2025-05-13 Assembly Journal

STATE OF WISCONSIN

Assembly Journal

One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session

12:51 P.M.   TUESDAY, May 13, 2025

The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.

Speaker Vos in the chair.

Representative August asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.

A quorum was present.

The prayer was offered by Reverend Reeder Herrick of the Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church in Sturgeon Bay.

Representative Billings 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, 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, Stubbs, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Taylor, Tenorio, Tittl, Tranel, Tucker, Tusler, Udell, VanderMeer, Vining, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, and Speaker Vos - 98.

Absent with leave - Representative Goodwin - 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 Goodwin. Granted.

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Special Guest

Representative Krug introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient Jamie Smoczyk, a dedicated school bus driver for the Adams-Friendship School District, who demonstrated exceptional courage and quick thinking by saving a student's life who was choking on a coin. Ms. Smoczyk addressed the members from the rostrum.

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Special Guest

Representative Billings introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient NaoHoua “Tony” Yang, recognized for his outstanding leadership and advocacy in the Hmong community in the La Crosse area. Mr. Yang addressed the members from the rostrum.

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Special Guest

Representative Snyder introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient Lieutenant Nao Shoua Xiong, recognized for his efforts in Wausau and Laos to ensure the Hmong culture and storied history endures for generations to come. Lieutenant Xiong addressed the members from the rostrum.

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Amendments Offered

hist203777 Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 226 offered by Representative Moses.

hist203791 Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 231 offered by Representative Armstrong.

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Communications

The Chief Clerk received the following coauthor and cosponsor requests on May 13, 2025:

hist203808 Representatives Stroud, Clancy and Madison added as coauthors of Assembly Bill 11, relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

hist203812 Representative Miresse added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 12, relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts.

hist203819 Representative Clancy added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 23, relating to: establishment of a Palliative Care Council.

hist204022 Representative Stroud added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 36, relating to: law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer.

hist203811 Representatives Emerson and Moore Omokunde 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.

hist203786 Representative McCarville added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 158, relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff.

hist203810 Representative Joers added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 159, relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program.

hist203787 Representative McCarville added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 176, relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program.

hist203788 Representative McCarville added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 196, relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System.

hist203789 Representative McCarville added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 208, relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion.

hist203793 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 220, relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services.

hist203794 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 224, relating to: the form of referendum questions.

hist203796 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 246, relating to: cost-sharing caps on prescription drugs and medical supplies to treat asthma under health insurance policies and plans.

hist203790 Representatives McCarville, Miresse, Goeben and Knodl added as coauthors and Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 257, relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.

hist203795 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 33, Relating to: declaration of the Economic Justice Bill of Rights.

hist203815 Representative Miresse added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 35, Relating to: proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend.

hist203816 Representative Miresse added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 40, Relating to: celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people.

hist203799 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 45, Relating to: congratulating the Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.

hist203800 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 46, Relating to: congratulating the Wauwatosa East Girls Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.

hist203798 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 50, Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday.

hist203801 Representatives Haywood and Miresse added as coauthors of Assembly Joint Resolution 51, Relating to: designating May 2025 and May 2026 as Food Allergy Awareness Months.

hist203814 Representatives Miresse and Subeck added as coauthors of Assembly Joint Resolution 55, Relating to: designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

hist203809 Representatives Stroud, Clancy and Madison added as cosponsors of Senate Bill 14, relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

hist203813 Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 31, relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts.

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Calendar of Tuesday, May 13