The Special Committee on Emergency Management and Continuity of Government met today to further their agenda in preparation for the new legislative session. On the agenda was testimony by Brian Litza, Chief of the Emergency Medical Services Section at the Department of Health Services. Litza’s testimony was on EMS services after which he took questions from the committee. Other agenda items were the review and discussion of draft legislation pertaining to issues such as an interstate pest control compact, plant industry penalties, disposal of animal carcasses, the computation of school days and community levy limits.

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The Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations, chaired by Representative Jeffrey Mursau met on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, for discussions on the following: the treatment of tribal schools and tribal school pupils and staff in the Wisconsin statutes; liability for actions of tribal police officers when enforcing state law; the County-Tribal Cooperative Law Enforcement Program; and briefings on mutual assistance between tribal and county or municipal law enforcement agencies, Department of Children and Families and tribal work groups on codification of the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act in the Wisconsin statutes and on alternative funding for tribal child welfare programs, state funding for high-cost out-of-home placements of American Indian children by a tribal court, and the Wisconsin Indian Business Alliance.

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The Special Committee on School Safety, chaired by Senator John Lehman met on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, for committee discussion and consideration of possible recommendations regarding pupil information sharing, school safety plans, bullying, revenue caps, and other school safety issues.

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The Special Committee on Enhancing Recreational Trails for Non-Motorized Use, chaired by Senator Jim Sullivan met on Friday, December 5, 2008, for presentations by invited speakers from Departments of Tourism and Natural Resources; opportunity for public testimony regarding non-motorized trails and the use of those trails; opportunity for public testimony regarding draft legislation prepared for the Special Committee, including suggestions for additional legislation; discussion by Special Committee members of proposed draft legislation and modifications to the draft legislation, and potential votes to make final recommendations for legislation.

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The Special Committee on Strengthening Wisconsin Families, co-chaired by
Senator Lena Taylor and Representative Steve Kestell met on Thursday, December 4, 2008, for discussion of committee assignment, including: review of bill draft, relating to home visitation; WLC: 0125/2, relating to children who are involved in multiple systems of care and their families, and making an appropriation; other states' laws relating to relatives and the child welfare system; and an update from the Department of Children and Families.

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The Special Committee on Performance-Based Disease Management Programs for Large Population, chaired by Representative Steve Wieckert, met on Friday, November 21, 2008, for discussion and development of possible legislative recommendations on various topics related to the committee's charge, including the following: school and preschool nutrition and physical education policies and standards; a public awareness; health information technology; tax incentives for wellness programs; the primary care provider shortage; and walkable communties. They also discussed committee assignment.

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The Special Committee on Building Wisconsin's Workforce, chaired by Representative Patricia Strachota, met on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, for testimony on the audit process by representatives from the Legislative Audit Bureau; discussion of committee assignment, including: WLC: 0126/2, relating to requiring an additional credit in mathematics for a high school diploma; WLC: 0203/1, relating to an annual report to the legislature regarding the transfer of credits between educational institutions; bill draft relating to the collection of data by the Department of Regulation and Licensing; bill draft relating to Lifelong Learning Accounts.

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Continued.

The Assembly Committee on Natural Resources held a public hearing on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, on Clearinghouse Rule 06-108, relating to regulation of fishing tournaments in inland, outlying, and boundary waters of Wisconsin.

The Special Committee on Domestic Biofuels, chaired by Senator Pat Kreitlow met on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, for presentations on forestry-related policy considerations; Paul DeLong, Department of Natural Resources, Forestry Division Administration; Intermediate Ethanol Blends, American Coalition for Ethanol. They also discussed policy options and committee assignment.

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Continued.

The Special Committee on Strengthening Wisconsin Families, co-chaired by Senator Lena Taylor and Representative Steve Kestell, met on Friday, November 14, 2008, for presentations on home visitation by invited speakers, including: Jack Tweedie, Group Director, Children and Families Program, National Conference of State Legislatures; and Audrey Laszewski, Project Director, The Early Years Home Visitation Outcomes Project of Wisconsin. They also discussed Committee Assignment; WLC: 0125/2, relating to Children with Severe Disabilities or Who Are Involved in Multiple Systems of Care, or Both, and Their Families; Memo No. 4, WLC: 0125/2, relating to Children with Severe Disabilities or Who Are Involved in Multiple Systems of Care, or Both, and Their Families.

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The Joint Committee on Audit held a public hearing on Thursday, November 13, 2008, on the following: Annual Economic Development Programs Report (October 2008). The Committee will receive testimony from invited speakers only on this item. Interested persons may view the report from the Department of Commerce at www.commerce.wi.gov/BDdocs/BD-Act125-2008.pdf. The Committee may also discuss provisions of 2007 Wisconsin Act 125 and information contained in Audit Report 06-9, State Economic Development Programs. Interested persons may view the audit report at www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lab/reports/06-9Full.pdf. The committee will also receive public testimony on Best Practices Review of Truancy Reduction Efforts (September 2008).

The Senate Committee on Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity, held an informational hearing on Thursday, November 13, 2008, on the following: Indian Child Welfare Act, relating to Indian child welfare and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

The Special Committee on School Safety, chaired by Senator John Lehman, met on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, for invited testimony on school safety conference activities; and committee discussion and consideration of possible recommendations relating to school safety, including information sharing, school safety plans, bullying, revenue caps, and school safety grants.

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Continued.

The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules held a public hearing on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, on the following: RL 161.04 Emergency Rule Extension, relating to examinations for substance abuse professionals; DWD 40 Emergency Extension Request, relating to the Establishment of Birth Cost Orders Based on the Child Support Guidelines; Comm 108.07 Emergency Extension Request, relating to enabling the Department to use any available Community Development Block Grant funds for emergency assistance with repairing or replacing public infrastructure and facilities, and with repairing or replacing homes damaged by the severe storms and flooding.

The Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation, held an executive session on Friday, October 31, 2008, on Clearinghouse Rule 08-036, relating to the training and certification of individuals performing regulated asbestos abatement activities, the certification of companies providing regulated asbestos activities, the accreditation of asbestos training courses, the approval of asbestos training instructors, and the responsibilities of designated school asbestos coordinators, and affecting small businesses.

The Assembly Committee on Elections and Constitutional Law held an
informational hearing on Thursday, October 23, 2008, on the following items: at the time specified below: Kevin Kennedy, General Counsel, Government Accountability Board will provide a status report to the committee on Wisconsin's Election preparedness, the Statewide Voter Registration List, and the status of the Van Hollen v. GAB et. al., 08 CV 4085. This presentation is for the information of the committee.

