2015 Subject Index to Legislation

Climate change caused by human activity acknowledged and actions to address the state’s role in mitigating it - AJR74

County and town conditional use permit process cannot impose a requirement preempted by federal or state law and cannot require interstate hazardous liquid pipeline operators to obtain insurance under certain conditions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1922am, 1923e, 1936u-1938e] - SB21

Development zone tax credits that expired repealed [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Industrial development"] - SB21

Development zone tax credits that expired repealed [for section numbers, see entry under ``Industrial development"] - AB21

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 [for Administrative Code numbers, see entry under ``Transportation, Department of –- Administrative rules"] - AB454

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 [for Administrative Code numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Transportation, Department of -– Administrative rules"] - SB360

East arterial highway project along STH 54 from the Village of Port Edwards to City of Wisconsin Rapids: vehicle traffic study on STH 13 and environmental impact statement requirement - AB826

Economic impact analysis of a proposed administrative rule is required to include a public health and environment impact assessment - AB933

Environmental impact statement for major highway project in Wood County required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2551u] - SB21

Environmental improvement fund: revisions to programs funded by; bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program increased; biennial finance plan provisions [Sec. 869, 1023, 3918, 4118-4137, 4139-4183] - AB21

Environmental improvement fund: revisions to programs funded by; bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program increased; biennial finance plan provisions [Sec. 53, 869, 1023, 3918, 4118-4137, 4139-4183; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program modified, ``nonprofit noncommunity water system" replaced with ``serves a local governmental unit", 868q, 4132m, 4133m, 4152m, 4165m, deletes 4118, 4132, 4133, 4162] - SB21

Environmental remediation project on school district-owned property: funding provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1006t, 2010e-2012m, 3395m, 3421r, t] - SB21

High capacity well approval procedure revised; designation of sensitive resource areas, special environmental review, and minimum water levels provisions; DNR and JCF duties - AB477

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

National Environmental Education Week: April 17-23 proclaimed as - SJR111

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 870; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, environmental fund provision, 636g] - SB21

Personal care product containing microbeads: manufacture and sale prohibitions created; over-the-counter drug and ordinance provisions - AB15

Personal care product containing microbeads: manufacture and sale prohibitions created; over-the-counter drug and ordinance provisions - SB15

Pollution abatement debt service: appropriation changed to sum sufficient [Sec. 640] - AB21

Pollution abatement debt service: appropriation changed to sum sufficient [Sec. 640] - SB21

Railroad corporations required to submit emergency preparedness plan re discharge of hazardous materials; DNR, Office of the Commissioner of Railroads, and DOT duties; rail safety inspector positions increased; reports required - AB552

Railroad corporations required to submit emergency preparedness plan re discharge of hazardous materials; DNR, Office of the Commissioner of Railroads, and DOT duties; rail safety inspector positions increased; reports required - SB427

Railroad crossing: certain cargo tank motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials required to stop [Sec. 4348] - AB21

Railroad crossing: certain cargo tank motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials required to stop [Sec. 4348] - SB21

Renew Wisconsin’s land ethic and heritage as a leader and pioneer in environmental policy and sustainability; focus on action to integrate carbon pollution and climate change solutions into activities and businesses of citizens - SJR62

Residual contamination after a hazardous substance cleanup: requirements revised; voluntary party liability exemption created, partial cleanup provision; DOJ, DNR, and DATCP duties - AB701

Residual contamination after a hazardous substance cleanup: requirements revised; voluntary party liability exemption created, partial cleanup provision; DOJ, DNR, and DATCP duties - SB545

Roark, Eugene M. ``Gene”: life, public service, and contributions to conservation efforts in the state commended upon his death - SJR68

epa EPA, see United States -- Environmental Protection Agency

epilepsy Epilepsy

Cannabidiol (CBD oil) producers re treatment for seizure disorder: licensure program in DSPS established; possession and dispensing requirements modified - SB772

epinephrine Epinephrine, see Drugs

equal rights Equal rights, see Discrimination

equalized valuation Equalized valuation, see Property tax; School -- State aid

equines Equines, see Horses

erosion control Erosion control, see Land

escrow account Escrow account, see Solid waste management

estate of deceased person Estate of deceased person, see also Probate code and court procedure

