2015 Assembly Authors

Broadband expansion grants: funding and amount PSC may issue increased - AB798

Broadband infrastructure: PSC duties imposed re expansion grant program, underserved areas, promotion of economic development, model ordinance, and certification as a Broadband Forward! community - AB820

``Class B” license issued to a winery: authorizing sale of intoxicating liquor - AB317

Corrections System Formulary Board created in Corr.Dept re therapeutic alternate drug selections in the state correctional system - AB120

Crime victim notified when offender’s parole or extended supervision is revoked - AB652

Crime victim notified when offender’s parole or extended supervision is revoked - SB377

Dairy plant and food processing plant licensing: definition of ``dairy product” and related terms revised - AB645

Declaration of domestic partnership maximum additional fee within 5 days of application modified and legal status required to be completed within 30 days; county clerk requirement revised re providing information on fetal alcohol syndrome and dangers of using drugs while pregnant - AB573

Disconnection devices required for distributed generation facilities (DEGs) interconnected to the electric distribution systems of retail electric utilities and cooperatives - AB560

Interstate Compact on Juveniles repealed as it is no longer in effect; juvenile from another state on supervision in this state under the Interstate Compact for Juveniles for a sex offense is required to register as a sex offender - AB627

Local youth apprenticeship grants: DWD appropriation increased - AB795

Local youth apprenticeship grants: DWD appropriation increased - SB713

Making a terrorist threat made a felony, conditions specified - AB341

Making a terrorist threat made a felony, conditions specified - SB256

MFL program revisions re taxes, eligible land, management plans, sale and transfer of land, productivity of land, closed lands, forest production area, natural heritage inventory program, and state wildlife action plan; emergency rules provision - AB561

Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission: legislative members’ term of office clarified - SB251

Motor vehicle repair practices: insurer prohibitions re specifying a facility and delaying a claim - AB119

Motor vehicle repair practices: insurer prohibitions re specifying a facility and delaying a claim - SB93

Motor vehicles operating on highways when weather conditions limit visibility: required headlamps, tail lamps, and clearance lamps must be lighted, penalty provision - AB337

Municipal budgets: publication notice requirement for certain actions modified - AB439

Municipal budgets: publication notice requirement for certain actions modified - SB310

Nonprofit organizations: sales tax exemptions revised re occasional sales of tangible personal property and admissions to entertainment events; JSCTE appendix report - AB553

Out-of-state ambulance service providers: licensing requirement exemptions - AB249

OWI penalties for fourth or greater offense revised; definition of ``injury” modified - AB536

OWI-related offense: mandatory minimum sentence for causing injury or substantial or great bodily harm, prior offense provision - AB353

Oxygen equipment in nursing homes: rules modified re current maintenance and use standards and manufacturers’ recommendations [Admin.Code DHS 132.71] - AB242

Partisan caucus of Senate or Assembly: exception to open meetings - AB153

Right-of-way in roundabouts - AB451

Right-of-way in roundabouts - SB379

Rural county assistance: HEAB to make student loan reimbursement payments for eligible individuals who establish domiciles in rural counties, conditions specified - AB794

Rural county assistance: HEAB to make student loan reimbursement payments for eligible individuals who establish domiciles in rural counties, conditions specified - SB663

Rural physician residency assistance program: funding increased - AB797

Rural physician residency assistance program: funding increased - SB662

Special Needs Scholarship Program changes - AB751

Teacher loan program modified to include loan forgiveness to teachers employed in rural counties, conditions set - AB793

Temporary alcohol beverage retail license revisions re issuance to local chambers of commerce and similar trade or civic organizations, multiple-location events, and temporary ``Class B” license for wine issued without issuing a temporary Class ``B” license for beer; DOR directed to update specific publication - AB320

Town expenditures re highway maintenance and construction: limit eliminated - AB161

Town expenditures re highway maintenance and construction: limit eliminated - SB118

Town meeting to direct a town board to change the number of commissioners on a town sanitary district commission authorized under certain conditions - AB706

Trespass on or intentionally damaging property owned by an energy provider: criminal penalties revised; definition provision - AB547

UW Board of Regents’ authority over agricultural land expanded; Building Commission and UW—Madison provisions - AB717

Vacancies on a school board of a common, union high, or unified school district: board president allowed to appoint under certain conditions - AB325

Welcome signs: City of Mauston authorized to erect in highway right-of-way under certain conditions - AB550

Welcome signs: City of Mauston authorized to erect in highway right-of-way under certain conditions - SB461

