Subject Index

background check Background check, see Criminal identification and investigation

badgercare BadgerCare, see Insurance — Health

bail Bail, see Court — Procedure

ballast water Ballast water, see Water — Pollution

ballots Ballots, see Elections — Ballots

bands Bands, see Amusement

bank Bank, see also Financial institution

Conversion of credit union to savings bank or state bank provisions created; method of calculating interest; notice and protections for tenants in foreclosure of rental residential property provisions repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2637b, 2707d-g, 2718m, 2719d-g, 2724m, 3194m, 3474m, 3492m, 9317 (1f), 9355 (1f), (2f); A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Review board duties revised re state banks, state savings banks, savings and loan associations, and state credit unions; mortgage loan originator council eliminated  - AB492

Review board duties revised re state banks, state savings banks, savings and loan associations, and state credit unions; mortgage loan originator council eliminated  - SB393

Savings banks and savings and loan associations: audit and report requirements changed -  AB557

Savings banks and savings and loan associations: audit and report requirements changed -  SB475

bank _ deposit _ public Bank — Deposit — Public

Deposit placement programs of public depositories: revision re redeposit of moneys under set conditions  - AB510

Deposit placement programs of public depositories: revision re redeposit of moneys under set conditions  - SB308

banking, division of Banking, Division of

Notaries public appointment, collection agency regulation, and community currency exchange insurance policy revisions  - AB494

Notaries public appointment, collection agency regulation, and community currency exchange insurance policy revisions [S.Amdt.1: Mortgage Loan Originator Council eliminated]  - SB390

Payday loan licensee interest rate limited; ``licensed lender" class of creditors expanded and interest rate limited, exceptions provided -  AB150

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

Payday loan revisions re interest, database, and consumer reports to verify income; title loan provisions re certificate of authorization, interest, rescission, and other requirements; certain exemptions for affiliates of financial institutions; Division of Banking duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2637d-kk, 9317 (1u)-(3u)] -  AB40

Savings banks and savings and loan associations: audit and report requirements changed -  AB557

Savings banks and savings and loan associations: audit and report requirements changed -  SB475

barber Barber

Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board renamed the Cosmetology Examining Board and creating the Barbering Examining Board; licensing and definition provisions  - AB658

Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board renamed the Cosmetology Examining Board and creating the Barbering Examining Board; licensing and definition provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, regulation of barbering placed directly under DSPS; S.Amdt.1: continuing education for barbers added] -  SB489

Tuberculocidal disinfectant: Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board prohibited from promulgating rule requiring use in such an establishment -  AB664

Tuberculocidal disinfectant: Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board prohibited from promulgating rule requiring use in such an establishment -  SB522

barter Barter, see Sales

bartz, paul r Bartz, Paul R.

Life and military service commended -  AJR33

baseball Baseball, see Athletics

basketball Basketball, see University of Wisconsin — Athletics

battery Battery, see Crime and criminals — Battery

battery containing mercury Battery containing mercury, see Environmental protection

bayfield county Bayfield County

Referendum required before RTAs may impose a sales and use tax and before SERTA may impose a rental car transaction fee [Sec. 1679, 1680, 1729, 1730, 2183; original bill only]  - AB40

Referendum required before RTAs may impose a sales and use tax and before SERTA may impose a rental car transaction fee [Sec. 1679, 1680, 1729, 1730, 2183]  - SB27

RTA: authority to create eliminated and Dane County RTA, Chippewa Valley RTA, Chequamegon Bay RTA, and Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SERTA) dissolved; Southeast Wisconsin transit capital assistance program eliminated - AB36

RTA: authority to create eliminated and Dane County RTA, Chippewa Valley RTA, Chequamegon Bay RTA, and Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SERTA) dissolved; Southeast Wisconsin transit capital assistance program eliminated - SB25

RTAs eliminated; dissolution and winding down of existing RTAs [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 751g, h, 772g, r, 922e, m, v, 1139m, 1679d-t, 1720b, 1727m, 1729g, r, 1745m, 1747r, 1754r, 1894r, 1895r, 2014r, 2177m, 2180m, 2183d-r, 2187d-n, 2237e, m, o, 2406m, 3182g, r, 3471m, 3567m, 9148 (3u), 9448 (6u); A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 2406m]  - AB40

bcpl BCPL, see Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of

bear hunting or pursuit Bear hunting or pursuit, see Game — Hunting; Game — Hunting license

becker, dismas p Becker, Dismas P.

