Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Agriculture
Assembly Bill 105
Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells.
By Representatives Tauchen, Nerison, Tittl, Vorpagel, R. Brooks, Spiros, Jacque, Jarchow, Kremer and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Roth, Marklein, Wanggaard and Moulton.
March 01, 2017 Referred to Committee on Agriculture
March 15, 2017 Public Hearing Held
Present: (15) Representative Nerison; Representatives Novak, Tauchen, Ripp, Tranel, E. Brooks, Kitchens, VanderMeer, Mursau, Edming, Considine, Kessler, Spreitzer, Fields and Vruwink.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (1) Representative Horlacher.
Appearances For
· Sen. Scott Fitzgerald
· Rep. Gary Tauchen
· Jerry Knutson - Oasis Transportation
· Ellie Womeldorf
· John Manske - Cooperative Network
· Jim Holte - WI Farm Bureau
· Cindy Leitner - LDS Inc.
· Dr. John Borzillo - CWAS
· Zeb Zuehls - Wisconsin Corn Growers Association
· Nicole Barlass - Durty Lane Farm
· Bob Guenthner - Guenthner Potato CO.
· Tom Crave - Crave Brothers
· Andy Diercks - Coloma Farms
· Lucas Vebber - WMC
· John Holevoet - DBA
· Cody Heller - Heller Farm
· Tamas Houlihan - Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association
· Jim Emmert - WI Corn Growers Assn
· Brian Dake - WIB Agri-Business Coalition
· Tom Kwak - Chippewa Valley Bean
· Nick George - Midwest Food Products Assn
Appearances Against
· Anne Abbott - New Hope Township / Portage County
· Rhonda Carrell
· Bill Davis - Sierra Club
· Ellen Anderson
· Raymond Hansen - Central Sands Water Action Coalition
· Cecile Stelzer Johnson - Pesticide Action Network
· Mary J. Wright - Protect Wood County
· Nick Levendofsky - Wisconsin Famers Union
· Mike Kuhr - Wisconsin Trout Unlimited
· Marty Wilke
· Arno C. Wilke
· Judy Harris
· Debbie Hagedorn - Central Sands Water Action Coalition
· Dave Brethauer
· Sue Savage
· Janis Ringhand
· Bill Vance - Friends of the Central Sands
· Mark A. Anderson
· Donald D. Roberts
· Rick Georgeson
· Timm Rosenthal
· Bill Seybold
· Raj Shukla - River Alliance of Wisconsin
· Amber Meyer Smith - Clean Wisconsin
· Bruce Dimick - Protect Wood County and Its Neighbors
· Jeannie Endrizzi - Town of Rome
· Sen. Mark Miller - Wisconsin State Senate
· Rep. Cory Mason - Wisconsin State Assembly
· John Endrizzi
· Criste Greening - Citizen Water Coalition of Wisconsin
· Stephen Laedtke
· Carol Elvery - Central Sands Water Action Coalition
· William Lundy - Lawrence Lake Protection & Rehabilitation Dristict
· Tammy Wood
· George Louthain - CSWAC
· Maureen Matusewic - Madison
· Eric H. Jortness
· Andrea Loppnow
· Russ Brown
· Joel Burbach
Appearances for Information Only
· Adam Freihoefer - WI DNR
· Tim Gary - WI DNR
· George Kraft
Registrations For
· Brian Wyoscki - WPVGA
· Jonathan Accola - WABA
· Jeff Boyd
· Scott Polzin - North Central Irrigation
· Kim Bremmer
· Tim Trotter - Family
· John F, Ruzicka
· Jim Mortenson - Mortenson Brothers Farms
· Eric Novey - Mortenson Brothers Farms
· Cole Lubinski - Mortensen Brothers Farms
· Nate Kats - Mortenson Brothers Farms
· Ed Burns
· Nathan Brickl - Wisconsin Pork Association
· Johnathan Wyttenbach - Wisconsin Pork Association
· Rob Marchant - Wysocki Produce Co.
· Dianne Somers - Plover Rivers Farms Alliance
· Sharron Ruffals - Plainfield Trucking Inc.
· Gerald Patoka - Patoka Farms LLC
· Bill Guenthner
· Jolene Spurgeon
· Julie Braun
· Ed Stevens - Sterling Farms
· Kelsi Yager - Allied Cooperative
· Randy VanHaven - Allied CoOp
· Robert Wachsmuth - Doane, LTD
· Paul Milla - WPUGA
· Nick Somers - Plover River Farms, Inc.
