Senate

Administrative rule proposal revision re notice sent to legislature -  SB116

Adult day care centers: biennial fee for MA certification revised - SB112

Agriculture and environment law revisions re water pollution and discharge permits, water quality standards, soil and water resource management program, Wisconsin Consumer Act coverage, agricultural grants, education, research, promotion, and WHEDA loan guarantee program -  SB445

Al McGuire day recognized February 22, 2001 -  SJR20

Animal chiropractic certification created; prohibition, malpractice liability insurance, and veterinary examining board provisions -  SB401

Assessments, fees, fines, forfeitures, restitution payments, and surcharges collection: additional fee created, credit or debit card payment accepted, and docket of persons who have not paid established -  AB862

Attorney fees and costs re incompetency and guardianship proceedings: payment from ward's estate re power of attorney - SB257

Battery or simple battery committed against a nurse, physician, or physician assistant: penalties increased  - SB437

Besson, Jim: life and public service -  SR6

Bicycle helmet required for persons under age 18; prohibitions provided -  SB113

Biological agents possessed or maintained in Wisconsin: DHFS to maintain a registry -  SB421

Body armor: violent felony offenders prohibited from possessing; exceptions provided -  AB157

Bomb scare or firearms at school: juvenile court may impose additional dispositions -  SB221

Breast cancer research program and grant created and individual income tax checkoff procedure; residency requirement  - SB447

Campaign finance for county, city, town, or village office: local ordinance authorized, Elections board must certify; local elections boards permitted -  SB194

Campaign finance law revisions re reporting requirements, disbursement limitations and individual disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committees, conduits, disposition of residual or excess funds, and the Wisconsin election campaign fund; income and franchise tax deductions and credits modified; Elections board and nonseverability provisions -  AB155

Campaign finance law revisions re reporting requirements, disbursement limitations and individual disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committees, conduits, disposition of residual or excess funds, and the Wisconsin election campaign fund; income and franchise tax deductions and credits modified; Elections board and nonseverability provisions -  SB62

Capitol Police Department members: courtesy and professionalism commended -  AJR71

Cesar E. Chavez day: optional holiday for state employees created -  AB112

Cesar E. Chavez day: optional holiday for state employees created -  SB48

Child sex offenders: additional restrictions on place of residence created -  SB383

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: March proclaimed as -  SJR62

Concealed dangerous weapon carrying prohibition: penalty revised -  AB619

Consumer credit, motor vehicle lease, and insurance revisions re transactions of $50,000.00 or less; provisions re liability, disclosure requirements for open-end credit plans, arbitration of claims, fraudulent representation and deceptive advertising, payday loans, unauthorized use of ATM card, and unauthorized disclosure of medical information - SB396

COP priority for certain disabled victims of domestic abuse -  AB717

Counterclaims in civil actions: federal rules adopted -  AB198

County board membership: ordinance for removal of certain officers authorized; common council provision  - AB287

County jailers classified as protective occupation participants for duty disability and death benefits only  - AB631

County jailers classified as protective occupation participants under WRS -  SB111

County ``operating levy" definition revised re health care costs for county employees -  SB434

County sales tax and use tax rate revised -  SB405

CPA licensing revisions re corporations, partnerships, and similar entities, required experience, and prohibition exceptions; ``public accountant" eliminated - AB345

CPA licensing revisions re corporations, partnerships, and similar entities, required experience, and prohibition exceptions; ``public accountant" eliminated - SB177

CPAs, their employees, and accounting firms prohibited from expressing an opinion or issuing a report re client's financial statements -  SB474

Credit reporting agency requirements re disclosure notification to and free written disclosure report requested by customer - SB135

Crime victim right to make a statement at sentencing or disposition: revision re notice by prosecutor  - SB92

Cyanide use in metallic mineral mining and processing prohibited -  SB160

Cyprus situation: President Bush's efforts to promote progress toward a solution endorsed -  SR11

Dane county regional planning commission: dissolution date changed -  SB459

Dentistry service corporations permitted -  SB117

Depiction of nudity without subject's consent: prohibition against making, possessing, or distributing revised  - AB145

Depositions taken by certain persons: prohibitions expanded re contracts with person financially interested in the action - SB52

District attorney term of office revised: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR3

Divorce cases: personal jurisdiction revised -  AB246

Divorce cases: personal jurisdiction revised -  SB103

D.N.A. evidence: time limit for prosecuting sexual assault crimes, challenges of certain convictions or delinquency adjudications, and discovery rules revised; standards for courts to order testing of established; preservation of biological specimen evidence provision -  AB291

