2015 Senate Authors

Register of deeds: revisions re instruments filed or recorded with and fees - SB73

Regulation of navigable waters, artificial water bodies, wetlands, and nonpoint source pollution revised; DNR duties - SB459

Right turn on red traffic signal permitted from leftmost right-turn lane - SB319

Robotics competition participation: DPI to award grants to teams of pupils in grades 9 to 12 - AB665

Robotics competition participation: DPI to award grants to teams of pupils in grades 9 to 12 - SB583

Seasonal placement of a Christmas tree in the Capitol rotunda or a church: prohibiting promulgation or enforcement of a DSPS rule and enactment or enforcement of an ordinance re fire safety - AB648

Seized firearm: procedure for returning to person who owns the firearm revised - AB13

Small claims actions: interest rate on judgments revised - AB95

Small claims actions: interest rate on judgments revised - SB76

State prevailing wage law, local prevailing wage law, and highway prevailing wage law eliminated - SB49

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

Town meeting to direct a town board to change the number of commissioners on a town sanitary district commission authorized under certain conditions - SB486

UI law changes re recovery of employer UI debt under the federal Treasury Offset Program, work-share programs, and combined-wage claim determinations - AB416

UI law changes re recovery of employer UI debt under the federal Treasury Offset Program, work-share programs, and combined-wage claim determinations - SB341

UI law: unemployment program integrity fund sunset repealed; concurrent receipt of UI and SSDI or WC modified; administrative and judicial review of UI decisions; and various other changes - AB819

UI law: unemployment program integrity fund sunset repealed; concurrent receipt of UI and SSDI or WC modified; administrative and judicial review of UI decisions; and various other changes - SB684

Vapor products: restrictions on use established; definition and ordinance provisions - AB170

Vapor products: restrictions on use established; definition and ordinance provisions - SB132

Vodenlich, John: commended on receiving the 2015 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Baseball Coach of the Year award - SJR44

WC law revisions re general coverage, payment of benefits, hearing and procedures, and program administration; self-insurer provisions; DWD, LIRC, DHA, and DOJ duties - AB724

WC law revisions re general coverage, payment of benefits, hearing and procedures, and program administration; self-insurer provisions; DWD, LIRC, DHA, and DOJ duties - SB536

Wisconsin River Rail Transit Commission: DOT to award grant from freight rail infrastructure improvement program for bridge repair - AB738

Wisconsin Wing Civil Air Patrol Month: December 2016 proclaimed as - SR10

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Nass, Sen. Stephen (11th Sen.Dist.; R)

Senate Bills: 9, 20, 23, 35, 43, 47, 59, 67, 74, 84, 86, 89, 90, 97, 106, 121, 122, 131, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 155, 156, 179, 212, 213, 219, 238, 242, 260, 276, 278, 285, 290, 294, 303, 308, 322, 343, 363, 371, 386, 401, 419, 438, 443, 452, 453, 455, 467, 479, 485, 499, 502, 504, 527, 533, 573, 584, 585, 589, 590, 622, 643, 697, 707, 765

Senate Joint Resolutions: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 17, 21, 31, 33, 34, 40, 42, 48, 50, 55, 59, 66, 72, 79, 88, 90, 109

Senate Resolutions: 7, 11, 12

Assembly Bills: 8, 10, 25, 30, 32, 44, 47, 49, 56, 58, 68, 71, 75, 82, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 110, 111, 114, 116, 120, 141, 143, 164, 169, 172, 174, 177, 197, 199, 200, 202, 203, 206, 207, 212, 213, 219, 220, 226, 237, 239, 240, 251, 259, 268, 269, 285, 286, 303, 305, 311, 326, 341, 349, 352, 353, 356, 357, 361, 368, 373, 386, 388, 403, 407, 425, 445, 446, 447, 452, 460, 466, 480, 513, 533, 536, 549, 557, 562, 563, 566, 582, 592, 600, 602, 606, 608, 610, 638, 641, 658, 669, 694, 698, 707, 716, 723, 739, 750, 760, 770, 782, 807, 838, 846, 868, 876, 947

