Wisconsin Legislature: Taylor, Sen. Lena C. (4th Sen.Dist.; Dem.)

S4 Taylor, Sen. Lena C. (4th Sen.Dist.; Dem.)

Absentee ballots: privacy envelope requirement - SB298

Administrative agency actions: awarding costs revised; eliminates requirement that hearing examiners and courts rely on certain federal case law - SB191

Administrative suspension of motor vehicle operating privileges: attending review hearing in person or by telephone or submitting objections in writing allowed - SB398

Assistant DA pay progression plan established - SB394

Assistant SPD pay progression plan established - AB648

Assistant SPD pay progression plan established - SB479

Attorneys representing criminal defendants authorized to issue subpoenas - AB84

Attorneys representing criminal defendants authorized to issue subpoenas - SB73

Benefit corporation: category of business corporation identified as created - AB742

Birth certificates for Milwaukee County residents for free for limited time to obtain ID card or driver's license for voting purposes - SB165

``Black History Month": February 2011 recognized as - AJR17

``Black History Month": February 2011 recognized as - SJR14

Brownfields redevelopment grant revisions - SB310

Build Milwaukee initiative zones established and councils created re economic development and housing programs; development opportunity zone, public purchasing, contracts with financial institutions, and report provisions - AB725

Capitol Council created re management, operation, maintenance, and repair of the state capitol and capitol park; security and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB347

Cates, Richard Lyman: life, public service, and contributions to the legal profession commended upon his death - SJR38

Certified seed incubator fund: WEDC to administer grants to, reports required - SB564

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: March 2012 proclaimed as - AJR130

Commercial quadricycle: definition and possession and consumption of alcohol beverages by passengers permitted; consumption by driver prohibited, penalties provided; municipal authority to regulate operation of - AB120

Compensation for innocent convicts re claims against the state: per year amount increased, cap on total amount eliminated, and income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB168

Compensation for innocent convicts re claims against the state: per year amount increased, cap on total amount eliminated, and income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB141

Comptroller, office of: elective office created for counties with population over 750,000; duties specified - SB259

Computerized communication that invites a person to harass a third person or contact a third person with obscene, lewd, or profane language or suggestive acts prohibited; JRCCP report - AB649

Condominium law revisions re recording condominium instruments, declarant, securities and warranty, manager requirements, expansion, and independent audits - AB422

Condominium law revisions re recording condominium instruments, declarant, securities and warranty, manager requirements, expansion, and independent audits - SB344

Credit card marketing on campuses of institutions of higher education restrictions created and providing financial literacy information to students required; rules on extending credit to individuals under 21 years old established; forfeiture provision - SB258

Dairy and livestock farm investment credit extended - AB19

Dental student loan assistance program re commitment to practice in dental health shortage areas: U.W. Regents program sunsetted; HEAB program established - SB494

Driver education instruction and license examinations required to include proper procedure for attaching a trailer to a motor vehicle - SB433

DWD required to notify local workforce development boards of UI benefit applicants in their area - SB424

Employment discrimination based on credit history prohibited; exceptions and definition provisions - AB350

Employment discrimination based on credit history prohibited; exceptions and definition provisions - SB246

Employment discrimination includes considering applicant's conviction record before being selected for an interview - AB436

Employment discrimination includes considering applicant's conviction record before being selected for an interview - SB309

Ethics, elections, and lobbying regulation laws: prosecution and venue for trial of civil and criminal violations modified; disclosure of certain information provision - AB656

Expungement of misdemeanor with maximum jail sentence of one year, regardless of age, permitted - AB709

Family planning services funding: certain restrictions eliminated, funding increased, and the term ``women's health block grant" eliminated - AB348

Family planning services funding: certain restrictions eliminated, funding increased, and the term ``women's health block grant" eliminated - SB282

Family planning services under MA waiver program: income eligibility criteria for females, waiver program for males, and DHS duties - AB349

Family planning services under MA waiver program: income eligibility criteria for females, waiver program for males, and DHS duties - SB279

