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LEGISLATION FOR PERIOD ENDING 3/09/02

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

2001-2002 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

LEGISLATION FOR PERIOD ENDING 3/09/02

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Assembly Bill Summary

AB 26

Relates to the fee for initial issuance of a reserve "Class B" license. Committee on State Affairs 2/8/01.

AB 62

Relates to local ordinances governing drug paraphernalia. Committee on Urban and Local Affairs 2/1/01. Public hearing held 3/14/01. Assembly amendment 1 adopted 3/15/01. Committee on Rules 3/15/01. Assembly amendment 1 and 2 adopted and passed 3/22/01. Committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform 3/28/01. Public hearing held 12/18/02. Report concurrence, recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform 2/28/02.

AB 73

Relates to smoking and using tobacco products at or near a school and providing a penalty. Committee on State Affairs 2/1/01.

AB 86

Relates to banning smoking in buildings on post-secondary school campuses and providing a penalty. Committee on State Affairs 2/1/01.

AB 94

Relates to the occupational tax on intoxicating liquor and wine that is brought into this state from a foreign country. Committee on State Affairs 2/6/01. Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions 2/6/01. Public hearing held 3/27/01. Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs 5/3/01.

AB 104

Relates to allowing a "Class A" licensee to provide wine free of charge for consumption on the licensee's premises. Committee on State Affairs 2/6/01. Public hearing held 3/27/01. Committee on Rules 4/06/01. Referred to Committee on Rules 4/6/01. Placed on calendar 6/12/01 by Committee on Rules. Referred to Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation 6/14/01.

AB 116

Relates to treatment of minors for alcohol or other drug abuse. Committee on Children and Families 2/13/01. Public hearing held 3/1/01. Committee on Rules 3/6/01. Rules passed 3/20/01. Committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform 3/22/01.

AB 182

Relates to eliminating emergency detention under the fifth standard of dangerousness, eliminating termination of involuntary civil commitments under the fifth standard of dangerousness, permitting only petitions approved by the attorney general to be filed for involuntary civil commitment under the fifth standard of dangerousness, and providing access by the corporation counsel to court records and treatment records of persons receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or drug dependence. Committee on Health 3/8/01. LRB correction 3/26/01.

AB 206

Relates to regulation of social workers, advanced practice social workers, independent social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and art, music, and dance therapists, insurance coverage for services provided by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Committee on Health 3/15/01. Public hearing 4/10/01. LRB correction 4/24/01. Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered 10/2/01. Report Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption, passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health 10/17/01. Placed on calendar 11/8/01 by Committee on Rules 11/6/01. Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered and adopted 11/8/01. Referred to Joint Committee on Finance; withdrawn and taken up 11/8/01. Read and passed 11/8/01. Received from assembly 11/14/01. Referred to Committee on Human Services and Aging 11/14/01. Withdrawn from Committee on Human Services and Aging and taken up 1/29/02. Read and concurred in 1/29/02. Received from Senate concurred in 1/31/02. Report correctly enrolled 2/7/02.

AB 208

Relates to termination of a tenancy if notice given regarding drug or criminal gang activity. Committee on Housing 3/15/01. Public hearing held 4/5/01. Committee on Rules 8/31/01. Placed on calendar 11/1/01 by Committee on Rules 10/30/01. Read and passed 11/1/01. Received from Assembly 11/6/01. Referred to Committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations 11/6/01. Public hearing held 2/13/02. Report concurrence, recommended by Committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations 2/20/02.

AB 216

Relates to the right to discovery in implied consent cases involving drunk driving. Committee on Highway Safety 3/15/01. Public hearing held 12/5/01. Assemblyl amendment 1 offered 12/17/01. Report Assembly amendment 1 adoption, passed as amended and recommended by Committee on Highway Safety 1/22/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 1/22/02.

AB 235

Relates to reciprocity within a county for alcohol beverage operators' licenses. Committee on State Affairs 3/20/01. Public hearing held 4/10/01.

AB 237

Relates to payments to ethanol producers and making an appropriation. Committee on Agriculture 3/20/01. Public hearing held 4/26/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered by committee on Agriculture 4/26/01. Assembly amendment 1 adoption, passage as amended recommended by committee on Agriculture 5/3/01. Referred to Joint Committee on Finance 5/3/01.

AB 249

Relates to the effective annexation or detachment of territory on a municipality's quota of "Class B" intoxicating liquor licenses. Committee on State Affairs 3/26/01. Public hearing held 5/22/01. Referred to committee on Rules 5/31/01. Placed on calendar 10/20/01 by Committee on Rules 10/25/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered and withdrawn 10/30/01. Read and passed 11/1/01. Received from Assembly 11/6/01. Referred to Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation. Public Hearing held 11/28/01. Report concurrence, recommended by Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation 12/06/01. Placed on calendar 2/26/02 by Committee on Senate Organizations 2/20/02. Read a second time, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read a third time and concurred in 2/26/02. Received from Senate concurred in 2/26/02. Report correctly enrolled 2/28/02.

