One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session1:54 P.M. TUESDAY, February 15, 2022
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the chair.
Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
Speaker Vos in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Rozar.
Representative Katsma led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Allen, Anderson, Andraca, August, Baldeh, Behnke, Billings, Born, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Brostoff, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dallman, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Goyke, Gundrum, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, Horlacher, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Ortiz-Velez, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pope, Pronschinske, Ramthun, Riemer, J. Rodriguez, Rozar, Schraa, Shelton, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snodgrass, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Steineke, Stubbs, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vining, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 94.
Absent with leave - Representatives Armstrong, Penterman, S. Rodriguez, Sanfelippo and Shankland - 5.
Vacancies - None.
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Leaves of Absence
Representative Vorpagel asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Armstrong, Penterman and Sanfelippo. Granted.
Representative Spreitzer asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives S. Rodriguez and Shankland. Granted.
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Amendments Offered
hist151327Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 to Assembly Joint Resolution 112 offered by Representative Wittke. hist151223Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 320 offered by Representative Horlacher. hist151242Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 839 offered by Representative Wichgers. hist151172Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 874 offered by Representative Loudenbeck. hist151326Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 to Senate Joint Resolution 84 offered by Representative Wittke. hist151171Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 519 offered by Representative Dittrich. _____________
Administrative Rules
Relating to application requirements for credentials.
Submitted by Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board.
hist149529Report received from Agency, February 1, 2022. Referred on February 15, 2022.
Relating to supervision of physical therapist assistants.
Submitted by Physical Therapy Examining Board.
hist149528Report received from Agency, February 1, 2022. Referred on February 15, 2022.
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Introduction and Reference of Proposals
Read first time and referred:
Relating to: honoring Governor Tommy G. Thompson for his achievements and extraordinary service to the state and people of Wisconsin.
By Representatives Vos and Steineke.
Relating to: withdrawing authorization of Wisconsin State Assembly partisan election review efforts.
By Representatives Hintz, Spreitzer, Subeck, Emerson, Shelton, Anderson, Ohnstad, Haywood, Riemer, Doyle, Brostoff, S. Rodriguez, Goyke, Hong, Snodgrass, Billings, Andraca, Pope, Hesselbein, Considine, Conley, Ortiz-Velez, L. Myers, Vining, Neubauer, B. Meyers, Sinicki, Shankland, Cabrera, Hebl and Baldeh.
hist151290To committee on Campaigns and Elections. Relating to: honoring the life and accomplishments of Colin Luther Powell.
By Representatives Bowen, Riemer, Conley, Considine, Drake, Hebl, Milroy, Novak, Shelton, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining, Vruwink, Sinicki and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Cowles, Johnson and Ringhand.
Relating to: peer recovery specialists.
By Representatives Zimmerman, Armstrong, Dittrich, Duchow, James and Plumer; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Ballweg and Bewley.
hist151262To committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention. Relating to: gender transition procedures.
By Representatives Allen, Wichgers, Knodl, Gundrum, Skowronski, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Murphy, Penterman, Schraa and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Bernier and Stroebel.
Relating to: scholarships for sibling connections and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Subeck, Vining, Andraca, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Hong, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Roys and L. Taylor.
Relating to: right to try off-label therapies.
By Representatives Ramthun and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Jacque.
Relating to: requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to establish collaborative engineering programs involving the University of Wisconsin-Stout and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
By Representatives Snyder, Spiros, Edming and Callahan; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski and Felzkowski.
hist151266To committee on Colleges and Universities. Relating to: dissolving the Elections Commission and requiring the secretary of state to administer elections.
By Representatives Ramthun and Thiesfeldt.
hist151267To committee on Campaigns and Elections.