Wild game bird feathers naturally shed or from lawfully taken birds: exemption from prohibition on sale, purchase, barter, trade, or possession of wild animals - AB579

Wild game bird feathers naturally shed or from lawfully taken birds: exemption from prohibition on sale, purchase, barter, trade, or possession of wild animals - SB435

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Brooks, Rep. Edward (50th Asm.Dist.; R)

Assembly Bills: 1, 8, 10, 15, 16, 19, 25, 30, 31, 32, 44, 49, 53, 56, 58, 73, 74, 78, 79, 81, 82, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 122, 124, 139, 140, 147, 157, 165, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 187, 188, 190, 193, 198, 202, 204, 208, 210, 213, 219, 220, 225, 228, 230, 232, 236, 240, 252, 253, 262, 268, 280, 281, 284, 286, 289, 297, 299, 303, 306, 313, 327, 340, 345, 352, 356, 357, 358, 361, 366, 368, 374, 384, 391, 392, 400, 402, 408, 409, 412, 417, 421, 435, 438, 444, 507, 512, 513, 517, 518, 519, 521, 522, 526, 531, 532, 544, 545, 546, 552, 556, 572, 574, 575, 577, 580, 591, 592, 595, 596, 597, 599, 608, 609, 610, 611, 613, 614, 615, 616, 621, 622, 623, 626, 629, 633, 639, 643, 644, 646, 647, 650, 651, 653, 662, 663, 664, 666, 667, 670, 671, 672, 673, 691, 692, 693, 694, 698, 700, 705, 707, 718, 721, 733, 734, 740, 748, 757, 760, 775, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 792, 799, 807, 808, 809, 949

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 4, 15, 20, 22, 33, 34, 37, 43, 44, 54, 57, 59, 72, 75, 77, 78, 80, 82, 94, 99

Assembly Resolutions: 6

Senate Bills: 4, 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23, 35, 40, 44, 47, 49, 59, 64, 65, 67, 71, 73, 74, 76, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 95, 96, 110, 113, 114, 115, 117, 122, 123, 130, 131, 133, 135, 141, 143, 144, 147, 152, 153, 157, 160, 161, 165, 170, 182, 192, 195, 196, 203, 204, 207, 210, 212, 217, 219, 221, 223, 225, 227, 236, 243, 244, 248, 249, 255, 272, 275, 276, 278, 279, 283, 284, 288, 293, 300, 315, 318, 327, 330, 332, 333, 348, 366, 367, 384, 386, 389, 390, 391, 394, 400, 410, 412, 416, 417, 421, 423, 426, 427, 429, 430, 431, 433, 434, 438, 440, 441, 443, 455, 457, 463, 465, 466, 470, 474, 475, 476, 478, 482, 485, 486, 488, 490, 495, 496, 497, 498, 500, 501, 503, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 512, 513, 514, 518, 519, 523, 524, 525, 527, 539, 540, 542, 544, 546, 547, 572, 574, 575, 580, 581, 584, 590, 591, 603, 615, 642, 644, 645, 650, 656, 661, 670, 671, 674, 690, 694, 699, 703, 748, 749, 750, 760

Senate Joint Resolutions: 2, 7, 10, 21, 22, 25, 34, 35, 37, 40, 41, 44, 45, 48, 49, 63, 66, 67, 73, 81, 84

1343 Brostoff, Rep. Jonathan (19th Asm.Dist.; D)

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program created in 2015 WisAct 53 repealed; SAGE program reinstated and expanded; parental choice programs (Milwaukee, Racine, and statewide) phased out - AB918

Additional EITC: refundable individual income tax credit created - AB494

Bay View labor strike and tragedy in 1886: anniversary commemorated every May 5th - AJR40

Bay View labor strike and tragedy in 1886: anniversary commemorated every May 5th and Assembly Chief Clerk to remove portrait of Governor Jeremiah Rusk from public display and hang historic photo of the iron puddlers in Bay View for set number of days - AR8

Bicycling designated as the state exercise; Blue Book provision - AB847

Bicycling designated as the state exercise; Blue Book provision - SB600

Clean and renewable energy joint task force: committees on Assembly and Senate organization required to immediately appoint, findings deadline set - AJR17

Dementia training for mental health mobile crisis teams: DHS to award grants - AB790

Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc.: chief election officer authorized to enter membership agreement re sharing information on the registration and voting of state electors - AB806

Employment discrimination based on personal health care choices prohibited - AB970

Fantasy game operators required to register with DFI; definitions, fee, and penalty provisions - AB800

