The committee held a public hearing on Monday, May 12, 2008, on the following: Timberlake, Karen of Madison, as secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Timberlake, Karen of Madison, as secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor; Fulkerson, Jay of Menasha, as a member of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Gifford, Michael of Milwaukee, as a member of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Greenley, Dianne of McFarland, as a member of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Peirick, Carol of Madison, as a member of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011. Stanley, Tim of Monona, as a member of the Cemetery Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Utilities, and Rail and the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources held a joint session on Thursday, May 1, 2008 on the following: Clearinghouse Rule 07-100, relating to private onsite wastewater treatment systems, and affecting small businesses; Clearinghouse Rule 07-100, relating to private onsite wastewater treatment systems, and affecting small businesses; Clearinghouse Rule 06-108, relating to regulation of fishing tournaments in inland, outlying, and boundary waters of Wisconsin; Clearinghouse Rule 07-076, relating to hazardous air pollutant emissions associated with agricultural waste and affecting small business; Clearinghouse Rule 07-104, relating to major source definition and affecting small business; Clearinghouse Rule 07-112, relating to general permits for dredging in Great Lakes navigable waterways.

The committee held an executive session on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, on the following: Cupp, Mark, of Blue River, as a member of the Land and Water Conservation Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2012; Lundberg, William, of Wisconsin Rapids, as a member of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Quackenbush, William, of Black River Falls, as a member of the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Rohde, Gary of River Falls, as a member of the Natural Resources Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Walsh, Roger, of Wauwatosa, as a member of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2013.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, April 17, 2008, on PI 33 Emergency Extension Request, relating to grants for nursing services.

The Joint Committee on Audit Public Hearing held a public hearing on April 10, 2008 on the following: Proposed Audit: Accountability, Consolidation, and Efficiency (ACE) Initiative. Requested by Senator Sullivan, Representative Jeskewitz and Senator Cowles. Proposed Audit: Treatment of Adult Inmates with Mental Illnesses in the Wisconsin Corrections System. Requested by Senator Sullivan, Representative Jeskewitz and Representative Parisi. Audit Report 08-3, 17-Year-Old Offenders in the Adult Criminal Justice System, Department of Corrections.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, on the following: Quackenbush, William, of Black River Falls, as a member of the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Walsh, Roger of Wauwatosa, as a member of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2013; Cupp, Mark of Blue River, as a member of the Land and Water Conservation Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2012; Lundberg, William of Wisconsin Rapids, as a member of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Rohde, Gary of River Falls, as a member of the Natural Resources Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, on the following: DNR Emergency Order No. FH-40-07(E), relating to control of fish diseases and invasive species; DATCP Emergency Rule Extension ATCP 10, relating to diseases of fish and farm-raised deer. An executive session followed the public hearing to deal with DNR Emergency order No. FH-40-07(E) and DATCP Emergency Rule Extension ATCP 10.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, March 27, 2008, on Information Technology Oversight Oskar Anderson, State of Wisconsin Department of Administration Chief Information Officer will provide testimony on how the department has responded to last year's audit report calling for increased oversight of state information technology projects. Testimony will include an overview of changes the department has made in the development, oversight and implementation of all state IT projects, especially those that cost more than $1 million. Representative Phil Montgomery will also provide testimony on the findings of the Speaker's Task Force on Information Technology Failures.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, on the following: Henzl, Robert of Racine, as a member of the Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2009; Miller, Michael of West Bend, as a member of the Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; the committee also held an executive session on the following: Henzl, Robert of Racine, as a member of the Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2009; Miller, Michael of West Bend, as a member of the Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Tlusty, Wayne of Rib Lake, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Wesley, Gregory of Milwaukee, as a member of the Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board, for the term ending July 1, 2011; Williams, Jay of Hartland, as a member of the Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2009.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, on Clearinghouse Rule 07-114, relating to vehicle emission inspection program. The committee also held an informational hearing on "Real ID."

The committee held an executive session on Thursday, March 20, 2008, on the following: 2008 Special Session Assembly Bill 1, relating to state finances and appropriations.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, on 2008 Special Session Assembly Bill 1, relating to state finances and appropriations.

