Tuesday, April 5, 2005
11:10 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Gard in the chair.
The prayer was offered by the Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison.
Representative Bies 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, Ballweg, Benedict, Berceau, Bies, Black, Boyle, Colon, Cullen, Davis, Fields, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gronemus, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hines, Honadel, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krusick, Lamb, F. Lasee, Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, Meyer, Molepske, Montgomery, Moulton, Mursau, Musser, Nass, Nelson, Nerison, Nischke, Ott, Owens, Parisi, Petrowski, Pettis, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Toles, Towns, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vrakas, Vruwink, Vukmir, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 98.
Absent with leave - Representative Sinicki - 1.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Turner asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Sinicki. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 79 offered by Representative Musser.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 79 offered by Representative Musser.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 183 offered by Representative Gundrum.
Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 183 offered by Representative Kessler.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 208 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 208 offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 241 offered by joint committee on Finance.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: honoring Pope John Paul II.
By
Representatives Gard, J. Fitzgerald, Jeskewitz, Loeffelholz, Musser, Gottlieb, Gundrum, Huebsch, Van Roy, Ott, McCormick, Krawczyk, Davis, Rhoades, Mursau, LeMahieu, Kestell, Seidel, Townsend, Albers, Wieckert, Hahn, Nischke, Gunderson, Towns, Vukmir, Lehman, Nerison, M. Williams, Kerkman, Ballweg, Petrowski, Toles, Vos, Vrakas and Montgomery; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Schultz, Grothman, Stepp, Kanavas, S. Fitzgerald, Kedzie, Lazich, Darling, Roessler, Erpenbach and Breske.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 297
Relating to: an education tax credit for businesses.
By
Representatives Jensen, Rhoades, LeMahieu, Ballweg, Lamb, Vos, F. Lasee, Nass, Moulton, Petrowski, Shilling, Gard, Vrakas, Strachota, J. Fitzgerald, Hines, Nerison, Seidel, Kleefisch, Nischke, Ward, Jeskewitz, Townsend, Pettis, Bies, Hahn, Ainsworth, Musser, Davis, Suder, Kreibich, Mursau and Pridemore; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Olsen, Harsdorf, Leibham, Stepp, Brown and Kanavas.
To committee on Colleges and Universities
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The committee on Colleges and Universities reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 246
Relating to: admission standards for, and the curricula of, health occupation programs offered by technical colleges.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Kreibich, Ballweg, Underheim, Nass, Jeskewitz, Towns, Lamb, Schneider and Boyle.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Shilling, Black and Molepske.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Kreibich, Ballweg, Underheim, Nass, Jeskewitz, Towns and Lamb.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Shilling, Schneider, Black, Boyle and Molepske.
To committee on Rules.
Rob Kreibich
Chairperson
Committee on Colleges and Universities
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 206
Relating to: creating an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation.
Passage with emergency statement attached pursuant to s.
16.47(2) Wisconsin Statutes:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Kaufert, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades and Meyer;
Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Darling, Leibham and Olsen.
Noes: 6 - Representatives Pocan and Colon; Senators Lazich, Cowles, Decker and Taylor.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 208
Relating to: creating rural enterprise development zones and providing tax incentives to qualified businesses in the zones, creating refundable individual income tax credits for income and capital gains derived from the zones, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
