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Informal
12:29 A.M. Friday, February 23
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the chair.
Representative Jacque in the chair.
hist90353The question was: Shall Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 748 be adopted? Motion carried.
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 748 offered by Representatives Subeck, Barca, Hebl, Ohnstad, Fields, Billings, Doyle, Kolste, Shankland, Zamarripa, Genrich, Kessler, Riemer, Milroy, C. Taylor, Hesselbein, Neubauer, Hintz, Pope, Spreitzer, Berceau, Wachs, Young and Meyers.
hist90354Representative Steineke moved that Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 748 be laid on the table. The question was: Shall Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 748 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Bernier, Born, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Jarchow, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kooyenga, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Macco, Mursau, Nerison, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pronschinske, Quinn, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Weatherston, Wichgers and Speaker Vos - 59.
Noes - Representatives Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kessler, Meyers, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 34.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Kolste, Kremer, Kulp, Murphy and Zimmerman - 5.
Motion carried.
hist89955Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 748 offered by Representatives Subeck, C. Taylor, Hebl, Wachs, Meyers, Pope, Billings, Fields, Ohnstad, Berceau, Shankland, Doyle, Hintz, Spreitzer, Barca, Genrich and Kolste. hist90355Representative Steineke moved that Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 748 be laid on the table. The question was: Shall Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 748 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Bernier, Born, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Jarchow, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kooyenga, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Macco, Mursau, Nerison, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pronschinske, Quinn, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Weatherston, Wichgers and Speaker Vos - 59.
Noes - Representatives Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kessler, Meyers, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 34.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Kolste, Kremer, Kulp, Murphy and Zimmerman - 5.
Motion carried.
hist90351Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 748 offered by Representative Hutton. hist90356The question was: Shall Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 748 be adopted? Motion carried.
Representatives Brostoff, C. Taylor, Hesselbein, and Hintz asked unanimous consent to be recorded as voting "No" on the previous question. Granted.
hist90357The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 748 be ordered engrossed and read a third time? Motion carried.
hist90358Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 748 be given a third reading. Granted. _____________
Leaves of Absence
Representative Spreitzer asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Anderson. Granted. 12:57 A.M. Friday, February 23
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Leaves of Absence
Representative Spreitzer asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Berceau. Granted. 1:12 A.M. Friday, February 23
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the chair.
hist90360The question was: Assembly Bill 748 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Bernier, Born, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Jarchow, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kooyenga, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Macco, Mursau, Nerison, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pronschinske, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Weatherston, Wichgers and Speaker Vos - 58.
Noes - Representatives Barca, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kessler, Meyers, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 32.
Paired for - Representative Quinn - 1.
Paired against - Representative Anderson - 1.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Berceau, Kolste, Kremer, Kulp, Murphy and Zimmerman - 6.
Motion carried.
hist90361Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 748 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted. _____________
Special Order of
Business at 1:58 P.M.
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
hist89956Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 40 offered by Representatives Barca and Neylon. hist90363The question was: Shall Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 40 be adopted? Motion carried.
hist90364The question was: Shall Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 40 be adopted? Motion carried.
hist90365The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 40 be ordered engrossed and read a third time? Motion carried.
hist90366Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 40 be given a third reading. Granted. hist90367The question was: Assembly Bill 40 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, August, Ballweg, Barca, Bernier, Billings, Born, Bowen, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Gundrum, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Horlacher, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Katsma, Kerkman, Kessler, Kitchens, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kooyenga, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Macco, Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, Nerison, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Nygren, Ohnstad, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Pope, Pronschinske, Quinn, Riemer, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sargent, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Steffen, Steineke, Stuck, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wachs, Weatherston, Wichgers, Young, Zamarripa, Zepnick and Speaker Vos - 90.
Noes - Representative Jarchow - 1.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Anderson, Berceau, Kolste, Kremer, Kulp, Murphy and Zimmerman - 7.
Motion carried.
hist90368Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 40 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:
Joseph McCarthy, a student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, guest and intern of Representative Allen.
Dr. Christopher Davis, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, guest of Representative Kooyenga.
Jamieann Braatz of Sun Prairie, Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) Representative and 8th time host family, guest of Representative Hebl.
Alona Paytseika, a FLEX student from the Ukraine attending school in Sun Prairie, guest of Representative Hebl.
Liza Vigentseva, a FLEX student from Kazakhstan attending school in Cuba City, guest of Representative Hebl.
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling, guest of Representative Weatherston.
Family members in attendance for the Hometown Hero Award honoring Christopher Dustman: Jennifer, Linda, Kaitlyn, Riley, and Kevin Dustman; and James and Linda Spanske, guests of Representative Weatherston.
Family members and friends in attendance for the Hometown Hero Award honoring kidney donor Lindsey Bittorf: Ryan and Luca Bittorf; Lori and Larry Reetz; Shelley Perry; Ed and Mary Perry; Milton Chief of Police Thomas Kunkel; Diane Kraus; and Ashley Taylor, guests of Representative Vruwink.
Family members in attendance for the Hometown Hero Award honoring kidney recipient Jackson Arneson: Kristi and Jordon Goll; Tim and Jan Trezek; Art and Liz Zobel; Gregg and Kristin Arneson and their three children; and Gregg and Pam Arneson, guests of Representative Vruwink.
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Announcements
Representative Petryk asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of former State Representative Tom Larson, who passed away one year ago this week. Granted.
Representative Hebl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of James Bradley of Sun Prairie, who passed away on February 19th. Jim was a 4th generation farmer who enjoyed his occupation. He was on the Board of Directors of the Cottage Grove Coop Cenex, now known as Landmark, for 25 years and the last 3 as President. He was the Town of Sun Prairie Treasurer for many years, member of the Board of Directors for the Bank of Cottage Grove, and Governor’s appointment to the Land and Water Conservation Board. Jim and his wife, Char, celebrated 64 years of marriage and had 5 children, two of which continue the Bradley tradition of farming. Jim is the father of Assembly Records Clerk Kay Inabnet. Granted.
Representative Hesselbein asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Griffin McGrath of Madison, who passed away unexpectedly on February 14 at the age of 13. Granted.
Representatives Edming and Tittl asked unanimous consent that the Assembly adjourn in memory of Reverend Billy Graham, who passed away on February 21 at the age of 99. Granted.
