Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources
Senate Bill 488
Relating to: representations concerning cheese.
By Senators Clausing, A. Lasee, Decker, Burke, Zien and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Gronemus, Hahn, Plouff, Musser, Hasenohrl, Bock, Goetsch, Black, Baumgart and L. Young.
March 4, 1998 Referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
March 4, 1998
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (4) Senators Clausing, Wirch, A. Lasee and Zien.
Absent: (0) None.
· Senator Alice Clausing, 10th Senate District
· Bob Denman, WI Farmers Union, Chippewa Falls
· Mark A. Kastel, American Raw Milk Producers & Family Farm Defenders, LaFarge
· Darin Von Ruden, Westby
· Will Beitlich, Stoddard
· None.
· Terri Wenger, WI Department of Agriculture, Trade, & Consumer Protection
· Paul Zimmerman, WI Farm Bureau, Madison
· Bill Wenzel, WI Rural Development Center, Mount Horeb
· John Umhoefer, WI Cheesemakers, Madison
· Brad Legreid, WI Dairy Products Association, Middleton
· None.
March 4, 1998
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Present: (4) Senators Clausing, Wirch, A. Lasee and Zien.
Absent: (0) None.
Moved by Senator A. Lasee, seconded by Senator Wirch, that
Senate Substitute Amendment 1
be recommended for introduction and adoption.
Ayes: (4) Senator Clausing, Wirch, A. Lasee and Zien.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.
INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 4, Noes 0, Absent 0
Moved by Senator Wirch, seconded by Senator Zien, that
Senate Bill 488
be recommended for passage as amended.
Ayes: (4) Senators Clausing, Wirch, A. Lasee and Zien.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.
PASSAGE AS AMENDED RECOMMENDED, Ayes 4, Noes 0, Absent 0
Randy Romanski
Committee Clerk