One-Hundred and Fourth Regular Session4:20 P.M. TUESDAY, November 5, 2019
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the Chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Referral of Partial Vetoes
Assembly Bill 56
Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature.
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Introduction and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: recognizing the city of Burlington as the annual host of the Wisconsin State Ice Carving Competition.
By Representative Vos.
Relating to: recognizing November 2, 2019, as Día de los Muertos in the state of Wisconsin.
By Representatives Zamarripa, Anderson, Bowen, Crowley, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, B. Meyers, Milroy, Murphy, Neubauer, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, C. Taylor and Brostoff.
Relating to: expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned, forced organ harvesting from nonconsenting prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their spiritual beliefs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups in the People's Republic of China.
By Representatives Thiesfeldt, Anderson, Ballweg, Bowen, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kulp, Murphy, Pope, C. Taylor, Vruwink and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Larson, Nass, Stroebel and L. Taylor.
Relating to: recognizing the Jaycees' ongoing commitment to community involvement and commending the organization upon its 100th anniversary of its founding.
By Representatives August, Nygren, Thiesfeldt, Milroy, Tauchen, Vruwink, Dittrich, Steffen, Wichgers, Mursau, Tittl, Sinicki, Wittke, Kerkman and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Feyen and Cowles.
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Committee Reports
The committee on Colleges and Universities reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 524
Relating to: farmer tuition assistance grants and making an appropriation.
hist109363Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption: Ayes: 15 - Representatives Murphy, Tranel, Wittke, Quinn, Summerfield, Petryk, Ballweg, Stafsholt, Duchow, Shankland, Billings, Hesselbein, Anderson, Emerson and Stubbs.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Murphy, Tranel, Wittke, Quinn, Summerfield, Petryk, Ballweg, Stafsholt, Duchow, Shankland, Billings, Hesselbein, Anderson, Emerson and Stubbs.
Noes: 0.
DAVID MURPHY
Chairperson
Committee on Colleges and Universities
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The committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 104
Relating to: battery or threat to an officer of the court in a tribal proceeding and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Spiros, Sortwell, Steffen, Horlacher, Schraa, Krug, Crowley and Cabrera.
Noes: 0.
JOHN SPIROS
Chairperson
Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 528
Relating to: grants to support peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs in high schools, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Jagler, Wittke, Rodriguez, Tusler, Mursau, Quinn, Ramthun, Wichgers, Bowen, Considine, L. Myers and Vruwink.
Noes: 0.
JEREMY THIESFELDT
Chairperson
Committee on Education
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The committee on Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 178
Relating to: eligibility for physician, dentist, and health care provider educational loan assistance programs.
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Sanfelippo, Kurtz, Rodriguez, Edming, Skowronski, Wichgers, Murphy, VanderMeer, Felzkowski, Magnafici, Kolste, Subeck, Anderson and Vining.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Sanfelippo, Kurtz, Rodriguez, Edming, Skowronski, Wichgers, Murphy, VanderMeer, Felzkowski and Magnafici.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Kolste, Subeck, Anderson and Vining.
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Sanfelippo, Kurtz, Rodriguez, Edming, Skowronski, Murphy, VanderMeer, Felzkowski, Magnafici, Kolste, Subeck, Anderson and Vining.
Noes: 1 - Representative Wichgers.
Assembly Bill 304
Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
hist109355Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption: Ayes: 12 - Representatives Sanfelippo, Kurtz, Rodriguez, Edming, Skowronski, VanderMeer, Felzkowski, Magnafici, Kolste, Subeck, Anderson and Vining.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Wichgers and Murphy.
