Thursday, February 2, 2006
11:33 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Montgomery.
Representative Vruwink 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, Ballweg, Benedict, Berceau, Bies, Black, Boyle, Colon, Cullen, Davis, Fields, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gronemus, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hines, Honadel, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krusick, Lamb, F. Lasee, Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, Meyer, Molepske, Montgomery, Moulton, Mursau, Musser, Nass, Nelson, Nerison, Newcomer, Nischke, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Toles, Towns, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Vukmir, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 96.
Absent with leave - Representatives McCormick, Parisi and Underheim - 3.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Gundrum asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives McCormick and Underheim. Granted.
Representative Turner asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Parisi. Granted.
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Representative Gundrum asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Lamb, Nischke and Suder. Granted.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 644 offered by Representative Wieckert.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 768 offered by Representative Vukmir.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 898 offered by Representative Petrowski.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 898 offered by Representative Petrowski.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 968
Relating to: various duties of the Department of Revenue, including issuing declaratory judgments, conducting audits and assessments, asserting liability, allowing claims for refunds, awarding the costs of litigation to a prevailing party, imposing penalties related to a taxpayer's negligence, calculating interest on unpaid amounts, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Strachota, Gard, J. Fitzgerald, Huebsch, Jensen, Wood, Hundertmark, Nischke, Mursau, Freese, Lothian, Krawczyk, Montgomery, Lamb, Kreibich, Towns, Gunderson, Ballweg, Loeffelholz, Vos, Albers, LeMahieu, Jeskewitz, F. Lasee, Pettis, McCormick and Musser; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Darling, Stepp, Grothman, Schultz, Brown, Olsen and Roessler.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 969
Relating to: applying cash deposited for bail to restitution payments or to recompense ordered in criminal cases.
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Representatives Suder, Wood, Gronemus, Musser, Townsend, Hines, Owens, LeMahieu, Albers, Petrowski and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Zien and Roessler.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 970
Relating to: admitting evidence of other crimes in certain criminal proceedings.
By
Representatives Suder, Pettis, Gundrum, Gronemus, Townsend, Ainsworth, Mursau, Owens, Krawczyk, Kleefisch, LeMahieu, Albers, Bies, Van Roy, M. Williams, Musser, Kreibich, Jeskewitz and Petrowski; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Leibham, A. Lasee, Lazich, Darling, Kedzie and Grothman.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 971
Relating to: deadline for distributing a physician's or psychologist's report on a criminal defendant or a person committed upon a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
By
Representatives Suder, Musser, Townsend, Hines, Gunderson, Albers and Jeskewitz; cosponsored by Senators Zien and Grothman.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 972
Relating to: increasing the Medical Assistance reimbursement rate for nursing homes, supplementing the Medical Assistance reimbursement for nursing homes, and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Pettis, Davis, Ainsworth, Ballweg, Benedict, Berceau, Boyle, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Gielow, Gronemus, Hebl, Hines, Hubler, Kessler, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Lamb, Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Molepske, Moulton, Musser, Mursau, Nelson, Parisi, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Sinicki, Suder, Towns, Turner, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, M. Williams, Young and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Brown, Stepp, Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Darling, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kapanke, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Taylor, Wirch and Zien.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 973
Relating to: expanding the purposes for which a town may create a tax incremental financing district.
By
Representatives Loeffelholz, Ott and Nerison; cosponsored by Senator Schultz
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To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 974
Relating to: eliminate transitional halfway house building authority.
By
Representatives Stone, Gundrum, Nass, Strachota, Suder and Honadel; cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Darling and Plale.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
Assembly Bill 975
