2015 Subject Index to Legislation

Employment discrimination re unfair honesty or genetic testing: DWD or discriminated person may bring an action in circuit court for compensatory and punitive damages; exceptions, limitations, and consumer price index provisions - SB145

Motor vehicle fuel tax rate: annual increases re consumer price index; JCF approval required - AB468

Motor vehicle fuel tax rate increased to pay debt service on major highway and rehabilitation projects; DOR to adjust annually based on consumer price index - AB972

Motor vehicle fuel tax rate increased to pay debt service on major highway and rehabilitation projects; DOR to adjust annually based on consumer price index - SB763

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

Per pupil revenue limit increased re consumer price index - AB295

Per pupil revenue limit increased re consumer price index - SB215

State minimum wage law revised; DWD duties and consumer price index provision - SB2

State minimum wage law revised; DWD duties and consumer price index provision; ordinance establishing a living wage permitted - AB12

State minimum wage law revisions, living wage provisions replaced with minimum wage requirements, and living wage ordinance prohibition eliminated; consumer price index, DWD duties, and emergency rule provisions - AB264

Supplemental forfeiture allowed for certain violations against the elderly and disabled re laws DATCP has rule-making, investigation, or enforcement authority - AB610

Supplemental forfeiture allowed for certain violations against the elderly and disabled re laws DATCP has rule-making, investigation, or enforcement authority - SB485

WCA pleading requirements revisions - AB117

WCA pleading requirements revisions - SB92

container Container, see Alcohol beverage -- Regulation; Retail establishment

contaminated property _brownfields_ Contaminated property (brownfields), see Environmental protection

continuing education Continuing education, see Chiropractic; Safety and Professional Services, Department of; Teacher -- Certificate; Trades and occupations

contraceptive Contraceptive, see Birth control

contract carrier Contract carrier, see Bus and truck

contractor Contractor

Construction career academy grant program repealed [Sec. 2711] - SB21

Construction manager-general contractor process: DOT authorized to use for highway improvement projects under certain conditions [Sec. 2556-2560, 3078, 4609, 4610, 4643, 4644, 9345 (3)] - AB21

Construction manager-general contractor process: DOT authorized to use for highway improvement projects under certain conditions [Sec. 2556-2560, 3078, 4609, 4610, 4643, 4644, 9345 (3); original bill only] - SB21

Construction materials: sales tax exemption created, conditions specified [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2524r, 9337 (4c), 9437 (2c)] - SB21

Construction project contracts: DOA may identify certain minority and disabled veteran-owned businesses for a contractor or general prime contractor - AB281

Construction project contracts: DOA may identify certain minority and disabled veteran-owned businesses for a contractor or general prime contractor - SB207

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - AB726

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - SB568

contracts Contracts, see also Collective bargaining; Contractor; Interstate compact; Mortgage; Power of attorney; Teacher -- Contract

Building Commission contracting requirements revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 47b, 370, 373b, 374b, 9304 (1n)] - SB21

Construction manager-general contractor process: DOT authorized to use for highway improvement projects under certain conditions [Sec. 2556-2560, 3078, 4609, 4610, 4643, 4644, 9345 (3)] - AB21

Construction manager-general contractor process: DOT authorized to use for highway improvement projects under certain conditions [Sec. 2556-2560, 3078, 4609, 4610, 4643, 4644, 9345 (3); original bill only] - SB21

Contract and lease limits created re a party's access to procedural or substantive rights; exceptions and judicial review provisions - SB61

Contracts between WEDC and recipients of grants, loans, or tax credits: requirements created - AB858

``Contractual services": term clarified re certain information technology services; DOA rules requirement re cost-benefit analysis of certain procurements eliminated [Sec. 318, 319, 323-326, 2543, 2544] - AB21

``Contractual services": term clarified re certain information technology services; DOA rules requirement re cost-benefit analysis of certain procurements eliminated [Sec. 318, 319, 323-326, 2543, 2544; original bill only] - SB21

DOA contractual services duties modified [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 323b] - SB21

Frac sand mining contract for neighboring properties: inclusion on real estate condition and vacant land disclosure reports required - AB152

Frac sand mining contract for neighboring properties: inclusion on real estate condition and vacant land disclosure reports required - SB98

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 - AB598

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

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases - AB20

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases - SB176

Prescription drug monitoring program review and reporting requirements created, sunset provision [A.Amdt.1: CSB may contract with an analytics firm to augment the program] - AB766

Qualified financial contracts and certain agreements: staying or prevention of a person from exercising certain rights prohibited - AB668

Qualified financial contracts and certain agreements: staying or prevention of a person from exercising certain rights prohibited - SB537

Recidivism reduction program for City of Milwaukee created: DCF may contract with private organization to conduct the program; LAB audit and JCF approval required; ``pay-for-performance contract" defined [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1785m, 9152 (1c)] - SB21

