Relating to: proclaiming May 4, 2017, as Wisconsin Day of Prayer.
By Representatives Macco, Schraa, Katsma, Kulp, Murphy, Jacque, Tittl, Weatherston, Crowley and Duchow; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Darling, Nass and Stroebel.
Relating to: recognizing the Rock River Trail, honoring the efforts of trail founder Frank Schier, and celebrating the trail's grand opening.
By Representatives Spreitzer, Born, Loudenbeck, Berceau, Crowley, Horlacher, Jagler, Kessler, Kolste, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Wachs and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Ringhand, Nass, Feyen, Risser, Vinehout and Wirch.
Relating to: the commitment-to-family policy of Karen Bogenschneider of Verona, Wisconsin.
By Representatives Ballweg, Murphy, Hintz, Kolste, Mursau, Mason, Loudenbeck, Sinicki, Berceau, Milroy, Sargent, Spreitzer, Crowley, Pope, Subeck, Novak, E. Brooks, Ripp, Vruwink, Rodriguez and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Johnson, Erpenbach, Shilling, Miller, Vinehout, Risser, Cowles, Wirch, Darling, L. Taylor, Harsdorf and Bewley.
Relating to: congratulating the Stevens Point Area Senior High boys varsity basketball team for winning the 2017 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I State Championship title.
By Representatives Shankland, Berceau, Bowen, Hintz, Sinicki, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Wachs, Zepnick and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Johnson and Vinehout.
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Committee Reports
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 95
Relating to: authorizing a school board member to refuse his or her salary.
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Jagler, Tusler, Mursau, Quinn, Duchow, Wichgers, Pope, Genrich, Considine, Hebl, Bowen and Vruwink.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Jagler, Tusler, Mursau, Quinn, Duchow, Wichgers, Pope, Genrich, Considine, Hebl, Bowen and Vruwink.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Bill 233
Relating to: submitting a state plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Jagler, Tusler, Mursau, Quinn, Duchow and Wichgers.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Pope, Genrich, Considine, Hebl, Bowen and Vruwink.
JEREMY THIESFELDT
Chairperson
Committee on Education
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The committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 160
Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Kleefisch, Quinn, Tittl, Edming, Nerison, Mursau, Skowronski, Ripp and Stafsholt.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Milroy, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Stuck and Brostoff.
JOEL KLEEFISCH
Chairperson
Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage
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Communications
April 26, 2017
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
hist68711Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 208, relating to changing the individual income tax deduction eligibility requirements for certain adoption-related expenses. hist68712Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 259, relating to the length of the recognition period for built-in gains tax; the evidentiary standard for proving a transaction has economic substance; participation by the Department of Revenue in the Multistate Tax Commission Audit Program; and reliance by a taxpayer on past audits by the Department of Revenue. Sincerely,
SCOTT ALLEN
State Representative
97th Assembly District
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April 26, 2017
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
hist68703Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 65, relating to sales and transfers of firearms and providing a criminal penalty. Sincerely,
JENNIFER SHILLING
State Senator
32nd Senate District
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April 26, 2017
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
hist68767I respectfully ask that my name be withdrawn as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 260, relating to physical examinations conducted by chiropractors; performance of medical examinations by chiropractors for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; chiropractic acupuncture and chiropractic dry needling; delegation of certain services by a chiropractor; modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Chiropractic Examining Board; and granting rule-making authority. Sincerely,
VAN WANGGAARD
State Senator
21st Senate District