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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Agriculture
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.
· State Representative Gene Hahn
· Ron Wiederholt, UW Extension Clark County, Farmers of NorthCentral Wisconsin
· Robert Derr of Marshall
· JoAnna Richard, Department of Justice
· Craig Klyve, Department of Justice
· 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
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.
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.
PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 13, Noes 3, Absent 0
Beata Kalies
Committee Clerk