Speaker’s Communications
January 11, 2019
The Honorable Tony Evers
Governor of the State of Wisconsin
115 East, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Governor Evers:
The state of Wisconsin is enjoying the best economy in decades, historic low unemployment and unprecedented business growth. By working together, we have implemented important changes that have benefited the hard-working families in our state. The coming year presents more opportunities to move Wisconsin forward. It is our honor to invite you to deliver the State of the State address to a joint session of the Wisconsin State Legislature on January 22, 2019 in the Assembly chambers.
We look forward to hearing the address and to working together to shape an even better future for our state and its citizens. Thank you for considering the request.
Sincerely,
Robin J. Vos
Assembly Speaker
Roger roth
Senate President
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January 22, 2019
The Honorable Tony Evers
Governor of the State of Wisconsin
115 East, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Governor Evers:
Pursuant to Wisconsin State Statute Section 13.55 (1)(a) 1.d, I am appointing Representative Ron Tusler to the Commission on Uniform State Laws. I am sure Representative Tusler will continue to be a valuable member on this commission.
Sincerely,
Robin J. Vos
Assembly Speaker
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Calendar of Tuesday, January 22
Relating to: coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions.
Representative Spreitzer asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
1:23 P.M.
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Recess
2:07 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the chair.
Representative Milroy asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
hist97189Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 offered by Representatives Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Meyers, Milroy, Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa. _____________
Point of Order
hist97193Representative Steineke rose to the point of order that Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f). Speaker Pro Tempore August ruled the point of order well taken.
hist97194Representative Spreitzer appealed the decision of the Chair. hist97195The question was: Shall the ruling of the chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Born, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Oldenburg, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 60.
Noes - Representatives Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Meyers, Milroy, Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa - 35.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Kulp, Macco and Tranel - 3.
Motion carried.
hist97190Pursuant to a unanimous consent request by Representative Hebl, Speaker Pro Tempore August’s explanation of the ruling on the point of order will be printed in a later journal. Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 offered by Representatives Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Meyers, Milroy, Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa.
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Point of Order
hist97196Representative Steineke rose to the point of order that Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f). hist97197Speaker Pro Tempore August ruled the point of order well taken. Representative Spreitzer appealed the decision of the Chair.
hist97198The question was: Shall the ruling of the chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Born, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Oldenburg, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 60.
Noes - Representatives Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Meyers, Milroy, Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa - 35.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Kulp, Macco and Tranel - 3.
Motion carried.
hist97191Pursuant to a unanimous consent request by Representative Hebl, Speaker Pro Tempore August’s explanation of the ruling on the point of order will be printed in a later journal. Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 offered by Representatives Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Meyers, Milroy, Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa.
hist97199Representative Steineke moved that Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 be laid on the table. The question was: Shall Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Born, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Oldenburg, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 60.
Noes - Representatives Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Meyers, Milroy, Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa - 35.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Kulp, Macco and Tranel - 3.
Motion carried.
hist97188Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 offered by Representative Petersen. hist97200The question was: Shall Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1 be adopted? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Born, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Gundrum, Haywood, Hintz, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Oldenburg, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Riemer, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Shankland, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Stuck, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vining, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wichgers, Wittke, Zamarripa, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 76.
Noes - Representatives Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kolste, Meyers, Myers, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Stubbs and C. Taylor - 19.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Kulp, Macco and Tranel - 3.
Motion carried.
Representative Zamarripa asked unanimous consent to be recorded as voting “No” on the previous question. Granted.
hist97201The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 1 be ordered engrossed and read a third time? Motion carried.
hist97202Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 1 be given a third reading. Granted. Representative Hintz moved that debate on passage of Assembly Bill 1 be ended pursuant to Assembly Rule 71.
