4:45 P.M.
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Wood.
Representative Krusick 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 Ainsworth, Albers, Baldus, Baldwin, Baumgart, Bell, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brancel, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Coleman, Cullen, Dobyns, Dueholm, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Grobschmidt, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Hanson, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jensen, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, Lehman, Linton, Lorge, Meyer, Murat, Musser, Nass, Notestein, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plache, Plombon, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Rutkowski, Ryba, Schneider, Schneiders, Seratti, Silbaugh, Skindrud, Springer, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vander Loop, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wilder, Williams, Wirch, Wood, R. Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Prosser - 96.
Absent with leave - Representatives Morris-Tatum, L. Young and Zukowski - 3.
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Representative R. Potter asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Morris-Tatum and L. Young. Granted.
Representative Green asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Zukowski and for part of today's session for Representative Ward. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 6 to Assembly Bill 293 offered by Representatives Lehman and Travis.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Joint Committee on Finance.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 580
Relating to: prohibiting the department of industry, labor and human relations from promulgating a rule requiring the provision of unisex toilet rooms in any building.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 581
Relating to: coverage of service corporations under the patients compensation fund.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules
.
To committee on Insurance, Securities and Corporate Policy.
Assembly Bill 582
Relating to: expenditure of a sum sufficient from the general fund for payment of a claim against the state made by Monona Restaurant, Inc.
By
Representative
Grothman
; cosponsored by Senator Risser
, by request of Attorney Aubrey Fowler.
To Joint Committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 583
Relating to: creating a job training loan guarantee program and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Foti, Vrakas, Powers, Riley, Prosser, Jensen, Kaufert, Johnsrud, Lehman, Plombon, Goetsch, Dobyns, F. Lasee and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Petak, Panzer, Rude, Farrow, Buettner and Rosenzweig
.
To committee on Labor and Employment.
Assembly Bill 584
Relating to: the regulation of floodproofed residential basements under floodplain zoning ordinances.
By
Representatives Ainsworth, Johnsrud, Zukowski, Owens, Albers, Brandemuehl and Grothman
.
To committee on Natural Resources.
Relating to: incidental takings of wild animals and wild plants of endangered species or threatened species and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Johnsrud, Musser, Ward, Ziegelbauer, Duff, Zukowski, Owens, Ainsworth, Brandemuehl, Hasenohrl, Olsen, F. Lasee, Silbaugh, Ott, Grothman, Goetsch and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Jauch, Drzewiecki and Schultz
.
To committee on Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill 586
Relating to: the number of days on which school districts must hold school each year.
By
Representatives Ott, Brandemuehl, Duff, Olsen, Owens, Skindrud and Goetsch; cosponsored by Senators Buettner and Rude
.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 587
Relating to: the appointment to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and creating a board of regents nominating council.
By
Representatives Baldwin, Baldus, Ryba, Boyle, Turner, Black and Gronemus; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Moen, Clausing, Chvala and Moore
.
To committee on Colleges and Universities.
Assembly Bill 588
Relating to: state life insurance fund.
By
Representatives Jensen, Duff, Dobyns, Ziegelbauer, Kreibich, Ward, Schneiders, Gunderson, Ainsworth, Freese, Nass, Green, Silbaugh, Harsdorf, Ott, Seratti, Ladwig, Skindrud and Walker; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Huelsman, Buettner, Fitzgerald and Cowles
.
To committee on Insurance, Securities and Corporate Policy.
Assembly Bill 589
Relating to: testing for equine infectious anemia.
By
Representatives Lorge, Johnsrud, Kreibich, Olsen and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senator Jauch
.
To committee on Agriculture.
Assembly Bill 590
Relating to: the lower Wisconsin state riverway concerning performance standards for structures and mobile homes, cutting and harvesting of timber, permit procedures of the counties in the riverway and of the lower Wisconsin state riverway board, reports by the department of natural resources, recreational trails and mining and quarrying activities; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Brandemuehl and Johnsrud; cosponsored by Senator Rude
.
To committee on Natural Resources.
Assembly Bill 591
Relating to: creating a new public assistance program for families with dependent children, modifying the sunset of the aid to families with dependent children program, modifying administration of the food stamp program, modifying the eligibility requirements of certain recipients of medical assistance, creating a program to provide payment to a relative, other than a parent, who is providing care and maintenance for a child, eliminating postsecondary education and vocational skills training from the job opportunities and basic skills program, applying the learnfare provisions statewide to certain individuals who are 6 to 19 years of age, eliminating child care funded under community aids, modifying eligibility requirements for low-income and at-risk child care, creating a tax exemption, making modifications to the job opportunities and basic skills program, making modifications to the food stamp employment and training program, consolidating state general purpose revenue appropriations for public assistance and local aid, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Gard, Huebsch, Hutchison, Dobyns, Ladwig, Grothman, Lazich, Krusick, Ziegelbauer, Johnsrud, Kelso, Kaufert, Porter, Ainsworth, Hahn, Duff, Goetsch, Urban, Musser, Green, Ott, Hoven, Owens, Walker, F. Lasee, Olsen, Coleman, Nass, Seratti, Klusman, Freese, Handrick, Vrakas, Foti, Skindrud, Lorge, Jensen, Brandemuehl, Ourada, Prosser, Ward, Powers, Gunderson, Underheim, Kreibich, Silbaugh, Lehman, Zukowski and Schneiders; cosponsored by Senators Buettner, Zien, Rosenzweig, Welch, Breske, Petak, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Panzer, Darling, A. Lasee, Drzewiecki and Andrea
.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Assembly Bill 592
Relating to: fishing licenses issued to disabled residents of this state.
By
Representatives Rutkowski, Grothman, Kaufert, Baumgart, Meyer, Baldus, Ryba, Bock, Notestein and Gronemus; cosponsored by Senator Adelman
.
To committee on Tourism and Recreation.
Assembly Bill 593
Relating to: eviction of tenants of a criminal gang house.
By
Representatives La Fave, Goetsch, Plache, Dobyns, Krusick, Kaufert, Krug, F. Lasee, Ryba, Hahn, Baldus, Notestein, Turner, Ainsworth, Grothman, Robson, Olsen, Gronemus, Black, Wasserman, Ott, Boyle and Gard; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig, Burke, Darling, A. Lasee, Breske, Cowles, Andrea and Buettner
.
To committee on Housing.
Assembly Bill 594
Relating to: providing for pharmacological treatment for certain serious child sex offenders and affecting probation and parole.
By
Representatives Kaufert, Foti, Dobyns, Ziegelbauer, Albers, Hoven, Kelso, Vrakas, Handrick, Seratti, Gunderson, Ward, Gard, Ladwig, Ainsworth, F. Lasee and Olsen; cosponsored by Senators Buettner and A. Lasee
.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
Relating to: the requirement that financial institutions publish annual statements of conditions.
By
Representatives Kaufert, Gard, Olsen, Goetsch, Green, Kreibich, Lehman, Hahn, Plombon, Vrakas, Seratti, Grothman and Ward; cosponsored by Senator Darling
, by request of Commissioner of Savings and Loan.
To committee on Financial Institutions.
Assembly Bill 596
Relating to: savings bank chapter revisions, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures and providing a penalty.
