debt, earnings garnishment retail theft and recovery in actions involving worthless checks.
By Representatives Montgomery, Huebsch, Albers, Gard, Goetsch, Gunderson, Hasenohrl, Ladwig, Olsen, Owens, Rhoades, Seratti, Spillner, Suder, Sykora, Vrakas, Walker and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Huelsman, Breske, Darling, Erpenbach, Fitzgerald, Lazich, Plache, Rude and Welch, by request of Midwest Equipment Dealers Association, Midwest Hardware Association, National Federation of Independent Business, Tavern League of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Alliance of Hearing Professionals, Wisconsin Association of Convenience Stores, Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association, Wisconsin Automotive Parts Association, Wisconsin Automotive Trade Association, Wisconsin Civil Recovery Council, Wisconsin Collectors Association, Wisconsin Grocers Association, Wisconsin Fitness and Health Alliance, Wisconsin Independent Businesses, Inc., Wisconsin Jewelers Association, Wisconsin Merchants Federation, Wisconsin Motorcycle Dealers Association, Wisconsin Restaurant Association and Wisconsin Retail Lumber Association.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Relating to: the location in the statutes of the equal rights programs administered by the department of workforce development and reorganizing certain statutes concerning vocational rehabilitation (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of workforce development).
By Law Revision Committee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill
649
Relating to: the registration of electors on election day and the determination of eligible electors in certain municipalities on election day.
By Representatives Ladwig, Goetsch, Hundertmark, Musser, Nass, Owens, Stone, Suder, Sykora and Urban; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Darling, Farrow, Roessler, Schultz and Welch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
658
Relating to: the low-income energy assistance and weatherization assistance programs (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of administration).
By Law Revision Committee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
684
Relating to: the possession of wild animals, enforcement of certain laws relating to mistreatment of wild animals, hunting of farm-raised deer, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations and providing penalties.
By Representatives Johnsrud, Ott, Hahn, Albers and Kedzie; cosponsored by Senator Baumgart
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform.
Assembly Bill
736
Relating to: grants for study abroad.
By Representatives Krug and Kreibich; cosponsored by Senators Darling and Grobschmidt.
Read first time and referred to committee on Education.
Assembly Bill
770
Relating to: rentals of mobile homes and termination of tenancies in mobile home parks.
By Representatives Sykora and F. Lasee.
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Assembly Bill
815
Relating to: requiring pharmacies and pharmacists, as a condition of medical assistance participation, to charge low-income persons eligible for medicare for certain prescription drugs no more than specific amounts, authorizing the department of health and family services to enter into rebate agreements with drug manufacturers and making appropriations.
By Representatives Wieckert, Pettis, Petrowski, Underheim, Kestell, Gronemus, Montgomery, Skindrud, Hundertmark, Kelso, Hahn, Sykora, Rhoades, Townsend, Seratti, Ladwig, Stone, M. Lehman, Urban, Musser, Vrakas, Goetsch, Hoven, Jensen, Kreibich, Owens, F. Lasee, Ott, Hutchison, Johnsrud and Duff; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig, Darling, Roessler and Welch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Senator Risser, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, March 9 at 10:00 A.M..
Adjourned.
10:01 A.M.
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 346 offered by Senator Wirch.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 346 offered by Senator Wirch.
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Corrections In:
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 1999 SENATE BILL 232
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(March 7, 2000)
1. Page 4, line 25: delete "city of the" and substitute "1st class city".
2. Page 5, line 1: delete "
first class".
3. Page 18, line 7: delete "and the creation of" and substitute ", the creation of section".
4. Page 18, line 12: after "606.15" insert "of the statutes".
