AB284

AB284 AB284
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Assembly Bill 284
Relating to: employment discrimination because of temporary absence from work while responding to an emergency call as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first responder, or ambulance driver.
By Representatives Ainsworth, Balow, Berceau, Freese, Gunderson, Lassa, Miller, Musser, Petrowski, Rhoades, Ryba, Sherman, Starzyk, Sykora, Turner and Wade; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Decker, Harsdorf and Roessler.

April 3, 2001 Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.

January 16, 2002 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (9) Representatives Hundertmark, Vrakas, J. Fitzgerald, McCormick, Nass, Stone, Turner, Meyerhofer and Lassa.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· Rep. Ainsworth - Author
· David Bloom - WI State Fire Chiefs Association

· Scott Hamilton - Gillett City Volunteer Fire Department

Appearances against
· Ed Huck - WI Alliance of Cities

· John Metcalf - WMC

Appearances for Information Only

· LeAnna Ware - DWD Equal Rights Division

Registrations for
· Forrest Ceel - IBEW 2150
· Jason Westphal - State Bar of WI
· Forbes McIntosh - WI EMS Association
· Jim O'Keefe - City of Madison
· John Exner - Midwest Food Processors Association

· Bill Smith - NFIB

Registrations against

· None.

March 14, 2002 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Jason Rostan
Committee Clerk