Senate

Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Senate Bill 316

Relating to: the treatment of a pregnant or postpartum person in prison and county jail.

By Senators L. Taylor, Wanggaard, Risser, Johnson, Erpenbach, Larson, Ringhand, Kooyenga, Miller, Smith, Carpenter and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Crowley, Sargent, Anderson, Billings, Brostoff, Goyke, Zamarripa, Spreitzer, Pope, Ohnstad, Emerson, Stubbs, Hintz, L. Myers, Haywood, Vining, C. Taylor, Skowronski, Sinicki, Shankland, Neubauer, Kulp, Kolste, Hesselbein, Gruszynski, Considine, Cabrera, Bowen, Tusler, Doyle and Fields.

July 10, 2019               Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

August 14, 2019         Public Hearing Held

Present:       (5)        Senator Wanggaard; Senators Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (0)        None.

Appearances For

·      Senator Lena Taylor

·      Katherine Meine - American College of Nurse Midwives

·      Dr. Kathy Hartke - WI American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

·      Dr Emily Buttigieg

·      Zachary Dunton

Appearances Against

·      None.

Appearances for Information Only

·      None.

Registrations For

·      Mary Moore - Midwives

·      Tamaran Thomspon

·      Raquel Shoemaker

·      Representative Lisa Subeck

·      Marc Herstand - National Association of Social Workers

·      H.J. Waukau - Wisconsin Medical Society

·      Marshall Kofhrade - American College of Nurse Midwives

·      Ian Henderson - Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault

·      Gil Halsted

·      Danielle Walsh - Divinity Birth Services

·      Ingrid Anderson - Community Midwives, LLC

·      Ingrid Anderson - P.O.W.E.R.S.

·      Tehmina Islam - Access Midwifery

·      Barbara Sella - WI Catholic Conference

·      Miranda Welch

·      Linda Bentz

·      Viola Kluck

·      Hannah Bernard-Donals

·      Paulina de Haan - WI Dept. of Corrections

·      Andrew Hanus - Aurora Health Care

·      Renee Sullerder

·      Cecely Castillo - Wisconsin Alliance of Womens Health

·      Margaret Rynkiewicz

Registrations Against

·      None.

Registrations for Information Only

·      Caty McDermott - Badger State Sheriffs Association

·      Caty McDermott - Wisconsin Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Association

September 25, 2019    Executive Session Held

Present:       (5)        Senator Wanggaard; Senators Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (0)        None.

March 26, 2020           Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Valirie Maxim

Committee Clerk