2017 Assembly Authors

Practice of pharmacy: exemption to license requirement for person providing services as directed, supervised, and inspected by a pharmacist; Pharmacy Examining Board rules provision - AB608

Preexisting conditions: insurers prohibited from imposing an exclusion for and setting deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance based on - AB363

Prescription drug assistance for elderly program: waiver of federal Medicaid law required and use of excess GPR and PR moneys - AB55

Prescription drug assistance for elderly program: waiver of federal Medicaid law required and use of excess GPR and PR moneys - SB8

Prescription drug or device: health insurance policy prohibited from including provision prohibiting pharmacist from disclosing costs or availability of alternatives - AB800

Prescription drug order extension when refill authorization cannot be obtained: pharmacist may dispense a limited supply under set conditions - AB125

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 - AB364

Second degree sexual assault statute of limitations eliminated - AB407

Second, third, or fourth degree sexual assault reclassified if defendant has a previous conviction for sexual assault - AB406

SeniorCare: 15th anniversary of its start recognized - SJR37

Sexual assault forensic evidence kits: DOJ required to collect specific data from local law enforcement agencies; report required - AB405

Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month: August recognized as - AJR113

Stopping for school bus displaying flashing red lights: requirements extended to private roads and driveways - AB245

Vaccine administration by pharmacy students requirements modified - AB252

War memorial owned by a veterans organization: sales and use tax exemption for building materials used to construct - AB265

WEDC matching grant program created re recipients of certain federal Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) or federal Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) grants - AB46

WEDC matching grant program created re recipients of certain federal Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) or federal Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) grants - SB40

Wisconsin Job Development and Retention Commission created in DWD; businesses outsourcing jobs are ineligible to receive state grants, loans, contracts, and tax benefits - SB519

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority created; student loan counseling and income tax subtraction provisions; DFI, HEAB, and institutions of higher education duties; report required - AB143

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Kolste, Rep. Debra (44th Asm.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills: 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 50, 62, 65, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84, 86, 98, 102, 111, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 146, 147, 150, 151, 154, 157, 170, 171, 172, 180, 182, 186, 188, 193, 200, 203, 209, 212, 213, 214, 218, 225, 249, 256, 267, 275, 284, 286, 288, 289, 293, 297, 298, 302, 315, 318, 331, 335, 341, 346, 347, 350, 352, 353, 366, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 387, 394, 400, 402, 403, 409, 417, 421, 422, 445, 447, 449, 457, 459, 460, 461, 471, 472, 473, 474, 481, 487, 493, 500, 501, 519, 522, 538, 540, 541, 545, 548, 560, 563, 565, 574, 575, 576, 578, 579, 581, 583, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 597, 598, 602, 603, 604, 609, 614, 615, 616, 625, 627, 628, 631, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 660, 676, 679, 681, 685, 686, 687, 694, 695, 696, 699, 700, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 722, 726, 741, 750, 753, 755, 756, 757, 766, 775, 777, 778, 781, 784, 786, 787, 791, 792, 793, 794, 796, 798, 815, 816, 848, 856, 858, 862, 865, 869, 871, 876, 881, 898, 906, 907, 916, 942, 949, 950, 951, 964, 965, 966, 970, 976, 980, 987, 991, 996, 1008, 1011, 1027, 1051, 1052, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1068

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 3, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 45, 46, 52, 53, 54, 57, 68, 73, 75, 78, 80, 95, 102, 104, 112, 118

Assembly Resolutions: 9, 15, 31

Senate Bills: 13, 14, 16, 22, 34, 35, 37, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 63, 70, 74, 79, 82, 91, 92, 97, 103, 114, 118, 126, 136, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 150, 151, 152, 161, 171, 172, 176, 183, 188, 202, 214, 215, 221, 224, 227, 238, 240, 252, 258, 259, 262, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 272, 281, 292, 297, 302, 306, 307, 308, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 327, 338, 344, 345, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 363, 372, 375, 382, 383, 385, 390, 416, 433, 435, 444, 445, 449, 456, 462, 465, 469, 470, 471, 472, 476, 479, 481, 482, 486, 488, 501, 513, 514, 515, 517, 521, 526, 528, 529, 533, 549, 550, 552, 553, 556, 563, 567, 568, 569, 572, 575, 577, 584, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 606, 609, 631, 642, 649, 651, 652, 654, 657, 660, 662, 668, 669, 670, 673, 675, 676, 681, 684, 704, 706, 729, 737, 739, 742, 746, 760, 767, 768, 771, 775, 776, 778, 779, 782, 785, 804, 818, 819, 824, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 878

