Tuesday, June 23, 2009
10:05 A.M.
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Staskunas in the chair.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
The prayer was offered by Pastor Mary Kay Baum from Dodgeville.
Representative Tauchen 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 Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, J. Fitzgerald, Friske, Garthwaite, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Honadel, Hraychuck, Hubler, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Knodl, Krusick, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nelson, Nerison, Newcomer, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petersen, Petrowski, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Radcliffe, Rhoades, Richards, Ripp, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Vukmir, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt, Zipperer and Speaker Sheridan - 96.
Absent with leave - Representatives Ballweg, Kramer and Roth - 3.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Suder asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Ballweg, Kramer and Roth. Granted.
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Representative Barca asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Fields, Mason, Milroy, Sinicki, A. Williams and Wood. Granted.
Representative Suder asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Gunderson, Kaufert, Newcomer and Van Roy. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 8 offered by Representative Sherman.
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Relating to hunting and trapping regulations, closed areas and game refuges.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, June 8, 2009.
To committee on Fish and Wildlife
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Referred on June 22, 2009
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 329
Relating to: conditions of extended supervision, probation, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.
By
Representatives Stone, Hraychuck, A. Ott, Brooks, Suder, Petersen, Kerkman, Smith, LeMahieu, Berceau, Kaufert, Jorgensen, Townsend, Murtha, Vukmir, J. Ott, Zepnick, Bies, Ripp, Petrowski, Nerison, Gunderson, Spanbauer, Turner, Gundrum and Roys; cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Darling, Lassa, Kapanke, A. Lasee, Schultz, Lazich and Plale.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
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The committee on Agriculture reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 11
Relating to: eliminating the World Dairy Center Authority.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Vruwink, Radcliffe, Garthwaite, Jorgensen, Molepske Jr., Danou, A. Ott, Nerison, Murtha, Tauchen and Brooks.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 236
Relating to: requiring that certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Vruwink, Radcliffe, Garthwaite, Jorgensen, Molepske Jr., Danou, A. Ott, Nerison, Murtha, Tauchen and Brooks.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Vruwink, Radcliffe, Garthwaite, Jorgensen, Molepske Jr., Danou, A. Ott, Nerison, Murtha, Tauchen and Brooks.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Amy Sue Vruwink
Chairperson
Committee on Agriculture
The committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 240
Relating to: making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday.
Passage: