Senate

Academic fees remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the U.W. System or a technical college: amount reduced re federal ROTC Program, Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Act, or New GI Bill  - AB781

Alcohol beverages knowingly provided to 18, 19, or 20 year old on a licensed premise: penalties created if the underage person suffers great bodily harm or death; JRCCP report  - AB155

Ambulatory surgical facility licensing requirements created - AB760

Authorization for final disposition of a person's remains: U.S. armed forces may use form provided by U.S. Department of Defense -  AB700

Authorization for final disposition of a person's remains: U.S. armed forces may use form provided by U.S. Department of Defense -  SB515

Billboard value for personal property tax purposes: determination by assessor specified -  SB145

Burmaster, Elizabeth: dedication to public service and education and accomplishments as State Superintendent of Public Instruction commended -  AJR52

Business contracts for services or equipment: automatic renewal and extension clause provisions created; disclosure form and reminder notice requirements; right to match provision voids the contract; exclusions specified  - SB190

Campaign finance reports: exception for registrants without an office or street address in this state deleted; report requirements and exceptions provided -  SB68

Cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device: person under age 18 operating a motor vehicle with an instruction permit or probationary license prohibited from using; forfeiture provision -  AB341

``Cesar E. Chavez Day": state agencies required to designate March 31 as; optional holiday for state employees provision - AB467

Class A bear license may be transferred to a Purple Heart Medal recipient -  SB683

Commencement of school term: prohibition on starting before September 1 eliminated -  AB125

Commencement of school term: prohibition on starting before September 1 eliminated -  SB109

Commercial fishing vessel: sales tax exemption created for fuel used by; JSCTE appendix report - AB449

Commitment of prison inmate: alternative petition procedure modified; jail and house of corrections provision  - SB478

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week proclaimed February 7-14, 2010 -  SJR56

Consumer credit transactions: WCA to specify that pleading requirements do apply to an assignee of a creditor  - SB120

County executive granted veto power over appropriations modified: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR11

Credit card marketing on campuses of institutions of higher education restricted; providing financial literacy information to students required; rules on extending credit to individuals under 21 years old established; forfeiture provision  - SB525

Crime alert network created by DOJ to provide information on certain criminal activity, crime prevention, and missing or endangered persons to state agencies, law enforcement, and the private sector; fee provisions - AB445

Criminal trespass on school premises made a misdemeanor; JRCCP report -  AB678

Customer access to toilet facility for use by employees of a retail establishment: persons with certain medical conditions allowed to use under set conditions; forfeiture, civil liability immunity, forged statement, and ID card provisions  - AB709

Deceptive advertising includes advertising the retail price reduced by a rebate but not providing the rebate at time of purchase -  SB560

Dentistry or dental hygiene: Dental Examining Board may issue a temporary permit if person is licensed in another state - SB97

Donate Life Month: April 2009 proclaimed as -  SJR19

DOR Secretary's authority to waive or reduce interest or penalties expanded -  SB238

Election official residency requirement revisions -  AB545

Electronic signature on a criminal complaint permitted -  SB467

Electronic text message: driving while composing or sending prohibited, exceptions and penalty provisions  - AB496

Electronic text message: driving while composing or sending prohibited, exceptions and penalty provisions  - SB355

Energy efficiency improvement loans and water efficiency improvement loans: political subdivision authority and special charges provisions revised -  AB876

Energy efficiency improvement loans and water efficiency improvement loans: political subdivision authority and special charges provisions revised -  SB624

Expedited partner therapy: physician, physician assistant, and certain nurses may prescribe or dispense antimicrobial drug to a patient to be used by a sexual partner for the treatment of specific STDs, pharmacist and civil liability exemption provisions; DHS duties -  SB460

Firearm possession at school: exceptions to pupil suspension and expulsion requirements created  - SB449

Five-year-old kindergarten made a prerequisite to first grade in public and charter schools; exemption provision; school board and charter school operator duties  - SB89

Foster care and kinship care revisions re monthly rates, payments, licensing, and levels of care  - SB361

Funeral and burial expenses for decedents who, during life, received certain public assistance: maximum amount a county department may contribute increased  - AB832

Funeral and burial expenses for decedents who, during life, received certain public assistance: maximum amount a county department may contribute increased  - SB338

Go Red for Women Day declared February 5, 2010 -  AJR106

Headlamps and other lamps on vehicles: use required during periods of limited visibility, definition and penalty provisions - AB581

Headlamps and other lamps on vehicles: use required during periods of limited visibility, definition and penalty provisions - SB382

Health care facility use charge: patient notification and good faith estimate requirements, billing provision  - AB207

Highway construction or maintenance worker: intentionally causing bodily harm to made a felony  - AB192

Highway construction or maintenance worker: intentionally causing bodily harm to made a felony  - SB101

Hiring illegal aliens: companies are ineligible for income and franchise tax credits, property tax exemptions, public works contracts, and local governmental unit loans or grants for seven years -  SB600

