Wisconsin Legislature: DATCP

Student information system: when independent charter schools and private schools participating in the parental choice program begin to use the system or compatible system revised; pupils attending private school but not under the parental choice program are not required to be included [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: State Superintendent may withhold payments to private schools] - SB286

Tax credits sunsetted re relocated business, community development finance, biodiesel fuel, dairy and livestock farm, dairy manufacturing, meat processing, woody biomass, food processing plant, Internet equipment, film production, HIRSP assessment, fuel pumps, postsecondary education, water consumption, beginning farmer, research facilities, and qualified research [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1304d-f, 1331d, 1338b-u, 1344b-d, em-g, 1345b-e, 1347b-f, 1348d, e, 1383j, 1390b-u, 1395b-e, f-h, 1396b-1398f, i-L, 1419h, 1426b-u, 1431b-e, es-h, 1432b-1434f, i-L] - AB40

Technical college district board members' contact information posted on the TCS and district Internet sites - AB90

Technical college district board members' contact information posted on the TCS and district Internet sites - SB87

Timber sale re state, county, or community forest timber: estimated value threshold increased and option to publish notice on Internet site instead of a newspaper [Sec. 545-550; original bill only] - AB40

UI law revisions; delinquent payment of unemployment insurance contributions; penalties and report provisions; JRCCP report [S.Amdt.1: further revisions, LIRC duties and appropriation added; S.Amdt.2: definitions modified; S.Amdt.3: general provisions added re license revocation, denial, or suspension] - SB200

UI law revisions; penalties and report provisions; JRCCP report - AB219

Unclaimed property held by the state: publishing names on the Internet and working with DOR to identify persons through income tax returns [A.Amdt.1: last-known address added to notice] - AB801

UW prohibition on being a member, partner, or shareholder in organizations providing telecommunications services: exception for organization that advances research or higher education, other criteria specified; DOA secretary duty [Sec. 606-608; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, sunset for affiliation between Board of Regents and WiscNet, 605g, r, 608b] - AB40

Voter registration and proof of residence for voting changes re facilitating the registration of all eligible electors and maintaining registrations made the responsibility of the GAB; electronic voter registration via secure Internet site provisions; report required - AB869

Voter registration proof of residency documents: electronic displays prohibited; cell phone bill and credit card statement are qualifying documents; GAB duties - AB225

Voter registration records review and mailing Notice of Suspension of Registration forms: responsibility transferred to GAB; municipal clerk and notification date provisions; GAB required to post certain information about the mailed notices to its Internet site - AB689

Voter registration records review and mailing Notice of Suspension of Registration forms: responsibility transferred to GAB; municipal clerk and notification date provisions; GAB required to post certain information about the mailed notices to its Internet site - SB548

WEDC required to make expenditure information and contracts and grants information available for inspection on a DOA maintained Internet site - AB309

Wisconsin Shares program revisions re distribution, maximum rates, copayments, and noncustodial parents [Sec. 374, 375, 936, 951-953, 960, 962, 973, 979-981, 983-986, 990-992, 994-1020, 1217, 9406 (4); A.Sub.Admt.1: further revisions, plan to implement electronic means of delivering W-2 benefits and child care subsidies requires JCF approval, 952m, 9406 (5L)] - AB40

WISElearn online resource for parents, teachers, and pupils: DPI to develop and maintain [Sec. 229, 1735] - AB40

CCAP Internet page: Director of State Courts to maintain one database for the general public under certain conditions and a separate database accessible to the courts, law enforcement, journalists, and other specified professions and agencies; penalty for using CCAP information to deny employment, housing, or other public accommodation; removal of information provision - AB253

CCAP Internet page: Director of State Courts to maintain one database for the general public under certain conditions and a separate database accessible to the courts, law enforcement, journalists, and other specified professions and agencies; penalty for using CCAP information to deny employment, housing, or other public accommodation; removal of information provision - SB234

Computerized communication that invites a person to harass a third person or contact a third person with obscene, lewd, or profane language or suggestive acts prohibited; JRCCP report - AB156

GPS and electronic monitoring re correctional purposes and persons subject to an injunction or TRO: JLC to study use of [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9127 (1z)] - AB40

