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Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Labor
Relating to: employment discrimination because of temporary absence from work while responding to an emergency call as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first responder or ambulance driver.
By Senator Rude, Plache, Baumgart, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Roessler, Wirch, Schultz, Risser, Robson, Darling; cosponsored by Representative Ainsworth, Hasenohrl, Albers, Goetsch, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Kedzie, Lassa, M. Lehman, Musser, Ott, Petrowski, Porter, Powers, Ryba, Seratti, Spillner, Sykora, Turner, Sherman, Huebsch, Brandemuehl, Klusman, Freese, Wasserman, Meyer, Colon.
March 2, 1999 Referred to Committee on Labor.
April 20, 1999 PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (3) Senators Baumgart, Breske and Farrow.
Absent: (2) Senators Decker and Zien.
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Senator Brian Rude, for 32nd Senate District
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Larry Plumer, Durand, WI, for Wisconsin State Firefighters Association
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Karl Koener, Plymouth, WI, for himself
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Walt Hovey, Washburn, WI, for Washburn Fire Department
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Keith Tveit, Ashland, WI, for Ashland Fire Department
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Jolene Plautz, Madison, WI, for Kwik Trip
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Donald Cox, Neenah, WI, for Town of Menasha
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John Metcalf, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
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Jim O'Keefe, Madison, WI, for City of Madison
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Ross Kinzler, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Manufactured Housing Association
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None
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David W. Splinter, Dickeyville, WI, for Dickeyville-Paris Volunteer Fire Department
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Djon Hunjad, Franksville, WI, for Wisconsin EMS Association
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Lt. Troy Devault, Orfordville, WI, for Orfordville Fire Department
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Steve Lunde, Orfordville, WI, for Orfordville Fire Department
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Arthur Johnsen, Orfordville, WI, for Fire Department & EMS
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Randall J. Sellnow, Oregon, WI, for Oregon Fire/EMS District
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Philip A. Mortensen, Brooklyn, WI, for Brooklyn Fire & EMS
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Stuart Buchholtz, Fire Chief, Waukesha, WI, for Town of Waukesha Fire Department
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Senator Bob Wirch, 310 South, State Capitol, for himself
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Senator Alberta Darling, for 8th Senate District
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Dallas A. Millard, Dickeyville, WI, for Wisconsin State Firefighters Association
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Curtis Ray, Portage, WI, for Portage Fire Department
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James Pugh, Baraboo, WI,
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Joe Radomsky, Plover, WI, for himself
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Marc Eernisse, Port Washington, WI, for Port Washington Fire Department
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Pete Christianson, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association
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Gail Sumi, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
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Bill G. Smith, Madison, WI, for National Federation of Independent Business, Wisconsin
March 30, 2000
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Committee Clerk