The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Barca, Barnes, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Clark, Danou, Doyle, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hulsey, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Richards, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Smith, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Wright, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 39.
Noes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Bies, Born, Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Endsley, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Neylon, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Severson, Skowronski, Spiros, Steineke, Strachota, Stroebel, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Weatherston, Weininger, Williams and Speaker Vos - 59.
Absent or not voting - Representative Bernier - 1.
Motion failed.
Representative Jorgensen moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 143 be withdrawn from the committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and taken up at this time.
Assembly Bill 143
Relating to: disqualification of a judge or justice.
hist19988The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 143 be withdrawn from the committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and taken up at this time? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Barca, Barnes, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Clark, Danou, Doyle, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hulsey, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Richards, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Smith, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Wright, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 39.
Noes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Bies, Born, Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Endsley, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Neylon, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Severson, Skowronski, Spiros, Steineke, Strachota, Stroebel, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Weatherston, Weininger, Williams and Speaker Vos - 59.
Absent or not voting - Representative Bernier - 1.
Motion failed.
Representative Jorgensen moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 80 be withdrawn from the committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and taken up at this time.
Assembly Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
hist19989The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 80 be withdrawn from the committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and taken up at this time? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Barca, Barnes, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Clark, Danou, Doyle, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hulsey, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Richards, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Smith, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Wright, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 39.
Noes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Bies, Born, Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Endsley, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Neylon, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Severson, Skowronski, Spiros, Steineke, Strachota, Stroebel, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Weatherston, Weininger, Williams and Speaker Vos - 59.
Absent or not voting - Representative Bernier - 1.
Motion failed.
Representative Jorgensen moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 334 be withdrawn from the joint committee on Finance and taken up at this time.
Assembly Bill 334
Relating to: restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit.
hist19990The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 334 be withdrawn from the joint committee on Finance and taken up at this time? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Barca, Barnes, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Clark, Danou, Doyle, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hulsey, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Richards, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Smith, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Wright, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 39.
Noes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Bies, Born, Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Endsley, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Neylon, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Severson, Skowronski, Spiros, Steineke, Strachota, Stroebel, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Weatherston, Weininger, Williams and Speaker Vos - 59.
Absent or not voting - Representative Bernier - 1.
Motion failed.
Representative Jorgensen moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 374 be withdrawn from the committee on Labor and taken up at this time.
Assembly Bill 374
Relating to: deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits.
hist19991The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 374 be withdrawn from the committee on Labor and taken up at this time? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Barca, Barnes, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Clark, Danou, Doyle, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hulsey, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Richards, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Smith, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Wright, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 39.
Noes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Bies, Born, Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Endsley, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Neylon, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Severson, Skowronski, Spiros, Steineke, Strachota, Stroebel, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Weatherston, Weininger, Williams and Speaker Vos - 59.
Absent or not voting - Representative Bernier - 1.
Motion failed.
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Visitors
During today’s session, the following visitors honored the Assembly by their presence and were welcomed by the presiding officer and the members:
Jessica MacPhail, Executive Director of the Racine Public Library, guest of Representative Mason.
Mitchell Oelke of Sun Prairie, guest and intern of Representative Hebl.
Steve Querin-Schultz of Cottage Grove, guest of Representative Hebl.
Pat Skogen and Margaret Farley, guests of Representative Brooks.
Jennifer Gross, a sophomore at Oostburg High School, guest of Representative LeMahieu.
Bill and Mary Gross of Oostburg, guests of Representative LeMahieu.
Chris Klein of Menasha, guest of Representative Schraa.
Josiah Brendemuehl, guest and intern from the Maranatha Bible Baptist College, guest of Representative Jacque.
Phil DeLong, Director of Admissions and Residential Life at the Conserve School in Land O’Lakes, guest of Representative Clark.
Zac Hepps, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, guest and intern of Representative Shankland.
Margaret Turnbull from the Manitowoc/Calumet County Library System, guest of Representative Tittl.
Noah Roberts, a junior at Verona High School, guest and intern of Representative Pope.
City of Neenah Alderperson Cari Lendrum, guest of Representative Kaufert.
Aurora Conley and Edith Leoso of Odanah and members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, guests of Representative Bewley.
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Announcements
Representative Kessler asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Dr. Jeffrey J. Patterson of Madison, who passed away on January 24. Granted.
Representatives Danou and Doyle asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Jennifer J. Olson of Holmen, who passed away on January 25. Granted.
Representatives Barnes and Kessler asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Lauri Wynn of Milwaukee, who passed away on December 18, 2013. Granted.
Representative Smith asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Marlena Kay Putnam of Rice Lake, who passed away on January 18. Granted.
Representative Wright asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Igor Badamshin of Wausau, who passed away on January 24. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Willard Borchert of Sun Prairie, who passed away on February 5 at the age of 93. Granted.
Representative Marklein asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Gary and Chloe Thoreson and Dean Thoreson, who were murdered in April 2013 in the Town of Wiota. On January 31, 2014, their murderer was sentenced to life in a mental institution. Granted.
Representative Ringhand asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the Wisconsin and Iowa Police and the FBI, who recovered 5 day old Kayden Powell who was taken from his crib and left in a tote in Iowa in 24 degree below zero weather. Granted.
Representative Kolste asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Tucker Fredricks of Janesville, who is competing in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in the 500m speed skating event. Granted.
Representative Bewley asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of her grandson, Pryor Joe Braaten, on the occasion of his 5th birthday today. Granted.
Representative Hulsey asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his daughter, Lea, who recently performed in her first high school play. Granted.
Representative Hulsey asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Dr. Jackie Beaudet, on the occasion of her 65th birthday. Granted.
Representative Hulsey asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Bonnie Cox, on the occasion of her 65th birthday. Granted.
Representative C. Taylor asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Ralph Johansen, on the occasion of his 84th birthday today. Mr. Johansen is the grandfather of Jeanine Schneider of the Assembly Sergeant-at-Arms staff and the father-in-law of former State Representative Marlin Schneider. Granted.
Representative Hesselbein asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of her great-aunt Helen Struckmeyer, on the occasion of her 100th birthday on February 10. Granted.
Representative Hesselbein asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Erica Brown, who is competing in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in the women’s curling event. Granted.
Representative Pasch asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Francis Bruce Mahaffey Adrian, who was born on February 3 to Meagan Mahaffey and Scott Adrian. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Celia Juve, who was recently named the 2013 Stoughton Area Citizen of the Year. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the opening of Wisconsin’s newest ice facility, Sun Prairie Ice Arena. Granted.
Representative Mason asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of Racine Civil Rights Leader William “Blue” Jenkins, in recognition of February’s African-American History Month. Granted.
Representative Murphy asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of the birth of his grandson, Edmond Anton Chandler, who was born on February 1. Granted.
Representative August asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of his grandparents, Charles and Lucille Coates, on the occasion of their 59th wedding anniversary. Granted.
Representative Czaja asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of her daughter, Ashley, on the occasion of her 23rd birthday on February 12. Granted.
Representatives Milroy, Bewley and Smith asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in honor of State Senator Robert Jauch, who is recovering from a recent surgery. Granted.
