Wisconsin Legislature: S355

Relating to: submitting custody study reports to the parties and offering custody study reports in accordance with the rules of evidence.

By Senators Taylor and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Seidel, Zigmunt, Vruwink, Turner, Clark, Berceau, Sinicki, Grigsby, Kessler and Pridemore.

To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

Senate Bill 333

Relating to: prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.

By Senators Darling, Lazich, Plale, Carpenter, Kanavas, Cowles, A. Lasee, Olsen, Hopper and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Honadel, Ziegelbauer, Suder, Kleefisch, Gottlieb, Vos, Kerkman, Zipperer, Davis, Knodl, Huebsch, Lothian, A. Ott, Nass, Petersen, LeMahieu, Vukmir, Spanbauer, Montgomery, Ballweg, Gunderson, Kestell, Kramer, Newcomer, Petrowski, Tauchen, Townsend, Strachota, Stone, Nygren, J. Ott, Brooks, Meyer and Kaufert.

To committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.

Senate Bill 334

Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.

By Senators Plale, Darling, Hansen, Coggs, Schultz and Hopper; cosponsored by Representatives Zepnick, Honadel, Sinicki, Jorgensen, Steinbrink, Kerkman, Montgomery, Brooks, Townsend, Benedict, Bies, Nerison, Mursau, Nass, LeMahieu and A. Ott.

To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

Senate Bill 335

Relating to: using county jail funds for costs related to providing educational and medical services to county jail inmates.

By Senators Olsen, Taylor, Darling, Miller and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Clark, Ballweg, Grigsby, Gunderson, Molepske Jr., M. Williams, A. Ott and Spanbauer.

To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

Senate Bill 336

Relating to: requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

By Senators Harsdorf, Plale, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Darling and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Sinicki, Krusick, Vos, Lothian, Townsend, A. Ott, Zepnick, Petrowski, Bies and Strachota.

To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

Senate Bill 337

Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence motivated by gender.

By Senators Coggs, Hansen and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Roys, Black, Sinicki, Dexter, Grigsby, Pasch, Toles and Parisi.

To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

Senate Bill 338

Relating to: maximum amount of funeral and burial expenses under the funeral, burial, and cemetery expenses program.

By Senators Lehman, Wirch, Miller, Lassa, Taylor, Kedzie and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Turner, Soletski, Kerkman, Montgomery, Nygren, Bies, Vos, Barca, A. Williams, Young and Hubler.

To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.

Senate Bill 339

Relating to: certification and licensure of real estate appraisers and requirements for appraisal reports and granting rule-making authority.

S355 By Senators Plale, Taylor, Lehman and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Zepnick, Young, Soletski, Jorgensen, Wood, Fields, A. Williams, Richards, Dexter, Petrowski, Mason, Colon, Clark, Sinicki and Hraychuck.

To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.

Senate Bill 340

Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants.

By Senators Leibham, Darling, Grothman, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Olsen, Schultz and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery, Ballweg, Brooks, Gunderson, Honadel, Kerkman, Kestell, Knodl, LeMahieu, Lothian, Nygren, A. Ott, Petersen, Rhoades, Ripp, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos, Ziegelbauer, Zipperer and Nerison.

To committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail.

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Report of Committees

The committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development reports and recommends:

Senate Bill 288

Relating to: Indian child welfare.

Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.