The State Assembly held a floor session on Tuesday, January 28, 2010 at the State Capitol to discuss the following agenda items: Assembly Joint Resolution 100 relating to congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on its 100th anniversary; Assembly Joint Resolution 102 relating to proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week; Assembly Joint Resolution 103 relating to recognizing February 2010 as American Heart Month; Assembly Joint Resolution 106 relating to proclaiming February 5, 2010, as Go Red for Women Day; Senate Joint Resolution 56 relating to proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week; Assembly Bill 532 relating to directing the Department of Commerce to award grants to community development corporations to establish capital access programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 643 relating to waiving certain federal bond limitations allocated to cities and counties and requiring the Department of Commerce to develop a system for reallocating the bond limitations to other state and local units of government; Assembly Bill 692 relating to  technical changes to 2009 Wisconsin Act 100; Assembly Bill 116 relating to school conference and activities leave;  Assembly Bill 371 relating to privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements;  Assembly Bill 548 relating to possession of certain animals killed by vehicles; Assembly Bill 574 relating to lightweight utility vehicles and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 575 relating to requiring the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to establish standards for products sold as honey, prohibiting the labeling as Wisconsin certified honey of a product that has not been determined to meet the standards, prohibiting the labeling as honey of a product that does not meet the standards, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 579 relating to special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University; Assembly Bill 607 relating to requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units; Assembly Bill 347 relating to the Internet sale of unclaimed personal property by a sheriff; Senate Bill 284 relating to designating and marking USH 63 as the Gaylord Nelson Highway.

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The Assembly held a floor session on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at the State Capitol to discuss the following agenda items:  Assembly Joint Resolution 98: relating to declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir: Assembly Joint Resolution 104: relating to the life and military service of Sergeant Nickolas A. Mueller; Assembly Joint Resolution 105: relating to the life and military service of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Amy S. Krueger; Senate Joint Resolution 54: relating to commending Mary and Ted Kellner on the occasion of their receiving the Warren P. Knowles Humanitarian Award; Senate Joint Resolution 55: Relating to declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir; Assembly Bill 219: relating to requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underage persons in certain boats; Assembly Bill 372: relating to the disposal of solid waste from a household on the property where it is generated; Assembly Bill 395: relating to criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 414: relating to requirements for a certificate of food protection practices and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; Assembly Bill 490: relating to receivership for abatement of residential nuisances; Assembly Bill 494: relating to the methodology for filing campaign finance reports in electronic format; Assembly Bill 502: relating to requiring the Department of Revenue to certify the tax base of Tax Incremental Financing District Number 18 in the city of Waukesha; Assembly Bill 560: relating to remedial statutory changes affecting the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (suggested as remedial legislation by the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission); Senate Joint Resolution 11: relating to veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration); Senate Bill 57: relating to composition of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority; Senate Bill 191: relating to podiatrist-patient privilege, immunity exemption for podiatrists providing emergency care at athletic events, allowing podiatrists to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans, allowing podiatrists to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits, cooperatives organized to provide sickness care, the Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board, allowing podiatrists to certify driver school instructors' physical fitness, allowing Medical Assistance recipients to freely choose among podiatrists, and giving equal weight to certifications of disability by podiatrists for insurance purposes; Senate Bill 262: relating to an exemption from recording for time-share licenses; Senate Bill 413: relating to receivership for abatement of residential nuisances.

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The Assembly held a floor session on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at the State Capitol to discuss the following agenda items:

Assembly Bill 354 relating to statute of limitations for intentional torts; Assembly Bill 496 relating to prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty; Assembly substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Barca; Assembly Bill 509 relating to exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum; Assembly Bill 519 relating to extending the expenditure period of Tax Incremental District Number 6 in the city of Sheboygan; Assembly Bill 562 relating to the master logger certification scholarship grant program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources); Assembly Bill 567 relating to amending and revising under s. 10.53 various provisions of ss. 10.62 to 10.82 of the statutes for the purpose of correcting conflicts between the listings in ss. 10.62 to 10.82 and the substantive statutes to which those sections refer. (Correction Bill); Assembly Bill 568 relating to revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, and eliminating defects (Correction Bill);

Assembly Bill 569 relating to revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of supplying omissions and eliminating defects (Correction Bill); Assembly Bill 570 relating to amending and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors and eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, and ambiguities (Correction Bill); Assembly Bill 571 relating to renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting and clarifying references and reconciling conflicts (Correction Bill); Assembly Bill 572 relating to repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Correction Bill); Assembly Bill 573 relating to repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling conflicts, and repelling unintended repeals (Correction Bill); Assembly Bill 591 relating to authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent; Assembly Bill 32 relating to extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers; Senate Bill 137 relating to the definitions of motor bicycle and moped; Senate Bill 182 relating to statute of limitations for intentional torts; Senate Bill 184 relating to licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; Senate Bill 242 relating to creating separate regulatory requirements for certain future service contracts; Senate Bill 290 relating to changes in the regulation of boxing contests, regulating mixed martial arts fighting contests, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.

