2013 Senate Authors

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - AB498

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - SB376

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Hansen, Sen. Dave (30th Sen.Dist.; D)

Senate Bills: 3, 4, 7, 16, 28, 34, 38, 42, 43, 45, 54, 69, 91, 98, 101, 103, 104, 117, 118, 119, 120, 124, 131, 145, 153, 160, 161, 178, 185, 190, 196, 198, 209, 214, 219, 223, 238, 241, 249, 250, 274, 283, 288, 300, 301, 305, 306, 308, 310, 312, 321, 327, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 343, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 356, 360, 366, 374, 388, 399, 401, 403, 405, 413, 469, 503, 505, 523, 536, 537, 544, 554, 558, 559, 573, 574, 600, 604, 605, 622, 623, 644

Senate Joint Resolutions: 3, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 37, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 54, 62, 70, 74, 79, 80, 82, 83, 87

Senate Resolutions: 1, 5, 7, 9

Assembly Bills: 2, 3, 5, 25, 37, 38, 46, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 60, 63, 74, 80, 92, 94, 106, 109, 111, 113, 138, 148, 159, 171, 173, 175, 176, 187, 192, 199, 203, 204, 208, 215, 218, 232, 235, 248, 254, 258, 268, 279, 280, 281, 290, 351, 374, 375, 377, 381, 385, 387, 392, 407, 411, 414, 421, 424, 426, 428, 445, 446, 447, 448, 453, 454, 457, 464, 474, 481, 486, 509, 517, 521, 522, 526, 542, 543, 552, 553, 590, 592, 597, 613, 650, 654, 668, 686, 695, 699, 710, 726, 730, 733, 753, 763, 766, 772, 773, 783, 788, 799, 803, 817, 818, 820, 822, 843, 844, 898

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 6, 9, 11, 13, 22, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 37, 39, 42, 54, 55, 56, 60, 68, 74, 80, 82, 84, 88, 90, 94, 101, 109, 117, 121

995 Harris Dodd, Sen. Nikiya (6th Sen.Dist.; D)

Absentee voting in person: municipalities may designate one alternative site; notifying GAB required - AB92

Absentee voting in person: municipalities may designate one alternative site; notifying GAB required - SB91

Action to collect child or family support: statute of limitations eliminated - SB483

Amino-acid-based elemental formulas used for diagnosis or treatment of certain allergies or gastrointestinal tract disorders: health insurance policies and plans required to cover - AB920

``Black History Month": February 2013 recognized as - AJR9

``Black History Month": February 2013 recognized as - SJR11

``Black History Month": February 2014 recognized as - AJR95

``Black History Month": February 2014 recognized as - SJR70

Bridge on a highway: eligibility for disaster damage aids paid by DOT re ``catastrophic highway failure" - AB421

Chaney, Felmers O.: life and dedicated service to the people and City of Milwaukee honored - AJR4

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - AB192

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - SB209

Child engaged in prostitution: court permitted to enter into a consent decree or deferred prosecution agreement in lieu of conviction; under the child abuse reporting law the court is required to report suspicion that someone allowed or encouraged the child to engage in prostitution, agency investigation requirements - AB776

Child neglect crime and penalties revised, repeated acts of neglect of the same child crime created, and definition provisions; JRCCP report - SB471

Children: laws revised re advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placement, delegation of parental powers for the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, and penalty provisions; JLC requested to study adoption disruption and dissolution in this state - SB461

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month: November 2014 proclaimed as - SJR87

Civil legal services for veterans provided by DVA: pilot program for Milwaukee, Chippewa, Eau Claire, and Dunn counties created, report required - AB922

Commercial sexual exploitation victim: civil cause of action created - AB681

Commercial sexual exploitation victim: civil cause of action created - SB552

Crisis intervention training grants re mental health: DHS to award to law enforcement agencies and correctional officers - SB362

DCF payments to certain child care providers modified; DCF to set policies and procedures to prevent fraud in Wisconsin Shares, LAB audit required and recovery of overpayments provision - AB862

Driver education instruction and license examinations required to include proper procedure for attaching a trailer to a motor vehicle - SB313

Durational residency requirement for voting decreased; deadline for in person late registration and absentee voting extended - SB173

Emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County created; LAB performance audit required - AB500

Emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County created; LAB performance audit required - SB477

Employer charged a fee for every full time employee receiving benefits under the food stamp program or BadgerCare Plus: DHS and DOR required to develop and implement, EITC provision, and report to JCF required - AB887

Employment discrimination based on employment status prohibited - SB563

Employment discrimination includes considering applicant's conviction record before being selected for an interview - SB257

Employment discrimination on the basis of family status: prohibition and definition created - AB529

Entry on property after mortgage foreclosure action is commenced to preserve or protect the property or public health and safety permitted and conditions specified; liability immunity, notice, and circuit court provisions - AB625

Entry on property after mortgage foreclosure action is commenced to preserve or protect the property or public health and safety permitted and conditions specified; liability immunity, notice, and circuit court provisions - SB488