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The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 717, relating to fire safety performance standards for cigarettes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 771, relating to use of a social security number as personal identifier in the administration of a state or local governmental program. The committee also held an executive session on the following items: Assembly Bill 717, relating to fire safety performance standards for cigarettes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 771, relating to use of a social security number as personal identifier in the administration of a state or local governmental program.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 212, relating to designating a state tartan. The committee also held an executive session on the following items: Senate Bill 215, relating to making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday; Assembly Bill 848, relating to revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors and supplying omissions; Assembly Bill 875, relating to certification of major party nominees for the offices of president and vice president in 2008.

The committee held a public hearing and executive session on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 600, relating to membership on the State Trails Council; Senate Bill 514, relating to all-terrain vehicle routes and trails that may be used by operators of lightweight utility vehicles.

The committee held an executive session on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, on Senate Bill 232, relating to pharmacists, contraceptives, and the definition of abortion.

The committee held a public hearing on Monday, March 10, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 915, relating to notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 523, relating to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, withdrawals of water from the Great Lakes Basin, water withdrawal and use, water supply planning, water conservation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. The committee also held an executive session on the following items: Assembly Bill 396, relating to restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other lawn fertilizer and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 831, relating to hunting deer of either sex by the holder of a Class B hunting permit; Assembly Bill 892, relating to increasing the fee for a snowmobile trail use sticker; Assembly Bill 896, relating to membership of the State Fair Park Board; Assembly Bill 915, relating to notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation; Senate Bill 197, relating to restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other lawn fertilizer and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 208, relating to the leasing of land in the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest for the purpose of gravel extraction.

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on Monday, March 10, 2008, on the following: Senate Bill 488, relating to the Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board; Senate Bill 562, relating to the establishment of the Healthy Wisconsin Plan and the Healthy Wisconsin Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

The committee held an executive session on Friday, March 7, 2008, on the following: Senate Bill 554, relating to exempting certain lifts from the statutes regulating the installation of elevators and similar conveyances, exempting personnel hoists and material hoists from the statutes regulating the installation and operation of elevators and similar conveyances, rules implementing the statutes regulating the installation and operation of elevators and similar conveyances, and delaying the effective date for statutes regulating the installation and operation of elevators and similar conveyances; Senate Bill 544, relating to requiring that local regulation of a wind energy system be consistent with Public Service Commission rules and granting rule-making authority.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, March 6, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 907, relating to the transfer of, and the residency requirements under, the film production tax credits; Assembly Bill 789, relating to the total amount of airport development zone and technology zone tax credits.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, March 6, 2008, on the following: Assembly Joint Resolution 33, relating to status of seats of legislators on ordered military duty and appointment of temporary acting legislators for legislators performing ordered military duty; Senate Bill 359, relating to religious or charitable gifts from candidates; Assembly Bill 904, relating to administration of elections and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 903, relating to verification of the eligibility of voters whose names do not appear on registration lists or who appear to have voted more than once; Kevin Kennedy, General Counsel, Government Accountability Board provided a status report to the committee on successes and shortcomings of the Statewide Voter Registration System; the transition to G.A.B.; and if budget cuts occur will the G.A.B. be able to absorb? This presentation is for the information of the committee. The committee also held an executive session on the following items: Assembly Bill 61, relating to acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees; Assembly Joint Resolution 30, relating to prohibiting assessing indigent legal fees to attorneys licensed to practice law in this state.

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The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, March 6, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 513, relating to requiring that a high school course in agriculture be counted as a science credit; Assembly Bill 715, relating to the purchase, storage, or use of mercury by schools; Assembly Bill 814, relating to grants for world languages instruction in elementary schools and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 878, relating to providing information about suicide prevention to public and private school professional staff; Assembly Bill 906, relating to state special education aid for the salaries of certain pupil services personnel and granting rule-making authority; LRB 4147/1, relating to computing the number of school days required to be held by a school district. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 233, relating to granting high school diplomas to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities; Assembly Bill 366, relating to sentencing for crimes on school premises and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 367, relating to trespass on school premises and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 647, 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; Senate Bill 42, relating to school policies on bullying.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, March 6, 2008, on the following items: Assembly Bill 659, relating to income and franchise tax credits for sales and use taxes paid on nonprescription drugs; Assembly Bill 748, relating to creating a nonrefundable individual and corporate income tax credit for health care providers who provide services to Medical Assistance recipients at a higher than average rate; Assembly Bill 783, relating to reporting deaths, death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners, inquests, disposition of bodies, training and testing requirements for coroners and medical examiners, creating the Board on Medicolegal Investigations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 912, relating to providing coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants under BadgerCare Plus and granting rule-making authority.

