Submitted by Department of Workforce Development.
Report received from Agency, February 13, 2009.
To committee on Labor.
Referred on February 26, 2009.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: commending Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan on his appointment as archbishop of New York.
By
Representatives Sinicki and Kleefisch; cosponsored by Senators Plale and Sullivan.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 91
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Murtha, Davis, Huebsch, Gunderson, Petersen, M. Williams, Townsend, LeMahieu, Spanbauer, Strachota, Brooks, Kaufert, Meyer, A. Ott, Zipperer, Knodl, Kramer, Lothian, Roth, Honadel, Tauchen, Suder, Ripp, Vos, Van Roy, Gottlieb, Nygren and Nerison; cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Erpenbach, Olsen, Lazich, Darling, Schultz, Leibham, Kedzie and Kapanke.
To committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
Assembly Bill 92
Relating to: the regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Shilling, Hintz, Molepske Jr., Lothian, Seidel, Dexter, Clark, Ballweg, Jorgensen, Bernard Schaber, Spanbauer, Strachota and Davis; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Erpenbach, Risser, Taylor, Plale, Harsdorf, Vinehout, Lehman, Schultz, Darling and Leibham.
To committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
Assembly Bill 93
Relating to: prohibiting certain automated telephone solicitations.
By
Representatives Roth, Bies, Gunderson, Lothian, Nass, A. Ott, Petersen, Spanbauer, Strachota, Townsend and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Holperin and A. Lasee.
To committee on Consumer Protection
.
Assembly Bill 94
Relating to: issuing annual vehicle admission receipts for motor buses for entry to state parks and other vehicle admission areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources.
By
Representatives Bies, Kaufert, Nygren, A. Ott, Spanbauer and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee and Grothman.
To committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties.
Assembly Bill 95
Relating to: preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.
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By
Representatives Sinicki, Mason, Toles, Pope-Roberts, Soletski, Hixson, Pocan, Bernard Schaber, Zigmunt, Berceau, Smith, Vruwink, Milroy, Benedict, Young, Turner and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Lehman, Taylor, Wirch, Hansen, Vinehout, Coggs, Risser and Miller.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 96
Relating to: operating a motor vehicle after revocation.
By
Representatives Kaufert, Spanbauer, Ziegelbauer, Roth, A. Ott, Kestell, Brooks, J. Ott, Lothian, Townsend and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Darling, A. Lasee and Kedzie.
To committee on Public Safety.
Assembly Bill 97
Relating to: the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day.
By
Representatives Radcliffe, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, Garthwaite, Grigsby, Gunderson, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Honadel, Hraychuck, Hubler, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Lothian, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Murtha, Nelson, A. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petrowski, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Richards, Ripp, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, M. Williams, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt, Friske, Strachota, Kleefisch and Gundrum; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Hansen, Cowles, Coggs, Decker, S. Fitzgerald, Lehman, Lazich, Schultz, Plale, Wirch, Taylor and Olsen.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Assembly Bill 98
Relating to: the designation of Korean War Armistice Day.
By
Representatives Radcliffe, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, Garthwaite, Grigsby, Gunderson, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Honadel, Hraychuck, Hubler, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Lothian, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Murtha, Nelson, A. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petrowski, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Richards, Ripp, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, M. Williams, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt, Friske, Strachota, Kleefisch and Gundrum; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Hansen, Cowles, Coggs, Decker, S. Fitzgerald, Lehman, Lazich, Schultz, Plale, Wirch, Taylor and Olsen.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Assembly Bill 99
Relating to: adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies.
By
Representatives Roth, Young, Kaufert, Ballweg, Benedict, Bies, Brooks, Cullen, Davis, Gunderson, Gundrum, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Richards, Ripp, Spanbauer, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos, A. Williams, Ziegelbauer and Zipperer; cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Erpenbach, Darling, Harsdorf, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Olsen, Schultz and Wirch.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 100
Relating to: preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, and establishing a standard application for individual health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Richards, Roys, Hraychuck, Seidel, Clark, Berceau and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Erpenbach, Robson, Lehman, Carpenter, Wirch, Taylor, Coggs, Hansen, Miller and Kreitlow.
To committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
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Assembly Bill 101
Relating to: the registration of antique snowmobiles.
By
Representatives Vruwink, Sherman, Garthwaite, Milroy, Zepnick, A. Ott, Nygren, Gunderson, Townsend, Petrowski, Molepske Jr., Steinbrink, Ziegelbauer, Mursau, Benedict and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Olsen, Plale, Taylor, A. Lasee, Schultz, Lehman, Cowles and Hansen.
To committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties.
Assembly Bill 102
Relating to: the licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation mechanics; creating a thermal system insulation council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing and maintaining thermal system insulation; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Sinicki, Berceau, Newcomer, Grigsby, Mason, Richards, Turner, Pasch, Fields, Parisi, Benedict, A. Williams, A. Ott and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Wirch, Lehman, Hansen, Carpenter, Plale, Lassa, Darling, Olsen and Erpenbach.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 103
Relating to: authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation.
By
Representatives Shilling, Danou, Mason, Pasch, Radcliffe, Garthwaite, Richards, Huebsch, Smith, Sherman, Clark, Young, Vukmir, Pope-Roberts, Milroy, Wood, Kerkman, Dexter, Hintz, Strachota, Soletski, Gunderson, Staskunas, Petersen, Davis, Black, Ballweg, Berceau, Kaufert, Hilgenberg, Molepske Jr., Townsend, Sinicki, Zipperer, A. Williams, Zepnick, Kleefisch, Hraychuck and Nass; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Lehman, Kapanke, Erpenbach, Hansen, Holperin, Kreitlow, Harsdorf, Darling, Taylor, Olsen, Schultz, Wirch, Plale, Robson, Lassa, Cowles and Grothman.
To committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
.
The committee on Consumer Protection reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 6
Relating to: a tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Hintz, Soletski, Hixson, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Lothian and Spanbauer.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Kleefisch and Meyer.
To committee on Rules.
Gordon Hintz
Chairperson
Committee on Consumer Protection
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 17
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
Madison
February 25, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to §
109.12 (2) and
(3), Wis. Stats., I hereby submit the Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) 2008 annual report on the administration and enforcement of §
109.07 and
109.075, Wis. Stats. The report contains three sections. The first section lists all employers in 2008 that notified DWD of business closings and mass layoffs planned in Wisconsin. The second section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received business closing or mass layoff notification complaints and the current status or outcome of those complaints. The third section of the report lists employers against whom DWD has received healthcare cessation notification complaints, DWD's actions and the current status or outcome of those complaints.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in this report please contact Jennifer Ortiz, Administrator of the Equal Rights Division, at (608) 266-0946.
Sincerely,