The Special Committee on Building Wisconsin's Workforce, chaired by Representative Patricia Strachota, met on Wednesday, October 22, 2008, for testimony on the 2009-11 budget requests and programs and initiatives of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) regarding workforce development by Deborah Mahaffey, Assistant State Superintendent, Division of Academic Excellence, DPI; presentation on Lifelong Learning Accounts by Amy Sherman, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning; discussion of committee assignment, including a Discussion of Memo No. 1, Potential Recommendations Submitted for Consideration by Committee Members (September 23, 2008); discussion of bill drafts, including those relating to an annual report to the Legislature on credit transfer between the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin Technical College System; and requiring an additional credit in mathematics for a high school diploma.

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The Special Committee on High-Risk Juvenile Offenders, chaired by Senator Tim Carpenter, met on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, for testimony by Vincent Schiraldi, Director, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, District of Columbia; review of drafts relating to waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction, age of delinquency, reverse waiver from adult court, and the daily rate for juvenile correctional institutions; and discussion of the "Missouri Model" for juvenile justice.

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The Special Committee on Performance-Based Disease Management Programs for Large Population. chaired by Representative Steve Wieckert, met on Friday, October 17, 2008, for presentations by invited speakers, including James Galloway, Assistant Surgeon General, Region V, Chicago, IL, Elaine Mischler, CEO, Mischler Consultants, and Denise Webb, Program Manager, eHealth Care Quality and Patient Safety Board, Department of Health Services; and discussion of committee assignment.

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Special Committee on Strengthening Wisconsin Families, co-chaired by Representative Steve Kestell and Senator Lena Taylor met on Thursday, October 16, 2008, for presentations on collaboration and coordination by invited speakers, including Dr. Howard Garber, President, Milwaukee Center for Independence; review of a bill draft relating to coordinated services teams for children with severe disabilities or who are involved in multiple systems of care, or both, and their families; discussion of home visitation, including a description of current law regarding state funding for home visitation programs.

The Special Committee on Domestic Biofuels, chaired by Senator Pat Kreitlow, met on Tuesday, October 14, 2008, for presentations on: assessment of feedstocks in Wisconsin for the production of biofuels; lifecycle analyses of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of transportation fuels; Wisconsin and neighboring states' biofuels policies; and discussion of committee assignment.

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The Special Committee on Regional Transportation Authority, chaired by Representative Alvin Ott met on Thursday, October 9, 2008, for presentations and committee discussion on taxing methods and economic development associated with public transit services; discussion of preliminary draft committee legislation (WLC: 0063/P1); discussion of Wisconsin transit projects currently proposed for federal funding; and discussion of committee assignment.

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Continued.

The Special Committee on School Safety, chaired by Senator John Lehman met on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 for presentations by invited speakers on the BadgerCare program and mental health, and other school safety issues. They also met for a discussion of Special Committee assignment with focus on possible Special Committee actions on issues related to school safety and school safety plans.

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The Special Committee on Differences in Laws Applicable to Cities and Villages, chaired by Representative Mark Gottlieb, met on Monday, October 6, 2008, for consideration and possible approval of draft legislation relating to: Establishing and changing compensation for city and village elective offices; signing village contracts; bidding procedure for village public construction contracts; officer-of-the-peace status of village officers; publication by the city clerk of fund receipts and disbursements; village and fourth class city regulation of political signs; liability of counties and cities for mob damage; means of providing police and fire protection by cities; holdover status of appointed city and village officers; and use of the procedure in s. 32.05 villages for certain housing and urban renewal condemnation; and application of public contract bidder prequalification requirements to first class cities.

The Special Committee on Emergency Management and Continuity of Government, chaired by Senator Robert Jauch met on Wednesday, October 1, 2008, to hold a public hearing at which anyone is welcome to address the committee on issues related to emergency management, including state assistance in emergencies, public works mutual aid, urban search and rescue, the different emergency management needs of urban and rural areas, the financial ability of local units of government to address emergencies, interoperability of communications; and other emergency preparedness issues.

The Special Committee on Continuity of Legislative Operations, chaired by
Senator Robert Jauch, met on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 for a discussion of statutes, constitutional provisions, and rules that affect continuity of legislative operations.

The Special Committee on Strengthening Wisconsin Families, co-chaired by
Senator Lena Taylor and Representative Steve Kestell met on Friday, September 26, 2008, on the following: Presentations by invited speakers: Gerald Huber, Human Services Director, La Crosse County; Dan Naylor, CST Specialist, White Pine Consulting. The committee also discussed committee assignment and 2007 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.

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The Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation held an executive session on September 25, 2008, on the following: Clearinghouse Rule 06-080, relating to certification of outpatient mental health clinics, and affecting small businesses.

The Special Committee on Building Wisconsin's Workforce, chaired by Representative Patricia Strachota, met on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, on the following: Presentations by invited speakers, including John Keckhaver, Research Analyst, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families; Jim Golembeski, Executive Director, Bay Area Workforce Development Board; and Robert Borremans, Executive Director, Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board. The committee also discussed committee assignment with a focus on discussing potential legislative recommendations or specific issue areas that the committee should further study.

The Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation held a public hearing on Thursday, September 18, 2008, on the following: Clearinghouse Rule 06-080, relating to certification of outpatient mental health clinics, and affecting small businesses.

The Special Committee on Regional Transportation Authority, chaired by
Representative Alvin Ott met on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
on the following: Testimony by Rod Clark, Director, Bureau of Transit, Local Roads, Railroads, and Harbors, Department of Transportation; Testimony by Paul Larrousse, Director, National Transit Institute; Discussion of committee assignment.

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Continued.

The Special Committee on Domestic Biofuels, chaired by Senator Pat Kreitlow met on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, for presentations on: Current federal policies promoting transportation biofuels; Distribution of transportation fuels in Wisconsin; Effects of transportation biofuels usage in Wisconsin on attainment of national ambient air quality standards. They also held discussions on transportation fuels incentives and subsidies and committee assignment.

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Continued.

The Special Committee on High-Risk Juvenile Offenders, chaired by Senator Tim Carpenter met on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, on the following: Testimony by Sarah Hammond, Program Principal, Criminal Justice, National Conference of State Legislatures; testimony on Missouri’s juvenile justice system; and discussion of committee assignment.

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The Special Committee on Performance-Based Disease Management Programs for Large Populations, chaired by Representative Steve Wieckert met on Friday, September 12, 2008, on the following: Presentations by invited speakers, including Ken Thorpe, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease; Laura Tobler, National Conference of State Legislatures; Monica Pomasl, Appleton Area School District; Dr. John Barkmeier and Verna Van Nuland, ThedaCare; Carolyn Fisher, Centers for Disease Control; and Casey Fitzrandolph and Suzy Favor Hamilton, Winning Every Step of the Way. The committee also discussed committee assignment.

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The Special Committee on Recodification of Chapter 166 and Related Emergency Management Statutes, chaired by Senator Robert Jauch met on Friday, September 12, 2008, on the following: Discussion of reorganizing ch. 166 of the Wisconsin Statutes, renumbering and retitling sections, consolidating related provisions, modernizing language, resolving ambiguities in language, and making other necessary changes in the chapter and related statutes.

