Thursday, May 4, 2006
10:42 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Gard in the chair.
Representative Huebsch asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
The prayer was offered by Representative Gottlieb.
Representative Gielow 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, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krusick, Lamb, F. Lasee, Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, Meyer, Molepske, Montgomery, Moulton, Mursau, Musser, Nass, Nelson, Nerison, Newcomer, Nischke, Ott, Owens, Parisi, Petrowski, Pettis, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Toles, Towns, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Vukmir, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 97.
Absent with leave - Representative Young - 1.
Vacancies - 98th Assembly District - 1.
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Representative Turner asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Young. Granted.
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Representative Gundrum asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Friske and Lamb. Granted.
Representative Turner asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Sinicki and Steinbrink. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1191 offered by Representative Gunderson.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1192 offered by Representative Pettis.
Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 530 offered by committee on Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 54
Relating to: prohibiting any member of the assembly from accepting any campaign contribution from any lobbyist during the remainder of 2006.
By
Representatives Parisi and Kreuser.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 1215
Relating to: automated teller machine charges for international accounts.
By
Representatives Krawczyk, Van Roy, Musser, Vos, Owens and McCormick.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 1216
Relating to: gifts or grants made to a school district by a particular class.
By
Representatives Richards, Sheridan, Sinicki, Turner, Jeskewitz and Kessler.
To committee on Education.
Relating to: requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for infants.
By
Representative
Schneider
; cosponsored by Senator Lassa
.
To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 1218
Relating to: requiring health insurance policies to cover orphan drugs and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representative
Schneider
.
To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 1219
Relating to: indigency determinations, provision of legal services by the State Public Defender, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representatives McCormick, Krawczyk, Musser, Staskunas, Van Roy and Turner.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 1220
Relating to: the prohibition against making, reproducing, or possessing visual representations of a person nude without the person's consent.
By
Representative
Parisi
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 1221
Relating to: requirements relating to air pollution and to water pollution from point sources.
By
Representative
Black
, by request of Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 1222
Relating to: sales of consumer goods and services during periods of abnormal economic disruption, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Musser, Gronemus, Towns, Lothian, Ott, Hines, Petrowski, Owens, Hahn, Kerkman, Gunderson, M. Williams, Bies, Nerison and Kreibich; cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Schultz, Olsen and Brown.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 1223
Relating to: disposition of certain contributions or other moneys in campaign treasuries.