Wednesday, January 25, 2012
6:31 P.M.
One-Hundredth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Kramer in the chair.
Representative Suder asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
Speaker Fitzgerald in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative A. Ott.
Representative Toles 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 August, Barca, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bernier, Bewley, Bies, Billings, Brooks, Clark, E. Coggs, Craig, D. Cullen, Danou, Doyle, Endsley, Farrow, Hebl, Hintz, Honadel, Hulsey, Jacque, Jorgensen, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knilans, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Krusick, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Pasch, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Radcliffe, Richards, Ringhand, Ripp, Rivard, Roys, Seidel, Severson, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Steineke, Stone, Strachota, Stroebel, Suder, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tiffany, Toles, Tranel, Turner, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Weininger, Williams, Wynn, Young, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Fitzgerald - 96.
Absent with leave - Representatives Ballweg, Fields and Grigsby - 3.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Murtha asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Ballweg. Granted.
Representative Roys asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Fields and Grigsby. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 12 offered by Representatives Kestell and Milroy.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 492
Relating to: duties of review boards for banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions and eliminating the mortgage loan originator council.
By
Representative
Kramer
; cosponsored by Senator Grothman
.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 493
Relating to: the procedure for the administrative dissolution of corporations.
By
Representative
Kramer
; cosponsored by Senator Grothman
.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 494
Relating to: appointment of notaries public, collection agencies, and community currency exchanges.
By
Representative
Kramer
; cosponsored by Senator Grothman
.
To committee on Financial Institutions
.
Assembly Bill 495
Relating to: duties of ski area operators and participants in snow sports, liability of ski area operators, and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Strachota, Brooks, LeMahieu, Kerkman, Ballweg, Kestell, Petrowski, Doyle, Severson and Williams; cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Galloway, Wanggaard, Schultz and Kedzie.
To committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties.
Relating to: the property tax exemption for certain housing facilities.
By
Representatives Vos, Berceau, Endsley, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Wynn, Pocan and Nygren; cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Erpenbach.
To committee on Housing.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
.
Assembly Bill 497
Relating to: providing immunity from liability to a school board or the governing body of a charter school that provides public access to school grounds for certain recreational activities.
By
Representatives Bies, Bernier, Brooks, Jacque, Kestell, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Marklein, A. Ott, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Strachota, Stroebel and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Galloway, Grothman and Lazich.
To committee on Public Health and Public Safety
.
Assembly Bill 498
Relating to: regulating certain substitutes for ozone-depleting refrigerants.
By
Representatives Knilans, Kestell, Bernier, Endsley, Jacque, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Rivard, Strachota, Thiesfeldt, Spanbauer, Vos and Van Roy; cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Holperin, Schultz, Taylor, Lasee and Hansen.
To committee on Agriculture.
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From: Jeffrey Renk, Assistant Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
