Committee Reports
The committee on Housing and Real Estate reports and recommends:
WHEDA 2019-20 Dividend Report
The Committee will consider the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority surplus expenditure plan referred to the committee for review under Section 234.165 (2)(a) d. 3. of the Wisconsin Statutes. The committee objects to the WHEDA 2019-20 Dividends for Wisconsin Plan, pursuant to s. 234.165 (2)(b)5 Wis. Stats., on the basis that the plan, primarily in categories IV and V, emphasizes agency operations instead of rural worker housing. Ayes: 5 – Representative Jagler; Representatives Allen, Quinn, Brooks and Murphy.
Noes: 3 – Representatives Stuck, Zamarripa and Haywood.
Pursuant to s. 234.165 (2)(b)5, Wis. Stats., the plan is referred to the joint committee on Finance. _____________
Introduction and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: watershed enhancement in the village of Plover in Portage County and making an appropriation.
By Representative Krug; cosponsored by Senator Testin.
Relating to: a statewide urban search and rescue task force and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Rohrkaste, Kolste, Edming, James, Milroy, Loudenbeck, Kitchens, Billings, Stuck, Subeck, Tusler, Petersen, Gruszynski, Dittrich, Anderson, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Sortwell, Considine, Ohnstad and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Wanggaard, Feyen, Shilling, Cowles, Bewley, Carpenter, Tiffany, Jacque and Testin.
hist108669To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: claims for compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder by police officers and fire fighters under the worker's compensation law.
By Representatives Horlacher, Emerson, Allen, Anderson, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Brostoff, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Edming, Kerkman, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Novak, Ott, Petryk, Pope, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Sortwell, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Bewley, Wanggaard, Erpenbach, Johnson, Marklein, Nass, Schachtner and Wirch.
hist108670To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: medical cannabis, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives C. Taylor, Shankland, Zamarripa, Fields, Bowen, Sinicki, Kitchens, Considine, Brostoff, Stuck, Milroy, Pope, Hesselbein, Gruszynski, Spreitzer, Novak, Hebl, Ohnstad, Vruwink, Anderson, Crowley, Goyke, Stubbs, Hintz, Edming and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Testin, Risser, Carpenter, Hansen, Shilling, L. Taylor, Schachtner, Ringhand, Larson, Johnson, Smith and Miller.
Relating to: credit transactions between beer retailers and beer wholesalers.
By Representatives Knodl, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Horlacher, Magnafici, Sortwell and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Bernier and Nass.
Relating to: designating Colby as the state cheese.
By Representatives Kulp, Edming, James, Rohrkaste, Bowen, VanderMeer, B. Meyers and Allen; cosponsored by Senator Bernier.
hist108729Relating to: extreme risk protection temporary restraining orders and injunctions and providing a penalty. By Representatives Sargent, Crowley, Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Emerson, Fields, Gruszynski, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Subeck, Stubbs, Stuck, C. Taylor, Vining, Zamarripa, Spreitzer and Pope; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Johnson, Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Shilling, Smith and Wirch.
hist108674To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: creating a task force on native pollinator health.
By Representatives Sargent, Kulp, Ohnstad, Stuck, C. Taylor, Anderson, Bowen, Crowley, Fields, Hesselbein, Kolste, Krug, Neubauer, Pope, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Miller, Carpenter, Larson, Risser, Schachtner, L. Taylor and Wirch.
Relating to: regulation of physician assistants, creating a Physician Assistant Examining Board, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives VanderMeer, Edming, Considine, Anderson, Dittrich, Doyle, Felzkowski, James, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Oldenburg, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sortwell, Spiros, Summerfield, Tittl, Vruwink and Tauchen; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Kooyenga, Hansen, Tiffany, Schachtner and Bewley.
hist108676To committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform. Relating to: requirements for funeral director apprenticeships and licenses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures.
By Representatives VanderMeer, Allen, Ballweg, Born, Dittrich, Felzkowski, Fields, Hebl, Horlacher, James, Knodl, Kulp, Macco, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Rodriguez, Sortwell, Stuck, Tittl, Tusler and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Craig, Kapenga, Olsen, Johnson and Larson.
hist108677To committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform. Relating to: the possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or by a fugitive from justice and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Mursau, Subeck, Hebl, Dittrich, Allen, Kulp, Petersen and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Feyen, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Jacque, Cowles and Schachtner.
hist108678To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: commercial driver license waiver for certain operation of commercial motor vehicles by farmers.
By Representatives Spiros, Considine, Knodl, Kulp, Mursau, Oldenburg, Plumer, Ramthun, Tauchen, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Olsen and Tiffany.
Relating to: access by an adult adoptee to report of adoption.
By Representatives Tittl, Brandtjen, James, Knodl, Novak, Sinicki, Thiesfeldt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and L. Taylor.
Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for beekeeping equipment.
By Representatives Mursau, Ballweg, Sargent, Anderson, Sortwell, Pronschinske, Considine, Ohnstad, Tusler, Hesselbein and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senator Olsen.
Relating to: the practice of physical therapy students and physical therapist assistant students and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives VanderMeer, Magnafici, Bowen, Horlacher, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Petryk, Skowronski, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Nass, Schachtner and Kooyenga.
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Reference Bureau Corrections
1. Page 3, line 17: delete “high”.
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Speaker's Communications
October 25, 2019
Representative Rob Swearingen
Room 123 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative Swearingen:
hist108619Pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c), with your permission as Chair of the State Affairs committee, I will remove Assembly Bill 553 from the committee and refer the bill to the Education committee. hist0Please contact my office with any questions. Sincerely,
ROBIN J. VOS
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
