hist120595The question was: Senate Bill 203 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in? Motion carried.
hist120596Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 203 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted. _____________
Special Order of
Business at 11:31 A.M.
Relating to: transferring academic credits from military transcripts to University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges.
hist120470Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 205 offered by Representative Swearingen. hist120598Representative Swearingen asked unanimous consent that Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 205 be withdrawn and returned to author. Granted. hist120586Assembly Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 205 offered by Representative Shankland. _____________
Point of Order
hist120600Representative Steineke rose to the point of order that Assembly Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 205 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f). Speaker Pro Tempore August ruled the point of order well taken.
hist120601Representative Spreitzer appealed the decision of the Chair. hist120602The 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, Kulp, 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, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 62.
Noes - Representatives Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa - 35.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Anderson and Macco - 2.
Motion carried.
hist120603The question was: Shall Senate Bill 205 be ordered to a third reading? Motion carried.
hist120604Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 205 be given a third reading. Granted. hist120605The question was: Senate Bill 205 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in? Motion carried.
hist120606Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 205 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted. hist120607Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 559 be withdrawn from the Senate message and taken up at this time. Granted. Relating to: bid requirements for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts.
By Senators Nass, Cowles and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Dittrich, Krug, Loudenbeck, Plumer and Tusler.
hist120444Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 559 offered by Representative Swearingen. hist120609Representative Swearingen asked unanimous consent that Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 559 be withdrawn and returned to author. Granted. hist120599Assembly Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 559 offered by Representative Swearingen. The question was: Shall Assembly Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 559 be adopted?
Motion carried.
hist120611The question was: Shall Senate Bill 559 be ordered to a third reading? Motion carried.
hist120612Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 559 be given a third reading. Granted. hist120613The question was: Senate Bill 559 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in as amended? 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, Kulp, 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, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 62.
Noes - Representatives Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa - 35.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Anderson and Macco - 2.
Motion carried.
hist120614Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 559 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted. _____________
Special Order of
Business at 10:21 A.M.
Assembly Bill 600
Relating to: bid requirements for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts.
hist120428Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 600 offered by Representative Swearingen. Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 600 be laid on the table. Granted.
Relating to: fee for certain motor vehicle certificate of title transfers.
hist120617The question was: Shall Senate Bill 162 be ordered to a third reading? Motion carried.
hist120618Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 162 be given a third reading. Granted. hist120619The question was: Senate Bill 162 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in? Motion carried.
hist120620Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 162 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted. _____________
Visitors
During today’s session, the following visitors honored the Assembly by their presence and were welcomed by the presiding officer and the members:
Saad Ahmad, Dureajam Ahmad, and Amatul Basir Nudrat, guests of Representative Hintz.
Ann, Carol, Phil, and Lisa Levine, and Kay and John Senderhauf, guests of Representative Hintz.
Joe, Bonnie, and Evan Martin, and Calvin Winkel, guests of Representative Vrwuink.
Lynda Begdala of Brookside Care Center, guest of Representative McGuire.
The family of former State Representative Warren Grady, including Phyllis Grady; Sandy Grady; Kevin and Nancy Grady; Kim Geisthardt; Tom, Deona, and Jennifer Grady; Derek Grady; Mike, Dawn, and Daniel Grady; Becca and Jaren Mills; Bethy Geisthardt; and Karen and Dave Stigen, guests of Representative Brooks.
The family of former State Representative Terry Musser, including Laine, Crystal and Liam Musser; Terilyn Musser; Carson Scholze; and Jackson Peterson, guests of Representative Pronschinske. Amanda Bain and her son, Elliot, guests of Representative Hintz.
Mahlon Mitchell of Madison, Fire Fighters Local 311 President and State President of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, guest of Representative Hesselbein.
Scott Kowalski, Renee Schroeder, Dave Schroeder, Amber Schroeder, and Dave Gee, guests of Representative Petersen.
Kenny Gould of Racine, a senior at The Prairie School and an Eagle Scout Award recipient, guest of Representative Wittke.
The Edgewood High School Crusaders girls golf team, including Elise Burkhartzmeyer, Alaka Leske, Anaka Leske, Grace Welch, Caitlyn Hegenbarth, Grace Jaeger, Isabella Meier, Allysa Thao, and Sarah Nakada; head coach Peggy Gierhart; and assistant coaches Betsy Zadra and Mark Rechlicz, guests of Representative Stubbs.
Teen Pact Leadership Group, guests of Representative Macco.
Leah Kelm of Madison, guest of Representative Shankland.
Molly Rouse, Paul Seagraves, Natalie Brunner, and Ella Schultz, students from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, guests and interns of Representative Bowen.
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Announcements
Representative Allen asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of his mother, Olivia Allen, who passed away on November 18, 2019. Granted.
Representative Quinn asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Walt Zimmer, a WWII veteran, dedicated husband, and a selfless man who passed away recently at the age of 100. Granted.
Representative Katsma asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his father-in-law, Keith Brill, on the occasion of his 91st birthday. Granted.
Representative B. Meyers asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in recognition of the violence Indigenous women and girls face, at up to a 10 times higher rate than the national average; murder being the third-leading cause of death among Native women; and the estimated 40 percent of women who are victims of sex trafficking who identify as Native American. Granted.
Representative Kolste asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of her family, Rex Kolste, Drew Kolste, Ali Kolste, Tori Kolste, Anna Kolste, April Albrecht, Max Albrecht, Catherine Kolb, and Josh Albrecht. Granted.
Representative Gruszynski asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his daughter, Margaret Gruszynski, on the occasion of her 2nd birthday on March 8th. Granted.
Representative James asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his wife, Vicki James, on the occasion of their 15th wedding anniversary on February 19. Granted.
