2025-04-23 Assembly Journal

hist202761 To committee on Housing and Real Estate.

hist202146 Assembly Bill 217

Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds.

By Representatives O'Connor, Brooks, Armstrong, Novak, Donovan, Kitchens, Franklin, VanderMeer, B. Jacobson, Gundrum, Knodl, Mursau, Dittrich, and Melotik; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk.

hist202762 To committee on Local Government.

hist202149 Assembly Bill 218

Relating to: limitations on ownership of real property in this state by foreign persons.

By Representatives Moses, Callahan, Gundrum, O'Connor, Allen, Tucker, Maxey, Armstrong, B. Jacobson, Kreibich, Franklin, Mursau, Murphy, Dittrich, Palmeri, Sortwell, Steffen, Melotik, and Brill; cosponsored by Senators Stafsholt, Quinn, Bradley, Wanggaard, Nass, and Pfaff.

hist202763 To committee on Agriculture.

hist202166 Assembly Bill 219

Relating to: a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization.

By Representatives Novak, Tranel, Armstrong, Donovan, Franklin, Gundrum, Melotik, Mursau, Pronschinske, Swearingen, and Gustafson; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Feyen, and Tomczyk.

hist202764 To committee on Transportation.

hist202196 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.

By Representatives Phelps, Neubauer, Arney, Clancy, Cruz, Rivera-Wagner, Snodgrass, Stroud, Udell, Anderson, Bare, Billings, Brown, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Sinicki, Subeck, and Tenorio; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Ratcliff, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, and Smith.

hist202765 To committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment.

hist202221 Assembly Bill 221

Relating to: all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles with out-of-state registrations.

By Representatives Mursau, Dittrich, Duchow, Gustafson, O'Connor, and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Dassler-Alfheim, Pfaff, and Testin.

hist202767 To committee on Transportation.

hist202240 Assembly Bill 222

Relating to: a sustainable aviation fuel production tax credit.

By Representatives Steffen, Armstrong, Anderson, Green, B. Jacobson, Kreibich, Miresse, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Roe, and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Testin, Pfaff, Spreitzer, and Tomczyk.

hist202768 To committee on Transportation.

hist202241 Assembly Bill 223

Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.

By Representatives Piwowarczyk, B. Jacobson, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Rodriguez, Spiros, Steffen, and Tucker; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Marklein, Quinn, and Tomczyk.

hist202769 To committee on Campaigns and Elections.

hist202344 Assembly Bill 224

Relating to: the form of referendum questions.

By Representatives Andraca, Snodgrass, Joers, DeSmidt, Rivera-Wagner, Brown, Sheehan, Roe, Fitzgerald, Clancy, Prado, Subeck, Sinicki, Madison, Tenorio, Vining, Ortiz-Velez, Mayadev, Johnson, Miresse, and Palmeri; cosponsored by Senators Habush Sinykin, Wall, Roys, Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Drake, and Spreitzer.

hist202770 To committee on Campaigns and Elections.

hist202375 Assembly Bill 225

Relating to: determination of where a defendant resides or does substantial business for purposes of venue.

By Representatives Duchow, Allen, Brooks, Kreibich, Maxey, and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Marklein, and Quinn.

hist202771 To committee on Insurance.

hist202451 Assembly Bill 226

Relating to: prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals.

By Representatives Moses, Callahan, O'Connor, Melotik, Behnke, Knodl, Wichgers, Allen, Mursau, and Goeben; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara.

hist202772 To committee on Education.

hist202538 Assembly Bill 227

Relating to: inducements to sign or refrain from signing nomination papers, recall petitions, and certain other petitions.

By Representatives Snodgrass, Rivera-Wagner, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Hong, J. Jacobson, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Roe, Spaude, Stroud, Udell, and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, and Ratcliff.

hist202773 To committee on Campaigns and Elections.

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Committee Reports

The committee on State Affairs reports and recommends:

Assembly Bill 58

Relating to: flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

hist202784 Passage:

Ayes: 5 - Representatives Swearingen, Green, Wittke, Moses, and Piwowarczyk.

Noes: 1 - Representative Sinicki.

hist202785 To committee on Rules.

Assembly Bill 161

Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

hist202786 Passage:

Ayes: 5 - Representatives Swearingen, Green, Wittke, Moses, and Piwowarczyk.

Noes: 1 - Representative Sinicki.

hist202787 To committee on Rules.

ROB SWEARINGEN

Chairperson

Committee on State Affairs

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Enrolled Joint Resolution

The following Assembly proposal, which has been approved by both the Assembly and Senate, has been enrolled by the Legislative Reference Bureau:

hist202742 Assembly Joint Resolution 17

EDWARD A. BLAZEL

Assembly Chief Clerk

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Communications

The Chief Clerk received the following coauthor and cosponsor requests on April 22, 2025:

hist202670 Representative Neubauer 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.

hist202671 Representative Arney added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 176, relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program.

hist202672 Representative Andraca added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 197, relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program.

hist202673 Representative Andraca added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 198, relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program.

hist202674 Representative Andraca added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 199, relating to: reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program.

hist202675 Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 202, relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases.

hist202676 Representative Green added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 8, relating to: restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration).

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The Chief Clerk received the following coauthor and cosponsor requests on April 23, 2025:

hist202740 Representative Joers added as a coauthor 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.

hist202666 Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor 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.

hist202712 Representative Emerson added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 145, relating to: passing legislation to reduce carbon emissions.

hist202705 Representative Doyle added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 201, relating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.

hist202730 Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 20, Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week.

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April 23, 2025

Edward A. Blazel