Senate

Centers for the developmentally disabled: DHSS to study privatization option -  SB238

CESA statewide staff development calendar: DPI to study -  SB281

Child or family support: DETF and DHSS report re assignment of WRS benefits -  SB171

Child or family support: study on limiting licenses for failure to pay -  SB227

Child support revision by affidavit -  SB225

Commercially raised deer and elk: farm license and venison retailer permit eliminated; revisions re slaughter license, fencing, DATCP authority and dog damage claims  - SB356

County boards' association: majority vote of board required for membership -  SB170

County tax levies: operating levy limit -  SB339

Credentials issued by DORL: self-inspection by and administrative warnings to holders of -  SB178

Criminal background checks re child welfare agency, group or foster home, shelter care facility or day care center  - SB230

Development zone tax credit program changes -  SB200

DOR and DORL employe classification status changed; provisions re certain legal counsels and supervisors bargaining unit representative; increased flexibility for classified service vacancies -  SB198

Employment and training programs: carry-over of county funds -  SB195

False representations affecting elections: laws and penalties revised -  SB286

Farmland preservation program: DATCP and Land and water conservation board rule-making requirement repealed  - SB162

Federal institutions that convert to state savings banks: authorized names -  SB278

Federal preemption opt out provision repealed -  SB280

Firearms violations: Milwaukee county circuit court branch designated to handle cases -  SB175

Foreign municipality disposal of recyclable materials in state: DNR approval of out-of-state landfill siting programs removed -  SB165

Foster care permanency plan reviews: annual report requirement eliminated -  SB224

Fox river: city of Appleton authorized to place fill re park development -  SB364

FRIT or variable retirement investment trust: delegation of management and control revised -  SB202

Geese quota at Necedah refuge: limit repealed -  SB168

Green Bay correctional institution expansion -  SB236

Hazardous pollution prevention definition modified; eliminates projected shortfalls under DNR's plan for U.W. Extension - SB205

Hazardous substance spills: DNR to provide alternative to immediate reporting and minimum quantity reporting amount  - SB193

Hunting approvals for certain 11-year-olds authorized -  SB169

Immunization: report on statewide program -  SB239

Income tax refund: time to claim modified -  SB199

Information technology development, management and processing: strategic plan requirements revised; funding and appropriation provisions; JCF duties modified; FTE position transfer authorization -  SB296

Landfill bans: DNR permitted to grant exceptions re incineration and disposal of certain materials - SB164

Life imprisonment without parole -  SB176

Local exposition district board membership revised -  SB411

MA privatization: DHSS to study -  SB222

Mental health evaluation and determination: immunity provision expanded -  SB241

Milwaukee courty circuit court branch designated to handle firearms cases -  SB175

Navigable waters: DNR may delegate authority to municipalities re issuance of permits for certain activities or projects - SB166

Navigable waters: exemption from permit requirements for certain activities and construction - SB167

Nonmetallic mining reclamation programs: DNR review revised -  SB190

Oil discharge control or stabilization: immunity from liability for property damage -  SB192

Paternity acknowledgment: revision re voluntary blood test, new birth certificate and nonjudicial determination of  - SB226

Paternity information re birth in or en route to hospital -  SB243

Performance recognition awards to school employes -  SB228

Prison industries products: sale by nonprofit or tax-supported agencies permitted -  SB177

Prison industries sale of recycling by-products authorized; interest payment provisions revised - SB204

Public employe trust fund administered by a city, county or the state: administration and investment by trustees board required; diversion prohibited. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) -  SJR57

Pupil suspension and expulsion: basis expanded re conduct enroute to or from school -  SB282

Rent for AFDC recipients: direct payment by DHSS to landlord required -  SB194

Rural economic development program changes -  SB174

Rural medical center regulations created -  SB240

Safe and healthful school facility requirements expanded - SB284

School choice: interdistrict and intradistrict enrollment programs created -  SB161

Session schedule of 1995-96 legislature modified re introductions after March 28, adverse disposal and revival of proposals in JCF -  AJR95

Small business innovative research program: authority to issue grants and loans -  SB287

Sovereign immunity doctrine reasserted -  SB197

Special needs child adoption: DHSS to develop plan for contracting services; grants limited - SB231

Srb, Arthur L.: retirement from capitol press corps -  AJR71

State employe classification appeals: procedures modified -  SB163

State funding revisions: adjustment of positions and appropriation amounts; gifts, grants and bequests to state agencies; designation of amounts received as refunds of expenditures  - SB288

State-owned heating and cooling plants: special study committee created in DOA -  SB203

State procurement procedures and contract with governmental entities or consortia with 3rd parties revised  - SB285

State trust fund loan repayment: date and prepayment of principal and accrued interest -  SB295

STH 441: certain bridge across Fox river in Outagamie county designated and marked ``Fox Valley Connection Bridge"  - SB657

Teachers in populous counties: permanent employment status repealed -  SB283

TPR grounds revised re continuing AODA, child abuse, failure to assume parental responsibility, abandonment, homicide of a sibling by parent; procedures revised re petition, summons and federal Indian child welfare act; dispositional order provisions - SB229

U.W. system investment of trust funds revised -  SB279

U.W. system Board of regents membership revised -  SB289

Violent crime committed at or near school: penalty enhancement provided -  SB186

Volunteer health care provider program: approval requirements revised -  SB242

Water or sewage system or sewage or refuse disposal plant: cost threshold for extending the plan review period revised  - SB189

WCC board composition modified - SB188

Welfare overpayments: administrative costs provision re state charging fees for certain collections; provision for recovery fee assessment and retention -  SB196

Winnebago county: $2,087.00 claim for ballot reprinting costs - SB317

Yard waste: burning without energy recovery permitted in licensed facilities -  SB191

Zimmerman, Robert: life and public service -  SJR50

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Sen. Ellis:

Senate Bills: 6, 11, 77, 159, 266, 478, 527, 602

Senate Joint Resolutions: 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 47, 48, 51, 56

Senate Resolutions:

Senate Petitions:

Assembly Bills: 21, 25, 118, 161, 167, 608, 639, 648, 666, 861, 1017

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 3, 18, 34, 42, 58, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 84, 86

S33 Farrow, Sen. Margaret A. (33rd Sen.Dist.; Rep.)

Air quality attainment areas redesignated by tribal governing bodies: procedures created -  AB413

ATV, motor vehicle and snowmobile operation: age for zero BAC raised to 21 -  AB181

Bill draft requests by legislators: number of free drafts per session limited; fee for additional drafts set; legislative office expense allowance authorized -  AB561

Certified public accountant licensure requirements revised - SB184

Charitable organization solicitation: registration exemption extended to certain educational institutions and their foundations - AB484

Child support nonpayment: suspension of vehicle operation privilege provided -  AB140