Update: 3:43 p.m.
The Assembly has passed the coronavirus response bill discussed today in remote virtual session. The State Senate will take up the bill.
The Senate is set to take up the bill Wednesday.
Original story
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – About two-thirds of the Wisconsin Assembly’s 99 members are participating remotely in a virtual session to vote on a coronavirus response bill.
Tuesday’s session is taking place in the Assembly chamber as usual. But due to fears over spreading the virus, many representatives are attending via videoconference.
The session got off to a slow start as the chief clerk tried to call the roll.
The Senate is holding a similar session Wednesday to send the bill to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
As of Tuesday, the coronavirus had killed 170 people in Wisconsin and infected more than 3,500.