Deceased prison inmate: procedures relating to burial or cremation, unclaimed corpse, notification to relative, prohibition on cremation re homicide, and charges to prisoner’s estate - AB770

Deceased prison inmate: procedures relating to burial or cremation, unclaimed corpse, notification to relative, prohibition on cremation re homicide, and charges to prisoner’s estate - SB585

Inheritance by a parent who abandons a minor child prohibited; “abandoned” defined - AB218

Supreme Court requested to promulgate rules re continuing legal and judicial education on elder law or trusts and estates law - AB789

Supreme Court requested to promulgate rules re continuing legal and judicial education on elder law or trusts and estates law - SB671

ethics Ethics

DOR Lottery Division employees: conflict of interest exception re employment with a vendor [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 4548g, r] - SB21

Electronic voter registration provisions created; special registration deputies eliminated and election registration officials created; testing chief inspectors permitted; further revisions re electronic voting systems, absentee ballots, and proof of residency; GAB and DOT duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, certain veteran ID card may be used as proof of identification, electronic voter registration list information revised, posting election returns to the Internet provision, Elections Commission and Ethics Commission members subject to standards of conduct for state public officials and filing statements of economic interest clarified, limit on political action committee contributions to certain segregated funds; S.Amdt.1: verification of certain registrations modified; A.Amdt.2: campaign contributions for other persons established] - SB295

Individuals prohibited from doing campaign work while working for another individual or committee who is required to register with GAB - AB472

Principal disseminating or attempting to influence model, uniform, suggested, or recommended legislation required to register with GAB and file expense statements; state public official statements of economic interests expanded to include reimbursements from campaign accounts or scholarships to attend a meeting or conference, person providing the reimbursement or scholarship also required to report to GAB; penalty provisions - AB464

Venue for trials re elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation law violations: civil and criminal prosecutions where the alleged violation occurred; deletes statutory restriction on disclosure of certain information re investigation or prosecution - AB463

ethics commission Ethics Commission, see also Government Accountability Board

Campaign finance laws (chapter 11) revised including requiring specified entities to register with GAB and file periodic reports, contribution limits, and coordination [A.Amdt.1: definition revisions, ``name of the principal place of employment" changed to ``occupation", and other revisions; A.Amdt.11: definition revisions, threshold re express advocacy costs revised, reconciliation provision re AB388 or SB294; S.Amdt.1: reporting cycle modified, contribution limit adjustment deleted, coordination prohibitions revised] - AB387

Electronic voter registration provisions created; special registration deputies eliminated and election registration officials created; testing chief inspectors permitted; further revisions re electronic voting systems, absentee ballots, and proof of residency; GAB and DOT duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, certain veteran ID card may be used as proof of identification, electronic voter registration list information revised, posting election returns to the Internet provision, Elections Commission and Ethics Commission members subject to standards of conduct for state public officials and filing statements of economic interest clarified, limit on political action committee contributions to certain segregated funds; S.Amdt.1: verification of certain registrations modified; A.Amdt.2: campaign contributions for other persons established] - SB295

Ethics Commission toll-free telephone number required for reports of fraud, waste, and mismanagement re WEDC; DA and report provisions - AB991

Ethics Commission toll-free telephone number required for reports of fraud, waste, and mismanagement re WEDC; DA and report provisions - SB782

Executive branch appointments: executive officers required to disclose certain information to the Ethics Commission - AB890

Executive branch appointments: executive officers required to disclose certain information to the Ethics Commission - SB659

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties [A.Amdt.1: commission administrator authority modified, advisory opinion provisions revised, selection of chairpersons revised, and other changed; A.Amdt.4: appropriation provisions, implementation plan revised; S.Amdt.1: selection of chairpersons and filling administrator vacancy revised, removing an administrator, appointing nonvoting members to GAB and transition to new commissions and other transition provisions, JCLO duties; S.Amdt.2: Governor appointments to Ethics Commission to be former judges] - AB388

