2013 Senate Authors

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

Iron Brigade: bravery, strength, and courage in the Civil War (1861-1865) honored - SJR64

Kei class vehicles and historic military vehicles: motor vehicle registration provisions revised - AB157

Kei class vehicles and historic military vehicles: motor vehicle registration provisions revised - SB110

Ledgeview, Town of: special provision regarding the incorporation of repealed - AB879

Ledgeview, Town of: special provision regarding the incorporation of repealed - SB681

Legal services contract on contingency fee basis: state agencies prohibited from entering unless the governor makes a written determination; limitations specified; report required - AB27

Legal services contract on contingency fee basis: state agencies prohibited from entering unless the governor makes a written determination; limitations specified; report required - SB19

Local living wage ordinance preemption re work performed with state funds; residency requirements preemption re laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers of public works projects to which the prevailing wage law applies, state funds provision - SB626

Location of cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device: law enforcement prohibited from tracking without a warrant; process to apply to court for warrant created - AB536

Location of cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device: law enforcement prohibited from tracking without a warrant; process to apply to court for warrant created - SB432

Maintenance and family support: notice of payee's remarriage revised and termination upon death of payee or payer - SB68

Marine Corps League incorporation provisions - SB231

Maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways increased; DOT duties and definitions revised - AB389

MEB membership requirements revised - SB652

Milwaukee Area Technical College district board member qualifications modified - AB627

Milwaukee Area Technical College district board member qualifications modified - SB476

Minimum wage ordinance prohibited re local governmental unit employees, contract employees, or employees performing work funded by local governments; public works projects residency requirement prohibited re prevailing wage law - AB750

Modifications to programs for low-income persons including W-2, Wisconsin Shares, FoodShare, low-income energy assistance, low-income housing assistance, EITC, homestead tax credit, local housing authority construction of low-income housing, parental choice programs, school lunch program, and HEAB grants and scholarships; ``means-tested public assistance" definition and use - SB676

Moped dealer and recreational vehicle dealer: penalties revised for license violations - SB269

Motor vehicle operating privileges suspended for failure to pay monetary judgment: maximum time of suspension reduced - AB829

Motor vehicle operating privileges suspended for failure to pay monetary judgment: maximum time of suspension reduced - SB653

Motor vehicle operator's licence minor applicant: limit for liability imputed to the parents or adult sponsor for damages caused by minor's negligent or willful misconduct - SB592

Motor vehicle operator's license minor applicant: limit for liability imputed to the parents or adult sponsor for damages caused by minor's negligent or willful misconduct - AB706

Motor vehicle salvage dealer license violations: penalties specified - SB256

Motorcycle operator's license and rider courses requirements modified - SB270

Municipal court practice and procedure revisions re role of circuit court clerk in filing the oath and bond of a municipal judge, signatures on citations or complaints alleging a municipal ordinance violation, municipal court judge authority to order default judgment against defendant who fails to appear at trial, and fee for transcript of electronic recording of proceedings - SB275

Nomination paper signatures required for a city-wide office in a 2nd or 3rd class city revised - SB444

Noncommercial aviation considered a recreational activity for which a private property owner has limited civil liability and the aviator assumes some risk - SB321

Obsolete statutory reference eliminated re UWHCA employee collective bargaining - AB557

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - AB667

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - SB508

Ozone-depleting refrigerants (ODRs) in motor vehicle air conditioners: duty to set qualifications and issue certifications for persons who remove or recycle changed from DATCP to EPA; sales and reclamation provisions - SB536

Personal injury trusts: discovery and scheduling requirements for certain tort actions and limits defendant's liability for plaintiff's injury in certain cases - AB19

Personal injury trusts: discovery and scheduling requirements for certain tort actions and limits defendant's liability for plaintiff's injury in certain cases - SB13

Personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment, students and prospective students, and tenants and prospective tenants: regulating employer, educational institution, and landlord access to and observation of - AB218

Personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment, students and prospective students, and tenants and prospective tenants: regulating employer, educational institution, and landlord access to and observation of - SB223

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options expanded to include chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists; respective examining boards duties - AB692

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options expanded to include chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists; respective examining boards duties - SB518

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options: ``reasonable physician standard" provision - AB139

Police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communication service providers eliminated; fund and shared revenue payments also eliminated - SB165

Ponds located entirely on private property: fishing without a license permitted; use of herbicide or algaecide without DNR permit allowed - SB77

Postretirement health care benefits of local government employees: segregated account and GAAP requirements - SB48

Postsecondary education degree not required before taking an examination for a credential from DSPS or credentialing board with exceptions for real estate appraiser, registered nurse, and licensed practical nurse; Board of Nursing may deny initial license or certificate under certain conditions - SB337

Prepared food definition revised for sales and use tax purposes; JSCTE appendix report - SB656

Presentence investigation report access by the assistant AG in certain cases - SB294

Presentence investigation: victim of a crime allowed to view portions of the report - AB612

Presentence investigation: victim of a crime allowed to view portions of the report - SB585

Prevailing wage law: exemption for public works project subject to the federal Davis-Bacon Act - AB266

Prevailing wage law: exemption for public works project subject to the federal Davis-Bacon Act - SB244

Prevailing wage law exemption for public works re the reuse of vacant or underutilized industrial facility - AB86

Private employers permitted to provide compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation, conditions specified - AB611

Production plant generating electricity from wind power: utility aid payments to towns and counties modified - SB180