One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
1:00 P.M.
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Pursuant to Assembly Rule 55m, time limits and schedules
for floor debate established for each proposal are noted.
*Debate times are listed twice for companion bills.
1. Call of the Roll.
2. Introduction, first reading and reference of proposals.
3. Committee Reports and subsequent reference of proposals.
4. Messages from the senate, and other communications.
5. Consideration of conference committee reports and vetoes.
6. Consideration of senate action on proposals approved by the assembly.
7. Consideration of motions for reconsideration of passage or concurrence.
8. Third reading of assembly proposals.
9. Third reading of senate proposals.
10. Second reading and amendment of assembly proposals.
QUESTION: Shall the proposal be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Assembly Bill 17 (20 minutes)
Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law. (FE)
By Representatives Horlacher, Emerson, Allen, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Kerkman, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Ramthun, Thiesfeldt, Shelton and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Bewley, Agard, Ballweg, Nass, Pfaff, Ringhand, L. Taylor and Johnson.
Report passage recommended by committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 8, Noes 0.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 18 (10 minutes)
Relating to: adopting federal law changes to extend the time for filing individual income tax returns.
By Representatives Macco, Callahan, Dittrich, Drake, Duchow, Gundrum, Haywood, Horlacher, Katsma, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Ramthun, Skowronski, Snyder, Steffen, Wittke, Zimmerman and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Ballweg, Carpenter, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Marklein, Nass, L. Taylor and Wanggaard.
Report passage recommended by committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 50 (20 minutes)
Relating to: counting of tips for tipped employees and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
By Representatives Schraa, Brooks, Callahan, Haywood, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Rozar, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Felzkowski and Nass.
Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 55 (20 minutes)
Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. (FE)
By Representatives Plumer, Subeck, Skowronski, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brooks, Brostoff, Cabrera, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Goyke, Gundrum, Hebl, Hintz, Hesselbein, Hong, Katsma, Kerkman, Kuglitsch, Knodl, Magnafici, Milroy, Mursau, B. Meyers, L. Myers, Neubauer, Novak, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pronschinske, Riemer, J. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez, Rozar, Schraa, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stubbs, Tauchen, Tittl, Tusler, Vining, Vos, Vruwink and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Wanggaard and Wirch.
Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 56 (10 minutes)
Relating to: distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district. (FE)
By Representatives Steffen, Bowen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Murphy, Novak, Petersen, Rozar, Skowronski, Spiros and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ringhand and Stroebel.
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 12, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 61 (10 minutes)
Relating to: the use of proceeds from the sale of state-owned properties controlled by the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)
By Representatives Kitchens, Mursau, Gundrum, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Sinicki, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Stroebel and Wanggaard.
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 11, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on State Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 83 (10 minutes)
Relating to: stalking and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Tusler, Callahan, Mursau, Emerson, Wichgers, Cabrera, Rozar, Milroy, Tittl, Subeck, Thiesfeldt and Edming; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Carpenter, L. Taylor and Ringhand.
Report passage recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 232 (60 minutes)
Relating to: assistance to households and property owners. (FE)
By Representatives Cabral-Guevara, Wittke, Armstrong, Born, Callahan, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Jagler, Katsma, Knodl, Krug, Kurtz, Moses, Murphy, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Marklein and Stroebel.
Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 4.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 233 (30 minutes)
Relating to: grants for certain small businesses. (FE)
By Representatives Moses, Swearingen, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Edming, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Knodl, Krug, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wittke, Zimmerman and James; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Felzkowski and Feyen.
Report passage recommended by committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 4.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 234 (30 minutes)
Relating to: tourism industry grants. (FE)
By Representatives Dallman, Kurtz, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Duchow, Edming, Krug, Moses, Oldenburg, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Felzkowski and Ballweg.
Report passage recommended by committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 4.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 235 (30 minutes)
Relating to: rural economic development programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and farm support grants. (FE)
By Representatives Armstrong, Tranel, Oldenburg, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Duchow, Edming, James, Knodl, Krug, Kurtz, Moses, Mursau, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Feyen and Felzkowski.
Report passage recommended by committee on Rural Development, Ayes 8, Noes 5.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 236 (30 minutes)
Relating to: payments to certain long-term care facilities and their staff. (FE)
By Representatives Rozar, VanderMeer, Dittrich, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Krug, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Felzkowski and Stafsholt.
Report passage recommended by committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 5, Noes 2.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 237 (30 minutes)
Relating to: deposits into the unemployment reserve fund. (FE)
By Representatives Petryk, Brooks, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Katsma, Krug, Loudenbeck, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Oldenburg, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Stroebel, Felzkowski, Jacque and Stafsholt.
Report passage recommended by committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 8, Noes 3.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 238 (30 minutes)
Relating to: allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds for local highways and bridges.
By Representatives Callahan, Novak, Zimmerman, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Edming, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Jagler, James, Katsma, Krug, Knodl, Kurtz, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Vorpagel and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Stroebel, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jacque and Stafsholt.
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 8, Noes 4.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 239 (30 minutes)
Relating to: the use of certain federal funds for broadband expansion grants. (FE)
By Representatives Summerfield, Edming, Armstrong, Born, Plumer, Krug, Cabral-Guevara, Snyder, Callahan, Gundrum, Horlacher, Duchow, Wittke, Rozar, Kurtz, Vorpagel, Moses, Tranel, Swearingen, Zimmerman, Mursau, Tusler, Petryk, Oldenburg, Knodl, James and Jagler; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Felzkowski, Feyen and Stafsholt.
