Thursday, February 1, 2001
9:29 A.M.
Ninety-Fifth 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 Reverend Frank Bertalan, Jr., Pastor of Lake Trails Presbyterian Church in Madison.
Representative Berceau 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, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - None.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 50
Relating to: requiring certain school boards and districts to provide Internet management software or services on computers connected to the Internet.
By
Representatives Huebsch, Pettis, Ainsworth, Albers, Gunderson, Gundrum, Kedzie, Krawczyk, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Leibham, Lippert, Petrowski, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Urban and Vrakas.
To committee on Information Policy and Technology
.
Assembly Bill 51
Relating to: creating an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts spent on medical insurance premiums by certain individuals.
By
Representatives Hahn, Hundertmark, Krawczyk, Townsend, Plale, Miller, Pettis, Sykora, Rhoades, Lassa, Huebsch, Jeskewitz, Powers, Skindrud, Schooff, Owens, Olsen, Leibham, F. Lasee, La Fave, Freese, Ladwig, Lippert, Hoven, Gunderson, Gronemus, Kedzie, Vrakas, Reynolds, Kestell, Plouff, Petrowski, Stone, Balow, Johnsrud, Nass, Williams, Ainsworth, Seratti, Urban, Musser, Wade, Albers, McCormick, Huber, Ott and Shilling; cosponsored by Senators Breske, M. Meyer, Roessler, Wirch, Darling, Plache, Lazich, Schultz and Huelsman.
To committee on Health.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
.
Assembly Bill 52
Relating to: granting creditable service under the Wisconsin retirement system for service in the national guard or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.
By
Representatives Rhoades, Gronemus, Pettis, Suder, Ainsworth, Huebsch, Jeskewitz, Stone, Freese, Krawczyk, Ryba, Walker, Ladwig, Nass, Plouff, Townsend, Lassa, Ott, Powers, Owens, Kreuser, Gunderson and Travis; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Harsdorf, Plache, Welch, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Rosenzweig, Roessler and Darling.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
.
Assembly Bill 53
Relating to: requiring pharmacies and pharmacists, as a condition of medical assistance participation, to charge elderly persons for prescription drugs no more than specific amounts; specifying requirements for rebate agreements between the department of health and family services and drug manufacturers; requiring the department of health and family services to seek a waiver to provide medical assistance eligibility to certain persons for purposes of a prescription drug benefit; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
A54
By
Representatives Plouff, Krusick, Schooff, Hebl, Sherman, Sinicki, Boyle, Richards, J. Lehman, Bock, Krug, Meyerhofer, Carpenter, Miller, Black, La Fave, Staskunas, Travis, Balow, Pocan, Huber, Schneider, Berceau, Coggs, Cullen, Colon, Ryba, Reynolds, Turner, Riley, Young, Wood, Shilling, Lassa, Wasserman and Plale; cosponsored by Senators Robson, Erpenbach, Hansen, Moen, George, Shibilski, Roessler, Plache, Chvala, Decker, Grobschmidt, Wirch, Risser, M. Meyer, Baumgart and Jauch.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 54
Relating to: relinquishing custody of a newborn child and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Plale, Jeskewitz, Schooff, Jensen, La Fave, Urban, Bock, Musser, Gronemus, Montgomery, Staskunas, Walker, J. Lehman, Powers, Turner, Ott, Olsen, Ladwig, Kreuser, Suder, Huber, Kestell, Steinbrink, Freese, Boyle, Ward, Wasserman, Rhoades, Miller, Sykora, Balow, Ainsworth, Sherman, Kreibich, Berceau, Vrakas, Sinicki, Hundertmark, Cullen, Owens, Colon, Albers, Krusick, Krawczyk, Schneider and Hoven; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Rosenzweig, Robson, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, Risser, Plache, Huelsman, Darling, Roessler and S. Fitzgerald, by request of Speaker's Task Force on Abandoned Babies.
To committee on Children and Families
.
Assembly Bill 55
Relating to: creating an office of public intervenor in the department of justice and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Black, Bock, Berceau, Boyle, Balow, Carpenter, Cullen, Hebl, Huber, Kreuser, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Miller, Meyerhofer, Morris-Tatum, Plouff, Pocan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Richards, Turner, Travis, Young, Williams, Schooff and Krug; cosponsored by Senators George, Shibilski, Risser, Baumgart, Burke, Decker, Erpenbach, Grobschmidt, Hansen, M. Meyer, Moen, Wirch and Plache.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 56
Relating to: the appointment of the secretary of natural resources.
By
Representatives Black, Hubler, Hebl, Boyle, Sherman, La Fave, Wasserman, Berceau, Bock, Krug, Pocan, Reynolds, Plouff, Huber, Lassa, Shilling, Sinicki, Travis, Schooff, Balow, Staskunas, Richards, Meyerhofer, Miller, Carpenter, Cullen, Ryba, J. Lehman, Kreuser and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Risser, Burke, Decker, Hansen, Robson, Breske, Grobschmidt, Moen, Erpenbach, Jauch, Wirch, Plache, M. Meyer, Baumgart, Moore and George.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 57
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs.
By
Representatives Black, Urban, Gronemus, Grothman, Morris-Tatum, Bock, Powers, Huber, Boyle, Young, Gunderson, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Carpenter, Lassa, Pocan, Balow, Berceau and Williams; cosponsored by Senators Baumgart and M. Meyer.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
.
Assembly Bill 58
Relating to: low-speed vehicles, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Olsen, Powers, Musser, Bies, Ladwig, Townsend, Gronemus, Pettis, Ryba, Wade, Berceau, Vrakas, Freese, M. Lehman, Urban, Krawczyk, Ward, Gunderson, Plouff and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Schultz, M. Meyer, Baumgart, Huelsman and Darling.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 59
Relating to: requiring the department of transportation to register and issue a certificate of title for a motorcycle having a certain vehicle identification number.
By
Representative
Walker
; cosponsored by Senator Rosenzweig
.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 60
Relating to: the prohibition against making, possessing, or distributing a representation that depicts nudity, and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Gundrum, Bock, Rhoades, Gronemus, Ainsworth, Coggs, Stone, Lassa, Ladwig, Hundertmark, Turner, Kestell, Morris-Tatum, Wade, Grothman, Musser, M. Lehman, Williams, Olsen, Vrakas, Jeskewitz, Albers, Nass, Huebsch, Powers, Kedzie, Seratti, Montgomery, Suder, Krawczyk, Lippert, Gunderson, Urban, Plouff, Sykora and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Harsdorf, Roessler, Baumgart, Lazich, Huelsman, Schultz, Farrow, Darling and Rosenzweig.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 61
Relating to: the issuance of temporary fishing licenses to disabled persons.
By
Representatives Sykora, Berceau, Freese, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hundertmark, Musser, Petrowski, Pettis, Plouff, Powers, Ryba, Vrakas and Williams; cosponsored by Senators Baumgart, Roessler and Schultz.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 62
Relating to: local ordinances governing drug paraphernalia.
By
Representatives Foti, Krawczyk, Hundertmark, La Fave, Ainsworth, Albers, Duff, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Ladwig, M. Lehman, Leibham, Musser, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Plouff, Seratti, Stone, Urban, Vrakas and Wade; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Farrow, Burke, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Huelsman, Roessler and Schultz.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 63