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Legislature Has Busy Week Again Next Week
Next week, the legislature will be back in session after a busy week this past week where it was both in regular session and in special session to act on Governor Walker's request to go into special session in order to 'Get Wisconsin Back to Work.'
The Assembly will meet next Tuesday, October 25, in regular session and will consider the following bills:
AJR-34. Pregnancy Centers (Jacque) Honors pregnancy care centers and proclaims October 2011 as Pregnancy Care Month.
AJR-57. Richard Cates (Hulsey) Memorial - Richard Cates.
AJR-61. Gervase Hephner (A. Ott) Memorial - Former Democratic Rep. Gervase Hephner.
AJR-66. Pregnancy/Infant (Milroy) Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
AJR-67. Adoption (Kerkman) Recognizes November as Adoption Month.
AJR-68. Petersen (Petersen) Life and public service of Richard Petersen.
AB-63. Retail Liquor Sales (Wynn) Changes morning closing hours for Class "A" and "Class A" retailers from 8 a.m. to 6 a.m. so Class "A" retailers may sell beer from 6 a.m. until midnight, unless local ordinances are more restrictive. "Class A" retailers would be able to sell liquor from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
AB-93. Tobacco Purchases (Bies) Prohibits purchase of tobacco products on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor.
AB-104. DNR Board (LeMahieu) Revises membership on DNR Board.
AB-125. Trails Council (Kestell) Changes membership on State Trails Council.
AB-132. Motor Vehicle Dealers (Ballweg) Enumerates several additional actions of a manufacturer, importer or distributor with respect to a dealer as violations.
AB-147. Health Care Providers (Severson) Inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
AB-158. Conservation Congress (Mursau) Voting at meetings of the conservation congress.
AB-161. Fall Primary (Tauchen) Changes September primary from 2nd Tuesday in September to the 2nd Tuesday in August and renames it the Partisan Primary.
AB-164. Police Officer Injuries (Endsley) Soft tissue injury of a law enforcement officer when resisting or obstructing arrest.
AB-200. County Fair Wine Sales (Bernier) Authorizes a winery to make retail sales and provide samples of wine on fairgrounds under the "Class B" license issued to the fair association.
AB-212. Public Safety Workers (Honadel) Prohibits throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker.
AB-217. Impersonating Certain Officials (Bies) Extends prohibition against impersonating a peace officer to fire fighters, EMTs or first responders.
AB-245. Prescription Drugs (J. Ott) Procurement of prescription drugs by a faculty member at an institution of higher education for the purpose of lawful research, teaching or testing.
AB-263. Police Costs (Knodl) Costs associated with providing false information to a law enforcement officer.
AB-265. Bicycles (Ripp) Definition of bicycle; manual turn signals for bicyclists; lighting of bicycles, motor bicycles and electric personal assistive mobile devices, overtaking and passing vehicles, operation of bicycles equipped with metal-studded tires; moped parking.
AB-275. BCPL (Brooks) Makes various changes affecting the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.
AB-290. Wine Manufacture (Kooyenga) Expands coverage of wine and beer not for sale exemptions.
AB-300. License Plates (A. Ott) Changes affecting registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers and transporters of motor vehicles.
AB-301. DNR Spending (Suder) Joint Finance Committee review of DNR spending of certain federal funds.
AB-302. Nursing Homes (Knodl) Makes various changes in regulation of nursing homes.
AB-305. Sealed Containers (Petrowski) Permits for overweight vehicles or combinations transporting sealed containers or vehicles in international trade.
AB-306. Agricultural Vehicles (Petrowski) Annual or consecutive month permits for certain overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting agricultural products.
AB-310. UC (Ballweg) Various changes in the unemployment insurance law.
Senate Proposals
SB-96. Motor Vehicle Dealers (Leibham) Enumerates several additional actions of a manufacturer, importer or distributor with respect to a dealer as violations.
SB-107. Landlords (Lasee) Prohibits ordinances limiting certain things a landlord may do.
SB-109. Police Officer Injuries (Leibham) Soft tissue injury of a law enforcement officer when resisting or obstructing arrest.
SB-116. September Primary (Lazich) Changes September primary from 2nd Tuesday in September to the 2nd Tuesday in August and renames it the Partisan Primary
(information taken from www.thewheelerreport.com).
The Senate will also meet next week, but as of this writing, Senate leadership has not released the floor schedule for next week.
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