Tuesday, March 6, 2001
10:14 A.M.
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Jensen in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Reverend Mary Pharmer from St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Madison.
Representative Foti 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, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, 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 - 97.
Absent with leave - Representatives F. Lasee and Owens - 2.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives F. Lasee and Owens. Granted.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2 offered by Representatives Freese and Gundrum.
Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Senate Bill 2 offered by Representatives Krug, Black, Bock, Hebl, Pocan and Miller.
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Relating to utilization reviews.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, March 1, 2001.
To committee on Health.
Referred on March 6, 2001
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Relating to a rules committee.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, February 28, 2001.
To committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs.
Referred on March 6, 2001
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 169
Relating to: a child care career education and training scholarship program, the sale of commemorative birth certificates and marriage certificates to fund that program, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Hoven, Plale, Albers, Berceau, Gronemus, Gunderson, Huebsch, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Miller, Pettis, Plouff, Seratti, Shilling, Stone, Sykora, Townsend and Wade; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Roessler, Cowles, Grobschmidt, Harsdorf, Plache, Robson, Rosenzweig and Schultz.
To committee on Children and Families
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Assembly Bill 170
Relating to: creating a board to investigate and make recommendations regarding inmate deaths.
A119
By
Representatives Walker, Wasserman, Coggs, Albers, Balow, Bock, Carpenter, Colon, Cullen, Gunderson, Kaufert, Kestell, Ladwig, La Fave, F. Lasee, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, McCormick, Miller, Musser, Pettis, Plale, Pocan, Powers, Sherman, Stone, Turner, Urban and Wade; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Baumgart, Darling, Erpenbach, George, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Schultz.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
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Assembly Bill 171
Relating to: mandatory operating privilege suspension for certain firearms offenses and bomb scares involving school premises.
By
Representatives Leibham, Kestell, Starzyk, Rhoades, Suder, Gard, Gronemus, Gunderson, Powers, Sykora, Albers, Townsend, Stone and Jeskewitz; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Welch and Rosenzweig.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 172
Relating to: discontinuing the fee for issuing and renewing business tax registration certificates.
By
Representatives Leibham, Kestell, Suder, Owens, Gronemus, Musser, Ladwig, Hahn, Wade, Gunderson, Freese, Hoven, Olsen, Reynolds, Nass, Stone, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Lassa, F. Lasee, Hundertmark and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Welch and Harsdorf.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 173
Relating to: pupil assessments and to private schools participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program.
By
Representatives J. Lehman, Bock, Pocan, Jeskewitz, Plouff, Miller, La Fave, Townsend and Berceau; cosponsored by Senators Plache and Decker.
To committee on Education Reform
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Assembly Bill 174
Relating to: immunity of private campground owners and operators.
By
Representatives Pettis, D. Meyer, Krawczyk, Hahn, Albers, Owens, Townsend, Friske, Suder, Ainsworth, Wade, Ward, Sykora, Vrakas, Freese, Gunderson, Plouff, Duff and Musser; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Breske, Zien, Huelsman, Cowles and A. Lasee.
To committee on Tourism and Recreation
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The committee on Children and Families reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 54
Relating to: relinquishing custody of a newborn child and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kestell, Lippert, Bies, Grothman, Jeskewitz, Miller, Coggs and Sinicki.
Noes: 0.