· Dennis J. Zeloski - Wisconsin Muck Farmers Association, Inc.
· Paula Houlihan
· Gary Wyoscki - Wyocki Farms
· Jeffery J. F
· Diane Wysocki - Wysocki Produce Farms
· Lucas Wysocki
· Jacqueline C. Wille - WPVGA
· Elizabeth Wysocki - Wysocki Produce Farm
· Casey Kedrowski
· Tyler Reabe - Reabe Spraying Service
· Alicia Pavelski - Agriculture
· Eric Schroeder
· Jeremie Pavelsh - Agriculture
· Curtis Meister - REABE Spraying Service
· Clifford Gagas - Gagas Farms Inc
· Carole L. Gagas - Gagas Farms, Inc
· John Hopfensperger
· Gary Burton - Wysocki Produce Farm
· Ron Krueger
· Lacey Bula - Bryan Bula Farms
· Joseph Nord - Little Potato Company
· Barb Morgan - Morgan's Trees and Wreaths
· Mike Carter
· Lynda Bula - Gary bula Farms
· Alex Crockford
· Kaitlyn LePine - Heartland Farms, Inc.
· Lynn Dickman - Heartland Farms
· Andrew Wallendal
· Sally Suprise
· Dale O'Brien - Portage County
· Karen Rasmussen
· Randy T. Hallet - Hallet Dairy Farm, LLC
· Douglas R. Nelson - Little Potato Company
· Arthur Fredock
· Heather Price - Del Monte Foods
· Kristen Faucon - Growmark
· Mark Finnessy
· Douglas Cropp - WI Agriculture
· Denise Poindeyter - WABA
· Darrell Fencil
· Dale Nelson
· Nick Loudenbach
· Jim Notte - WABA
· Sarah Adamson - Dairy Business Milk Marketing Cooperative
· Guy Mathias - Wisconsin Agribusiness Association
· W.M.C. DeLong
· Wayne Nighorn - AGRES Consulting
· Jill Uhe
· Scott Firlas
· Marc Powell - Hanna AG LLC
· Elizabeth Kempel - Dairy Business Milk Marketing Cooperative
· Joey Kennicker - WABA
· Mike Christenson - Wisconsin Agribusiness Association
· Lauren Brey
· Ben Fredock - Bushman Associates
· David D. DeLong
· Robert Evans - Wisonsin Agribusiness Association
· Joseph Leedy - WABA
· Dennis Fredock - Bushman Associates
· Erik Huschitt - WI AG
· Tom Bressner - Wisonsin Agribusiness Association
· Thomas Hoffman - Provision Partners CoOp
· Dan TrzeBiatowski - TrzeBiatowski Pickle Farms
· Scott Hemerdinger
· Tom Lochner - WI State Cranberry Growers Association
· Cathy Schommer
· Fawn Gottschalk
· Ty Martin
· Gabriella Liddane
· Danielle Faber
· Nicole Hansen
· Stephen Brown
· Bill Page - Insight FS
· Robert N. Detlefsen
· Douglas Rifleman
· Ed Grygleski
· Chris Okray - Okray Family Farms
· Nathan Wolosek - Prairie Star Ranch, Inc.
· Jan Petnich
· Lance Wolosek - Prairie Star Ranch
· Ellyn Redeker - Sam's Well Drilling
· Jordan Lamb - Wisonsin Soybean Association
· Austin Arndt - Arndt Farms, Inc.
· Paula Wallendal
· Bryan Bower - McCain Foods
· Jim Vander Gallen - Sam's Well Drilling
· Mary LeMene
· Tom Liebe - Cooperative Network
· Kerry O. Larson - McCain foods
· Jake Redeker - Sam's Well Drilling
· Mark Jchinski - Oakgrove Farms
· Rick Hetzel - Oak Grove Farms
· Erin Longmire - Aggregate Producers of Wisconsin
· Douglas Foemmel - WPVGA
· Peter Janis - Farmers
· Chad Kraft - R.D. Offutt Co.
· Ryan Nowak - Wisconsin Farmers
· Zachary Pionek - Oak Grove Farms
· Rebekah Sweeney - Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association
· Cheryl Hetzel - Oak Grove Farms
· Bradley C. Kalpinll - Farm Bureau
· Paul Janis - Farmers
· Richard Dahlke - Allied CoOp
· Thomas M. Heyn - R.D. Offutt Company
· Robert Arndt - Arndt Farms, Inc.
