Ayes: 16 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 870
Relating to: miscellaneous changes to the insurance laws related to the confidentiality of personal information obtained in the course of administering a state insurance fund, the statute of limitations for bringing an action against the patients compensation fund, the applicability of a timeliness requirement for the payment of insurance claims for chiropractic services, an exception from a requirement to obtain consent to incorporate certain publications by reference in administrative rules, the type of property for which the loss amount is the insurance limits, the renewal date for viatical settlement brokers' licenses, eliminating the requirement to keep a separate account for surplus lines taxes, issuance of temporary licenses for intermediaries, specifying by rule the amount of stop-loss reinsurance that a town mutual must obtain, standards related to assisting unauthorized insurers, reducing the minimum nonforfeiture interest rate for fixed individual annuities, and defining extraordinary dividends for life insurers; and granting rule-making authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller and Shilling.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Schooff and Colon.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 876
Relating to: a loan from the general fund for the private employer health care coverage program, requiring the group insurance board to offer an additional health insurance plan for state employees, creating a small employer catastrophic reinsurance board, creating a small employer catastrophic care board, creating a small employer catastrophic care program fund, requiring small employer insurers to specify threshold levels of covered benefits and reimbursing small employer insurers that pay benefits in excess of the threshold, imposing an additional premium on small employer insurance to pay reimbursements to small employer insurers, creating a pilot program for reimbursing small employer insurers for claims costs for certain employees of small employers, authorizing assistance in negotiating prescription drug rebates and reducing prescription drug charges, providing notice of the right to independent review, requiring reports, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 17 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 17 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, Wasserman, Carpenter, La Fave, Miller, Schooff, Colon and Shilling.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Shilling.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Wasserman, Carpenter and Colon.
Assembly amendment 3 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Walker, Wieckert, La Fave, Miller, Schooff and Shilling.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Wasserman, Carpenter and Colon.
Assembly amendment 4 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Wieckert, La Fave, Schooff and Shilling.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Walker, Wasserman, Carpenter, Miller and Colon.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Underheim, Urban, Johnsrud, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lippert, Olsen, Seratti, Wieckert, La Fave, Schooff and Shilling.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Walker, Wasserman, Carpenter, Miller and Colon.
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To committee on Rules.
Gregg Underheim
Chairperson
Committee on Health
The committee on Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 614
Relating to: the possession of wild animals and their carcass parts; farm-raised deer; farm-raised game birds; animal health and animal markets, dealers, and truckers; participation in the national poultry improvement plan; taking, removing, selling, and transporting certain wild plants; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Passage:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, Krawczyk, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink, Miller and Reynolds.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 759
Relating to: sturgeon spearing licenses; the sturgeon stock, fishery, and habitat in the Lake Winnebago and upper Fox and Wolf rivers system; and making an appropriation.
Passage:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Johnsrud, Gunderson, Kedzie, Krawczyk, D. Meyer, Ott, Pettis, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Steinbrink, Miller and Reynolds.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
DuWayne Johnsrud
Chairperson
Committee on Natural Resources
The committee on Public Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 850
Relating to: authorizing a declaration of and actions under a state of emergency related to public health, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Urban, Lippert, Freese, Johnsrud, McCormick, Hines, Carpenter, Wasserman, Schneider and J. Lehman.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Frank Urban
Chairperson
Committee on Public Health
The committee on Rural Affairs and Forestry reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 788
Relating to: creating a council on forestry.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Ainsworth, Friske, Freese, Loeffelholz, Sykora, Gronemus, Hubler and Schneider.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Ainsworth, Friske, Freese, Loeffelholz, Sykora, Gronemus, Hubler and Schneider.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
John Ainsworth
Chairperson
Committee on Rural Affairs and Forestry
The committee on Transportation reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 760
Relating to: designating and marking STH 122 as the Harriet Tubman Memorial Highway.
Passage:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Stone, Petrowski, Gunderson, Hahn, Suder, Lippert, Loeffelholz, Sherman, Meyerhofer, Plouff, Schooff, Plale, Staskunas and Steinbrink.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Ainsworth and Leibham.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 777
Relating to: prohibiting the issuance of certificates of title transferring motor vehicle ownership in certain cases involving a refusal to take a test to determine an individual's blood alcohol concentration (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of transportation).
Passage:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Stone, Petrowski, Ainsworth, Gunderson, Hahn, Suder, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, Sherman, Meyerhofer, Plouff, Schooff, Plale, Staskunas and Steinbrink.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