The Special Committee on Differences in Laws Applicable to Cities and Villages, chaired by Representative Mark Gottlieb met on Thursday, September 11, 2008, on the following: Review of draft legislation on: establishing and changing salaries for city and village elective offices; bidding procedure for city and village public construction contracts; officer-of-the-peace status of village officers; publication by the city clerk of fund receipts and disbursements; municipal regulation of political signs; liability of counties and cities for mob damage; means of providing police and fire protection by cities; and holdover status of appointed city officers. Discussion of possible draft legislation on election of village board members by district. Discussion of application of s. 32.05 procedure to villages for certain housing and urban renewal condemnation. Identification of additional issues for future consideration.

The Special Committee on Continuity of Legislative Operations, chaired by Senator Robert Jauch met on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, on the following: Discussion of statutes, constitutional provisions, and rules that affect continuity of legislative operations.

The Special Committee on Emergency Management and Continuity of Government, chaired by Senator Robert Jauch met on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, on the following: Discussion of regional hazardous materials responses, public works mutual aid, state disaster assistance, and other emergency management issues. The meeting will include presentations on these topics by representatives of the Department of Military Affairs and others.

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The committee held an executive session on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, on Clearinghouse Rule 07-004, relating to price gouging during an emergency.

The Special Committee on School Safety, chaired by Senator John Lehman, met on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, on the following: Presentations by invited speakers (representatives from the following): Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, Department of Justice and Joe Ray, Former School Administrator, Department of Public Instruction. The committee also discussed committee assignment with focus on legal resources related to school safety, facility management, and school safety plans.

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Continued.

The Subcommittee met for discussion of reorganizing ch. 166 of the Wisconsin Statutes, renumbering and retitling sections, consolidating related provisions, modernizing language, resolving ambiguities in language, and making other necessary changes in the chapter and related statues.  Richard Sweet and Pam Shannon from the Legislative Council lead the meeting.  There was much discussion over emergency management. Committee members talked about revisions to the Wisconsin Emergency Management Policy.

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Continued.

The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules held a public hearing on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, on the following: Commerce 132 Emergency Extension Request, Department of Commerce requests a 60-day extension relating to implementing a program for certifying applicants and allocating dairy manufacturing facility invesment tax credits, and affecting small businesses; Dept. of Regulation and Licensing RL 16.06 (1) (a), (b) and (d) Emergency Extension Request, which is a request for extension of emergency rule amending s. RL 16.06 (1) (a), (b) and (d), relating to the use of approved forms for the practice of real estate.

The Special Committee on Strengthening Wisconsin Families, co chaired by Senator Lena Taylor and Representative Steve Kestell met on Monday, August 25, 2008, on the following: Presentations on the administration and integration of programs by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) by invited speakers from DCF, including Secretary Reggie Bicha; Henry Wilde, Deputy Secretary; Dan Harris, Administrator, Division of Early Care and Education; Ron Hunt, Administrator, Division of Enterprise Solutions; Julie Kerksick, Administrator, Division of Family and Economic Security; Cyrus Behroozi, Administrator, Division of Safety and Permanence; and Lisa Patrick, Administrator, Division of Prevention and Service Integration. The committee also discussed committee assignment.

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The Assembly Committee on Natural Resources held a public hearing on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, on the following: Clearinghouse Rule 07-029,
relating to flammable, combustible and hazardous liquids, and affecting small businesses; Clearinghouse Rule 07-094, relating to general permit criteria requiring decontamination of equipment for invasive species and viruses; Clearinghouse Rule 07-110, relating to surface water quality criteria; Clearinghouse Rule 08-010, relating to fishing on the inland, outlying, and boundary waters of Wisconsin; Clearinghouse Rule 08-021, relating to hunting, trapping, captive wild animals, dog training, nuisance animal removal, wildlife rehabilitation, and license issuance; Clearinghouse Rule 07-036, relating to adoption of federal emission standard for mercury and additional mercury emission reductions.

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The Special committee on Domestic Biofuels, chaired by Senator Pat Kreitlow met on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, on the following: Presentations by the following invited speakers on the present use and production and the potential of liquid biofuels in Wisconsin: R. Brooke Coleman, President, New Fuels Alliance. Timothy Donahue, Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. Rod Nilsestuen, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. Judy Ziewacz, Executive Director, Wisconsin Office of Energy Independence. Discussion of committee assignment.

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Presentations were heard by the committee on August 18, 2008 in the State Capitol by invited speakers, including Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council; Patricia Herdrich, Superintendent, West Bend School District; Dan Clancy, President, Wisconsin Technical College System; and representatives from the University of Wisconsin System and the Department of Public Instruction.

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The Special committee on Strengthening Wisconsin Families, co-chaired by Senator Lena Taylor and Representative Steve Kestell met on Tuesday, August 12, 2008, on the following: Discussion of committee scope of study: The special committee is directed to develop recommendations to advise the new Department of Children and Families on the administration of programs administered by the new department, to promote the integration of family services formerly administered by multiple departments. The committee also discussed the committee timeline, including dates for future meetings and deadlines for issuing report and proposed legislation.

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Continued.

Preliminary data analysis presentation of Wisconsin small group market by Bela Gorman of Gorman Actuarial. Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan presentation by Amie Goldman. BadgerChoice and BadgerCare Plus update by Jason Helgerson, DHS. Other comments by Sean Dilweg, Chair and Commissioner of Insurance for the state; and Jim Riordan of WPS.

The Special Committee on Regional Transportation Authority, chaired by Representative Alvin Ott met on Thursday, August 7, 2008, on the following: organizational matters, presentations by invited speakers, including representatives of the Federal Transit Administration and the American Public Transportation Association, and discussion of committee assignment.

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Testimony from invited speakers representing Milwaukee County community-based programs for juvenile offenders was received by the Special Committee on High-Risk Juvenile Offenders. The Special Committee has been directed to study high-risk juvenile offenders and best practices for decreasing the risk of recidivism among high-risk offenders. Specifically, the committee has been directed to study current law relating to the Serious Juvenile Offender Program, waiver of juveniles to adult court, original adult court jurisdiction over juvenile offenders, and placement of juveniles in juvenile correctional institutions and adult prisons. The committee will review successful practices relating to juvenile justice in Wisconsin and other states, including the State of Missouri. Testifying were Victor Barnett, Executive Director of Running Rebels Community Organization; Charles Glynn, Director of the St. Charles Youth and Family Services; Eric Meaux, Administrator of Delinquency and Court Services Division in Milwaukee County; Peter Slesar, Manager of Adolescent and Family Services Division in Waukesha County; Ron Hauser, Vice President of Program Services, and Heather Yaeger, Director of Homme Home, both of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin.

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Continued.