· Diane Cole - Badgerland Financial
· David Arndt - Arndt Farms, Inc.
· Dave Armstrong - Green Stone Farm Credit Services
· Rod Hebrink - AgStar Financial Services
· Abraham Arndt - Arndt Farms, Inc.
· Mark Knisely - United Farm Credit Services
· Steve Dierck
· Patricia Diercks
· Bryant Gill - Pork Chop Ridge
· Louis Wysocki
· Aaron Stauffacher - Dairy Business Association
· Kirk Helbach
· Tammy Vaassen - Wisconsin Pork Association
Registrations Against
· Tim Obernik
· Robert Wright - Protect Wood County
· Michael Damm
· Michael Stapleton
· Bonita Moore
· Sally Younger
· Susan Schumacher
· Terry Moore
· Harry Pulliam - Sustain Wisconsin
· Eric Peterson
· Fred Reichart
· M Vance - Friends of Central Sands
· Patrick Rindfleisch - CSWAC
· Mona Cleve - The People Of Wisconsin
· Melodie Oray
· Tom Throll - Trout Unlimited
· Jack Connelly
· VJ Link
· Betty Grotophorst
· David Vogel
· Allison Werner
· Arlene Kanno
· Stele Thompson
· Allan B. Levin - Yaharo Lakes Association
· Jerenliah Cahill - Recreational Paddling Clubs
· Thomas Gebhart - Indivisible Madison
· Thistle Petterson - Madison Action for Alternatives
· Denise Brennecke
· Rachel Angel
· Matt Krueger
· Malia Elmeer
· David A. Huntley
· Linda Freitag
· Dylan Bartelt
· Zaxyz Kimmel
· Jeff Schultz
· Sen. Tim Carpenter - 3RD Senate District
· Zandra Morgan
· Susan Tupper
· Pat Reichart
· Barbra Gifford
· Jim Gifford - Friends of Little Plover River
· Nancy Leichtnam - Central Sands
· David Johnson
· Paul Field - Protect Wood County
· Pam Rockenback - Concerned Citizens of Rome
· Philip Rockenback - Concerned Citizens of Rome
· Michael Maleski
· Marla Maleski
· Gerald S
· Sonja Sorensen
· Joe Greening
· Nancy Oleson
· Michael V. Gagliano - Witters Lake Association
· Doreen Dimick - Protect Wood County
· Greg Oleson
· David W. Phillips - Madison Fly Fishing, Martini, and Cigar Club
· Paul Heinen - The Nature Conservancy
· Kathy Olson - Concerned Rome Citizens
· John Olson
· Paul Nuaton - Stratten Lake Property Owners Association and District
· Jane Natzk - Protect Wood County
· Jen Gregerich - Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters
· Monica Heeg - Protect Wood County
· Ruth Ann Swanson - Protect Wood County
· Susan Spahn
· Ronals Natzke
· Jerey H. Donahue - Protect Wood County
· Helen Donahue - Protect Wood County
· Rebecca Alwin
· Sarah Bewitz
· Ella K. Schwierske
· Ezra Meyer
· Genie Ogden
· Karen Craig
· Ken Pientka - White Lake Management District
· George Meyer - Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
· Mary Bratz - Constituents
· Dick Stephens - Constituents
· David Martin
· Bill Hayes
· Edie Ehrent - Crawford Stewardship Project
· Megan Wise - Crawford Stewardship Project
· John Witte
· James L. Allen
· Phyllis Allen - Central Sands
· Bill Leichtnam - Protect Wood County
· Lu Kummerow
· Jeff Spitzner-Resnick - Goose Lake Watershed District
· Eric Edwards - Adams County Lake Alliance
· Susan Wurzer - Friends of Tomorrow Waupaca River
· Phil Fransen
· Steve Books
· Tanja Birke
· Michael Engleson - Wisconsin Lakes
· Wally Graeber
· Amy Crofts
· Alicia Leinberger - Watershed Working Group
· Katie Hein
· Mary Jo Walters
· Mauken Freberg - Grandmas
· Chaz Self - Farming
· Bruce Noble
· Patricia Hammel - Self and Public Trust
Registrations for Information Only
· Brian Vigue - Wisconsin Wildlife Association
· Paul Kent - Wisconsin Realtors Association
March 22, 2018 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Sandra Smith-Loomans
Committee Clerk
