Senate

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

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  - AB230

Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board  - AB273

Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board  - SB191

Preparation time during school day made a mandatory subject of collective bargaining under MERA in school districts  - SB67

Prescriptive authority: Psychology Examining Board authorized to issue certificates to licensed psychologists; definition, conditions, and nursing provisions -  SB180

Property tax: different rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements; exception from ``uniformity clause" requirement. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR65

Racine, City of: Demisemiseptcentennial (175th Anniversary) of its founding commended -  AJR95

Radiography practice regulated and Radiography Examining Board created; limited X-ray machine operator permit and exceptions provisions -  AB267

Radiography practice regulated and Radiography Examining Board created; limited X-ray machine operator permit and exceptions provisions -  SB184