Expunging the record of a conviction or adjudication of delinquency if the offender was a victim of human trafficking - AB524

Expunging the record of a conviction or adjudication of delinquency if the offender was a victim of human trafficking - SB402

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB138

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - SB124

Foreclosed property sale: income tax deduction on commission received by real estate broker or salesperson created; JSCTE appendix report - AB621

Foreclosed property sale: income tax deduction on commission received by real estate broker or salesperson created; JSCTE appendix report - SB484

Four-year-old kindergarten: all school boards to make available to eligible pupils; exception and state aid provisions - AB875

Freedom Summer, 1964: on the 50th anniversary, commending the Wisconsin men and women who participated in the civil rights movement and worked to secure voting rights and civil rights for African Americans - AJR115

Gideon v. Wainwright decision's 50th anniversary and the 35th anniversary of the opening of the Wisconsin State Public Defender's first trial offices recognized - AJR70

Gun safes: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB631

Harley-Davidson Motor Company: 110th anniversary and contributions to Wisconsin and the U.S.A. recognized - AJR37

Harley-Davidson Motor Company: 110th anniversary and contributions to Wisconsin and the U.S.A. recognized - SJR33

HEAB to study viability of students with high school diploma, or equivalent, from this state to attend a technical college or UW System campus for two years without paying tuition or fees; report required - AB926

Highway improvement projects: prohibitions re county workforce working on projects in another county or municipality and local government workforce working on a construction project for which a private person is financially responsible eliminated - SB687

HOME GR/OWN program in City of Milwaukee re transforming foreclosed properties: grant from GPR - AB624

HOME GR/OWN program in City of Milwaukee re transforming foreclosed properties: grant from GPR - SB485

Human trafficking definition modified; process to vacate a conviction or adjudication or expunge the record of a victim of human trafficking; evidence of past actions in human trafficking cases; sex offense definition revised re children and lifetime supervision; strangulation added to list of offenses re intensive sanctions program, domestic abuse, and crime victim compensation; JRCCP report - SB492

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

Job creation grants from WEDC created - AB521

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2013 recognized as - SJR39

Knowingly providing false election-related information to induce a person from refraining to register to vote or voting prohibited; exemption from liability for publisher of the information, filing a complaint with GAB, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB837

Knowingly providing false election-related information to induce a person from refraining to register to vote or voting prohibited; exemption from liability for publisher of the information, filing a complaint with GAB, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB616

Lighting installation program created re tax delinquent properties and properties in foreclosure; county board duties - AB623

Lighting installation program created re tax delinquent properties and properties in foreclosure; county board duties - SB487

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases re adult children and parents - SB460

Low-income energy assistance: eligibility of certain households modified - AB903

Mandela, Nelson R.: life and public service of the former President of South Africa commended upon his death - SJR62

Marijuana possession of set amount by persons 21 years or older allowed; obtaining a permit to sell marijuana process created; possession by or selling or distributing to a minor prohibited; penalty provisions - AB810

Mass transit operating aid payments increased - SB671

Mental health services and programs provided by counties: report to DHS required - SB369

Minimum wage law revisions; DWD duties and consumer price index provision - SB505

Minority-owned business: governmental procurement preference percentage increased - SB621

Mortgage foreclosure action: plaintiff required to post a surety bond re costs incurred if municipality razes a building on the property during the action - AB622

Mortgage foreclosure action: plaintiff required to post a surety bond re costs incurred if municipality razes a building on the property during the action - SB495

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

Neighborhood improvement district (NID) creation provisions - AB537

Neighborhood improvement district (NID) creation provisions - SB412

Organ donation leave provisions and employer requirements created - AB906

Overdose or adverse reaction to alcohol or controlled substance: immunity from criminal prosecution for person who seeks aid for another person; anonymity and confidentiality provision - SB215

Paid sick leave: employer requirements established; accrual, employee rights, prohibited acts, notice, and records provisions; DWD duties - AB898

Pardoned criminal offense: removing records from CCAP, determination of habitual criminal modified, and possession of firearms provisions - SB620

Political communication required to include telephone number or Internet site where the individual, group, or committee responsible may be contacted; radio, television, and penalty provisions - AB501

Pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition: employer to make reasonable accommodations including job transfer up to the duration of employee's inability to perform current job; employment discrimination on the basis of sex revised - AB526

Pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition: employer to make reasonable accommodations including job transfer up to the duration of employee's inability to perform current job; employment discrimination on the basis of sex revised - SB401

Primary elections: voting for more than one political party authorized - SB158

Public safety, health, or welfare worker entering a dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business in the performance of his or her duties: presumption that a person believed reasonable force was necessary does not apply if the worker identified him or herself, definition provision - SB600

Racial impact statement required for any bill that creates or modifies a crime or modifies the penalty of an existing crime; JRCCP to prepare, conditions specified - AB752

Racial impact statement required for any bill that creates or modifies a crime or modifies the penalty of an existing crime; JRCCP to prepare, conditions specified - SB538

Refinance residential mortgage priority; recording and indexing provisions - AB188