Wisconsin Legislature: SeniorCare

Airgun and crossbow use for hunting under certain licenses authorized - AB332

Alzheimer's disease or related dementia: DHS to establish standards of care and treatment; residential care facilities must meet those standards to hold themselves out as offering special services; revisions to annual report from DHS to residential care facilities; emergency rule provision - AB259

Assisted living facility in Kenosha County: feasibility study; DVA Secretary duty re county's share of costs [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 551w, 9155 (2q)] - AB75

CBRF, adult family homes, and adult day care centers: licensing and certification fee revisions [Sec. 1314, 1393, 1400, 1401] - AB75

Conduit revenue bonds: authorizing two or more political subdivisions to enter into an agreement to create a commission to issue; JSCTE appendix report [S.Amdt.2: AG authority revised; WHEDA, WHEFA, affordable housing and elderly housing projects, and health facility information technology projects provisions; A.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB399

Financial exploitation: elder-adult-at-risk agency, responding to an investigation, may petition a court to order a financial institution to freeze an individual's accounts - AB691

Financial exploitation: elder-adult-at-risk agency, responding to an investigation, may petition a court to order a financial institution to freeze an individual's accounts - SB503

Housing re low-income, retirement homes for the aged, WHEDA financed, or owned by nonprofit associations: property tax exemption provisions [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1515m, 1516d-h, 9143 (3d), 9343 (21cd)] - AB75

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 - SB199

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, obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons, and issuing an identification certificate; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted; GAB public informational campaign - AB947

Independent living center appropriation base amount and other DHS funding modifications [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9122 (5w)] - AB75

Individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers: amount increased; JSCTE appendix report - SB64

Minors under 12 years of age employed without a work permit by a nonprofit organization to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking, and similar work around homes of elderly or persons with disabilities allowed under certain conditions - AB483

Minors under 12 years of age employed without a work permit by a nonprofit organization to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking, and similar work around homes of elderly or persons with disabilities allowed under certain conditions - SB349

Nonresident archer hunting license: hunting with a crossbow permitted if nonresident is age 65 or older - AB86

Pension income from a qualified retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code or an IRA in certain cases: amount of exempt income revised; federal adjusted gross income provision; JSCTE appendix report - SB65

Persons serving bifurcated sentence: Corr.Dept may release on extended supervision in certain cases; provision re elderly or terminally ill inmates [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Sentences and penalties"] - AB75

Residential care apartment complexes: ombudsman may advocate for residents; posting of notice re BOALTC ombudsman program required [Sec. 50, 1397] - AB75

School property tax rent credit: increasing the maximum credit that can be claimed by someone over age 65 - SB164

Tribal elderly transportation grant program created; funding from Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 294, 579, 587, 1938] - AB75

TROs and injunctions re domestic abuse, child abuse, adult at risk, or harassment: petition law revisions - AB680

TROs and injunctions re domestic abuse, child abuse, adult at risk, or harassment: petition law revisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB464

WHEDA property tax deferral loan for persons over age 65: maximum loan amount increased - SB87

Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law violations: penalty enhancer created if victim is at least 65 years of age; Division of Securities authority re civil enforcement; JRCCP report - AB529

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: failure to provide penalty revised; JRCCP report - SB639

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: requirement does not expire when completing probation, sentence, or delinquency disposition, or being released from commitment; DA may petition court to compel certain persons to provide a sample; procedure specified - AB893

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: requirement does not expire when completing probation, sentence, or delinquency disposition, or being released from commitment; DA may petition court to compel certain persons to provide a sample; procedure specified - SB631

Child safety alarm required in certain vehicles used to transport children to and from a child care provider; DCF duties, emergency rule, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB141

Child safety alarms in child care vehicles: certain effective dates re 2009 WisAct 19 modified [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3416g-j] - AB75

Crime victim right to make a statement at sentencing or disposition: prosecutor's obligation to provide notice modified - AB146

Crimes against children committed by the child's day care provider: penalty enhancement for certain crimes; JRCCP report - AB413

Dog sellers, animal shelters, and animal control facilities: licensing requirements created; standard of care, penalties, and DATCP duties; JRCCP report [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, JRCCP report removed] - AB250

