AB805

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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Public Health
Assembly Bill 805
Relating to: investigations to determine compliance with certain prohibitions against selling or giving cigarettes and tobacco products to minors, requiring retailers to provide training to their employees on compliance with those prohibitions, authorizing counties and municipalities to enact ordinances prohibiting minors from purchasing or possessing cigarettes and tobacco products, requiring certain information to be included on an application for a license to sell, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell, exchange, barter, dispose of, or give cigarettes or tobacco products to a person, and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures.
By Representatives Lippert, Urban, Suder, Shilling, Jeskewitz, Albers, Hundertmark, Hines, McCormick, Ryba, Vrakas, Wasserman, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Walker, Ott, Staskunas, Berceau, Miller, Turner, Underheim, La Fave and J. Lehman; cosponsored by Senators Robson, Roessler, Cowles and Darling.

February 12, 2002 Referred to Committee on Public Health.

February 20, 2002 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (10) Representatives Urban, Lippert, Freese, Johnsrud, McCormick, Hines, Carpenter, Wasserman, Schneider and J. Lehman.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· Rep. Mary Ann Lippert, author
· Randy Spangle, Ashland Area Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, Inc.
· Gary Nelson, DHFS
· Gary Radloff, DHFS

· Gary Johnson, self

Appearances against
· Joseph Cismoski, Winnebago Country Tobacco Free Coalition
· Jean Mac Cubbin, City of Madison Alderperson
· John Hausbeck, City of Madison

· Ira Sharenow, self

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for
· Sarah Diedrick Kasdorf, WI Counties Assoc.
· Ed Huck, WI Alliance of Cities
· Michelle Kussow, WI Grocers Assoc
· Sarah Decorah, WI Assoc of Convenience Stores
· Senator Judy Robson, co-author

· Sue larson, Lutheran Office for Public Policy

Registrations against

· None.

February 20, 2002 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (10) Representatives Urban, Lippert, Freese, Johnsrud, McCormick, Hines, Carpenter, Wasserman, Schneider and J. Lehman.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Lippert, seconded by Representative Freese, that Assembly Bill 805

be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (6) Representatives Urban, Lippert, Freese, McCormick, Hines and J. Lehman.
Noes: (3) Representatives Carpenter, Wasserman and Schneider.

Absent: (1) Representative Johnsrud.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 6, Noes 3, Absent 1

Committee Clerk