Hmong history from Vietnam War to emigration to the U.S. to be included in school curriculum re state, national, and world history -  AB115

Hmong history from Vietnam War to emigration to the U.S. to be included in school curriculum re state, national, and world history -  SB359

Homestead exemption: value of certain property increased; DOA duties and land owned by husband and wife provisions - SB259

Honey: DATCP to establish standards for selling as certified Wisconsin honey; labeling prohibitions and damages provisions -  SB419

Human growth and development instruction: school board may offer if it provides medically accurate information and addresses specified topics; notification required if not offered; instruction by volunteer health care provider, definitions, and State Superintendent duties provisions  - SB324

Impersonating a fire fighter, EMT, or first responder: criminal penalties created; JRCCP report - AB324

Inattentive driving: current prohibitions revised; prohibition created re electronic device activated and transmitting information or entertainment by visual means, exceptions provided - AB492

Income-producing historic building renovation: state income and franchise tax credit revised; partnership and LLC provision - SB10

Information technology unit of local government must deny requests for access to law enforcement records, definition provisions -  AB489

Interim regional transit authority (IRTA) created; revisions to the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SERTA)  - SB511

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from membership in unless the association agrees to be governed by the public records and open meetings laws  - AB520

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted, state council provision  - AB943

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted, state council provision  - SB681

Judgments in municipal courts and traffic courts: payment in installments if defendant is unable to pay because of poverty; operating privilege suspension provisions  - SB37

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  - SB689

Kuzel, Rudy John: life and commitment to the Wisconsin labor movement commended -  AJR86

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying'', definition provision; certificate of registration replaced with licensure requirement; replaces ``registered land surveyor" references with ``professional land surveyor", including in name of the board; note on plat or map re ordinary high water mark and navigable waters  - SB194

Law enforcement investigative records: information technology unit must deny requests for access, custody remains with the local governmental unit; law enforcement agency that shares information with OJA is considered the custodian of the information -  SB573

Lightweight utility vehicle: disabled person with certain hunting permit or fishing license may operate on town and forest roads, restrictions specified -  AB342

Local government property insurance fund premiums revised; OCI duties set -  SB282

Local Roads Improvement Program: reimbursement for work done by professional engineer employed by the political subdivision -  SB277

Low-speed vehicle operation on certain highways permitted, ordinance and penalty provisions; neighborhood electric vehicle redefined as a low-speed vehicle  - AB718

Medical malpractice: notice requirement and liability limits revised re civil actions against local governments, political corporations, volunteer fire companies, and their officers, agents, or employees, and state officers - SB127

Mercury-added lamps: manufacturers required to register with DNR and submit a recycling plan; retailer and landfill provisions -  SB629

Metallic minerals mining: environmental law revisions; notice to transferees of interests in mining sites provision; DNR duties modified -  SB139

Methamphetamine production on property: disclosure on real estate condition report and landlord to disclose to prospective tenant -  SB650

Misappropriation from cemetery of object indicating deceased was a veteran: court to require reimbursement of replacement cost -  AB376

Mixed martial arts fighting contests (amateur and professional): DRL authorized to regulate -  SB290

Motor vehicle operating privileges: seizure of license by court or law enforcement modified; nonresident, reinstatement, and DOT provisions -  SB134

Motor vehicle or property insurance: insurer or rating plan prohibited from considering information from an individual's credit report -  AB185

MPCP participating private school that is in arrears or default in contractual payments: State Superintendent permitted to withhold payments -  AB915

Naseman, (MSG) Brian K.: life and military service commended - AJR69

Naseman, (MSG) Brian K.: life and military service commended - SJR44

OCI appointed for a four-year term -  SB556

Open burning of solid waste and waste tire storage, treatment, or disposal at solid waste facilities: DNR authorized to issue citations for violations; local law enforcement provision  - SB119

Open Enrollment Program: creating provisions for habitually truant pupils -  SB342

Operating privilege revocation for fourth offense OAR, OWS, or OWD: court-ordered revocation made permissive and DOT administrative revocation requirement eliminated  - SB133

OWI second or third offense penalty: court may order a therapeutically indicated dose of naltrexone as condition of probation, fines revised; JRCCP report - AB366

Partition fence: applicability of law re building and maintaining narrowed -  SB136

Payday loan transaction requirements created and restrictions imposed re interest, fees, and rollover of a loan; Division of Banking required to develop written materials to educate on payday loan industry; annual report, definitions, and penalty provisions -  AB447

Payment card network fees: depository institution or processor required to provide merchant with all service and transaction fees and certain other information before entering into agreement; definitions, payment card issuer, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report -  SB105

Personal financial literacy model academic standards: State Superintendent to incorporate a review of types and risks associated with mortgages and home foreclosures  - SB326

Petition or resolution to discontinue a public way or public facility: if a railroad crossing is included, a copy must be sent to the Commissioner of Railroads -  SB224