Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on State Affairs
Assembly Bill 625
Relating to: congressional redistricting.
By Representative Vos; cosponsored by Senator LeMahieu.
October 21, 2021 Referred to Committee on State Affairs
October 28, 2021 Public Hearing Held
Present: (12) Representative Swearingen; Representatives Vorpagel, Kuglitsch, Summerfield, Spiros, Knodl, Brooks, Schraa, Sinicki, Pope, Ohnstad and McGuire.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (1) Representative Tauchen.
Appearances For
· None.
Appearances Against
· Robert Yablon
· Executive Director Jay Heck - Common Cause Wisconsin
· Nick Levendofsky - Wisconsin Farmers Union
· Jennifer Giegerich - Wisconsin Conservation Voters
· Joan Schwarz - League of Women Voters - Dane County
· Ann Muenster
· Grace Quinn
· Sally Huntington
· Conrad Anderson
· Toim White
· Geralyn Leannah
· Patti Herman - Columbia County Fair Maps
· Michael Nichols
· Wendy Sue Johnson
· Kathleen Levy
· Charlene Warner
· Deborah Patel - North Shore Fair Maps
· Ellen Ochs - League of Women Voters - Greater Chippewa Valley
· Henry Vekker
· Victor Weirp
· Jean Radtke - Fair Maps Coalition
· Lisa Williams
· Ellen Magee
· Cecile Stelzer-Johnson
· Mary Kay Baum - Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
· Charles Uphoff
· Cheyenne Otto - Progress North
· Jade Livingston - Progress North
· Leon Radant - Juneau County Democrats
· Leslie DeMuth
· Steve Bouder
· Jeannine RamRamsey
· Kelly Haslam - League of Women Voters
· Jenelle Ludwig Krause - Western Wisconsin for Nonpartisan Voting Districts
· Maureen Ash - Western Wisconsin for Nonpartisan Voting Districts
· Maia Pearson - Rise
· Kevin Solomon - Rise
· Lena Eng
· Mike DeRubis - Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition
· Bruce Jamison
· Shirley Smith
· Vicki Avo-Schackmoth
· Susan Johnson - League of Women Voters - Janesville
· Mark Fuller
· Nancy Hetzel
· Susan Adams - League of Women Voters - Beloit
· Patricia Zody - League of Women Voters - Beloit
· Mary Lisa Jordan
· JT Covelli - Moms Demand Gunsense
· Beverly Mazur
· Andy Hauck - Smart - TD
· Joel Jacobson
· Ed Morganroth Jr
· Mark Peters
· Joni Anderson - Our Wisconsin revolution
· Marianne Ewig
· Marc Herstand - National Association of Social Workers - Wisconsin
· Michael Dickman - Take Back Wisconsin
· Haakon Gulbrandsen
· Maureen Plunkett - Wisconsin Unitarian Universalist State Action Network
· Tony Castaneda
· Joshua Platt
· Peggy Haas - Menomonee Falls Action Team
· Steve Books
Appearances for Information Only
· Rick Bradley
Registrations For
· None.
Registrations Against
· Joseph Fritz
· Quinn Marita
· Liz Lusk
· John Roger
· Kathryn Corio - League of Women Voters
· Anneliese Waggoner - League of Women Voters
· Valerie Murphy
· Adrienne Faerber
· Dana Johnson
· Patricia Ryan
· Joy A. E. Morgan - Raging Grannis of Madison
· Cindy Shallig
Registrations for Information Only
· None.
November 08, 2021 Executive Session Held
Present: (12) Representative Swearingen; Representatives Vorpagel, Kuglitsch, Summerfield, Spiros, Knodl, Brooks, Schraa, Sinicki, Pope, Ohnstad and McGuire.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (1) Representative Tauchen.
Moved by Representative Spiros, seconded by Representative Vorpagel that Assembly Bill 625 be recommended for passage.
Ayes: (8) Representative Swearingen; Representatives Vorpagel, Kuglitsch, Summerfield, Spiros, Knodl, Brooks and Schraa.
Noes: (4) Representatives Sinicki, Pope, Ohnstad and McGuire.
PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 8, Noes 4
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Taylor Corkran
Committee Clerk