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

GPS tracking program: DOJ to establish standards for local units of government and law enforcement to administer re injunction or restraining order to protect victims of abuse, harassment, or threats [Sec. 391, 1943, 2281-2285, 9308 (1), 9426 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, changed to GPS pilot program and grants, domestic violence prevention or treatment center may not make assessments, 1942m, 2283g, r, 9426 (2L), deletes 1943, 2281, 2283-2285, 9308 (1), 9426 (2)] - AB40

School bullying: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; penalties for posting harassing, threatening, intimidating, obscene, lewd, or profane electronic messages where other can view it created; JRCCP report - AB434

School bullying: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; penalties for posting harassing, threatening, intimidating, obscene, lewd, or profane electronic messages where other can view it created; JRCCP report - SB184

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 [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, refusing to hire an applicant or admit a prospective student for failure to disclose prohibition added, definition provisions] - SB223

Child abuse and neglect reporting law recodified; persons mandated to report revised and DCF training provisions; ``physical injury" and ``neglect" definitions revised; notification requirements to tribal agent by a county department modified - SB18

Child abuse and neglect reports and records re caregiver background check: conforming state law to the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act re unsubstantiated or false cases - AB676

Child abuse and neglect reports and records re caregiver background check: conforming state law to the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act re unsubstantiated or false cases - SB528

Child-related law revisions re minors signing statement acknowledging paternity, representative of deceased respondent in a paternity action, form for a summons in a paternity action correction, delinquent child support and levy by DCF, Wisconsin Shares eligibility determination when the individual is taking basic education or technical college courses, guardian ad litem in unborn child in need of protection or services proceeding, diligent investigation after report of child abuse or neglect, voluntary foster care education program eliminated, crime barring person from showing he or she has been rehabilitated for child care purposes (remedial legislation) - AB566

Child-related law revisions re minors signing statement acknowledging paternity, representative of deceased respondent in a paternity action, form for a summons in a paternity action correction, delinquent child support and levy by DCF, Wisconsin Shares eligibility determination when the individual is taking basic education or technical college courses, guardian ad litem in unborn child in need of protection or services proceeding, diligent investigation after report of child abuse or neglect, voluntary foster care education program eliminated, crime barring person from showing he or she has been rehabilitated for child care purposes (remedial legislation) - SB418

Concerns of 5-star child care providers: report and recommendations after meeting with DCF required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9106 (1q)] - AB40

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

Fingerprinting of child care provider reimbursed under Wisconsin Shares required, fee provision [Sec. 881, 926, 937-939; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, background check requirements and report revised, 938e, f] - AB40

Foster care rates increased [Sec. 929, 9406 (3); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, kinship care rates increased, 922c, 924c, 9406 (3e), deletes 9406 (3)] - AB40

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit based on the federal tax credit created - AB757

Kinship care: additional funding sources [Sec. 373, 922, 924, 1036; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

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

Rule-making procedure revised; various DCF rules modified and repealed re child care certification, child care center operations, child welfare agency licensing, public assistance records, and transitional jobs demonstration project [Admin.Code DCF 54.02, 110, 121, 201.02, 202.01, 202.02, 202.04, 202.05, 202.06, 202.065, 202.07, 202.08, 202.09, 203.03, 250.04, 250.07, 251.03, 251.04, 251.07, 251.09, 251.095] - AB677

Smoking inside or outside private residences used as licensed child care centers prohibited - AB551

TANF block grants and Child Care Development Funds: allocations modified [Sec. 988, 1025-1029, 1031-1035, 1037-1040; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions and additional grants, 1038m] - AB40

Unexplained absence of a child from a child care provider: notifying parent, legal custodian, guardian, or person designated as emergency contact required - AB443

Waking a sleeping child under 2 years of age by a licensed child care provider: exception to DCF rules with parental or guardian consent - AB698

Wisconsin Shares out-of-state provider provisions [Sec. 935, 993] - AB40

Wisconsin Shares program revisions re distribution, maximum rates, copayments, and noncustodial parents [Sec. 374, 375, 936, 951-953, 960, 962, 973, 979-981, 983-986, 990-992, 994-1020, 1217, 9406 (4); A.Sub.Admt.1: further revisions, plan to implement electronic means of delivering W-2 benefits and child care subsidies requires JCF approval, 952m, 9406 (5L)] - AB40

