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 Representative LeMahieu.
Representative Turner 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, 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, Knodl, Kramer, Krusick, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nelson, 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, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, A. Williams, M. Williams, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt, Zipperer and Speaker Sheridan - 93.
Absent with leave - Representatives Kleefisch, Nerison, Roth, Suder and Vukmir - 5.
Absent due to illness- Representative Wood - 1.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Gottlieb asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Kleefisch, Nerison, Roth, Suder and Vukmir. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 65 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 65 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 65 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 65 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 371 offered by Representative Hraychuck.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 390 offered by Representative A. Ott.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 403 offered by Representative Barca.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 429 offered by Representative Smith.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 462 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 462 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 462 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 496 offered by committee on Transportation.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 533 offered by Representative Davis.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 533 offered by Representative Davis.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 534 offered by Representative Davis.
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Relating to supervision and direction.
Submitted by Insurance Commissioner.
Report received from Agency, October 21, 2009.
A482
To committee on
Insurance
.
Referred on November 3, 2009.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 93
Relating to: recognizing November as National Adoption Month.
By
Representatives Vruwink, Pasch, Zigmunt, Zepnick, Hebl, Kerkman, Townsend, A. Ott, Turner, Pope-Roberts, Ballweg, Hintz, Berceau, Strachota, Mason, Molepske Jr., Zipperer and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Lassa, Lazich, Darling and Hopper.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 94
Relating to: extending a state of public health emergency.
By
Representative
Shilling
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 95
Relating to: commemorating the City of Racine's Demisemiseptcentennial (175th Anniversary).
By
Representatives Mason, Turner, Vos, Kerkman, Barca, Hintz, Sherman and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Miller, Taylor and Lassa.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 541
Relating to: substitute address for a victim of domestic abuse.
By
Representatives Vruwink, Sinicki, Brooks, Parisi, Cullen, Pope-Roberts, Turner, Shilling, Pasch, Bernard Schaber, Zepnick and Smith; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Holperin, Hansen and Coggs.
To committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security
.
Assembly Bill 542
Relating to: treatment of abandoned employee retirement accounts under a retirement system of a 1st class city.
By
Representatives Fields, Ballweg, Cullen, Gottlieb, Kestell, Sinicki, Toles, Zepnick and Pasch; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Darling, Sullivan and Coggs.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
.
Assembly Bill 543
Relating to: barring landlords from requiring certain payments and from making certain claims against estates.
By
Representative
Black
.
To committee on Housing.
Assembly Bill 544
Relating to: prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of wheel weights and other wheel balancing products that contain lead.
By
Representatives Black, Danou, Clark, Mason, Roys and Pope-Roberts; cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Carpenter, Hansen, Miller, Taylor and Risser.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: residency of election officials.
By
Representatives Smith, Hilgenberg, Pope-Roberts, Parisi, Berceau, Mason, Bies and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Taylor and Schultz.
To committee on Elections and Campaign Reform
.
Assembly Bill 546
Relating to: requiring governmental bodies of certain political subdivisions to post meeting notices and minutes on their Web sites.
By
Representatives Roys, Pasch, Berceau, Bies and Grigsby; cosponsored by Senators Kreitlow and Plale.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
.
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The committee on Colleges and Universities reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 509
Relating to: exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Hixson, Smith, Black, Cullen, Soletski, Hintz, Berceau, Nass and Townsend.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Rhoades, Gottlieb and Ballweg.
To committee on Rules.
Kim Hixson