Assembly

Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Colleges and Universities

Assembly Bill 22

Relating to: driver education instruction on human trafficking.

By Representatives Thiesfeldt, Bowen, Billings, Considine, Dittrich, Emerson, Fields, Gundrum, Hutton, Kolste, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau, Ohnstad, Plumer, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sargent, Skowronski, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tusler, Vining, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wichgers, Wittke, Zamarripa and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Darling, Schachtner, Bernier, Carpenter, Cowles, Jacque, Larson, Nass, Olsen, Ringhand, Risser, Smith, L. Taylor and Wanggaard.

February 12, 2019       Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

March 14, 2019           Public Hearing Held

Present:       (12)      Representative Murphy; Representatives Tranel, Duchow, Ballweg, Wittke, Stafsholt, Petryk, Shankland, Billings, Stubbs, Emerson and Hesselbein.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (4)        Representatives Summerfield, Krug, Quinn and Anderson.

Appearances For

·      Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt - Author

·      Sen. LaTonya Johnson - Author

·      Sen. Alberta Darling

·      Valerie Santana

·      James Massey

·      Kelly Olson - Damascus Road Project, Inc.

·      Cindy Crane - Lutheran Office for Public Policy in WI

·      Kelsey Johnson - Lutheran Office for Public Policy in WI

·      Sr. Durstyne Farnan - School Sisters of St. Frances

·      Dan Johnson - WI Motor Carriers Association

·      Morgan Meadows

·      Susan Jaske - Fairway Transit

·      Shirley Paulson - Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Appearances Against

·      None.

Appearances for Information Only

·      None.

Registrations For

·      Rep. Warren Petryk

·      Edward Kunarski

·      Sara Schultz

·      Ian Henderson - Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault

·      Patti Landinois - Women of the ELCA

·      John Bauknecht - UMOS

·      Jodi Bloch - Children's Hospital of WI

·      Jay Reinke - Human Trafficking Task Force of Greater Milwaukee

·      Daniel Degner

·      Thomas Bennett - Teamsters 200

·      Wendy Kuntz - Teamsters

·      Mark Sericati - Schneider National Inc

·      Laurie Onasch - Teamsters

·      Fredi-Ellen Bove - WI Department of Children and Families

Registrations Against

·      None.

Registrations for Information Only

·      None.

March 28, 2019           Executive Session Held

Present:       (13)      Representative Murphy; Representatives Tranel, Duchow, Ballweg, Wittke, Summerfield, Quinn, Petryk, Shankland, Billings, Stubbs, Emerson and Anderson.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (3)        Representatives Stafsholt, Krug and Hesselbein.

Moved by Representative Summerfield, seconded by Representative Shankland that Assembly Bill 22 be recommended for passage.

Ayes:     (13)   Representative Murphy; Representatives Tranel, Duchow, Ballweg, Wittke, Summerfield, Quinn, Petryk, Shankland, Billings, Stubbs, Emerson and Anderson.

Noes:     (0)     None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 13, Noes 0

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Diane Handrick

Committee Clerk