One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session12:50 P.M. TUESDAY, June 24, 2025
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Vos in the chair.
Representative Dallman asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
The prayer was offered by Representative Dittrich.
Representative Dallman 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, 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, 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 - 97.
Absent with leave - Representatives Callahan and Piwowarczyk - 2.
Vacancies - None.
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Leave of Absence
Representative Summerfield asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Callahan and Piwowarczyk. Granted.
Representative Subeck asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative Sheehan. Granted.
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Special Guest
Representative Kitchens introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient AJ Dillion, recognized for his numerous contributions to the Door County youth community. Mr. Dillion addressed the members from the rostrum.
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Enrolled Bills and Joint Resolutions
The following Assembly proposals, which have been approved by both the Assembly and Senate, have been enrolled by the Legislative Reference Bureau:
EDWARD A. BLAZEL
Assembly Chief Clerk
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Reference Bureau Corrections
hist206501Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 140 In enrolling, the following correction was made:
11. Page 1, line 3: on lines 3 and 4, delete “(h)” and substitute “(i)”. _____________
11. Page 1, line 3: after that line insert: “1m. Page 6, line 16: delete “by rule”.”.
****Note: Deletes words that refer to material that was deleted by this amendment.
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Communications
The Chief Clerk received the following coauthor and cosponsor requests on June 23, 2025:
hist206496Representative Miresse withdrawn as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 118, relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. hist206505Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 176, relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. hist206506Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 187, relating to: training completion awards for volunteer firefighters. hist206507Representatives Fitzgerald and McCarville added as coauthors of Assembly Bill 233, relating to: grants to child advocacy centers. hist206508Representative Fitzgerald added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 152, relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. _____________
The Chief Clerk received the following coauthor and cosponsor requests on June 24, 2025:
hist206565Representatives O'Connor and Stubbs added as coauthors of Assembly Bill 17, relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. hist206816Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 26, relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty. hist206643Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 37, relating to: personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. hist206547Representatives Miresse, O'Connor and Stubbs added as coauthors of Assembly Bill 53, relating to: special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty. hist206566Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 63, relating to: financing the operating costs and certain out-of-state projects of nonprofit institutions and compensation of employees of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority. hist206567Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 65, relating to: entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty. hist206546Representatives Andraca and Stroud added as coauthors of Assembly Bill 80, relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. hist206568Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 107, relating to: conversion of cooperative associations organized to establish and operate nonprofit plans or programs for health care into service insurance corporations. hist206817Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 108, relating to: a nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications.
