Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Brancel, Brandemuehl, Coleman, Dobyns, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Harsdorf, Hoven, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jensen, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, Lehman, Lorge, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plache, Porter, Powers, Rutkowski, Schneiders, Seratti, Silbaugh, Skindrud, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Zukowski and Speaker Prosser - 53.
Noes - Representatives Baldus, Baldwin, Baumgart, Bell, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Cullen, Dueholm, Grobschmidt, Gronemus, Hanson, Hasenohrl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Linton, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Notestein, Plombon, R. Potter, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Ryba, Schneider, Springer, Travis, Turner, Vander Loop, Wasserman, Wilder, Williams, Wirch, Wood, R. Young and Ziegelbauer - 45.
Absent or not voting - Representative L. Young - 1.
Motion carried.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representatives Lorge and Schneider.
Representative Lorge asked unanimous consent that Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be placed after Assembly amendment 9 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557. Granted.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Ladwig.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be withdrawn and returned to the author.
Representative Plache objected.
Representative Plache asked unanimous consent to be added as a coauthor of Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill
557.
Representative Foti objected.
Representative Foti moved that Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be laid on the table.
Representative Foti withdrew his motion.
Representative Ladwig asked unanimous consent that Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be withdrawn and returned to the author. Granted.
Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Black.
Representative Jensen moved that Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be laid on the table.
Representative Duff in the chair.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Brancel, Brandemuehl, Coleman, Dobyns, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hoven, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jensen, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, Lehman, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Porter, Powers, Schneiders, Seratti, Silbaugh, Skindrud, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Zukowski and Speaker Prosser - 51.
Noes - Representatives Baldus, Baldwin, Baumgart, Bell, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Cullen, Dueholm, Grobschmidt, Gronemus, Hanson, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Linton, Lorge, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Notestein, Plache, Plombon, R. Potter, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Rutkowski, Ryba, Schneider, Springer, Travis, Turner, Vander Loop, Wasserman, Wilder, Williams, Wirch, Wood, R. Young and Ziegelbauer - 47.
Absent or not voting - Representative L. Young - 1.
Motion carried.
Assembly amendment 5 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Ainsworth.
Assembly amendment 6 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Ainsworth.
Representative Ainsworth asked unanimous consent that Assembly amendments 5 and 6 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be placed after Assembly amendment 14 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557. Granted.
Assembly amendment 7 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Dobyns.
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Representative Dobyns asked unanimous consent that Assembly amendment 7 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be placed after Assembly amendment 8 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557. Granted.
Assembly amendment 8 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Dobyns.
Representative Foti moved that Assembly amendment 8 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be laid on the table.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 8 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Baldus, Baldwin, Baumgart, Bell, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brancel, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Coleman, Cullen, Dueholm, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Grobschmidt, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Hanson, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jensen, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, Lehman, Linton, Lorge, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Musser, Nass, Notestein, Olsen, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plache, Plombon, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Rutkowski, Ryba, Schneiders, Seratti, Silbaugh, Skindrud, Springer, Travis, Turner, Vander Loop, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wilder, Williams, Wirch, Wood, R. Young, Ziegelbauer, Zukowski and Speaker Prosser - 93.
Noes - Representatives Dobyns, Ott, Schneider, Underheim and Urban - 5.
Absent or not voting - Representative L. Young - 1.
Motion carried.
Speaker Prosser in the chair.
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Speaker Prosser introduced members of the Austrian Government: Dr. Helmut Turk, Austrian Ambassador to the United States; Gerlad Kriechbaum, the Austrian Consul General; and Peter Athanasiadis who are visiting Wisconsin.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
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Representative Lorge asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the City of Clintonville on being named a "Main Street Project" city today, and Mayor Gib Johnson, along with Jean Hundertmark, Mike Belliveau, Alice Derby, Wally Thiel, Matt Stanton and Jim Verkest. Granted.
Representative Baumgart asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Aldo Leopold and former State Senator Ernest Keppler (R-Sheboygan), who went to the School of Aldo Leopold-University of Wisconsin-Madison, who is quoted as saying that he was strongly opposed to allowing the Governor to appoint the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources: "It stands to reason," said Keppler, "that there will now be some strenuous lobbying by proponents of cabinet government to get prompt legislative action which would permit the Governor to appoint the new DNR Secretary. I am very much against cabinet government for Wisconsin and I am hopeful that the new Secretary will be appointed by the Natural Resources Board." Keppler said that there are already enough political "plums" in Wisconsin and it would be most inappropriate to allow the Governor ... any governor... to reward political supporters by appointing them to top positions in state government, such as Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources. "I should like to point out" said Keppler, "that I am not saying that every cabinet appointment would be made strictly on the basis of politics. I must add, however, that over the years a great many gubernatorial appointments by both Republican and Democratic Governors have been political. I do not think we can afford to have our major state agencies being headed by political appointees who may at times put politics above what is actually best for the majority of Wisconsin citizens." Granted.
Representative Kelso asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the City of Green Bay and Mayor Paul Jardin, on the occasion of Green Bay being named a "Main Street Project" city. Granted.
Representative Schneiders asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Representative Lazich who is celebrating her bithday today. Granted.
Representative Ward asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Eugene Radtke, father of former State Representative Randy Radtke, who passed away on Saturday, September 30. Granted.
Representative Schneider asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Imelda Passineau, who recently passed away. Granted.
Representative Jensen asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Assembly Sergeant-At-Arms John Scocos, who was recently promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard. Granted.
Representative Hoven asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Doris Hoven, who is celebrating her birthday. 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:
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Eighth grade students from Wilton Elementary School in the Elroy, Kendall and Wilton School District, accompanied by their teacher Terri Fanta, guests of Representative Musser.
Steve and Mary Marshall from Menomonee Falls, guests of Representative Schneiders.
Earl Slentohl, President of the Whitehall Electric Utility; Lyn Johnson, Whitehall City Clerk; and Gary Fromm, Superintendent of Whitehall Electric Utility; guests of Representative Gronemus.
Pamella Luebke from Oshkosh, guest of Representative Klusman.
Candace Gingrich, sister of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, who is a member of the Human Rights Campaign Fund and is participating in a 48 city speaking tour, urging people to get involved in the effort to educate Congress about the problems of discrimination and lack of equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans, guest of Representative Baldwin.
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Representative Jensen moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 9:30 A.M. on Thursday, October 5.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
2:25 P.M.
