Wisconsin Legislature: Kessler, Rep. Frederick P. (12th A.Dist.; Dem.)

Charter towns: towns meeting certain criteria authorized to become; referendum, TIF, zoning, and annexation provisions - AB79

Charter towns: towns meeting certain criteria authorized to become; referendum, TIF, zoning, and annexation provisions - SB36

Crime alert network created by DOJ to provide information on certain criminal activity, crime prevention, and missing or endangered children to state agencies, law enforcement, and the private sector; fee provisions - AB737

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: total amount allowed to claim revised; Comm.Dept certification of businesses modified - AB598

Fabiano, Frank, Jr.: life and public service of the Kenosha County sheriff's deputy commended - AP8AJR1

Fireworks law revisions re user's permits, displays, wholesalers, and penalties and enforcement; liability and seized property provisions - AB380

First-degree intentional homicide of a law enforcement officer: penalty is life imprisonment without eligibility for parole or extended supervision - AB405

Identification requirement for voting in elections: at time of registration, electors may choose to be required to provide; absentee and provisional ballot provisions - AB549

Intoxicating liquor manufacturer or rectifier permitted to sell or provide free taste samples directly to consumers for consumption on or off the premises; licensing, DOR, and winery permit provisions - AB129

Keating, John P. ``Jack": lifetime commitment to higher education and achievements as Chancellor of U.W. Parkside commended - AJR115

Multiuser raffle license created - AB799

Nonprofit camps exempt from certain town sanitary district or town special assessments - AB803

Professional engineer: registration requirements revised - AB69

Quarantine requirement for a dog that bites a person: exception for law enforcement dog under set conditions - AB52

Raffle ticket sales revision - AB798

Retirement plan income re hazardous duty personnel: certain amount made tax exempt; committee created to study the taxation of pension income, report required - AB861

Right to purchase season admission to athletic events re institutions of higher education: income and franchise tax credits created for sales and use taxes paid - AB559

School districts required to spend at least 70 percent of operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures - AB940

TID number 2 in Village of Pleasant Prairie: allowable number of project plan amendments increased - AB730

Veterans memorial buildings in City of Burlington: floodplain zoning ordinance exemption for construction related to - AB782

Veterans Programs, Council on: representative from Veterans Assistance Foundation, Inc., added - AB636

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Rep. Kerkman:

Assembly Bills: 18, 21, 22, 28, 30, 31, 32, 35, 40, 43, 47, 48, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 62, 80, 88, 89, 103, 107, 109, 123, 127, 131, 149, 151, 153, 161, 166, 185, 186, 190, 196, 207, 221, 223, 232, 268, 297, 308, 340, 341, 350, 352, 353, 358, 360, 375, 394, 412, 427, 432, 453, 484, 515, 523, 526, 527, 539, 540, 544, 546, 553, 557, 560, 567, 569, 578, 579, 581, 582, 587, 604, 625, 648, 680, 686, 698, 710, 711, 725, 732, 733, 739, 741, 743, 745, 756, 760, 770, 771, 790, 791, 793, 801, 806, 851, 862, 870, 872, 873, 877, 881, 901, 904, 905, 908, 952

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 10, 14, 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 34, 41, 43, 53, 65, 67, 75, 76, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 94, 96, 97, 103, 112, 113, 114, 116, 120, 122

Assembly Resolutions: 1, 11

Assembly Petitions:

Senate Bills: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27, 41, 50, 55, 58, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 78, 92, 107, 113, 116, 125, 136, 145, 157, 166, 169, 176, 181, 189, 191, 200, 206, 212, 218, 251, 253, 273, 277, 280, 284, 287, 288, 292, 293, 295, 308, 309, 310, 313, 334, 335, 342, 343, 358, 393, 414, 416, 417, 421, 424, 425, 434, 436, 439, 440, 449, 452, 467, 468, 471, 473, 487, 489, 499, 551, 552

Senate Joint Resolutions: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 17, 23, 24, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 53, 56, 59, 65, 66, 75, 78, 83, 87, 92, 96, 101, 102

A12 Kessler, Rep. Frederick P. (12th A.Dist.; Dem.)

Campaign finance regulation: requesting the U.S. Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution - AJR60

Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP): public access from the Internet restricted; clerk of courts and DA duties specified - AB418

Crime victim right to make a statement at sentencing or disposition: prosecutor's obligation to provide notice modified - AB210

Expungement of misdemeanors option expanded to include all offenders, exception provision - AB891

Expungement of misdemeanors option expanded to include all offenders, exception provision - SB534

GPS device placed in a vehicle without the person's knowledge or consent made a felony - AB846

Hmong history from Vietnam War to emigration to the U.S. to be included in school curriculum re state, national, and world history - AB78

Human trafficking and trafficking of a child: crimes created; AG, DA, DHFS, OJA, and DOA duties specified - AB544

Indigency determination re criminal cases: time limit for SPD to make a determination and appoint counsel set; reimbursement rate to private attorneys increased; circuit court judge provision - AB434

Inmate telephone use in a jail or house of correction: charges revised - AB364

Juvenile Justice Code proceedings: right to a jury trial granted if petitioner recommends placement of the juvenile in Serious Juvenile Offender Program or juvenile correctional facility beyond the juvenile's 17th birthday - AB271

Nowakowski, Richard B.: life and public service - AJR77

Sex offender registrants: political subdivision prohibited from enacting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution affecting the placement of - AB702

State redistricting board established; demographic and political standards defined and procedure established re drawing of legislative districts; legislature required to establish a legislative technology services bureau. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR63