Continued coverage of the Assembly floor session on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at the State Capitol.

The Wisconsin State Assembly floor session from December 16, 2009 at the State Capitol, during which the Assembly announced the hometown hero and recessed for partisan caucus.

Continued coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly floor session from December 16, 2009 at the State Capitol, during which, they discussed and voted on Senate Bill 66 relating to the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty.

The Wisconsin State Assembly floor session from November 5, 2009 at the State Capitol, during which the following items were addressed: Assembly Joint Resolution 86 relating to the life and public service of Rudy John Kuzel; Assembly Joint Resolution 87 relating to the life and public service of Reuben K. Harpole, Jr.; Assembly Joint Resolution 93 relating to recognizing November as National Adoption Month; Assembly Joint Resolution 95 relating to commemorating the City of Racine's Demisemiseptcentennial (175th Anniversary); Assembly Bill 110 relating to access to employment records of candidates for law enforcement positions; Assembly Bill 241 relating to retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 458 relating to providing instruction in human growth and development Assembly Bill 65 relating to public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 276 relating to composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System; Assembly Bill 358/ Senate Bill 41 relating to indoor environmental quality in public and private schools; Assembly Bill 403 relating to local government property insurance fund premiums; Assembly Bill 462 relating to prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; Assembly Bill 533 relating to using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers and requiring the development of a teacher evaluation plan to be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining; Assembly Bill 535 relating to establishing or contracting for the establishment of a charter school; Assembly Bill 536 relating to authorizing the Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to study each other's education programs, requiring a written agreement concerning such studies, and requiring the establishment of a longitudinal data system of student data; and Assembly Bill 537 relating to grants for improving academic achievement.

Continuing coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly Floor Session from November 5, 2009.

Continuing coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly Floor Session from November 5, 2009.

The Wisconsin State Assembly floor session from November 3, 2009 at the State Capitol, during which the following items were addressed: Assembly Joint Resolution 83 relating to the life and public service of Tommy T. Tradewell; Assembly Joint Resolution 84 relating to the life and public service of Velma Hamilton; Assembly Joint Resolution 92 relating to recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the symbolic end of the cold War; Assembly Resolution 15 relating to requesting the participation of the attorney general as amicus curiae in certain cases before the US Supreme Court; Assembly Bill 110 relating to access to employment records of candidates for law enforcement positions; Assembly Bill 159 relating to the charge-back of refunded or rescinded taxes and of personal property taxes and sharing certain collected taxes; Assembly Bill 198 relating to highway maps published by the DOT; Assembly Bill 230 relating to electronic access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators licenses and identification cards; Assembly Bill 241 relating to theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 266 relating to the provision of support services information to employees who are affected by a business closing or mass layoff; Assembly Bill 267 relating to licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board; Assembly Bill 269 relating to causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 280 relating to seizure of a computer used to commit a crime; Assembly Bill 344/Senate Bill 251 relating to costs of transporting by ferry an arrested person; Assembly Bill 348 relating to the applicability of rules of the road to private roads located in manufactured and mobile home communities; Assembly Bill 378/Senate Bill 253 relating to traffic control devices used by school safety patrols; Assembly Bill 382 relating to fishing licenses issued to disabled veterans; Assembly Bill 455 relating to the testing of portable scales used of the enforcement of vehicle weight limitations; Assembly Bill 456 relating to self-authentication by electronic certification of certain Department of Transportation records; Assembly Bill 458 relating to providing instruction in human growth and development; Assembly Bill 485 relating to required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental rights warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters and the confidentiality of social services records, change from day care to child care and the term used to describe care and supervision of children for less than 24 hours a day; Assembly Bill 486/Senate Bill 347 relating to requiring consultation with a child in determining and reviewing his or her permanency plan; Assembly Bill 510/Senate Bill 361 relating to the monthly rates that are paid for foster care, the levels of care that a foster home may provide, licensing of kinship care relatives to operate foster homes; and Senate Bill 80 relating to the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program.

