Wisconsin Legislature: Plale, Sen. Jeffrey T. (7th Sen.Dist.; Dem.)

Senate Joint Resolutions: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 49, 52, 56, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 70, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 91, 94, 100

Senate Resolutions: 5, 12

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Assembly Bills: 21, 22, 26, 39, 41, 47, 56, 59, 61, 77, 83, 88, 89, 90, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 134, 136, 149, 153, 154, 155, 161, 171, 184, 185, 187, 201, 202, 214, 221, 223, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 236, 242, 262, 264, 266, 282, 283, 284, 287, 291, 294, 296, 304, 305, 306, 331, 334, 338, 341, 351, 358, 359, 360, 371, 386, 388, 407, 416, 422, 424, 425, 430, 433, 440, 442, 461, 465, 466, 483, 492, 499, 501, 502, 520, 522, 524, 526, 527, 532, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 547, 549, 554, 556, 557, 561, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 570, 571, 576, 578, 579, 580, 582, 584, 586, 597, 598, 603, 610, 620, 623, 639, 640, 646, 647, 651, 657, 660, 665, 668, 669, 671, 678, 679, 686, 690, 691, 692, 695, 696, 698, 705, 706, 709, 710, 713, 714, 721, 724, 725, 732, 737, 740, 741, 744, 745, 754, 756, 759, 760, 763, 766, 767, 769, 771, 772, 781, 785, 789, 793, 796, 798, 799, 800, 804, 811, 816, 819, 826, 828, 863, 869, 881, 906, 908

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 20, 28, 34, 37, 41, 43, 53, 57, 68, 76, 82, 86, 88, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 105, 110, 111, 113, 117

S7 Plale, Sen. Jeffrey T. (7th Sen.Dist.; Dem.)

Aircraft OWI and prohibited alcohol concentration penalties made the same as motor vehicle penalties; minor passenger, operating in a reckless manner, and alcohol and other drug assessment and treatment provisions - AB89

Armenian genocide from 1915 to 1923: April 24 added to list of special observance days in schools - SB149

Assignment of income and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment permitted - AB669

Authorized traffic ordinance providing for the removal, impoundment, and disposal of a motor vehicle involved in a traffic violation allowed - SB296

Beauty salon or health spa: Class ``B" license exception created and exception allowing unaccompanied underage person on licensed premises - AB505

Billboard value for personal property tax purposes: determination by assessor specified - AB426

Billboard value for personal property tax purposes: determination by assessor specified - SB220

Cable franchises granted to cable operators law repealed; ``video service" and video service franchises obtained through DFI created - AB207

Cable franchises granted to cable operators law repealed; ``video service" and video service franchises obtained through DFI created - SB107

Carbon monoxide detectors required in residential buildings, limited exceptions and waiver provision; DHFS and Comm.Dept duties specified; penalty and emergency rules provisions - SB289

Cemetery associations and cemetery authorities law revisions re deposits and investments of and trustees of care funds and preneed trust funds, licensure and registration of certain cemeteries, reporting requirements, sale or encumbrance of cemetery land, and regulation of warehouses - AB547

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

Cheese or prepared food product containing cheese purchased for use in the U.W. System: manufactured or processed by a dairy plant in this state required - AB931

Civil service commission of 1st class city: certification of eligible candidates for vacant positions modified - SB494

Coin-operated soda water vending machines: DATCP may not regulate wholesaler's provision to retail food establishments - AB460

College savings program and college tuition and expenses program: income tax deduction may be claimed by divorced or legally separated parent of child; total annual deduction set re married parents filing jointly or separately or a divorced or legally separated parent - AB154

College tuition and expenses program and college savings program: income tax deduction claimed by divorced or legally separated parent allowed and deduction limited for married couple who file separately - SB254

Collegiate transfer programs at technical colleges: fees increased - AB792

Collegiate transfer programs at technical colleges: fees increased - SB508

Commercial dog breeder license requirements created, DATCP and DOR duties set; remedies for purchasers of a pet dog; sellers required to provide certain written information to buyers - AB567

Commercial dog breeder license requirements created, DATCP and DOR duties set; remedies for purchasers of a pet dog; sellers required to provide certain written information to buyers - SB308

Commercial ticket reseller regulations created - AB955

Community service: municipal court may order as an initial judgment - SB407

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

Crimes committed against an individual age 65 or over: penalty enhancers created - AB412

Downtown lakefront attractions in City of Milwaukee: DOT required to erect tourist-oriented directional signs under certain conditions; Milwaukee Art Museum provision - SB255

Education credit re income and franchise taxes to businesses and corporations that pay certain tuitions; DOR report required - SB31

Educational materials and supplies paid for by eligible educator: individual income tax deduction up to set amount created; federal law re deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers adopted - AB647

