Wisconsin Legislature: Housing

``Nurse's assistant", ``hospice aide", and ``home health aide" changed to ``nurse aide"; ``intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" changed to ``intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation"; ``instructional and competency evaluation program" changed to ``instructional program" and DHFS duties revised; ``feeding assistant" caregiver classification created, nursing home provisions; reporting certain allegations to DRL eliminated (remedial legislation) - SB548

Protective placement of an individual with a developmental disability in a nursing home: exception to prohibitions created re placement of 30 days or less after release from a hospital (remedial legislation) - AB611

Remote dispensing by pharmacists permitted, Pharmacy Examining Board provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, locations specified] - SB409

Rogers Memorial Hospital's centennial year recognized - AJR65

Rogers Memorial Hospital's centennial year recognized - SJR59

State of emergency: state agency status for health care facilities and certain health care providers revised; governing bodies of counties allowed to make declarations of emergencies; civil liability immunity for donating or selling qualified food and household products modified; State Interoperability Council made a statutory council and renamed the Interoperability Council; tornado or other hazardous drill requirement in public and private schools revised [A.Amdt.1: mass clinic provision added; A.Amdt.2: schools to report on fire and tornado drills to fire department; S.Amdt.2: qualified emergency household products revision] - AB321

University of Michigan Health System Hospital survival flight team who lost their lives in a plane crash off the Milwaukee lakefront in Lake Michigan: members honored and condolences to the families - SJR56

ATV operation on roadway and shoulder of highway, street, or road for access to residence, lodging establishment, or campground authorized under certain conditions; ordinance and DOT provisions - AB59

Carbon monoxide detectors required in residential buildings, limited exceptions and waiver provision; DHFS and Comm.Dept duties specified; penalty and emergency rules provisions [S.Amdt.1: residential building definition revised, Comm.Dept shall authorize certain inspectors to conduct some inspections] - SB289

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and place of employment, exceptions specified; other prohibited places listed; exceptions for bowling centers, taverns, restaurants, private halls, and certain facilities eliminated; enforcement by person in charge of place required - SB150

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and place of employment, exceptions specified, tobacco retailer provision; other prohibited places listed; exceptions for bowling centers, taverns, restaurants, private halls, and certain facilities eliminated; enforcement by person in charge of place required - AB834

U.W. Platteville hotel facility purchase deleted [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 583r, 9105 (9t)] - SB40

Election day: hours of leave an employer must grant to employees to vote increased; offices of state government to close; paid holidays for nonrepresented employees increased, collective bargaining provision - AB530

Health care workers employed by health care facilities: mandatory overtime prohibited; unforeseeable emergency, worker consent, definitions, and employment discrimination provisions; DWD complaint authority - AB926

Health care workers employed by health care facilities: mandatory overtime prohibited; unforeseeable emergency, worker consent, definitions, and employment discrimination provisions; DWD complaint authority - SB512

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow - AB395

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow - SB195

Death of person in Corr.Dept custody, a county jail, or house of correction: coroner or medical examiner must conduct an autopsy; AG authority to order an inquest; Inmate and Resident Mortality Board created, report required, and open meeting and open records provisions - AB139

Health care workers employed by health care facilities: mandatory overtime prohibited; unforeseeable emergency, worker consent, definitions, and employment discrimination provisions; DWD complaint authority - AB926

Health care workers employed by health care facilities: mandatory overtime prohibited; unforeseeable emergency, worker consent, definitions, and employment discrimination provisions; DWD complaint authority - SB512

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

Remote dispensing by pharmacists permitted, Pharmacy Examining Board provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, locations specified] - SB409

Right to vote barred re felony conviction: right restored to persons on extended supervision, parole, or probation but barred again if person is returned to prison, jail, or house of correction; Corr.Dept notice provision - AB390

Right to vote barred re felony conviction: right restored to persons on extended supervision, parole, or probation but barred again if person is returned to prison, jail, or house of correction; Corr.Dept notice provision - AB630

Alternative energy sources, energy efficient commercial building, clean fuel fueling station, and energy efficient home construction or improvement income and franchise tax credits created - AB378

ATV operation on roadway and shoulder of highway, street, or road for access to residence, lodging establishment, or campground authorized under certain conditions; ordinance and DOT provisions - AB59

Automatic fire sprinkler systems in multifamily dwellings and CBRFs: requirements revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Building permit: continuing education requirements for applicants revised - AB227

Building permit: continuing education requirements for applicants revised - SB131

Capital gains: procedure created to defer taxation if gains are used to purchase a primary residence - AB808

Carbon monoxide detectors required in residential buildings, limited exceptions and waiver provision; DHFS and Comm.Dept duties specified; penalty and emergency rules provisions [S.Amdt.1: residential building definition revised, Comm.Dept shall authorize certain inspectors to conduct some inspections] - SB289

Construction location restrictions on one- and two-family dwellings prohibited if in compliance with dwelling code; ``location of construction" definition - AB508

Dwelling construction education: consumer requirements eliminated; Comm.Dept may contract for builder education [Sec. 2635-2641] - SB40

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

Fire occurrence reports and records: requiring fire departments to report certain information to Comm.Dept - AB756

Fire occurrence reports and records: requiring fire departments to report certain information to Comm.Dept [S.Amdt.2: report submitted to the U.S. Fire Administration, additional information required] - SB436

Historic buildings and downtown development: revisions re State Historic Building Code, multifamily dwellings, historic rehabilitation tax credit, certification and promotion of downtowns, DOT highway projects in downtown business areas, and certain state office buildings - AB599

Historic buildings and downtown development: revisions re State Historic Building Code, multifamily dwellings, historic rehabilitation tax credit, certification and promotion of downtowns, DOT highway projects in downtown business areas, and certain state office buildings - SB331

