Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 309
Relating to: offering and admitting custody studies in accordance with the rules of evidence.
By
Representatives Albers, F. Lasee, Hahn and Pridemore; cosponsored by Senator Plale
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To committee on Children and Family Law
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Assembly Bill 310
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge, directing the secretary of workforce development to appoint a committee to study wage disparities between men and women and between minority group members and nonminority group members, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Sinicki, Sheridan, Van Akkeren, Pocan, Grigsby, Vruwink, Pope-Roberts, Travis, Shilling, Berceau, Black, Boyle, Fields, Hintz, Mason, Turner, Sherman, Benedict, Smith, Richards, Zepnick, Garthwaite, Young, A. Williams, Nelson, Steinbrink, Kreuser, Colon, Hubler, Parisi, Seidel, Jorgensen, Toles, Soletski and Schneider; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Erpenbach, Lehman, Taylor, Lassa, Breske and Miller.
To committee on Jobs and the Economy
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Assembly Bill 311
Relating to: the use of automatic dialing announcing devices and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Black, Benedict, Soletski, Berceau, A. Williams, Kaufert and Molepske; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter and Harsdorf.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
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Assembly Bill 312
Relating to: licensure and other regulation of mold assessors and mold remediators, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing penalties.
By
Representatives Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Sherman, Molepske, Benedict, Seidel and Hilgenberg; cosponsored by Senator Lassa
.
To committee on Housing.
Assembly Bill 313
Relating to: entering into an agreement among the states to elect the president of the United States by means of a national popular vote.
By
Representatives Berceau, Black, Travis, Grigsby, A. Williams, Boyle, Sinicki and Toles; cosponsored by Senator Wirch
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To committee on Elections and Constitutional Law
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Assembly Bill 314
Relating to: penalties for late or delinquent payments under the Wisconsin Consumer Act.
By
Representatives Sherman, Young, Albers, Turner, A. Williams, Parisi, Shilling, Soletski, Zepnick, Sinicki, Boyle, Black, Musser and Toles; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Lehman, Hansen and Wirch.
To committee on Financial Institutions
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Assembly Bill 315
Relating to: requiring the state and political subdivisions to accept cash as a form of payment at locations where in-person payments of fees, charges, or taxes are accepted.
By
Representatives Schneider and Hahn.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
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Relating to: prohibiting insurers, risk-sharing plans, and certain self-insured plans from using social security numbers as personal identifiers.
By
Representatives Schneider, Pope-Roberts, Benedict, Sinicki, Berceau, Gundrum, Molepske, Hraychuck and Black; cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Wirch and Lehman.
To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 317
Relating to: the implementation and administration of federal education laws.
By
Representatives Schneider, Fields and Pope-Roberts; cosponsored by Senator Erpenbach
.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 318
Relating to: prescriptions for antibiotic drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Wasserman, Townsend, A. Ott, Berceau, Grigsby, Hahn, Molepske, Pocan, Sheridan, Sinicki, Toles, Travis and Young; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Lassa and Lehman.
To committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
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Assembly Bill 319
Relating to: the definitions of motor bicycle and moped.
By
Representatives Lothian, Sherman, Hahn, Gronemus, A. Williams, Townsend and Cullen; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee and Risser.
To committee on Transportation
.
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The following Assembly proposal, which has been approved by both the Assembly and Senate, has been enrolled by the Legislative Reference Bureau:
Assembly Joint Resolution 28
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
May 3, 2007
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
As part of our ongoing audit responsibilities, we conducted a limited‐scope review of pricing policies for canteens in each of the 20 adult correctional institutions administered by the Department of Corrections (DOC). Canteens operate as prison stores from which inmates may purchase packaged foods, cards, stamps, personal items, toiletries, and other items. Institution administrators have broad authority for canteen operations. For example, they choose whether an institution will operate its canteen directly or select a private vendor, as well as which items will be sold to inmates. Canteens are managed by state employees in 14 institutions and by contractors in the other 6.
DOC has established pricing policies that apply to both state‐operated and contract canteens. These policies require items sold in the canteens to be priced approximately 10 percent above the price paid by the vendor. The mark‐up now appears to be consistently applied, but we found that differences in prices for similar items were sometimes substantial and that these differences occurred in both state‐operated and contract canteens.
In February 2003, an internal working group reported that consolidating canteen operations would likely result in reduced costs to DOC and inmates. We include a recommendation for DOC to reassess the cost‐effectiveness of consolidating canteen operations, either through a private vendor or with state employees, and report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee by October 1, 2007.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by DOC staff during the course of our review.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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Representative Nerison moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, May 9.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
10:31 A.M.
