Tuesday, January 25, 2000
10:17 A.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 Hahn.
Representative Krusick 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, 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, Waukau, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - None.
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Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 402 offered by Representative F. Lasee.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 423 offered by committee on Natural Resources.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 545 offered by committee on Government Operations.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 615 offered by Representatives Leibham and Kestell.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 23
Relating to: commemorating the 6 firefighters who died in a December 4, 1999, blaze in Worcester, Massachusetts, and thanking all members of the Fire Service in Wisconsin.
By
Representatives Montgomery, Sherman, Kestell, Balow, Hasenohrl, Albers, Black, Brandemuehl, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Gunderson, Hahn, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, J. Lehman, Kreuser, Ladwig, Leibham, Meyerhofer, Miller, Musser, Nass, Pettis, Plouff, Porter, Rhoades, Ryba, Schooff, Spillner, Staskunas, Suder, Sykora, Turner, Vrakas, Walker and Waukau.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: celebrating March 1, 2000, as St. David's Day.
By
Representatives Owens, Coggs, Gronemus, Hahn, Ladwig, Plale, Plouff, Rhoades, Spillner, Suder, Vrakas, Walker and Urban; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Rosenzweig, Wirch and Schultz.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 669
Relating to: failure to pay owners of raw forest products.
By
Representatives Pettis, Musser, Kestell, Hasenohrl, Ainsworth, Gunderson, Sykora and Skindrud; cosponsored by Senator Breske
.
To committee on Rural Affairs and Forestry
.
Assembly Bill 670
Relating to: operation and costs of municipal cable television systems.
By
Representatives Hoven, Meyer, Huebsch, Pettis, Underheim, Suder, Skindrud, Hasenohrl, Olsen, Spillner, Handrick, Stone, Montgomery, Wieckert, Brandemuehl, Porter, Schooff, Musser, Gronemus, Ryba, Ainsworth, Plouff and F. Lasee; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Fitzgerald, Rude, Farrow, Wirch, Cowles, Grobschmidt, Breske and Shibilski.
To committee on Utilities.
Assembly Bill 671
Relating to: court fees charged in harassment actions.
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By
Representatives Berceau, Walker, La Fave, Ladwig, Richards, Reynolds, Young, Riley, Musser, Pocan, Albers, Lassa, Wasserman, Sherman, Boyle and Huber; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Plache, Erpenbach, Burke, George, Robson, Roessler, Darling and Huelsman.
To committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy
.
Assembly Bill 672
Relating to: health insurance coverage of children's cancer clinical trial program costs and prohibiting collective bargaining by the state with respect to the coverage.
By
Representatives Richards, Turner, Berceau, Bock, Coggs, Gronemus, Miller, Musser, Pocan, Ryba, Wasserman, Young and Kelso; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt and Risser.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 673
Relating to: exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses.
By
Representatives Richards, Carpenter, Berceau, Bock, Miller, Musser, Underheim and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Roessler and Grobschmidt.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Assembly Bill 674
Relating to: veterans benefits and institutions.
By
Representatives Musser, Ryba, Hundertmark, Boyle, Sykora, Waukau, Suder, Nass, Ladwig, Porter, Olsen, Kreibich, Reynolds, Goetsch, Turner, Balow, Gronemus and Kreuser; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Rude, Wirch, Welch, Grobschmidt, Drzewiecki, Baumgart and Farrow.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Assembly Bill 675
Relating to: underage persons possessing or consuming alcohol beverages and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Staskunas, Huebsch, Hutchison, Brandemuehl, Urban, Albers, Jeskewitz, Sykora, Ainsworth and Hundertmark; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Rosenzweig, Darling and Huelsman.
To committee on State Affairs.
