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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Highway Safety
Relating to: operating a motor vehicle while using a cellular or other mobile telephone and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Staskunas, Gard, Walker, Carpenter, Ainsworth, Ladwig, J. Lehman, Sykora, Plouff, Albers, Colon and Boyle; cosponsored by Senators Baumgart, Burke, Darling and Rosenzweig.
March 15, 2001 Referred to Committee on Highway Safety.
August 22, 2001 PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (5) Representatives Petrowski, Bies, Musser, Ryba and Sherman.
Absent: (3) Representatives Ainsworth, Urban and Young.
· Rep. Gary Sherman, 74th Assembly District (On behalf of Rep. Tony Staskunas, 15th Assembly District)
· Dan Leary, Voice Stream Wireless
· Donald Wene, West Allis, Wisconsin
· Al Lippert, Wausau, Wisconsin
· Larry Putzstuck, Century Tel
· Chris LaRowe, Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association
· Dennis Saager, Wausau Police Department
· Daniel Vergin, Everest Metropolitan Police Department
· Timothy Carnahan, WisDOT
· Harlan Reinders, Marathon County Sheriff
· Georgene Wene, West Allis, Wisconsin
· Bill Broydrick, Cingular Wireless
August 27, 2001
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (6) Representatives Petrowski, Bies, Ainsworth, Musser, Ryba and Sherman.
Absent: (2) Representatives Urban and Young.
· Rep. Tony Staskunas, 15th Assembly District
· Donald Wene, West Allis
· Leigh Siegmund, Kewaunee School District
· Nick Scorcio, WisDOT/State Patrol
· Casey Perry, Wisconsin Troopers Association
· Betty DeBaere, Appleton
· Sue Weber-Macco, Menasha
· Norbert DeBaere, Appleton
· Eileen Schmid, Crivitz
· Georgene Wene, West Allis
· Jason Schramm, Crivitz
· Donalynn Schramm, Crivitz
· Larry Putzstuck, Century Tel
· Christopher LaRowe, Wis. State Telecommunications Assn.
· Bob Schulze, Airadigm Communications
August 29, 2001
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (7) Representatives Petrowski, Bies, Musser, Urban, Young, Ryba and Sherman.
Absent: (1) Representative Ainsworth.
· Rep. Tony Staskunas, 15th Assembly District
· Don Wene, West Allis
· Amber Wene, West Allis
· Dan Leary, Voice Stream
· Michael Stern, Nextel Communications
· Lois Reed, Cingular Wireless
· Robert Bereiter, WisDOT/State Patrol
· Evan Weisfeldt, West Allis
· Marc Wene, New Berlin
· Georgene Wene, New Berlin
· Chet Gerlach, Sprint
· Christopher LaRowe, Wisconsin State Telecommunications Assoc.
· Glenna Nathans, TeleCorp PCS
March 14, 2002
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Kathy Marschman
Committee Clerk