Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 37
Relating to: supporting President Bush's efforts to extend unemployment insurance benefits and urging support of a universal extension of unemployment insurance benefits to cover all 50 states and all workers.
By
Representatives Krug, Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Hebl, Huber, Kreuser, Krusick, La Fave, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Reynolds, Richards, Ryba, Schooff, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Turner, Ziegelbauer, Jeskewitz and Sykora.
To committee on Labor and Workforce Development
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Assembly Joint Resolution 66
Relating to: supporting President Bush's efforts to extend unemployment insurance benefits and urging support of a universal extension of unemployment insurance benefits to cover all 50 states and all workers.
By
Representatives Krug, Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Hebl, Huber, Kreuser, Krusick, La Fave, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Reynolds, Richards, Ryba, Schooff, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Turner, Ziegelbauer, Jeskewitz and Sykora; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Erpenbach, George, Hansen, Jauch, M. Meyer, Moore, Risser, Roessler, Wirch and Shibilski.
To committee on Labor and Workforce Development
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Assembly Joint Resolution 67
Relating to: memorializing Congress to pass House Resolution 97, the Notch Fairness Act of 2001.
By
Representatives Petrowski, Bies, Suder, Duff, Musser, Albers, Lassa, Loeffelholz, Starzyk, Walker, Schneider, Ladwig, Owens, Krawczyk, Nass, Urban, Gundrum, Montgomery, Townsend, Pettis, M. Lehman, Rhoades, McCormick, Sykora, Ott, F. Lasee, Gunderson, Gard, Miller, D. Meyer, Lippert, Skindrud, Hundertmark and Shilling; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Lazich, Schultz, Plache, Roessler and Harsdorf.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 565
Relating to: elimination of legislative partisan caucus staffs.
By
joint committee on Legislative Organization.
To calendar.
Assembly Bill 566
Relating to: a surcharge for convictions related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
By
Representatives Staskunas, Bies, Richards, Berceau, Wasserman, Stone and Lassa; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Rosenzweig, Darling and Huelsman.
To committee on Highway Safety.
Assembly Bill 567
Relating to: firearm flash suppressors and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Staskunas, Ladwig, Jeskewitz, Bies, Ryba, Colon, La Fave, Boyle, Kreuser, Stone and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Huelsman.
To committee on Criminal Justice
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Assembly Bill 568
Relating to: displaying the U.S. flag at the workplace.
By
Representatives Schneider, Black, Hubler, Boyle, Berceau, Carpenter, Reynolds, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Steinbrink, Colon, Bock, J. Lehman, Ryba, Gronemus, Meyerhofer, Balow, Sinicki, Sherman, Richards, Krug and Musser.
To committee on Labor and Workforce Development
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Relating to: creating a plea and verdict of guilty but mentally ill in certain criminal cases.
By
Representatives Suder, Walker, Owens, Ainsworth, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Huebsch, Jensen, Kreibich, Ladwig, M. Lehman, Loeffelholz, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski, Pettis, Starzyk and Sykora; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, S. Fitzgerald, Huelsman and Welch.
To committee on Criminal Justice
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Assembly Bill 570
Relating to: maintenance of grass and weeds below a specified height on department of transportation land abutting highways.
By
Representatives Ward, Stone, Gronemus, Montgomery, Ladwig, Ryba, Turner, Hahn, Musser, Jeskewitz, Duff, Owens, Ainsworth, Ott and Plouff; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Cowles, Huelsman and Schultz.
To committee on Transportation.
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The committee on Environment reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 358
Relating to: exceptions from the requirement to obtain a license to practice professional geology, professional hydrology, or professional soil science and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Powers, Vrakas, Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Powers, Vrakas, Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 365
Relating to: the newspaper recycling fee and the recycled content of newsprint used in newspapers.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Powers and Vrakas.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.
To committee on Rules.
Relating to wetland compensatory mitigation.
Objection to NR 350.04 in its entirety:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Powers and Vrakas.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.
To joint committee for review of Administrative Rules
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Senate Joint Resolution 36
Relating to: urging the U.S. and Canadian governments to prohibit diversion of Great Lakes water.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Powers, Vrakas, Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Neal Kedzie
Chairperson
Committee on Environment
The committee on Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 300
Relating to: the designation and duties of chief warden, deputy chief warden, internal affairs officer, and complaint officer within the department of natural resources.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Powers and Gronemus.
Noes: 3 - Representatives J. Lehman, Steinbrink and Miller.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 517
Relating to: requiring firearms-restrictions record searches of persons being issued licenses that authorize hunting with firearms.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Powers, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink and Miller.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Johnsrud, Kedzie, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Powers, Gronemus, J. Lehman and Steinbrink.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Gunderson and Miller.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 554
Relating to: determining what constitutes the administration of the department of natural resources when managing the state's fish and wildlife resources.
