11:20 A.M.
One-Hundredth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Marklein in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 161 offered by Representatives Kessler and Zamarripa.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 177 offered by Representative Steineke.
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Relating to game and hunting, wildlife damage and nuisance control, and DNR managed lands.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, June 21, 2011.
To committee on Natural Resources
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Referred on June 28, 2011
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Relating to the requirements for the initial licensure of veterinarians, specifically the procedures for and the types of examinations required.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, June 15, 2011.
To committee on Agriculture.
Referred on June 28, 2011
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 193
Relating to: creating an individual income tax checkoff for contributions to elementary and secondary education, shared revenue, and Medical Assistance, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Bernier, Brooks, Jacque, Litjens, Thiesfeldt and Wynn; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Moulton and Lasee.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 194
Relating to: requiring certain information in state agency budget requests.
By
Representatives Severson, Litjens, Kerkman, Spanbauer, Steineke, Weininger, Rivard and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senator Darling
.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 195
Relating to: the regulation of emissions of hazardous air contaminants associated with agricultural waste and the partial suspension of rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules.
To committee on Natural Resources
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Assembly Bill 196
Relating to: prohibiting the promulgation of certain rules concerning campaign financing by the Government Accountability Board.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules.
To committee on Election and Campaign Reform
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The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 105
Relating to: creating an exception to certain requirements in the creation of or amendment to a tax incremental financing district in the village of Pleasant Prairie.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Kerkman, Nass, Petersen, Knodl, Endsley, Kapenga, Staskunas, Toles, Steinbrink and Zamarripa.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Ziegelbauer.
To committee on Rules.
Samantha Kerkman
Committee on Ways and Means
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Speaker's Communications
June 28, 2011
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Chief Clerk, Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 401, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Dear Patrick:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), I am withdrawing
Assembly Bill 142 from the Assembly Committee on Education and re-referring it to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities. I have the consent of Representative Steve Kestell, chair of the Assembly Committee on Education, to take this action.
Sincerely,
Jeff Fitzgerald
Assembly Speaker
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June 28, 2011
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Chief Clerk, Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 401, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Dear Patrick:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), I am withdrawing
Assembly Bill 189 from the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and re-referring it to the Assembly Committee on Insurance. I have the consent of Representative Mary Williams, chair of the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, to take this action.
Sincerely,
Jeff Fitzgerald
Assembly Speaker
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
June 28, 2011
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
As required under s.
13.94 (1)(dh), Wis. Stats., we have completed our annual financial audit of the Wisconsin Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan (HIRSP) Authority for 2010 and have provided an unqualified audit opinion on its financial statements. The HIRSP Authority provides medical and prescription drug insurance for individuals who are unable to obtain coverage in the private market or who have lost employer-sponsored group health insurance.
Enrollment in the state-based HIRSP Plan increased 15.8 percent to reach 18,965 as of December 31, 2010, and increased another 7.2 percent during the first four months of 2011. At least part of this increase is a result of reduced premiums and improved affordability.
