Senate

Lieutenant Governor's office abolished; gubernatorial line of succession amended re Speaker of the Assembly: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR62

Manufacturing property assessment fee: DOR will deduct from municipality's shared revenue payment if not received by certain date -  AB900

Memorials to traffic accident victims along state trunk highways: DOT prohibited from removing or altering for one year - AB513

Mental illness treatment, transfer, discharge, and access to records: distinction between a minor under age 14 or 14 years old or older eliminated re informed consent  - SB387

Methamphetamine possession penalty revised -  SB4

Money forfeited in a drug case: law enforcement agency may retain certain percentage -  AB882

Municipal aid payment calculation modified -  AB924

Municipal legal notices: publication in free ``shopper newspapers" or posting on municipality's Internet site permitted - AB593

Municipal revenue sharing agreement: county may enter into with another county, municipality, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band -  SB458

Nonmetallic mining reclamation requirements: exemption for creating a pond or wetland -  SB198

Outdoor theater: property tax exemption created; criteria specified -  AB628

Outdoor theater: property tax exemption created; criteria specified -  SB295

Outdoor theater: property tax exemption created; criteria specified; taxes apply if property is sold  - AB783

Personal individual income tax exemption revision re persons age 70 or 75 -  SB47

Petition for recall of a city, village, town, or school district officer modified re statement of cause - AB320

Photograph requirement for motor vehicle operator's license or ID card issued by DOT: exemption for applicants with sincerely held religious belief against being photographed  - AB677

Prescription drug Web site: DHFS must provide and update re 50 most common prescriptions -  AB785

Property tax assessment objection: DOR may dismiss petition for review if local board of review reconvenes and makes corrections -  AB92

Property tax payments: designating public depositories revised -  AB251

Property taxes assessed on real property: maximum annual percentage increase set; elector approval required to exceed the limit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR42

Protective headgear use or nonuse by operators and passengers of motorcycles, ATVs, and snowmobiles: introduction of evidence in certain civil actions prohibited, exceptions and recovery for damages provisions -  SB223

Railroads, Office of the Commissioner of, removed from PSC and attached to DOT; railroad highway crossings provision - SB456

Raw forest product cutting or removing: failure to pay re contract prohibited; civil action provision  - AB235

Real property acquired by county re tax deed: county required to send former owner appropriate share of the proceeds  - AB544

Revenue limit for school district that receives no equalization aid may be increased under certain conditions  - AB871

School buses allowed to tow trailers re valid registration from another state -  AB37

School buses allowed to tow trailers re valid registration from another state -  SB55

Secretary of State and State Treasurer offices deleted from the constitution; BCPL provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR61

Sex offender registry reporting requirements: penalties for violations increased -  SB52

Sexual assault of a child and first-degree sexual assault: limitations period for prosecutions eliminated  - AB795

Sexual assault or exploitation of a child by a member of the clergy: actions for damages permitted and time limit to cover the cause of action expanded; time limit to prosecute assault by instructional staff person increased; clergy required to report sexual abuse of a child, exception provided  - SB207

Speech therapy services eligible for special education aid -  SB210

Struebing, Wilmer H.: life and public service -  AJR3

Sturgeon Bay, City of: extending expenditure period and life of TID Number 2 -  AB636

Sturgeon Bay, City of: extending expenditure period and life of TID Number 2 -  SB303

Substantial disturbance or disorderly conduct on Senate floor, lobby, or gallery while in session: presiding officer may have member escorted out of chamber [Senate rules 13 and 75]  - SR21

Tangible personal property delivered in this state is subject to use tax -  AB24

Technical college district board spending more in 2003-04 or 2004-05 school years than in 2002-03 prohibited  - AB339

Thiry, (Cpl.) Jesse: life and military service commended - SJR70

Threat to cause bodily harm to social service worker, juvenile intake worker, school employee, or their family members: misdemeanor crime created -  SB312

TIF program revisions; environmental remediation TIF program modified -  AB478

Town official map provisions revised; county development plan and city or village master plan provisions  - AB340

Town official map provisions revised; county development plan and city or village master plan provisions  - SB110

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy: DATCP must provide indemnification if it orders certain animals to be destroyed  - AB763

U.S., state, MIA/POW, and military services flags and certain accessories: sales and use tax exemptions created  - SB208

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Sen. Lasee:

Senate Bills: 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 33, 35, 41, 42, 45, 61, 62, 84, 96, 98, 100, 104, 106, 108, 109, 126, 128, 155, 159, 161, 162, 170, 195, 197, 201, 214, 216, 224, 238, 242, 246, 254, 272, 280, 285, 286, 293, 305, 306, 313, 321, 322, 327, 328, 331, 336, 343, 346, 354, 355, 382, 388, 394, 395, 409, 415, 418, 422, 441, 442, 448, 452, 460, 477, 490, 508, 512

Senate Joint Resolutions: 7, 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 68, 71, 72