Continuing coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly Floor Session from November 3, 2009.

The Wisconsin State Assembly floor session from October 29, 2009 at the State Capitol, during which the following items were addressed: Assembly Joint Resolution 88 relating to the life and public service of Jay W. Johnson; Assembly Joint Resolution 90 relating to the life and public service of Rev. P. Harvey Stower; Assembly Joint Resolution 67 relating to commending MAG Giddings and Lewis on its sesquicentennial; Assembly Joint Resolution 82 relating to proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Assembly Joint Resolution 85 relating to recognizing the work of Wisconsin's coroners and medical examiners; Assembly Joint Resolution 89 relating to declaring October as Co-op month; Assembly Joint Resolution 91 relating to declaring October to be Adopt a Shelter Pet Month; and Assembly Resolution 13 Relating to proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The Wisconsin State Assembly floor session from October 29, 2009 at the State Capitol, during which the following items were addressed: Assembly Bill 21 relating to discharge from employment of a passenger-for-hire vehicle operator solely on the basis of having been involved in a single motor vehicle accident; Assembly Bill 174 relating to authorizing sharing of tax increments by certain environmental remediation tax incremental districts; Assembly Bill 175/Senate Bill 132 relating to expanding the life of a tax incremental district in the city of Racine; Assembly Bill 277 prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty; Assembly bill 288 relating to education and work experience requirements for registration as a professional engineer and examinations for professional engineering credentials; Assembly Bill 323 relating to information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender; Assembly Bill 376 relating to restitution for misappropriation form a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran; Assembly Bill 400 relating to requiring landlords to change locks; Assembly 409/Senate Bill 278 relating to U-turns on highways; Assembly Bill 410 relating to violation of the 72-hour no contact provision in domestic violence cases; Assembly Bill 411 relating to prohibition against making, reproducing, or possessing a nude depiction of a person without the person's consent and the sex offender registry; Assembly Bill 415 relating to designating and marking a portion of USH 12 in the city of Whitewater as the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Highway; Assembly Bill 418 relating to a county fair coordinator; Assembly Bill 419 relating to rape shield provisions in civil proceedings, discovery and inspection of victims and witnesses and victims rights; Assembly 483 relating to the employment of minors 12 years of age or older by nonprofit organizations in and around the homes of elderly persons and persons with disabilities to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking and other similar work usual to those homes; Assembly Bill 487 relating to various changes in the unemployment insurance law and providing a penalty; and Senate Bill 252 relating to the duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident.

The Wisconsin State Assembly floor session from October 27, 2009 at the State Capitol, during which the following items were addressed: Assembly Joint Resolution 74 relating to designating each October as hydrocephalus awareness month; Assembly Joint Resolution 77 relating to Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month; Assembly Bill 250 relating to regulation of persons who sell dogs or operate animal shelters or animal control facilities; Assembly Bill 261 relating to soliciting purchases of goods or services using unsolicited checks or money orders; Assembly Bill 271 relating to professional land surveyors and the practice of professional land surveying, surveying land abutting navigable waters; Assembly Bill 275 relating to Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board; Assembly Bill 375 relating to a property tax exemption for certain nonprofit community theaters; Assembly Bill 397 relating to the definition of plumbing and classifying plumbers to do certain work; Assembly Bill 417 relating to requirements for initial licensure as a veterinarian; Assembly Bill 430 relating to making October 10, William D. Hoard Day, a legal holiday; Assembly Bill 459 relating to the model academic standards for personal financial literacy; Assembly Bill 471 relating to mortgage broker duties and agency relationships; Assembly Bill 472 relating to certification and licensure of real estate appraisers and requirements for appraisal reports; Senate Bill 241 relating to modifying the definition of all-terrain vehicle; and Senate Bill 38 relating to issuing annual vehicle admission receipts for motor buses for entry to state parks and other vehicle admission areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources.

Continued coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly floor session, convened on October 27, 2009 at the State Capitol.

