Legislative Committees

Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants created, WEDC duties  - SE1SB16

Exempting from taxation payments from employer to employee to reimburse medical care costs for employee's adult child, JSCTE appendix report -  SE1SB6

Film production services tax credit application fee revised - SE1SB3

Health savings account: nonrefundable individual income tax credit created -  JR1SB2

Interest rate on judgments revised re civil actions in tort, rights enforced under WCA, and consumer protection actions commenced by DATCP -  SE1SB14

Legislative redistricting based on 2010 census; LRB duty specified -  SB148

Length of single vehicle operating on highway without overlength permit: maximum increased - SE1SB9

Multijurisdictional TID (MJTID) creation authorized for cities and villages, conditions specified and DOR duties  - SE1SB1

Municipal wards, county supervisory districts, and aldermanic districts: laws revised re redistricting; incorporation of census corrections permitted; three-judge panel to hear challenges to apportionment of congressional and legislative districts - SB150

Overweight vehicles or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement -  SE1SB11

Overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations with six or more axles and are transporting sealed loads re international trade: DOT may issue overweight permits; exception to DOT report requirement -  SE1SB10

Public transportation pass or money to purchase a pass provided by employer: individual income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report -  SE1SB19

Relocated business credit created -  JR1SB3

Small business development loan guarantee program revisions - SE1SB2

Small business: income and franchise tax credits created -  JR1SB7

State finances: public employee trust fund reserve accounts, public debt refunding, executive branch agency lapses, MA funding revisions, TANF moneys for EITC, and adult correctional services funding -  JR1SB12

Steve Hilgenberg Community Development Credit: income and franchise tax credits for investments in a community development financial institution (CDFI) created; WEDC duties; sunset and expansion provisions -  SE1SB17

Tax rate increases in certain cases: two-thirds vote required; statewide advisory referendum provision  - JR1SB5

TCS Board to award training program grants to technical college district boards for advanced manufacturing skills: annual award increased, fiscal change provision  - SE1SB4

Telecommunications utility regulation revisions including alternative telecommunications utility, intrastate switched access rates, tariffs, interconnected VOIP service, universal service, basic voice service, and use of transmission equipment and property; PSC provisions -  JR1SB13

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases  - JR1SB1

Trespassers: duty of care owed and limitations on civil liability of private property owners -  SE1SB22

Vehicle transporting poles, pipes, girders, and similar materials on highways: DOT overlength permit eliminated, conditions specified -  SE1SB8

Vehicles or combination of vehicles carrying agricultural crops: dates extended re exceeding weight limit exception  - SE1SB7

Vocational high school diploma: school board authorized to grant -  SE1SB18

Wetland in Brown County: water quality standards in compliance and exemption to certain laws administered by DNR if specified criteria are met -  JR1SB10

Wind energy system requirements revised; PSC authority modified; Wind Siting Council study required  - JR1SB9

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) created; Comm.Dept duties and public employee and WRS provisions -  JR1SB6

Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board created re grants, loans, and investments in Wisconsin bioscience companies; DOR and SWIB duties; Wisconsin next generation reserve fund created -  SE1SB21

Workplace wellness programs offered by employers: income and franchise tax credits created; definition and DOR provisions -  SE1SB5