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 22, 31, 32, 33, 37, 39, 44, 47, 57, 66, 68, 77, 82, 84, 95, 97, 103, 106, 113

1214 Olsen, Sen. Luther (14th Sen.Dist.; R)

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program: various changes re 2015 WisAct 53 - AB287

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program: various changes re 2015 WisAct 53 - SB254

American Red Cross Month: March 2015 proclaimed as - AJR18

American Red Cross Month: March 2015 proclaimed as - SJR18

Assessed value of each major class of property of a taxation district: in reevaluation process, removing requirement that assessment staff attend an assessor education program prior to DOR appointing someone to assist staff; definition of ``major class of property” modified - AB576

Assessed value of each major class of property of a taxation district: in reevaluation process, removing requirement that assessment staff attend an assessor education program prior to DOR appointing someone to assist staff; definition of ``major class of property” modified - SB430

Assessor’s certification: DOR authority to suspend - AB577

Assessor’s certification: DOR authority to suspend - SB431

Birth parent whose rights were terminated: if deceased, DCF may disclose identity under certain conditions; procedure for biological parent to obtain identifying information about his or her child; requests for genetic or medical information about the birth parent does not require a physician’s statement, deceased birth parent and offspring is under age 18 provision - AB513

Birth parent whose rights were terminated: if deceased, DCF may disclose identity under certain conditions; procedure for biological parent to obtain identifying information about his or her child; requests for genetic or medical information about the birth parent does not require a physician’s statement, deceased birth parent and offspring is under age 18 provision - SB386

Brain Injury Awareness Month: March 2016 recognized as - SJR94

Broadband expansion grant program funding modified - SB519

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings revised and annual report from political subdivisions to DSPS required - AB571

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings revised and annual report from political subdivisions to DSPS required - SB458

Camping units: DSPS directed to include separate standards for in the dwelling code, electrical code, and plumbing code - AB121

Camping units: DSPS directed to include separate standards for in the dwelling code, electrical code, and plumbing code - SB94

Certificate of self-insurance issued to a religious sect can be used in lieu of motor vehicle liability insurance re proof of financial responsibility and liability insurance requirements - AB649

Certificate of self-insurance issued to a religious sect can be used in lieu of motor vehicle liability insurance re proof of financial responsibility and liability insurance requirements - SB534

Charitable organizations, professional fund-raisers, fund-raising counsel, and professional employer organizations: registration and other requirements revised; DFI rules modified [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 60.01, 60.02, 60.03, 60.04, 60.05, 60.06, 60.07, 60.075, 60.08] - SB631

Child safety restraint system requirements modified re rear-facing car seat - AB400

Child safety restraint system requirements modified re rear-facing car seat - SB332

Child sex trafficking crime expanded; child abuse definition and investigation, and juvenile court orders provisions - SB618

Civics exam as condition for high school diploma, independent audit of private schools participating in a parental choice program, and school and school district accountability reports: requirements created in 2015 WisAct 55 modified - AB828

Civics exam as condition for high school diploma, independent audit of private schools participating in a parental choice program, and school and school district accountability reports: requirements created in 2015 WisAct 55 modified - SB640

Coroner and medical examiner service fees: moratorium expanded and exception created re an intergovernmental cooperation agreement - SB531

Crime victim restitution revisions re Corr.Dept authority to charge a reimbursement fee, garnishment of a defendant’s wages, and certification to DOR of restitution owed; reports required - AB663

Crime victim restitution revisions re Corr.Dept authority to charge a reimbursement fee, garnishment of a defendant’s wages, and certification to DOR of restitution owed; reports required - SB500

Deaf History Month: March 2016 proclaimed as - SJR100

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

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 - SB465

Dementia crisis unit: DHS to report re individuals with dementia in crisis situations and propose a pilot program - AB786

Dementia crisis unit: DHS to report re individuals with dementia in crisis situations and propose a pilot program - SB749

Dementia specialist certification program created; DHS duties - AB785

Dementia specialist certification program created; DHS duties - SB750

Dietetic internship program established under the WIC program; DHS duties - SB402