Dog licensing: certain intergovernmental commission organized to provide animal control services may issue; funding and damages provisions -  SB402

Domestic abuse restraining order and injunction revisions; definition revised -  SB438

Domestic partners of employees and WRS annuitants: health care coverage through GIB provided  - SB386

Domestic violence awareness month, Work to end domestic violence day, Day of unity, and Health cares about domestic violence day proclaimed in October - AJR58

Driver improvement surcharge increased; portion to go to law enforcement agency -  AB566

Driver's license or ID card photograph: sunset of DOT authority to release to law enforcement agencies repealed  - AB110

Education credit re income and franchise taxes to businesses and corporations that pay certain tuitions  - SB147

Educational support personnel employee: WRS benefits modified -  SB403

Election law revisions re absentee voting, voter registration at satellite locations, polling hours, leave for service as election official, and voting by felons and immigrants; Elections board study required re statewide registration; Special legislative committee for the study of multilingual voting needs created - SB110

Emergency response teams (regional): highest standards for hazardous materials responder required  - AB552

Emergency vehicle or tow truck stopped on or near a highway and giving a visual signal: approaching motorist required to change lane or slow down while passing  - SB10

Emergency vehicle, tow truck, or highway maintenance equipment stopped on or near a highway and giving a visual signal: approaching motorist required to change lane or slow down while passing -  AB245

Energy assessment of proposed state agency rule: DOA authorized to conduct -  SB422

Energy efficiency standards for equipment installed under state construction projects: DOA directed to prescribe; Building commission and lease provisions - SB469

Exposing child to harmful material: affirmative defense modified re knowledge of age -  SB26

Extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction: city or village comprehensive plan shall control over a town or county comprehensive plan -  AB866

Family involvement in education projects: State superintendent to award grants -  SB72

Fire fighting supervisors in 1st class city: MERA extended to cover; binding arbitration provision  - AB677

Fire fighting supervisors in 1st class city: MERA extended to cover; binding arbitration provision  - SB331

Firearm flash suppressor: sale, delivery, or possession prohibited, exceptions provided; juvenile in need of protective service and racketeering provisions -  AB567

Firearm intentionally pointed at a law enforcement officer: penalty increased -  AB618

Food pantry grants created - SB94

Freight delivery or pick up incidental to delivery of trailer or semitrailer: use of registration plate issued to dealer or distributor permitted -  AB530

General promotional examinations re 1st class cities: certain fire, police, and city employees authorized to take; exceptions provided -  AB388

Great Lakes: installing an oil or gas pipeline on or beneath prohibited -  AB634

Great hunger in Ireland, The: March 17 made a special observance day for schools -  AB209

Great Lakes: installing pipeline or drilling to explore for or produce oil or gas prohibited -  AB433

Great Lakes: installing pipeline or drilling to explore for or produce oil or gas prohibited -  SB214

Great Lakes water diverted and sold: U.S. and Canadian governments urged to prohibit -  SJR36

Handgun sales or purchase, purchaser background checks, and possession by or transfers to younger persons: laws revised; penalties provided -  SB492

Health care facility: prohibitions re certain activities and preventing passage to and from; definition provided; civil cause of action created -  AB465

Health care records admitted as evidence: time limit to serve copies to or notify other parties revised  - SB186

Health care records and X-rays: uniform fees charged for certified duplicates or referrals revised; evidence in court proceedings provision -  SB71

Health care workers employed by health care facilities: requiring overtime without worker's consent prohibited; employment discrimination provisions -  SB211

Heat detector installation in certain public buildings, family dwellings, and manufactured homes required; Comm.Dept must approve device -  AB573

Highway construction within a state or federal veterans cemetery prohibited; exception provided  - SB233

Historic property or building rehabilitation: income and franchise tax credits created; SHSW provision  - AB840

Homestead tax credit: maximum property taxes and maximum income indexed for inflation -  AB841

``Household Hazardous Waste Awareness Week" recognized the first week in October -  SR7

Human growth and development programs: school board to include anti-bullying behavior and peer mediation instruction - SB269

Human growth and development programs: school board to include early childhood brain research and development instruction -  SB270

Hunting license: persons prohibited from possessing a firearm may not obtain; exception provided  - SB264

Hygiene necessities: sales and use tax exemptions created - AB97