Thursday, March 19, 1998
9:42 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 Plale.
Representative Jeskewitz 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, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, 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, Ryba, Schafer, Schneider, Seratti, Skindrud, Spillner, 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 - 96.
Absent with leave - Representatives Huebsch and Krusick - 2.
Vacancies - 82nd Assembly District - 1.
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Representative Green asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Huebsch. Granted.
Representative R. Potter asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Krusick. Granted.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 485 offered by Representatives Coggs, Robson and Ziegelbauer.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 549 offered by Representative Urban.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 733 offered by Representative Gronemus.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 774 offered by Representative Johnsrud.
Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 225 offered by committee on Consumer Affairs.
Assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 225 offered by committee on Consumer Affairs.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 20
Relating to: the Kyoto Protocol on Global Climate Change.
By
Representatives Duff, Green, Kreibich, Dobyns, Goetsch, Owens, Grothman, Urban and Gunderson.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 930
Relating to: land use planning grants for local governments and nonprofit organizations, requiring local units of government to adopt a land use plan, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Bock, Baldwin, Baumgart, Black, Gronemus, J. Lehman, Turner and R. Young; cosponsored by Senators Risser and Burke.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 931
Relating to: establishing a worker's compensation insurer pool and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representative
Hoven
.
To committee on Labor and Employment
.
Assembly Bill 932
Relating to: battery.
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By
Representatives Baldwin, Ladwig, Brandemuehl, Boyle, Musser, Notestein, Plouff, Riley and Sykora; cosponsored by Senator Rosenzweig
.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
.
Assembly Bill 933
Relating to: modifying eligibility standards for child care funding to permit parents of a child under the age of 18 with a special need or a child under the age of 22 with a special need who is receiving special education to receive child care funding; regulating medical assistance private duty nursing services for children; consent for release of information from a pupil's behavioral records or pupil physical health records for claiming reimbursement for school medical services; providing notice of protective placement transfers; guardian involvement in proceedings related to the ordering, review, transfer, modification or termination of a protective placement; a study of the cost of authorizing the provision of personal care services under the medical assistance program at locations other than in the recipient's home; and granting rule-making authority.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Children and Families
.
Assembly Bill 934
Relating to: requiring contracts of worker's compensation insurance to provide for a bonus premium dividend for employers that maintain a drug-free workplace program.
By
Representatives Walker and Owens.
To committee on Labor and Employment
.
Assembly Bill 935
Relating to: mercury emissions from major utilities, reporting mercury emissions, mercury in medical waste sent to incinerators, fish advisories and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Baldwin, Baumgart, Black, Bock, Handrick, J. Lehman, Notestein, Robson and R. Young; cosponsored by Senators Burke and Risser.
To committee on Environment.
Assembly Bill 936
Relating to: test score certification of applicants for a deputy sheriff position.
By
Representatives Seratti, Musser and Sykora.
To committee on Labor and Employment
.
Assembly Bill 937
Relating to: reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law.
By
Representatives Seratti, Spillner, Goetsch, Green, Owens, Kreibich, Ladwig, Kelso, Springer, Ott, Ainsworth and Grothman; cosponsored by Senator Farrow
.
To committee on Campaign Finance Reform
.
Assembly Bill 938
Relating to: directing the legislative fiscal bureau to study the tax on personal property.
By
Representatives Seratti, Porter, Ladwig, Ainsworth, Plale, Green, Musser, Kelso, Hahn, Grothman and Robson.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 939
Relating to: creating a parent-child privilege.
By
Representatives Meyer, Schneider, Hanson, Ryba, Gronemus, Springer, Carpenter and Musser; cosponsored by Senator Wineke
.