2013 Senate Authors

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

Proof of financial responsibility of landfill owner: escrow account and irrevocable trust provisions - AB286

Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance: electronic format accepted including cell phones, prohibition on fake or invalid documents apply - SB62

Proof of residence to register to vote required of all electors except for military and overseas electors - AB603

Proof of residence to register to vote required of all electors except for military and overseas electors - SB459

Publication and effective dates of acts revised, LRB duties - SB2

Pupils in grades 7 and 8 may earn high school credit under certain conditions - AB370