Relating to: the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
By
Senator
Jauch
; cosponsored by Representatives Sherman and Milroy.
To committee on Rules.
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Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 256
1. Page 3, line 23: delete that line.
Communications
June 26, 2009
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
During today's Assembly session I was excused on a leave of absence. I am writing to request that it be recorded in the Assembly Journal that I would have voted no on the motion of concurrence of the Report of the Committee of Conference on Assembly Bill 75 had I been present at today's session.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this request.
Sincerely,
Pat Strachota
State Representative
58th Assembly District
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Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 40 be withdrawn from the committee on Rules and taken up at this time. Granted.
Senate Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 40 be concurred in?
Motion carried.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 40 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 61 be withdrawn from the committee on Rules and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: the life and public service of Ralph Houghton and honoring his many accomplishments.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
61 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 61 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that Assembly Rule
35 (1) be suspended. Granted.
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From: Robert J. Marchant, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Committee of Conference report on Assembly Bill 75
(Conference amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1)
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Assembly Bill 75
Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
The question was: Shall the Committee of Conference report on Assembly Bill 75 be concurred in?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Black, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Dexter, Fields, Garthwaite, Grigsby, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Hraychuck, Hubler, Jorgensen, Kessler, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Nelson, Parisi, Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Radcliffe, Richards, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Toles, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, A. Williams, Wood, Young, Zepnick, Zigmunt and Speaker Sheridan - 51.
Noes - Representatives Ballweg, Bies, Brooks, Davis, J. Fitzgerald, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Gundrum, Honadel, Huebsch, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kramer, Krusick, LeMahieu, Lothian, Meyer, Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Newcomer, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Pridemore, Rhoades, Ripp, Roth, Spanbauer, Stone, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos, Vukmir, M. Williams, Ziegelbauer and Zipperer - 46.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Friske and Strachota - 2.
Motion carried.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that the Assembly's action on Assembly Bill 75 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
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Assembly Bill 281
Relating to: the restriction on the amount of phosphorus in certain cleaning agents.
A293
The question was:
Assembly Bill 281 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, Garthwaite, Grigsby, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Hraychuck, Hubler, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kessler, Krusick, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Mursau, Nelson, A. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Radcliffe, Richards, Ripp, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Toles, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Young, Zepnick, Zigmunt and Speaker Sheridan - 60.
Noes - Representatives Ballweg, Brooks, J. Fitzgerald, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Gundrum, Honadel, Huebsch, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kramer, LeMahieu, Lothian, Meyer, Montgomery, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Newcomer, Nygren, J. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Pridemore, Rhoades, Roth, Stone, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos, Vukmir, Ziegelbauer and Zipperer - 37.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Friske and Strachota - 2.
Motion carried.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
281 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
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Visitors
During today's session, the following visitors honored the Assembly by their presence and were welcomed by the presiding officer and the members:
Jens Jorgensen, son of Representative Jorgensen, guest of Representative Nygren.
Emily Loe and her father, Dan Loe, guest and staff person of Representative Gunderson.
Raquel, Courtney and Debbie Vechinski, guests of Representative Molepske, Jr.
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Announcements
Representative Hixson asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor Dr. Leslie Steinhaus, who recently retired from her position as District Administrator to the Whitewater Unified School District Board of Education. Granted.
Representative Ballweg asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the Wisconsin American Legion Auxiliary on 66 years of providing high school girls in Wisconsin the experience of developing and running local and state government models. Granted.
Representative Ballweg asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of her daughter, Becky Ballweg, for winning one of the Wisconsin American Legion Auxiliary's seven state elected offices, that of Lieutenant Governor for the 2009 Badger Girls State. Granted.
Representative Ballweg asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the Wautoma High School Boys Track and Field Team, who won the WIAA Division II State Championship. Granted.
Representative Ballweg asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the Wautoma High School Boys Football Team, who won the WIAA Division IV State Championship.
Representative Ballweg asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Jared Abbrederis, who broke the 28 year state record in the 110 meter hurdles, with a time of 14.35 seconds. Granted.
Representative Milroy asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Mark and Cora Liebaert , who were named 2008 Wisconsin Conservation Farmers of the Year and in celebration of their 100 year family farm. Granted.
Representative Berceau asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Tess Foster, a senior at Verona High School, for being selected for Badger Girls State. Granted.
Representative Gunderson asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his staff person, Emily Loe, who will be leaving his office. Granted.
Representative Garthwaite asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall Memorial. The Memorial will be on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus July 9-13. Granted.
Representative Sheridan asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Dick Wheeler, on the occasion of his birthday and for his 40 years of service to the Legislature. Granted.
Representative Brooks asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the Fran Fish Family and the Relay for Life. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the following Sun Prairie World War II veterans who were honored at a gathering in remembrance of the 65th anniversary of D-Day: Robert Anderson, Eddie Anderson, Ollie Berge, H. Paul Bergman, Louis E. Blaser, Frank Brown, Miles Duckert, Raymond Endres, Wilbur Fiedler, Donald Gallagher, John Hein, Claude Holzem, Bill Irwin, Melvin C. Jacob, Willard Jensen, Miles Laubenheimer, Chuck Markle, Gerald McGovern, Floyd Schmidt, Peter Schultz, Donald Strudell, Rudy Suchomel, Wilbert Upton and William Wambach. Granted.
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