Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Schneider, Sykora and Williams - 3.
Motion carried.
Senate Bill 279
Relating to: elimination of legislative partisan caucus staffs.
Senate
Bill 279 was made a special order of business at 10:01 A.M. on Wednesday, October 17, 2001, pursuant to Assembly Resolution 40.
Assembly Bill 565
Relating to: elimination of legislative partisan caucus staffs.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 565 offered by Representative Boyle.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 565 offered by Representative Boyle.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 565 be laid on the table. Granted.
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By Donald J. Schneider, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Senate Joint Resolution
45
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 45 be taken up at this time. Granted.
Senate Joint Resolution 45
Relating to: dedicating room 412 East of the Wisconsin state capitol as the permanent location and hearing room for the joint committee on finance and honoring 90 years of service by the joint committee on finance.
By
Senators
Risser, Chvala, Panzer and Burke; cosponsored by Representatives Jensen, Foti, Black and Gard.
The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 45 be concurred in?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 45 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Bill 272
Relating to: exempting amounts claimed for depreciation for purposes of calculating farm and self-employment income under the medical assistance and badger care health care programs.
Representative Hubler moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 272 be withdrawn from the committee on Health and referred to the committee on Rules.
Representative Lasee moved that the Assembly stand adjourned.
A444
Representative Lasee withdrew his motion.
Representative Jensen moved that the motion to withdraw Assembly Bill 272 from the committee on Health and refer it to the committee on Rules be laid on the table.
The question was: Shall the motion to withdraw Assembly Bill 272 from the committee on Health and refer it to the committee on Rules be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wieckert and Speaker Jensen - 54.
Noes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Gronemus, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Reynolds, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 41.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Schneider, Sykora and Williams - 3.
Motion carried.
Assembly Resolution 37
Relating to: supporting President Bush's efforts to extend unemployment insurance benefits and urging support of a universal extension of unemployment insurance benefits to cover all 50 states and all workers.
Representative Krug moved that Assembly Resolution 37 be withdrawn from the committee on Labor and Workforce Development and taken up at this time.
The question was: Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Resolution 37 be withdrawn from the committee on Labor and Workforce Development and taken up at this time?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Gronemus, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Reynolds, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 41.
Noes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wieckert and Speaker Jensen - 54.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Schneider, Sykora and Williams - 3.
Motion failed.
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Announcements
Representative Rhoades asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Representative Gronemus on the occasion of her 52nd Wedding Anniversary. Granted.
Representative Pettis asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Representative Kaufert on the occasion of his 23rd Wedding Anniversary. Granted.
Representative Jensen asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his staff person, Jodie Tierney, who is leaving his office after 8 years of service to the Assembly and the state of Wisconsin. 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:
Kokoro Ono from Osaka, Japan and Su-lim Hwang from Seoul, South Korea, guests of Representative Townsend.
Jay Johnson and his wife, Jennifer, from the Greenfield Police Department, guests of Representative Stone.
Ken and Sherry Welter from Dickeyville, guests of Representatives Freese and Loeffelholz.
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Representative Foti moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 9:00 A.M. tomorrow.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
7:20 P.M.