The Special Committee on Differences in Laws Applicable to Cities and Villages, chaired by Representative Mark Gottlieb met on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, on the following: organizational matters, review and discussion of certain differences in laws that apply to cities and villages, including laws relating to: salary changes for city officers; holdover status of appointed officers; peace officer status of village trustees; publication of city receipts and disbursements; regulation of political signs; liability for mob damage; annual salary requirement for village officers; election of village trustees by district; public works contracts; police and fire protection; claims procedure; and trains obstructing highways, and identification of additional issues for future consideration.

The Special Committee on Emergency Management and Continuity of Government, chaired by Senator Robert Jauch met on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, on the following: presentations on emergency management by the Division of Emergency Management and the Department of Health Services; and on continuity of government by the Department of Administration and the Senate and Assembly Chief Clerks; and discussion of committee assignment.

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Continued.

Continued.

The Special Committee on Performance Based Disease Management for Large Populations, chaired by Rep. Steve Wieckert, met on July 24, 2008, on the following: presentations by invited speakers and discussion of committee assignments.

Continued.

The Special Committee on School Safety chaired by Senator John Lehman met on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, on the following: presentations by invited speakers (representatives from the following): Department of Public Instruction Wisconsin Association of School Boards Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance Wisconsin Education Association Council; and discussion of committee assignment.

Continued.

The Special Committee on Building Wisconsin's Workforce chaired by Representative Patricia Strachota met on Monday, July 21, 2008 on the following: Organizational matters; presentations by invited speakers, including representatives of the Department of Workforce Development, Wisconsin Hospital Association, IBEW Local 2150, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business, and Lori Knapp, Inc. Companies; and discussion of committee assignment.

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, July 17, 2008, on the following: Audit Letter Report (June 2008), Overtime in State Agencies; Audit Report 08-6, Food and Dairy Safety Program, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; Audit Letter Report (January 2008), Food and Dairy Safety Program Funding, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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The committee held an informational hearing on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The first topic of the Informational Hearing will be an update from the Department of Health & Family Services on the operation of the Manor Care nursing homes since the change in ownership to a private equity group, The Carlyle Group. The second topic will include testimony from Commissioner Sean Dilweg of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance regarding long term care insurance and related senior issues. The committee also held a public hearing and executive session on the following: Finder-Stone, Patricia, of De Pere, as a member of the Board on Aging and Long Term Care to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013 and Lease, Mary of Oregon, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.

Continued.

The committee held an informational hearing on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, on Department of Workforce Development Job Center Consolidation.

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The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, on the following items: PI 31 Emergency Extension Request,
Agency request 60-day extension relating to grats for science, Technology, engineering and mathematics; PI 33 Emergency Extension Request,
Department requests 60-day extension relating to grants for nursing services; Comm 132 Emergency Extension Request, Department request 60-day extension relating to implementing a program for certifying applicants and allocating dairy manufacturing facility invesment tax credits, and affecting small businesses; PI 16 Emergency Rule Extension, Department requests 60-day extension relating to four-year-old kindergarten grants.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, on the following items: Clearinghouse Rule 07-082, relating to ambient air quality standards and affecting small business; Clearinghouse Rule 08-011, relating to hunting and trapping regulations and the use of department managed lands; Clearinghouse Rule 08-012, relating to the hook and line harvest of lake sturgeon. Clearinghouse Rule 08-013, relating to deer hunting as it relates to the management of chronic wasting disease; Clearinghouse Rule 08-014, relating to the implementation and administration of grants for endangered resources.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, on Clearinghouse Rule 08-013, relating to deer hunting as it relates to the management of chronic wasting disease.

The committee held an informational hearing on Thursday, June 5, 2008, on the following: LRB 2894/1, relating to municipal court elections, judges, and procedure and providing penalties.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 on the following: 1. Pursuant to s. 111.92 (1), Stats., the Joint Committee will hold a PUBLIC HEARING and may take executive action on the 2007-2009 tentative agreements between the State of Wisconsin and the: a. Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, and its appropriate affiliated locals, AFL-CIO, covering employees in the: • Administrative support; • Blue collar and nonbuilding trades; • Professional social services; • Security and public safety; and • Technical collective bargaining units. b. Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association, covering employees in the law enforcement collective bargaining unit. c. District 1199W/United Professionals for Quality Health Care, SEIU, AFL-CIO, covering employees in the professional patient care collective bargaining unit. d. Wisconsin Education Association Council, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit. e. Wisconsin Professional Employees Council, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, covering employees in the professional fiscal and staff services collective bargaining unit. f. Wisconsin Science Professionals, AFT, Local 3732, covering employees in the professional science collective bargaining unit. g. Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, AFT/WFT, Local 2169, AFL-CIO, covering employees in the program, project and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collective bargaining unit. h. Wisconsin Physicians and Dentists Association, covering employees in the professional patient treatment collective bargaining unit. i. Wisconsin State Public Defenders Association, WFT/AFT, Local 4822, AFL CIO, covering employees in the public defenders collective bargaining unit. j. Wisconsin State Attorneys Association, Inc., covering employees in the professional legal collective bargaining unit. k. Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, AFL-CIO, and its appropriate affiliated locals, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit. 2. Pursuant to s. 230.12 (3) (b), Stats., the Joint Committee will hold a PUBLIC HEARING and may take executive action on recommendations of the Director of the Office of State Employment Relations for modifications to the 2007-2009 Compensation Plan for nonrepresented classified and certain unclassified employees. 3. Pursuant to s. 230.12 (3) (e), Stats., the Joint Committee will hold a PUBLIC HEARING and may take executive action on recommendations of the Director of the Office of State Employment Relations for modifications to the 2007-2009 compensation and benefit adjustments for University of Wisconsin System senior executives, faculty, and academic staff.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, May 22, 2008, on the following: LRB 3744/2, relating to stray voltage actions against certain electric utilities and cooperative associations and granting rule-making authority.

The committee held a public hearing and executive session on Thursday, May 22, 2008, on the following: Roger Breske of Eland, as Commissioner of Railroads, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2011; Eric Callisto of Madison, as Chair of the Public Service Commission, to serve for the interim term ending March 1, 2009 and a full term ending March 1, 2015.

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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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Continued.

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.

Continued.

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.

The Assembly Committee on Jobs and The Economy and the Senate Committee on Economic Development held a 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; Senate Bill 434, 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; Senate Bill 480, relating to changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Mickowski, James of Stoughton, 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, 2010; Senate Bill 75, relating to requiring an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee who is pregnant or who is breast-feeding her child; Senate Bill 331, 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; and granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations; Senate Bill 447, relating to the income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit; Senate Bill 453, relating to the total amount of airport development zone and technology zone tax credits.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, on the following: Kuehl, Bruce, of Menomonie, as a member of the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011; Senate Bill 417, relating to increasing the allowable number of project plan amendments for tax incremental district number 2 in the village of Pleasant Prairie; Senate Bill 373, relating to setoffs against tax refunds for debts related to providing ambulance services. Assembly Joint Resolution 39, relating to different property tax levy rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements (first consideration).

