2017 Senate Authors

DCF to create Wisconsin Task Force to Create Effective Child Welfare Caseloads re recommended caseload standards for child welfare workers; study and report required - SB656

Dental care defined re legal custodian providing ordinary medical and dental care for child in out-of-home care - SB673

Detachable or fixed magazine with capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition: selling, transporting, manufacturing, possessing, or going armed with prohibited - AB1052

Diapers and undergarments for incontinence: sales and use tax exemption created - AB856

DOC Secretary to create committee to study the Missouri juvenile justice model; committee terminates upon submission of findings and recommendations - SB70

Driver education courses: DPI to reimburse school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in parental choice programs; conditions set - AB1036

Early release from confinement: certain prisoners participating in programs identified by DOC to reduce recidivism may earn; extended supervision provision - AB792

Early release from confinement: certain prisoners participating in programs identified by DOC to reduce recidivism may earn; extended supervision provision - SB662

Eliminating lead hazard in a dwelling or residential condominium: income, corporate, and franchise tax credits created for costs related to - AB726

Emergency care hospital rates: limiting what hospitals can charge uninsured patients of certain income - AB1015

Emergency care hospital rates: limiting what hospitals can charge uninsured patients of certain income - SB880

Essential health benefits specified by OCI by rule: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover; conditions specified - SB268

Establishments providing massage therapy or bodywork therapy required to have a license from the Massage Therapy and Bodywork Therapy Affiliated Credentialing Board, exceptions specified; practice by an extern or intern under supervision, scope of the practice, and penalty for unauthorized practice provisions - AB899

Eviction prevention grants: WHEDA to issue to individuals or housing authorities - AB376

Eviction prevention grants: WHEDA to issue to individuals or housing authorities - SB316

Family and medical leave requirement: eliminate prohibition on local ordinances - AB997

Family and medical leave requirement: eliminate prohibition on local ordinances - SB869

Family planning services: DHS restriction on distributing certain funds and term “women’s health block grants” eliminated; funding increased - AB141

Family planning services: DHS restriction on distributing certain funds and term “women’s health block grants” eliminated; funding increased - SB92

Family treatment court and juvenile treatment court grant programs created; DCF report required - SB390

Federal administration urged to reject efforts to cut taxes for millionaires, increase health care costs, decrease access to affordable care, and discriminate against trusted health care providers - AJR30

Feminine hygiene products provided at no cost to inmates of a jail, prison, juvenile correctional facility, juvenile detention facility, secured residential care center, other house of correction, or a secured unit of a mental health institute - AB767

Firearm in a residence in which another resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm: storage requirements and penalty provisions - AB430

Firearm law revision re carrying firearms on mass transportation systems; penalty provided - SB197

Firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence: prohibition created, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect provision - AB597

Firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence: prohibition created, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect provision - SB563

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB65

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - SB34

Foster Care Awareness Month: May 2017 declared as - AJR46

Foster Care Awareness Month: May 2017 declared as - SJR51

Four-year-old kindergarten: all school boards to make available to eligible pupils; exception and state aid provisions - AB709

Four-year-old kindergarten: DCF pilot project to award grants to expand existing programs, conditions specified - SB663

Frank P. Zeidler Public Service award: congratulations to 2017 recipient Reggie Jackson - AJR86

Fundamental right of every woman to choose a safe and legal abortion; eliminates certain abortion-related regulations - SB569

Gun Violence Awareness Day: June 2, 2017 proclaimed as - AJR65

Handgun purchases: DOJ to maintain database for individuals to voluntarily place prohibitions on themselves - AB579

Handgun purchases: DOJ to maintain database for individuals to voluntarily place prohibitions on themselves - SB479

Health care aid for needy veterans and eligible family members: DVA authorized to expand to include mental illness and substance abuse treatment, county veterans service officer provision - SB631

Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - AB101

Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - SB64

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - AB43

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - SB37

Housing authority: tax-exempt property expanded - SB641

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2018 proclaimed as - AJR95

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2018 proclaimed as - SJR91

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - AB540

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - SB444

Immediate family of law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty: income tax exemption for amounts received to pay for expenses related to the death - SB664

Judge or justice required to disqualify himself or herself from an action if he or she received campaign financial support from a party to the action - SB779

