Wisconsin Legislature: AB155

AB155

Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Campaigns and Elections
Assembly Bill 155
Relating to: campaign financing, lobbying regulation, designations for the Wisconsin election campaign fund by individuals filing state income tax returns, income and franchise tax deductions for certain business expenses related to lobbying, creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain campaign contributions, composition and staffing of the elections board, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
By Representatives Musser, Travis and Bock; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Harsdorf, Erpenbach, Rosenzweig and Risser.

March 1, 2001 Referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections.

March 15, 2001

PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (6) Representatives Freese, Ladwig, Stone, J. Fitzgerald, Travis and Pocan.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for

· Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, Author

· Rep. Terry Musser, Author

· Rep. David Travis, Author

· Mike McCabe, WI Democracy Campaign

· Joe Greco, President, League of Municipalities

· Dan thompson, League of Municipalities

· Jennifer Sunstrom, WI Counties Assn

· Rod Nilsestuen, WI Federation of Cooperatives

· Susan Lloyd, League of Women Voters

· Tom Frazier, Coalition of WI Aging Groups

· Francis Bicknell, Autism Society of WI

Appearances against

· Jack O'Meara, WEAC

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for

· Sen Brian Burke, Author - presented written testimony

· Dave Cislewicz, 1000 Friends of WI

· Michael Blumenfeld, United Cerebral Palsy of WI

· Aden Ward, WI Interfaith IMPACT

· Richard Schlimm, WI Community Action Program Assn

· Kerry Schumann, WISPIRG

· Kent Woods, WI Towns Assn/

· AARP, WI

· Ed Huck, WI Alliance of Cities

· Rev. Sue Moline Larson, Voter's First

· Bob Beglinger, WI Federation of Teachers

· Mike Serpe, Kenosha County

· David Krahn, Waukesha County

· Jay Heck, Common Cause of WI

· Scott Hagen, WIS{IRG

· John Manske, WI Federation of Cooperatives

· John Eyster, Edgerton, WI

· Dennis Boyer, AFSCME 11

Registrations against

· E. Joe Murray, WI Realtors Assn.

· Joanne Recca, WI State AFL-CIO

April 12, 2001

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (6) Representatives Freese, Ladwig, Stone, J. Fitzgerald, Travis and Pocan.

Absent: (0) None.

March 14, 2002

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Terri S. Griffiths
Committee Clerk