Thursday, April 15, 2010
10:31 A.M.
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Staskunas in the chair.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
Speaker Sheridan in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Strachota.
Representative Suder 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 Ballweg, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, J. Fitzgerald, Friske, Garthwaite, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Honadel, Hraychuck, Hubler, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kramer, Krusick, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, Nelson, Nerison, Newcomer, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petersen, Petrowski, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Radcliffe, Rhoades, Richards, Ripp, Roth, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Vukmir, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt, Zipperer and Speaker Sheridan - 97.
Absent with leave - Representatives Nass and Spanbauer - 2.
Vacancies - None.
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Representative Suder asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Nass and Spanbauer. Granted.
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Representative Suder asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Newcomer and Stone. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 534 offered by Representative Kessler.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 613 offered by Representative Kessler.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 729 offered by Representative Clark.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 743 offered by Representative Danou.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 773 offered by Representative Van Akkeren.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 910 offered by Representatives Clark and Mason.
Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 341 offered by Representatives Suder and Kleefisch.
Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 530 offered by Representatives Kessler, Richards, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Soletski, Hixson, Mason, Vruwink, Milroy, Hilgenberg, A. Williams, Grigsby, Pasch, Sinicki, Benedict and Toles.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 128
Relating to: commending past and present members of the Friends of the Wisconsin Historical Society on its 60th anniversary.
A835
By
Representatives Berceau and Kestell; cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Risser.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 956
Relating to: the naming of Whitefish Dunes State Park.
By
Representatives Sinicki, Kessler, A. Williams, Turner, Zigmunt, Berceau, Townsend and Stone; cosponsored by Senators Plale and Hansen.
To committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties.
Assembly Bill 957
Relating to: authorizing the village of Stockholm to become a premier resort area.
By
Representative
Danou
; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout and Holperin.
To committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties.
Assembly Bill 958
Relating to: review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources.
By
Representatives Suder, Vos, Zigmunt, Spanbauer, Brooks and Ripp; cosponsored by Senators Kreitlow, Decker, Taylor, Cowles and Schultz.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Assembly Bill 959
Relating to: the due date for payment of yield taxes on merchantable timber cut on damaged managed forest land and the assessment of payments per acre for damaged managed forest land.
By
Representative
Schneider
.
To committee on Forestry.
Assembly Bill 960
Relating to: requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature.
By
Representatives Davis, Vos, Kramer, Bies, Gunderson, Honadel, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Knodl, LeMahieu, Lothian, Montgomery, Murtha, Petersen, Spanbauer, Strachota, Suder, Townsend, Vukmir, M. Williams and Zipperer; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, A. Lasee, Hopper, Darling, Grothman, Lazich and Olsen.
To joint committee on Finance.
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The committee on Aging and Long-Term Care reports and recommends:
