The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Neylon in the Chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Introduction and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: proclaiming May 2017 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
By Representatives Ballweg, Tittl, Allen, Considine, Hebl, Horlacher, Jacque, Kessler, Kitchens, Kolste, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Pope, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Snyder, Spreitzer, Subeck and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Bewley, Carpenter, Darling, Harsdorf, Marklein, Shilling and Wirch.
Relating to: declaring May 2017 as Foster Care Awareness Month.
By Representatives Bowen, Steineke, Wachs, Pope, Milroy, Kolste, Ohnstad, Neylon, Katsma, Spreitzer, Anderson, Kitchens, Brostoff, Crowley, Kessler, Berceau, Fields, Horlacher and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Darling, Carpenter, Wirch and L. Taylor.
Relating to: the rights of crime victims (first consideration).
By Representatives Novak, Sanfelippo, Sinicki, Jacque, Fields, Felzkowski, Spiros, Macco, Vorpagel, Mursau, Neylon, Zepnick, Murphy, Kulp, Tranel, Steffen, Kuglitsch, Kerkman, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Bernier, Kleefisch, Skowronski, Snyder, Young, E. Brooks, Kitchens, Rohrkaste, Thiesfeldt, Schraa and Ripp; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, Petrowski, Hansen, Nass, Lasee, Cowles, Olsen, Harsdorf and Feyen.
hist69677To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: supporting Taiwan's signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile and for strengthening and expanding sister-state ties between Wisconsin and Taiwan.
By Representatives Kulp, Tranel, Thiesfeldt, Gannon, Kerkman, Steffen, Macco, Ripp, E. Brooks, Krug, Knodl, VanderMeer and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Marklein and Lasee.
Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage.
By Representatives Hutton, Sanfelippo, Jacque, Allen, August, Born, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Duchow, Felzkowski, Gannon, Horlacher, Jagler, Jarchow, Katsma, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kooyenga, Kremer, Kuglitsch, Macco, Neylon, Nygren, Ott, Petersen, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Schraa, Skowronski, Steineke, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, Vos and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Stroebel, Craig, Darling, Kapenga, Lasee, LeMahieu, Nass, Tiffany and Wanggaard.
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States.
By Representatives Barca, Doyle, Mason, Ohnstad, Crowley, Wachs, Anderson, Pope, C. Taylor, Shankland, Goyke, Kessler, Kolste, Sinicki, Subeck, Zepnick, Riemer, Genrich, Berceau, Spreitzer and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Ringhand, Carpenter, Wirch, Shilling and C. Larson.
hist69680To committee on Government Accountability and Oversight. Relating to: testing for lead in drinking water in buildings used for child care and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Ohnstad, Mason, C. Taylor, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Crowley, Goyke, Kessler, Kolste, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, C. Larson, Carpenter, Miller, Risser and Wirch.
hist69681To committee on Energy and Utilities. _____________
Committee Reports
The committee on State Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 60
Relating to: an employee in the classified service representing himself or herself as an engineer.
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Swearingen, Tauchen, Jagler, Jacque, Knodl, Kleefisch, Gannon, Summerfield, Kulp, Vorpagel and Doyle.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Zamarripa, Sinicki, Ohnstad and Hesselbein.
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Swearingen, Tauchen, Jagler, Jacque, Knodl, Kleefisch, Gannon, Summerfield, Kulp, Vorpagel, Ohnstad, Hesselbein and Doyle.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Zamarripa and Sinicki.
ROB SWEARINGEN
Chairperson
Committee on State Affairs
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The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 81
Relating to: technical changes to the tax incremental financing statutes.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Macco, Katsma, Kerkman, Novak, Steffen, Jacque, Bernier, Petersen, C. Taylor, Riemer, Ohnstad and Doyle.
Noes: 0.
Senate Bill 51
Relating to: technical changes to the tax incremental financing statutes.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Macco, Katsma, Kerkman, Novak, Steffen, Jacque, Bernier, Petersen, C. Taylor, Riemer, Ohnstad and Doyle.
Noes: 0.
JOHN MACCO
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
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Communications
May 4, 2017
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
hist69647Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 176, relating to adopting a provision of the Internal Revenue Code related to the tax-free distribution from an individual retirement account to a qualified charitable organization. Sincerely,
MARY FELZKOWSKI
State Representative
35th Assembly District
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Adjournment
Representative Jagler moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, May 9.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
1:56 P.M.