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The committee held a public hearing and executive session on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, on the following: Senate Bill 524, relating to utility aid payments based on a production plant's value in 1990; Senate Bill 525, relating to requirements for automatic fire suppression systems and exhaust hoods in mobile kitchens; Assembly Bill 654, relating to eliminating the study related to imposing local general property taxes on public utility property; Senate Bill 554, relating to exempting certain lifts from the statutes regulating the installation of elevators and similar conveyances, exempting personnel hoists and material hoists from the statutes regulating the installation and operation of elevators and similar conveyances, rules implementing the statutes regulating the installation and operation of elevators and similar conveyances, and delaying the effective date for statutes regulating the installation and operation of elevators and similar conveyances; Senate Bill 544, relating to requiring that local regulation of a wind energy system be consistent with Public Service Commission rules and granting rule-making authority.

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The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, on the following: Senate Bill 504, relating to supervision of barber or cosmetologist apprentices; Senate Bill 474, relating to licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 232, relating to pharmacists, contraceptives, and the definition of abortion. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Senate Bill 433, relating to cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program; Senate Bill 518, relating to changes to BadgerCare Plus.

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, on the following: Senate Joint Resolution 80, relating to providing property tax relief to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration); Senate Bill 532, relating to motor vehicle operating privileges, seizures by courts or law enforcement officers of operator's licenses, and reinstatement of canceled identification cards; Senate Bill 476, relating to the effect of an order denying, limiting, discontinuing, or prohibiting parental visitation with a child who is adjudged to be in need of protection or services, who is the subject of a termination of parental rights petition, or who is in sustaining care following a termination of parental rights on visitation between the child and a sibling and requiring a child's permanency plan to include a statement as to whether visitation between the child and a sibling is in the best interests of the child and sibling when parental visitation is denied, limited, discontinued, or prohibited; Senate Bill 216, relating to adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 549, relating to the confidentiality and electronic filing of real estate transfer returns. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Raemisch, Richard of Waunakee, as a member of the Prison Industries Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2008; Senate Bill 162, relating to extending domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions to include abuse to animals and threats of abuse to animals; Senate Bill 496, 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; Senate Bill 498, relating to possession of an electric weapon.

The committee held a public hearing and executive session on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 893, relating to distribution of moneys to Wisconsin Retirement System employers under 1999 Wisconsin Act 11; payment of interest by the Department of Employee Trust Funds on credited or refunded moneys; Wisconsin Retirement System beneficiary standard sequence; accelerated death benefit option continuation under the Wisconsin Retirement System; life insurance benefits administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds; definition of the term Internal Revenue Code for purposes of benefit plans administered by the Department of Employee Trust Funds; interest rates charged on moneys owed the Department of Employee Trust Funds for benefit programs; payment of death benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System; authority of the Group Insurance Board; eligibility requirements for duty disability benefit under the Wisconsin Retirement System; amortization period for unfunded prior service liability under the Wisconsin Retirement System; attachment of retirement benefits for delinquent state tax purposes; waiver of benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System; and granting rule-making authority.

The committee held a public hearing on Monday, March 3, 2008, on the following: Nelson, Elwyn of Oshkosh, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010; Stark, Will of De Pere, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010; Assembly Bill 62, relating to electric receptacles maintained by the Department of Natural Resources at state park campsites; Assembly Bill 782, relating to a floodplain zoning ordinance exemption for construction activities related to the veterans memorial building in the city of Burlington in Racine County; Senate Bill 553, relating to notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Senate Bill 385, relating to the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake; Senate Bill 397, relating to the disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, making an appropriation, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 441, relating to environmental regulation of mining and notice to transferees of interests in mining sites.

The committee held a public hearing on Monday, March 3, 2008, on the following: Nelson, Elwyn Of Oshkosh, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010; Stark, Will Of De Pere, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010; Assembly Bill 62, relating to electric receptacles maintained by the department of Natural Resources at state park campsites; Assembly Bill 782, relating to a floodplain zoning ordinance exemption for construction activities related to the veterans memorial building in the city of Burlington in Racine County; Senate Bill 553, relating to notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation. The committee also held an executive session on the following items: Senate Bill 385, relating to the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake; Senate Bill 397, relating to the disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, making an appropriation, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 441, relating to environmental regulation of mining and notice to transferees of interests in mining sites.

