AB372

AB372 AB372
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Environment

Assembly Bill 372
Relating to: prohibiting the sale of a product in a plastic container if the container does not consist of a percentage of postconsumer waste by weight and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Johnsrud, Black, Cullen, Plouff, Freese, J. Lehman, Berceau, Hasenohrl, La Fave, Bock, Carpenter, Miller, Boyle and Pocan; cosponsored by Senators Clausing, Rosenzweig, Decker, Risser and Baumgart.

June 10, 1999 Referred to committee on Environment.

September 14, 1999 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (8) Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Vrakas, Powers, Black, Bock, Meyer and Sinicki.
Absent: (2) Representatives Hutchison and Foti.

Appearances for
· Representative DuWayne Johnsrud
· Representative Spencer Black
· Kate Cooper, Department of Natural Resources
· George P. Dreckmann, City of Madison
· Terry Mesch, Associated Recyclers of WI
· John Reindl
· Ed Huck, WI Alliance of Cities
· Bart Sexton, Oneida Co. and WI Solid Waste Association

Appearances against
· Tim Warren, Nat'l Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)
· Doug Johnson, WI Merchants Fed., Midwest Hardware Assoc., WI Consumer Packaging Council
· Genise Smith-Watkins, American Plastics Council
· Tony Driessen, American Plastics Council

Appearances for Information Only
· None.

Registrations for
· Senator Fred Risser
· Caryl Terrell, Sierra Club-John Muir Chapter

Registrations against
· Representative Marc Duff
· Jennie Windischmann, Nat'l Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)
· Bill Reid, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
· Martin Schreiber, WI Soft Drink Association
· Patrick Stevens, WI Manufacturers and Commerce
· Bill G. Smith, National Federation of Independent Business
· Paul Lucas, Philip Morris on behalf of Miller Brewing

March 30, 2000 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1




Dan Johnson
Committee Clerk