2013 Senate Authors

Absentee ballots: hours a municipal clerk's office can be open each day to receive in-person applications limited - AB54

Absentee ballots: hours a municipal clerk's office can be open each day to receive in-person applications limited - SB324

Absentee voting at a CBRF, adult family home, or residential care apartment: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall dispatch special voting deputies under certain conditions, notice provision - AB396

Absentee voting at a CBRF, adult family home, or residential care apartment: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall dispatch special voting deputies under certain conditions, notice provision - SB297

Acts of persecution against Christianity on worldwide scale condemned - SJR85

Aerial approach ordinance is initiated by a committee of the governing body of the county or municipality that owns the airport - SB516

Alcohol sales in Peninsula State Park permitted re golf course and golf clubhouse - SB8

Antique snowmobile registration modified - SB514

Attorney appointed by SPD to represent a patient is authorized to access and obtain the patient's health care records, written informed consent provision - AB759

Attorney appointed by SPD to represent a patient is authorized to access and obtain the patient's health care records, written informed consent provision - SB599

Barbering and cosmetology licensing requirements revised - AB291

Barbering and cosmetology licensing requirements revised - SB237

Bausch, Lauri: athletic achievements commended and congratulations on the Bronze Medal in skeleton at the European Cup - AJR86

Biometric data collected from pupils and use of device to assess physiological or emotional state prohibited without parental consent; AG or a DA may bring an action in circuit court - AB616

Campaign finance report requirement re occupation of individual contributor whose contributions exceed set amount revised - AB378

Campaign finance report requirement re occupation of individual contributor whose contributions exceed set amount revised - SB282

Career and technical education incentive grants created; DPI to award to school districts after conferring with DWD and TCS; appropriation provided - SB331

Cemetery authority: deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds expanded to include broker-dealer - AB79

Chiropractic licensure examination and continuing education requirement revisions - AB117

Chiropractic licensure examination and continuing education requirement revisions - SB105

Claims against the state by persons claiming to be innocent after release from imprisonment: Claims Board duties and maximum award revised; temporary financial assistance, transition assistance, sealed records, deceased petitioner, and judicial review provisions - AB534

Claims against the state by persons claiming to be innocent after release from imprisonment: Claims Board duties and maximum award revised; temporary financial assistance, transition assistance, sealed records, deceased petitioner, and judicial review provisions - SB587

Class A bear license holder may transfer the license to a Purple Heart Medal recipient or a U.S. armed forces member on active duty, conditions specified - AB473

Class ``A" beer retailers and brewers authorized to sell beer in refillable and resealable containers - AB855

Class ``A" beer retailers and brewers authorized to sell beer in refillable and resealable containers - SB658

``Class B" license: municipal quota exception for full-service restaurants modified - AB814

``Class B" license: municipal quota exception for full-service restaurants modified - SB586

Closing hour for wineries operating under a retail ``Class B" license changed, ordinance provision - AB813

Closing hour for wineries operating under a retail ``Class B" license changed, ordinance provision - SB562

Closing hour for wineries operating under a retail ``Class B" license changed, ordinance provision; carry-ins of distilled spirits and beer on a ``Class B" licensed retail winery premises permitted for special events - SB597

Collateral source payments and subrogation revisions re admissible as evidence - SB22

Commercial quadricycle: definition, exception to prohibition on consuming beer in a public place without a retail alcohol beverage license, municipal ordinance provisions, and prohibiting the driver from consuming alcohol, penalty provisions - SB291

Commercial quadricycle: definition, ordinance exception allowing consumption of alcohol beverages on, and prohibiting driver from consuming alcohol, penalty provisions - AB169

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - AB5

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB34

Companionship services providers: DWD required to make exemption from overtime pay requirements - SB651

Construction lien: procedures to preserve and determine validity; payments to prime contractors of public works contracts revisions - SB595

County medical examiners and assistants: payment of salaries revised - SB156

County payments to public libraries in adjacent counties - AB288

County payments to public libraries in adjacent counties - SB397

Coverdell Education Savings Account contributions: individual income tax deduction created; JSCTE appendix report - AB121

Coverdell Education Savings Account contributions: individual income tax deduction created; JSCTE appendix report - SB111

CPA certificate: required semester hours reduced - SB667

CPA examination: qualifying institutions broadened and public notice requirement for the Accounting Examining Board revised - SB39

Deadline changed for certain reports from DOR and DOT re consumer price index, computer-related equipment exempt from property tax, and general transportation aids program - AB724

Decoys placed in water for migratory game bird hunting: DNR cannot prohibit under specified conditions - SB133

Defendant charged child sex offense: judge required to impose conditions of release re travel, association, and residency - AB190

Defendant charged with child sex offense: judge required to impose conditions of release re travel, association, and residency - SB221

Discharge into wetland: exemption from DNR permitting and mitigation requirements for site in City of Sturgeon Bay, conditions specified - AB602

DNR authorized to lease state forest land in the Town of Boulder Junction to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not to exceed 30 years - SB277

DPI directed to establish model academic standards in math, English, science, advanced math, social studies, and art; advisory committee and conditions provisions - AB617

