Senate Bill 489
Relating to: payment of a police officer's or fire fighter's salary after being charged with a misdemeanor or felony and discharged, and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against a first class city police officer or fire fighter.
By
Senators
Grothman, Roessler and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Gottlieb, Nass, Kerkman, Hahn, Vos, Kleefisch and LeMahieu.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 490
Relating to: eliminating an assessment on the gross private patient revenue of hospitals, creating an assessment on the gross patient revenue of hospitals, creating a hospital assessment trust fund, increasing the Medical Assistance and Badger Care payment rate for hospitals, requiring monthly payments by health maintenance organizations to hospitals and reconciliation of payments with actual utilization of services, increasing supplemental Medical Assistance payments to rural hospitals, transferring moneys from the hospital assessment fund to the injured patients and families compensation fund, requiring the Department of Health and Family Services annually to submit a report for review by the Joint Committee on Finance, and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Breske, Kreitlow, Lassa, Lehman, Sullivan, Miller and Decker; cosponsored by Representatives Seidel, Schneider, Black and A. Williams.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Senate Bill 491
Relating to: eliminating the study related to imposing local general property taxes on public utility property.
By
Senator
Plale
; cosponsored by Representative Honadel
.
To committee on Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity.
Senate Bill 492
Relating to: vacancies in appointive state offices.
By
Senators
Jauch and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Sherman, Van Akkeren and Sinicki.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 493
Relating to: providing information about suicide prevention to public and private school professional staff.
By
Senators
Lehman, Darling, Lassa, Plale, Risser and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Van Akkeren, Berceau, Hahn, Nygren, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Sheridan and Turner.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 494
Relating to: changing the procedures for filling vacant civil service positions in the city of Milwaukee.
By
Senators
Taylor and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Cullen, Fields, Grigsby, Lothian, Stone, Toles, A. Williams and Zepnick.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 495
Relating to: providing services to homeless public school pupils and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Lassa and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Boyle, Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Sheridan, Soletski, Turner and Young.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 496
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Relating to: the consequences for failure to act within a time period specified in the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code, extension of certain time periods specified in the Children's Code, and informal dispositions under the Children's Code.
By
Senators
Coggs and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz and Grigsby.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 497
Relating to: assistant district attorney positions and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Taylor, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Darling, Plale, Kanavas, Harsdorf, Risser and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Staskunas, Hraychuck, Soletski, Richards, Jeskewitz, Nelson, Zepnick, A. Ott, Cullen, Berceau, Sinicki, Molepske and Hintz.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 498
Relating to: possession of an electric weapon.
By
Senators
Lassa, Grothman, Olsen, Cowles, Harsdorf, Lazich, Roessler, Schultz and Kedzie; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Bies, Hines, Kestell, LeMahieu, Molepske, Mursau, Ziegelbauer, Albers, Friske, Gottlieb, Hahn, Hixson, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Musser, Nygren, A. Ott, Petrowski, Tauchen, Townsend and Lothian.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 499
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation and a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain tangible personal property used to conduct research.
By
Senators
Kreitlow, Kanavas, Sullivan, Olsen, Darling, Kapanke, Leibham, Kedzie and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Kleefisch, Smith, Jorgensen, A. Ott, Hahn, Seidel, Strachota, Kerkman, Townsend, Turner, Gronemus, Van Roy and Musser.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 500
Relating to: creating an agricultural education and workforce development council and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Olsen, Lehman, Darling, Hansen, Harsdorf, Lassa, Kapanke, Plale, A. Lasee, Erpenbach, Roessler, Breske, Jauch and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives A. Ott, Gronemus, Davis, Vruwink, Hines, Fields, Hahn, Petrowski, Townsend, Murtha, M. Williams, Albers, Sheridan, Nygren, Molepske, Musser, Seidel, Friske, Strachota, Hubler, Garthwaite and Steinbrink.
To committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
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The committee on Commerce, Utilities and Rail reports and recommends:
Fischer, Jack,
of Appleton, as Secretary of the Department of Commerce, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Breske, Wirch, Hansen, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jeffrey Plale
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 124
Relating to: notice for child abuse, vulnerable adult, and harassment injunctions.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout and Lazich.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Grothman.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout and Lazich.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Grothman.
Senate Bill 319
Relating to: providing the jury in civil actions with an explanation regarding the results of their findings.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan and Vinehout.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Lazich and Grothman.
Senate Bill 364
Relating to: the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 382
Relating to: information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 406
Relating to: parenting plans in actions affecting the family.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout, Lazich and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 407
Relating to: a municipal court judgment regarding community service work.
Passage.