SWIB prohibited from making future investments and required to divest itself of prior investments re the Sudan; AG authority and report provision - AB124

SWIB prohibited from making future investments and required to divest itself of prior investments re the Sudan; AG authority and report provision - SB57

SWIB urged to petition companies involved in Sudan to cease ongoing business there and exclude companies from its portfolio that fail to respond - AR19

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Rep. Kessler:

Assembly Bills: 39, 76, 94, 122, 211, 217, 274, 325, 377, 384, 390, 403, 467, 468, 473, 491, 520, 524, 536, 576, 604, 648, 746, 747, 749, 750, 752, 775, 776, 777, 818, 883, 926, 930, 938

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 35, 47, 52, 53, 76, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 98, 112, 113, 116

Assembly Resolutions: 1

Assembly Petitions:

Senate Bills: 2, 13, 29, 51, 63, 99, 129, 175, 215, 232, 241, 269, 271, 292, 321, 343, 388, 398, 400, 401, 405, 410, 411, 412, 426, 486, 512, 532, 568

Senate Joint Resolutions: 1, 2, 2, 7, 10, 27, 31, 75, 78, 82, 98, 102

A27 Kestell, Rep. Steve (27th A.Dist.; Rep.)

Abandoned dam removal by DNR: additional considerations required - SB127

Employment information of applicants for law enforcement positions: law enforcement agency authorized to obtain a court order if necessary; confidentiality, court prohibited disclosure, and exceptions provisions - SB137

Juvenile court records open to inspection by certain other courts, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies, DHFS, county department of human or social services, and certain licensed child welfare agencies; confidentiality and forfeiture provisions - AB676

Moving with or removing a child: legal custody and physical placement provisions revised - AB462

Prison wardens and superintendents: qualifications created - SB571

Retail theft of merchandise made a felony, DA and racketeering provisions; sellers at flea markets required to have proof of ownership of specific merchandise - AB340

Substitution of judge in subsequent proceeding related to divorce permitted - AB622

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Rep. Kestell:

Assembly Bills: 20, 30, 31, 47, 55, 62, 63, 127, 171, 194, 205, 207, 220, 227, 235, 294, 335, 353, 360, 394, 455, 460, 482, 504, 544, 560, 569, 571, 649, 650, 655, 695, 703, 710, 711, 712, 721, 729, 759, 771, 793, 819, 852, 870, 872, 877, 901, 904, 961

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 1, 10, 15, 17, 53, 76, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 103, 111, 112, 113

Assembly Resolutions: 1

Assembly Petitions:

Senate Bills: 5, 8, 14, 18, 26, 65, 85, 107, 110, 131, 167, 181, 191, 206, 224, 231, 234, 292, 309, 311, 384, 416, 432, 437, 460, 473, 487, 498, 502, 503, 552

Senate Joint Resolutions: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 31, 75, 78, 89, 92

A38 Kleefisch, Rep. Joel M. (38th A.Dist.; Rep.)

Award to dependents when crime victim or person aiding police is killed re certain crimes: payment prohibition re victim listed on child support lien docket eliminated - AB536

Chartreuse-colored license plate required on all vehicles owned by certain sex offenders being tracked by a GPS tracking device; penalty provisions - AB226

Diabetes Awareness Month: November recognized as; work of the Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program recognized - AJR75

Direct legislation scope limited re ordinance or resolution that is primarily ceremonial or does not substantially relate to government function or responsibility - AB363

Elevator, escalator, and similar conveyance: Comm.Dept to promulgate a safety code for installing and operating, license or permit required; certain lifts in personal residences excluded - SB554

Elevator, escalator, and similar conveyance licensing and permitting requirements: elevator, dumbwaiter, and certain lifts in private residences are exempt; effective date delayed - AB358

Eligible innovation project or project facility: income and franchise tax credits created re costs for creating and maintaining or operating; Comm.Dept and definition provisions - AB696

Eligible innovation project or project facility: income and franchise tax credits created re costs for creating and maintaining or operating; Comm.Dept and definition provisions - SB74

Employment discrimination based on unpardoned conviction of a sex offense or violent offense permitted whether or not the offense substantially relates to the job; considered a matter of statewide concern and local governments prohibited from adopting certain provisions - AB260

Exposing genitals or pubic area to a child or causing a child to expose: classification of crime changed to a felony - AB913

Family planning demonstration project re MA: minimum age requirement increased; federal poverty line provision - AB852

Federal immigration law enforcement: Corr.Dept to enter into agreement with U.S. AG re investigation, apprehension, or detention of aliens in state correctional institutions - AB895

Moneys returned to DOR from taxpayer who received it in error: DOR may not add interest - SB455

Navigable waters regulation revisions re permit exemption for certain piers and wharves; boat slips; exemption for certain existing structures; repair, replacement, and maintenance; solid piers; and funding; DNR prohibited from certain enforcement - AB297

Parole, probation, or extended supervision following conviction of certain sex offenses: inmate prohibited from contacting the victim and certain other persons as a condition of release - AB790

Person convicted of certain sexual assault felonies: trial judge may not release from imprisonment before sentencing or the granting of probation - SB290

Pretrial release conditions: court may consider whether the defendant is legally present in the U.S. - SB157

Prisoners in jail: sheriff required to verify citizenship if charged with a felony or OWI and notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if not a citizen or authorized to be in the U.S. - AB711

Research conducted in this state: corporate income and franchise tax credits for certain expenses; property tax, sales tax, and use tax exemptions for machinery and tangible personal property re manufacturing or biotechnology research - AB770