Wisconsin Legislature: Telephone

911 emergency telecommunications system: police and fire protection fee eliminated; statewide funding provisions created and county authority to levy certain charges on telecommunications service users eliminated; PSC duties specified; State 911 Council created; communications providers and public service answering point (PSAP) provisions - AB779

911 emergency telecommunications system: police and fire protection fee eliminated; statewide funding provisions created and county authority to levy certain charges on telecommunications service users eliminated; PSC duties specified; State 911 Council created; communications providers and public service answering point (PSAP) provisions - SB566

ATV, UTV, or snowmobile safety certificate: carrying and displaying in electronic format, including a reproduction on a cell phone, allowed - SB227

Automatic dialing-announcing devices used to disseminate a prerecorded voice message prohibited for all callers unless an exception applies; definitions, exceptions specified, and DATCP duties - SB9

Automatic dialing-announcing devices: voice message with political purpose prohibited; definitions, penalties, and DATCP duties - SB6

Delinquent ad valorem taxes owed by telephone companies and public utilities: DOR may use same methods for collecting delinquent income taxes [Sec. 1467, 1474] - AB40

Determinations re UI eligibility or benefits or other law regulating employment: DWD required to provide employee with information on resources to assist with adverse determination or computation and maintain a telephone number to call to ask questions - SB273

Determinations re UI eligibility or benefits or other law regulating employment: DWD required to provide employee with information on resources to assist with adverse determination or computation and maintain a telephone number to call to ask questions - AB819

Driving while using a cellular or other wireless telephone in a construction zone prohibited; exception and penalty provisions - AB639

Driving while using a cellular or other wireless telephone in a construction zone prohibited; exception and penalty provisions - SB479

Driving while using a cellular phone prohibited, exceptions and penalty provisions - AB790

Electronically prerecorded message to telephone number in the nonsolicitation directory prohibited, exceptions provided; DATCP duties and rules revised including eliminating biennial notification - AB96

Electronically prerecorded message to telephone number in the nonsolicitation directory prohibited, exceptions provided; DATCP duties and rules revised including eliminating biennial notification - SB97

Incentives to report fraud to a fraud hotline administered by DHS or LAB: DOA to establish - AB196

Incentives to report fraud to a fraud hotline administered by DHS or LAB: DOA to establish - SB177

Inmate telephone use in a jail or house of correction: charges revised - AB242

LAB financial auditing duties revised including eliminating certain audits; confidentiality of reports to the state fraud, waste, and mismanagement hotline; and access to tax records maintained by DOR; JLAC provision - AB36

LAB financial auditing duties revised including eliminating certain audits; confidentiality of reports to the state fraud, waste, and mismanagement hotline; and access to tax records maintained by DOR; JLAC provision - SB27

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

Multiline telephone system required to provide callback number and emergency response location for calls to 911; exceptions specified - AB98

Police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communication service providers eliminated; fund and shared revenue payments also eliminated - AB186

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

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

Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance: electronic format accepted including cell phones, prohibition on fake or invalid documents apply - AB65

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

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - AB595

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - SB470

Railroad crossings: use of by pedestrians limited and pedestrians prohibited from going around a crossing gate or barrier, penalty provisions; other penalties increased [A.Amdt.4: contact information at private crossings required] - AB799

State 911 Council created to advise OJA and PSC - AB97

State 911 grant program created re public safety answering point; OJA duties - AB100

State 911 system funding re police and fire protection fee and countywide 911 telecommunications fee; PSC duties - AB99

State 911 telecommunication services: PSC to contract with a network of service providers; price schedules and PSC staff position provisions - AB101

Telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations modified, sunset eliminated - SB306

Telecommunications subscriber records; proprietary information of certain communications providers and open records law provision; updates to certain 911 telecommunications service databases required - AB102

Telephone solicitation restrictions: forfeiture for violations increased and private cause of action permitted - SB107

Telephone solicitations: state's nonsolicitation directory eliminated in favor of the national do-not-call registry maintained by the FTC; DATCP duties - AB172

Telephone solicitations: state's nonsolicitation directory eliminated in favor of the national do-not-call registry maintained by the FTC; DATCP duties - SB155

Underage alcohol violations: law enforcement cannot issue citation if emergency medical assistance is requested via 911; UW System cannot impose disciplinary sanctions if the exemption applies; penalties for false reports; JRCCP report - AB256

Underage alcohol violations: law enforcement cannot issue citation if emergency medical assistance is requested via 911; UW System cannot impose disciplinary sanctions if the exemption applies; penalties for false reports; JRCCP report - SB222

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

Alerts for missing adults at risk: require DOJ to allow law enforcement to use the integrated crime alert network to disseminate reports to outdoor advertisers and broadcasters; definition, input from certain organizations, and FTE position provisions - AB710

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report [A.Amdt.1: property tax provisions deleted] - AB5

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

Hospitality business advertising: income and franchise tax credits created - AB16

Hospitality business advertising: income and franchise tax credits created - SB181

Inattentive driving: current prohibitions revised; prohibition created re electronic device activated and providing entertainment by visual means, exceptions provided - AB124

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

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - AB595

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - SB470

Theft of telecommunication or video services: first offense penalty changed; attorney fees permitted in civil suit against person who committed the theft; JRCCP report - AB191

Theft of telecommunication or video services: first offense penalty changed; attorney fees permitted in civil suit against person who committed the theft; JRCCP report - SB171

Utility relocation costs to accommodate urban rail transit systems [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 290g, r, 1564e-s, 1978d-t, 1989c-x] - AB40

Video programming service disconnection by multichannel video provider provisions modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1594g, r] - AB40

Educational supplies purchased by an eligible educator: state individual income tax deduction created; Internal Revenue Code re individual income tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers adopted; JSCTE appendix report - AB95

Educational supplies purchased by an eligible educator: state individual income tax deduction created; Internal Revenue Code re individual income tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers adopted; JSCTE appendix report - SB99

Public service and contributions to the United Kingdom and the world commended upon her death - SJR22

Nonprofit theater in City of Madison: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB65

``Smoking" definition for smoking prohibition purposes does not include vaporized solution from an electronic device that does not include tobacco - AB762

``Smoking" definition for smoking prohibition purposes does not include vaporized solution from an electronic device that does not include tobacco - SB440

Smoking in a motor vehicle while a person under age 16 is present prohibited, penalty and surcharge provisions; law enforcement may not stop a vehicle solely to determine compliance but may issue citation if stopping a vehicle for other purposes - AB877

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

Surcharge for health insurance for use of tobacco products: GIB shall impose on state employees and retirees [Sec. 715, 731, 9112 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Tobacco products: tax rate, excise tax, and inventory tax revisions; definitions modified; restrictions on placement of cigarettes or tobacco products by retailer, penalty provisions - AB481