The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Snyder in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Amendments Offered
hist140576Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 67 offered by Representative Steffen. hist140583Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 87 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt. _____________
Introduction and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: qualified bidders on state projects.
By Representatives J. Rodriguez, Callahan, Dallman, Edming, Horlacher, Katsma, Knodl, Rozar, Vorpagel, Wittke, Schraa, Thiesfeldt, Allen and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Cowles, Feyen and Jagler.
Relating to: fees imposed on merchants in connection with credit card transactions and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Vorpagel, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dallman, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kitchens, Knodl, Moses, Neylon, Novak, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rozar, Sinicki, Schraa, Sortwell, Spiros, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, VanderMeer and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Wanggaard, Bradley, Felzkowski, Jagler, Pfaff, Roys, Stroebel and Testin.
Relating to: allowing persons to charge fees for the use of electric vehicle charging stations and the installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations by the Department of Transportation or a political subdivision.
By Representatives VanderMeer, Neylon, Armstrong, Born, Brandtjen, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petryk, Spiros, Tauchen and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Roth, Kooyenga, Bernier and Pfaff.
Relating to: prohibiting social media Internet site censorship of journalistic enterprises.
By Representatives Sortwell, Cabral-Guevara, Allen, Brandtjen, Edming, Horlacher, Knodl and Kuglitsch; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Stroebel, Felzkowski, Nass and Darling.
hist140568To committee on Constitution and Ethics. Relating to: prohibiting state agency employees, state elected officials, federal government agency employees, and certain state individuals holding a national office from influencing social media Internet sites to censor users and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Sortwell, Cabral-Guevara, Brandtjen, Edming, Horlacher, Knodl and Kuglitsch; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Stroebel, Felzkowski, Nass and Darling.
hist140569To committee on Government Accountability and Oversight. Relating to: creating a civil cause of action against the owner or operator of a social media Internet site that restricts religious or political speech.
By Representatives Sortwell, Cabral-Guevara, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Edming, Horlacher, Knodl and Kuglitsch; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Stroebel, Felzkowski and Darling.
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Communications
September 28, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following reports to the 2021-22 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council, as well as activities of the committee:
JLCR 2021-01 Study Committee on Public Disclosure and Oversight of Child Abuse and Neglect Incidents (2021 Assembly Bill 423 and 2021 Senate Bill 416; 2021 Assembly Bill 424 and 2021 Senate Bill 417; and 2021 Assembly Bill 425 and 2021 Senate Bill 418).
JLCR 2021-02 Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations (2021 Assembly Bill 426 and 2021 Senate Bill 419; 2021 Assembly Bill 427 and 2021 Senate Bill 420; and 2021 Assembly Bill 428 and 2021 Senate Bill 421). Please include this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of these reports are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lc. Sincerely,
ANNE SAPPENFIELD
Director
Wisconsin Legislative Council
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September 30, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist140585Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 339, relating to designating STH 21 as a Purple Heart Memorial Highway. hist140586Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 345, relating to designating STH 21 as a Purple Heart Memorial Highway. hist140587Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 565, relating to vendors at state correctional institutions. hist140588Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Resolution 21, relating to proclaiming September 2021 as Workforce Development Month in Wisconsin. Sincerely,
KATRINA SHANKLAND
State Representative
71st Assembly District
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September 30, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist140589Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 348, relating to raising the legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of cigarettes and nicotine and tobacco products, providing a legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of vapor products, and providing a penalty. Sincerely,
PATRICK SNYDER
State Representative
85th Assembly District
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September 30, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist140600Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 314, relating to promoting the export of Wisconsin's agricultural and agribusiness products. hist140601Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 325, relating to promoting the export of Wisconsin's agricultural and agribusiness products. Sincerely,
CLINT MOSES
State Representative
