10:05 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative F. Lasee in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 57 offered by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 207 offered by Representative Hundertmark.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 254 offered by Representative Hubler.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 270 offered by Representative Wasserman.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 437 offered by committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the vote on bills that would increase certain tax revenues (first consideration).
By
Representatives Suder, Albers, Gielow, Gunderson, Hines, Honadel, Jensen, Kerkman, Kreibich, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, McCormick, Musser, Nass, Nischke, Owens, Petrowski, Strachota, Vos, Vukmir, Wasserman and Wood; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Grothman, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham and Stepp.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 457
Relating to: eliminating the condemnation authority of nongovernmental entities.
By
Representatives Boyle, Suder, Black, Turner, Sherman and Pocan.
To committee on Energy and Utilities
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Assembly Bill 458
Relating to: changing the name of the Public Service Commission to the Utility Service Commission
By
Representatives Boyle, Suder and Turner.
To committee on Energy and Utilities
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Assembly Bill 459
Relating to: graffiti and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Staskunas, Zepnick, Montgomery, Hahn, Lehman, Sinicki, Richards, Turner, Townsend, Nass, Vrakas, Ott and Lothian; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Darling, Carpenter, S. Fitzgerald and Wirch.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 460
Relating to: the prohibition against underage persons entering or being on any premises operating under an alcohol beverage license.
By
Representatives Kleefisch, Shilling, J. Fitzgerald, Musser, Gronemus, Vos and Albers; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Plale, Grothman and Breske.
To committee on State Affairs.
Assembly Bill 461
Relating to: requiring legislative approval to locate a gaming establishment on certain lands taken into trust for the benefit of Indian tribes.
By
Representatives Gard, Ziegelbauer, Meyer, Petrowski, Gielow, Wood, Bies, Gundrum, Jeskewitz, Kestell, Owens, Vukmir, Gunderson, Towns, Albers, Vos, Ott, J. Fitzgerald, Kleefisch, Huebsch, Jensen and Davis; cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Zien and Grothman.
To committee on State Affairs.
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The committee on Aging and Long-Term Care reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 57
Relating to: tax-exempt, long-term care expenses accounts.
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Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Townsend, Hines, LeMahieu, Nischke, Strachota, Krusick, Vruwink, Pope-Roberts and Parisi.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Townsend, Hines, LeMahieu, Nischke, Strachota, Krusick and Vruwink.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Pope-Roberts and Parisi.
John Townsend
Chairperson
Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
The committee on Corrections and the Courts reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 225
Relating to: classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants for the purposes of the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Passage:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Bies, Gundrum, Underheim, Suder, Pope-Roberts, Wasserman, Seidel and Parisi.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Owens and LeMahieu.
Garey Bies
Chairperson
Committee on Corrections and the Courts
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Executive Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
June 1, 2005
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
The following bill, originating in the Assembly, has been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number Date Approved
Assembly Bill 4912June 1, 2005
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Doyle
Governor
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Governor's Veto Message
June 1, 2005
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 209. This bill requires the Department of Transportation to designate and mark the portion of U.S. Highway 14 from Madison to the Wisconsin-Illinois border as the Ronald Reagan Highway.
While recognizing that state highway and bridge designations have been used to pay tribute to and memorialize certain individuals, I vetoed this legislation last session based on state precedent. This honor has only been bestowed on persons who have been residents of or are natives of Wisconsin. Previous legislatures, whether Republican or Democratic, did not go beyond this precedent at the risk of having highway designations become political. I agree with this precedent and AB 209 is in violation.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Doyle
Governor
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Madison