Report passage recommended by committee on Rural Development, Ayes 8, Noes 5.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 240 (30 minutes)
Relating to: allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds for a statewide public safety interoperable communication system, emergency services IP network contracts, a geographic information systems database, and psychiatric treatment beds.
By Representatives James, Loudenbeck, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Knodl, Krug, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Bernier and Felzkowski.
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 11, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 4.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 241 (30 minutes)
Relating to: retiring public debt and transportation revenue bonds. (FE)
By Representatives Murphy, Spiros, Cabral-Guevara, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, James, Knodl, Krug, Moses, Oldenburg, Petryk, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Vorpagel, Wittke, Zimmerman, Loudenbeck and Jagler; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Jacque, Cowles and Stafsholt.
Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 4.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 242 (30 minutes)
Relating to: sales tax holiday for sales at certain establishments. (FE)
By Representatives Snyder, Magnafici, Krug, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Edming, Katsma, Moses, Oldenburg, Rozar, Swearingen, Tranel and Wittke.
Report passage recommended by committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 4.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 243 (30 minutes)
Relating to: allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds for certain environmental purposes and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
By Representatives Kitchens, Thiesfeldt, Krug, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Duchow, Edming, James, Knodl, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petryk, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Marklein, Felzkowski, Ballweg and Feyen.
Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 4.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
11. Second reading and amendment of senate proposals.
QUESTION: Shall the proposal be ordered to a third reading?
Senate Bill 11 (20 minutes)
Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law. (FE)
By Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Bewley, Agard, Ballweg, Nass, Pfaff, Ringhand and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Emerson, Allen, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Kerkman, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Ramthun and Thiesfeldt.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 50 (20 minutes)
Relating to: counting of tips for tipped employees and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
By Senators Bernier and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Brooks, Callahan, Haywood, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Rozar, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Swearingen.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 64 (10 minutes)
Relating to: the use of proceeds from the sale of state-owned properties controlled by the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)
By Senators Cowles, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Mursau, Gundrum, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Sinicki, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 69 (20 minutes)
Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. (FE)
By Senators Darling, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Plumer, Subeck, Skowronski, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brooks, Brostoff, Cabrera, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Goyke, Gundrum, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, Katsma, Kerkman, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, L. Myers, Neubauer, Novak, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pronschinske, Riemer, J. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez, Rozar, Schraa, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stubbs, Tauchen, Tittl, Tusler, Vining, Vos, Vruwink and Wichgers.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 85 (10 minutes)
Relating to: stalking and providing a penalty.
By Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Ringhand and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Callahan, Cabrera, Emerson, Milroy, Mursau, Rozar, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Wichgers.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
12. Motions may be offered.
13. Consideration of resolutions.
QUESTION: Shall the resolution be adopted?
Assembly Resolution 16
Relating to: directing the attorney general to seek to join the state as a plaintiff in State of West Virginia, et al., v. US Department of the Treasury, et al.
By Representatives Vos, Steineke and August.
Read and referred to calendar of 4-13-21.
Assembly Joint Resolution 14
Relating to: commending the life and art of O.V. “Verne” Shaffer.
By Representatives Spreitzer, Loudenbeck, Bowen, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Hesselbein, Hintz, S. Rodriguez, Shelton, Skowronski, Subeck, Tauchen and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Ringhand, Nass, Carpenter, Cowles and Felzkowski.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 19
Relating to: recognition and celebration of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Sesquicentennial.
By Representatives Hintz, Schraa, Hesselbein, Thiesfeldt, Snodgrass, Milroy, Cabral-Guevara, Spiros, Haywood, Hebl, Sinicki, Conley, S. Rodriguez, Spreitzer, Bowen, Shelton, Baldeh, Considine, Vining, Drake, Novak, Murphy, Stubbs and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Roth, Ballweg, Carpenter and Marklein.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 26
Relating to: honoring April 22, 2021, as the 51st Anniversary of Earth Day.
By Representatives Kitchens, Novak, Neubauer, Anderson, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Conley, Drake, Duchow, Hebl, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petryk, Shelton, Sinicki, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Tranel, Tusler and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Ballweg, Agard, Carpenter, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: remembering the millions of victims of the Holocaust; honoring the survivors, liberators, and resistors; and committing to educating future generations.
By Representatives Vos, August, Tranel, Subeck, Dittrich, Gundrum, Snyder, Doyle, Zimmerman, Brostoff, Duchow, Horlacher, Magnafici, Krug, Kitchens, Novak, Plumer, Sinicki, Baldeh, Steffen, Tusler, Armstrong, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Spreitzer, Ohnstad, Pronschinske, Shelton, Moses, Stubbs, Schraa, Hintz, Skowronski, Andraca, Thiesfeldt, Ramthun, Spiros, Bowen and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Ballweg, Jacque and Wanggaard.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: declaring April to be Freedom of Expression Month across Wisconsin.
By Representative Murphy; cosponsored by Senator Jacque.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Assembly Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: proclaiming May 2021 as Jewish American Heritage Month.
By Representatives Subeck, Brostoff, Riemer, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabrera, Conley, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Milroy, Neubauer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Vining and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Johnson, Agard, Ballweg, Carpenter, Larson, Bewley, L. Taylor, Wirch and Erpenbach.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
Senate Joint Resolution 14
Relating to: honoring the life and service of Alfred J. “Cy” Tector, Jr., and commemorating his many accomplishments.
By Senators Darling, Cowles and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Andraca, Drake, Magnafici, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Tranel and Skowronski.
Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules.
14. Announcements.
15. Adjournment.