Duty disability benefit for protective occupation participants under WRS revised, Wisconsin Retirement Board duty; LAB to conduct performance evaluation audit of duty disability and survivor benefits program under WRS and comparable programs of a 1st class county and 1st class city; prohibited subject of collective bargaining for municipal and state employees who are police officers, fire fighters, or emergency service providers re benefits of and eligibility for duty disability and survivor benefits - AB854

Duty disability benefit for protective occupation participants under WRS revised, Wisconsin Retirement Board duty; LAB to conduct performance evaluation audit of duty disability and survivor benefits program under WRS and comparable programs of a 1st class county and 1st class city; prohibited subject of collective bargaining for municipal and state employees who are police officers, fire fighters, or emergency service providers re benefits of and eligibility for duty disability and survivor benefits - SB657

Education expenses credit created re tuition expenses at public and private elementary and secondary schools - AB195

Education expenses credit created re tuition expenses at public and private elementary and secondary schools - SB170

Election official at a polling place on election day: residency requirement modified; appointments revised and GAB and AG provisions - AB18

Election-related statistics reported by municipal clerk to county clerk: statistics re elector address verification postcards added; GAB to publish information on the Internet - SB377

Electrician and electrical contractor licensing and registration requirements re 2007 WisAct 63: effective date changed - AB35

Electrician and electrical contractor licensing and registration requirements re 2007 WisAct 63: effective date changed - SB36

Electricians: revisions re licensing structure re apprentices, master electrician statutory requirements, journeyman requirements, and exemptions to work that does not require a licensed electrician; DSPS duties and prohibition on promulgating a rule requiring electrical wiring inspection at certain industrial or manufacturing facilities - AB683

Electricians: revisions re licensing structure re apprentices, master electrician statutory requirements, journeyman requirements, and exemptions to work that does not require a licensed electrician; DSPS duties and prohibition on promulgating a rule requiring electrical wiring inspection at certain industrial or manufacturing facilities - SB545

Family dwelling not wired for electrical service is exempt from smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements; plumbing standards exemption for family dwelling without indoor toilet and system to dispose of waste - SB407

Farm tractor may be operated on highway without being registered with DOT for special occasions such as a parade - SB195

Final disposition of fetal remains resulting from an abortion: physician required to arrange; funeral director, definition, and penalty provisions - AB252

Firearms restrictions record search before transferring a handgun: alternate means for firearms dealer to transmit information to DOJ - SB295

Former DA appointed to an assistant DA position: base pay revisions - SB631

Former DA appointed to an assistant DA position: base pay revisions - AB845

Gasoline vapor recovery system removal grants: DNR rules requirement eliminated; eligible costs specified, definitions provision - SB346

GIB prohibited from contracting with or providing a group health insurance plan that provides abortion services; religious employers, organizations, and institutions of higher education exempt from contraceptive insurance coverage requirements - AB216

GIB prohibited from contracting with or providing a group health insurance plan that provides abortion services; religious employers, organizations, and institutions of higher education exempt from contraceptive insurance coverage requirements - SB202

GPS device placed on another person's vehicle or obtaining GPS information about another person's movement or location without that person's knowledge prohibited; annulment, divorce, and legal separation provisions; exceptions for law enforcement and commercial motor vehicles used for business; JRCCP report - AB767

GPS device placed on another person's vehicle or obtaining GPS information about another person's movement or location without that person's knowledge prohibited; annulment, divorce, and legal separation provisions; exceptions for law enforcement and commercial motor vehicles used for business; JRCCP report - SB673

Great Lakes shipping industry history commended and honoring the memory of lives lost in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes - AJR92

Highway projects of certain size and including replacing left-side ramp with a right-side ramp: DOT study and report required and JCF passive review provision - SB666

Home-based private educational program pupil must meet standards for admission to high school to attend courses in the high school - AB555

Home-based private educational program pupil must meet standards for admission to high school to attend courses in the high school - SB458

Homicide charges: included crime provision modified - AB883

Homicide charges: included crime provision modified - SB683

Hospital regulation laws revised - SB560

Influenza vaccination: employer limitations on requiring and requesting created - AB247

Informed consent: ``reasonable physician standard" provision - SB137

Injunction or other order to suspend or restrain enforcement of a state statute made immediately appealable to an appellate court or the Wisconsin Supreme Court, interlocutory review provisions - AB161

Injunction or other order to suspend or restrain enforcement of a state statute made immediately appealable to an appellate court or the Wisconsin Supreme Court, interlocutory review provisions - SB154

Instructor exam and requirements modified re cosmetology, barbering, aesthetics, manicuring, and electrology; continuing education requirements for cosmetology license revised - AB572

Instructor exam and requirements modified re cosmetology, barbering, aesthetics, manicuring, and electrology; continuing education requirements for cosmetology license revised - SB439

Interest due on property determined to be abandoned and due to be paid or delivered to DOR modified; claim to abandoned, intangible property revisions re judicial review of certain decisions and mandatory award of costs and attorney fees eliminated under certain conditions - SB634

Interest rate on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders modified; class of creditors considered ``licensed lenders" expanded - SB694

Intimidating a witness provision modified - AB882

Intimidating a witness provision modified - SB682