Assembly Dems voted today to take the proposed changes to joint and several liability out of the budget, according to Rebekah Sweeney, spokeswoman for Speaker Mike Sheridan.

The governor had included a provision in his budget that would allow someone as little as 1 percent liable for someone's injuries to have to pay up to 100 percent of the damages. JFC amendmed that provision to put the threshhold at 20 percent liable before someone could have to pay all the damages.

Sweeney said the caucus also decided to stay with the JFC position on mandatory minimums on auto insurance coverage and its position on medical record fees.

Asked if the revisions were getting the Assembly Dems closer to the 50 votes needed to pass the budget bill, Sweeney said she couldn't speculate.

"We're working to address the concerns of members and their constituents," Sweeney said. "We will continue to work through this afternoon and probably this evening to get through all the issues."

UPDATE: Reps. Terry Van Akkeren of Sheboygan and Fred Clark of Baraboo have been added as a co-authors to the amendment.

-- By Greg Bump