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Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Labor

Assembly Bill 187
Relating to: establishing a service award program for volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians, creating a volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service award board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority and making appropriations.
By Representatives Powers, Musser, Klusman, Gunderson, Gronemus, Kreibich, Duff, Huebsch, Handrick, Sykora, Porter, Schneider, Freese, Sherman, Miller, Hasenohrl, Ainsworth, Brandemuehl, Suder, Spillner, Owens, Ryba, Lassa, Johnsrud, Seratti, Boyle, Kestell, Hoven, Hebl, Nass, Albers, Petrowski, Ott, Olsen, Reynolds, Hutchison, Skindrud, Hahn, Rhoades, Hundertmark and Pettis; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Shibilski, Welch, Breske, Fitzgerald, Schultz, Drzewiecki, Rude, Moen, Darling, A. Lasee, Wirch, Roessler, Panzer, Baumgart, Lazich and Farrow.

March 16, 2000 Referred to committee on Labor.

March 23, 2000 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (4) Senators Baumgart, Breske, Zien and Farrow.
Absent: (1) Senator Decker.

Appearances for
· Representative Mike Powers, 80th Assembly District, author
· Senator David Zien, for 23rd Senate District
· Pete Christianson, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association

Appearances against
· None

Appearances for Information Only
· None

Registrations for
· Mark D. Zeier, Sheboygan, WI, for Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin
· Ron Kuehn, Madison, WI, for Independent Insurance Agents , Professional Insurance Agents, & WI Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
· Jeffrey P. Diehl, Appleton, WI, for WI Association of Insurance & Financial Professionals, and the Advisory Group, Inc.
· David B. Fulmer, Fitchburg, WI, for Fitchburg Fire
· David Bloom, Madison, WI, for WI State Fire Chiefs
· Don Schiesl, Eagle River, WI, for Professional Insurance Agents & WI Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors

Registrations against
· None

March 23, 2000 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (4) Senators Baumgart, Breske, Zien and Farrow.
Absent: (1) Senator Decker.

Moved by Senator Breske, seconded by Senator Farrow, that Assembly Bill 187 be recommended for concurrence.

Ayes: (5) Senators Baumgart, Decker (Polling), Breske, Zien and Farrow.
Noes: (0) None.
Absent: (0) None.

CONCURRENCE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 5, Noes 0, Absent 0





Anne Eskeitz
Committee Clerk