Wisconsin Legislature: Family

Domestic abuse arrests: presumption changed from primary physical aggressor to ``predominant aggressor"; definition, law enforcement policies, and bail provisions - AB436

Domestic abuse program funding by DHFS [Sec. 900-902; A.Sub.Amdt.1: matching funds required for grants, 898c, e, 9321 (9d)] - AB100

Domestic abuse services funding: TANF replaced with GPR; DHFS grants to specific organizations; Refugee Family Strengthening Project funding (which includes bilingual staff, especially Hmong) [Sec. 309, 898, 899, 903, 904, 918-922, 1102, 1103] - AB100

Domestic partner benefits for state employees and annuitants [Sec. 733-736, 9314 (1); original bill only] - AB100

Family and school communications protection registry created; DATCP duties specified; fee and penalty provisions; ``restricted message" definition - AB1029

Family and school communications protection registry created; DATCP duties specified; fee and penalty provisions; ``restricted message" definition - SB636

Family Care entitlement for non-MA eligible persons: requirement delayed [Sec. 878] - AB100

Family Care resource center expansion: DHFS to create nine new centers; JCF to review [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 872m-s, 878m, 9121 (12k), (12L)] - AB100

Family Care resource centers and care management organizations: DHFS authority to contract with certain entities to provide, JCF provision; pilot project requirements eliminated - AB1110

Family Care resource centers and care management organizations: DHFS authority to contract with certain entities to provide, JCF provision; pilot project requirements eliminated [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, DHFS use of capitation payments re long-term care services, self-directed services option, evaluations, and increased funding for reimbursement for certain care provided by nursing homes added; A.Amdt.1: annual report re certain relocations or diversions required] - SB653

Foster home, treatment foster home, shelter, group home, or residential care center workers or volunteers prohibited from having sexual contact or sexual intercourse with children placed there; felony provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, sexual abuse by stepparent added] - AB511

Harboring or aiding a felon: penalties revised; probation removed as a penalty and exemption for certain family members eliminated - SB248

Health care expenses: adult child may establish an account to pay for parent's expenses; income tax deduction provision - AB816

JLC required to create a permanent, special committee on strengthening Wisconsin's families [A.Amdt.1: JLC shall direct the special committee to study issues, list of issues to study revised, sunset added] - SB655

Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board: certain ``certificates" references changed to ``licenses"; training certificate requirements modified - AB928

Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board: certain ``certificates" references changed to ``licenses"; training certificate requirements modified - SB502

OWI arrest: release to attorney, spouse, relative, or other responsible adult revised; law enforcement officer required to seize or immobilize vehicle - SB455

Parental duties: DHFS to prepare and distribute informational materials describing the duties, legal consequences for failure to perform those duties, and a list of agencies that provide services for children and families - AB313

Parenting plan requirements revised; equalizing periods of physical placement to highest degree; legal custody and physical placement modifications; mediation and guardian ad litem provisions - AB897

Parenting plan requirements revised; equalizing periods of physical placement to highest degree; legal custody and physical placement modifications; mediation and guardian ad litem provisions - SB586

Private school criteria: parents or guardians may waive the requirement that pupils return home annually for at least two months - SB604

Real estate transfer fee exemption for transfers between siblings - AB1139

Refugee Family Strengthening Project: DHFS to report on alternative funding sources [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (13f)] - AB100

Rights of crime victims: ``family member" definition revised to include adult children - AB172

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow - AB796

Special distinguishing registration plate for persons who had an immediate family member die in combat while in the armed forces created; DOT duties specified - AB433

Treatment record confidentiality: release without written consent exception modified [A.Amdt.1: exception for withholding information from specified family members removed; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, family member exception restored, exception added re facility has cause to believe disclosure of information would be dangerous for the individual] - AB33

U.W. and technical college fee remission extended to child or surviving spouse of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, EMT, fire fighter, or law enforcement officer who qualified for duty disability benefits and later died from the disability - AB835

U.W. and technical college fee remission extended to child or surviving spouse of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, EMT, fire fighter, or law enforcement officer who qualified for duty disability benefits and later died from the disability - SB414

Actions affecting the family: chap.767 recodified - SB123

Active duty in the armed forces: court may not use as a consideration in determining or modifying a child's legal custody - AB1026

Active duty in the armed forces: court may not use as a consideration in determining or modifying a child's legal custody - SB590

Award to dependents when crime victim or person aiding police is killed re certain crimes: payment prohibition re victim listed on child support lien docket eliminated - AB949

Child or family support obligation revised re active duty in national guard or U.S. armed forces or reserves - SB182

Child support appropriation transfers [Sec. 343] - AB100

Child support: disparity in the parties' income and resources must be considered when using the percentage standard; petition re action affecting the family provision - AB654

Father's obligation to contribute to pregnancy and birth expenses re paternity judgment revised - AB751

