Wisconsin Legislature: Galloway, Sen. Pam (29th Sen.Dist.; Rep.)

Senate Petitions:

Assembly Bills: 7, 99, 156, 314, 478, 512, 538, 544

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 2, 7, 13, 22, 30, 44, 45, 74, 93, 104, 107, 111, 113

S29 Galloway, Sen. Pam (29th Sen.Dist.; Rep.)

(Resigned effective March 16, 2012.)

Absconding without paying for gasoline or diesel fuel: additional option for civil redress for the fuel retailer; DOT and affidavit provisions - SB314

Adoption records may be disclosed to determine availability of placing a child with adoptive parent of the child's sibling - SB64

Adult disabled child: court may order support re annulment, divorce, or legal separation - SB534

Agricultural conservation easement purchase program eliminated; conservation fee requirement for rezoning land out of a farmland preservation zoning district eliminated - SB24

Ambulatory surgical center assessment repealed - AB408

Ambulatory surgical center assessment repealed - SB297

Animal control facilities licensing requirement exception created re kennel license - AB346

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: October proclaimed as - SJR46

Capital losses: treatment of federalized; JSCTE appendix report - SB160

Comprehensive planning: local governments may repeal; DOA grant program to assist with planning activities eliminated - AB303

Comprehensive planning: local governments may repeal; DOA grant program to assist with planning activities eliminated - SB225

Concealed weapons: license procedure created and prohibition on possession in certain public places revised; codifies federal law re active duty and former law enforcement officers; creates certification cards for former state and local law enforcement officers; restrictions on transporting a handgun in a vehicle modified; disorderly conduct provision; permitted in person's legally occupied home or business; circuit court and DOJ duties; penalties for certain offenses; JRCCP report - AB126

Continuous disinfection of municipal water supply: DNR prohibited from requiring unless required by federal law - SB19

Dental services: fee restrictions re insurers - SB549

DOR duties re administering taxes or fees revised re assessments and audits, penalty for negligence, Tax Appeals Commission rulings, petition for declaratory ruling, petition to adopt a standard by rule, inspection of tax returns or claims, and prohibiting class action lawsuits against the state in certain cases - SE1SB23

Electric provider may count electricity derived from a large hydroelectric facility toward compliance with the renewable portfolio standard - SB81

Electric public utility to offer temporary discounted rates to qualifying industrial customers: PSC to approve if it will promote economic development - SB102

Employment discrimination or unfair honesty or genetic testing cases: awarding of compensatory and punitive damages eliminated; DWD provision - SB202

Enterprise zones: number Comm.Dept may designate increased with rural zone requirement; business tax credits provision - AB2

Enterprise zones: number Comm.Dept may designate increased with rural zone requirement; business tax credits provision - SB4

Epinephrine auto-injector: pupil permitted to possess with written approval; civil liability immunity provision - AB276

Epinephrine auto-injector: pupil permitted to possess with written approval; civil liability immunity provision - SB204

Ferrous metallic mining regulations created, nonferrous metallic mining regulations revised; utility facility approval procedure modified - SB488

Fetal body parts: prohibitions created re knowingly acquiring, receiving, or transferring for valuable consideration and knowingly providing, receiving, or using for experimentation; definition provisions; JRCCP report - SB172

Financial record matching program: DHS to operate for MA applicants and recipients for whom asset verification is required for MA eligibility; confidentiality and penalty provisions - SB474

Fingerprint requirement in connection with professional credentials issued by DSPS or an examining board or affiliated examining board prohibited except when required by statute; DSPS required to establish criteria for when an investigation into a credential holder or applicant's arrest or conviction record is necessary - AB615

Going armed with a concealed and dangerous weapon and ineligible to possess a firearm re certain background check made a felony; knowingly purchasing a firearm for a person prohibited from possessing a firearm made a felony; JRCCP report; contingent upon enactment of bill creating concealed carry license - SB131

Going armed with concealed and dangerous weapon prohibition eliminated; prohibition on going armed or possessing a firearm in certain public places revised; requirement that a firearm or bow or crossbow be unloaded or unstrung and encased in a vehicle eliminated; possessing electric weapons permitted; disorderly conduct provision - SB93

Greenhouse gas emissions: consideration of in determining requirements applicable to stationary source of air pollution re burning or decomposition of certain organic materials - AB467

Greenhouse gas emissions: consideration of in determining requirements applicable to stationary source of air pollution re burning or decomposition of certain organic materials - SB404

Health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients: modifications to third parties required to provide information to DHS and from which DHS may recover payments; pharmacy benefits manager provision - SB487

Highway roundabout: referendum required before construction - AB719

Highways in need of repair and accumulation of snow or ice: liability immunity of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages revised - SB125