Life and public service - AJR2

bed and breakfast Bed and breakfast, see Hotel and motel

beer Beer, see Alcohol beverage; Alcohol beverage — Regulation

beloit, city of Beloit, City of, see Rock County

bicycle Bicycle

Bicycle and pedestrian facilities grants: funding increased -  AB369

Bicycle and pedestrian facilities grants: funding increased -  SB278

Bicycle law revisions re definition, use of hand signals, lighting, overtaking and passing by vehicles, and metal or studded tires; motor bicycle and EPAMD provisions; moped treated like a bicycle for local ordinance parking purposes [A.Amdt.1: revisions re passing by vehicles, moped parking ordinance, and effective date] -  AB265

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

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  - SB142

bids and bidders Bids and bidders, see Debt, Public; Purchasing, Government

bill drafting Bill drafting, see Bills, Legislative

bill of rights Bill of rights, see Civil right; Crime victim

billboard Billboard

Nonconforming outdoor advertising signs realigned re state highway projects: condemnation provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2233m, 2271m] -  AB40

Nonconforming outdoor advertising signs realigned re state highway projects: relocation of sign to new location within the same municipality -  AB618

Nonconforming outdoor advertising signs realigned re state highway projects: relocation of sign to new location within the same municipality -  SB493

Vegetation obstructing view of outdoor advertising signs: DOT permit system for maintenance and removal of revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, signs attached to buildings near highway right-of-way provisions; A.Amdt.1: signs on buildings that advertise activities specified]  - AB216

Vegetation obstructing view of outdoor advertising signs: DOT permit system for maintenance and removal of revised; signs attached to buildings near highway right-of-way provisions - SB490

bills, legislative Bills, Legislative, see also Budget bills and process; Governor — Legislation by request of

Administrative rules: agency may promulgate only if a bill authorizing promulgation is enacted into law  - SB218

Enrolled bills to the Governor: modifying the 2011-12 session schedule to extend the March 15, 2012 deadline  - SJR72

Health insurance mandate legislation: revisions to social and financial impact reports by OCI - AB692

Legislative and congressional redistricting plans: LRB and GAB to develop standards and draw redistricting plans for legislative approval -  AB198

Legislative and congressional redistricting plans: LRB and GAB to develop standards and draw redistricting plans for legislative approval -  SB157

Legislature prohibited from passing a bill placing requirements on local governmental units unless it contains an appropriation covering all costs: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR46

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): before taking action to implement, state agencies are required to request LRB to prepare legislation that allows the agency to take action; grants and expending state moneys provision - AB531

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; reducing deficit of a state fund and once eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a projected deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR100

Vote on bills during first 21 days after introduction prohibited unless members of the house vote to suspend the waiting period - SB193

biomass Biomass, see Energy conservation

biotechnology Biotechnology, see Genetics and genetic testing; Industrial development

bird Bird, see also Game bird

Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War: 150th birthday commemorated -  AJR58

Sandhill cranes: DNR to authorize hunting of; hunter education program and wildlife damage provisions  - AB613

birkholz, craig allen Birkholz, Craig Allen

Life and public service of the Fond du Lac police officer commended -  AJR55

birth certificate Birth certificate, see Vital statistics

birth control Birth control, see also Maternal and infant care

Contraceptives coverage by health insurance policies: requirements eliminated [Sec. 1157, 1158, 1718, 2425, 2558, 2706, 3470, 3473, 9325 (1), 9425 (1); original bill only]  - AB40

Contraceptives coverage by health insurance policies: requirements eliminated [Sec. 1157, 1158, 1718, 2425, 2558, 2706, 3470, 3473, 9325 (1), 9425 (1)] - SB27

Family planning services for men under MA: eliminates DHS ability to request waiver to conduct or implement [Sec. 1440, 1441, 9421 (7); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, family planning demonstration project repealed, family planning project for low income females between certain ages created, federal waiver requirement, 1439n, 1441b, deletes 1440, 1441]  - AB40

Family planning services for men under MA: eliminates DHS ability to request waiver to conduct or implement [Sec. 1440, 1441, 9421 (7)] -  SB27

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