Tuesday, January 26, 1999
1:00 P.M.
Ninety-Fourth 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 Owens.
Representative Miller 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, Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Colon, Cullen, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Handrick, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Kestell, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Ourada, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Porter, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Sinicki, Skindrud, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 98.
Absent with leave - Representative Coggs - 1.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Bock asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Coggs. Granted.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: commending Mel Knoke as the first Green Bay Packer fan ever inducted into the Green Bay Packer Fan Hall of Fame.
By
Representative
Wieckert
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 14
Relating to: urging Congress and the President to enact legislation to allow concurrent receipt of military longevity pay and disability benefits.
By
Representatives Musser, Ryba, Turner, Freese, Hahn, Sykora, Pettis, Kreuser, Suder, Handrick, Plouff, Boyle, Plale, Porter, Goetsch, Spillner, Owens, Vrakas, Lassa, Hasenohrl, Gronemus, Seratti, Gunderson, Grothman, Powers, Skindrud, Nass, Albers and Kelso; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Breske, Wirch, Fitzgerald, Clausing, Darling, Roessler and Schultz.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
.
Assembly Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: requesting Congress to enact legislation that would specify that no portion of the money received by the states as part of the settlement with tobacco companies may be withheld, offset or claimed by the federal government.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Kestell, Montgomery, Suder, Brandemuehl, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Grothman, Hahn, Kedzie, Kelso, Klusman, F. Lasee, Musser, Olsen, Owens, Spillner, Stone, Sykora, Urban, Vrakas, Bock, Ryba, Miller, Porter and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig, Clausing, Cowles, Drzewiecki, Fitzgerald, Roessler, Schultz and Lazich.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 16
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of enacting the death penalty in this state.
By
Representatives Ladwig, F. Lasee, Pettis, Suder, Ainsworth, Brandemuehl, Freese, Gunderson, Huebsch, Musser, Owens, Powers, Seratti, Sykora, Vrakas and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Drzewiecki, A. Lasee and Roessler.
To committee on Criminal Justice
.
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The joint committee on Information Policy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 44
Relating to: the joint committee on information policy.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Hutchison, Kaufert, Spillner, Schneider and Kreuser;
Senators
Jauch, Erpenbach, Shibilski, Rosenzweig and Darling.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
David Hutchison
Assembly Chairperson
Joint committee on Information Policy
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Communications
January 26, 1999
Scott Jensen
Assembly Speaker
State Representative, 32nd District
Room 211 West
State Capitol
Madision, WI 53708
Dear Speaker Jensen:
This letter is to formally notify you that I will be resigning my position as the representative to the Assembly for the 35th District. The resignation will be effective at the end of the working day on Friday, January 29, 1999. Thank you for the courtesy and assistance extended to me by you and your office.
Sincerely,
thomas d. ourada
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
Madison