The Wisconsin State Assembly convened a floor session on October 20, 2009 at the State Capitol. The Assembly took up the following agenda items: Assembly Joint Resolution 75 regarding the life and public service of John Stanley; Assembly Joint Resolution 76 regarding the second anniversary or WisconsinEye's commencement of broadcast operations; Assembly Joint Resolution 78 relating to the recall of enrolled 2009 Assembly Bill 8; Assembly Joint Resolution 80 relating to commemorating the achievements and contributions of the UW-La Crosse on the occasion of its centennial; Assembly Bill 213 regarding establishing and changing compensation for city and village elective offices; Assembly Bill 229; relating to the sale of home-canned food; Assembly Bill 332 relating to authorizing the use of airguns and crossbows under certain hunting licenses; Assembly Bill 35 relating to hunting of deer during open bow hunting season; Assembly Bill 364 relating to Council on Offender Reentry; Assembly Bill 412 relating to personal liability of officers, directors, and employees of child care providers; Assembly Bill 421 relating to Indian child welfare; Assembly Bill 426 regarding authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts; Assembly Bill 428 relating to public disclosure of certain information when child abuse or neglect results in death or injury or when a child in out-of-home placement commits suicide or is sexually abused by a caregiver; Assembly Bill 442 regarding ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Association of State Prosecutors for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the assistant district attorneys collective bargaining unit; Assembly Bill 443 relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Teaching Assistants'' association for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in teh program, project, and teaching assistants of the UW-Madison and UW-Extension collective bargaining unit; Assembly Bill 444 relating to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Professional Employees in Research, Statistics, and Analysis, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional research statistics, and analysis collective bargaining unit.

Continued coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly floor session, convened on October 20, 2009 at the State Capitol.

The Wisconsin State Assembly convened a floor session on September 22, 2009 at the State Capitol. The Assembly took up the following agenda items: Assembly Joint Resolution 66 relating to the life and military service of Private First Class Steven Drees; Assembly Joint Resolution 69 relating to the life and military service of Wisconsin Army National Guard Master Sergeant Brian K. Naseman of Racine; Assembly Joint Resolution 72 relating to the life and public service of Edward Moore Kennedy; Assembly Resolution 10 relating to proclaiming October as Italian-American month; Assembly Bill 57 relating to permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be; Assembly Bill 131 relating to pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act; Assembly Bill 138 relating to the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board; Assembly Bill 164 relating to notice of intent to remove a child from the home of a relative and review of decisions or orders involving the placement and care of a child placed in the home of a relative; Assembly Bill 209 relating to authorizing a county to provide assistance to a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to certain individuals; Assembly Bill 297 relating to child abuse and neglect prevention grants; Assembly Bill 298 relating to requiring notice to relatives when a child is taken into custody and disclosure of information to relatives for the purpose of facilitating a relationship or placement; Assembly Bill 299 relating to products containing mercury; Assembly Bill 314 relating to pesticide use by railroads; Assembly Bill 317 relating to interim successors for legislators, meetings of the legislature and legislative committees, and temporary seat of government for the legislature; Assembly Bill 333 relating to limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons; Assembly Bill 374 relating to emergency assistance grants; Assembly Bill 387 relating to the homestead exemption; Assembly Bill 214 relating to posttermination of parental rights contact between a child and a birth relative of the child and disclosure of the report of an investigation of the home of a proposed adoptive parent on the request of the proposed adoptive parent; Senate Bill 107 relating to the sale, disposal, collection and recycling of electronic devices; and Senate Bill 123 relating to regulating the transportation of aquatic plants and aquatic animals, the administration of federal funds for the control and eradication of noxious weeds, the placement of vehicles, seaplanes, watercraft, and other objects in navigable waters, the regulation of noxious weeds by municipalities, and the disposal of invasive species.

Continued coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly floor session, convened on September 22, 2009 at the State Capitol.

The Wisconsin State Assembly convened a floor session on September 17, 2009 at the State Capitol. The Assembly took up the following agenda items: Assembly Joint Resolution 64 and Senate Joint Resolution 43 relating to the life and public service of Linda Farley; Assembly Joint Resolution 68 relating to the life and public service of Edwin C. Stephan; Assembly Joint Resolution 70 relating to proclaiming September 18, 19, and 20, 2009, as Gemuetlichkeit Days; Assembly Joint Resolution 71 relating to the H1N1 virus and its impact on Wisconsin; Assembly Joint Resolution 59 relating to continuity of government; Assembly Bill 153 relating to membership of the State Fair Park Board; Assembly Bill 186 relating to salvinorin A; Assembly Bill 211 relating to administration of grant funds under the county-tribal cooperative law enforcement program; Assembly Bill 273 relating to podiatrists; Assembly Bill 280 relating to seizure of a computer used to commit a crime; Assembly Bill 283 relating to operating a vehicle while intoxicated; Assembly Bill 316 relating to emergency management, succession of public offices, liability and licensure of emergency volunteers, disaster relief, ratification of the pest control compact, transportation and disposal of animal carcasses, the plant industry, computation of school days, variance for hospital requirements, public works mutual assistance, emergencies related to computer or telecommunication systems, and providing penalties; Assembly Bill 317 relating to interim successors for legislators, meetings of the legislature and legislative committees, and temporary seat of government for the legislature; Assembly Bill 319 relating to regional structural collapse teams and granting rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 325 relating to notice of proposed vacation of certain highways; Assembly Bill 130 relating to cost of administering tests for intoxication; Senate Bill 157 relating to driver education instruction; and Senate Bill 158 relating to vehicle stops at railroad crossings.

