AB679
AB679

Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Agriculture
Assembly Bill 679
Relating to: growing and using industrial hemp and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Hahn, Gronemus, Freese, Sykora, Miller, Jeskewitz, Owens, Albers, Pocan and Colon.

December 7, 2001 Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

January 17, 2002
PUBLIC HEARING HELD



Present: (15) Representatives Ott, Hahn, Ainsworth, Petrowski, Kestell, Suder, Loeffelholz, Bies, Hines, Gronemus, Plouff, Reynolds, Lassa, Schneider and Hubler.

Absent: (1) Representative Steinbrink.


Appearances for

· State Representative Gene Hahn

· Ron Wiederholt, UW Extension Clark County, Farmers of NorthCentral Wisconsin

· Robert Derr of Marshall

· Ben Masel of Madison


Appearances against

· JoAnna Richard, Department of Justice

· Craig Klyve, Department of Justice


Appearances for Information Only

· None.


Registrations for

· State Representative Frank Boyle

· Duane Johnson of Madison

· Daina Zemlianskas-Juozevicius of Madison

· John Manske, Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives

· David Muehl, Badger Farms LLC, Deerfield WI

· Tony Schultz of Madison

· Ron Statz, National Farmers Organization

· Paul Zimmerman, Wisconsin Farm Bureau


Registrations against

· None.


February 28, 2002
EXECUTIVE SESSION



Present: (16) Representatives Ott, Hahn, Ainsworth, Petrowski, Kestell, Suder, Loeffelholz, Bies, Hines, Gronemus, Plouff, Reynolds, Steinbrink, Lassa, Schneider and Hubler.

Absent: (0) None.


Moved by Representative Reynolds, seconded by Representative Loeffelholz, that
Assembly Bill 679
be recommended for passage.


Ayes: (13) Representatives Hahn, Ainsworth, Petrowski, Kestell, Loeffelholz, Bies, Hines, Gronemus, Plouff, Reynolds, Lassa, Schneider and Hubler.

Noes: (3) Representatives Ott, Suder and Steinbrink.

Absent: (0) None.


PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 13, Noes 3, Absent 0






Beata Kalies
Committee Clerk
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