Thursday, October 29, 2009
10:32 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 Father William Hayward from St. Peter's Parish in Kenosha.
Representative Parisi 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 Ballweg, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, 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, Kramer, Krusick, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nelson, Nerison, Newcomer, 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, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Vukmir, A. Williams, M. Williams, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt, Zipperer and Speaker Sheridan - 94.
Absent with leave - Representatives Colon, Nygren, Roth and Suder - 4.
Absent due to illness - Representative Wood - 1.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Barca asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Colon. Granted.
Representative Kleefisch asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Nygren, Roth and Suder. Granted.
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Representative Barca asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Roys. Granted.
Representative Kleefisch asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Ballweg, Gunderson and Van Roy. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 21 offered by Representative Schneider.
Assembly substitute amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 135 offered by Representative Molepske Jr..
Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 159 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 219 offered by Representative Clark.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 288 offered by Representative Molepske Jr.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 408 offered by committee on Renewable Energy and Rural Affairs.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 453 offered by committee on Children and Families.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 453 offered by committee on Children and Families.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 510 offered by committee on Children and Families.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 525 offered by Representative Nygren.
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Assembly amendment 1 to
Senate Bill 190 offered by Representative Molepske Jr..
Assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 190 offered by committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 15
Relating to: requesting the participation of the attorney general as amicus curiae in certain cases before the United States Supreme Court.
By
Representatives Hraychuck, Danou, Townsend, Petersen, Jorgensen, LeMahieu, Huebsch, Nygren, Meyer, Vos, Tauchen, Davis, Vruwink, Vukmir, Gunderson, Van Roy, J. Ott, Bies and M. Williams.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 92
Relating to: recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the symbolic end of the Cold War.
By
Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Tauchen, Ziegelbauer, Pridemore, Vukmir, Ballweg, Kerkman, Suder, Vos, Newcomer, Mursau, Strachota, Bies, Townsend, Meyer, Knodl, Lothian, Kestell, LeMahieu, Gunderson, Gottlieb, Petrowski, Clark, Davis, A. Ott and M. Williams; cosponsored by Senator S. Fitzgerald
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To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 530
Relating to: managed forest land being converted to agricultural land.
By
Representatives Radcliffe and Danou.
To committee on Agriculture.
Assembly Bill 531
Relating to: the exception to the assessment of withdrawal taxes and fees against a landowner who transfers ownership of managed forest land for siting a public safety communications tower.
By
Representatives Hubler, Turner, Montgomery, Ziegelbauer, Petersen, Bies, Mursau, Zepnick, Kestell and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Lassa, Taylor and Schultz.
To committee on Forestry.
Assembly Bill 532
Relating to: directing the Department of Commerce to award grants to community development corporations to establish capital access programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Barca, Jorgensen, Fields, Seidel, Staskunas, Hraychuck, Zigmunt, Soletski, Sinicki, Young, Roys, Clark, Vruwink, Turner, Steinbrink, Garthwaite and Hixson; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Wirch and Taylor.
To committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
Assembly Bill 533
Relating to: using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers and requiring the development of a teacher evaluation plan to be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.
By
Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter, Sinicki and Hixson.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 534
Relating to: authorizing the state superintendent of public instruction to direct a school district to implement a new curriculum or instructional design, make personnel changes, or adopt accountability measures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter, Sinicki and Hixson.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 535
Relating to: establishing or contracting for the establishment of a charter school.
By
Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter and Sinicki.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 536
Relating to: authorizing the Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to study each other's education programs, requiring a written agreement concerning such studies, and requiring the establishment of a longitudinal data system of student data.
By
Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter, Sinicki and Hixson.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 537
Relating to: grants for improving academic achievement.
By
Representatives Pope-Roberts, Dexter, Sinicki and Hixson.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 538
Relating to: awarding grants to school districts for pupil academic achievement, allowing the results of pupil examinations to be used to evaluate teacher performance, and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Davis, Montgomery, Vukmir, Ballweg, Bies, Gunderson, Huebsch, Knodl, LeMahieu, Lothian, Newcomer, J. Ott, Tauchen, Townsend and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Lazich and A. Lasee.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 539
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Relating to: disclosure of information by health care providers, insurers, and governmental self-insured plans; requiring acceptance by a health care provider of a payment amount in certain circumstances; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Vukmir, Kramer, Tauchen, Kerkman, Townsend, Davis, Strachota, Knodl, Murtha, Ripp, Gunderson, Vos, Bies, LeMahieu, Petrowski, Honadel, Nass, Nygren, Van Roy, M. Williams, Suder, J. Ott, Pridemore, Kleefisch, Rhoades, Zipperer, Brooks, Petersen, Lothian, Spanbauer, Huebsch, Newcomer, Montgomery, Nerison, A. Ott, Stone and Kestell; cosponsored by Senators Kanavas, Darling, Hopper, A. Lasee, Schultz and Grothman.
