Representative Murtha asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative E. Brooks. Granted.
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the chair.
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Amendments Offered
hist53933Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 228 offered by Representative Krug. hist53450Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 486 offered by joint committee on Finance. hist53455Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 486 offered by joint committee on Finance. hist53678Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 517 offered by Representative Jagler. hist53898Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 553 offered by joint committee on Finance. hist53890Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 599 offered by joint committee on Finance. hist53477Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 665 offered by joint committee on Finance. hist53934Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 731 offered by Representative Macco. hist53902Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 804 offered by joint committee on Finance. hist53914Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 856 offered by joint committee on Finance. _____________
Introduction and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: proclaiming April 28, 2016, Workers' Memorial Day in Wisconsin.
By Representatives Kahl, Sinicki, Ripp, Spreitzer, Barnes, Mason, Shankland, Doyle, Johnson, Kolste, Sargent, Hesselbein, Riemer, Genrich, Danou, Brostoff, Subeck, Milroy, Hebl, Zepnick, Goyke, Ohnstad, Considine, Berceau, Jorgensen and Wachs; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Wirch, Carpenter, Hansen, Harris Dodd, Vinehout, Ringhand, C. Larson and L. Taylor.
Relating to: requesting the department of health services and the department of children and families to seek waiver approval to create a sliding scale for eligibility for public benefit programs.
By Representatives Vos, Vorpagel, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Tittl, Loudenbeck, Czaja, Knodl, Rohrkaste, Berceau, Krug, Kremer, Gannon, Duchow, Rodriguez and Ballweg; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Harsdorf, Lassa and Gudex.
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
By Representatives Nerison, Hebl, Kahl, Zamarripa, Milroy, Jorgensen, Petryk, Johnson, Danou, Ohnstad, Knudson, Horlacher, Berceau, Sinicki, Subeck, C. Taylor, Spreitzer and Genrich; cosponsored by Senators Shilling, Miller, Hansen, Wirch, Olsen, Vinehout, Risser, C. Larson, Harris Dodd, Cowles, Lazich and Lassa.
Relating to: honoring the 200th anniversary of Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien.
By Representatives Nerison, Berceau, Danou, Genrich, Horlacher, Jorgensen, Murphy, Ohnstad, Pope and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Shilling, Cowles, Lassa, Ringhand, Vinehout and L. Taylor.
Relating to: the performance of highway improvement projects by a county and private construction projects by a political subdivision.
By Representatives Kremer, Billings, Berceau, Considine, Milroy, Ohnstad, C. Taylor, Zepnick and Pope; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout and Bewley.
Assembly Bill 903
Relating to: creating a grant program to cover tuition and other educational expenses at public institutions of higher education, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Sargent, Brostoff, Sinicki, Ohnstad, Zepnick, Berceau and Genrich; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Wirch, Risser, Harris Dodd and Carpenter.
hist53888To committee on Colleges and Universities. Relating to: creation of a Wage Council to study and make recommendations concerning increases in the minimum wage and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Sinicki, Bowen, Barnes, Spreitzer, Johnson, Ohnstad, Brostoff, Sargent, Goyke, Berceau, Subeck, Wachs, Shankland, Kahl and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Harris Dodd, L. Taylor, Bewley, Vinehout and C. Larson.
hist53889To committee on State Affairs and Government Operations. _____________
Committee Reports
The committee on Children and Families reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 228
Relating to: definition of tetrahydrocannabinols.
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Neylon, Duchow, Johnson and Subeck.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Heaton and Billings.
Assembly Bill 514
Relating to: procedures for changing the placement of a child who is subject to a temporary physical custody order or termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, procedures for amending a consent decree of the juvenile court, emergency change-in-placement procedures for a child who is placed in his or her own home under a dispositional order of the juvenile court, venue in post-dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code, procedures for requesting and objecting to a proposed change in placement of a child and for changing the placement of a child when no objection is filed, the appointment of a successor guardian for a child who is subject to a termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, case closure orders with respect to a child whose dispositional order is terminated, and the effective period of a temporary physical custody order of the juvenile court.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow, Johnson, Billings and Subeck.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow, Johnson, Billings and Subeck.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Bill 674
Relating to: visitation of residents of certain facilities by adult children.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow, Johnson, Billings and Subeck.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow and Johnson.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Billings and Subeck.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow, Johnson, Billings and Subeck.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow, Johnson, Billings and Subeck.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow and Johnson.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Billings and Subeck.
Assembly Bill 737
Relating to: the crime of child sex trafficking, the inclusion of child sex trafficking in the definition of child abuse, the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution or of child sex trafficking for purposes of a commercial sex act, and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow, Johnson, Billings and Subeck.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Rodriguez, Gannon, R. Brooks, Vorpagel, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Heaton, Neylon, Duchow, Johnson, Billings and Subeck.
Noes: 0.