Restrictive covenants in employment and agency relationships provisions created; covenant not to compete provisions repealed - AB91

Restrictive covenants in employment and agency relationships provisions created; covenant not to compete provisions repealed - SB69

State and local construction project contracts: preference to bidder that ensures the percentage of employees are Wisconsin residents is at least the same percentage as neighboring state’s hiring of state residents requirement - AB493

State and local construction project contracts: preference to bidder that ensures the percentage of employees are Wisconsin residents is at least the same percentage as neighboring state’s hiring of state residents requirement - SB373

Surplus retention limits for providers of rate-based and rate-regulated services [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1471nb-ns, 1776n, p, 1777fb-fr, 4250c-k, 9306 (3u), 9406 (1v)] - SB21

Virtual marketplace for digital educational resources: Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into contracts for and DPI to host [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 560m, 3193s] - SB21

contributory negligence Contributory negligence

Personal injury action involving asbestos trusts: damages and assignment of claims revised - AB862

Personal injury action involving asbestos trusts: damages and assignment of claims revised - SB723

controlled substance Controlled substance, see Drugs; Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement; Drunken driving; Implied consent or alcohol concentration

controlled substance board Controlled Substance Board

Prescription drug monitoring program changes re timing of submission of records and disclosure of records; emergency rule provision [A.Amdt.1: review of patient's records exemptions, veterinarian prescription orders included, DSPS Secretary to notify LRB when the program is operational; A.Amdt.2: disclosure of records cannot contain patient's personally identifiable information] - AB364

Prescription drug monitoring program changes re timing of submission of records and disclosure of records; emergency rule provision - SB268

Prescription drug monitoring program review and reporting requirements created, sunset provision [A.Amdt.1: CSB may contract with an analytics firm to augment the program] - AB766

Prescription drug monitoring program review and reporting requirements created, sunset provision - SB716

Prescription drug monitoring program transferred to CSB from the Pharmacy Examining Board; rule provisions re record disclosure and failure to comply; CSB membership modified [Sec. 175, 524, 3483, 4474, 4477, 9138 (1)] - AB21

Prescription drug monitoring program transferred to CSB from the Pharmacy Examining Board; rule provisions re record disclosure and failure to comply; CSB membership modified [Sec. 175, 524, 3483, 4474, 4477, 9138 (1); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, definition provisions, 4731f-k] - SB21

Tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) definition revised to remove dispense requirement for cannabidiol (CBD oil) exception - AB228

Tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) definition revised to remove dispense requirement for cannabidiol (CBD oil) exception - SB221

conveyances Conveyances, see Railroad

cooperative arrangement Cooperative arrangement, see Intrastate relations

cooperative associations Cooperative associations, see also Electric utility

Campaign finance law revisions: nonprofit social welfare organization registration and reporting requirements; individual contribution limits; political disbursements and obligations by corporations and cooperative associations; reporting mass communication obligations; and express advocacy for an electioneering communication - AB605

Campaign finance law revisions re political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and scope of regulated activity and reporting certain activity; penalty and definition provisions - AB293

Campaign finance law revisions re political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and scope of regulated activity and reporting certain activity; penalty and definition provisions - SB201

Class ``B" highway weight limitations and special or seasonal weight limitations: exemptions for certain utility vehicles responding to service interruptions - AB122

Class ``B" highway weight limitations and special or seasonal weight limitations: exemptions for certain utility vehicles responding to service interruptions - SB80

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - AB860

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - SB630

Cooperative members allowed to vote electronically on the election or removal of directors, conditions specified - AB392

Cooperative members allowed to vote electronically on the election or removal of directors, conditions specified - SB284

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

Renewable portfolio standards requirements for electric utilities and retail electric cooperatives eliminated; electricity consumed from renewable resources goal and PSC report eliminated - AB1015

Renewable portfolio standards requirements for electric utilities and retail electric cooperatives eliminated; electricity consumed from renewable resources goal and PSC report eliminated - SB794

cooperative educational service agency Cooperative Educational Service Agency, see Educational Service Agency, Cooperative

cop _community options program_ COP (Community Options Program), see Nursing homes and adult care

coroner Coroner

Coroner and medical examiner service fees: moratorium expanded and exception created re an intergovernmental cooperation agreement - AB662

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

Funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematorium: exemption from certain fees and moratorium on certain fee increases [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1831p, 1909s, 9318 (3j)] - SB21

Medical examiner, and medicolegal investigation staff members licensure by the Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) required, exceptions and license requirements; MIEB created in DSPS; reporting deaths revisions and failure to report penalty increased; jurisdiction to investigate death and notifications, autopsies and other diagnostic procedures; investigation records and handling of personal property; disposition of bodies; access to deceased's mental health treatment records - AB867