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Circuit court branch added to Juneau County - AB58

Circuit court branch added to Juneau County [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3707b, 9107 (3g), (3h)] - SB40

Circuit court branches added in Barron, Chippewa, Dodge, Green, Juneau, Monroe, and St. Croix counties [A.Amdt.1: Juneau County removed, appropriation added, some initial election dates modified, State Law Library provision added] - AB393

Circuit court branches added in Barron, Chippewa, Dodge, Green, Juneau, Monroe, and St. Croix counties - SB199

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Scrap metal sale and purchase regulated; penalty provisions - AB429

Scrap metal sale and purchase regulated; penalty provisions - SB225

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 [S.Amdt.1: definition revisions; S.Amdt.2: photographic or video image of vehicle license plate requirement deleted; S.Amdt.3: confidentiality of certain information] - SB473

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Death penalty for first-degree intentional homicide that is vicious; jury for sentencing hearing must be unanimous or it may impose a life sentence; execution by lethal injection; court and appellate review provisions - SB115

Jury instructions in civil actions: court to explain legal conclusions from the jury's findings - SB319

Jury service: individual income tax subtract modification created - AB183

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

Trauma counseling program for jurors in certain trials established - AB964

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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

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility to possess a firearm under federal law during certain proceedings, other duties specified - AB424

Bicyclists injured or killed in vehicle accidents: DOJ may pay crime victim compensation - AB830

Civil rights enforcement: AG prosecutorial authority created [Sec. 2903] - SB40

Concealed weapons: DOJ appropriation account created for fees collected from retired law enforcement officers seeking certification card to carry; contingent upon passage of certain other legislation - AB876

Concealed weapons: statutory changes to account for federal law requiring states to permit active and retired federal, state, tribal, or local law enforcement officers to carry; certification cards and DOJ duties - AB877

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

DNA analysis: FTE positions and appropriation to DOJ increased [Sec. 9229] - AB72

DNA analysis: FTE positions and appropriation to DOJ increased [Sec. 9229; S.Sub.Amdt.1: more positions added, 9129] - SB39

DNA analysis: person charged with a felony required to provide biological sample under certain condition; sheriff and crime laboratories provisions - AB1

Firearms restriction record search fee increased [Sec. 2920, 9329 (3)] - SB40

Firearms restrictions record search required for certain transfers of handguns involving Milwaukee County residents; fee and penalty provisions - SB104

GPR positions vacant 12 months or more eliminated [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Hazardous waste violations: judge may order payment to DOJ re investigation and prosecution costs [Sec. 3092, 9329 (1)] - SB40

Hunting license for hunting with a firearm prohibited for persons who are prohibited from possessing a firearm; DNR and DOJ duties - AB716

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians: funding for tribal law enforcement services [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 2909h-L] - SB40

Martial arts instruction to a minor for a fee without a license prohibited; DRL licensing duties; DOJ to conduct background checks on applicants - AB17

Medicolegal Investigations, Board on, created in DOJ to establish training and testing requirements for coroners, deputy coroners, medical examiners, and medical examiner assistants - AB783

Medicolegal Investigations, Board on, created in DOJ to establish training and testing requirements for coroners, deputy coroners, medical examiners, and medical examiner assistants - SB428

Nuisance lawsuit: DOJ prohibited from bringing or joining under certain set conditions [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Obsolete appropriations repealed; payment of rewards for tips specified [Sec. 483, 484, 493, 2905] - SB40

OJA deleted; funding, staff, and duties transferred to DOJ and DMA [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf. Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Photographs on motor vehicle operators license and ID cards: DOT to make available to DOJ in digital format; DOJ to provide electronic access to certain law enforcement agencies - AB639

Public Intervenor, Office of, created in DOJ; AG and DNR provisions; advisory committee created [Sec. 150, 2899-2901, 3762] - SB40

Public Intervenor, Office of, created in DOJ; AG and DNR provisions; advisory committee created; FTE positions - AB866

Public nuisance actions: court required to award defendant all of the defendant's costs and expenses if determined the activity was not a public nuisance; DOJ prohibited from bringing an action if alleged activity is not in violation of a statute, rule, permit, or ordinance - AB804

Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Compensation Program created to compensate health care providers re services for victim of sexual offense [Sec. 491, 492, 494, 495, 499, 500, 3752, 3757, 3806, 3837-3861, 3863-3865, 3887, 3891, 9329 (4)] - SB40

State Crime Laboratories: LAB audit re DNA analysis and data bank [Sec. 9130 (1)] - SB40

