2015 Subject Index to Legislation

registration of electors Registration of electors, see Elections -- Registration

registration plate Registration plate, see Motor vehicle -- Taxation or registration; Motorcycle -- Taxation or registration

religion and society Religion and society

Gaylor, Anne Nicol: life and dedication to reproductive rights for women and the separation of church and state commended upon her death - AJR52

Gaylor, Anne Nicol: life and dedication to reproductive rights for women and the separation of church and state commended upon her death - SJR43

religious education Religious education

Christian Schools International added to list of choice program accrediting agencies and preaccrediting agencies and Special Needs Scholarship program accrediting entities re qualifying private schools [A.Amdt.1: Association of Christian Schools International added] - AB602

Christian Schools International added to list of choice program accrediting agencies and preaccrediting agencies and Special Needs Scholarship program accrediting entities re qualifying private schools - SB467

religious societies Religious societies

Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County: DOT to erect and maintain directional signs; contributions from interested parties provision - AB83

Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County: DOT to erect and maintain directional signs; contributions from interested parties provision - SB11

Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS: first week in March proclaimed as - SJR16

Cemetery authority licensure requirements revised, religious associations and deposit of care funds provisions; DSPS administration of cemeteries and DFI regulation of cemetery authorities transferred to the Cemetery Board, salesperson licensure provision; rules established for disposition of occupied cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces; certain penalty provisions increased - AB410

Cemetery authority licensure requirements revised, religious associations and deposit of care funds provisions; DSPS administration of cemeteries and DFI regulation of cemetery authorities transferred to the Cemetery Board, salesperson licensure provision; rules established for disposition of occupied cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces; certain penalty provisions increased - SB302

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 - AB782

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

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 - SB638

Columbaria maintained by religious associations: exemption from requirements applicable to mausoleums and cemeteries created - AB285

Columbaria maintained by religious associations: exemption from requirements applicable to mausoleums and cemeteries created [S.Amdt.1: care fund and certification requirements added] - SB229

Dwelling construction standard and building permit waiver provisions for certain religious groups created; definitions and DSPS provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2715m, 2717m, 2718d] - SB21

Pope Francis: achievements commended and welcomed on his visit to the U.S. - SJR14

Protecting the civil rights of all Wisconsinites and denouncing bigotry and hatred: Assembly’s unwavering commitment to reaffirmed - AR7

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

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations removed - AB348

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations removed - SB262

Spiritual treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for children: exemptions removed re county department determination of child abuse or neglect, felony physical abuse of a child, and administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody; Christian Science treatment limited to adult patients - AB959

relocation payment Relocation payment, see Eminent domain; Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes

remedial legislation Remedial legislation, see Statutes -- Revision

renewable energy resource Renewable energy resource, see Energy conservation

rental property Rental property, see Housing; Motor vehicle -- Dealers and finance companies; Personal property; State office building

reorganization of state government Reorganization of state government

Career and technical education incentive grants in DPI eliminated and DWD permitted to award instead; appropriations for apprenticeship completion and local youth apprenticeship grants from the Wisconsin fast forward grants appropriation [Sec. 564, 727-730, 1421, 3079-3090, 3096, 3193; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, grants transferred to DWD and conferring with DPI required, apprenticeship provisions removed, 727b, d, 3081d, 3193b-bi, deletes 727-729, 3079-3081, 3096, 3193] - SB21

Corrections System Formulary Board created in Corr.Dept re therapeutic alternate drug selections in the state correctional system - SB84

Crime prevention funding board (CPFB) created in each county that receives funding from certain surcharge; grants to nonprofit organizations and law enforcement agencies for crime prevention purposes; reports required [Sec. 1004, 1908, 1910, 1915, 4619, 4620, 4733, 4734, 9129 (1)] - SB21

Documents re municipality name changes, reorganizations, and boundary record keeping functions transferred from Secretary of State to DOA [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9139 (1q)] - SB21

Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of (DFIPS), created; all DFI functions transferred to; DOA administration of disabled veteran, women, and minority owned business certifications transferred to; Small Business Regulatory Review Board and Office of Business Development transferred to; EAB eliminated and functions transferred to DFIPS and DATCP; tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred to; DSPS eliminated and all functions transferred to, except private on-site wastewater treatment systems to DNR [for section numbers, see entry under ``Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of"] - AB21

Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of (DFIPS), created; all DFI functions transferred to; DOA administration of disabled veteran, women, and minority owned business certifications transferred to; Small Business Regulatory Review Board and Office of Business Development transferred to; EAB eliminated and functions transferred to DFIPS and DATCP; tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred to; DSPS eliminated and all functions transferred to, except private on-site wastewater treatment systems to DNR and Veterinary Examining Board to DATCP - AB163

Financial Institutions and Professional Services, Department of (DFIPS), created; all DFI functions transferred to; DOA administration of disabled veteran, women, and minority owned business certifications transferred to; Small Business Regulatory Review Board and Office of Business Development transferred to; EAB eliminated and functions transferred to DFIPS and DATCP; tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred to; DSPS eliminated and all functions transferred to, except private on-site wastewater treatment systems to DNR and Veterinary Examining Board to DATCP - SB119

Food Safety Advisory Council created in DATCP, fees provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 132m, 4102, 9102 (3q), 9118 (10u), 9402 (1v)] - SB21

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

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; 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

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 104, 219, 1064, 9144 (2)] - SB21

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, false statement on application and electronic retrieval of information provisions added] - AB470

OSER restructured into Division of Personnel Management in DOA; DMRS restructured into Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Division of Personnel Management; terms of appointed members to GIB modified [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``State Employment Relations, Office of"] - SB21

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

Railroad conveyances: DFI duties transferred to the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3527d-h, 9314 (3f)] - SB21

Restaurants, lodging, and recreation: oversight of transferred to DATCP from DHS [for section numbers, see entry under ``Restaurant"] - SB21

State energy office and relocation assistance to persons displaced when property is condemned for public improvements: administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 510, 774, 1068-1072, 1074, 1075, 1077-1092, 2576, 9101 (3); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, relocation assistance provisions removed, deletes all original numbers except 9101 (3)] - SB21

Tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred from DHS to DFIPS [Sec. 548, 549, 669, 1454, 1853, 1879, 2471, 2693, 2716, 2717, 3121, 4031, 4032, 4041-4044, 4048, 4108, 4317, 4377, 4524, 4525, 9118 (3); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DFIPS provisions removed, transferred to DSPS, 9418 (2f)] - SB21

Veterinary Examining Board transferred from DSPS to DATCP [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Veterinary medicine"] - SB21

Worker's compensation: administrative functions transferred to OCI from DWD; adjudicatory functions transferred to DHA (disputed claims) and OCI (fees and treatment) from DWD; notices and recording testimony by electronic means provisions [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Worker's compensation"] - SB21

Youth aids allocation and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services administration and standards development transferred from Corr.Dept to DCF; youth aids amount set and Juvenile Justice Code provision [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Juvenile delinquency"] - SB21

reorganization of state government _ attached under s.15.03 Reorganization of state government -- Attached under s.15.03

Distance Learning Authorization Board created and attached to HEAB; JCF duties - SB511

LIRC transferred from DWD to DOA; Governor to appoint the general counsel [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 146m, 666m, 741m, 918m, 3673m] - SB21

reports Reports, see also Legislative Audit Bureau; Legislature -- Finance, Joint Committee on; Studies; specific subject

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: DHS annual report required - AB840

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: DHS report required, DOR provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3483t] - SB21

Broadband expansion grant program funding from the universal service fund; TEACH program appropriations consolidated and an educational agency may request access to multiple data lines and video links [Sec. 423-427, 511-515, 569-572, 592, 800-804, 3283, 3529, 3532, 3536, 9436 (1); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, broadband grants revised with universal service fund provisions, TEACH program provisions removed, PSC report required, 512m, 593m, 3536m, 9136 (2u), 9236 (1v), deletes 511, 512, 514, 515, 570-572, 592, 800-804, 3283, 3529, 3536, 9436 (1)] - SB21

Campground and state park and trail fees revised; DNR study on additional revenue for state parks required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1037e, g, 1038e, g, 1046b-j, 3580m, 9132 (4f), 9432 (2f)] - SB21

Car kill deer on highways: appropriations for removal and disposal repealed [Sec. 624, 625; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, appropriation revised, possession of car-killed deer and notifying DNR provisions added, report required, 625b, 1053r-z, 9132 (1q), deletes 625] - SB21

Charter School Oversight Board (CSOB) created to approve nonprofit, nonsectarian organizations to contract with persons to operate independent charter schools; charter school and contract requirements; reports required [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``School"] - SB21

Child welfare system and juvenile justice system: certain petitions and agreements required to record child's adoption status; DCF report required - AB42

Children placed with temporary volunteer host families: DCF to establish plan using nonprofit volunteer programs, report required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9106 (2e)] - SB21

County-to-county nursing home bed transfers: DHS to develop policy; report to JCF required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9118 (7g)] - SB21

CPA certificate applicant requirements revised; Accounting Examining Board to research establishing continuing education requirements by rule, report required; administrative rule revisions re updating practices and standards [Admin.Code Accy 1.001, 1.002, 1.003, 1 subch II (title), 1.101, 1.102, 1.201, 1.202, 1.301, 1.302, 1.401, 1.404, 1.405, 2 (title), 2 subch I (title), 2.001, 2.002, 2 subch II (title), 2.101 (note), 2.101, 2 subch III (title), 2.202, 2 subch IV (title), 2.305, 2 subch V (title), 2.401, 2 subch VI (title), 2.501, 3 (title), 3 subch I (title), 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.055, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3 subch II (title), 3.11, 3 subch III (title), 4 (title), 4 subch I, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.035, 4.037, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4 subch II, 5 (title), 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5 subch I (title), 5 subch II (title), 5 subch III (title), 5.304, 5 subch IV (title), 5.401, 6 subch I, 6 subch II (title), 6 subch III (title), 6 subch IV (title), 6.303, 6.304, 7 (title), 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.035, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 8 (title), 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 9 (title), 9.01, 9.02 (note), 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 9.06] - SB532

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

Decennial census: municipal clerks required to report confirming municipality and ward boundaries, transmit to LTSB instead of LRB, and LTSB duties specified; exception to permit creation of a ward after a decennial ward revision [Sec. 2-7, 75-77, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 9329 (1)] - AB21

Decennial census: municipal clerks required to report confirming municipality and ward boundaries, transmit to LTSB instead of LRB, and LTSB duties specified; exception to permit creation of a ward after a decennial ward revision [Sec. 2-7, 75-77, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 9329 (1)] - SB21

DOR FTE auditor positions: report to JCF required, sunset provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9137 (1j)] - SB21

Drinking age report, effective date of REAL ID Act, occupational tax on illegal controlled substances repealed (remedial legislation) - AB684

Drinking age report, effective date of REAL ID Act, occupational tax on illegal controlled substances repealed (remedial legislation) - SB559

DWD appropriations for various workforce training programs consolidated into a single appropriation for workforce training grants (Fast Forward); career and technical education incentive grant program restructured [S.Amdt.1: career and technical education incentive grants provision removed; S.Amdt.2: workforce training program annual report modified] - SB596

English and mathematics placement tests required upon admission to UW System: students required to identify Wisconsin high school they graduated from and Board of Regents required to report re high schools of students required to take remedial courses [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, report made an annual report requirement, identify high school provision removed, Superintendent of Public Instruction duties added] - AB56

Fish and wildlife management activities: DNR to prepare a funding report [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9132 (1v)] - SB21

Freight optimization modeling: DOT may contract for services; WEDC and DOT to conduct a study and report to JCF [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 655e, 2547d, 9145 (4f)] - SB21

Frequent sobriety testing pilot program established by DOJ re certain drunk driving violations; county, court, fee, and sunset provisions; reports required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 748m, 3512v] - SB21

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

Group health insurance programs: GIB required to submit proposed changes to JCOER annually for approval; DOA Division of Personnel Management provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1389r, 9112 (3j)] - SB21

Interoperability Council report to JCF required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (7j)] - SB21

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ratified; MEB annual report required [S.Amdt.1: sunset and Senate confirmation provisions added, reports modified] - AB253

MA demonstration project re health care coverage for low-income, childless adults under age 65: DHS to request amendment to DHHS wavier; quarterly report to JCF required [Sec. 1796, 1797, 9118 (6)] - SB21

Management of national forest land and cooperative agreement provisions; master plan for northern state forests; MFL group certification and closed acreage fees; DNR cannot prohibit persons engaged in silviculture from crossing a recreational trail; report and plans to JCF required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 619m, 621m, 632m, 974m, 1047m, 1050m, 2530m-q, 2531x, 3581m, 9132 (4v)-(4vx), 9332 (2u)] - SB21

Rural and underserved urban medicine program: Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health annual report changed to biennial report - AB619

Rural and underserved urban medicine program: Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health annual report changed to biennial report - SB481

State civil service revisions re hiring process, probation, reinstatement, restoration, layoffs, discipline, and just cause; grievance process for certain adverse employment actions created; discretionary merit award program created; DOA, DPM, Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection, and WERC duties; performance evaluation, employee files retention, and review of certain documents provisions; study and report required [A.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB373

Student internship coordination between institutions of higher education and employers: DWD to provide as part of the workforce training program (Fast Forward); report revised [A.Amdt.3: appropriation decreased] - AB742