Tuesday, March 16, 1999
1:30 P.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Gronemus.
Representative Powers 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 Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Handrick, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Kestell, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Porter, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Sinicki, Skindrud, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 97.
Absent with leave - Representative Schneider - 1.
Vacancies - 35th Assembly District - 1.
__________________
Representative Bock asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Schneider. Granted.
__________________
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 24 offered by Representative Staskunas.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 108 offered by committee on Family Law.
__________________
Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: the plan of the U.S. Census Bureau to use statistical sampling in the decennial census.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Handrick, Albers, Brandemuehl, Freese, Goetsch, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Jensen, Kestell, Klusman, Leibham, Montgomery, Nass, Owens, Petrowski, Porter, Seratti, Spillner, Stone, Sykora and Urban; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Darling, Roessler, Rosenzweig and Welch.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: elections at which referenda may be held (first consideration).
By
Representatives Gundrum, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Kelso, Hoven, Grothman, Albers, Stone, Skindrud and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Drzewiecki, Huelsman, Schultz, Welch, Lazich and Darling.
To committee on Campaigns and Elections
.
Assembly Joint Resolution 34
Relating to: requesting Congress to enact legislation to allow states to control the interstate shipment of solid waste.
By
Representatives Johnsrud, Albers, Bock, Freese, Goetsch, Gunderson, Hasenohrl, Hoven, Huber, Kelso, Klusman, Kestell, Ladwig, Lassa, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Owens, Petrowski, Plouff, Reynolds, Skindrud, Spillner, Suder, Stone, Urban and Ward; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Robson, Baumgart, Breske, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Erpenbach, Farrow, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Lazich, Moen and Schultz.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 209
Relating to: misuse of laser pointers and providing a penalty.
A113
By
Representatives Kaufert, La Fave, Skindrud, Musser, Kreibich, Ladwig, Goetsch, Ziegelbauer, Kelso, Petrowski, Johnsrud, Seratti, Spillner, Nass, Handrick, Owens, Albers, Hahn and Stone; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Fitzgerald and Roessler.
To committee on Criminal Justice
.
Assembly Bill 210
Relating to: the period of time during which sturgeon spearing licenses may not be issued.
By
Representatives Kaufert, Ott, Klusman, Underheim, Wieckert, Olsen, Seratti, Kestell, Petrowski and Ladwig; cosponsored by Senators Shibilski, Ellis, Cowles, Decker, Roessler and Farrow.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 211
Relating to: contributions to crime prevention organizations.
By
Representatives Musser, Sykora, Albers, Lassa, Brandemuehl, Spillner, Huber, Kelso and Goetsch; cosponsored by Senators Moen and Farrow.
To committee on Criminal Justice
.
Assembly Bill 212
Relating to: foreign language instruction in grades 7 and 8.
By
Representatives Kestell, Suder, Gundrum, Albers, Owens, Ainsworth, Ladwig, Petrowski, Grothman, Handrick, Goetsch and Jeskewitz; cosponsored by Senators Lazich and Huelsman.
To committee on Education Reform
.
Assembly Bill 213
Relating to: use of social security numbers as medical or health insurance identifiers.
By
Representatives Schneider, Bock, La Fave, Gronemus, Walker, Musser, Ziegelbauer, Wasserman, Albers, Gunderson, Boyle and Berceau; cosponsored by Senator Roessler
.
To committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy
.
Assembly Bill 214
Relating to: computer crimes and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Schneider, Kreuser and Boyle; cosponsored by Senator Darling
.
To committee on Criminal Justice
.
Assembly Bill 215
Relating to: prohibition of political contributions by foreign nationals and providing a penalty.
