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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Criminal Justice
Assembly Bill 521
Relating to: permitting employers to refuse to employ, or to bar or terminate from employment, individuals who have been convicted of certain serious felonies, as defined in the bill, and who have not been pardoned; and permitting educational agencies to refuse to employ, or to bar or terminate from employment, individuals who have been convicted of those certain serious felonies or of certain other serious violations and who have not been pardoned.
By Representatives Petrowski, Starzyk, Bies, Huebsch, Jensen, Gronemus, Suder, Ziegelbauer, Stone, Pettis, Musser, Vrakas, Duff, Grothman, Albers, J. Fitzgerald, Ladwig, Skindrud, Owens, Kestell, Friske, Krawczyk, Freese, Nass, Jeskewitz, Urban, Gunderson, Walker, Ainsworth, Loeffelholz, Townsend, Leibham, Hahn, McCormick, Ott, Hoven, Kedzie and Kreibich; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Welch, Harsdorf, Schultz, Roessler and Huelsman.

September 28, 2001 Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice.

October 3, 2001 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (13) Representatives Suder, Gundrum, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Jeskewitz, F. Lasee, Loeffelholz, Owens, Staskunas, Young, Colon, Sherman and Boyle.

Absent: (1) Representative Wood.

Appearances for

· Representative Jerry Petrowski, Author

Appearances against
· Bob Anderson, WI Council on Children and Families, Madison, WI

· Frank Humphery, WI-NAACP, Madison, WI

Appearances for Information Only

· None.

Registrations for
· Representative Samantha Starzyk, 66th Assembly District
· Representative Mark Pettis, 28th Assembly District
· Senator Alberta Darling, Author, 8th Senate District

· Kathi Kilgore, WI Restaurant Association, Madison, WI

Registrations against
· Senator Gwen Moore, 4th Senate District
· Rev. Sue Moline Larson, Lutheran Office for Public Policy in WI, Madison, WI
· A. Steven Porter, State Bar of WI- Individual Rights Section, Madison, WI

· Joanne Ricca, WI State AFL-CIO, Milwaukee, WI

October 30, 2001 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (14) Representatives Suder, Gundrum, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Jeskewitz, F. Lasee, Loeffelholz, Owens, Staskunas, Wood, Young, Colon, Sherman and Boyle.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative F. Lasee, seconded by Representative Loeffelholz, that Assembly Bill 521

be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (10) Representatives Suder, Gundrum, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Jeskewitz, F. Lasee, Loeffelholz, Owens, Staskunas and Wood.
Noes: (4) Representatives Young, Colon, Sherman and Boyle.

Absent: (0) None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 10, Noes 4, Absent 0

Committee Clerk