Thursday, September 25, 2003
9:05 A.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 Townsend.
Representative Friske 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, Gottlieb, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hines, Honadel, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Ladwig, F. Lasee, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, D. Meyer, Miller, Molepske, Montgomery, Morris, Musser, Nass, Nischke, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plouff, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Powers, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Taylor, Towns, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vruwink, Vukmir, Ward, Wasserman, Weber, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, W. Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 96.
Absent with leave - Representatives Gielow, McCormick and J. Wood - 3.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Gielow, McCormick and J. Wood. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 29 offered by committee on Education Reform.
Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 35 offered by Representative Wasserman.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 244 offered by committee on Family Law.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 331 offered by committee on Education Reform.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 418 offered by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 479 offered by Representative Hubler.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 487 offered by committee on Insurance.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: commending outgoing Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Raymond G. Boland on his service to veterans and the state of Wisconsin.
By
Representative
Musser
; cosponsored by Senator Brown
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 535
Relating to: objecting to the Department of Natural Resources' proposed rule regarding the feeding and baiting of deer and permitting deer baiting and feeding in certain circumstances.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 536
Relating to: pet dealers, kennels, animal shelters, dog licensing, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
A379
By
Representatives Balow, J. Wood, Lothian, Ott, Kreibich, Krawczyk, Ladwig, Richards, Underheim, Coggs, Zepnick, Taylor, Weber, Molepske, Van Akkeren, Plouff, Ainsworth, Gronemus, Pocan, Cullen, Steinbrink, Stone, Sinicki, Loeffelholz, Shilling, Boyle, M. Lehman, Van Roy and Olsen; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Leibham, Kanavas, Risser, M. Meyer, Breske, Carpenter, Chvala, Wirch, Plale and Hansen.
To committee on Agriculture.
Assembly Bill 537
Relating to: creating a venture capital investment trust in the public employee trust fund and permitting participating employees in the Wisconsin Retirement System to allocate retirement contributions in the venture capital investment trust.
By
Representatives Nischke, McCormick, Hahn, Ladwig, Musser, Montgomery, Towns, Owens, Weber, Kreibich, Van Roy, Krawczyk, Olsen and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Stepp, Leibham, Welch, Darling, Zien and Lassa.
To committee on Economic Development
.
Assembly Bill 538
Relating to: creating a qualified new business venture tax credit and a capital gains tax exemption regarding investments in certified venture capital funds and qualified new business ventures, requiring a study of new Wisconsin businesses, facilitating the development of certain investor networks, excluding from taxable income gains from a start-up technology business, and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Nischke, McCormick, Ladwig, Musser, Montgomery, Towns, Owens, M. Lehman, Weber, Van Roy, Krawczyk, Olsen and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Stepp, Leibham, Welch, Darling, Zien and Lassa.
To committee on Economic Development
.
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Relating to petroleum products.
Submitted by Department of Commerce.
Report received from Agency, September 16, 2003.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Referred on September 25, 2003.
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