One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session12:57 P.M. WEDNESDAY, February 19, 2025
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Petersen in the chair.
Representative Summerfield asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
Speaker Vos in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Pastor Radontae Ashford of The Infinite Church in Milwaukee.
Representative Penterman led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America flag.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Arney, August, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Born, Brill, Brooks, Brown, Callahan, Clancy, Cruz, Dallman, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Haywood, Hong, Hurd, Hysell, B. Jacobson, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kirsch, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Madison, Maxey, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Penterman, Petersen, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Pronschinske, Rivera-Wagner, Rodriguez, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Sortwell, Spaude, Spiros, Steffen, Stroud, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Taylor, Tenorio, Tittl, Tranel, Tucker, Tusler, Udell, VanderMeer, Vining, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, and Speaker Vos - 98.
Absent with leave - Representative Stubbs - 1.
Vacancies - None.
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Leave of Absence
Representative Subeck asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Stubbs. Granted.
Representative Subeck asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Snodgrass. Granted.
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Special Guest
Representative Allen introduced Hometown Hero Award Recipient Carol Ann Kay, recognized for her career integrating those with disabilities into the Waukesha community. Ms. Kay addressed the members from the rostrum.
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Amendments Offered
hist199266Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 23 offered by Representative Snyder. _____________
Communications
The Chief Clerk received the following coauthor and cosponsor requests on February 19, 2025:
hist199343Representative Tusler added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 21, relating to: technical colleges’ lease of their facilities to others. hist199340Representative Tusler added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 42, relating to: local regulation of fowl. hist199309Representatives DeSmidt and Tusler added as coauthors of Assembly Bill 43, relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. hist199339Representative Tusler added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 44, relating to: allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records. hist199341Representative Tusler added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 47, relating to: tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. hist199342Representative Tusler added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 8, relating to: restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration). _____________
Calendar of Wednesday, February 19
hist199331Representative August asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 4 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted. Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr.
hist199333The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 4 be adopted? Motion carried.
hist199334Representative August asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 4 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted. Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report.
hist199336The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 1 be ordered engrossed and read a third time? Motion carried.
hist199337Representative Snodgrass asked unanimous consent that her leave of absence be lifted. Granted. Representative August asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 1 be given a third reading. Granted.
hist199344The question was: Assembly Bill 1 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed? The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Allen, Armstrong, August, Behnke, Born, Brill, Brooks, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Maxey, Melotik, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Petersen, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Rodriguez, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tittl, Tranel, Tucker, Tusler, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, and Speaker Vos - 54.
Noes - Representatives Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell, and Vining - 44.
Absent or not voting - Representative Stubbs - 1.
Motion carried.
hist199345Representative August asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 1 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted. Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.
hist199250Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 2 offered by Representative Kitchens.
