Thursday, February 21, 2008
3:15 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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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 2 offered by committee on Transportation.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 139 offered by committee on Corrections and Courts.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 281 offered by Representative Nass.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 525 offered by Representatives Albers and Zepnick.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 553 offered by Representative Gottlieb.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 729 offered by Representatives Wieckert and Moulton.
Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 755 offered by Representative Petrowski.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 756 offered by Representative Murtha.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 770 offered by committee on Jobs and The Economy.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 787 offered by committee on Corrections and Courts.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 787 offered by committee on Corrections and Courts.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 787 offered by committee on Corrections and Courts.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 805 offered by committee on Property Rights.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 816 offered by Representative Newcomer.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 13
Relating to: requesting the filing of an amicus curiae brief by the attorney general in the United States Supreme Court.
By
Representative
Huebsch
, by request of Attorney General Van Hollen.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 101
Relating to: permitting nonresident property owners to qualify as electors (first consideration).
By
Representative
Albers
.
To committee on Elections and Constitutional Law
.
Assembly Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: honoring the Sun Prairie High School Coed Cheerleading Team for winning the 2008 Universal Cheerleading Association's National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Florida.
By
Representative
Hebl
; cosponsored by Senator Miller
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 103
Relating to: commemorating the achievements and contributions of the Boy Scouts of America.
By
Representatives Newcomer, Bies, Boyle, Gronemus, Hahn, Hebl, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Kestell, Kreuser, LeMahieu, Lothian, Musser, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Owens, Petersen, Petrowski, Sheridan, Sinicki, Strachota, Vos, Vruwink, Vukmir, M. Williams and Molepske; cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Breske, Darling, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, Schultz and Taylor.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 104
Relating to: declaring March 10, 2008, Tibet Day.
By
Representatives Parisi, Black, Davis, Seidel, Pocan, Berceau, Bies, Sherman and Pope-Roberts; cosponsored by Senators Lehman and Miller.
To committee on Rules.
Relating to: driver education instruction and driver's license examinations.
By
Representatives Moulton, Wood, Petrowski, Kaufert, Zepnick, Smith, Musser, Mursau, Hahn, Lothian, Molepske, LeMahieu, Berceau, Ballweg and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Kreitlow, Olsen, Schultz, Kedzie, Cowles, Jauch, Carpenter, Lassa and Taylor.
To committee on Transportation
.
Assembly Bill 827
Relating to: mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, and loan originators.
By
Representatives Newcomer, Nass and Albers; cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Darling and Schultz.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 828
Relating to: the definition of bicycle; lighting of bicycles, motor bicycles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; and manual turn signals for bicyclists.
By
Representatives Davis, Black, Ballweg, Bies, Montgomery, A. Ott, Townsend and Hahn; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Cowles, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Olsen and Schultz.
To committee on Transportation
.
Assembly Bill 829
Relating to: requiring local and state government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state.
By
Representatives Molepske, Sheridan, Berceau and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senator Plale
.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
Assembly Bill 830
Relating to: crime victim compensation awards for bicyclists injured or killed in vehicle accidents.
By
Representatives Jorgensen, Hixson, Albers, Berceau, Black, Pocan, Seidel, Sheridan and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Grothman and Lassa.
To committee on Criminal Justice
.
Assembly Bill 831
Relating to: hunting deer of either sex by the holder of a Class B hunting permit.
By
Representatives Jorgensen, Albers and Hahn.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 832
Relating to: providing services to homeless public school pupils and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Mason, Sheridan, Pope-Roberts, Boyle, Soletski, Parisi, Turner and Young; cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Hansen.
To joint committee on Finance
.
Assembly Bill 833
Relating to: creating a winter highway maintenance grant program in the Department of Transportation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Hebl, Hixson, Albers, Berceau, Smith, Zepnick, Turner and Molepske; cosponsored by Senator Vinehout
.
To committee on Transportation
.
Assembly Bill 834
Relating to: prohibiting smoking in places of employment, restaurants, taverns, and other indoor areas and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Wieckert, Richards, Seidel, Black, Boyle, Moulton, A. Ott, Parisi, Gottlieb, Soletski, Hilgenberg, Berceau, Wasserman, Steinbrink, Pope-Roberts and Benedict; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Roessler, Ellis, Robson, Darling and Coggs.
To committee on Public Health
.
Assembly Bill 835
Relating to: allowing a village meeting specified criteria to exceed its retail liquor license quota by issuing one additional retail license.