DNR permits re high-voltage transmission construction and relocation of utility facility as condition of certain general permits; one-call system requirements, violations, complaints, and enforcement, PSC duties; sulfur dioxide compliance plan, certain DNR determinations, and certain PSC variance eliminated; PSC assessment authority; funding for energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; PSC approval of public utility contracts with affiliated interests; PSC authority re local access and transport areas for telephone service and complaints re railroad telecommunications service - SB654

Donate Life Month: April 2015 proclaimed as - AJR22

Donate Life Month: April 2015 proclaimed as - SJR25

Donation of abandoned or seized vehicles to nonprofit organization by municipality, county, or law enforcement agency allowed - SB153

DOT rules: technical changes and revisions re Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act, evaluation of major highway projects, recreational vehicle dealers, motor vehicle rental companies, design of handicapped parking signs, and electronic signatures for ID card applications for certain parking privileges [Admin.Code Trans 28.04, 28.06, 28.07, 28.09, 31.02, 31.03, 31.04, 55.02, 55.06, 56.04, 56.05, 57.04, 100.01, 100.03, 100.07, 100.08, 100.10, 100.18, 106.02, 106.03, 113 (title), 113.01, 113.03, 113.04, 118.01, 118.03, 118.04, 118.05, 118.06, 118.07, 118.08, 118.09, 118.10, 118.11, 118.12, 118.13, 118.14, 130.03, 131.01, 131.02, 131.03, 131.07, 131.08, 131.11, 131.15, 142.07, 145, 146.04, 157.05, 175.09, 178.03, 200.07, 206.03, 207.02, 210 (title), 210.01, 210.02, 210.03, 210.05, 210.06, 210.065, 210.07, 210.08, 233.08, 233.11, 252.06, 253.01, 253.02, 253.04, 253.045, 253.05, 253.06, 253.065, 310.01, 310.04, 310.05, 315.01, 315.03, 400.03 (note), 400.04, 400.05, 400.06, 400.07, 400.08, 400.09, 400.10, 400.11, 400.12, 400.13, 400.14, 401.04, 510.08] - SB360

Driver schools licensed by DOT may provide some instruction by means of the Internet - AB74

Driver schools licensed by DOT may provide some instruction by means of the Internet - SB65

Election recount revisions re fees - SB96

Electrical work, persons who perform or inspect: continuing education requirements for renewal of registration, license, or approval; experienced electrician exemption provision - AB190

Equalized property value: DOR to publish preliminary determination to its Internet site for county or taxation district to review and DOR to correct before notification of final determination - AB575

Equalized property value: DOR to publish preliminary determination to its Internet site for county or taxation district to review and DOR to correct before notification of final determination - SB429

Expanding list of traffic violations for which operating privilege is suspended and attendance at a vehicle right-of-way course is required; bodily harm or death of another and forfeiture provisions - AB476

Expanding list of traffic violations for which operating privilege is suspended and attendance at a vehicle right-of-way course is required; bodily harm or death of another and forfeiture provisions - SB720

Food protection practices certificate issued by DHS required to operate a school lunchroom in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program - AB37

Food protection practices certificate issued by DHS required to operate a school lunchroom in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program - SB34

Growing Rural Opportunities and Workforce in Wisconsin Program (GROW Wisconsin) created re student loan reimbursement payments to individuals who relocate to certain rural counties; HEAB and DWD duties; participating counties must adopt an authorizing resolution - SB416

High capacity well approval procedure revised; designation of sensitive resource areas, special environmental review, and minimum water levels provisions; DNR and JCF duties - SB291

Hydro-flight devices: boating regulation exemption and definition provision - AB214

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 - SB475

Iola Old Car Show: DOT required to erect directional signs; contributions from interested parties provision - AB509

Iola Old Car Show: DOT required to erect directional signs; contributions from interested parties provision - SB382

Lake monitoring and protection: purposes for which DNR may pay costs under contract expanded and DNR may use portion of funding designated for river protection grants - SB436

Legal notices: publication on a municipality’s Internet site provisions - SB137

Local option for issuing liquor licenses repealed; retaining invoices for sales of malt beverages and intoxicating liquors in electronic form permitted, DOR duties - AB624