The committee held a public hearing on Monday, March 3, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 423, relating to extraterritorial plat approval on basis of land's use; Senate Bill 73, relating to creating an income and franchise tax credit for constructing and operating a data center that is designed for maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; Senate Bill 113, relating to excluding Internet access services from the definition of telecommunications services for sales and use tax purposes.

Continued.

The committee held an executive session on Thursday, February 28, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 47, relating to creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes; Assembly Bill 713, relating to the minimum sale price of prescription drugs; Assembly Bill 871, relating to health insurance without mandated benefits, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority, Assembly Bill 872, relating to disclosure of information by health care providers, insurers, and governmental self-insured plans; requiring acceptance by a health care provider of a payment amount in certain circumstances; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, Assembly Bill 873, relating to allowing out-of-state insurers to offer health care plans that are exempt from certain laws to employers and individuals in this state; Assembly Bill 497 Relating to: allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans and of medical review related to motor vehicle operator's licenses, and allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, on the following: Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership; Assembly Bill 274, relating to a state minimum wage and granting rule-making authority. The committee also held an executive session on the following items: Assembly Bill 289, relating to an official state language, encouragement of cultural diversity, use of English for governmental written expression, acquiring language proficiency, and use of languages for nongovernmental purposes; Assembly Bill 806, relating to an official state language, use of English for governmental written expression, and requiring state agencies and local governmental units to provide separate line items for the costs of documents and other materials that are not in English.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, on the following items: Assembly Bill 69, relating to registration requirements for professional engineers; Senate Bill 427, relating to collective bargaining rights under the State Employment Labor Relations Act for classified supervisors in the Department of Corrections who perform duties relating to probation, parole, and extended supervision; Senate Bill 462, relating to psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 494, relating to changing the procedures for filling vacant civil service positions in the city of Milwaukee; Senate Bill 512, relating to mandatory overtime hours worked by health care workers employed by health care facilities and providing penalties. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Neumann, Judith of Madison, as chair of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2013; Senate Bill 282, relating to deduction of membership dues from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System; Senate Bill 426, relating to authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village.

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The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 566, relating to creating a registry for violent offenders, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 876, relating to fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 877, relating to carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers; Assembly Bill 652, relating to the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest; Assembly Bill 778, relating to petitions for child abuse restraining orders and injunctions by district attorneys; Assembly Bill 790, relating to conditions of extended supervision, probation, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses; Assembly Bill 846, relating to unlawful use of a global positioning device and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 38, relating to possession of dogs by certain felony offenders and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 874, relating to the sale of stolen property on the Internet and providing a penalty. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 424, relating to adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 524, relating to time limitations for commencing prosecution of crimes; Assembly Bill 603, relating to use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 645, relating to providing a penalty for failure of a person to disclose his or her name upon the demand of a law enforcement officer during an investigatory stop; Assembly Bill 677, relating to invasion of privacy; Assembly Bill 690, relating to harassment of a person who is part of a neighborhood crime watch program and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 692, relating to termination of a tenancy for a drug manufacture or distribution conviction; Assembly Bill 737, relating to an integrated crime alert network.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, on the following: Raemisch, Richard Of Waunakee, as a member of the Prison Industries Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2008; Senate Bill 537, relating to judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings; Senate Bill 496, 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; Senate Bill 498, relating to possession of an electric weapon; Assembly Bill 51, relating to prohibiting certain computer messages or postings that invite harassment or obscene, lewd, or profane communication and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 411, relating to receiving a stolen firearm, and providing a penalty. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Bagadia, Nikhil Of Milwaukee, as a member of the Real Estate Appraisers Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011; Lee, Kenneth Of River Falls, as a member of the Real Estate Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Senate Bill 278, relating to threatening or committing battery against certain employees of first class cities and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 384, relating to disclosure of juvenile court records to other courts, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and agencies providing services to a juvenile court and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 461, relating to liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; Senate Bill 497, relating to assistant district attorney positions and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 337, relating to battery or threat to witnesses and providing a penalty.