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, on the following: Assembly Bill 760, relating to registration of professional employer organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 729, relating to disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty. The committee also held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 301, relating to holding periods for secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers and egulating occasional sellers of computer toys and games and audio and video recordings; Senate Bill 288, relating to regulation of and registration requirements for certain cemetery authorities, cemetery associations, and cemetery merchandise.

Continued.

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 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; Senate Bill 197, relating to restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other lawn fertilizer and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 753, relating to prohibitions on feeding deer for hunting or viewing purposes and providing a penalty; 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.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, on the following: Clearinghouse Rule 07-085, relating to voluntary certification of firewood dealers; Assembly Bill 643, relating to grants for master logger certification and for logger safety training. Assembly Bill 735, relating to petitions and management plans for the designation of managed forest land, transferrals of ownership of managed forest land, establishing stumpage values and estimating withdrawal taxes under the managed forest land program, signatures and authentication requirements for orders under the forest croplands program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 781, relating to managed forest land for which there is limited access for persons to engage in certain recreational activities; Assembly Bill 785, relating to notification to counties of the harvesting of raw forest products. The committee also held an executive session on Clearinghouse Rule 07-085, relating to voluntary certification of firewood dealers. Assembly Bill 643, relating to grants for master logger certification and for logger safety training. Assembly Bill 735, relating to petitions and management plans for the designation of managed forest land, transferrals of ownership of managed forest land, establishing stumpage values and estimating withdrawal taxes under the managed forest land program, signatures and authentication requirements for orders under the forest croplands program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 781, relating to managed forest land for which there is limited access for persons to engage in certain recreational activities; Assembly Bill 785, relating to notification to counties of the harvesting of raw forest products.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, on LRB 3900/2, 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; LRB 3822/1, relating to health insurance without mandated benefits and granting rule-making authority; LRB 3560/1, 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 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.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, on Assembly Bill 728, relating to withholding utility security system plans from public inspection; Assembly Bill 736, relating to standards for emergency management programs for public works departments.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, on 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 610, relating to replacing the term hearing aid with hearing instrument, creating new grounds for discipline of hearing instrument specialists, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists, changing the definition of audiology, and changing licensing requirements for audiologists, and granting rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 713, relating to the minimum sale price of prescription drugs.

The committee held an executive session on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, on Assembly Bill 670, relating to the terms of teacher employment contracts.

The committee held a public hearing on Thursday, January 31, 2008, on Clearinghouse Rule 07-004, relating to price gouging during an emergency; Assembly Bill 14, relating to admissibility of digitally produced photograph, film, motion picture, audio, or video; Assembly Bill 468, relating to notaries public who are not attorneys and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 565, relating to operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 569, relating to prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to the federal government about the presence of illegal aliens and authorizing a private right of action; Assembly Bill 695, relating to John Doe proceedings; Assembly Bill 702, relating to prohibiting political subdivisions from regulating the placement of sex offenders; Assembly Bill 710, relating to partial-birth abortion and creating a penalty; Assembly Bill 733, relating to requiring ignition interlock devices for certain motor vehicle violations.

The committee held an informational hearing on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, featuring Michael Mazarov, a Senior Fellow with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington D.C., who presented his research on national trends in corporate strategies to minimize their state income taxes. Other invited speakers also testified.

The committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, on Assembly Bill 17, relating to prohibiting persons convicted of certain felonies from providing martial arts instruction to minors. By Representative Schneider. 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 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 624, relating to civil immunity for neighborhood watch members. 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 603, relating to use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 737, relating to an integrated crime alert network. LRB-3576/1, relating to exposure and minors and providing a penalty. The committee also held an executive session on Assembly Bill 405, relating to penalty for first-degree intentional homicide if victim is a law enforcement officer and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 459, relating to operating a motor vehicle after revocation. Assembly Bill 477, relating to Salvia divinorum and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 523, relating to duties upon striking a person or an attended or occupied vehicle and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 525, relating to threatening or committing battery against certain employees of first class cities and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 544, relating to human trafficking and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 597, relating to interfering with a signal transmitted by a global positioning system and providing a penalty.

Continued.

Continued.

Continued.

The committee held an executive session on Tuesday, January 29, 2008, on Assembly Bill 697, relating to virtual charter schools.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, January 29, 2008, on Senate Bill 319, relating to providing the jury in civil actions with an explanation regarding the results of their findings; Senate Bill 382, relating to information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender; Senate Bill 418, relating to appellate time limits and procedure; Senate Bill 419, relating to appellate procedure; Senate Bill 420, relating to appellate procedure regarding commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons; Senate Bill 406, relating to parenting plans in actions affecting the family; Senate Bill 407, relating to a municipal court judgment regarding community service work; 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 124, relating to notice for child abuse, vulnerable adult, and harassment injunctions; Senate Bill 364, relating to the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest. The committee also held an executive session on Senate Bill 350, relating to required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental rights warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, the confidentiality of social services records, changing from child caring institution to residential care center for children and youth the term used to describe a facility operated by a licensed child welfare agency for the care and maintenance of children residing in that facility, changing from day care to child care the term used to describe care and supervision for children for less than 24 hours a day, and renumbering the definition of neglect (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 403, relating to the property tax exemption for low-income housing.

The committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, January 29, 2008, on Senate Bill 160, relating to reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law; Senate Bill 182, relating to the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law, public financing of elections for certain state offices, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, providing a penalty, and making appropriations. The committee also held an executive session on Senate Bill 380, relating to the sale of renewable motor vehicle fuels, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty Senate Bill 381, relating to rules requiring that certain buildings be superinsulated.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 654, relating to eliminating the study related to imposing local general property taxes on public utility property; Assembly Bill 604, relating to arbitration in situations involving cable and satellite television system operators and creators of video programming. The committee also held an executive session on Assembly Bill 223, relating to excluding Internet access services from the definition of telecommunications services for sales and use tax purposes; Assembly Bill 346, relating to repealing the limits on the construction of nuclear power plants; Assembly Bill 347, relating to requiring the Public Service Commission to investigate future electric supplies after the operating licenses of nuclear power plants in the state expire; Assembly Bill 348, relating to requiring the Public Service Commission to advocate on matters related to the centralized interim storage of, and any license application for, a federal repository for high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste and requiring nuclear power plant owners and operators to provide information required by the Public Service Commission; Assembly Bill 515, relating to the regulation of certain suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas, applicability of the statewide system for notification of the location of transmission facilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

The Assembly Committee on Housing met on January 24, 2008 to hold a public hearing on the following bills: Assembly Bill 466, relating to the regulation of construction contractors and subcontractors, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 228, relating to the regulation of construction contractors and subcontractors, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 35, relating to increasing the income limit and maximum annual loan amount under the property tax deferral loan program of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Senate Bill 269, relating to, terminating a tenancy for imminent threat of serious physical harm, making leases that restrict access to certain services void and unenforceable, and prohibiting the imposition of fees for local government emergency services.