AB 306

Relates to providing alcohol beverages to persons who are 18, 19, or 20 years of age and providing a penalty. Committee on State Affairs 4/12/01.

AB 350

Relates to warnings for first violations of certain underage drinking prohibitions. Committee on State Affairs 4/24/01. Public hearing held 12/4/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered by Committee on State Affairs 1/15/02. Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs 2/4/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 2/4/02.

AB 394

Relates to revocations, suspensions, and refusals to renew a license or permit relating to alcohol beverages. Committee on State Affairs 5/14/01.

AB 425

Relates to substances used to induce false negative drug tests and providing a penalty. Committee on Criminal Justice 5/31/01. Public hearing held 6/6/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Staskunas 8/18/01. Report Assembly amendment 1 adoption 9/24/01. Referred to Committee on Rules 9/24/01. Placed on calendar 11/1/01 by Committee on Rules 10/30/01. Assembly amendment 1 adopted and passed 11/1/01. Received from Assembly 11/6/01. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform. Public hearing held 2/13/02.

AB 440

Relates to jury trials in municipal court regarding first offense drunk driving. Committee on Judiciary 6/7/01. Public Hearing held 9/6/01.

AB 443

Relates to authorizing the appointment of assistant district attorneys to provide restorative justice services; authorizing counties and the department of corrections to contract with religious organizations for the provision of services relating to delinquency and crime prevention and the rehabilitation of offenders; inmate rehabilitation; creating the office of charitable choice implementation; establishing a grant program for a neighborhood organization incubator; distributing funding for alcohol and other drug abuse services; and making appropriations. Committee on Corrections and the Courts 6/12/01.

AB 464

Relates to prohibitions related to certain controlled substances and providing a penalty. Committee on Criminal Justice 7/19/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered 10/2/01. Public hearing held 10/3/01. Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 offered 10/17/01. Report assembly amendment 1 adoption, passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice 10/23/01. Referred to Committee on Rules 10/23/01. Placed on calendar 11/6/01 by Committee on Rules 11/1/01. Assembly amendment 1 adopted. Assembly amendment 2 offered, adopted, and passed 11/6/01. Received from Assembly 11/7/01. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform 11/7/01. Public hearing held 3/5/02.

AB 495

Relates to the seizure of computers used in crimes against children. Committee on Corrections and the Courts 9/17/01. Report passage recommended by Committee on Corrections and the Courts 9/24/01. Committee on Rules 9/24/01. Placed on calendar 11/1/01 by Committee on Rules 10/30/01. Read and passed 11/1/01. Received from Assembly 11/6/01. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform 11/7/01. Public hearing held 3/5/02.

AB 499

Relates to adding, as a condition for worker's compensation liability, a condition that the employee's injury not result from the intoxication of the employee by alcohol beverages or use of a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog. Committee on Labor and Workforce Development 9/19/01.

AB 566

Relates to a surcharge for convictions related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Referred to Committee on Highway Safety 10/15/01.

AB 592

Relates to an exception to confidentiality requirements for treatment records. Read and referred to Committee on Personal Privacy 10/29/01. Public hearing held 12/4/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered 12/17/01. Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered 12/17/01. Report Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption, passage as amended recommended by Committee on Personal Privacy 1/14/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 1/14/02.

AB 609

Relates to the titling of motor vehicles that have been damaged; the sale of a motor vehicle subject to a seizure for a crime related to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant or other drug; displaying the empty weight on the side of certain motor vehicles; vehicle identification numbers for motorcycles; and operating a motor vehicle that is not registered (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of transportation). Introduced by Law Revision Committee 10/30/01. Public hearing held 11/15/01. Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation 1/16/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 1/16/02. Placed on calendar 2/26/02 by Committee on Rules 2/20/02. Read a second time, laid on the table, taken from the table, ordered to a third reading 2/26/02. Rules suspended, read a third time and passed 2/26/02. Ordered immediately messaged 2/26/02. Received from Assembly 2/28/02. Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation 2/28/02. Report introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1, passage as amended, recommended by Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation 3/5/02. Placed on calendar 3/12/02 by Committee on Senate Organizations 3/7/02.

AB 621

Relates to the use of a person's social security number in his or her student identification number at private institutions of higher education; prohibiting showing social security numbers on insurance identification cards; department of corrections contracts involving prisoner access to an individual's date of birth; confidentiality of patient health care records; access to certain public records containing personally identifiable information; access to autopsy records; preparation of privacy impact statements for bills that would impact personal privacy; written policies on entering locker rooms being used by athletic teams representing certain schools or by professional athletic teams; prohibiting certain telephone solicitations; prohibiting posting photographs of residential property on the Internet; appointment of certain officers in the department of electronic government; and disclosure of the records of a law enforcement agency or of a juvenile or municipal court to other law enforcement agencies, to other juvenile or municipal courts, to juvenile court intake workers, and to district attorneys, corporation counsels, and other representatives of the public interest. Committee on Personal Privacy 11/8/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered 11/27/01. Assembly amendment 2 offered 12/21/01. Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered 1/8/02. Assembly substitute amendment 1, 2, 3, and 4 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered 1/8/01. Assembly substitute amendment 2 offered by committee on Personal Privacy 1/8/02.

