Tuesday, February 18, 2003
6:40 P.M.
Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Gard in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Hahn.
Representative Vukmir 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, Boyle, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hines, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, D. Meyer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris, Musser, Nass, Nischke, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Powers, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Towns, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vruwink, Vukmir, Ward, Wasserman, Weber, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, J. Wood, W. Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 98.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - 18th Assembly District - 1.
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Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 42 offered by Representatives Musser and Pettis.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 19
Relating to: proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2003, Syttende Mai Weekend.
By
Representatives Johnsrud, Hebl, Rhoades, Gronemus, Gunderson, Miller, Pettis, Ladwig, Jensen, Huebsch, Olsen, Pocan, Shilling, Bies, Albers, Hahn, Musser, Berceau, Van Roy, J. Lehman, Turner, Townsend, Owens, Petrowski, Ward, Vrakas, Underheim and Coggs; cosponsored by Senators M. Meyer, Chvala, Hansen, Lazich, Kanavas, Schultz, Harsdorf and Risser.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 62
Relating to: dispositional orders for truancy or habitual truancy and the disclosure of juvenile records by a juvenile court or a municipal court.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Olsen, Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Gielow, Grothman, Hahn, Hines, Kerkman, Kestell, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Musser, Ott, Owens, Seratti, Stone, Townsend, Vukmir, Ziegelbauer and Hundertmark; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, S. Fitzgerald and Roessler.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
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Assembly Bill 63
Relating to: employment discrimination based on creed and exemption from liability and discipline for pharmacists who refuse to dispense for abortions, assisted suicides, and euthanasia.
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Representatives Owens, Albers, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Gielow, Gottlieb, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Kestell, Krawczyk, Ladwig, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, D. Meyer, Nass, Nischke, Ott, Petrowski, Pettis, Seratti, Stone, Suder, Vrakas, Vukmir, Weber, J. Wood and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Reynolds, Brown, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, Lazich, Leibham, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch and Zien.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 64
Relating to: providing an exception to the law prohibiting discrimination in public places of accommodation to permit a fitness center whose facilities and services are intended for the exclusive use of persons of the same sex to provide the use of those facilities and services exclusively to persons of that sex.
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Representatives Grothman, Vrakas, Montgomery, Ainsworth, Bies, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Huebsch, Kestell, Krawczyk, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, Musser, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Plale, Schneider, Seratti, Shilling, Stone, Suder, Towns, Underheim, Van Roy, Weber, J. Wood, Ziegelbauer and M. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Harsdorf, Breske, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham and Reynolds.
To committee on Small Business.
Assembly Bill 65
Relating to: access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators' licenses and identification cards.
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Representatives Wieckert, Friske, Ladwig, Hahn, Townsend, Hundertmark, F. Lasee, McCormick, Ott, Towns, J. Fitzgerald, Van Roy, Vrakas, Gundrum, Krawczyk, Stone, Petrowski, Hines, Bies, M. Lehman and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas, A. Lasee, Kedzie, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz and Stepp.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 66
Relating to: requiring all persons admitted to the University of Wisconsin Medical School to take the Medical College Admission Test.
By
Representatives Wasserman, Freese, Hines, Turner, Albers, Bies and Hahn.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
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Assembly Bill 67
Relating to: employment discrimination based on creed; exemption from liability and discipline for health care providers and hospital employees who refuse to participate in sterilization, abortion, assisted suicide, and other procedures on moral or religious grounds; and power of attorney for health care instruments and patient declarations regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or feeding tubes.
By
Representatives Hundertmark, Staskunas, Albers, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Huebsch, Kerkman, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Nass, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Rhoades, Stone, Suder, Underheim, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vukmir, Weber, Wieckert, J. Wood and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Reynolds, Breske, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Schultz, Stepp and Welch.
To committee on Labor.
Assembly Bill 68
Relating to: granting high school credit for extracurricular sports.
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Representatives Pettis, Krawczyk, Stone, Van Roy, Hines and Seratti.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 69
Relating to: closing dates for certain fishing seasons.
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Representatives Pettis, Hines, Plouff, Nass, J. Wood, Johnsrud, Owens, Gronemus, Jeskewitz, Gunderson, Krawczyk, Stone, Bies, Hahn, Seratti, Musser, Townsend, McCormick and Lothian; cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Harsdorf.
To committee on Natural Resources
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Assembly Bill 70
Relating to: modifying the definition of income under the homestead tax credit.
By
Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Grothman, Gundrum, Hahn, Hines, Krawczyk, Owens, Seratti and J. Wood.