Continued coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly floor session held on September 17, 2009 at the State Capitol.

The Wisconsin State Assembly convened a floor session on September 16, 2009 at the State Capitol. The Assembly took up the following agenda items: Assembly Joint Resolution 19 relating to the life of public service of Carroll E. Metzner; Assembly Bill 119 relating to requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten; Assembly Bill 136 relating to partially exempting an assessor and an assessor's staff from liability for trespassing, creating immunity from civil liability, and changing the notice requirements related to the revaluation of property by an assessor; Assembly Bill 166 relating to the use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians; Assembly Bill 227 relating to directing the Pharmacy Examining Board to create a program to monitor the dispensing of prescription drugs; Assembly Bill 228 relating to awarding state procurements to certified disabled veteran-owned businesses; Assembly Bill 236 relating to requiring that certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits; Assembly Bill 240 relating to making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday; Assembly Bill 251 relating to adding a member to the council on veterans programs; Assembly Bill 256 relating to regulation of wind energy systems; Assembly Bill 292 relating to recording and filing documents with the register of deeds; Assembly Bill 11 relating to eliminating the World Dairy Center Authority; and Assembly Bill 128 relating to authorizing a sheriff to depute certain security officers who are employed by the Department of Military Affairs.

Continued coverage of the Wisconsin State Assembly floor session convened on September 16, 2009 at the State Capitol.

The Wisconsin State Assembly considered a number of pieces of legislation including Assembly 75, relating to the state budget, during a floor session on June 26, 2009.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met briefly to convene and adjourn a special session called for by Gov. Jim Doyle to consider the hospital assessment. Majority Leader Thomas Nelson, D-Kaukauna, also appointed members to a committee of conference on Assembly Bill 75, relating to the state budget.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on June 23, 2009. After roll call the body considered Assembly Joint Resolution 56, relating to the 100 year anniversary of Peninsula State Park. Members then went into recess for partisan caucus.

After returning from partisan caucus on June 23, 2009 to continue their scheduled floor session the Wisconsin State Assembly considered a number of pieces of legislation. The legislation included: Assembly Bill 8, relating to municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses; Assembly Bill 139, relating to littering and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 177, relating to operating a motor vehicle while suspended, revoked, or disqualified; Assembly Bill 178, relating to motor vehicle operating privileges, seizures by courts or law enforcement officers of operator's licenses, and reinstatement of canceled identification cards; Assembly Bill 202, relating to bulk transfers of inventory; Assembly Bill 258, relating to the disposal of used automotive engine oil filters and oil absorbent materials and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 281, relating to the restriction on the amount of phosphorus in certain cleaning agents; Assembly Bill 308, relating to police escorts and vehicle rights-of-way related to escorted vehicles and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 83, relating to issuing annual fishing licenses to certain resident disabled veterans; Senate Bill 39, relating to cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program; Senate Bill 75, relating to the designation of Korean War Armistice Day; and Senate Bill 76, relating to the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on June 18, 2009. After roll call, the Assembly took up the following agenda items: Assembly Joint Resolution 57, relating to the public service of Anthony D. Hardie; Assembly Joint Resolution 54, relating to proclaiming Cesky Den; Senate Joint Resolution 34, relating to the life and public service of Dr. Akbar Ally; Senate Joint Resolution 35, relating to encouraging the purchase and use of American goods and services with federal economic renewal grants; Senate Joint Resolution 38, relating to the life and public service of John D. "Jack" Steinhilber.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on June 18, 2009. Following a recess, the Assembly took up the following agenda items: Assembly Bill 86, relating to authorizing hunting of certain game with a crossbow by nonresidents who have attained the age of 65 years; Assembly Bill 222, relating to the minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 248, relating to the possession and consumption of alcohol beverages on retail licensed premises in a park in a 1st class city; Assembly Bill 129, relating to battery or threat to witnesses and providing penalties; Senate Bill 31, relating to the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Senate Bill 112, relating to the possession of green skins of fur-bearing animals, the tagging of traps, and the sale, purchase, bartering, and trade of wild animals and their carcasses; Senate Bill 126, relating to changes to and extension of the Environmental Results Program, extension of the Environmental Improvement Program and the length of a compliance schedule under that program, and reporting requirements for certain environmental programs; Senate Bill 167, relating to the minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority; Senate Bill 216, relating to professional employer organizations and professional employer groups.

The Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session on June 12, 2009 to vote on Assembly Bill 75, the state budget. The debate continued late into the night and the next morning.

The Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session on June 12, 2009 to vote on Assembly Bill 75, the state budget. The debate continued late into the night and the next morning.

The Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session on June 12, 2009 to vote on Assembly Bill 75, the state budget. The debate continued late into the night and the next morning.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on June 11, 2009.

The Wisconsin State Assembly continued their floor session on Thursday, June 11, 2009. After roll call, the Assembly voted on Senate Bill 232, the school funding bill. The Assembly then went into recess for partisan caucus. The session was later delayed until June 12, 2009.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. After considering appointments, the Assembly met on the following: Assembly Joint Resolution 27; relating to proclaiming June 6, 2009, as Proper Drug Disposal Day; Assembly Joint Resolution 37, relating to proclaiming the Wisconsin Centennial of Flight; Assembly Joint Resolution 52, relating to commending the public service of Elizabeth Burmaster; Assembly Bill 253, relating to prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 33, relating to technical changes that affect the public debt amortization fund of a first class city; Assembly Bill 47, relating to prohibiting persons convicted of certain felonies from providing martial arts instruction to minors; Assembly Bill 111, relating to the lifetime limit under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan; Assembly Bill 112, relating to health insurance coverage denials for eligibility under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan; Assembly Bill 165, relating to expanding the types of property that may be specially assessed by a neighborhood improvement district; Assembly Bill 132, relating to a requirement that an employer grant an unpaid leave of absence to allow an employee to participate in an emergency service operation of the Civil Air Patrol and prohibiting discrimination in employment based on Civil Air Patrol membership.

The Assembly also met for an extraordinary session on Assembly Bill 255, relating to eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits and payment of extended benefits; excluding recovery and reinvestment act moneys from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments; eligibility for participation in the programs of a community action agency; financial assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program; the confidentiality of pupil records provided to the Department of Public Instruction; financial assistance for criminal justice programs; authorizing political subdivisions to make residential energy efficiency improvement loans and impose special charges for the loans; definition of low-income household under energy and weatherization assistance programs; eligibility and notice changes for state continuation of coverage for health insurance; changes to enterprise zone jobs credits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.