Earned release, substance abuse treatment, and Challenge Incarceration Program revisions [Sec. 2700, 2701, 2703-2708, 2710-2712; Enrolled AB-75: reports added, 2702m, 2711m, 9111 (12g)] - AB75

Exposing genitals or pubic area re children: classification of crime changed from misdemeanor to felony if the actor is a child; JRCCP report [A.Amdt.2: age criteria modified] - AB503

Extended supervision discharge after two years: Corr.Dept authority created; notice to victims required; inmates sentenced to intensive sanctions excluded [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3378r, 3381, 9311 (4), 9411 (2u)] - AB75

Extended supervision: maximum term revised, exceptions specified; JRCCP report - AB497

Extended supervision: maximum term revised, exceptions specified; JRCCP report - SB315

Extended supervision revocation: reviewing authority to determine length of imprisonment [Sec. 2726-2728; Enrolled AB-75: six-month limitation for returns to prison, rules to define ``substantial risk to public safety", 2724h, 2726h, p, 9311 (4q)] - AB75

Felony victim's prior testimony: admissibility of in revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision proceedings - AB365

HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing required before a person is released from state prison, Corr.Dept and extended supervision provisions - AB750

Home detention placement of prisoners: authority revised; certain exclusions provided [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2740c-w] - AB75

Law enforcement agency and bargaining unit of officer who was killed: notification required when person who committed the crime is released, pardoned, or petitions for early release, sentence modification, or pardon - AB594

Mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex crimes applied only if convicted person was under age 18 - AB225

OAR, OWS, and OWL provisions of 2005 WisAct 412 repealed, new penalties created; court-ordered revocation made permissive and DOT administrative revocation requirement eliminated for fourth offense, great bodily harm or death provision; penalties for driving around or through a railroad crossing gate or barrier or failure to stop for a traffic officer or railroad employee at a crossing revised; JRCCP report - AB181

OAR, OWS, and OWL provisions of 2005 WisAct 412 repealed, new penalties created; court-ordered revocation made permissive and DOT administrative revocation requirement eliminated for fourth offense, great bodily harm or death provision; penalties for driving around or through a railroad crossing gate or barrier or failure to stop for a traffic officer or railroad employee at a crossing revised; JRCCP report - SB495

OWI law revisions re ignition interlock device ordered by the court, penalties increased, expanding a Winnebago County sentencing pilot program to other counties, and first offense penalties; Judicial Council to establish advisory sentencing guidelines; JRCCP report [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Judicial Council and JRCCP provisions removed, trial court may order probation, and court may not release a person after conviction but before sentencing in certain cases; A.Amdt.1: appropriation added] - SB66

OWI monetary and imprisonment penalties changed; counting number of convictions by the court revised; county can ask DOT not to reinstate operating privileges until person has reimbursed county for jail costs - AB156

OWI penalties for fourth and subsequent offense revised - AB244

OWI penalties for fourth and subsequent offense revised - AB283

OWI penalty revisions re occupational license, ignition interlock device, driver safety plan, certain DOT statistics, monetary and imprisonment penalties; DOT to publish OWI conviction notices in official newspaper where the conviction occurred or where the person resides - AB151

Parole, probation, or extended supervision following conviction of certain sex offenses: inmate prohibited from contacting the victim and certain other persons as a condition of release, definition provisions - AB329

Persons serving bifurcated sentence: Corr.Dept may release on extended supervision in certain cases; provision re elderly or terminally ill inmates [Sec. 2730-2739, 3222, 3362, 3400, 9311 (2); Enrolled AB-75: notice to sentencing court (which can modify or deny release), ERRC duties re elderly or ill, 2726, 2729j-p, 2733c-2734b, 2739d-p, 3286, 3360n, 3395g, r, 9411 (2u); deletes 2733, 2734, 2735] - AB75

Pre-release transition facility: Corr.Dept to designate Felmers Chaney Correctional Center [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2671m] - AB75

Probation after certain OWI convictions: trial court may allow; mandatory minimum sentence provision - AB274

Probation after certain OWI convictions: trial court may allow; mandatory minimum sentence provision - AB283

