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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs
Assembly Bill 278
Relating to: pet dealers, kennels, animal shelters, dog licensing, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Duff, Rhoades, Steinbrink, Ladwig, Ziegelbauer, Vrakas, Plale, Olsen, Sinicki, Ainsworth, Carpenter, Stone, Pocan, M. Lehman, Gunderson, Townsend, Owens, Sykora, Hundertmark and Leibham; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Rosenzweig and Darling, by request of the Cats International, Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project, Wisconsin Federation of Humane Societies, Wisconsin and Illinois Dalmatian Rescue and Humane Society of the United States. .


April 3, 2001 Referred to Committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs.

April 17, 2001 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (11) Representatives Seratti, Krawczyk, Friske, Gundrum, Kestell, D. Meyer, Skindrud, Hubler, J. Lehman, Schneider and Krusick.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· Representative Marc Duff, 98th District
· Ruth Heike, Department of Agricultur Trade and Consumer Protection
· Sarah Kalnajs, WI American Eskimo Rescue, UW Dawg
· Pam Bllazek
· Terri Tinsley, Wisconsin Shelter Rescue
· Rita Young
· Jill and Scott Prescott
· Betsy Libscomb
· Jennifer Pokorski, Wisconsin Humane Society
· Eilene Ribbens Rohde, Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project
· Sally Krause, Wisconsin Federation Humane Society

· Arnold Bayer, Humane Society of the United States

Appearances against
· Joshua Wright
· Chad Fuchs
· Eric Tripke
· George Gunther, Fox Valley Herp Club

· Ed Stone, Small Pet Hobbiest

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for
· Senator Brian Burke, 3rd District
· Garrick De Meyer
· Reid Turowski
· Deborah Rice, GRROW Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin

· Paul O'Leary

Registrations against

· None.

March 14, 2002 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Timothy M. Fiocchi
Committee Clerk