Continued.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a special session on Wednesday, April, 29, 2009. The took up the following: Senate Bill 20, relating to authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. In part one, the Assembly met on the following: Assembly Joint Resolution 38, relating to the life and military service of Sergeant Daniel James Thompson; Assembly Joint Resolution 45, relating to the life and military service of Sergeant Clint A. Sikorski; Assembly Resolution 5, relating to the life and public service of Debbie Loiselle and Stuart Seffern.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. In part two, the Assembly met on the following: Assembly Bill 100, Senate Joint Resolution 23 and 25; Assembly Joint Resolution 41, relating to declaring June as Scoliosis Awareness Month; Assembly Joint Resolution 23, relating to declaring May as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month; Assembly Joint Resolution 48, relating to Proclaiming May 2, 2009, as Pediatric Stroke Awareness Day; Assembly Joint Resolution 50; Assembly Joint Resolution 9; Senate Joint Resolution 24 & 28.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. In part three, the Assembly met on the following: Senate Bill 49, relating to changing the procedures for filling vacant civil service positions in the city of Milwaukee; Senate Bill 51, relating to judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings; Senate Bill 94, relating to the licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation mechanics; creating a thermal system insulation council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing and maintaining thermal system insulation; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 59, relating to passing parked motor vehicles and opening motor vehicle doors on highways and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 68, relating to the distribution of the first dollar property tax credit; Assembly Bill 95, relating to preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining; Senate Bill 46; Assembly Bill 122, relating to appellate time limits and procedure; Assembly Bill 123, relating to appellate procedure regarding commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons; Assembly Bill 124, relating to appellate procedure; Assembly Bill 142, relating to requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture; Assembly Bill 172, relating to requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process; Senate Bill 161, Senate Bill 49, Senate Bill 51, Senate Bill 94.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Thursday, April 23, 2009. In part one, the Assembly took up the following: Assembly Joint Resolution 47, relating to the life and public service of John L. Merkt; Assembly Joint Resolution 42, relating to recognizing April 8 as Wellness Day in Wisconsin; Assembly Joint Resolution 43, relating to proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff; Assembly Joint Resolution 44, relating to declaring May 3 to May 9, 2009, to be Vasculitis Awareness Week; Assembly Joint Resolution 46, relating to declaring May 2009 as Drug Court Month; Assembly Bill 16, relating to requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age; Assembly Bill 18, relating to the income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit; Assembly Bill 27, relating to the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest; Assembly Bill 100, relating to preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, and establishing a standard application for individual health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority; Assembly Bill 103, relating to authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation; Senate Bill 27, relating to requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Thursday, April 23, 2009. In part two, the Assembly returned from partisan caucus, debated several issues, and met on Assembly Bill 27, relating to the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Thursday, March 26, 2009. In part one, the Assembly took up the following agenda items: Assembly Joint Resolution 28, relating to commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway; Assembly Joint Resolution 35, relating to commending the Gundersen Lutheran Health System on being recognized as the first medical facility in the nation to achieve a top rating from the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers; Senate Joint Resolution 17, relating to proclaiming March of every year as Irish-American Heritage Month; Senate Joint Resolution 19, relating to declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month; Senate Joint Resolution 20, relating to proclaiming the Week of the Young Child; Senate Joint Resolution 21, relating to celebrating March 25, 2009, as the 188th anniversary of Greek independence; Assembly Bill 43, relating to designating portions of the Totogatic River as a wild river; Senate Bill 9, relating to a tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction; Senate Bill 12, relating to the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake.

The State Assembly met for a floor session on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. In part one, the Assembly met on the following agenda items: Assembly Joint Resolution 10, relating to Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week; Assembly Joint Resolution 33, relating to proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month; Senate Joint Resolution 3, relating to proclaiming Data Privacy Day; Senate Joint Resolution 12, relating to recognizing and supporting national Minority Cancer Awareness Week.

The State Assembly met for a floor session on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. In part two, the Assembly met on the following agenda items: Senate Joint Resolution 6, relating to opposing a federal mandate requiring the suspension or revocation of driver's licenses in all circumstances in which a person has been convicted of a drug or other controlled substances violation and exercising the state's option to opt out of this federal mandate; Assembly Bill 14 (Senate Bill 4), relating to the regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties; Senate Bill 36, relating to motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations; Senate Bill 37, relating to payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges.

Following the State of the Tribes Address, the Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. In part one, the Assembly met on the following: Assembly Joint Resolution 7, relating to the life and public service of Judge Ted E. Wedemeyer, Jr.; Assembly Joint Resolution 17, relating to declaring March 10, 2009, Tibet Day; Assembly Joint Resolution 1, relating to proclaiming Niagara Escarpment year and month; Senate Joint Resolution 4, relating to recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red for Women Day. Running time: 42min.

Following the State of the Tribes Address, the Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. In part two, the Assembly met on the following: Assembly Bill 3, relating to restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty; Assembly Bill 4, relating to catch and release bass and muskellunge fishing; Assembly Bill 7, relating to designating a portion of the Brunsweiler River as a wild river; and Senate Bill 7, relating to the filing of certain forms related to tax incremental financing district number then in the city of Chippewa Falls. Running time: 1hr 6min.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for an extraordinary session on Wednesday, February 18 at the State Capitol on the following: Senate Bill 62 and 50 Assembly amendments to the bill, relating to state finances and appropriations and making diverse other changes in the statutes. Running time 5hr 22min.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, on the following: Assembly Bill 5, relating to payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state.

The Wisconsin State Assembly met for a floor session on January 27, 2009 on the following: Assembly Bill 1, relating to state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state; and Assembly Bill 2, relating to state procurement of contractual services.

Continued.

The inauguration of the 2009 State Assembly took place on January 5, 2009 from the Assembly Chambers at the State Capitol in Madison.