Homestead tax credit reduced re federal housing subsidy - SB175

Human growth and development instructional programs in schools: revisions re topics covered, definitions, exemptions, advisory committee, and volunteer health care provider - SB237

Hunting, fishing, and trapping law revisions re fees, hunter and trapper education and recruitment, Stewardship Program, sturgeon spearing license, and ice fishing; Sporting Recruitment and Retention Council created in DNR, study required - AB311

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, fault, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing - AB147

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, fault, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing - SB103

``Intellectual disability" substituted for ``mental retardation" and ``mentally retarded" - AB471

``Intellectual disability" substituted for ``mental retardation" and ``mentally retarded" - SB377

``Municipality" definition revised re certifying debt to DOR - AB542

``Municipality" definition revised re certifying debt to DOR - SB465

Noncompetitive appointment program for disabled veterans applies to all classified service positions - AB428

Noncompetitive appointment program for disabled veterans applies to all classified service positions - SB339

Nursing home regulation revisions - AB302

Nursing home regulation revisions - SB212

Occupational license eligibility revised when operating privilege is suspended or revoked in certain cases - SB158

Overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing materials: repealing sunset date for DOT to issue multiple trip permits - AB88

Overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing materials: repealing sunset date for DOT to issue multiple trip permits - SB61

Parental visitation denial, limitation, or discontinuation with child in need of protection or services or is or has been a subject of a TPR petition: effect of order on visitation with sibling of the child; permanency plan provision - SB65

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): before implementing changes requiring rule promulgation, state agencies are required to request the LRB prepare legislation that allows the agency to take action; prohibition on requesting grants or other moneys from the federal government to implement; medical loss ratio reports from insurers reviewed by OCI provision; state agency report requirements - SB563

Permit or contract to place a structure or deposit in, or remove water from, navigable waters: DNR deadlines for applications and hearings revised, burden of proof provision - SB133

Permits and licenses related to real property are excluded from the definition of ``real property" and treated as money and intangible personal property and exempt from property taxes - SB182

Prevailing wage law: changes made by 2009 WisAct 28 altered or eliminated re certain publicly funded private construction projects, threshold for applicability to public works projects, inspection and submission of payroll records re DWD, and violation remedies; other revisions re enactment of statewide concern, ``prevailing wage rate" defined, exemptions for small municipalities and residential properties, incidental work outside a worker's usual trade, and application to work the local government is not required to compensate for and certain truck drivers and subjourneypersons - AB183

Prevailing wage law exemption for public works project with certain amount of private funding and completed facility is used for conservation, recreational, or education purposes - SB230

Private school tuition, grades K-12: nonrefundable individual income tax credit created - SB69

Private sewage system maintenance program: inventory and implementation deadlines delayed - AB288

Private sewage system maintenance program: inventory and implementation deadlines delayed - SB199

Professional and occupational licenses: fee waiver program for qualified veterans - AB429

Professional and occupational licenses: fee waiver program for qualified veterans - SB338

Professional teaching permit issued by DPI: additional ways of obtaining established; parental choice participating private school provision - AB551

Recreational activities in a school building or on school grounds: immunity from liability for school board or governing body of a charter school, recreational agreement provision - AB497

Recreational activities in a school building or on school grounds: immunity from liability for school board or governing body of a charter school, recreational agreement provision - SB382

Residential landlord: prohibiting ordinances that impose specified limits - SB107

St. Croix National Scenic Riverway: exemption from DNR permit requirement re placement of pier containing a floating toilet facility - SB262

Sick leave eliminated for state senators and representatives to the Assembly - AB653

Sick leave eliminated for state senators and representatives to the Assembly - SB514

Snow sports in a ski area: liability and negligence provisions established, safety requirements set - SB388

Special occupational training for UI claimants: pilot program from DWD created, report required - SB352

Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc.: individual income tax checkoff created - AB75

Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc.: individual income tax checkoff created - SB48

Telecommunications services to the general public or a public or private entity: U.W. System participation restrictions delayed - SB375

Theft of services: ``merchandise" definition re retail theft expanded to include a service provided by a service provider; penalties and JRCCP report - SB85

Three-vehicle combination on highways: requirements revised - SB194

Three-vehicle combination on highways: requirements revised and operation by person at least 18 years old provision - SB261

TPR petition required to be filed re children under eight years old and children eight years and over and placed outside the home for six months, adoption provisions - SB63

Trailer or semitrailer of certain weight and designed to be towed by a motor vehicle other than a truck tractor: new registration category created, fee provision - AB304

Trailer or semitrailer of certain weight and designed to be towed by a motor vehicle other than a truck tractor: new registration category created, fee provision - SB215

Trespassers: duty of care owed and limitations on civil liability of private property owners - SE1AB22

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

Unclaimed money or security or case-related funds received from the circuit court clerk: county treasurer may post notice to the county's Web site - AB45