Continued.

Continued.

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 599, 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; and granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations; Assembly Bill 79, relating to: the powers of certain towns, authorizing the creation of charter towns by certain town boards, and expanding the authority of charter towns to create tax incremental financing districts.

The committee held a public hearing regarding DHFS/DOA Social Security Number Releases. The committee will hear testimony from DHFS Secretary Kevin Hayden, DOA Secretary Michael Morgan, and DOR Secretary Roger Ervin. This hearing will be invited testimony only. The committee will also hear testimony from DOA Secretary Michael Morgan, and DOR Secretary Roger Ervin. This hearing will be invited testimony only.

The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 151, relating to permitting certain individuals to make written requests for medication for the purpose of ending their lives, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 370,
relating to depositing all revenue from the assessment on licensed beds of nursing homes and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded into the Medical Assistance trust fund (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services); Senate Bill 379, relating to fire safety performance standards for cigarettes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 483, relating to abatement or removal of human health hazards, requirements for certain local health officers, personnel of a local health department, state agency status for certain physicians, community health improvement plans, emergency medical services, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 393, relating to background checks for personal care workers; Senate Bill 394, relating to licensure of dietitians and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

Continued.

The committee held a public hearing on a draft bill, LRB LRB-3144/6, relating to online courses for elementary and secondary school pupils and granting rule-making authority.

The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 366, relating to unfunded pension liability financing in populous counties and membership on the pension study committee. The committee also held an executive session on Assembly Bill 295, relating to public access to voter registration identification numbers.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 682, relating to the sale of renewable motor vehicle fuels, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

The committee held an executive session on January 16 to vote on Assembly Bill 557, relating to increasing the amount of the early stage seed and angel investment credits and Assembly Bill 598, relating to allocating early stage seed and angel investment credits. They then held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 671, relating to excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business and Assembly Bill 694, relating to adopting changes to the Internal Revenue Code for state income tax purposes related to deductions for energy efficient commercial buildings.

The committee held a public hearing on January 16 at the state Capitol on Assembly Bill 697, relating to virtual charter schools.

The committee met in executive session on January 15 to consider the following bills: Assembly Bill 64, relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to candidates for elective public office. Assembly Bill 155, relating to filing requirements for candidates for partisan state office under the campaign finance law; Assembly Bill 158, relating to the deadline and procedure for voter registration and the determination of residency for voting purposes; Assembly Bill 549, relating to an optional identification requirement for voting in elections; Assembly Joint Resolution 30, relating to prohibiting assessing indigent legal fees to attorneys licensed to practice law in this state (first consideration).

The committee held a public hearing concerning Assembly Bill 61,
relating to acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees; Assembly Bill 158, relating to the deadline and procedure for voter registration and the determination of residency for voting purposes; Assembly Bill 549, relating to an optional identification requirement for voting in elections. Assembly Joint Resolution 56, relating to prohibiting the supreme court from assessing fees on attorneys, judges, or justices without statutory authority. The committee also held an executive session concerning Assembly Bill 64, relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to candidates for elective public office; Assembly Bill 155 relating to filing requirements for candidates for partisan state office under the campaign finance law.

The committee held an executive session on Senate Bill 212, relating to renewals and extensions of business contracts.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 400, relating to powers and duties of the Department of Military Affairs, the adjutant general, military officers, military property and assets, the national guard, the state defense force, rights of service personnel, the Wisconsin code of military justice, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 351, elating to investments and operations of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board; Senate Bill 371, relating to offering circulars provided to prospective franchisees under the franchise investment law (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Financial Institutions); and Senate Bill 378, relating to the location of bank branches. The committee then held an executive session on Senate Bill 298, relating to regulating foreclosure reconveyances and foreclosure consultants, staying certain eviction actions, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and providing a penalty.

The Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy and the Senate Committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Workforce Development, Technical Colleges and Consumer Protection held a joint public hearing on Senate Bill 308, Senate Bill 308, relating to the sale of dogs, regulation of certain dog breeders, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.

Assembly leadership met January 10 to determine the legislative agenda for the January 15 floor session.

The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 69, relating to information obtained by a tax preparer in the course of preparing a client's tax return. The meeting was held on January 10.

The committee held an executive session to vote on Assembly Bill 39, relating to allowing access to pending paternity proceeding information for purposes of administering the child support establishment program; Assembly Bill 580, relating to objecting to property tax assessments. The committee then held an informational hearing to receive a briefing on 2004 Department of Revenue Tax Incidence Study. The Committee will hear testimony relating to information contained within the Tax Incidence Study, as well as the shifting tax burden in Wisconsin.

The committee held a public hearing on a number of bills on January 9. Those bills included Assembly Bill 33, relating to the distribution of the penalty for converting agricultural land; Assembly Bill 66, relating to authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance projects related to cultural facilities; and Senate Bill 333, 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. Committee members then held an executive session on Assembly Bill 234, relating to the use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians; Senate Bill 238, relating to, accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the technical college system; Senate Bill 254, relating to allowing an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed by a divorced or legally separated parent to his or her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program and limiting the deduction that may be claimed by a married person who files separately; Senate Bill 297, relating to: nursery dealers, nursery growers, Christmas tree growers, and granting rule-making authority; and Senate Bill 353, relating to collective bargaining process for University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff and making appropriations.

The committee held an executive session on January 9 on two bills: Assembly Bill 501, relating to insurance agent license requirements, revocations, and reinstatement and relicensing requirements, and granting rule-making authority and Assembly Bill 542, relating to the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, filing insurance policy forms with the commissioner of insurance, suitability of annuity contracts, and granting rule-making authority.

The committee held a public hearing an executive session on January 8. During the public hearing the committee heard public testimony on Assembly Bill 670, relating to the terms of teacher employment contracts and Assembly Bill 63, relating to: allowing certain private schools located outside the city of Milwaukee to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. During an executive session the committee voted on Assembly Bill 165, relating to transportation of four-year-old kindergarten pupils attending private schools; Assembly Bill 286, relating to applications to attend a virtual charter school under the open enrollment program; Assembly Bill 517, relating to eliminating racial balance as a basis for rejecting a pupil under the Open Enrollment Program.

Continued.

Continued.

Continued.

The committee held an executive session on January 8 to vote on Senate Bill 76, relating to eligibility for and deductible amounts under the prescription drug assistance program for the elderly, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 150, relating to prohibiting smoking in places of employment, restaurants, taverns, and other indoor areas and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 257, relating to invasion of privacy; Senate Bill 283, relating to the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; 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 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).

The committee held an executive session on January 8 to vote on Senate Bill 76, relating to eligibility for and deductible amounts under the prescription drug assistance program for the elderly, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 150, relating to prohibiting smoking in places of employment, restaurants, taverns, and other indoor areas and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 257, relating to invasion of privacy; Senate Bill 283, relating to the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; 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 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).