Advance directives, do-not-resuscitate orders, and power of attorney for health care revised re pregnancy - AB861

Child death review program established in DHS; Child Death Review Council created, reports and recommendations required; local child death review teams recognized; access to records, confidentiality, and immunity provisions; JRCCP report - AB554

Child death review program established in DHS; Child Death Review Council created, reports and recommendations required; local child death review teams recognized; access to records, confidentiality, and immunity provisions; JRCCP report - SB436

Coroner, medical examiner, and medicolegal investigation staff members licensure by the Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) required, exceptions and license requirements; MIEB created in DSPS; reporting deaths revisions and failure to report penalty increased; jurisdiction to investigate death and notifications, autopsies and other diagnostic procedures; investigation records and handling of personal property; disposition of bodies; access to deceased's mental health treatment records; JRCCP report - AB530

Deaths involving a law enforcement officer: each law enforcement agency required to have a written policy approved by LESB re investigation of; DA and DOJ duties; board for the review of officer-involved deaths created [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, board provision and DOJ and LESB duties removed, definitions and crime victim rights provisions added] - AB409

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, fault, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing [A.Amdt.1: disciplinary proceeding, mediation, and arbitration added and other revisions] - AB120

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing - AB296

Inadmissibility of a statement of apology, condolence, fault, or remorse by a health care provider in a civil action or administrative hearing - SB129

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

School bus displaying flashing red lights: penalty enhancement when failure to stop results in bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death - AB802

School bus displaying flashing red lights: penalty enhancement when failure to stop results in bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death - SB665

Statute of limitations modified in civil actions re motor vehicle insurance policy, death caused by a motor vehicle accident, and real or personal property damage - AB367

Statute of limitations modified in civil actions re motor vehicle insurance policy, death caused by a motor vehicle accident, and real or personal property damage - SB281

Vulnerable highway user: penalty enhancements for traffic violations that result in bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death; definitions, safe driver and traffic safety courses, and driver education courses in public schools and technical colleges provisions; JRCCP report [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, penalty enhancement and court ordered traffic safety school provisions removed] - AB388

Vulnerable highway user: penalty enhancements for traffic violations that result in bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death; definitions, safe driver and traffic safety courses, and driver education courses in public schools and technical colleges provisions; JRCCP report - SB307

Survivors of a law enforcement officer, EMT, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty: payment of health insurance premiums and establishing a loan program provisions - AB241

Survivors of a law enforcement officer, EMT, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty: payment of health insurance premiums and establishing a loan program provisions - SB203

Wrongful death action and medical malpractice claim expanded to include ``unborn child", definition provision; exception to Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund claims - AB160

Building Commission revenue bond limit increased on major highway projects and transportation administrative facilities [Sec. 1559] - AB40

Contaminated sediment removal from Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, or certain tributaries: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 482] - AB40

Dam safety programs: DNR bonding authority increased [Sec. 483] - AB40

General obligation bonds authorized to fund the Zoo interchange, I 94 north-south corridor, and high-cost state highway bridge projects [Sec. 334, 484, 1537] - AB40

Harbor improvement grants: bonding limit increased [Sec. 486; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 480] - AB40

Premium proceeds from issuance of public debt: treatment of modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 193e-h, 9304 (1c)] - AB40

Railroad property acquisition and improvement: bonding limit increased [Sec. 487; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Refunding tax-supported and self-amortizing general obligation debt [Sec. 489; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Soil and Water Resource Management Program bonding authority increased [Sec. 488] - AB40

Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects: additional general obligation bond proceeds authorized [Sec. 333, 485, 1536, 1558] - AB40

Urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement, storm water management, and municipal flood control and riparian restoration projects: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 481] - AB40

Ambulance services: county or municipality may certify to DOR for collection of debts from tax refunds - AB341

CCAP Internet page: Director of State Courts to maintain one database for the general public under certain conditions and a separate database accessible to the courts, law enforcement, journalists, and other specified professions and agencies; penalty for using CCAP information to deny employment, housing, or other public accommodation; removal of information provision - AB253