To committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs .
Assembly Bill 399
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Barca, Doyle, Molepske Jr, Seidel, Zepnick, Berceau, Roys, Milroy, Pasch, C. Taylor, Steinbrink, Clark, Pope-Roberts, Jorgensen, Toles and Fields; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Shilling, Wirch, Taylor, S. Coggs and Hansen.
To committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business .
Assembly Bill 400
Relating to: state agency fiscal and operations reports and quarterly hearings of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
By Representatives Kramer, Pridemore, Endsley, Loudenbeck and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Lazich and Grothman.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 401
Relating to: felony mistreatment of an animal and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Wynn, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Berceau, Knilans and Pasch; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter and T. Cullen.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections .
Assembly Bill 402
Relating to: creating forest enterprise areas; the creation of a managed forest land board of review; review of certain decisions of the Department of Natural Resources regarding forestry practices on managed forest land; annual allowable timber harvests; management plans for large ownerships of managed forest land and for group enrollments; designation of additional managed forest land; leasing of managed forest land; the taxation of managed forest land; granting rule-making authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
By Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Forestry.
Assembly Bill 403
Relating to: the length of time for which a variance applies.
By Representatives Steineke, Stroebel, Bies, Rivard and Jacque; cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Darling and Grothman.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs .
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Committee Reports
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 215
Relating to: requiring a private school that provides child care for children under three years of age to be licensed to operate a child care center.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kestell, Marklein, Pridemore, Thiesfeldt, Wynn, Sinicki, Hintz and Clark.
Noes: 1 - Representative Nass.
A703 Passage as amended:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kestell, Marklein, Pridemore, Thiesfeldt, Wynn, Sinicki, Hintz and Clark.
Noes: 1 - Representative Nass.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 314
Relating to: closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Kestell, Marklein, Wynn, Sinicki, Hintz and Clark.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Nass, Pridemore and Thiesfeldt.
To committee on Rules.
Steve Kestell
Chairperson
Committee on Education
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Action on the Senate Message
Senate Bill 174
Relating to: closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts.
By Senators Ellis, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Olsen, Jauch, T. Cullen, Taylor, Schultz, Lassa and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Kestell, Brooks, Krug and Endsley.
To committee on Rules.
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Statement of Canvass
for
Representative to the Assembly
Special Election - November 8, 2011
I, David G. Deininger, designee of the Chairperson of the Government Accountability Board, certify that the attached tabular statement, as compiled from the certified returns made to the Government Accountability Board by the La Crosse County Clerk, contains a correct abstract of the total number of votes given for the election of a candidate for Representative to the Assembly, at a Special Election held in the several election districts in said county on the eighth day of November, 2011.
I Do, Therefore, Determine And Certify that the following candidate, having received the greatest number of votes, is duly elected Representative to the Assembly:
District Elected
95th District Jill E. Billings
Done in the City of Madison, this 16th day of November, 2011.
David G. Deininger
Designee of the Chairperson
Government Accountability Board
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Certificate of Election
I, Kevin J. Kennedy, Director and General Counsel of the Government Accountability Board of the State of Wisconsin, certify that
Jill E. Billings
was elected to the office of
Representative to the Assembly
from the Ninety-fifth Assembly District of the State of Wisconsin, for the unexpired term of two years, commencing on January 3, 2011, and ending January 7, 2013, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jennifer Shilling, as shown on the official canvass of the votes cast at the Special Election held on November 8, 2011.
Done in the City of Madison, this 16th day of November, 2011.
Sincerely,
Kevin J. Kennedy
Director and General Counsel
Government Accountability Board
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Oath of Office
On Monday, November 21, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley administered the oath of office to Jill E. Billings of the Ninety-fifth Assembly District in a ceremony held in the Myrick-Hixon EcoPark in La Crosse.
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Speaker's Communications
DATE: December 1, 2011

TO: Patrick E. Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald

RE: Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities
Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald has appointed the following individuals for the Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities: Representative Steve Nass, Representative Pat Strachota, Richard Wells, Tim Higgins, Fred Mohs and Joe Alexander. Please call if you have any questions.
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A704 Communications
November 21, 2011
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Pat:
I am writing to request that my vote on concurrence with Senate Bill 228 on November 3, 2011 be changed to "Aye". In reviewing the Assembly session proceedings I found that the vote recorded was in error.
Please feel free to contact my office at 266-5719 if you have any questions on this issue.
Sincerely,
Dean Kaufert
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