Rep. Joe Parisi, D-Madison, said he and the Rev. Jesse Jackson were denied entrance to the Capitol at both the King Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard entrances.

"We were told the building is closed to everyone right now," Parisi told large crowd outside the King Street entrance around 10 a.m. "I'd like to be let in so I can at least vote on this bill."

Police opened two Capitol entrances about an hour later with weapons screening.

Richard Retzlaff, 34, of Cambridge, said police told him the threat of weapons was why he and about 20 people other people had to leave the Capitol. None of the thousands of people who streamed into the Capitol Wednesday night after the Senate passed an amended version of the bill was screened.

"I just didn't resist. They picked me up," he said, adding he then walked out of the area. "I didn't want to get arrested. That's not going to help."

"The police have been really nice," Retzlaff added.

Cuffing shut doors

State Trooper Jeffrey Hoffman said law enforcement had placed "flex cuffs" on the inside doorknobs of one door on the Hamilton Street entrance, where a wooden panel of the door was kicked in earlier in the day.