Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Assembly Bill
485
Relating to: regulating funeral directors and funeral establishments, regulating cremation and funeral advertising, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Montgomery, Van Roy, Musser, Freese, Kerkman, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Krawczyk, F. Lasee, Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Albers and Pettis; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Lassa and Kanavas.
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Assembly Bill
581
Relating to: licensing, vehicle identification, and record-keeping requirements for wholesale fish dealers and commercial fishers, inspections of wholesale fish dealer and commercial fisher records and premises, commercial fishing boats, periods when a commercial fisher may fish on the waters of Green Bay, the sale and purchase of eggs from certain trout and salmon, commercial fishing approval fees, seizure of certain fishing devices, access to places used to store or retain wild animals, establishing a commercial fish reporting system, imposing certain surcharges, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, making an appropriation, and providing penalties.
By Representatives Bies, Hines, Kaufert, Krawczyk, McCormick, Ott, Petrowski, Townsend and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee
, by request of Department of Natural Resources.
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Assembly Bill
597
Relating to: remedies in certain actions concerning building code or zoning ordinance violations.
By Representatives Albers, Ainsworth, Townsend, Musser, McCormick, Gronemus and Montgomery; cosponsored by Senators Reynolds and Brown.
Read first time and referred to committee on Housing and Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill
746
Relating to: liens for metal fabrication tool builders and metal parts manufacturers and destruction of metal fabrication tools.
By Representatives Jeskewitz, Suder, Hundertmark, Petrowski, Hines, Townsend, Owens, M. Williams, Ainsworth, Kaufert, Friske, Ott and Fields; cosponsored by Senators Darling, A. Lasee, Kanavas, Plale and Stepp.
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
775
Relating to: fermented malt beverages wholesalers.
By Representatives Pettis, Lamb, Mursau, Musser, Hahn, Albers, Huebsch, Hines and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, A. Lasee, Grothman, Lassa and Jauch.
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Assembly Bill
844
Relating to: the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan; creating the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority; a health benefit program for persons eligible for tax credits for payment of premiums; an income and franchise tax credit for Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan assessments; and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Nischke, Gielow, Rhoades, Gard, Huebsch, Kreuser, Sheridan, Montgomery, McCormick, Lehman, Ballweg, Moulton, Van Roy, Underheim, Nelson, Stone, Jensen, J. Fitzgerald, Hahn, Gottlieb, Hundertmark, Honadel, Shilling, Krawczyk, Seidel, Sinicki, Boyle, Vruwink and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Kapanke, Brown, Darling, Schultz, S. Fitzgerald, Taylor, Olsen, Roessler, Jauch, Hansen, Lazich and Plale.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Assembly Joint Resolution 26
Relating to: commending Ignacio Contreras' courage and determination to overcome the challenges as he faces, most notably his fight against cancer.
By Representative
Colon
; cosponsored by Senator Carpenter
.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
S479
Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: the life and public service of Dr. H. Rupert Theobald.
By Representatives Gard, Ainsworth, Albers, Ballweg, Berceau, Bies, Black, Boyle, Cullen, Freese, Grigsby, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Kessler, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Lehman, LeMahieu, McCormick, Molepske, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Ott, Owens, Pocan, Schneider, Sheridan, Stone, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Vos, M. Williams and Young; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Breske, Coggs, Darling, Ellis, Grothman, Hansen, Lazich, Miller and Roessler.
Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization.
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Special Order at 9:30 A.M.
Senate Bill 451
Relating to: the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan; creating the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority; a health benefit program for persons eligible for tax credits for payment of premiums; an income and franchise tax credit for Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan assessments; and making an appropriation.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 451 offered by Senators Miller and Carpenter.
Senator Kapanke, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 451 be laid on the table.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 451 be placed after Senate Bill 175 on the calendar.
Special Order at 9:31 A.M.
Senate Bill 175
Relating to: the 2003-05 Authorized State Building Program.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 175?
Senator Risser raised a point of order that Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 175 was not germane.
The Chair ruled the point of order not well taken.
The question was: Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 175?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 175
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 20; noes, 13; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp and Zien - 20.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Lassa, Miller, Plale, Risser, Robson, Taylor and Wirch - 13.
Absent or not voting - None.
Passed.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 175 be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Senate Bill 451
Relating to: the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan; creating the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority; a health benefit program for persons eligible for tax credits for payment of premiums; an income and franchise tax credit for Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan assessments; and making an appropriation.
Senate substitute amendment 2 to Senate Bill 451 offered by Senator Kapanke.
The question was: Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 2 to Senate Bill 451?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Hansen, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate return to the amendable stage to reconsider adoption of Senate substitute amendment 2.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 451 be placed after Assembly Bill 264 on the calendar.
Special Order at 9:32 A.M.
Assembly Bill 264
Relating to: increasing filing fees for municipal court actions.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 264?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 264
Read a third time and concurred in as amended.
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 264 be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Senate Bill 451
Relating to: the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan; creating the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority; a health benefit program for persons eligible for tax credits for payment of premiums; an income and franchise tax credit for Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan assessments; and making an appropriation.
S480
Senator Kedzie, with unanimous consent, asked that
Senate Bill 451 be placed after
Senate Bill 426 on the calendar.
Special Order at 9:33 A.M.
Senate Bill 426
Relating to: various changes in the unemployment insurance law, authorized positions for the department of justice, making appropriations, and providing penalties.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 426 offered by Senator Reynolds.
Senator Schultz moved that Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 426 be laid on the table.