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2017 recognized as - SJR55

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - AB561

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - SB464

Lead investigation of dwelling where occupant under age 6 has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure: DHS administrative rule requirements re DHHS standard changes - AB950

Lead investigation of dwelling where occupant under age 6 has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure: DHS administrative rule requirements re DHHS standard changes - SB856

Lead investigation of facilities serving children under age 6: DHS required to promulgate rules requiring; facility notification requirements - AB949

Lead investigation of facilities serving children under age 6: DHS required to promulgate rules requiring; facility notification requirements - SB855

Lead testing and disclosure of rental properties: landlord requirements created - AB76

Lead testing and disclosure of rental properties: landlord requirements created - SB41

Legislative committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - AB344

Legislative committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - SB256

Legislative proposals: requirements for economic impact statements created - AB209

Lifetime and annual limits: disability insurance policies and self-insured governmental health plans prohibited from imposing - SB266

Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect: juvenile correctional officers added to list of professionals - AB79

Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect: juvenile correctional officers added to list of professionals - SB35

Marijuana use, medical and recreational, permitted with restrictions and excise tax and penalty provisions; DHS duties re medical marijuana registry, licensing compassion centers, and registering certain testing laboratories; permitted THC concentration while operating a vehicle revised; fair employment law, UI, and drug testing for specific public assistance and work experience programs exemption for THC; health insurance coverage required for medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols - AB482

Mental health treatment record of foster child: health care provider may disclose to child welfare agency and out-of-home care provider, conditions set - SB674

Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design apprenticeship program: income and franchise tax credits to businesses for each employee hired from - SB112

Minority Mental Health Month: July 2017 proclaimed as - SJR71

Missing adult at risk reports: law enforcement agency to refer person making the report to local aging and disability resource centers; if the subject of the alert was driving, DOT to review the driver’s license of to determine if restrictions should be imposed - SB517

Missing at risk veteran or member of the armed forces: DOJ to allow law enforcement to use the integrated crime alert network to disseminate reports of - SB473

Motor vehicle operators’ licenses: DOT may issue a copy in electronic format, fee provision - AB1037

Motor vehicle traffic stop when law enforcement accesses operator’s license, permit, or ID card: DOT required to record certain information of the person whose record was accessed - AB1035

Nonpublic family planning provider subject to a federal funding prohibition: DHS required to provide state MA reimbursement, conditions set - AB392

Nonpublic family planning provider subject to a federal funding prohibition: DHS required to provide state MA reimbursement, conditions set - SB269

Nonrefundable individual income tax credit for taxpayers below certain income thresholds created; fifth individual income tax bracket created - AB172

Notifying victims of felonies or petitioners of certain injunctions required if, during a background check, DOJ determines a person purchasing a handgun is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to commission of a felony or being subject to certain injunctions - AB1025

Notifying victims of felonies or petitioners of certain injunctions required if, during a background check, DOJ determines a person purchasing a handgun is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to commission of a felony or being subject to certain injunctions - SB882

Nurse aide training: TCS Board grants to districts in areas with nurse aide shortages - AB756

Operator’s license fees waived for disabled veterans re ``Class D” and ``Class M” motor vehicles - AB742

Palliative Care Council established within DHS, duties specified; statewide palliative care consumer and professional information and education program required, sunset provision - SB548

Patient rights to medically accurate information created; health care provider, employment retribution, civil action, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages provisions; AG duties - SB567

Personal care services reimbursement under MA increased; eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core expanded; DHS required to apply for Medicaid expansion - AB755

Physical restraint and seclusion of pupils in schools: laws revised - SB876

Preexisting conditions: insurers prohibited from imposing an exclusion for and setting deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance based on - SB265

Prescription drug order extension when refill authorization cannot be obtained: pharmacist may dispense a limited supply under set conditions - SB116

Preventive services: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover without imposing deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance - SB267

Prostitution: prosecuting person under age 18 prohibited - SB344

PTSD as a mitigating factor: court may consider when sentencing a military veteran - AB741

Pupil with extended absence from school: school attendance officer required to direct pupil services professional to determine if child should be referred for disability evaluation; notification to parent or guardian re requesting a disability evaluation - SB556