2001-10-23 Assembly Journal

Madison, WI 53708

Dear Chief Clerk Scocos:

Due to my daughter's medical emergency, I requested a leave of absence from the floor session on October 16 and 17.

For the Assembly Record, I would like noted how I would have voted during session this week.

A456 Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 57 be adopted? "Aye"
Shall Assembly Resolution 38 be adopted? "Aye"
Shall Assembly Resolution 40 be adopted? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 142 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 251 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 492 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 505 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 519 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 553 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 555 be rejected? "Aye"
Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 555 be rejected? "Aye"
Shall Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 555 be rejected? "Aye"
Shall Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 555 be adopted? "Aye"
Shall Assembly amendment 5 to Assembly Bill 555 be adopted? "Aye"
Shall Assembly Bill 555 be referred to the joint committee on Finance? "No"
Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Bill 555 be given a third reading? "Aye"
Shall the vote by which Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 556 was adopted be reconsidered? "No"
Assembly Bill 556 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 557 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 242 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
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? "Aye"
Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Resolution 37 be withdrawn from the committee on Labor and Workforce Development and taken up at this time? "No"
Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Resolution 41 be withdrawn from the committee on Organization and taken up at this time? "No"
Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 279 be adopted? "No"
Senate Bill 279 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in? "Aye"

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Best regards,

Tom Sykora

State Representative

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DATE: October 23, 2001

TO: John A. Scocos
Assembly Chief Chief

FROM: Representative Polly Williams

SUBJECT: List of Votes

Please record in the Assembly Journal my votes for Tuesday, October 16 and Wednesday, October 17 had I been present.

Shall Assembly Resolution 38 be adopted? "No"
Shall Assembly Resolution 40 be adopted? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 142 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "No"
Assembly Bill 505 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 519 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 553 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 555 be rejected? "No"
Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 555 be rejected? "No"
Shall Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 555 be rejected? "No"
Shall Assembly Bill 555 be referred to the joint committee on Finance? "Aye"
Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Bill 555 be given a third reading? "No"
Shall the vote by which Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 556 was adopted be reconsidered? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 556 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
Assembly Bill 242 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? "Aye"
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? "No"
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? "Aye"
Shall the rules be suspended and Assembly Resolution 41 be withdrawn from the committee on Organization and taken up at this time? "Aye"
Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 279 be adopted? "No"
Senate Bill 279 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in? "Aye"

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October 22, 2001

Mr. John Scocos, Assembly Chief Clerk

One East Main Street, Suite 402

Madison, WI 53708-8952

Dear Mr. Scocos:

Please include my name as a co-sponsor to the following pieces of legislation:

Assembly Bill 576 (LRB-4005/2) relating to an airline loan guarantee program and making an appropriation.

Assembly Joint Resolution 68 (LRB-3783/1) relating to the 1,700th anniversary of Armenian Christianity.

Thank you.

With kindest regards,

Dale W. Schultz

17th Senate District

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A457 Referral of Agency Reports

State of Wisconsin
Department of Employment Relations
Madison

October 15, 2001

To the Honorable, the Assembly:

I am pleased to present the fiscal year 2000 and 2001 report of employment of Wisconsin Works (W-2) program customers. This report was recently sent to Governor McCallum. The report includes: (1) a description of each agency's efforts to employ W-2 customers; and (2) the number of W-2 customers under s. 49.19, Wis. Stats., employed by each agency and the classification title of each position filled from July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2001.

Enclosed is a copy of the W-2 hiring report. If you have any questions about W-2 hiring or the affirmative action planning process, please contact Kathryn A. Moore in the Division of Merit Recruitment and Selection (DMRS) or Pepe Indalecio in the Division of Affirmative Action (DAA). Kathryn can be reached at [phone], fax [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail]. Pepe can be reached at [phone], fax [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Peter D. Fox

Secretary

Referred to committee on Children and Families.

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Leaves of Absence

Representative Bock asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Kreuser. Granted.

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Representative Carpenter asked for a moment of silence in memory of Air Force Master Sergeant Evander Andrews, who was the first casualty of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Speaker Pro Tempore Freese asked for a moment of silence in memory of Specialist Jonn Joseph Edmunds of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Private First Class Kristofer Tif Stonesifer of Missoula, Montana, who were killed in Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.

The Assembly stood recessed.

10:35 A.M.

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Recess

1:30 P.M.

The Assembly reconvened.

Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.

Representative Foti asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.

A quorum was present.

Representative Kreuser asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.

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Calendar of Tuesday , October 23

Assembly Resolution 38

Relating to: the authorization by the joint committee on legislative organization for 12 assembly positions.

Representative Hubler withdrew her motion for reconsideration of the vote by which Assembly Resolution 38 was adopted.

Assembly Bill 60

Relating to: the prohibition against making, possessing, or distributing a representation that depicts nudity, and providing a penalty.

The question was: Shall Senate substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 60 be concurred in?

Motion carried.

Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that the Assembly's action on Assembly Bill 60 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

Assembly Bill 483

Relating to: designating STH 122 as the Walt Bresette Memorial Highway.

Representative Albers in the chair.

Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.

Representative Suder moved that Assembly Bill 483 be laid on the table.

The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 483 be laid on the table?

The roll was taken.

The result follows:

A458 Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, 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, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wieckert and Speaker Jensen - 54.

Noes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Bies, 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, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Williams, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 43.

Absent or not voting - Representative Reynolds - 1.

Motion carried.

Assembly Bill 555

Relating to: an income tax and franchise tax credit for training apprentices.

The question was: Assembly Bill 555 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?

The roll was taken.

The result follows:

Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Boyle, Carpenter, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Schneider, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 59.

Noes - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Gronemus, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Williams, Wood and Young - 38.

Absent or not voting - Representative Reynolds - 1.

Motion carried.

Representative Boyle asked unanimous consent to be recorded as voting "No" on the previous question. Granted.

Representative Carpenter asked unanimous consent to be recorded as voting "No" on the previous question. Granted.