Senate

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

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 - SB452

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

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 - SB395

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 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  - SB311

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 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 -  SB266

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

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

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  - SB313

Scrap metal sales, purchases, and dealers: definitions, photograph and ledger requirements, fines, civil action provision, and theft of property modified -  AB560

Scrap metal sales, purchases, and dealers: definitions, photograph and records requirements, fines, civil action provision, and theft of property modified - SB473

Senior Care (prescription drug assistance program for the elderly): DHHS Secretary urged to extend the federal waiver that funds the program -  AJR52

Senior Care (prescription drug assistance program for the elderly): U.S. President and DHHS Secretary called on to approve legislation to continue and extend federal waiver that funds the program -  AJR50

Senior Care (prescription drug assistance program for the elderly): U.S. President and DHHS Secretary called on to extend the federal waiver that funds the program  - AJR51

Special distinguishing registration plates re national guard: decals re 32nd Infantry Brigade, 57th Field Artillery Brigade, Joint Forces Headquarters, 115th Fighter Wing, or 128th Refueling Wing -  SB340

Stewardship 2000 trust fund created -  AB156

TCS Board to award grants to technical college districts for programs that reduce unemployment; conditions specified and report required -  AB947

Technology training for employees: income and franchise tax credits created; definition provided  - AB540

Telecommunications utility may elect to exempt its basic and nonbasic retail services from certain statutes; filing requirements for telecommunications and alternative telecommunications utilities changed; PSC jurisdiction over public utilities modified -  AB561

Telecommunications utility may elect to exempt its basic and nonbasic retail services from certain statutes; filing requirements for telecommunications and alternative telecommunications utilities changed; PSC jurisdiction over public utilities modified -  SB285

TID: city or village may extend life to benefit housing -  SB426

TID project costs: area in which it may be expended expanded with joint review board approval; exception provided  - AB409

TID project costs: area in which it may be expended expanded with joint review board approval; exception provided  - SB223

Transporter registration plates displayed on 3rd party transporter permitted -  AB849

Transporter registration plates displayed on 3rd party transporter permitted -  SB511

2016 Olympic Games: ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter and Chicago's bid to host supported  - AJR25

2016 Olympic Games: ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter and Chicago's bid to host supported  - SJR9

U.S. flag flown at public buildings, structures, and facilities required to be manufactured in the U.S.  - AB450

Veteran disability payments: use in determining maintenance prohibited -  AB243

``Veteran Recognition Week" and ``Hire a Veteran Week" observation dates modified; DVA to award certificate of achievement and appreciation to veterans who volunteer in private or public schools -  AB63

W-2 community service job or transitional placement participants: additional technical college education program created - AB844

W-2 community service job or transitional placement participants: additional technical college education program created - SB507

WHEFA bonds: nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credits created re interest income; educational institution and facilities definitions revised re Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities  - AB65

Whitefish Dunes State Park renamed ``Governor John W. Reynolds Whitefish Dunes State Park"  - SB241

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of - AB899

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of - SB544