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

Employee of a 1st class city: intentionally causing or threatening to cause bodily harm to the employee made a crime - SB278

Energy efficiency and renewable resource program: determining revenues energy utilities may collect from large energy consumers; PSC provision - AB322

Energy efficiency and renewable resource program: determining revenues energy utilities may collect from large energy consumers; PSC provision - SB179

Equine animals: slaughter for human consumption prohibited - SB262

Felony victim's prior testimony: admissibility of in revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision proceedings - AB431

Film production company income and franchise tax credits: transfer to other taxpayers allowed; claiming salary or wages for employees who are nonresidents permitted under certain conditions - AB907

Film production company income and franchise tax credits: transfer to other taxpayers allowed; claiming salary or wages for employees who are nonresidents permitted under certain conditions - SB556

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

Gift or grant from a class of a particular school with no specific direction: school board must use gift for the benefit of that school - AB478

GPS signal from a tracking device used by Corr.Dept to monitor the movement of a sex offender: interference or tampering with made a felony - AB597

Graffiti violations: damage threshold for felony sentence lowered - AB241

Graffiti violations: damage threshold for felony sentence lowered - SB261

Harboring or aiding a felon or destroying, altering, or hiding physical evidence, or placing false evidence to prevent apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of a felon: penalties revised - SB196

Heated sidewalk prohibition repealed - SB128

Highway improvement project that exceeds certain amount or meets certain DOT criteria: DOT required to employ value engineering; definition, exception, and report provisions - AB134

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, provisional and absentee ballot provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee waived and obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted - SB567

Imposing local general property taxes on certain property of electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and light, heat, and power companies: DOR study group eliminated - AB654

Imposing local general property taxes on certain property of electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and light, heat, and power companies: DOR study group eliminated - SB491

Insurance intermediary requirement revisions re fingerprints and license revocation and reinstatement; OCI duties set - SB272

Irish-American Heritage Month: March of every year proclaimed as - SJR89

Landfill closing and long-term care: irrevocable trust established to provide proof of financial responsibility may include certain federal securities - AB266

Liquefied petroleum gas supplier regulations and licensing requirements; one-call system for receiving excavation notices and transmitting notices revised, private transmission facilities provisions - SB273

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases re adult children and parents - SB138

Manufacturing Month: May 2007 proclaimed as - AJR42

Manufacturing Month: May 2007 proclaimed as - SJR45

Marriage license applicant, regardless of age, required to present a certified copy of his or her birth certificate - AB709

Midwest Airlines honored for dedication to Milwaukee and the state and congratulations on new and past honors - AJR61

Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners: membership increased; limit on number from same political party eliminated; scheduling of trial to hear an appeal modified; granting an adjournment revised - SB390

Milwaukee Center for Independence (MCFI): mission to assist families with special needs supported; Governor urged to convene a task force to identify funding for a facility in southeastern Wisconsin - SJR105

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

Neighborhood crime watch program participant: misdemeanor penalty for harassment of created - AB690

Office sports pool: managing or participating in does not constitute betting or conducting a lottery, conditions specified - SB188

Organ transport vehicles and emergency medical device transport vehicles are authorized emergency vehicles; siren, lights, and safety and training course provisions - AB461

Organ transport vehicles and emergency medical device transport vehicles are authorized emergency vehicles; siren, lights, and safety and training course provisions - SB233

Parys, Ronald G.: life and public service - SJR64

Pension income from a qualified retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code or an IRA: certain amount exempt from taxation; age provision - AB60

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

Physical placement of a child: revisions re presumption of equalized placement to highest degree, written and oral statement from the court re reasons for granting sole legal custody or placement schedule, and standards for modification - AB571

Physical placement study in actions affecting the family: if made part of the record, it must be offered and received in accordance with the rules of evidence - AB309

``Plumbing" definition revised - SB558

Professional engineer: registration requirements revised - AB69

Property tax assessment objections: extension allowed; ordinance, court, and fee provisions - SB329

Public buildings and places of employment: city, village, or town may not enact an ordinance establishing minimum standards for construction, repair, or maintenance unless it conforms to Comm.Dept rules - AB521

Public library required to disclose surveillance device records to law enforcement officer conducting a criminal investigation - SB214

Public works contracts that require the use of a consultant: local governmental unit required to base hiring on the consultant's qualifications - AB553

Public works contracts that require the use of a consultant: local governmental unit required to base hiring on the consultant's qualifications - SB295

Purchasing preference: certain percentage of state agency and local governmental unit purchases required to be from Wisconsin-based businesses - AB829

Real property conveyance prior interest and actions against a governmental unit related to an interest in real property: additional exceptions created for real estate owned by a natural gas company - SB565