Father's obligation to contribute to pregnancy and birth expenses re paternity judgment revised [S.Amdt.1: public assistance and income at poverty level provisions added] - SB369

Health insurance data sharing; technical changes re ``medical support liability program" and clarification re program as part of the state's child and spousal support and paternity establishment programs [Sec. 1118, 1166, 1203, 1230; A.Sub.Amdt.1: data sharing removed, deletes 1166] - AB100

Health insurance ID card for a child: parent required to provide to the other parent re divorce, legal separation, or paternity actions; contempt of court provision - AB526

Legal custody or periods of physical placement of child: court authorized to make modifications contingent on future events or change in conditions - AB311

Legal custody or physical placement order modification: court must consider criminal record of certain persons other than the child's parents [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, court must use same considerations at initial determination of custody or placement] - AB522

Legal custody or physical placement order modification: court must consider criminal record of certain persons other than the child's parents - SB247

Moving with or removing a child: provisions revised re legal custody or physical placement - AB400

Special orders of business for March 7, 2006 established re AB-19, AB-33, AB-96, AB-353, AB-588, AB-596, AB-671, AB-673, AB-675, AB-680, AB-681, AB-686, AB-751, AB-801, AB-838, AB-842, AB-856, AB-874, AB-900, AB-928, AB-934, AB-936, AB-958, AB-973, AB-974, AB-975, AB-987, AB-989, AB-990, AB-1008, AB-1015, AB-1024, AB-1028, AB-1060, AB-1077, SB-103, SB-350, SB-369, SB-405, SB-447, SB-450, SB-459, SB-501, SB-502, SB-510, SB-536, SB-537, SB-602 - AR50

Special orders of business for March 9, 2006 established re AB-71, AB-87, AB-129, AB-287, AB-328, AB-538, AB-587, AB-639, AB-735, AB-777, AB-875, AB-887, AB-937, AB-966, AB-1002, AB-1003, AB-1026, AB-1032, AB-1035, AB-1044, AB-1078, AB-1090, SB-123, SB-145, SB-150, SB-183, SB-226, SB-268, SB-272, SB-273, SB-284, SB-338, SB-352, SB-359, SB-362, SB-363, SB-364, SB-365, SB-380, SB-420, SB-453, SB-457, SB-474, SB-487, SB-488, SB-489, SB-490, SB-491, SB-492, SB-493, SB-494, SB-512, SB-515, SB-527, SB-539, SB-540, SB-547, SB-549, SB-555, SB-556, SB-557, SB-560, SB-562, SB-579, SB-591, SB-592, SB-597, SB-601, SB-612, SB-613, SB-638, SB-642, SB-652, SJR-33 - AR51

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) of 1997 to replace the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) enacted in 1975 - SB112

WEJT for noncustodial parents: additional source of funding re child support obligations [Sec. 1119] - AB100

DATCP grants re agricultural products and wastes as energy sources, reduction and use of agricultural wastes, and biochemical development [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Energy conservation"] - AB100

Farm Assets Reinvestment Management Loan Guarantee Program: eligibility expanded [A.Amdt.1: refinancing existing debt provision] - AB1003

Farm Assets Reinvestment Management Loan Guarantee Program, Homeownership Mortgage Loan Program, Housing Rehabilitation Program, and Small Business Development Loan Guarantee Program modifications; WHEDA revisions re notes and bonds limits, authority to acquire property, confidentiality of certain records, and using the Building Commission as its financial consultant; Comm.Dept to prepare an appendix report [A.Amdt.1: SSN provision re Homeownership Mortgage Loan Program added] - AB593

Farm Assets Reinvestment Management Loan Guarantee Program, Homeownership Mortgage Loan Program, Housing Rehabilitation Program, and Small Business Development Loan Guarantee Program modifications; WHEDA revisions re notes and bonds limits, authority to acquire property, confidentiality of certain records, and using the Building Commission as its financial consultant; Comm.Dept to prepare an appendix report - SB269

Farm Assets Reinvestment Management Loan Guarnatee Program in WHEDA: maximum term of a guarantee for certain loans increased; Comm.Dept to prepare an appendix report - AB552

Farm property: computing expense deductions and amortization and depreciation for income and franchise tax purposes revised - AB21

Historic barn preservation and rehabilitation: individual income tax credit created; SHSW duty specified - AB1046

Livestock farm modernization tax credit revisions [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Livestock and meat"] - AB100

Special orders of business for December 15, 2005 established re AB-15, AB-21, AB-51, AB-187, AB-498, AB-523, AB-574, AB-586, AB-594, AB-614, AB-618, AB-805, AB-806, AB-850, SB-206, SB-426 - AR45

