One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session12:59 P.M. TUESDAY, April 13, 2021
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the chair.
Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
Speaker Vos in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Dr. Robert C. Randolph from Kingdom Faith Fellowship in Milwaukee.
Representative Jagler 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, Andraca, Armstrong, August, Baldeh, Billings, Born, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Brostoff, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dallman, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Edming, Emerson, Goyke, Gundrum, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, Horlacher, Jagler, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Ortiz-Velez, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pope, Pronschinske, Ramthun, Riemer, J. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez, Rozar, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Shelton, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snodgrass, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Steineke, Stubbs, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vining, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wichgers, Wittke and Speaker Vos - 95.
Absent with leave - Representatives Duchow, Shankland and Zimmerman - 3.
Vacancies - 89th Assembly District - 1.
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Leaves of Absence
Representative Vorpagel asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Duchow and Zimmerman. Granted.
Representative Spreitzer asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Shankland. Granted.
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Leaves of Absence
Representative Vorpagel asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Born, Steffen and VanderMeer. Granted.
Representative Spreitzer asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Milroy. Granted.
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Amendments Offered
hist131600Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 47 offered by Representative Kitchens. hist131588Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 194 offered by Representative Brooks. hist131601Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 254 offered by Representative Mursau. _____________
Communications
April 13, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist131567Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Joint Resolution 16, relating to applying to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for a convention to propose an amendment establishing term limits for members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Sincerely,
SHANNON ZIMMERMAN
State Representative
30th Assembly District
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April 13, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist131599Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 251, relating to impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility and providing a penalty. Sincerely,
JANIS RINGHAND
State Senator
15th Senate District
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April 13, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist131659Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 54, relating to farmland preservation implementation grants, agreements, and tax credits and making an appropriation. Sincerely,
GRETA NEUBAUER
State Representative
66th Assembly District
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April 13, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist131889Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Joint Resolution 26, relating to honoring April 22, 2021, as the 51st Anniversary of Earth Day. Sincerely,
KATRINA SHANKLAND
State Representative
71st Assembly District
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April 13, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist131932Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 146, relating to grants to homeless individuals and families, grants to defray housing costs and for diversion programming, housing navigator grants, homeless case management services, and making an appropriation. hist131935Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 197, relating to pre-adoption training formats. Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 213, relating to interest rates on payday loans.
hist131934Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 248, relating to pedestrians crossing railroads. Sincerely,