Noes: 0.
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To committee on Rules.
John Ainsworth
Chairperson
Committee on Transportation
The committee on Veterans Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 234
Relating to: a sales tax exemption for sales to veterans organizations.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Loeffelholz, Musser, Townsend, Hundertmark, Bies, Sherman and Turner.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Loeffelholz, Musser, Townsend, Hundertmark, Bies, Sherman and Turner.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 674
Relating to: development zone tax credits for providing full-time jobs to veterans of the United States armed forces.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Loeffelholz, Musser, Townsend, Hundertmark, Bies, Sherman and Turner.
Noes: 0.
To joint committee on Finance.
Gabe Loeffelholz
Chairperson
Committee on Veterans Affairs
From: Robert J. Marchant, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Amended and concurred in as amended:
Assembly Bill 64
(Senate amendment 2 adopted)
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Assembly Bill 64
Relating to: polling hours.
By
Representatives Freese, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Berceau, Nass, Hines and Lehman; cosponsored by Senators Reynolds and Kedzie.
To committee on Rules.
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Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Bill 791,
1. Page 2, line 4: delete "adult home, as defined in s.
50.01 (1)" and substitute "adult family home, as defined in s.
50.01 (1)".
Note: "Adult family home" rather than "adult home" is the term defined in s. 50.01 (1). __________________
Executive Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
January 6, 2006
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 184105January 6, 2005
Respectfully submitted,
JIM Doyle
Governor
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Governor's Veto Message
January 6, 2006
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 56 in its entirety. This bill restricts state and local governments from bringing civil actions against firearms importers, manufacturers, dealers or trade associations, as well as against gun club or sport shooting range owners or operators. Assembly Bill 56 also grants, with certain exceptions, these same groups immunity from civil liability in any action for an injury or death caused by a firearm.
The President granted the gun industry sweeping immunity this past October when he signed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, Public Law No. 109-092. Under the federal law, no civil actions may be filed in federal or state court by individuals or governmental entities seeking relief for injury or death resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm.
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Assembly Bill 56 unnecessarily extends these protections beyond the new federal law, by granting immunity irrespective of whether there is an injury resulting from a criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm. The bill also extends the immunity to gun club or sport shooting range owners or operators, even though Wisconsin has never seen any such lawsuits filed here. Although I honor the long tradition of hunting and shooting sports in Wisconsin and the value this tradition brings to our state, this bill is not about protecting hunters and other sportsmen and women.
Since President Bush and Congress have already given the gun industry sweeping immunity that no other industry enjoys, I can see no need for the State of Wisconsin to give the gun industry even more protection. It is unfortunate that the Legislature is spending its time protecting the gun industry instead of protecting the environment or taking meaningful steps that would actually enhance the wilderness experience for hunters and other sportsmen and women. It is just one more example of a Legislature that is out of touch with Wisconsin families.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Doyle
Governor
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
To Whom It May Concern:
Acts, Joint Resolutions and Resolutions deposited in this office have been numbered and published as follows:
Bill Number Act Number Publication Date
Assembly Bill 787103January 20, 2006
Assembly Bill 436104January 20, 2006
Assembly Bill 184105January 23, 2006
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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December 15, 2005
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 208
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative Petrowski:
This is to inform you that Representative Marlin Schneider will replace Representative Pedro Colon as a member of the Assembly Committee on Highway Safety, effective immediately.
Please forward all communications relating to the Committee on Highway Safety to Representative Schneider. Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Jim kreuser
Assembly Democratic Leader