General Vang Pao Day declared December 8, 2015 - AJR92

Ignition interlock device: court to order for first OWI offense regardless of alcohol concentration - SB484

Limited services pregnancy centers: false advertising prohibitions created; definition and penalty provisions - AB969

Low-income energy assistance: eligibility of certain households modified - AB656

Municipal water or sewer utility plant: prohibition on selling or leasing to investor-owned public utility - AB915

Officiating at a wedding: mej koob added, in accordance with traditional Hmong wedding customs - AB507

Officiating at a wedding: mej koob added, in accordance with traditional Hmong wedding customs - SB670

Opportunity Schools and Partnership Programs for first class cities created in 2015 WisAct 55 repealed - SB755

Practice of psychiatry: income tax deduction for income earned from created; JSCTE appendix report - AB709

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting the Milwaukee Bucks; fees and trademark provisions - AB899

Wisconsin Promise grants created to cover tuition and other educational expenses for eligible students attending public institutions of higher education; HEAB duties - AB903

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Brostoff, Rep. Jonathan (19th Asm.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills: 12, 16, 18, 22, 29, 62, 63, 65, 66, 76, 84, 85, 88, 89, 101, 105, 139, 141, 143, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 207, 215, 216, 217, 221, 224, 228, 234, 235, 236, 244, 245, 246, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 267, 272, 281, 291, 292, 294, 295, 297, 300, 304, 309, 316, 318, 323, 328, 329, 331, 342, 343, 348, 354, 358, 359, 367, 375, 378, 379, 383, 395, 399, 414, 423, 436, 437, 441, 460, 463, 474, 475, 482, 485, 487, 506, 510, 516, 524, 529, 538, 541, 542, 551, 552, 555, 570, 572, 604, 605, 607, 617, 621, 628, 634, 635, 637, 639, 661, 663, 665, 667, 670, 692, 707, 708, 710, 712, 746, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 792, 805, 807, 813, 814, 816, 817, 831, 833, 834, 849, 850, 851, 852, 858, 859, 860, 862, 878, 879, 880, 881, 883, 888, 890, 896, 897, 900, 904, 925, 927, 928, 929, 930, 943, 944, 945, 952, 961, 963, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 988, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1008, 1009, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1017

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 21, 25, 26, 35, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59, 61, 62, 64, 70, 71, 73, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 100, 102, 107, 108, 117

Assembly Resolutions: 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 21, 23, 25, 28, 32

Senate Bills: 3, 5, 14, 15, 16, 18, 33, 39, 48, 58, 60, 62, 68, 72, 78, 98, 99, 100, 101, 106, 114, 124, 145, 146, 156, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 172, 174, 175, 194, 195, 200, 207, 211, 214, 215, 216, 220, 221, 245, 258, 262, 264, 271, 275, 277, 280, 281, 299, 311, 322, 339, 342, 350, 352, 365, 370, 376, 385, 396, 397, 415, 418, 419, 423, 427, 439, 450, 462, 468, 469, 471, 480, 491, 498, 500, 528, 574, 575, 576, 577, 579, 583, 599, 609, 610, 613, 620, 625, 630, 633, 635, 636, 648, 649, 651, 653, 659, 666, 669, 671, 672, 675, 685, 686, 688, 690, 694, 700, 702, 722, 723, 744, 749, 750, 758, 760, 766, 767, 772, 785, 786, 787

Senate Joint Resolutions: 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 60, 62, 64, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 82, 84, 99, 100, 105

1359 Considine, Rep. Dave (81st Asm.Dist.; D)

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program created in 2015 WisAct 53 repealed; SAGE program reinstated and expanded; parental choice programs (Milwaukee, Racine, and statewide) phased out - AB918

Assembly Organization, Committee on, required to work with the Executive Branch to identify, pursue, and secure existing and future streams of federal funds for broadband infrastructure and access - AR26

Audit, Assembly Committee on, to submit a request to JLAC for a program evaluation audit of state corrections programs before February 23, 2016; Assembly Committee on Corrections to hold oversight hearings on adult and juvenile corrections programs and facilities before July 1, 2016, report required before September 1, 2016 - AR27

Beil, Marty: life and public service of the labor leader commended upon his death - AJR71

Beil, Marty: life and public service of the labor leader commended upon his death - SJR60

Broadband expansion grant program: eligible applicant includes school district, technical college district, or public library board in partnership with an organization or telecommunications utility - AB63

Correctional officers: Corr.Dept to ensure new hires receive at least 4 weeks of on-the-job training - AB830