Senate Joint Resolutions: 11, 20, 23, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38, 39, 44, 48, 49, 51, 54, 57, 65, 74, 77, 91, 98, 102, 103, 104, 107

January 2017 Special Session Assembly Bills: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

January 2017 Special Session Senate Bills: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

August 2017 Special Session Assembly Resolutions: 1

1577 Kooyenga, Rep. Dale (14th Asm.Dist.; R)

Advertising signs placed on bus shelters on state trunk highways permitted - AB170

Background checks and fingerprinting of civil service and political subdivision employees and contract employees with access to federal tax information required - AB718

Background checks and fingerprinting of civil service and political subdivision employees and contract employees with access to federal tax information required - SB604

Boycott of Israel: prohibiting state procurement contracts from participating in and local governmental units from participating in or adopting a rule, ordinance, or policy related to - AB553

Boycott of Israel: prohibiting state procurement contracts from participating in and local governmental units from participating in or adopting a rule, ordinance, or policy related to - SB450

Certified chiropractic technicians and chiropractic radiological technicians: program sponsor for continuing education provisions - AB126

Certified chiropractic technicians and chiropractic radiological technicians: program sponsor for continuing education provisions - SB78

Challenge Incarceration Program and Wisconsin Substance Abuse Program: excludes inmates incarcerated for the illegal possession of a firearm - AB652

Chiropractic examination: score required for successful completion revised - AB834

Chiropractic examination: score required for successful completion revised - SB731

Coercive conditions attached to federal funds available to the state: LFB and LC to prepare a report; AG and Governor duties - AB879

Coercive conditions attached to federal funds available to the state: LFB and LC to prepare a report; AG and Governor duties - SB710

Commencement of public school year before September 1: prohibition repealed - AB103

Common ownership interest between a brewer and Class “B” beer retailer and retail sales of intoxicating liquor on brewery premises: exception created re certain redevelopment project in City of Milwaukee - AB262

Common ownership interest between a brewer and Class “B” beer retailer and retail sales of intoxicating liquor on brewery premises: exception created re certain redevelopment project in City of Milwaukee - SB185

Continuing education requirements for cosmetologists, aestheticians, manicurists, electrologists, and barbers eliminated; licensed applicant from another jurisdiction provision - AB164

Continuing education requirements for cosmetologists, aestheticians, manicurists, electrologists, and barbers eliminated; licensed applicant from another jurisdiction provision - SB108

Cosmetology, aesthetics, manicuring, and barbering: practicing outside of a licensed establishment permitted under set conditions; separate licensure for managers and instructor certificate eliminated - AB167

Costs funded by referenda excluded from shared costs re determining general equalization aids for school districts, condition set - AB803

County executive of populous counties and other counties: revisions re powers and duties, corporation counsel, appointees, public contracts, issuance and sale of bonds, biennial budget procedure, accounting procedures, and compensation of certain elective officials; political subdivision provision re biennial budgeting - AB923

County executive of populous counties and other counties: revisions re powers and duties, corporation counsel, appointees, public contracts, issuance and sale of bonds, biennial budget procedure, accounting procedures, and compensation of certain elective officials; political subdivision provision re biennial budgeting - SB777

CPA revisions re educational requirements, continuing education, peer reviews, and interstate data-sharing programs [Admin.Code Accy 2.002, 2.101, 2.202, 2.303] - AB188

CPA revisions re educational requirements, continuing education, peer reviews, and interstate data-sharing programs [Admin.Code Accy 2.002, 2.101, 2.202, 2.303] - SB130

Disabled veteran-owned businesses: minimum service-connected disability rating for state procurement and contracting purposes eliminated - AB80