Special orders of business for September 27, 2005 established re partial vetoes of AB-100 [Items C-8, C-9, C-14, C-16, F-3, F-4] and AB-27, AB-39, AB-69, AB-72, AB-95, AB-97, AB-127, AB-128, AB-133, AB-155, AB-184, AB-188, AB-201, AB-230, AB-264, AB-286, AB-308, AB-340, AB-345, AB-375, AB-384, AB-410, AB-426, AB-436, AB-442, AB-444, AB-460, AB-479, AB-482, AB-510, AB-512, AB-522, AB-534, AB-606, AB-636, AB-646, AB-648, AB-657, AB-679, and SB-266 - AR38

Tangible personal property used exclusively in the business of farming or husbandry activities: sales and use tax exemptions created - AB346

Tangible personal property used in farming: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid on purchases [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, income and franchise tax credit provisions removed, sales and use tax exemptions for certain tangible personal property created, horticulture and floriculture included; A.Amdt.1: silviculture added; S.Amdt.1: other silviculture sales tax exemptions added] - AB646

Agricultural vehicles and agricultural implements: lighting and visibility marking requirements revised re highway operation; amber strobe light and emergency rule provisions; DOT duty specified - AB340

Badger Care income limits: depreciation of farm equipment exempted - AB16

Calcium chloride liquid transportation: monthly registration of a motor truck, trailer, or truck tractor permitted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, consecutive monthly registration of a weight transfer machine for truck or tractor pulling competitions or events added] - SB61

Dairy investment credit: revisions to clarify terms - AB125

Dairy investment credit: revisions to clarify terms and expanded to include livestock farm - AB145

Farm truck or dual purpose farm truck combined with a semitrailer or farm trailer: exemption from motor carrier regulations and marking requirement; horse trailer, vehicle combination weight, and passenger provisions; DOT prohibited from promulgating certain rules - AB762

Livestock transported in farm truck or combination of farm truck and semitrailer or trailer by registered vehicle owner: exemption from motor carrier regulations; DOT provision - AB342

Livestock transported in farm truck or combination of farm truck and semitrailer or trailer by registered vehicle owner: exemption from motor carrier regulations; DOT provision - SB213

Special orders of business for September 27, 2005 established re partial vetoes of AB-100 [Items C-8, C-9, C-14, C-16, F-3, F-4] and AB-27, AB-39, AB-69, AB-72, AB-95, AB-97, AB-127, AB-128, AB-133, AB-155, AB-184, AB-188, AB-201, AB-230, AB-264, AB-286, AB-308, AB-340, AB-345, AB-375, AB-384, AB-410, AB-426, AB-436, AB-442, AB-444, AB-460, AB-479, AB-482, AB-510, AB-512, AB-522, AB-534, AB-606, AB-636, AB-646, AB-648, AB-657, AB-679, and SB-266 - AR38

Tangible personal property used in farming: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid on purchases [for further revisions, see entry under ``Farm and farming"] - AB646

Two-vehicle combinations re tractor-semitrailers and semitrailers: exception to operation on certain highways without a permit allowed under certain conditions; DOT duty and LC provision; distance unauthorized vehicles may travel to access a designated highway modified - AB315

Two-vehicle combinations re tractor-semitrailers and semitrailers: exception to operation on certain highways without a permit allowed under certain conditions; DOT duty and LC provision; distance unauthorized vehicles may travel to access a designated highway modified - SB178

Vehicle used exclusively to transport a weight transfer machine re truck or tractor pulling events: consecutive monthly registration permitted - AB328

Agricultural Producer Security Program: licensed vegetable contractor who purchases only potatoes may choose not to contribute; credit against fees charged modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, fees and provision for resuming participation after opting out modified] - AB635

Direct farm marketer signs: political subdivision may not enact or enforce an ordinance prohibiting placement of signs if certain conditions are met; definition provision - SB445

Home-canned acidic fruits or vegetables sold at a farmers' market or similar event exempt from food processing plant license requirement under certain conditions; DATCP duties specified - SB205

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, PSC duties revised, corn-burning furnace pilot program added; S.Amdt.1: energy consuming equipment provisions] - SB459

TIF approved purposes re towns: ``agricultural project" expanded to include ``farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated" - AB973

TIF approved purposes re towns: ``agricultural project" expanded to include ``farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated" - SB543

Vehicles or combination of vehicles carrying agricultural crops during specific dates may exceed weight limits without a permit under certain conditions; exceptions, DATCP agricultural emergency declarations, and DOT provisions - AB510

Vehicles or combination of vehicles carrying agricultural crops during specific dates may exceed weight limits without a permit under certain conditions; exceptions, DATCP agricultural emergency declarations, and DOT provisions - SB240

Wisconsin First Program created re promoting a Wisconsin identity for farm-raised food products; DATCP to administer - SB665

Badger Care and MA program income limits: depreciation re farm and self-employment income exempted - AB119