12:54 P.M.   TUESDAY, February 11, 2020

The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.

Speaker Pro Tempore August in the Chair.

Representative Spiros asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.

A quorum was present.

Speaker Vos in the Chair.

The prayer was offered by Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman of Shaarei Shamayim in Madison.

Representative Ott led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

The roll was taken.

The result follows:

Present - Representatives Allen, Anderson, August, Ballweg, Billings, Born, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Felzkowski, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Gundrum, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Kolste, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pope, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Riemer, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sargent, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vining, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wichgers, Wittke, Zamarripa, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 99.

Absent with leave - None.

Vacancies - None.

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Special Guest

Representative Zamarripa introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient, Lupe Martinez, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS), a non-profit that advocates and provides programs and services that improve the employment, educational, health and housing opportunities of underserved populations. Mr. Martinez addressed the members from the rostrum.

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Special Guest

Representative Ramthun introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient, Jerry Gosa of Kewaskum, in recognition of his service to and betterment of his community, serving on the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial board and as president of the Kewaskum Education Youth Scholarship Foundation; and the with the Kewaskum School District where he taught for four decades. Mr. Gosa addressed the members from the rostrum.

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Special Guest

Representative Pronschinske introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient, Allen “Al” Kochenderfer of Cochrane, in recognition for his years of military service, as an Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War; 18 years with the Wisconsin Army National Guard where he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonial; and, upon retirement, serving 40 years as a Veterans’ advocate for the VFW in Buffalo City. In addition, Al was a Service Director for the Scenic Valley Emergency Medical Service (SVEMS) for 39 years. Mr. Kochenderfer addressed the members from the rostrum.

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Special Guests

Representative Shankland introduced Hometown Hero Award recipients, Bob and Diane Biadasz of Amherst, who, after their son Mike was found dead on the farm after being overcome by hydrogen sulfide from a manure pit, created a of memorial fund to educate farmers about the dangers of manure agitation and the need to use air monitors to detect dangerous gases. They also started a rebate program for farmers to purchase air monitors to detect dangerous gases and warn farmers of any problems. Mr. Biadasz addressed the members from the rostrum.

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Amendments Offered

hist116929 Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 263 offered by Representative Brandtjen.

hist116768 Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 422 offered by Representatives Billings, Kolste and Sargent.