AB526

AB526 AB526
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Family Law

Assembly Bill 526
Relating to: a uniform adoption act, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing penalties.
By Representative Cullen; cosponsored by Senator Huelsman.

October 12, 1999 Referred to committee on Family Law.

January 6, 2000 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (9) Representatives Owens, Ladwig, Huebsch, Pettis, Montgomery, Staskunas, Berceau, Krusick and J. Lehman.
Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· Representative David Cullen, 13th Assembly District, (author)
· John McCabe, Uniform Commission on State Laws, Chicago, IL
· Mary Williamson, Milwaukee
· Mary Weidling, ICARE's WI Adoptee/Birth Family Registry, Mauston

Appearances against
· Representative David Ward, 37th Assembly District
· Susan Dreyfus, WI Dept. of Health & Family Services
· Cathy Swessel, Children's Service Society of WI and WI Association of Family & Children's Agencies, West Allis
· Kay Kitzman, Appleton
· Sandra Lott, Action Counseling, Madison

Appearances for Information Only
· Carolyn Cole, Madison
· Doug Henderson, Stevens Point
· Carolyn Seierstad, Janesville
· Attorney Gretchen Viney, State Bar of Wisconsin
· Ray Sobocinski, Staff to Senator Huelsman, Madison

Registrations for
· Sharyn Streicher, DeForest
· Lisa Schobert, Amherst

Registrations against
· Bob Andersen, WI Council on Children & Families, Madison
· Sara Blahauvietz, Madison
· Adam Korbitz, Lutheran Social Services of WI, Madison
· Joan Tatarsky, Milwaukee
· S. Kent Steffke, Milwaukee

March 30, 2000 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.




Jacqueline Zibrowski
Committee Clerk