Assembly

Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Judiciary

Senate Bill 321

Relating to: increasing the number of circuit court branches.

By Senators Adelman, Fitzgerald, Rude, Breske, Roessler, Burke, Huelsman, Grobschmidt and Farrow; cosponsored by Representatives Huebsch, Ourada, Dobyns, Foti, Ward, L. Young, La Fave, Owens, Wood, Walker, Staskunas, Notestein, Gronemus, Meyer, Huber, Nass, Olsen, R. Potter and Wasserman.

February 4, 1998 Referred to committee on Judiciary.

February 17, 1998 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (9) Representatives Green, Grothman, Freese, Vrakas, Kelso, Huber, Notestein, Hubler and Cullen.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for

· Representative Mike Huebsch, 94th District

· Judge John Perlich, LaCrosse

· Steve Steadman, La Crosse County

· J. Denis Moran, Director of State Courts

· Representative David Ward, 37th District

· Ken Schopen, Jefferson County

· Chief Judge Pat Sheedy, Milwaukee, WI

· Judge Michael Skwierawski, Milwaukee, WI

· Judge Jim Seidel, 9th Judicial District

· Chief Judge Earl W. Schmidt, 9th Judicial Adm. Dist.

· Steve Sorenson, Esq., State Bar of WI

· Peter L. Grimm, Fond du Lac Judges & County

Appearances against

· Kathryn Kuhn, Milwaukee, WI

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for

· Representative Tom Ourada, 35th District

· Representative John Dobyns, 52nd District

· Representative Mark Meyer, 95th District

· Senator Alberta Darling, 8th District

· Kelly Kennedy, DOJ

· Senator Brian Burke, 3rd District

Registrations against

· None.

March 3, 1998 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (9) Representatives Green, Grothman, Freese, Vrakas, Kelso, Huber, Notestein, Hubler and Cullen.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Freese, seconded by Representative Grothman, that Senate Bill 321

be recommended for nonconcurrence.

Ayes: (2) Representatives Grothman and Freese.

Noes: (7) Representatives Green, Vrakas, Kelso, Huber, Notestein, Hubler and Cullen.

Absent: (0) None.

NONCONCURRENCE NOT RECOMMENDED, Ayes 2, Noes 7, Absent 0

Moved by Representative Hubler, seconded by Representative Huber, that Senate Bill 321

be recommended for concurrence.

Ayes: (7) Representatives Green, Vrakas, Kelso, Huber, Notestein, Hubler and Cullen.

Noes: (2) Representatives Freese and Grothman.

Absent: (0) None.

CONCURRENCE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 7, Noes 2, Absent 0

Julie Conley

Committee Clerk