Trigger lead information re consumer reports: state law restrictions on dissemination and use of; DATCP, AG, DA, civil action, and penalty provisions [A.Amdt.2: DOJ duties added] - AB502

Unfair Sales Act repealed; prohibitions on certain pricing practices by wholesale and retail sellers created; DATCP, DOJ, and DA duties - AB820

WC law revisions; OCI, DOJ, and DWD duties - AB758

WC law revisions; OCI, DOJ, and DWD duties - SB430

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Assistant DAs in Chippewa and St. Croix counties: OJA to fund [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9111 (4q), (4r)] - SB40

Child advocacy centers: funding for [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 125g, 536m] - SB40

Cops-n-Kids Reading Program in City of Racine: three-year grant provided [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9101 (7h)] - SB40

County with highest violent crime rate: provisions re grants and plan for presentencing assessments [Sec. 536, 9101 (3), (4)] - SB40

Custodial interrogations by law enforcement officers: grants for purchase of digital equipment or for training personnel to use equipment repealed [Sec. 122, 489, 540] - SB40

Drug Abuse Program surcharge allocated to DHFS and OJA [Sec. 3866, 9407 (1)] - SB40

Emergency generator for the Town of Sumner: grant provided [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9101 (7f)] - SB40

Federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grant funding for multijurisdictional enforcement groups (MEGs), Wisconsin CASA Association, and Dane County youth court coordinator [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9101 (6L), (6Lj), (7t)] - SB40

Fermented malt beverages tax rate increased; portion of which will fund law enforcement grants, community aids for AODA treatment services, and substance abuse treatment and prevention programs - AB474

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

Human trafficking and trafficking of a child: crimes created; AG, DA, DHFS, OJA, and DOA duties specified - SB292

Indigent civil legal services: OJA grants to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., to provide; conditions specified [Sec. 126, 537; Enrolled SB-40: OJA changed to DOA, 76r, 516e, deletes 126, 537] - SB40

Milwaukee County DA office case management process: OJA to provide funds [Sec. 9101 (6)] - SB40

Multijurisdictional enforcement group DA positions in Dane, Milwaukee, and St. Croix counties; federal Byrne Justice Assistant Grant funding [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9101 (6L), 9111 (1L)-(3L)] - SB40

OJA deleted; funding, staff, and duties transferred to DOJ and DMA [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf. Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Sentencing Commission eliminated; Bureau of Criminal Justice Research created in OJA, duties defined [Sec. 33-35, 119, 120, 125, 157, 159, 522, 530, 616, 629, 2995, 3010, 3011, 3893- 3906] - SB40

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

Uniformed law enforcement officers: OJA to provide additional grants to 1st class cities [Sec. 121, 538] - SB40

Youth Diversion Program transferred from Corr.Dept to OJA; services in ward two in City of Racine required [Sec. 102, 323, 325, 326, 487, 488, 539, 3125-3128, 9109 (1); Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, 9101 (5)] - SB40

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Appellate procedure revisions re review of orders denying motion to suppress evidence or challenging admissibility of the statement of a defendant or juvenile in certain circumstances - SB419

Appointment of a guardian for a child born to a mother who is under 16 years old: DHFS or county department of human or social services requirements created; parenting class requirement; juvenile court duties - AB971

Children in out-of-home care: laws revised re permanency planning, right to be heard in proceedings, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, and placement orders and care responsibility - AB856

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re failure to act within time period, extension of time periods, and informal dispositions - AB809

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re failure to act within time period, extension of time periods, and informal dispositions - SB496

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions (remedial legislation) - SB350

Escaping from probation, parole, or extended supervision officer for adults or caseworker or intake or dispositional services worker for juveniles if person is detained for certain violations: prohibition created; penalties provided - AB144

Indian Child Welfare Act (federal): jurisdictional and minimum standards for Indian child custody proceedings provisions incorporated into Children's Code re CHIPS, TPR, JIPS, and adoption - SB572

Juvenile alleged to have committed a delinquent act but not held in custody: juvenile court may impose predispositional conditions order similar to juvenile who is held in custody; failure to comply with conditions is a misdemeanor - AB249

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

Out-of-home placements of children revisions [Sec. 1234-1238, 1242-1244, 1247-1253, 1262-1266, 1330, 1362, 3726, 3728, 3729, 3786-3788, 3793, 3797, 3798, 3807, 3808, 3810, 3812, 3814-3817, 3825, 9321 (3)] - SB40

Parental visitation denied, limited, or discontinued re CHIPS or TPR shall not affect visitation between the child and any sibling; permanency plan provision - SB476

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