The committee held a public hearing on Audit Report 07-16, an evaluation of Compliance with Election Laws, Elections Board. The hearing was held on January 8.

The committee held an executive session on January 3 to vote on Assembly Bill 259, relating to the acquisition by the Department of Transportation of land for mitigation related to highway projects and Assembly Bill 319, relating to the definitions of motor bicycle and moped. The committee then held a public hearing on a number of other bills. Those bills included: Assembly Bill 518, relating to the design of special distinguishing registration plates for groups that are military in nature; Assembly Bill 538, relating to special distinguishing registration plates for groups that are military in nature; Assembly Bill 620, relating to requiring the Department of Transportation, upon request, to provide transportation planning and assistance in reviewing the site plan of proposed school construction or enlargement; and Senate Bill 234, relating to designating and marking STH 57 as the 57th Field Artillery Brigade Memorial Highway.

The committee held a public hear on Assembly Bill 512, relating to designation of an official state automotive museum; Assembly Bill 575, relating to fees to support water safety patrols. The committee then held an executive session on Assembly Bill 422, 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; Assembly Bill 465, relating to: attractions displayed on highway specific information signs; Assembly Bill 265, relating to requiring the Department of Administration to study the feasibility of developing a Wisconsin brand; Senate Bill 279, relating to attractions displayed on highway specific information signs. The meeting was held at the state Capitol on January 3.

The committee held a public hear on Assembly Bill 512, relating to designation of an official state automotive museum; Assembly Bill 575, relating to fees to support water safety patrols. The committee then held an executive session on Assembly Bill 422, 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; Assembly Bill 465, relating to: attractions displayed on highway specific information signs; Assembly Bill 265, relating to requiring the Department of Administration to study the feasibility of developing a Wisconsin brand; Senate Bill 279, relating to attractions displayed on highway specific information signs. The meeting was held at the state Capitol on January 3.

The committee held a public hearing on December 20 to consider the appointment of Jack Fischer as Secretary of the Department of Commerce, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor. The committee also heard testimony on Senate Bill 293, relating to increasing the amount of the early stage seed and angel investment credits; Senate Bill 334, relating to allocating early stage seed and angel investment credits and excluding early stage seed and angel investment credits from taxable income; and Senate Bill 343, relating to arbitration in situations involving cable and satellite television system operators and creators of video programming.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 187, relating to requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses; Assembly Bill 543, relating to determinations of ordinary high-water marks by counties and by the Department of Natural Resources; Assembly Bill 602, relating to authorizing hunting of certain game with a crossbow by nonresidents who have attained the age of 65 years; Clearinghouse Rule 06-109, relating to incorporation of revisions and additions to the federal new source performance standards; Clearinghouse Rule 07-040, relating to construction permits, stack test requirements, and affecting small business; Clearinghouse Rule 07-045, relating to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for paper and other web surface coating processes; Clearinghouse Rule 07-056, relating to implementation of the Wildlife Violators Compact. In addition, the committee held an Executive Session on Assembly Bill 333, Assembly Bill 342, Assembly Bill 401, Assembly Bill 504, Assembly Bill 532, Clearinghouse Rule 06-109, Clearinghouse Rule 07-040, Clearinghouse Rule 07-045, or Clearinghouse Rule 07-056 upon the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 607,
relating to wind turbines located on land designated as managed forest land and granting rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 625, relating to authorizing a school board to construct or acquire a renewable resource facility. The committee then went into executive session to vote on Assembly Bill 607 and Assembly Bill 371.

The committee held a public hearing and executive session to consider a number of bills December 18. During the public hearing the committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 284, relating to open burning of solid waste, illegal storage or disposal of waste tires, and providing a penalty. During the executive session the committee voted on Assembly Bill 228, relating to the transfer of certain fish and game licenses and permits to minors; Assembly Bill 296, relating to issuing hunting and fishing approvals to members of the U.S. armed forces who are former residents of this state; Assembly Bill 359, relating to the preference systems for issuing Class A bear licenses, bobcat hunting and trapping permits, fisher trapping permits, and otter trapping permits; Assembly Bill 454, relating to issuance by the Department of Natural Resources of federal hunting, fishing, and trapping approvals; Senate Bill 202, relating to specifically authorizing local governmental units to issue debt related to the brownfields revolving loan program.

The committee held a public hearing on December 18 to consider the following bills: Assembly Bill 223, relating to excluding Internet access services from the definition of telecommunications services for sales and use tax purposes; Assembly Bill 515, relating to the regulation of certain suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas, applicability of the statewide system for notification of the location of transmission facilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 560, relating to regulating the purchase and sale of scrap metal and other metal items, the determination of property value of scrap metal for a theft conviction, creating a civil cause of action regarding scrap metal, and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 346, relating to repealing the limits on the construction of nuclear power plants; Assembly Bill 347, relating to requiring the Public Service Commission to investigate future electric supplies after the operating licenses of nuclear power plants in the state expire; Assembly Bill 348, relating to requiring the Public Service Commission to advocate on matters related to the centralized interim storage of, and any license application for, a federal repository for high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste and requiring nuclear power plant owners and operators to provide information required by the Public Service Commission.

The committee held an executive session on December 13 to vote on Assembly Bill 554, relating to nursery dealers, nursery growers, Christmas tree growers, and granting rule-making authority.

The council heard reports from various study committees on the state school aid formula, airport authorities, strengthening wisconsin families, Great Lakes Water Resources Compact and charter schools at the state Capitol on December 12. The committee also celebrated its 60th Anniversary.

The committee held an executive session on December 11 to act on Assembly Bill 470, relating to the penalty for converting agricultural land.

The committee held a public hearing and executive session on December 6. During the public hearing the committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 108, relating to requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process; Senate Bill 195, relating to: school conference and activities leave; the appointment of Stephanie Armstrong as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Lisa Benz as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2007; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of John Gaier as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Paula Hase as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Jamie Lynn Oliver as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008. During the executive session the committee acted on Senate Bill 98, relating to providing benefits to tribal schools and tribal school pupils similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and making an appropriation; the appointment of Stephanie Armstrong as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Jeffrey Barnett, as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Lisa Benz as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Frances Bohon as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2007; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ryan Champeau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of John Gaier as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Paula Hase as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Russ Kaeske as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Pat Lewno as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008; the appointment of Jamie Lynn Oliver as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008; the appointment of Terry Schoessow as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010.

The committee held a public hearing and executive session on December 6. During the public hearing the committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 108, relating to requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process; Senate Bill 195, relating to: school conference and activities leave; the appointment of Stephanie Armstrong as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Lisa Benz as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2007; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of John Gaier as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Paula Hase as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Jamie Lynn Oliver as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008. During the executive session the committee acted on Senate Bill 98, relating to providing benefits to tribal schools and tribal school pupils similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and making an appropriation; the appointment of Stephanie Armstrong as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Jeffrey Barnett, as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Lisa Benz as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Frances Bohon as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2007; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ryan Champeau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of John Gaier as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Paula Hase as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Russ Kaeske as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Pat Lewno as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008; the appointment of Jamie Lynn Oliver as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008; the appointment of Terry Schoessow as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010.