Foreclosure on abandoned properties: redemption period and court procedures modified - SB307

Franke, Harry: life and public service - SJR70

Governor's salary formula revised - AB735

Highway on a boundary line may be considered in the jurisdiction of only one municipality for general transportation aid purposes, plat provision - SB558

Hours of labor for minors under 16 years of age: changes made by 2011 WisAct 32 eliminated, prior law restored - SB355

Hunger Takes No Holiday Month: March proclaimed as - SJR64

ID card for voting purposes: fee exception for duplicate - AB354

ID card for voting purposes: fee exception for duplicate - SB256

ID cards issued by DOT: reply to inquiries and statement on application required re no fee if requested for purposes of voting - AB226

ID cards issued by DOT: reply to inquiries and statement on application required re no fee if requested for purposes of voting - SB162

Incarcerated, disenfranchised felons excluded from the census count used for redistricting legislative, county, and other districts: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR122

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 - AB657

Limited services pregnancy centers: false advertising prohibitions created; definition and penalty provisions - AB434

MA program and federal waivers re eligibility standards, methodologies, and procedures: deadline for federal approval changed - SB351

Marijuana: medical necessity defense and immunity from arrest and prosecution; DHS to establish a registry for medical users of marijuana and license and regulate compassion centers, fee provision; does not affect federal law; JRCCP report - SB371

Milwaukee Area Technical College: 100 years of innovative education commended - AJR125

Minority-owned business: preferences in state procurement percentage increased - SB166

Mobile DMV service centers required re operator's license, ID cards, and receipts; affidavit in form prescribed by GAB permitted for voting under certain conditions - AB738

Motor vehicle operator's license: photograph need not be in color - SB397

Municipal court fee: maximum increased - AB285

Municipal court fee: maximum increased - SB252

Municipal judges required to be licensed Wisconsin attorneys - AB101

Municipal judges required to be licensed Wisconsin attorneys - SB318

Municipal ordinance violations by or allegedly by a 17 year old may not be displayed in CCAP - AB708

National mortgage settlement: expenditure of moneys prohibited unless approved by the legislature - AB636

National mortgage settlement: expenditure of moneys prohibited unless approved by the legislature - SB468

Notice of changes in MA eligibility and benefit changes: requirements created - SB305

Payday loan licensee interest rate limited; ``licensed lender" class of creditors expanded and interest rate limited, exceptions provided - SB99

Person alleged to have violated criminal law, civil law, or municipal ordinance and has not previously been adjudicated delinquent and is subject to circuit court or municipal court rather than juvenile court jurisdiction: age raised from 17 to 18 - AB703

Personal flotation device worn by persons 12 years old and under required in recreational boats - SB387

Political communication: requirements on identifying the source revised, penalty provisions - AB378

Political communication: requirements on identifying the source revised, penalty provisions - SB281

Port of Milwaukee as Grantee for Foreign-Trade Zone No. 41: contributions commended and expansion to nine additional Wisconsin counties supported - AJR112

Private schools participating in MPCP and other choice programs: background checks of teachers and administrators required; employment restrictions and State Superintendent duties - AB227

Private schools participating in MPCP and other choice programs: background checks of teachers and administrators required; employment restrictions and State Superintendent duties - SB163

Public transportation pass or money to purchase a pass provided by employer: individual income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB280

Public transportation pass or money to purchase a pass provided by employer: individual income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB171

Public transportation pass or money to purchase a pass provided by employer: individual income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SE1AB19

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

Punitive damages: limitation on amount awarded to plaintiff eliminated - AB459

Punitive damages: limitation on amount awarded to plaintiff eliminated - SB342

Recall petition signers: intimidation or harassment of prohibited, penalty provision; JRCCP report - SB561

``Reproductive rights awareness week": January 22-28, 2012 recognized as - SJR61

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration applicant not required to provide information regarding felony conviction and requirement that Corr.Dept provide a list of convicted felons to election officials deleted; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts training duties - AB444

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations removed - SB345

Shorewood, Village of: local levy limit exception re assessment error - SB224