AB 625

Relates to advertising intoxicating liquor retailers. Committee on State Affairs 11/8/01. Public hearing held 12/4/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered by Committee on State Affairs 1/15/02. Report Assembly amendment 1 adoption, passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs 1/16/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 1/16/02.

AB 655

Relates to testing of donors of human ova for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus; membership of the council on developmental disabilities; and changing the term used to describe a residential facility operated by a child welfare agency for the care and maintenance of children (suggested as a remedial legislation by the Department of Health and Family Services). Committee on Health 12/3/01. Public hearing held 1/15/02. Report passage recommended by Committee on Health 2/.12/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 2/12/02. Placed on calendar 2/26/02 by Committee on Rules 2/20/02. Read a second time, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read a third time and passed 2/26/02. Ordered immediately messaged 2/26/02. Received from Assembly 2/28/02. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs 2/28/02. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs 3/6/02. Available for scheduling 3/6/02. Placed on calendar 3/12/02 by Committee on Senate Organizations 3/7/02.

AB 661

Relates to possession with intent to use or use of drug paraphernalia and providing a penalty. Committee on Criminal Justice 12/3/01. Assembly amendment 1 offered 1/8/02. Public hearing held 2/12/02. Report Assembly amendment 1 adoption, passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice 2/25/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 2/25/02.

AB 667

Relates to the intoxicated operation of an all-terrain vehicle, motorboat, or snowmobile. Joint Legislative Council; referred to Committee on Tourism and Recreation 12/3/01. Public hearing held 1/8/02.

AB 670

Relates to intoxicated operation of a motor vehicle and providing a penalty. Joint Legislative Council; referred to Committee on Highway Safety 12/3/01.

AB 679

Relates to growing and using industrial hemp and granting a rule-making authority. Committee on Agriculture 12/7/01. Public hearing held 1/17/02. Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture 3/4/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 3/4/02.

AB 683

Relates to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. Committee on Highway Safety 12/17/01.

AB 715

Relates to medical use of marijuana, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

AB 733

Relates to expanding eligibility for drug treatment reimbursement grants for persons with HIV infections. Committee on Public Health 1/16/01. Public hearing held 1/23/01. Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Health 1/31/01. Referred to Committee on Rules 1/31/01. Placed on calendar 2/26/02 by Committee on Rules 2/20/02. Representative Carpenter added as a co-author 2/26/02. Read a second time, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read a third time and passed 2/26/02. Ordered immediately messaged 2/26/02. Received from Assembly 2/28/02. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs 2/28/02. Public hearing held 3/6/02. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs 3/6/02. Available for scheduling 3/6/02. Placed on calendar 3/12/02 by Committee on Senate Organization 3/7/02.

AB 746

Relates to withholding sentences in cases involving operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and eligibility for an occupational license authorizing the operation of motor vehicles. Committee on Highway Safety 1/28/02. Representative Stone added as a co-author 2/4/02. Public hearing held 2/13/02. Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered 2/19/02.

AB 777

Relates to prohibiting the issuance of certificates of title transferring motor vehicle ownership in certain cases involving a refusal to take a test to determine an individual's blood alcohol concentration (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of transportation). Committee on Transportation 2/7/02. Public hearing held 2/27/02. Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation 3/4/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 3/4/02. Placed on calendar 3/6/02 by Committee on Rules 3/4/02. Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up, read a second time, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read a third time and passed 3/7/02. Ordered immediately messaged 3/7/02. Received from Assembly 3/8/02. Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation 3/8/02.

AB 797

Relates to temporary alcohol beverage licenses for caterers. Committee on State Affairs 2/12/02.

AB 809

Relates to permanency planning for a child placed outside the home, required juvenile court findings when a child is placed outside the home, the expiration date of a juvenile court order placing or continuing the placement of a child outside the home, the requirement that a termination of parental rights petition be filed under certain circumstances, statements by foster parents at juvenile court hearings, and prohibiting a person who has committed an alcohol-related felony within the last 5 years from being licensed to operate a foster home or treatment foster home. Committee on Children and Families 2/12/02. Public hearing held 2/14/02. Assembly amendment 1 offered and adopted by Committee on Children and Families 2/20/02. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Children and Families 2/20/02. Referred to Committee on Rules 2/20/02. Placed on calendar 2/26/2002 by Committee on Rules. Read a second time 2/26/02. Assembly amendment 1 adopted. Assembly amendment 2 offered, assembly amendment 2 adopted 2/26/02. Ordered to a third reading 2/26/02. Rules suspended, read a third time and passed, ordered immediately messaged 2/26/02. Received from Assembly 2/28/02. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform 2/28/02. Public hearing held 3/5/02.

AB 846

Relates to the standard necessary to request preliminary breath screening tests. Committee on Highway Safety. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 2/20/02.

AB 858

Relates to the prohibition against underage persons entering or being on any premises operating under an alcohol beverage license. Committee on State Affairs 2/26/02.

Assembly Joint Resolutions