Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Nass and Suder. Granted.
Representative Turner asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Gronemus and Sinicki. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session offered by joint committee on Finance.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 1
, January 2005 Special Session
Relating to: refunding public debt that is used to finance tax-supported or self-amortizing facilities.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer, Colon and Pocan; Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Olsen, Decker and Taylor.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer, Colon and Pocan; Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Olsen, Decker and Taylor.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Kaufert, Ward, Jensen, Stone, Rhoades, Meyer, Colon and Pocan; Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Lazich, Darling, Olsen, Decker and Taylor.
Noes: 0.
To calendar.
Dean Kaufert
Assembly Chairperson
Joint Committee on Finance
Representative Turner asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
2:13 P.M.
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3:27 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Gard in the chair.
Representative Freese asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
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From: Robert J. Marchant, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Passed and asks concurrence in:
Senate Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session
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Senate Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session
Relating to: refunding public debt that is used to finance tax-supported or self-amortizing facilities.
By
joint committee on Legislative Organization, by request of Governor James E. Doyle
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Representative Huebsch asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session be withdrawn from the Senate message and taken up at this time. Granted.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session be ordered to a third reading?
Motion carried.
Representative Freese asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill
1, January 2005 Special Session be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Senate Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Ballweg, Benedict, Berceau, Bies, Black, Boyle, Colon, Cullen, Davis, Fields, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Grigsby, 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, Nelson, Nerison, Nischke, Ott, Owens, Parisi, Petrowski, Pettis, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Strachota, 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 - 95.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Gronemus, Nass, Sinicki and Suder - 4.
Motion carried.
Representative Huebsch asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
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The following bill was in the possession of the Assembly when the January 2005 Special Session adjourned on January 12, and therefore adversely disposed of due to Sine Die adjournment:
Assembly Bill 1, January 2005 Special Session
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Announcements
Representatives Kessler and Wasserman asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Milwaukee businessman and philanthropist John "Jack" Rosenberg who passed away on January 11. Granted.
Representative Richards asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Representative Sinicki's sister, Lora Lawler, who died tragically in a car accident on Sunday, January 9. Granted.
Representative Townsend asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Charlotte Hamilton McEssy, who passed away on January 6. She worked for 35 years as an educator and school administrator and was the wife of the former Representative of the 52nd Assembly District, Earl McEssy. Granted.
Representative Strachota asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of her husband, Tom, on the occasion of his 53rd birthday. Granted.
Representative Richards asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Representative Kessler on the occasion of his birthday yesterday. Granted.
Representative Rhoades asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Representative Gronemus with wishes for a speedy recovery for her husband, Lambert, who suffered a heart attack on January 8. Granted.
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Representative Schneider asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Representative A. Williams, the longest serving female member in the Assembly. Granted.
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Representative Huebsch moved that the Assembly stand adjourned Sine Die.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
3:45 P.M.