Protective occupation participants for WRS purposes extended to Parole Commission members, state employees at certain correctional institutions and mental health facilities, certain Corr.Dept employees who work with sexually violent persons, and clerical employees at probation, extended supervision, and parole offices; JSCRS appendix report - AB199

Recidivism reduction by 25% through community services required, report revisions; Corr.Dept appropriation for mental health services and transitional employment program for persons on parole or extended supervision and at high risk of reoffending - AB499

Recidivism reduction by 25% through community services required, report revisions; Corr.Dept appropriation for mental health services and transitional employment program for persons on parole or extended supervision and at high risk of reoffending - SB317

Reckless bodily harm to a child: penalty revised; JRCCP report - SB341

Revoked parole or extended supervision: confinement in prison for six months or length of remaining sentence required; Corr.Dept given authority to extend confinement after revocation under set conditions - AB498

Revoked parole or extended supervision: confinement in prison for six months or length of remaining sentence required; Corr.Dept given authority to extend confinement after revocation under set conditions - SB316

Revoked parole or extended supervision: sentencing credit for time served - AB420

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration revisions; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts duties specified - AB353

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration revisions; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts duties specified - SB240

Risk reduction sentence: list of offenses that render a person ineligible eliminated; Corr.Dept authority to modify an inmate's program and when an inmate may be released modified; JRCCP report - AB500

Risk reduction sentence: list of offenses that render a person ineligible eliminated; Corr.Dept authority to modify an inmate's program and when an inmate may be released modified; JRCCP report - SB318

Sentence adjustment for certain felonies; Parole Commission renamed the Earned Release Review Commission [Sec. 25, 27, 34, 161, 311, 312, 661, 2487, 2666, 2668, 2672, 2673, 2702, 2709, 2714-2725, 2729, 2740, 2742-2748, 2750-2772, 3228, 3286, 3360, 3361, 3377, 3378, 3379-3381, 3382, 3383, 3395, 3396, 3397, 9311 (4); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions and exclusions, effective date delayed, 2699m, 3339L-p, 3387t, 9311 (2), 9411 (2u); deletes 3379-3380, 3395] - AB75

Sentencing adjustment: 2009 WisAct 28 changes returned to pre-Act law, Parole Commission restored, and positive adjustment time and Earned Release Review Commission eliminated - AB879

Sentencing adjustment: 2009 WisAct 28 changes returned to pre-Act law, Parole Commission restored, and positive adjustment time and Earned Release Review Commission eliminated - SB697

Sentencing guidelines adopted by the Sentencing Commission and court explanation of sentences to offenders: requirements revised [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3381m, 3386m, 3387m] - AB75

Serious felony offenders prohibited from possessing, controlling, or residing with a vicious dog or possessing a dog that does not have an implanted microchip; penalty, extended supervision, and exemption provisions; JRCCP report - SB496

Sex offenders under GPS tracking requirement on parole, probation, extended supervision, conditional release, or supervised release for crimes against children prohibited from entering certain areas such as playgrounds and areas where children 16 years old and younger congregate; political subdivision prohibited from enacting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution restricting placement or residency of a sex offender; JRCCP report - AB759

Sex offenders under GPS tracking requirement on parole, probation, extended supervision, conditional release, or supervised release for crimes against children prohibited from entering certain areas such as playgrounds and areas where children 16 years old and younger congregate; political subdivision prohibited from enacting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution restricting placement or residency of a sex offender; JRCCP report - SB548

Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law violations: penalty enhancer created if victim is at least 65 years of age; Division of Securities authority re civil enforcement; JRCCP report - AB529

Sentencing guidelines adopted by the Sentencing Commission and court explanation of sentences to offenders: requirements revised [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3381m, 3386m, 3387m] - AB75

Failure-to-stop violation re school bus: initial service of a citation revised - AB352

Firearm prohibition notice when served with a petition for certain injunction hearings and process for surrendering firearms if court grants an injunction created, arrest warrant provision - AB559

Firearm prohibition notice when served with a petition for certain injunction hearings and process for surrendering firearms if court grants an injunction created, arrest warrant provision - SB381

Proof of financial responsibility re motor vehicle accident: policy or bond issued by insurer not authorized to do business in this state does not have to execute a power of attorney authorizing DOT to accept service of process (remedial legislation) - SB488