Tuesday, March 24, 1998
10:06 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 Reverend Joel Walde from Bone Lake Lutheran Church.
Representative Harsdorf 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, 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, 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 and Speaker Jensen - 95.
Absent with leave - Representatives Brandemuehl, Krusick and Zukowski - 3.
Vacancies - 82nd Assembly District - 1.
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Representative R. Potter asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Krusick. Granted.
Representative Green asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Brandemuehl and Zukowski. Granted.
Representative Ott asked unanimous consent that the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America be recited again. Granted.
Representative Albers led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 426 offered by Representative Kaufert.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 426 offered by Representative Baumgart.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 807 offered by Representative Powers.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 807 offered by Representative Powers.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 809 offered by Representative Powers.
Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 872 offered by Representatives Grothman and Robson.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 881 offered by Representative Dobyns.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 940 offered by committee on Utilities Oversight.
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Relating to conduct on university lands.
Submitted by University of Wisconsin System.
Report received from Agency, March 20, 1998.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
.
Referred on March 24, 1998
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 21
Relating to: memorializing Congress to close the School of the Americas.
By
Representatives Bock, R. Young, Boyle, Krug, Plouff, Notestein, Robson and Seratti.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 943
Relating to: allowing persons to control the disposition of their remains and to appoint an agent to carry out their wishes.
By
Representative
Baldwin
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 944
Relating to: disciplinary procedures for certain local law enforcement officers.
By
Representatives Klusman, Dobyns, Green, Johnsrud, Musser, Jeskewitz, Porter, Travis, Turner, Hanson, Kreibich and J. Lehman; cosponsored by Senators Welch, Burke, Jauch, Grobschmidt, Fitzgerald and Huelsman.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 945
Relating to: health insurance coverage of smoking cessation treatment and medications.
By
Representatives R. Young, Robson, Bock, Carpenter, Baldwin, Morris-Tatum, Cullen and Riley; cosponsored by Senator Risser
.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 946
Relating to: transportation of pupils to private schools.
By
Representatives Nass, Vrakas, Spillner, Lorge, Hanson and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Schultz and Fitzgerald.
To committee on Mandates.
Assembly Bill 947
Relating to: creating a permit that authorizes the furnishing of ingredients and equipment to be used to manufacture fermented malt beverages on the permittee's premises, authorizing certain combinations of alcohol beverage permits, and creating an occupational tax exemption.
By
Representative
Baldwin
.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
.
Assembly Bill 948
Relating to: the application process for the development zone program.
By
Representatives Gard, Linton and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Drzewiecki and Breske.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 949
Relating to: excluding churches and religious associations from the property tax exemption report filing fee.
By
Representatives Goetsch, Grothman, Hahn, Owens, Gunderson, Olsen, Ward and Sykora; cosponsored by Senators Drzewiecki, Huelsman and Welch.