Tuesday, March 9, 2004
10:48 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 Sister Catherine Houtakker from Sinsinawa Mound.
Representative Loeffelholz 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, Colon, Cullen, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gielow, 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, McCormick, 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, Toles, 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 - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - None.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 837 offered by committee on Transportation.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 837 offered by committee on Transportation.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 837 offered by committee on Transportation.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 862 offered by committee on Insurance.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 898 offered by Representative Huebsch.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 917 offered by committee on Insurance.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 919 offered by Representatives Freese and Huebsch.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 922 offered by committee on Judiciary.
Assembly amendment 6 to Assembly Bill 926 offered by Representative Miller.
Assembly amendment 7 to Assembly Bill 926 offered by Representative Miller.
Assembly amendment 8 to Assembly Bill 926 offered by Representative Miller.
Assembly amendment 9 to Assembly Bill 926 offered by Representative Miller.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 938 offered by Representative Seratti.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 87 offered by Representative Gard.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 227 offered by committee on Health.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 428 offered by committee on Ways and Means.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: the life and service of Sergeant Eugene A. Uhl III.
By
Representative
Molepske
; cosponsored by Senator Lassa
.
To committee on Rules.
Relating to: various changes to the statutes governing public libraries.
By
Representatives Freese, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hines, Kreibich, J. Lehman, Ott and Bies; cosponsored by Senator Leibham
, by request of Department of Public Instruction.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 941
Relating to: the organization and funding of public libraries and public library systems and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Freese, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hines, Kreibich, J. Lehman, Ott and Bies; cosponsored by Senator Leibham
, by request of Department of Public Instruction.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 942
Relating to: the issuance of municipal special fund obligations to pay unfunded prior service liability contributions under a public employee retirement system or to pay postemployment benefits.
By
Representative
Stone
; cosponsored by Senator Darling
.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 943
Relating to: the expenditure of $5,910,212 from the general fund in payment of a claim against the state made by John C. Koshick.
By
Representative
Richards
.
To committee on Rules.
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The committee on Agriculture reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 763
