Speaker Jensen introduced the new Director of the Joint Legislative Council, Terry Anderson, who formerly served as the Director of the Legislative Research Council in South Dakota.
Assembly Joint Resolution 104
Relating to: urging a study of whether electronic commerce should be taxed and the extension of the federal moratorium on the taxation.
Representative Hutchison asked unanimous consent to be made a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 104. Granted.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 104 be laid on the table. Granted.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
10:30 A.M.
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1:28 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Representative Duff in the chair.
Representative J. Lehman asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
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Calendar of Tuesday, March 14
Assembly Resolution 18
Relating to: urging the Congress of the United States and the U.S. Department of the Interior not to allow tribes without reservations to designate Tribal Land Acquisition Areas.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Resolution 18 offered by Representative Albers.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that Assembly Resolution 18 be laid on the table. Granted.
Assembly Bill 803
Relating to: zoning ordinances regulating nonconforming structures that are located in certain areas designated for protection by the department of natural resources along the Lower St. Croix River.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 803 be taken from the table and placed on today's calendar. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: memorializing Congress to pass "The Senior Citizen's Freedom to Work Act" (H.R.) 5, eliminating the Social Security earnings limit.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
107 be adopted?
The roll was taken.
Ayes - 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, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Waukau, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 98.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Representative Skindrud - 1.
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 107 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Representative Schneider asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 60 be withdrawn from the joint survey committee on Retirement Systems and taken up at this time.
Representative Foti objected.
Assembly Bill 735
Relating to: single sales factor apportionment of income for corporate income tax and franchise tax purposes and granting rule-making authority.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 735 be placed on today's calendar following Assembly Bill 587. Granted.
Assembly Bill 114
Relating to: tuition remission for children and surviving spouses of emergency medical services personnel killed in the line of duty.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 114 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 114 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Freese asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
114 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 114 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - 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, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Porter, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Sinicki, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Waukau, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 96.
Noes - Representatives Miller and Riley - 2.
Absent or not voting - Representative Skindrud - 1.
Motion carried.
Representative Freese asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
114 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 456
Relating to: creating an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts spent on medical insurance premiums by certain individuals.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 456 offered by Representative Kaufert.
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Representative Krug rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to
Assembly Bill 456 was not germane under Assembly Rule
54.
The Chair (Representative Duff) ruled the point of order
not well taken.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 456 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 456 offered by Representative Black.
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Representative Freese rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 2 to
Assembly Bill 456 was not germane under Assembly Rule
54 (3).
The Chair (Representative Duff) ruled the point of order
well taken.
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Assembly amendment 3 to
Assembly Bill 456 offered by Representative Black.
Representative Black moved that Assembly Rule
54 be suspended to consider Assembly amendment 3 to
Assembly Bill 456.
The question was: Shall Assembly Rule
54 be suspended to consider Assembly amendment 3 to
Assembly Bill 456?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Gronemus, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Porter, Reynolds, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Waukau, Williams, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 46.
Noes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Brandemuehl, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Handrick, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Kestell, Klusman, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Leibham, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Spillner, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wieckert and Speaker Jensen - 52.
Absent or not voting - Representative Skindrud - 1.
Motion failed.
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Representative Freese rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 3 to
Assembly Bill 456 was not germane under Assembly Rule
54 (3).
The Chair (Representative Duff) ruled the point of order
well taken.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 456 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
456 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 456 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - 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, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Waukau, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 98.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Representative Skindrud - 1.
Motion carried.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
456 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 587