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties - SB294

euthanasia Euthanasia, see Animal -- Treatment

evidence Evidence, see also Lie detector

Collateral source payments and subrogation revisions re admissible as evidence - AB539

Collateral source payments and subrogation revisions re admissible as evidence - SB405

Custodial interrogation of a juvenile: law enforcement agency required to notify parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian and cannot commence the interrogation until the notice is received; evidence admissibility provision - AB985

Evidence-based pretrial risk assessment tool: grants to counties to incorporate into pretrial criminal procedure; DOJ duties, report required - AB980

exam _or testing_ of pupil Exam (or testing) of pupil, see School -- Evaluation and testing

examining board Examining board, see Chiropractic; Pharmacy; Safety and Professional Services, Department of; Trades and occupations

excise tax Excise tax

Sale of heavy truck or trailer: state sales and use tax exemption for federal excise tax imposed on; JSCTE appendix report - AB629

Sale of heavy truck or trailer: state sales and use tax exemption for federal excise tax imposed on; JSCTE appendix report - SB506

executive office Executive office, see also Governor

Inactive boards and councils repealed; assets, property, contracts, and pending matters provisions for certain councils and board [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 77m, 93m, 100m, 108g-r, 120g, r, 125m, 126m, 148m-161m, 203p-215p, 222m, 247m, 254b-x, 272f, 320m, 328m, 396d-417r, 634m, 797m, 990r, 1065m, 1308k, m, 1700m, 2530v, 2531c-w, 2724m, 2725m, 3459p, 3482m, 3582r, 4109b, 4416g-4467r, 9101 (10j), (10k); S.Amdt.2: deletes 215p, 3459p] - SB21

Literacy improvement and literacy development grants authority transferred to DCF from the Governor; Read to Lead Development Council transferred to DCF from the Office of the Governor, membership revised [Sec. 65, 78-86, 88-93, 568, 811, 812, 1007, 1031] - AB21

Literacy improvement and literacy development grants authority transferred to DCF from the Governor; Read to Lead Development Council transferred to DCF from the Office of the Governor, membership revised [Sec. 65, 78-86, 88-93, 568, 811, 812, 1007, 1031; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Read to Lead Development Fund sunsetted, literacy improvement grants revised re literacy or early childhood development programs, 65b, 91b, 568b, 720d, 723d, 1007b, 1031b, 1678m-s, 9406 (1q), deletes 91] - SB21

Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission created in the Office of the Governor - SB439

expenditure restraint program Expenditure Restraint Program, see Shared revenue

expenses of legislators Expenses of legislators, see Legislature -- Member -- Compensation

exposition district Exposition district, see Public building

expressway Expressway, see Road -- Expressway

expulsion of pupils Expulsion of pupils, see School -- Discipline and student rights

extended supervision Extended supervision, see Sentences and penalties

extortion Extortion, see Crime and criminals

extracurricular activity Extracurricular activity, see School -- Curriculum

extraordinary session, 2015 _ february Extraordinary session, 2015 -- February

State right to work law re labor organization membership or payments to as condition of employment prohibited, misdemeanor provision - AB61

State right to work law re labor organization membership or payments to as condition of employment prohibited, misdemeanor provision - SB44

extraordinary session, 2015 _ july Extraordinary session, 2015 -- July

Abortion law revisions re postfertilization age of unborn child, prohibition at or after 20 weeks, hospital and clinic reporting requirements, and informed consent; exemption, civil remedies, injunction, and penalty provisions - AB237

Abortion law revisions re postfertilization age of unborn child, prohibition at or after 20 weeks, hospital and clinic reporting requirements, and informed consent; exemption, civil remedies, injunction, and penalty provisions [S.Amdt.1: protection provision modified re substantial risk to the pregnant woman] - SB179

Budget bill - AB21