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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
My family and I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
There's really no place like Wisconsin to celebrate with family and friends during this holiday season; whether it's building snowmen and snow forts, decorating our Wisconsin Christmas trees, hunting in our Wisconsin forests, or just cuddling up with loved ones to watch the Packers and Badgers brave through the cold!
I am so thankful for the year my family and I have had, but I am especially grateful that I get to serve as your representative in the State Assembly. Here's to the last few days of a great 2013, and an even better year in 2014!
KEITH'S LEGISLATIVE WEBSITE
I am pleased to announce that my legislative website is up and running! It's a great way to stay informed and up-to-date on what is going on at the Capitol. It's also a great resource for constituent services, tracking legislation, and contacting me.
We will be adding more information to the site as we continue through this session, but if there is something you would like to see on the website, please contact me.
Here is the website: http://ripp.assembly.wisconsin.gov.
CAPITOL CHRISTMAS TREE
If you haven't yet made it down to Madison to look at the Capitol Christmas Tree, you still have a few more days!
My hometown of Lodi was able to play a special role in this year's Christmas Tree; members of the Lodi Quilters Guild personally stitched the tree skirt! The skirt has 72 stars for all of the Wisconsin counties. If you stop by, look for the Wisconsin Badger "W" (included in the picture below)!
Also be sure to look for the Pardeeville Watermelons hanging on the tree itself!
Wisconsin Motto "FORWARD" stitch
Governor Walker and Rep. Ripp with the Members of the Lodi Quilters Guild
KEITH RIPP HAS FOUR BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW
Governor Walker signs four Ripp Initiatives
Madison, WI- Governor Scott Walker signed four bills authored by Rep. Keith Ripp (R-Lodi) Friday, December 13th aimed at amending requirements for concussion information sheets and updating three transportation-related policies.
The first bill, SB 258, offers a fix to 2011 Wisconsin Act 179 that created standards and guidelines for participants of any youth athletic activity to submit a concussion and head injury information sheet. Under current law, students and their parents are required to fill out and sign the sheet for each sport they participate in during the year. This bill requires that only one information sheet be filled out per student per year.
“We have heard from coaches and athletic directors around the state who say that the requirement under current law is redundant and unnecessary,” Ripp said. “This bill ensures that students and parents get the necessary information they need on the reality of concussions and head injuries, but it also relieves some of the burden on the schools and families for doing so.”
The other three bills, AB 280, 281, and SB 240, surround necessary modifications to current transportation statutes that will bring Wisconsin in line with federal standards on warning lights for police cars and school buses, and knowledge test requirements for commercial driver license (CDL) applicants who hold a military CDL.
“I am honored and proud to have this legislation signed into law today,” said Ripp. “It’s always my goal to work on legislation that can make life easier or can remove burdensome regulations for Wisconsinites, and I believe these bills accomplish that goal.”
CONTACT ME
As in the past I would continue to encourage you to contact my office with ideas for this next legislative session and on individual pieces of legislation. Now more than ever your ideas and opinions need to be heard, so we can begin to get Wisconsin back to work. Please contact my office at 608-266-3404 or email me at Rep.Ripp@legis.wisconsin.gov, or stop by my Capitol office at 223 North. I look forward to hearing from you. As always, I will continue to work across the aisle to find common ground and move legislation forward.
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