WI Legislature, Recently Introduced Proposals (12/27)

2011 Assembly Bill 445
Relating to: the hours that a minor may work.

• Introduced by Representatives Grigsby, Pocan, Doyle, Pasch, Turner, Sinicki, Berceau, Hebl, Roys, Mason, Zamarripa, Kessler, Clark, Hintz, C. Taylor and Bewley;
  Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Hansen, C. Larson, Risser and S. Coggs
• Read first time and referred to committee on Labor and Workforce Development

2011 Assembly Bill 446
Relating to: time limits and other participation requirements, case management services, and caretaker of newborn grants under Wisconsin Works; child care provider rates and eligibility for subsidies under Wisconsin Shares; and granting rule-making authority.

• Introduced by Representatives Grigsby, Young, Pasch, C. Taylor, Berceau, Pocan and E. Coggs;
  Cosponsored by Senators Taylor and Risser
• Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families

2011 Assembly Bill 447
Relating to: authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma.

• Introduced by Representatives Radcliffe, Litjens, Bernard Schaber, Bernier, Brooks, E. Coggs, Doyle, Endsley, Farrow, Kaufert, Kerkman, Krug, Marklein, Pridemore, Ringhand, Ripp, Rivard, Spanbauer, Thiesfeldt, Young, Zepnick and Ziegelbauer;
  Cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Olsen
• Read first time and referred to committee on Education

2011 Senate Bill 347
Relating to: creation of a Capitol Council, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.

• Introduced by Senators Taylor, Miller, Carpenter, Wirch and Lassa;
  Cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Sinicki, Barca, Grigsby, Berceau, Molepske Jr, Pasch, Bewley, Pope-Roberts and Clark
• Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations

2011 Senate Bill 348
Relating to: eliminating an obsolete reference governing pilot payments to Second Chance Partnership to establish a work-based learning program; changing the name of the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning, the name of the Reference and Loan Library, and the name of the Division for Learning Support, Equity and Advocacy; participation in a public library system; and the appropriation to the Department of Public Instruction for children-at-risk programs (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).

• Introduced by Law Revision Committee
• Read first time and referred to committee on Education

2011 Senate Bill 349
Relating to: the confidentiality of information related to exemptions from the requirement to register livestock premises; membership of county land conservation committees; vehicle scale operators; and changing a reporting requirement for pesticide sales (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection).

• Introduced by Law Revision Committee
• Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education

2011 Senate Bill 350
Relating to: increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty.

• Introduced by Senators Olsen, S. Coggs, Erpenbach, Lassa, Schultz, Shilling and Wanggaard;
  Cosponsored by Representatives A. Ott, Ballweg, Bies, Billings, Brooks, Doyle, Endsley, Jacque, Marklein, Petrowski, Petryk, Ringhand, Ripp, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steineke and Wynn
• Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations

2011 Senate Bill 351
Relating to: changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program.

• Introduced by Senators Vinehout, Taylor, Hansen, Lassa, C. Larson, S. Coggs and Wirch;
  Cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Grigsby, Ringhand, C. Taylor, Molepske Jr, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Pocan, Bewley, Toles and Turner
• Read first time and referred to committee on Health

2011 Senate Bill 352
Relating to: participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

• Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Galloway, Holperin, Lassa, Moulton and Schultz;
  Cosponsored by Representatives Honadel, Kuglitsch, Petersen, Krug, Sinicki, Jacque, Bernier, Petrowski, Wynn, Knodl, Tauchen, Petryk, Litjens, Klenke, Mursau, Brooks, Steineke, A. Ott, Marklein, Spanbauer, Strachota, Staskunas, Toles, Bies, Zepnick and Endsley
• Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs