Senate

Adoption assistance under DHSS -  AB647

Adoption regulations revised re nonmarital child, readoption of foreign adoptive child, county adoption services and state adoption center -  AB470

Arrest and conviction records as prohibited bases of discrimination in employment: exception expanded  - SB572

Attorney general's opinions: sheriff allowed to request -  SB525

Banking laws revised re regional interstate banking, in-state banks and in-state bank holding companies, contracting with depository institutions, board and committee meetings, customer bank communication terminals  - AB554

Banking laws revised re regional interstate banking, in-state banks and in-state bank holding companies, contracting with depository institutions, board and committee meetings, customer bank communication terminals  - SB318

Battery definition expanded re harm to emergency room worker - AB83

Battery in violation of harassment injunction made a felony -  SB588

Battery or threat of battery to DA: prohibition created -  AB840

Bicycle operation by law enforcement officer: emergency vehicle definition expanded to include  - SB118

Boat repair and storage costs: lien provision created -  SB120

Cemetery care funds: deposit and investment requirements revised; DORL approval eliminated - AB805

Charter school establishment by U.W. Regents and CESAs; pupil transportation and pioneering partners grants provisions - AB950

Charter school establishment by U.W. Regents and CESAs; pupil transportation and pioneering partners grants provisions - SB560

Child care worker loan repayment assistance program created -  AB236

Child placement: automatic stay of court order pending final disposition of appeal -  SB209

Child support revision by affidavit -  AB476

Child welfare services transferred from Milwaukee county to DHFS: planning required; Milwaukee child welfare partnership council created; TPR and adoption resource pool; MA coverage provided; DOA duties set - SB615

Children at risk programs operated by MPS: contract provisions revised -  AB539

Children at risk programs operated by MPS: contract provisions revised -  SB290

CHIPS determination procedure revised -  SB68

Cigarette and tobacco products: local ordinances to regulate purchase, possession, sale or distribution to minors revised - AB516

Cigarette and tobacco products: local ordinances to regulate purchase, possession, sale or distribution to minors revised - SB512

College tuition prepayment program created in DOA; segregated fund created -  AB1011

Compulsory school attendance, alternative education and high school equivalency revisions -  SB300

Consumer act revisions re transactions for agricultural purposes and loan origination fees -  AB834

Corporations as investment companies: revisions re shares, filing fees and the corporate name - AB867

Corporations as investment companies: revisions re shares, filing fees and the corporate name - SB529

Disarming a peace officer: crime broadened to include container of oleoresin of capsicum -  SB215

Domestic abuse arrests: no-contact period increased -  AB229

Eluding or fleeing a traffic officer in unmarked police vehicle: current penalties applied to -  AB689

Felons prevented from obtaining license to operate foster home or treatment foster home -  SB24

Financial institutions' annual statements of conditions: newspaper publication requirement removed  - AB595

Firearm carried or displayed in threatening or alarming manner: prohibition created; exceptions provided  - AB876

Folded state highway maps: automatic distribution to legislators deleted -  AB46

Foster care and treatment foster care hotline established - SB93

Foster parents and treatment foster parents: rights expanded re change in placement proceedings; standards for reviewing and scope of request modified -  SB354

Franchise investment law revisions - AB782

Franchise investment law revisions - SB580

Fraudulent representations law: real estate brokers and salespersons exempt in certain cases -  AB386

Full-time court commissioner in county with population of 500,000: powers expanded re misdemeanor cases  - SB461

Great lakes: drilling to explore for or produce oil or gas prohibited -  SB569

High school graduation: physical education requirements modified re interscholastic athletics - SB319

Higher education grants award formulae revised re dates -  AB855

I 43 in Milwaukee county: portion repaved -  SB136

Immobilization device use authorized in certain multiple nonmoving traffic violations -  AB506

Infant testing for controlled susbstances without consent of parent or guardian -  SB94

Investment authority of local units of government: delegation to investment adviser -  SB47

Judicial substitution in criminal cases revised; disqualification provision retained -  AB111

Judicial substitution or disqualification re disapproval of permanency plan under the children's code  - SB70

Juror number set in misdemeanor and all civil cases -  SB403

Lease-purchase agreement regulations created; Division of banking to administer -  AB715

Legislative immunity from arrest and civil process: constitutional grant abolished. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR22

Loan prepayment fee provision - AB787

Loan prepayment fee provision - SB481

Military longevity pay and disability compensation benefits: President and Congress urged to enact legislation to require concurrent receipt of -  SJR40

Milwaukee area technical college district board: appointment committee membership revised -  SB302

Milwaukee parental choice program: background investigations for certain employes of participating private schools  - SB401

Milwaukee sesquicentennial commended -  SJR49

Motor vehicle consumer leases: laws revised; provisions re prelease agreements, bond or liability insurance policy, motor vehicle dealer definition, sales finance company bond or credit and leasing to a minor -  SB589

MPS school closings, reassignment of staff and subsequent reopenings: provisions of 1995 WisAct 27 modified  - AB1087

MPS school closings, reassignment of staff and subsequent reopenings: provisions of 1995 WisAct 27 modified  - SB625

Municipal utilities: local government authority to fix service limits modified -  SB500

Newspapers: recycled paper content requirement expanded -  SB250

OWI convictions for two or more prior offenses: loss of occupational or vehicle operating privileges made permanent  - AB106

OWI convictions: penalty provided for failure to comply to court-ordered education -  SB392

Pabst Theater declared an official state historic theater - SJR43

Paging device ID numbers: regulation and record keeping requirements created; law enforcement access provided  - SB214

Paternity determination not in best interest of child: procedures revised -  SB343

Performance recognition awards to school employes -  AB474

Phonics instruction training re teacher licensure -  AB237

Privileged communications between spouses: exception provided re certain criminal proceedings  - AB235

Public assistance recipients: procedures revised re public inspection of reports and disclosure of addresses  - AB427

Public construction bid notice requirements revised -  SB545

Radio and sound-producing or amplification devices in motor vehicles: laws revised; vehicle impoundment and owner liability provided; local ordinances authorized; forfeitures doubled for violations -  AB438

Reformulated gasoline: winter use requirement waiver for certain Wisconsin counties (memorial to Congress)  - SJR39

Rent for AFDC recipients: direct payment by DHSS to landlord required -  AB517

Revenue limit for MPS: calculation revised re pupils enrolled in parental choice program -  SB610

Revenue limits for school districts adjusted for debt service re facilities or equipment -  SB576

Revenue limits for school districts: calculation of -  SB30

Revenue limits for school districts increased if district does not increase its revenues by maximum amount allowed under the limit -  AB177

Ride-sharing program: certain applicant information kept confidential -  AB621

Road maintenance or construction zone speeding violations: penalty enhanced -  SB2

S&L and savings banks law revisions re stock registration, investment in local government obligations, fees, statute updates, annual assessment change and mortgage loans  - AB597

Safety inspections and advisory services: civil liability immunity expanded; negligent inspection actions revised  - SB499

Salary-setting procedure for legislators: JCOER to submit in bill form -  AB436

Sales and use tax documents: timely filing revision -  SB124

Savings bank chapter revisions - AB596

School calendar made permissive subject of collective bargaining; consideration of impact required  - AB505