Sincerely,
JOAN BALLWEG
State Representative
41st Assembly District
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October 10, 2019
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
hist107743Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 498, relating to loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge. Sincerely,
RICK GUNDRUM
State Representative
58th Assembly District
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Calendar of Thursday, October 10
Relating to: the assembly rules.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Resolution 12 offered by Representatives Anderson, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Kolste, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa.
hist107738Representative Steineke moved that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Resolution 12 be laid on the table. The question was: Shall Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Resolution 12 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Born, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Oldenburg, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke and Speaker Vos - 59.
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, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa - 34.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Anderson, Edming, Riemer, Rohrkaste, Tranel and Zimmerman - 6.
Motion carried.
hist107735Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Resolution 12 offered by Representative Steineke. The question was: Shall Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Resolution 12 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Edming asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Representative Anderson asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
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Leaves of Absence
Representative Knodl asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Ballweg. Granted.
Representative Ballweg asked unanimous consent that her leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Speaker Vos in the chair.
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the chair.
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Call of the Assembly
Representative Anderson requested a call of the Assembly under Assembly Rule 83. There were sufficient seconds. The Sergeant-at-Arms was directed to close the doors and the Chief Clerk to call the roll.
Representative Anderson asked unanimous consent to have the call of the Assembly lifted. Granted.
Representative Rohrkaste asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Representative Tranel asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
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Speaker Pro Tempore August asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
12:46 P.M.
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Recess
1:05 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Vos in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Racine County Jail Chaplain Anthony Ballastari.
hist107776Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that Senate Joint Resolution 66 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted. Senate Joint Resolution 66
Relating to: recognizing October 28, 2019, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin.
hist107777The question was: Shall Senate Joint Resolution 66 be concurred in? Motion carried.
hist107778Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution 66 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted. Assembly Joint Resolution 85
Relating to: recognizing October 28, 2019, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin.
hist107779Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 85 be laid on the table. Granted. _____________
Special Guests
Speaker Vos and the entire membership of the Assembly honored Wisconsin’s First Responders with a Hometown Hero Award from almost every Assembly District. Chief Clerk Fuller introduced the women and men who were present for today’s ceremony.
District Recipient
1 Fire Chief Al Tlachac, Luxemburg Community Fire Department
2 Theresa Becker, Mishicot Ambulance Service
3 & 57 Mitchell Lundgaard, Appleton Fire Department Firefighter Lundgaard lost his life in the line of duty
4 Joseph Wesoloski, Ashwaubenon Department of Public Safety
5 Dan Rettler, Black Creek Fire Department
6 Mary Beck, Shawano County Dispatch Center
District Recipient
8 Jose Acevedo, Milwaukee Community Liaison Officer
10 Benjamin Baus, Milwaukee Fire Department
12 Eliza Ortiz, Dispatcher, Milwaukee Fire Department
13 Barry Weber, Wauwatosa Police Department
14 Tracy Burbach, Wauwatosa Police Department
15 Rodney Nelson, West Allis Police Department
17 Matthew Rittner, Milwaukee Police Department Officer Rittner lost his life in the line of duty
18 Kou Her, Milwaukee Police Officer
Officer Her lost his life returning home from his shift
21 Joseph Knitter, South Milwaukee Fire Chief
24 Leah Olsen, Brown Deer Police Department
