First Republican "Jobs" Bills Being Circulated for Co-Sponsors

Rep. Joel Kleefisch hits the ground running.

• Expanding the ability of minors under 12 to drive ATVs.
• Proposed constitutional amendment to require 2/3 vote on tax increases.
• Permitting off-duty law enforcement officers to carry firearms on school property.
• Sales and use tax exemption for residential electricity and natural gas use.
• Placing theft of services under theft statute.
• Repeal of Same Day Voter Registration.
• Changes affecting felonies related to retail theft.
• Providing arrest authority for civil forfeitures.
• Excluding stairway chair lifts and other lifts in private residential units from permit and licensing requirements.
• Changing domestic violence “no contact” violations from civil forfeiture to criminal penalty.
• Prohibiting sex offenders from being on school grounds unless the school is notified.
• Property tax exemption for machinery and tangible personal property used for research – excluding stem cell research.
• Repeal Sunday sales prohibition on sales of motor vehicles.
• Increasing penalties for battering or threatening to harm a witness in a criminal case.
• Requiring convicted drunk drivers to pay for the cost of blood sampling and analysis

Emphasis added.


1/3/2011 Wisconsin State Journal, "As Walker vows job-creation, GOP lawmakers float bills focused on social issues".    But before the ceremony, Republican lawmakers were already circulating a series of bills that had as much to do with a conservative social agenda as they did with the economy.  [...as much to do with....???]


1/4/2011 Appleton Post-Crescent, "GOP lawmakers introduce a slew of social bills".  Wisconsin Republicans promised the next two years would be all about jobs, jobs, jobs. Just not right away.