The committee held a public hearing and executive session on December 6. During the public hearing the committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 108, relating to requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process; Senate Bill 195, relating to: school conference and activities leave; the appointment of Stephanie Armstrong as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Lisa Benz as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2007; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of John Gaier as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Paula Hase as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Jamie Lynn Oliver as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008. During the executive session the committee acted on Senate Bill 98, relating to providing benefits to tribal schools and tribal school pupils similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and making an appropriation; the appointment of Stephanie Armstrong as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Jeffrey Barnett, as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Lisa Benz as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Frances Bohon as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2007; the appointment of Ann Cattau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010; the appointment of Ryan Champeau as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of John Gaier as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Paula Hase as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Russ Kaeske as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2009; the appointment of Pat Lewno as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008; the appointment of Jamie Lynn Oliver as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2008; the appointment of Terry Schoessow as a member of the Professional Standards Council for Teachers, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2010.

The committee met December 5 for a public hearing on Senate Bill 332, relating to the filing of certain forms related to tax incremental financing district number 6 in the city of Rhinelander; Senate Bill 329, relating to objecting to property tax assessments; Assembly Bill 39, relating to allowing access to pending paternity proceeding information for purposes of administering the child support establishment program.

The committee held a public hearing on December 5 on a number of bills. Those bills include; Senate Bill 76, relating to eligibility for and deductible amounts under the prescription drug assistance program for the elderly, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 257, relating to invasion of privacy; Senate Bill 283, relating to the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; 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 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).

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 576, relating to criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 578 Relating to: restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran; and Assembly Bill 308, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer. They then held an executive session to vote on Assembly Bill 144, relating to escapes by persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 354, relating to classifying members of the Parole Commission and state employees who are employed at a state correctional institution, juvenile correctional facility, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and any secure mental health unit or facility for sexually violent persons as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System; Assembly Bill 308, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 576, relating to criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 578 Relating to: restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran; and Assembly Bill 308, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer. They then held an executive session to vote on Assembly Bill 144, relating to escapes by persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 354, relating to classifying members of the Parole Commission and state employees who are employed at a state correctional institution, juvenile correctional facility, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and any secure mental health unit or facility for sexually violent persons as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System; Assembly Bill 308, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 576, relating to criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 578 Relating to: restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran; and Assembly Bill 308, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer. They then held an executive session to vote on Assembly Bill 144, relating to escapes by persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 354, relating to classifying members of the Parole Commission and state employees who are employed at a state correctional institution, juvenile correctional facility, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and any secure mental health unit or facility for sexually violent persons as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System; Assembly Bill 308, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 576, relating to criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 578 Relating to: restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran; and Assembly Bill 308, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer. They then held an executive session to vote on Assembly Bill 144, relating to escapes by persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 354, relating to classifying members of the Parole Commission and state employees who are employed at a state correctional institution, juvenile correctional facility, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and any secure mental health unit or facility for sexually violent persons as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System; Assembly Bill 308, relating to payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer.

The committee held an executive session and public hearing on a number of bills on December 5. First, in an executive session, the committee voted on Assembly Bill 209, relating to crimes against children and providing penalties. The committee then held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 477, relating to Salvia divinorum and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 544, relating to human trafficking and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 245, relating to battery to a district attorney or assistant district attorney and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 251, relating to discharge of firearm near municipality park and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 523, relating to duties upon striking a person or an attended or occupied vehicle and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 405, relating to penalty for first-degree intentional homicide if victim is a law enforcement officer and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 597, relating to interfering with a signal transmitted by a global positioning system and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 525, relating to threatening or committing battery against certain employees of first class cities and providing a penalty; and Assembly Bill 459, relating to: operating a motor vehicle after revocation.

The committee held an executive session on December 4 and voted on Assembly Bill 327, relating to school district youth options programs and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 404, relating to payment of the costs of advanced placement examinations taken by certain pupils and Senate Bill 249, relating to payment of the costs of advanced placement examinations taken by certain pupils.

The committee held a public hearing on December 4 and heard testimony on Assembly Bill 8, relating to capturing an image of a nude or partially nude person in a locker room, written policies on privacy in locker rooms, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 321, relating to: criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and Assembly Bill 224, relating to immunity from liability for a health care provider, health care facility, or employee of a health care provider or health care facility that, in good faith, reports a violation of the law or of a clinical or ethical standard by another health care provider, health care facility, or employee of a health care provider or health care facility. The committee then held an executive session on Senate Bill 153, relating to protective placements and protective services; involuntary administration of psychotropic medication; guardianships, conservatorships, and wards; and services for adults at risk and elder adults at risk; Senate Bill 260, relating to strangulation and suffocation, and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 116, relating to repeat drunken driving offenders and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 43, relating to: pointing a firearm at or towards a law enforcement officer and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 44, relating to surcharges and restitution paid to child advocacy centers; Senate Bill 244, relating to prosecution decisions based on certain payments to organizations or agencies; the appointment of Richard Raemish as Secretary of the Department of Corrections, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor; and Senate Bill 126, relating to notification of the state regarding a medical malpractice claim.

The committee held both an informational hearing and public hearing on November 29. During the public hearing the committee considered Assembly Bill 501, relating to insurance agent license requirements, revocations, and reinstatement and relicensing requirements, and granting rule-making authority and Assembly Bill 542, relating to the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, filing insurance policy forms with the commissioner of insurance, suitability of annuity contracts, and granting rule-making authority. The informational hearing focused on the use of credit scores by the insurance industry.

The committee held both an informational hearing and public hearing on November 29. During the public hearing the committee considered Assembly Bill 501, relating to insurance agent license requirements, revocations, and reinstatement and relicensing requirements, and granting rule-making authority and Assembly Bill 542, relating to the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, filing insurance policy forms with the commissioner of insurance, suitability of annuity contracts, and granting rule-making authority. The informational hearing focused on the use of credit scores by the insurance industry.

The committee held both an informational hearing and public hearing on November 29. During the public hearing the committee considered Assembly Bill 501, relating to insurance agent license requirements, revocations, and reinstatement and relicensing requirements, and granting rule-making authority and Assembly Bill 542, relating to the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, filing insurance policy forms with the commissioner of insurance, suitability of annuity contracts, and granting rule-making authority. The informational hearing focused on the use of credit scores by the insurance industry.

The committee held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 554, relating to nursery dealers, nursery growers, Christmas tree growers, and granting rule-making authority and the National Farm Medicine Center. The public hearing on the center focused on its implications f