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 834, relating to prohibiting smoking in places of employment, restaurants, taverns, and other indoor areas and providing a penalty.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, on the following: Senate Bill 518, relating to changes to BadgerCare Plus; 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; Senate Bill 374, relating to compulsory financial responsibility for the operation of motor vehicles, providing an exemption from emergency rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 398, relating to eliminating certain abortion prohibitions. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Senate Bill 246, relating to mental health professionals who may provide outpatient services for the treatment of nervous and mental conditions and alcoholism and other drug abuse problems or who, under Medical Assistance, may provide psychotherapy and alcohol and other drug abuse services and exempting certain Medical Assistance benefits from physician prescription requirements; Senate Bill 409, relating to remote dispensing by pharmacists and authorizing the exercise of rule-making powers; Senate Bill 487, relating to treatment records and patient health care records; Assembly Bill 173, relating to membership of the Council on Mental Health.

The committee held a public hearing on Monday, February 25, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 870, relating to virtual charter schools.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, February 21, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 685, relating to parenting plans in actions affecting the family; Assembly Bill 700, relating to children with severe disabilities or who are involved in multiple systems of care, or both, and their families and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 744, relating to a delinquent child support payer Web site; Assembly Bill 769, relating to placement of a child for adoption with a nonrelative prior to termination of parental rights, payment for preadoption preparation when a child is placed for adoption by a child welfare agency, and the applicability of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; Assembly Bill 709, relating to requiring every applicant for a marriage license to present a certified copy of a birth certificate; Assembly Bill 809, 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; Assembly Bill 767, relating to notification of the service of a petition for domestic abuse, child abuse, or harassment injunctions. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 489, relating to the disclosure to a birth parent whose parental rights to his or her birth child were terminated of identifying information about the birth child and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 622, relating to substitution of judges of divorce actions; Assembly Bill 676, relating to disclosure of juvenile court records to other courts, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and agencies providing services to a juvenile court and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 572, relating to notice of intent to remove a child from the home of a relative, review of decisions or orders involving the placement and care of a child placed in the home of a relative, and independent child abuse or neglect investigations when the subject of the investigation is a relative in whose home a child is placed; Assembly Bill 663, relating to child abuse and neglect prevention grants; Assembly Bill 571, relating to equalizing physical placement to the highest degree, requiring the court to state the reasons for ordering sole legal custody or not equalizing physical placement, and standards for modifying legal custody or physical placement.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, February 21, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 771, relating to use of a social security number as personal identifier in the administration of a state or local governmental program; Senate Bill 289, relating to the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in certain buildings, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. The committee also held an executive session on the following items: Senate Bill 69 relating to information obtained by a tax preparer in the course of preparing a client's tax return; Assembly Bill 771, relating to use of a social security number as personal identifier in the administration of a state or local governmental program.

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, February 21, 2008, on the following items: Assembly Bill 787, relating to psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 139, relating to review of deaths at correctional institutions; Assembly Bill 578, relating to restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran; Assembly Bill 721, relating to satisfaction of a court judgment or debt and notification to a consumer reporting agency; Assembly Bill 754, relating to restricting access to the consolidated court automated Internet Web site; Assembly Bill 787, relating to psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Assembly Bill 579, relating to increasing the jurisdictional amount in small claims actions.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, February 21, 2008, on the following: LRB 4097, the confidentiality and electronic filing of real estate transfer returns; Assembly Bill 756, relating to reports or records kept on the occurrence of fires; Assembly Bill 808, relating to creating a procedure for certain taxpayers to defer taxation on certain capital gains that are used to purchase a primary residence.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, on the following: Neumann, Judith, of Madison, as chair of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2013; Senate Bill 282, relating to deduction of membership dues from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System; Senate Bill 426, relating to authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Senate Bill 430, relating to making various changes in the worker's compensation law; Senate Bill 431, relating to various changes in unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation.

he committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 718, relating to delaying the implementation date of the comprehensive planning statute; Assembly Bill 796, relating to the requirement to build and maintain partition fences; Assembly Bill 804, relating to the authority of the Department of Justice and public nuisance actions; Assembly Bill 805, relating to compensation for the reduction in the fair market value of private real property.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 289, relating to an official state language, encouragement of cultural diversity, use of English for governmental written expression, acquiring language proficiency, and use of languages for nongovernmental purposes; Assembly Bill 806, relating to an official state language, use of English for governmental written expression, and requiring state agencies and local governmental units to provide separate line items for the costs of documents and other materials that are not in English; Assembly Bill 817, relating to the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, the submission of budget information by the department of commerce, and allocating funding to the technology commercialization grant and loan program. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 741, relating to cleanup and consolidation of Department of Commerce economic development programs, establishing a comprehensive annual reporting requirement, requiring the development of programmatic goals and accountability measures for economic development grants and loans, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 794, relating to changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 696, relating to creating an income and franchise tax credit for eligible innovation projects and project facilities; Assembly Bill 770, 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 machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 636, relating to adding a member to the Council on Veterans Programs; Assembly Bill 727, relating to markers for military memorial highways and bridges; Assembly Bill 810, relating to eligibility for veterans housing loan. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 636, relating to adding a member to the Council on Veterans Programs; Assembly Bill 727, relating to markers for military memorial highways and bridges; Assembly Bill 810, relating to eligibility for veterans housing loan.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 800, relating to licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Senate Bill 324, relating to grants to community health centers (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 325, relating to moneys used to reimburse the cost of drugs to treat HIV infections and making appropriations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 326, relating to eliminating reimbursement rate requirements for certain respiratory care services (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 327, relating to replacing the term lead inspection with the term lead investigation with respect to the level of lead in certain premises (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 328, relating to service of notice for certain licensees, registrants, or holders of certificates or applicants for licensure, registration, or certification (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Assembly Bill 766, relating to an addition to the 2007-09 Authorized State Building Program; Assembly Bill 740, relating to permitting a researcher, under certain conditions, access to cancer information reported to the Department of Health and Family Services, prohibiting certain other use or redisclosure of the information, creating civil liability for violation of the prohibitions, making an appropriation, and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 793, relating to treatment records and patient health care records.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, February 14, 2008, on Assembly Bill 388, relating to the licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation and fire-stop product mechanics and contractors; creating a thermal system insulation and fire-stop council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing, removing, and maintaining thermal system insulation and fire-stop products; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.

The committee held an informational hearing on Thursday, February 14, 2008, on draft Great Lakes Compact legislation Legislative Council will provide a briefing to the committee regarding the contents of upcoming legislation on the Great Lakes Compact. Department of Natural Resources staff will be available for questions. Invited testimony only. A preliminary draft of the legislation is available. Please contact the Senate Chief Clerk's office to obtain a copy.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, February 14, 2008, on Assembly Joint Resolution 34, relating to the creation of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration); Assembly Bill 410, relating to legislative committee review period of administrative rules and revisor consent regarding technical standards in rules; Senate Bill 106, relating to ineligibility of convicted felons for licensure as lobbyists; Senate Bill 215, relating to making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday; Senate Bill 296, relating to local ordinances authorizing the removal, impoundment, and disposal of vehicles involved in traffic violations; Senate Bill 422, relating to senate action on nominations to the Natural Resources Board. The committee also held an executive session on Senate Bill 335, relating to changing the requirements for the publication of certain actions taken by certain local governments; Assembly Bill 582, relating to changing the requirements for the publication of certain actions taken by certain local governments; Senate Bill 163, relating to state procurement of contractual services; Senate Bill 256, relating to expenditure of $73,562.70 from the general fund in payment of a claim against the state made by Landwehr Construction, Inc.; Senate Bill 314, relating to accumulating vacation leave for the purpose of termination or sabbatical leave for state employees (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of State Employment Relations); Senate Bill 315, relating to disciplinary actions against credential holders (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Regulation and Licensing); Senate Bill 316, relating to the residential facilities council (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce); Senate Bill 317, relating to eliminating the Petroleum Storage Environmental Cleanup Council (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce); Senate Bill 318, relating to duties of the director of the Office of State Employment Relations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of State Employment Relations); Senate Bill 359, relating to religious or charitable gifts from candidates; Senate Bill 372, relating to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Senate Bill 376, relating to reconciling outdated Internal Revenue Code references with changes made by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20 (Correction Bill); Senate Bill 377, relating to renumbering the appropriation accounts for the Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Administration); Assembly Bill 646, relating to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

Info about this item goes here.The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, on the following Assembly Bill 696, relating to creating an income and franchise tax credit for eligible innovation projects and project facilities; Assembly Bill 770, 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 machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research. The Assembly also held an executive session on Assembly Bill 609, relating to increasing appropriations for nanoscience positions and equipment at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and Chippewa Valley Technical College; Assembly Bill 635, relating to creating an income and franchise tax credit for expenses related to nanotechnology and providing an exemption from emergency rule-making procedures; Assembly Bill 671, relating to excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business.

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