Homeowner's property tax credit created; school property tax credit revised re rent paid on principal dwelling - AB452

Housing grants and loans by Comm.Dept: WHEDA payment from surplus fund required [Sec. 201, 202, 3025-3028, 9108 (1), 9408 (1), 9424 (1); Enrolled SB-40: ``surplus fund" changed to ``unencumbered reserves", homeless and transitional housing provisions, certain appropriations repealed June 30, 2009, grant to City of Oshkosh for neighborhood improvement and stabilization, 202s, t, 3027g, 3028d-f, 9108 (5i), 9408 (1i), (2i), 9424 (1i), (2i), deletes 9408 (1), 9424 (1)] - SB40

Housing program reestimates [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 200m] - SB40

Improvements to a principal dwelling: ordinance to temporarily exclude from property tax assessment allowed - AB299

Looking into another person's dwelling unit from a common area in a multidwelling building prohibited - AB677

Looking into another person's dwelling unit from a common area in a multidwelling building prohibited - SB257

Low-income housing owned by churches or religious or benevolent associations: property tax exemption created; eligible expenditures broadened if property is leased - SB403

Low-income housing: property tax exemption created; definition and report provisions; exemption applies if property is leased and income is used for specified purposes; acreage limitation for certain exempt property increased [S.Sub.Amdt.1; deleted by Senate amendments] - SB40

Low-income housing: property tax exemption created; definition and report provisions; exemption applies if property is leased and income is used for specified purposes; acreage limitation for certain exempt property increased [Conf.Sub. Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

Marina condominium: riparian rights, easement, boat slips and docking facilities, and definition provisions [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 717g, r, 3703g, r] - SB40

Mobile homes, manufactured homes, and the industry: revisions re definitions, monthly fees, recreation vehicle regulations, and manufactured home communities regulation - AB21

Mobile homes, manufactured homes, and the industry: revisions re definitions, monthly fees, recreation vehicle regulations, and manufactured home communities regulation [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB7

Modular home permits re transporting on highways: permit may apply to more than one section of the same home; indivisible load requirement exception - AB819

Modular home permits re transporting on highways: permit may apply to more than one section of the same home; indivisible load requirement exception - SB502

Mold assessors and mold remediators: licensure requirements by DHFS established; report required - AB312

Principal homesteads of individuals: exception from ``uniformity clause". Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR18

Property tax credit for individuals owning property in this state which is their principal dwelling is exempt from the ``uniformity clause"; stylistic changes to the constitution. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR80

Receivership for abatement of residential nuisances: all cities, towns, and villages allowed to apply to circuit court - AB673

Redevelopment authority use of inspection rights on a blighted property [Sec. 1908] - SB40

Residential Facilities Council reference deleted because it no longer exists (remedial legislation) - SB316

Special orders of business for March 5, 2008 established re AB-47, AB-67, AB-92, AB-151, AB-212, AB-281, AB-346, AB-424, AB-479, AB-486, AB-517, AB-543, AB-553, AB-569, AB-579, AB-603, AB-635, AB-645, AB-663, AB-672, AB-673, AB-676, AB-677, AB-692, AB-693, AB-717, AB-736, AB-753, AB-755, AB-771, AB-772, AB-793, AB-804, AB-805, AB-817, AB-819, AB-825, AB-835, AB-842, AB-853, AB-864, AB-869, AB-872, AB-901, SB-69, SB-176, SB-272, SB-289, SB-294, SB-324, SB-325, SB-326, SB-327, SB-328, SB-335, SB-368, SB-369, SB-370 - AR16

Superinsulated requirement for one- and two-family dwellings and manufactured buildings using electricity for space heating - SB381

Superinsulated requirement for one- and two-family dwellings using electricity for heating: Comm.Dept prohibited from promulgating or enforcing rules - AB231

TID: city or village may extend life to benefit housing - AB752

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

TID: 1st class city may extend life to benefit housing [Sec. 1905] - SB40

``Time-share license" permitted, definition created - AB41

``Time-share license" permitted, definition created [A.Amdt.1: exceptions, lien enforcement, and advertising provisions added] - SB11

Economic development programs in Comm.Dept revisions; definition, reporting requirements, penalty, and goals and benchmark provisions; LAB audit required [A.Amdt.1: forfeiture replaces fine or penalty provision] - AB741

Housing grants and loans by Comm.Dept: WHEDA payment from surplus fund required [Sec. 201, 202, 3025-3028, 9108 (1), 9408 (1), 9424 (1); Enrolled SB-40: ``surplus fund" changed to ``unencumbered reserves", homeless and transitional housing provisions, certain appropriations repealed June 30, 2009, grant to City of Oshkosh for neighborhood improvement and stabilization, 202s, t, 3027g, 3028d-f, 9108 (5i), 9408 (1i), (2i), 9424 (1i), (2i), deletes 9408 (1), 9424 (1)] - SB40

Low-income housing: property tax exemption created; definition and report provisions; exemption applies if property is leased and income is used for specified purposes; acreage limitation for certain exempt property increased [S.Sub.Amdt.1; deleted by Senate amendments] - SB40

Low-income housing: property tax exemption created; definition and report provisions; exemption applies if property is leased and income is used for specified purposes; acreage limitation for certain exempt property increased [Conf.Sub. Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

Pulp and paper mill free of natural gas and coal usage in Wisconsin: grant awarded to first mill meeting certain criteria [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

WHEDA property tax deferral loan for persons over age 65: income limit and maximum loan amount increased - SB35

Life and military service commended - AJR80

Life and military service commended - AJR82

Life and military service commended - SJR71