Senate

Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs

Assembly Bill 342

Relating to: rights of victims of crime, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.

By Representatives Krug, Green, Rutkowski, Duff, R. Potter, Schneider, Brandemuehl, Baumgart, Dobyns, Black, Freese, Boyle, Hahn, Carpenter, Harsdorf, Coggs, Seratti, Hanson, Sykora, Hasenohrl, Underheim, Ryba, Walker, Springer, Travis, Huebsch, Turner, Vander Loop, Hutchison, Wasserman, Kelso, L. Young, Ladwig, Ziegelbauer, F. Lasee, Hebl, Lazich, Huber, J. Lehman, Kreuser, M. Lehman, La Fave, Lorge, Meyer, Musser, Morris-Tatum, Olsen, Notestein, Plale, Ourada, Plouff, Porter, Riley, Robson, Albers and Bock; cosponsored by Senators Moore, Huelsman, Adelman, Plache, Welch, C. Potter, Wirch, Rosenzweig, Moen, Grobschmidt and Drzewiecki, by request of the Attorney General James Doyle; Crime Victims Council; Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Parents of Murdered Children; Mothers Against Drunk Driving; Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association; Wisconsin Victim/Witness Professionals Association; Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups; Wisconsin Merchants Federation; AFSCME, Locals 3021 and 3394 (Correctional Officers).

November 12, 1997 Referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.

January 29, 1998 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (4) Senators Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for

· Representative Shirley Krug, for self

· Senator Gwen Moore, for self

· Susan Goodwin, Department of Justice and Attorney General Doyle

· E. Michael McCann, Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office

· John Burr, Association of State Prosecutors

· Vincent Solberg, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

· Amy Judy, WI Coaliation Against Sexual Assault

Appearances against

· None.

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for

· Representative Mark Green, for self

· Senator Robert Welch, for self

· Sara Diedrick-Kasdorf, WI Counties Association

· Patrick Curley, City of Milwaukee

Registrations against

· None.

February 24, 1998 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (4) Senators Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Senator Clausing, seconded by Senator Huelsman, that Assembly Bill 342

be recommended for concurrence.

Ayes: (4) Senators Wirch, Clausing, Huelsman and Drzewiecki.

Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

CONCURRENCE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 4, Noes 0, Absent 0

BSmith

Committee Clerk