Senate Resolutions: 7, 8, 16, 20, 28, 29, 31, 32

Senate Petitions: 1

Assembly Bills: 2, 8, 14, 19, 27, 29, 33, 34, 38, 40, 42, 60, 64, 65, 67, 81, 86, 89, 103, 104, 106, 144, 155, 157, 159, 166, 200, 207, 231, 234, 252, 270, 279, 283, 284, 286, 317, 328, 354, 364, 372, 373, 377, 405, 411, 413, 418, 424, 428, 430, 433, 435, 437, 442, 444, 445, 455, 458, 469, 471, 486, 487, 495, 501, 503, 506, 508, 511, 526, 527, 551, 555, 588, 592, 598, 599, 604, 648, 653, 654, 663, 664, 667, 675, 680, 684, 685, 688, 699, 703, 707, 738, 744, 746, 750, 757, 762, 771, 776, 786, 791, 799, 801, 808, 814, 815, 816, 822, 833, 837, 845, 846, 850, 865, 884, 891, 893, 896, 901, 903

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 10, 17, 20, 23, 34, 36, 52, 55, 57, 65, 67, 69

S24 Lassa, Sen. Julie M. (24th Sen.Dist.; Dem.)

(Elected in April 29, 2003 special election.
For earlier entries, see Assembly authors.)

Adoption expenses: certain income tax deduction discontinued; nonrefundable individual income tax credit created  - SB292

After-school care program grants: State Superintendent to award to school districts; TANF provision  - SB552

Badger Fund: corporation created by special committee to make investments in certain businesses to earn income and promote and maintain capital retention and economic stability, business continuity, job retention and creation, and business ownership; income tax deduction and Comm.Dept provisions; report required -  AB970

Biennial budget bill prepared according to GAAP required; legislation to reduce state budget deficit provision  - SB548

Browne, Bryant: professor at U.W. Stevens Point commended for receipt of a patent for a device to test gases in groundwater and surface water -  SJR60

Cellular telephone use while operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle under an instruction permit prohibited; reporting emergencies and probationary permit provisions  - AB462

Contracts for contractual services: biennial report by state agencies to JLAC required -  SB555

Dairy products containing certain imported substances re casein: labeling requirements -  SB549

Economic development programs available in this state: Comm.Dept to create Web site re information concerning; chambers of commerce provision - AB880

Economic development programs available in this state: Comm.Dept to create Web site re information concerning; chambers of commerce provision - SB501

Economic development programs available in this state: LAB required to study -  AB879

Economic development programs available in this state: LAB required to study -  SB502

Forest cropland or managed forest land programs: withdrawn land located in the Town of Rome not subject to property tax or withdrawal tax if used for economic development  - SB517

GIB may permit private sector employers to enroll employees in health care coverage plan offered to state or local government employees; purchasing pool arrangement provision  - AB960

Harassment, child abuse, and vulnerable adult injunctions modified -  AB474

Historic preservation and downtown development revisions; federal historic rehabilitation credit and SHSW provisions - SB514

Inattentive driving prohibition revised re device displaying fluctuating video images; exceptions provided  - AB744

Income and franchise taxes: Internal Revenue Code changes adopted re Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-121) -  SB421

Independent charter school funding revised -  SB402

Indigency determination criteria for purposes of SPD representation changed; county reimbursement, SPD Board positions, and involuntary commitment proceedings provisions  - AB616

Interscholastic athletics: penalty for use of prohibited substances re ``blood doping" and ``gene doping"; DPI duties and definition provisions -  SB495

Korean War Memorial at Plover (Portage County): DVA grant to Korean War Veterans Memorial Association of Wisconsin, Inc., for certain repairs -  SB531

Lie detector test of sexual assault victims: law enforcement officers and DAs may not require, request, or suggest  - AB652

Lie detector test of sexual assault victims: law enforcement officers and DAs may not require, request, or suggest  - SB479

MA contracts with prepaid health care benefits: actuarially sound basis requirement -  SB484

No Child Left Behind Act: state urged not to appropriate funds to implement that would not otherwise have been expended; DPI and State Superintendent provisions  - SR33

Organized labor in American history and the collective bargaining process: instruction in public schools required; DPI to develop curriculum; special distinguishing license plate provision -  AB564

Property tax and special assessment loans from WHEDA for homeowner 65 years of age or older: maximum amount and income limit increased -  SB521

Public records containing certain personal information: state or local government officer or agency prohibited from posting on the Internet; exceptions provided - AB541

Qualified residential rental project, homeless shelter, domestic violence shelter, and transitional housing facility exempt from property tax; leasing provision - AB963

Renewable resource and tangible personal property that uses a renewable resource: sales tax exemption created; technology development grants or loans for research, development, or commercialization activities related to  - AB873

Renewable resource and tangible personal property that uses a renewable resource: sales tax exemption created; technology development grants or loans for research, development, or commercialization activities related to  - SB500

Rights of crime victims: ``family member" definition revised to include adult children -  AB952

Safety glass requirement for motor vehicles: exception for certain mobile homes created -  SB491

Specific information signs along highways may display the word ``attraction"; outdoor advertising sign restriction exception re private directional signs for facilities providing amusement, cultural, or leisure activities  - SB525