Senate

Absentee ballots: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall not return ballot to elector; elector may not vote in person in same election on election day  - SB271

Absentee ballots: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall not return ballot to elector, including ballots with improperly completed or no certificate; elector may not vote in person in same election on election day; proof of identification required with ballot application - AB525

Administrative suspension of motor vehicle operating privileges: attending review hearing in person or by telephone or submitting objections in writing allowed  - AB491

Administrative suspension of motor vehicle operating privileges: attending review hearing in person or by telephone or submitting objections in writing allowed  - SB398

Adoption records may be disclosed to determine availability of placing a child with adoptive parent of the child's sibling - SB64

Authorized emergency vehicle: exemption from open door of a motor vehicle on a highway prohibition under certain conditions -  SB341

Bass fishing tournament: culling authorized and exempt from bag limits -  SB62

Birth certificate: adult who was adopted as a child may petition the court to have original information restored  - AB12

Bonus depreciation: federal law changes adopted for state income and franchise tax purposes - SB14

Child placed in out-of-home care: ``permanency plan" changed to ``case plan" and other revisions re concurrent planning, trial reunifications, and other planned permanent living arrangements -  SB502

City-owned property used for school purposes: Milwaukee Common Council may sell or lease unused or underused property, proceeds deposited in school operations fund  - SB20

Condemnation law revisions re public purpose, blighted property, residential property, public utilities, and procedures; PSC provision -  SB83

DOT engagement of engineering, consulting, surveying, or other specialized services: uniform cost-benefit analysis and periodic review of continued appropriateness requirements eliminated; annual report and computing cost of engineering services requirements imposed -  SB499

Economic development tax credit program: credits allocated by Comm.Dept increased -  JR1AB4

Economic development tax credit program: credits allocated by Comm.Dept increased -  JR1SB4

Election law revisions re municipal and county canvassing procedures, provisional ballot information, recount petition filing deadline, terms of town officers, annual town meeting date, and technical revisions -  AB476

Election law revisions re municipal and county canvassing procedures, provisional ballot information, recount petition filing deadline, terms of town officers, annual town meeting date, and technical revisions -  SB381

Election official at a polling place on election day: residency requirement revised -  SB269

Election returns reporting by municipalities modified re combined wards -  SB267

Electronic records of the juvenile court may be transferred to a law enforcement agency; Director of State Courts, CCAP, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions  - SB173

Employment discrimination based on conviction record: employers may refuse to employ or terminate employment of a person convicted of a felony and has not been pardoned; state fair employment law is a matter of statewide concern and local governments are prohibited from adopting provisions prohibiting activities allowed under that law  - SB207

Executive and judicial branch state agencies required to report on their fiscal condition and operations at one of JLAC's quarterly meetings -  AB400

Executive and judicial branch state agencies required to report on their fiscal condition and operations at one of JLAC's quarterly meetings -  SB385

Gasoline vapor recovery system not required for gas stations under construction and cease to apply to existing stations - AB626

Gasoline vapor recovery system not required for gas stations under construction and cease to apply to existing stations - SB518

Hearsay evidence is admissible at a preliminary examination -  SB399

Highway Safety, Council on: requirements for legislative members modified -  AB608

Highway Safety, Council on: requirements for legislative members modified -  SB500

Homemade wine and fermented malt beverages: standards for which a license or permit is not required and occupational taxes not owed revised; JSCTE appendix report  - SB395

Human growth and development instructional programs in schools: revisions re topics covered, definitions, exemptions, advisory committee, and volunteer health care provider  - AB337

Human growth and development instructional programs in schools: revisions re topics covered, definitions, exemptions, advisory committee, and volunteer health care provider  - SB237

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, provisional and absentee ballot provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee waived, obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons, and issuing an identification certificate; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted; GAB public informational campaign  - SB6

Initial applicability of 2011 WisAct 43 (legislative redistricting) re special and recall elections - SB268

Intentional program violations re W-2 and emergency assistance: definition and penalties created  - SB426

Length of single vehicle operating on highway without overlength permit: maximum increased - AB254

Length of single vehicle operating on highway without overlength permit: maximum increased - SB190

Length of single vehicle operating on highway without overlength permit: maximum increased - SE1AB9

Length of single vehicle operating on highway without overlength permit: maximum increased - SE1SB9

