Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of September 27, 1995 .......... Page: 507
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Foti that Assembly amendment 23 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session was not germane because the amendment is an expansion of the scope of the bill. There is no mention in the bill of sky boxes or private luxury boxes by professional sports teams and because of that under Assembly Rules, it is clearly an expansion of the bill.
Representative Black appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-51, Noes-48. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill created a local professional baseball park district. The amendment imposed the sales tax on the sky boxes.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane.
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of September 27, 1995 .......... Page: 507
Point of order:
Representative Plache rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of September 27, 1995 .......... Page: 508
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled not well taken the point of order raised by Representative Plache that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session was not germane because the bill and the substitute amendment have virtually the same relating clause except eliminated the room tax and the highway infrastructure which, according to Assembly Rule 54(4)(c), is germane because it was limiting the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session created a local professional baseball park district in certain jurisdictions that is made up of multi counties contiguous to that county and that is two counties.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 also establishes a professional baseball park made up of multi counties that are contiguous and that is five counties.
Both the bill and the substitute amendment have components that deal with governance those differences that are within the components are different based on a particularized details of the jurisdictions. Both refer to jurisdiction in the plural.
Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session and Assembly substitute amendment 1 are both germane to the special session call. Where in fact, on the previous ruling dealing with the luxury box should have taken this point into consideration.
In the previous ruling of Assembly amendment 23 to Assembly substitute amendment 1, I neglected to include in that ruling that the amendment is not germane to the call under Assembly Rule 93(1) because no proposal may be considered by the Assembly unless they are germane to the session. We established that it was an expansion based on the fact we had a one tenth of one percent local taxing jurisdiction compared to the amendment that was offering to do a 5.5% in most taxing jurisdictions or most counties and was available to do in all 72 counties if there were indeed a professional type of facility that would use the luxury sky box or that type of system so it was an expansion because it not only raised it from one-tenth of one percent at a local jurisdiction but it was establishing 5.5% statewide sales tax opportunity.
Assembly amendment 23 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 also is dramatically different from the standpoint that it is an expansion, Assembly substitute amendment 1 is dealing with particularized details in the fact that we're dealing with a multi county jurisdiction in both the substitute and the bill.
Representative Plache appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-52, Noes-47. Motion carried.
[Note:] Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane.
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of September 28, 1995 .......... Page: 513
Point of order:
Representative Grothman rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 18 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 441 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of September 28, 1995 .......... Page: 515
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Grothman that Assembly amendment 18 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 441 was not germane.
Representative Schneider appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-53, Noes-43. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill created additional requirements for a woman's informed consent for an abortion and to consent for a minor obtaining an abortion. The amendment prohibited the use of genetic tests by insurers and prohibited the requiring of abortions based on the results of genetic tests.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane.
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of November 14, 1995 .......... Page: 656
Point of order:
Representative Johnsrud rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 3 to Senate amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 69 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Black appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-51, Noes-44. Motion carried.
[Note:] The senate amendment grandfathered for three-years ordinances having a waiting period for purchase of a handgun of no more that 7 days. The amendment also grandfathered for three years ordinances that prohibited carrying of a loaded or uncased firearm.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane.
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of November 14, 1995 .......... Page: 656
Point of order:
Representative Johnsrud rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 4 to Senate amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 69 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(c) and (f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Bock appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-52, Noes-43. Motion carried.
[Note:] The senate amendment grandfathered for three-years ordinances having a waiting period for purchase of a handgun of no more that 7 days. The amendment prohibited the carrying of a loaded or uncased firearm in cities having a population of 80,000 or more.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(c) An amendment substantially similar to an amendment already acted upon
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 20, 1996 .......... Page: 971
Point of order:
Representative Coleman rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 908 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (1) and (3)(f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Schneider appealed the ruling of the chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-51, Noes-46. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill related to sexual assaults of an elementary or secondary school student by a school employee. The amendment also covered postsecondary schools.
Assembly Rule 54 (1) General statement: The assembly may not consider any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment that relates to a different subject or is intended to accomplish a different purpose than that of the proposal to which it relates or that, if adopted and passed, would require a relating clause for the proposal which is substantially different from the proposal's original relating clause or that would totally alter the nature of the proposal.
(3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 20, 1996 .......... Page: 974
Point of order:
Representative Jensen rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 6 to Assembly Bill 667 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 21, 1996 .......... Page: 985
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Jensen on Wednesday, March 20, that Assembly amendment 6 to Assembly Bill 667 was not germane.
Representative Black appealed the decision of the chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-51, Noes-46. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill required all schools to display the U.S. flag in all classrooms and to offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem daily. The amendment also required the U.S. flag displayed at all hearing of legislative committees and every hearing to begin with offering the pledge of allegiance.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 27, 1996 .......... Page: 1042
Point of order:
Representative Brancel rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 7 to Senate Bill 563 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Speaker pro tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 27, 1996 .......... Page: 1043
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Brancel that Assembly amendment 7 to Senate Bill 563 was not germane.
Representative Robson appealed the decision of the chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-52, Noes-47. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill related to: the purchase of goods, care and services for certain probationers, parolees and other offenders; authorizing the department of corrections to establish a secure work program; the general program operations of the department of corrections; intergovernmental corrections agreements; the establishment and operation of state prison industries; youth service rates; funding additional expansion of the Wisconsin Resource Center under the state building program; the limitation on bed capacity of the Wisconsin Resource Center; transferring moneys from the general fund to the property tax relief fund; granting bonding authority; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
The amendment provided bullet-proof garments for state traffic patrol officers.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of May 9, 1996 .......... Page: 1144
Point of order:
Representative Duff rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution 102 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The Assembly stood informal.
