Senate

Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

For the Public Hearing on 10/22/2015 10:01 AM

Senate Bill 323

Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate.

By Senators Cowles, Darling, Lasee, Lassa, Olsen, Petrowski and Shilling; cosponsored by Representatives Murtha, A. Ott, Ballweg, Berceau, Billings, Brandtjen, Edming, Genrich, Heaton, Jacque, Kleefisch, Knodl, Knudson, Kulp, Johnson, T. Larson, Macco, Mason, Murphy, Nerison, Novak, Petryk, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck, Tittl, Tranel and VanderMeer.

October 14, 2015        Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Present:       (5)        Senator Wanggaard; Senators Vukmir, Lasee, Risser and L. Taylor.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (0)        None.

Appearances For

·      Senator Rob Cowles

·      Attorney General Brad Schimel

·      District Attorney Ismael Ozanne - Dane County

·      Deputy District Attorney Tom Fallon - Dane County

·      Erin Perkins - Milwaukee Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

·      Ian Henderson - Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault

·      Dawn Helmrich

Appearances Against

·      None.

Appearances for Information Only

·      None.

Registrations For

·      Representative John Murtha

·      Travis Tranel

·      Representative Dave Heaton

·      Jordan Lamb - Association of State Prosecutors

·      Senator Alberta Darling

·      Andrew Hanus - Aurora Healthcare

·      Alice O'Connor - Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association

·      Tony Gibart - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin

·      Jennifer Lewis

Registrations Against

·      None.

Registrations for Information Only

·      None.

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Valirie Maxim

Committee Clerk