Wednesday, March 29, 2000
11:03 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 Albers.
Representative Lassa 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, 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 - 98.
Absent with leave - Representative Ryba - 1.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Krug asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Ryba. Granted.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 939 offered by Representative Grothman.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 121
Relating to: requiring local approval of certain local taxes and charges (first consideration).
By
Representative
Grothman
.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Joint Resolution 122
Relating to: commending and congratulating Chancellor David Ward for his contribution to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the state of Wisconsin.
By
Representatives Black, Ward, Young, Huber, Boyle, Schooff, Urban, Ladwig, Rhoades, Hahn, Bock, Ainsworth, Hebl, Klusman, Walker, Jensen, Underheim, Hutchison, Berceau, Stone, Kreibich, Brandemuehl, Ott, Miller, Turner and Plouff; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Erpenbach, Grobschmidt, Farrow, George, Huelsman and Rude.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 123
Relating to: the distribution of state funds to public school districts (first consideration).
By
Representatives Plouff, Krug, Reynolds, Lassa, Hasenohrl, Boyle, Bock, Sinicki, Richards, J. Lehman, Pocan, Cullen and Carpenter; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Grobschmidt and Burke.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 943
Relating to: threats to or battery of employes of department of health and family services and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Underheim, Klusman, Pocan, Gunderson and Stone; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
, by request of Department of Health and Family Services.
To committee on Criminal Justice
.
Assembly Bill 944
Relating to: pest management by school districts.
By
Representative
Riley
; cosponsored by Senator Clausing
.
To committee on Environment.
Relating to: creating a private action for injuries resulting from the failure to comply with a public contract.
By
Representative
Pocan
.
To committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy
.
Assembly Bill 946
Relating to: failure to pay for gasoline or diesel fuel, suspension of operating privileges after conviction for theft of gasoline or diesel fuel and providing penalties.
By
Representatives Montgomery, Huebsch, Kestell, Rhoades, Suder, Pettis, Urban, Stone, Musser, Ladwig and Meyerhofer; cosponsored by Senators Breske and Grobschmidt.
To committee on Transportation.
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The committee on Campaigns and Elections reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 854
Relating to: the date of the presidential preference primary.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Freese, Suder, Walker, Montgomery, Ladwig, Travis, Cullen, Miller and Sherman.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Stephen Freese