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Assembly Action this week:
The Assembly was in only one day this week, Thursday March 4, and acted on the following legislation:

AB-135. College Savings Accounts (Molepske) Allows an individual income tax deduction for amounts contributed by a divorced or legally separated parent to his/her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program; limits amounts that may be claimed by a married person filing separately.
AB-413. Crimes Against Children (Van Akkeren) Allows judges to increase imprisonment if day care providers commit sexual assault or causes bodily harm to a child.
AB-480. Gender Violence (Berceau) Creates a civil cause of action for acts of violence motivated by gender.
AB-481. Gender Violence (Parisi) Makes crimes based on gender of victim subject to a penalty enhancer.
AB-529. Securities (Hilgenberg) Penalties for violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law.
AB-544. Lead Wheel Weights (Black) Prohibits installation, sale and distribution of lead wheel weights.
AB-586. Public Assistance Medical Payments (Sherman) Requires insurers/employers to pay governmental unit for certain worker's comp claims and attorney fees for persons receiving public assistance.
AB-594. Prisoner Release (Staskunas) Requires notification of police department and union of prisoners convicted of killing a law enforcement officer prior to release; affords opportunity to testify against release.
AB-616. School Nurses (Pope-Roberts) Changes affecting school nurses and administration of drugs to pupils.
AB-621. Milw Library Boards (Colon) Changes affecting library boards in Milwaukee.
AB-654. Public Works Contracts (Molepske) Requires local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts.
AB-656. Ticket Resales (Zepnick) Local regulation of ticket selling.
AB-658.  Mortgage Originators (Parisi) Qualifications of mortgage loan originators.
AB-685. Criminal Complaints (Hebl) Using an electronic signature on criminal complaints.
AB-693. Trainers (Molepske) Various changes affecting the practice of athletic trainers.
AB-698. Building Program (Hixson) Adds UW-Whitewater Carlson Hall renovation to 2009-11 authorized state building program.
AB-704. Power of Attorney (Cullen) Uniform power of attorney for finances and property.
AB-707. Self Service Storage (Barca) Self-service storage facility notices and procedures.
AB-713. Mutual Assistance (Hraychuck) Mutual assistance between tribal and county or municipal law enforcement agencies.
AB-716. PEOs (Hilgenberg) Professional employer organizations.
AB-766. STH 50 (Steinbrink) Designates a portion of STH 50 in Kenosha County as the LeRoy and Lynn Copen Memorial Highway.
AB-767. Small Business Regulatory Review Board (Barca) Makes changes to the membership of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, notification to the board of bills with an economic impact on small business, and the role of the Office of the Small Business Advocate in the Dept. of Commerce.
AB-599. Snowmobiles (Kaufert) Night-time speed limits for snowmobiles.
AB-709. Toilets (Van Roy) Requires access to toilet facilities in a retail establishment; immunity from civil liability related to use of the toilet facilities.
 
Senate Bills
SB-168. Barber/Cosmetologist Apprentices (Taylor) Supervision of barber and cosmetologist apprentices.
SB-190. Contracts (Wirch) Changes affecting renewals and extensions of business contracts.
SB-227. Temporary Government (Legislative Council) Interim successors for legislators, meetings of the legislature and legislative committees, temporary seat of government for the legislature.
SB-365. Uniform Act (Risser) Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act.
SB-467. Criminal Complaints (Jauch) Allows using electronic signatures on criminal complaints.
SB-482. Trainers (Hansen) Athletic trainers.
SB-504. PROs (Wirch) Professional employer organizations.
SB-303. Drunk Driving Tests (Grothman) Authorizes tests for intoxication, prior to arrest, in certain vehicle accidents

To view full Assembly Action this week, click here:
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/insession/assembly/index.htm

 

Governor: Democratic
The Barrett campaign released a new video series dubbed "Inside the Barrett Campaign."

In the 1 minute, 40-second video, Hyers highlights the various cities Barrett has campaigned in over recent weeks and promotes Sunday's "Ask Tom" session in which people will be able to pose questions to the guv candidate through his Web site (www.wispolitics.com).

See more:
http://www.barrettforwisconsin.com/blog/2010-03-inside-the-barrett-campaign

Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and former four-term Governor Tommy Thompson continues to make noise about a potential candidacy against three-term U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-Middleton).

According to WisPolitics.com, the popular former Governor has had former aides registered three website domains that could be used for a U.S. Senate bid. According to the Thompson former aide, the registering the domain names shouldn't be taken as any signal that Thompson is definitely going to get into the race against Dem Russ Feingold.

Wood has registered the addresses - www.tommy2010.org, www.tommyin2010.com and tommythompson10.com - just in case there is a Thompson candidacy.

Assembly: Democratic
The Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee (ADCC) has hired a new political director, Nicholl Caruso, as it new Executive Director beginning on March 15, 2010. Caruso, who is the current Chief of Staff to Assembly Majority Leader Thomas Nelson (D-Kaukauna), was the previous state director of Progressive Wisconsin.