Tuesday, April 12, 2011
11:01 A.M.
One-Hundredth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Kramer in the chair.
Representative Suder asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
Speaker Fitzgerald in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Robert Powless, Bad River Elder and Spiritual Advisor.
The Color Guard posted the colors.
Brianna Pero, a Bad River eighth grade student, led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives August, Ballweg, Barca, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bernier, Bewley, Bies, Brooks, Clark, E. Coggs, D. Cullen, Danou, Endsley, Farrow, Fields, Grigsby, Hebl, Hintz, Honadel, Hulsey, Jacque, Jorgensen, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knilans, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Krusick, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Radcliffe, Richards, Ringhand, Ripp, Rivard, Roys, Seidel, Severson, Shilling, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Steineke, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Toles, Tranel, Turner, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Weininger, Williams, Wynn, Young, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Fitzgerald - 95.
Absent with leave - Representative Tiffany - 1.
Vacancies - 60th, 83rd and 94th Assembly District - 3.
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Representative Ballweg asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Tiffany. Granted.
Speaker Fitzgerald recognized the presence of Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, Assistant State Treasurer Jeff Schultz, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction Sheila Briggs.
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Speaker Fitzgerald introduced Michael Wiggins, Jr., Chairman, Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, who addressed the members from the rostrum.
The Color Guard retired the colors.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 26
Relating to: deleting from the constitution the offices of secretary of state and state treasurer (first consideration).
By
Representatives Krug, Jacque, August, Bies, Brooks, Endsley, Honadel, Jorgensen, Kerkman, Kestell, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Meyer, Mursau, Nygren, J. Ott, Petryk, Rivard, Steineke and Strachota; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Olsen and Wanggaard.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
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Assembly Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: honoring the University of Wisconsin-Madison's women's hockey team.
By
Representatives Berceau, Hulsey, Pocan, Ballweg, Barca, Bernier, Bewley, Bies, E. Coggs, D. Cullen, Fields, Hebl, Hintz, Kerkman, Milroy, Pasch, Petryk, Pope-Roberts, Rivard, Spanbauer, Strachota and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Lassa, Lasee, Lazich, Miller, Olsen, Schultz and Taylor.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 28
Relating to: the right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration).
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By
Representatives Vos, Steineke, Kestell, August, Meyer, Strachota, Nygren, Severson, Petryk, Krug, Ziegelbauer, Petersen, Bies, Spanbauer, LeMahieu, Kleefisch, Endsley, Honadel and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Lasee, Hopper, Galloway, Lazich, Moulton and Darling.
To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 87
Relating to: expanding the number of tax incremental financing districts that may be designated as distressed or severely distressed.
By
Representatives Murtha, Fields, Petrowski, Rivard, Brooks and Petryk; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf and Moulton.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 88
Relating to: multiple trip permits for overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing material.
By
Representatives Petrowski, Seidel, Mursau and Spanbauer; cosponsored by Senator Galloway
.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 89
Relating to: application of the open meetings law to legislative party caucuses.
By
Representatives Mason, Kaufert, Hintz and Roys; cosponsored by Senators T. Cullen and C. Larson.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
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Assembly Bill 90
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Clark, Barca, Hintz, Fields, Roys, Bewley and Staskunas; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Schultz, Holperin and Taylor.
To committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business
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Assembly Bill 91
Relating to: the cost threshold for applicability of the prevailing wage law to a highway, road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project contracted by a town.
By
Representatives Clark, Danou, Hulsey, Molepske Jr, Berceau, Vruwink, Pope-Roberts and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Lassa, Hansen and Vinehout.
