Thursday, January 28, 1999
9:43 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Jensen in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Wood.
Representative Schneider 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, Coggs, 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 - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - None.
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Relating to the licensure, examinations and practice of barbering and cosmetology practitioners, managers, manicurists, electrologists, aestheticians and apprentices, and renewal and reinstatement of licenses.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, January 19, 1999.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
.
Referred on January 28, 1999.
Relating to searches of the persons and of the rooms and personal belongings of patients residing in a secure mental health unit under s.
980.065, Stats., or the maximum security facility at the mendota mental health institute.
Submitted by Department of Health and Family Services.
Report received from Agency, January 15, 1999.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
.
Referred on January 28, 1999.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: memorializing Congress to work toward an international ban on land mines.
By
Representatives Johnsrud, J. Lehman, Ryba, Goetsch, Meyer, Bock, Owens, Pocan, Miller, Plouff, Black, Hasenohrl, Lassa, Gunderson and Boyle; cosponsored by Senators Rude, Robson and George.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 63
Relating to: requiring the department of employe trust funds to establish a health care coverage plan for employers in the private sector, creating a private employer health care coverage board and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Musser, Turner, Ryba, Bock, La Fave, Sykora, Ainsworth, Wasserman, Hebl, Huber, Goetsch, Olsen, Hoven, Handrick, Lassa, Kreuser, Pocan, Miller, Ziegelbauer, Sinicki, Berceau, Albers, Pettis, Hundertmark, J. Lehman, Gronemus, Staskunas, Seratti, Skindrud, Boyle, Kestell, Plouff and Porter; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Breske, Baumgart, Wirch, Plache, Robson, George, Decker, Clausing, Fitzgerald and Roessler.
To committee on Small Business and Economic Development.
Assembly Bill 64
Relating to: requiring schools to instruct pupils about Veterans' Day and the contributions and sacrifices of veterans.
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By
Representatives Musser, Ryba, Boyle, Handrick, Kedzie, Freese, Plale, Hahn, Riley, Turner, Goetsch, Plouff, J. Lehman, Lassa, Gunderson, Johnsrud, Seratti, Hoven, Skindrud, Kreuser and Bock; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Wirch, Welch and Panzer.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 65
Relating to: contributions for a World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Musser, Schneider, Boyle, Pettis, Plouff, Brandemuehl, Kreuser, Ryba, Owens, Ward, Freese, Vrakas, Hahn, Riley, Turner, F. Lasee, Kaufert, J. Lehman, Hasenohrl, Gunderson, Seratti, Powers and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, George, Clausing, Drzewiecki, Welch, Fitzgerald and Panzer.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 66
Relating to: a sales tax exemption for sales to veterans organizations.
By
Representatives Musser, Boyle, Turner, Freese, Suder, Handrick, Riley, Plale, Porter, Pettis, Ryba, Hasenohrl, Gronemus, Seratti, Gunderson, Grothman, Powers, Albers and Kreuser; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Fitzgerald, Drzewiecki, Darling and Roessler.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
.
Assembly Bill 67
Relating to: preparation of year 2000 impact statements; gathering of information by state and local governmental officers and agencies concerning year 2000 and leap year-related processing and public access to such information; educational outreach concerning year 2000 and leap year-related computer failures; untrue, deceptive or misleading statements in connection with the ability of an electronic computing device to process, transmit or receive date data from, into and between the 20th and 21st centuries, and during the years 1999 and 2000, and from leap year calculations; admissibility of statements regarding the year 2000 processing capabilities of a product or service; authorizing the department of military affairs to fund the testing of contingency emergency planning regarding the year 2000 computer problems; authorizing the activation of the national guard for public disasters related to the year 2000 computer issues; recovery of damages in certain actions against state and local governmental units and officers, employes and agents thereof caused by the incorrect processing, transmittal or receipt of certain date data; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Schneider and Kreuser.
To committee on Information Policy
.
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By Donald J. Schneider, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
