Tuesday, March 7, 2000
10:40 A.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 Pastor Norm Sanders from the New Ark Christian Center in Beloit.
Representative Hutchison 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, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Sinicki, Skindrud, Spillner, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Waukau, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - None.
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Relating to the proper reporting of creditable service, earnings and participating employes of instrumentalities of two or more units of government when the joint instrumentality does not qualify as a separate employer for WRS purposes.
Submitted by Department of Employe Trust Funds.
Report received from Agency, February 25, 2000.
To committee on Government Operations
.
Referred on March 7, 2000
.
Relating to the primary mortgage loan program.
Submitted by Department of Veterans Affairs.
Report received from Agency, March 2, 2000.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
.
Referred on March 7, 2000
.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 26
Relating to: requesting that the state of South Carolina immediately stop flying the confederate flag in an official capacity.
By
Representatives Schneider, Boyle, Williams, Bock, Black, Sinicki, La Fave, Young, Turner, Berceau, Richards, Morris-Tatum, Meyer, Travis, Riley, Ryba, Cullen and Hasenohrl.
To calendar.
Assembly Joint Resolution 106
Relating to: urging all Wisconsinites to observe March as "Women's History Month".
By
Representatives Berceau, Sherman, Young, Turner, Bock, Travis, Spillner, Musser, Krug, Porter, Sinicki, J. Lehman, Owens, Pocan, Ladwig, Waukau, Hasenohrl, Albers, Sykora, Kreuser, Boyle, Gunderson, Huber, Riley, Miller, Coggs, Morris-Tatum, Richards, Vrakas and Ryba; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Moen, Risser, Moore, Roessler, Plache, Erpenbach, Wirch, George and Darling.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: memorializing Congress to pass "The Senior Citizen's Freedom to Work Act" (H.R.) 5, eliminating the Social Security earnings limit.
By
Representatives Hundertmark, Townsend, Montgomery, Musser, Jensen, Stone, Kelso, Hutchison, Olsen, Ziegelbauer, Sykora, Rhoades, Urban, Turner, Ladwig, Miller, Porter, Goetsch, Spillner, Leibham, Skindrud, Owens and Schooff; cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Lazich, Rosenzweig and Darling.
To committee on Rules.
A699
Assembly Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: commending J. Jean Rogers for her public service in the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
By
Representative
Jensen
.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 824
Relating to: the right to discovery in class 3 administrative proceedings regarding recoupment of medical assistance payments.
By
joint committee for review of Administrative Rules.
To joint committee for review of Administrative Rules
.
Assembly Bill 825
Relating to: detention of persons placed on conditional release after being found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease and defect.
By
Representative
Walker
; cosponsored by Senator Breske
.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
.
Assembly Bill 826
Relating to: qualifications of reserve judges.
By
Representatives Walker, Plale, Ainsworth, Albers, Gunderson, Huebsch, Ladwig, Nass, Powers, Seratti, Spillner, Staskunas, Stone, Suder, Urban and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Darling, Farrow and Robson.
To committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy
.
Assembly Bill 827
Relating to: the minimum number of railroad employes required to be present in the cab of the lead control locomotive when the railroad train or locomotive is in motion.
By
Representatives Hahn, Brandemuehl, Huebsch, Turner, La Fave, Musser, Johnsrud, Suder, Black, Plale, Albers, Sinicki, Seratti, Travis, Young, Porter, Freese, Pocan, Gronemus, Sykora, Boyle and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Risser, Drzewiecki, Rosenzweig, Rude, Erpenbach, Schultz, Cowles, Jauch, Wirch, Plache and Grobschmidt.
