2025-05-13 Assembly Journal

Special Guest

Representative Snyder introduced Hometown Hero Award recipient Lieutenant Nao Shoua Xiong, recognized for his efforts in Wausau and Laos to ensure the Hmong culture and storied history endures for generations to come. Lieutenant Xiong addressed the members from the rostrum.

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Amendments Offered

hist203777 Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 226 offered by Representative Moses.

hist203791 Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 231 offered by Representative Armstrong.

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Communications

The Chief Clerk received the following coauthor and cosponsor requests on May 13, 2025:

hist203808 Representatives Stroud, Clancy and Madison added as coauthors of Assembly Bill 11, relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

hist203812 Representative Miresse added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 12, relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts.

hist203819 Representative Clancy added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 23, relating to: establishment of a Palliative Care Council.

hist204022 Representative Stroud added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 36, relating to: law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer.

hist203811 Representatives Emerson and Moore Omokunde added as coauthors 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.

hist203786 Representative McCarville 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.

hist203810 Representative Joers added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 159, relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program.

hist203787 Representative McCarville added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 176, relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program.

hist203788 Representative McCarville added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 196, relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System.

hist203789 Representative McCarville added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 208, relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion.

hist203793 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of 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.

hist203794 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 224, relating to: the form of referendum questions.

hist203796 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 246, relating to: cost-sharing caps on prescription drugs and medical supplies to treat asthma under health insurance policies and plans.

hist203790 Representatives McCarville, Miresse, Goeben and Knodl added as coauthors and Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 257, relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.

hist203795 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 33, Relating to: declaration of the Economic Justice Bill of Rights.

hist203815 Representative Miresse added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 35, Relating to: proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend.

hist203816 Representative Miresse added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 40, Relating to: celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people.

hist203799 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 45, Relating to: congratulating the Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.

hist203800 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 46, Relating to: congratulating the Wauwatosa East Girls Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.

hist203798 Representative Haywood added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 50, Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday.

hist203801 Representatives Haywood and Miresse added as coauthors of Assembly Joint Resolution 51, Relating to: designating May 2025 and May 2026 as Food Allergy Awareness Months.

hist203814 Representatives Miresse and Subeck added as coauthors of Assembly Joint Resolution 55, Relating to: designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

hist203809 Representatives Stroud, Clancy and Madison added as cosponsors of Senate Bill 14, relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

hist203813 Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 31, relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts.

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Calendar of Tuesday, May 13

hist203827 Representative August asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 39 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

Assembly Joint Resolution 39

Relating to: recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.

hist203829 The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 39 be adopted?

Motion carried.

hist203830 Representative August asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 39 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

hist203831 Representative August asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 40 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

Assembly Joint Resolution 40

Relating to: celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people.

hist203832 The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 40 be adopted?

Motion carried.

hist203833 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 40 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

hist203834 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 48 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

Assembly Joint Resolution 48

Relating to: commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War.

hist203835 The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 48 be adopted?

Motion carried.

hist203943 Representative Stubbs asked unanimous consent to be added as a coauthor of Assembly Joint Resolution 48. Granted.

hist203836 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 48 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

hist203837 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 45 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

Assembly Joint Resolution 45

Relating to: congratulating the Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.

hist203838 The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 45 be adopted?

Motion carried.

hist203839 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 45 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

hist203840 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 46 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

Assembly Joint Resolution 46

Relating to: congratulating the Wauwatosa East Girls Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.

hist203842 The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 46 be adopted?

Motion carried.

hist203843 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 46 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

hist203844 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that Assembly Joint Resolution 49 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

Assembly Joint Resolution 49

Relating to: congratulating the Milwaukee Rufus King Cheer and Stunt Team on their double state championship win in 2025.

hist203845 The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution 49 be adopted?

Motion carried.

hist203846 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 49 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

Speaker Pro Tempore Petersen in the chair.

hist203847 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that Senate Bill 4 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

hist203848 Senate Bill 4

Relating to: agreements for direct primary care.

hist203849 The question was: Shall Senate Bill 4 be ordered to a third reading?

Motion carried.

hist203850 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 4 be given a third reading. Granted.

hist203858 The question was: Senate Bill 4 having been read three times, shall the bill be concurred in?

Motion carried.

hist203852 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 4 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.

Assembly Bill 8

Relating to: agreements for direct primary care.

hist203853 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 8 be laid on the table. Granted.

hist203854 Representative Krug asked unanimous consent that Senate Bill 14 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.

hist203855 Senate Bill 14

Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

hist203856 The question was: Shall Senate Bill 14 be ordered to a third reading?