Managed Forest Land Program: owner who withdraws certain amount of land exempt from withdrawal taxes and fees under set conditions, DNR duties -  AB342

MEB membership requirements revised -  SB420

Motor carrier transportation contracts: certain liability provisions prohibited -  AB50

Motor carrier transportation contracts: certain liability provisions prohibited -  SB41

Motor vehicle insurance revisions re proof of financial responsibility, medical payments coverage, uninsured and underinsured motorists, and permissible policy provisions  - SB7

Motor vehicle operator's license: photograph need not be in color -  AB490

Motor vehicle operator's license: photograph need not be in color -  SB397

MPS prohibited from placing residency requirements on its teachers -  SB34

Municipal Clerks Week recognized May 1-7, 2011 -  SJR26

National Adoption Month: November 2011 recognized as -  AJR67

Newborn child taken into custody: provisions expanded to include health care clinic staff and newborns up to 30 days old - AB396

Newborn child taken into custody: provisions expanded to include health care clinic staff and newborns up to 30 days old - SB313

Nursing home regulation revisions - SB212

Overall length limit for vehicle combinations revised -  AB517

Overall length limit for vehicle combinations revised -  SB422

Overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement -  AB306

Overweight vehicles or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement -  SB223

Overweight vehicles or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement -  SE1AB11

Overweight vehicles or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement -  SE1SB11

Overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations with six or more axles and are transporting sealed loads re international trade: DOT may issue overweight permits; exception to DOT report requirement -  AB305

Overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations with six or more axles and are transporting sealed loads re international trade: DOT may issue overweight permits; exception to DOT report requirement -  SB222

Overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations with six or more axles and are transporting sealed loads re international trade: DOT may issue overweight permits; exception to DOT report requirement -  SE1AB10

Overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations with six or more axles and are transporting sealed loads re international trade: DOT may issue overweight permits; exception to DOT report requirement -  SE1SB10

Parental visitation denial, limitation, or discontinuation with child in need of protection or services or is or has been a subject of a TPR petition: effect of order on visitation with sibling of the child; permanency plan provision - SB65

Presidential preference primary date changed, dates of related election events also changed -  AB162

Presidential preference primary date changed, dates of related election events also changed -  SB115

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: school district may delay compliance with order to terminate use of -  AB188

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: school district may delay compliance with order to terminate use of -  SB124

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: school district resident right to object eliminated; State Superintendent authority to determine discrimination eliminated and issued orders are voided; court to dismiss any decision or order with prejudice - AB26

Recall petition circulators: affidavit requirements -  SB270

Recall petition: offering anything of value to induce an elector to sign or not sign made a felony; JRCCP report  - AB472

Recall petition: offering anything of value to induce an elector to sign or not sign made a felony; JRCCP report  - SB374

Recall petition: signing more than once to recall the same public officer prohibited, penalties provided; JRCCP report  - SB367

Recreational activities in a school building or on school grounds: immunity from liability for school board or governing body of a charter school, recreational agreement provision  - SB382

Retailers permitted to advertise that state and local sales taxes will be assumed by the retailer - SB12

Road closure barriers must conform to standards for traffic control devices in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by DOT -  AB609

Road closure barriers must conform to standards for traffic control devices in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by DOT -  SB501

September primary date changed and renamed ``Partisan Primary"; absentee voting changes, primarily for military and overseas electors -  AB161

September primary date changed and renamed ``Partisan Primary"; absentee voting changes, primarily for military and overseas electors -  SB116

Serious traffic violation revisions re disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle - AB516

Serious traffic violation revisions re disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle - SB423

Sex offender registrant prohibited on school premises unless the registrant notifies the school; JRCCP report  - AB239

Sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution claimed; federal mandates provision  - SR18

State dessert: cream puff designated as; Blue Book provision  - SB100

Three-vehicle combination on highways: requirements revised - AB267

Three-vehicle combination on highways: requirements revised - SB194

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases  - JR1SB1

TPR petition required to be filed re children under eight years old and children eight years and over and placed outside the home for six months, adoption provisions  - SB63

Traffic control attendants: permitting ordinances allowing appointment of for the protection of persons crossing highways - AB610

Traffic control attendants: permitting ordinances allowing appointment of for the protection of persons crossing highways at or near special events -  SB458

Traffic control attendants: permitting ordinances allowing appointment of to direct traffic at or near special events; vehicle owner liability and penalty provisions  - SB439