Wisconsin Legislature: 2012-01-26 Assembly Journal

Informal

4:33 P.M.

The Assembly reconvened.

Speaker Pro Tempore Kramer in the chair.

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Assembly Bill 426

Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties.

The question was: Shall Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 426 be adopted?

The roll was taken.

The result follows:

A758 Ayes - Representatives Ballweg, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Craig, Endsley, Farrow, Honadel, Jacque, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knilans, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Meyer, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer, Steineke, Stone, Strachota, Stroebel, Suder, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tiffany, Tranel, Van Roy, Vos, Weininger, Williams, Wynn, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Fitzgerald - 59.

Noes - Representatives August, Barca, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Clark, E. Coggs, D. Cullen, Danou, Doyle, Hebl, Hintz, Hulsey, Jorgensen, Kessler, Krusick, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr, Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Radcliffe, Richards, Ringhand, Roys, Seidel, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, C. Taylor, Toles, Turner, Vruwink, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 37.

Absent or not voting - Representatives Berceau, Fields and Grigsby - 3.

Motion carried.

The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 426 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?

Motion carried.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 426 be given a third reading. Granted.

Pursuant to Assembly Rule 3m and Assembly Rule 6, Speaker Pro Tempore Kramer ordered the visitor galleries cleared.

Representative Roys asked unanimous consent to allow the gallery to be reopened to the public.
Representative Kleefisch objected.

The question was: Assembly Bill 426 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?

The roll was taken.

The result follows:

Ayes - Representatives August, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Craig, Endsley, Farrow, Honadel, Jacque, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knilans, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Meyer, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer, Steineke, Stone, Strachota, Stroebel, Suder, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tiffany, Tranel, Van Roy, Vos, Weininger, Williams, Wynn, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Fitzgerald - 59.

Noes - Representatives Barca, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Clark, E. Coggs, D. Cullen, Danou, Doyle, Hebl, Hintz, Hulsey, Jorgensen, Kessler, Krusick, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr, Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Radcliffe, Richards, Ringhand, Roys, Seidel, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, C. Taylor, Toles, Turner, Vruwink, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 36.

Paired for - Representative Ballweg - 1.

Paired against - Representative Grigsby - 1.

Absent or not voting - Representatives Berceau and Fields - 2.

Motion carried.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 426 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 89 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

Senate Bill 89

Relating to: the amount of the exemption from income tax withholding requirements for employees of a county fair association.

The question was: Shall Senate Bill 89 be ordered to a third reading?

Motion carried.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 89 be given a third reading. Granted.

The question was: Senate Bill 89 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in?

Motion carried.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 89 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

Assembly Bill 128

Relating to: the amount of the exemption from income tax withholding requirements for employees of a county fair association.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 128 be laid on the table. Granted.

Assembly Bill 176

Relating to: minimum harvesting requirements for commercial fishing in the Great Lakes.

The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 176 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?

Motion carried.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 176 be given a third reading. Granted.

The question was: Assembly Bill 176 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?

Motion carried.

A759 Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 176 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 125 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

Senate Bill 125

Relating to: liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages caused by an insufficiency or want of repair of a highway.

Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 125 offered by Representatives Mason, Vruwink, Pasch, C. Taylor, Ringhand, Zamarripa, Doyle, Hulsey, Bernard Schaber, Danou, Sinicki, Zepnick, Kessler, Hebl, Pope-Roberts, Clark, Seidel, Roys, Barca, Molepske Jr, E. Coggs, Hintz, Bewley, Pocan, Billings, Richards and Jorgensen.

Representative Suder moved that Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 125 be laid on the table.

The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 125 be laid on the table?

The roll was taken.

The result follows:

Ayes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Craig, Endsley, Farrow, Honadel, Jacque, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knilans, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Meyer, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer, Steineke, Stone, Strachota, Stroebel, Suder, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tiffany, Tranel, Van Roy, Vos, Weininger, Williams, Wynn, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Fitzgerald - 60.

Absent or not voting - Representatives Berceau, Fields and Grigsby - 3.

Motion carried.

The question was: Shall Senate Bill 125 be ordered to a third reading?

Motion carried.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 125 be given a third reading. Granted.

The question was: Senate Bill 125 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in?

Motion carried.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 125 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

Assembly Bill 180

Relating to: liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages caused by an insufficiency or want of repair of a highway.

Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 180 offered by Representatives Mason, Vruwink, Pasch, C. Taylor, Ringhand, Zamarripa, Doyle, Hulsey, Bernard Schaber, Danou, Sinicki, Zepnick, Kessler, Hebl, Pope-Roberts, Clark, Seidel, Roys, Barca, Molepske Jr, E. Coggs, Hintz, Bewley, Pocan, Billings, Richards and Jorgensen.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 180 be laid on the table. Granted.

Assembly Bill 334

Relating to: possession of certain animals killed by vehicles.

The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 334 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?

Motion carried.

Representative Suder asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 334 be given a third reading. Granted.

Representative Richards asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 345 be withdrawn from the committee on Aging and Long-Term Care and taken up at this time.
Representative Kleefisch objected.

Representative Richards moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 345 be withdrawn from the committee on Aging and Long-Term Care and taken up at this time.

Assembly Bill 345

Relating to: arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty.

The question was: Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Bill 345 be withdrawn from the committee on Aging and Long-Term Care and taken up at this time?

The roll was taken.

The result follows:

A760 Ayes - Representatives Barca, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Clark, E. Coggs, D. Cullen, Danou, Doyle, Hebl, Hintz, Hulsey, Jorgensen, Kessler, Krusick, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr, Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Radcliffe, Richards, Ringhand, Roys, Seidel, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, C. Taylor, Toles, Turner, Vruwink, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 36.

Noes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Craig, Endsley, Farrow, Honadel, Jacque, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knilans, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Meyer, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer, Steineke, Stone, Strachota, Stroebel, Suder, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tiffany, Tranel, Van Roy, Vos, Weininger, Williams, Wynn, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Fitzgerald - 60.

Absent or not voting - Representatives Berceau, Fields and Grigsby - 3.

Motion failed.

Assembly Bill 334

Relating to: possession of certain animals killed by vehicles.