Tuesday, November 18, 1997
10:02 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
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 Urban 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, Baldwin, Baumgart, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Cullen, Dobyns, Dueholm, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Hanson, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Linton, Lorge, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Musser, Nass, Notestein, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plale, Plouff, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Rutkowski, Ryba, Schafer, Schneider, Seratti, Skindrud, Springer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Sykora, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vander Loop, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, L. Young, R. Young, Ziegelbauer, Zukowski and Speaker Jensen - 98.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacant - 42nd Assembly District - 1.
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Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 215 offered by Representatives Underheim and Goetsch.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 410 offered by Representatives Ladwig and Krug.
Assembly amendment 7 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 463 offered by Representatives Ladwig, Huebsch, Ainsworth and Lazich.
Assembly amendment 8 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 463 offered by Representatives Ladwig, Huebsch, Ainsworth and Lazich.
Assembly amendment 9 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 463 offered by Representatives Ladwig, Huebsch, Ainsworth and Lazich.
Assembly amendment 10 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 463 offered by Representatives Ladwig, Huebsch, Ainsworth and Lazich.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 544 offered by Representative Baumgart.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 564 offered by Representatives Hoven, Murat and Goetsch.
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The committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 541
Relating to: domestic abuse and providing a penalty.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Goetsch, Dobyns, Nass, Owens, Walker, Gunderson, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, Wood, Rutkowski, Huber, Baldwin and Murat.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Goetsch, Dobyns, Nass, Owens, Walker, Gunderson, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, Wood, Rutkowski, Huber and Baldwin.
Noes: 1 - Representative Murat.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Goetsch, Dobyns, Nass, Owens, Walker, Gunderson, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, Wood, Rutkowski and Baldwin.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Huber and Murat.
To committee on Rules.
Robert Goetsch
Chairperson
Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
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A410
Speaker's Communications
November 17, 1997
Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Mr. Sanders:
On November 13, 1997,
Clearinghouse Rule Assembly 96-113 regarding wetlands was referred to the Assembly Committee on
Agriculture. Pursuant to Assembly Rule
13(2)(b), I hereby withdraw
Clearinghouse Rule Assembly 96-113 from the Assembly Committee on and re-refer that rule to the Assembly Committee on
Natural Resources.
Representative Al Ott has consented to the re-referral.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
November 13, 1997
Representative Sheryl Albers
Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 127 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Sheryl:
This letter is to advise that I am appointing you to serve as my designee on the Claims Board.
Sincerely,
John Gard
Co-Chair
Joint Committee on Finance
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November 13, 1997
Representative Steven Foti
Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 215 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Mickey:
This letter is to advise that I am appointing you to serve as my designee on the Wisconsin Center District Board.
Sincerely,
John Gard
Co-Chair
Joint Committee on Finance
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November 13, 1997
Representative Dean Kaufert
Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 22 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Dean:
This letter is to advise that I am appointing you to serve as my designee on the Joint Committee on Information Policy.