The question was: Senate Bill 7 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 98.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Representative Olsen - 1.
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill
7 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
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Representative Bock asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Travis. Granted.
Assembly Bill 45
Relating to: fees paid to witnesses in courts other than municipal court.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 45 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 45 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
45 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 45 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
45 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 62
Relating to: local ordinances governing drug paraphernalia.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 62 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 62 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 62 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
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Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that
Assembly Bill
62 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 62 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
62 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 135
Relating to: the requirement to obtain a public warehouse keeper's license.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 135 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
135 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 135 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
135 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 111
Relating to: revising the Uniform Commercial Code Secured Transactions and related statutes and granting rule-making authority.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 111 be referred to the joint committee on Finance.
Representative Krug objected.
Representative Cullen asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 111 be laid on the table.
Representative Jeskewitz objected.
Representative Cullen asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 111 be laid on the table. Granted.
Speaker Jensen in the chair.
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Senate Bill 1
Relating to: requiring pharmacies and pharmacists, as a condition of medical assistance participation, to charge elderly persons for prescription drugs no more than specific amounts; specifying requirements for rebate agreements between the department of health and family services and drug manufacturers; requiring the department of health and family services to seek a waiver to provide medical assistance eligibility to certain persons for purposes of a prescription drug benefit; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Speaker Jensen ruled that the point of order, raised on Tuesday, March 13, by Representative Freese that
Senate Bill 1 was not properly before the Assembly under §
16.47 of the Wisconsin Statutes, was not timely.
Representative Freese withdrew his point of order raised on Tuesday, March 13, that the motion to withdraw Senate Bill 1 from committee was not in order while a previous point of order was already under advisement.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill
1 be withdrawn from the committee on Health and taken up at this time. Granted.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 1 be ordered to a third reading?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill
1 be given a third reading. Granted.
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Representative Freese rose to the point of order that
Senate Bill 1 was not properly before the Assembly under §
16.47 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Speaker Jensen took the point of order under advisement.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
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Announcements
Representative Sinicki asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Jan Koloen for her 23 years of service to the Legislature. Granted.
Representative Lassa asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Luke Carter who celebrated his 7th birthday on March 17. Granted.
Representative Young asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's 3rd Annual AKA Day at the Capitol. Granted.
Representative Bock asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of the ironworkers who died during the construction of Miller Park which opens on Friday, April 6. Granted.
Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Representative Owens and her husband, Elmer, who are celebrating their 49th wedding anniversary today. Granted.
Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his wife, Donna, on the occasion of their 15th wedding anniversary today. Granted.
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Representative J. Lehman asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the Racine Public Library for celebrating the 6th annual National Poetry Month and Racine Poetry Day on April 11. Granted.
Representative Rhoades asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Bill Cross. 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:
Barb Zimmerman-Kelley from Beloit, guest of Representative Schooff.
Job Shadow Mark Aleckson from Gole Ettrech Public School, guest of Representative Gronemus.
Former member of the Assembly David Brandemuehl, guest of Representative Loeffelholz.
Metro High School students accompanied by their teacher, Kevin Johnikin, from Milwaukee, guests of Representative Young.
Luke Carter from Weston, guest of Representative Lassa.
Mrs. Taeko Tanaka and seven students from Japan, guests of Representative Lasee.
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Representative Foti moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, May 1, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
3:18 P.M.
