Thursday, January 24, 2008
1:04 P.M.
Ninety‐Eighth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Petrowski in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 91
Relating to: commending George F. Potaracke for his many years of service on behalf of older adults in the state of Wisconsin.
By
Representatives Krusick, Jeskewitz, Boyle, Colon, Gunderson, Hahn, Hebl, Molepske and Berceau; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Roessler, Lehman, Miller, Robson and Taylor.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 92
Relating to: the life and public service of Daniel O. Trainer.
By
Representatives Molepske, Ballweg, Black, Hahn, Soletski, Owens, Sheridan, Townsend, Hebl, Jeskewitz, Bies, Petrowski, A. Ott, Gunderson and Berceau; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Olsen, Miller, Cowles, Taylor, Schultz, Lehman, Plale and Risser.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 719
Relating to: utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power.
By
Representatives LeMahieu, Gunderson, Nass, Bies, Turner, Jeskewitz, Hahn, Lothian, Ballweg, Townsend, Davis and Musser; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Kreitlow, Kedzie, Schultz, Erpenbach, A. Lasee, Plale and Roessler.
To committee on Energy and Utilities
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Assembly Bill 720
Relating to: designating and marking a bridge in Waupaca County as the Waupaca County Veterans Memorial Bridge.
By
Representatives Petersen, Ballweg, Tauchen, Petrowski, Meyer, Hahn, Turner, Owens and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Cowles and Roessler.
To committee on Transportation
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Assembly Bill 721
Relating to: satisfaction of a court judgment or debt and notification to a consumer reporting agency.
By
Representatives Van Roy, Nygren, Hahn, Musser, Wood, Nelson, F. Lasee, Jeskewitz, Nass, Shilling, Lothian, Sinicki, Townsend, Berceau, A. Ott, Gunderson, Bies, Petersen, Kestell, Tauchen, A. Williams and Toles; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Roessler, Taylor, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Risser, Olsen and Hansen.
To committee on Corrections and Courts
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Assembly Bill 722
Relating to: prohibiting certain persons from obtaining and using licenses that authorize hunting with a firearm and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Musser, Bies, Jeskewitz, Berceau, Kaufert, Nass, Albers, Townsend, A. Ott, Ziegelbauer and Suder; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
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To committee on Natural Resources
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Assembly Bill 723
Relating to: requiring headlights and other required lamps on vehicles to be lighted when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty.
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Representatives Lothian, Petrowski, Hahn, Berceau, Sheridan, Townsend, Mursau, Jeskewitz, Strachota, Albers, Turner, A. Ott, Bies and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Roessler and Schultz.
To committee on Transportation
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Assembly Bill 724
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for continuous positive airway pressure machines.
By
Representatives Sheridan, Albers, Berceau, Boyle, Gunderson, Hahn, A. Ott and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Lehman and Olsen.
To committee on Ways and Means
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Assembly Bill 725
Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for energy-efficient products purchased in conjunction with Earth Day.
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Representatives Strachota, Wood, Sheridan, Kerkman, Black, Seidel, Jeskewitz, Fields, Mason, Musser, Hilgenberg, Mursau, Hintz, Grigsby, Shilling, Molepske, Berceau, Soletski, Gunderson, Sinicki, Smith, Hebl, Parisi and Hubler; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Lassa, Sullivan, Kanavas, Risser, Harsdorf, Breske, Kapanke, Lehman, Darling, Carpenter, Olsen, Hansen, Kedzie, Plale, Wirch, Roessler, Coggs, Robson, A. Lasee, Kreitlow and Schultz.
To committee on Ways and Means
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Assembly Bill 726
Relating to: collective bargaining process for University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff and making appropriations.
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Representatives Richards, Berceau, Boyle, Colon, Hahn, Hebl, Hintz, Hixson, Kaufert, Kreuser, Musser, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Travis and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Vinehout, Coggs, Decker, Erpenbach, Jauch, Kapanke, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Plale, Sullivan, Taylor and Wirch.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
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Assembly Bill 727
Relating to: markers for military memorial highways and bridges.
By
Representatives Murtha, Gunderson, Mursau, Musser, Nerison, Owens, Sheridan, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend and Turner; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Roessler, Schultz, Leibham and Hansen.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
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Assembly Bill 728
Relating to: withholding utility security system plans from public inspection.
By
Representatives Montgomery, Petersen, Soletski, Ballweg, Bies, Townsend, Petrowski, Mursau and A. Ott; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Schultz and Roessler.
To committee on Homeland Security and State Preparedness.
Assembly Bill 729
Relating to: disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Moulton, Hraychuck, M. Williams, Molepske, Van Roy, Musser, Shilling, Murtha, Montgomery, F. Lasee, Gunderson, Kestell, Fields, Jeskewitz, Hixson, Petersen, Wood, Davis, Bies, Mursau, Vos, Petrowski, Hines, Strachota, Albers, Grigsby, Sheridan, Seidel, A. Williams, Wasserman, Krusick and Kreuser; cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Kreitlow, Cowles, Lehman, Roessler, Harsdorf, Darling, Robson, Taylor and Grothman.
To committee on Small Business
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The committee on Health and Healthcare Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 71
Relating to: requiring that patients be informed of health care facility use charges and that the charges be identified separately on bills.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren, Zipperer, Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Seidel.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren, Zipperer, Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Seidel.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 545