Dual enrollment programs in high schools: Office of Educational Opportunity in UW System to award grants to high school teachers in meeting minimal qualifications; sunset provision - AB851

Due dates changed for certain entities re filing income and franchise tax returns, paying estimated income and franchise tax installment payments, and filing withholding tax returns - AB26

Due dates changed for certain entities re filing income and franchise tax returns, paying estimated income and franchise tax installment payments, and filing withholding tax returns - SB2

Early College Credit Program: excluding certain college-level courses offered to high school pupils - AB805

Early College Credit Program: excluding certain college-level courses offered to high school pupils - SB677

Fermented apple cider and pear cider: winery may provide taste samples manufactured by another Wisconsin winery - AB509

Fermented apple cider and pear cider: winery may provide taste samples manufactured by another Wisconsin winery - SB409

Habitual parking violator: authority of county or municipality to enact an ordinance to immobilize, remove, impound, and dispose of motor vehicle - AB882

Holders of both a brewery permit and a winery permit may sell their own cider at the brewery without a retail license and provide free taste samples - AB1000

Housing authority: tax-exempt property expanded - AB768

Housing authority: tax-exempt property expanded - SB641

I 94 east-west corridor project added to list of major highway projects approved for construction; conditions and DOT duties - AB919

Internal Revenue Code updates adopted re IRAs, retirement plan offsets, travel expense deduction for members of Congress, discharge of certain student loan indebtedness, distributions from qualified tuition program re elementary or secondary school, computing depletion for income and franchise tax purposes, and sales and use tax exemption for title holding entities for certain tax-exempt charitable organizations - AB910

Internal Revenue Code updates adopted re IRAs, retirement plan offsets, travel expense deduction for members of Congress, discharge of certain student loan indebtedness, distributions from qualified tuition program re elementary or secondary school, computing depletion for income and franchise tax purposes, and sales and use tax exemption for title holding entities for certain tax-exempt charitable organizations - SB764

Kanavas, Theodore ``Ted”: life and public service of former state senator commended - SJR69

Lifeguards: minors 15 years old and older may be employed as - AB326

Lifeguards: minors 15 years old and older may be employed as - SB251

Milwaukee County property: transfer of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to the Wisconsin Center District (WCD) per 2015 WisAct 60 repealed - AB813

Milwaukee County property: transfer of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to the Wisconsin Center District (WCD) per 2015 WisAct 60 repealed - SB680

Occupational License Review Council created in DSPS, report required; LRB duties specified - AB369

Rate-based client services purchased by DCF, DOC, DHS, or certain county departments: retention and disposition of surpluses generated by providers modified - AB327

Rate-based client services purchased by DCF, DOC, DHS, or certain county departments: retention and disposition of surpluses generated by providers modified - SB255

Retired professional licensed by the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors: exemption from continuing education requirement, conditions specified - AB670

Robotics competition grants from DPI: expanding eligibility to teams in grades 6 to 8 - AB564

Rollover payments from certain bankrupt airline re IRA: extending time in which an employee may file an amended income tax return - AB895

Soda water beverage equipment, not a coin-operated vending machine: DATCP prohibited from regulating terms of sale or rental of - AB544

Soda water beverage equipment, not a coin-operated vending machine: DATCP prohibited from regulating terms of sale or rental of - SB451

Stop the Bleed campaign recognized and March 31, 2018 established as Wisconsin Trauma Awareness Day - AJR111

Stop the Bleed campaign recognized and March 31, 2018 established as Wisconsin Trauma Awareness Day - SJR109

Thompson, (SSG) Matthew Vail: life and military service commended - AJR1

Thompson, (SSG) Matthew Vail: life and military service commended - SJR2

TID project costs: including expenditures for territory within adjacent city, village, or town - AB291

UW System report requirements revised and exempted from certain reports; commencement of classes for graduate health sciences classes revised - AB932

“Violent crime” definition used to deny pretrial release from custody expanded; revocation of the release of a person charged with a serious crime for violating any crime - AB642

Wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons: claims against the state provisions and compensation amounts revised, and outstanding deductions, civil claim for damages, and taxation exemption provisions; option to elect health care coverage plans through GIB created - AB548