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Senate Bill 148
Relating to: legislative redistricting.
Representative Zamarripa moved that Senate Bill 148 be referred to the committee on Election and Campaign Reform.
The question was: Shall Senate Bill 148 be referred to the committee on Election and Campaign Reform?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Barca, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Clark, E. Coggs, D. Cullen, Danou, Doyle, Fields, Grigsby, Hebl, Hintz, Hulsey, Jorgensen, Kessler, Krusick, Mason, Milroy, Molepske Jr, Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Radcliffe, Richards, Ringhand, Roys, Seidel, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Toles, Turner, Vruwink, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick - 38.
Noes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Craig, Endsley, Farrow, Honadel, Jacque, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knilans, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Meyer, Mursau, Murtha, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer, Steineke, Stone, Strachota, Stroebel, Suder, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tiffany, Tranel, Van Roy, Vos, Weininger, Williams, Wynn, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Fitzgerald - 59.
Absent or not voting - Representative Nass - 1.
Motion failed.
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Representative Staskunas rose to the point of order that Senate Bill 148 is not properly before the Assembly because it violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the United States Constitution.
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Speaker Pro Tempore Kramer asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand informal. Granted.
The Assembly stood informal.
5:46 P.M.
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6:03 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Pro Tempore Kramer in the chair.
Speaker Pro Tempore Kramer ruled the point of order not well taken. The full text of the ruling by Speaker Pro Tempore Kramer follows:
"The actions of the legislature in enacting statutes are presumed to be constitutional unless found to be unconstitutional in a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction."
Representative Staskunas appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken.