Wisconsin Legislature: Harris Dodd, Sen. Nikiya (6th Sen.Dist.; D)

1207Harris Dodd, Sen. Nikiya (6th Sen.Dist.; D)

Absentee voting in person: municipalities may designate more than one alternative site; notifying GAB required; Elections Commission provision - SB625

Allowing 16 and 17 year olds to preregister to vote; conditions and GAB duties - AB316

Allowing 16 and 17 year olds to preregister to vote; conditions and GAB duties - SB220

Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS: first week in March proclaimed as - SJR16

Black History Month: February 2016 recognized as - SJR84

Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement condemned; support for the State of Israel reaffirmed - SJR88

Career and Technical Education Month: February 2016 recognized as - SJR107

Carrying a dangerous weapon on a college or university campus prohibited; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB485

Carrying a dangerous weapon on a college or university campus prohibited; exceptions and penalty provisions - SB365

CCAP Internet page: Director of State Courts must remove all information on civil cases under set conditions - SB676

CCAP: removing certain information re criminal conviction if the person was pardoned - SB680

Cervical Health Awareness Month: January 2016 proclaimed as - SJR76

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; prosecuting person under age 18 for prostitution prohibited - SB200

Child safety restraint system requirements modified re rear-facing car seat - SB332

Child taken into custody: placement with parent of sibling who has legal custody of the sibling permitted; notification of relatives provision - SB141

Children’s Dental Health Awareness Month: February 2016 proclaimed as - SJR83

Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license: municipality may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew under certain conditions; review by circuit court provision - SB528

Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day - SB767

Condominium documents: disapproval of amendment revisions - AB762

Construction project contracts: DOA may identify certain minority and disabled veteran-owned businesses for a contractor or general prime contractor - AB281

Construction project contracts: DOA may identify certain minority and disabled veteran-owned businesses for a contractor or general prime contractor - SB207

Contraceptives: dispensing an extended supply required to be covered by health insurers - AB932

Contraceptives: dispensing an extended supply required to be covered by health insurers - SB724

Corr.Dept employees permitted to collectively bargain over workplace safety - SB579

Cultural diversity and sensitivity training policy: law enforcement agencies in populous counties required to establish - SB779

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 - AB607

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Madison Alumnae Chapter, commended on the occasion of Delta Day at the capitol - SR4

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Milwaukee Alumnae Chapter, commended on the occasion of Delta Day at the capitol - SR3

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB852

Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc.: chief election officer authorized to enter membership agreement re sharing information on the registration and voting of state electors - SB672

Eliminating lead hazard in a dwelling or residential condominium: income, corporate, and franchise tax credits created for costs related to - AB963

Employment discrimination based on employment status prohibited - SB166

Employment discrimination includes considering applicant's conviction record before being selected for an interview - SB675

Expelling or suspending a pupil in 4-year-old kindergarten, 5-year-old kindergarten, or first grade prohibited; exceptions provided - SB788

Expungement of DNA data in crime laboratories' data bank required if not adjudged guilty or delinquent; DOJ duties - SB398

Firearm buyback grant program established; fees from firearm and ammunition sales required - AB960

Firearm possession by person convicted of multiple or violent misdemeanors: prohibition created - AB274

Firearm possession by person convicted of multiple or violent misdemeanors: prohibition created - SB199

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB247

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - SB159

Gun safes: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB844

Gun safes: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB637

Habitually truant pupil: notification to parent or guardian by first class mail and simultaneously by electronic communication permitted - AB172

Habitually truant pupil: notification to parent or guardian by first class mail and simultaneously by electronic communication permitted - SB122

Handgun purchase: 48 hour waiting period restored - AB354

Handgun purchase: 48 hour waiting period restored - SB264

Handgun purchase from licensed firearms dealer: AG required to notify law enforcement if, during a background check, DOJ determines the purchaser is prohibited from possessing a firearm; reports and DA and law enforcement duties - AB961

Industrial sand mining and processing operations monitoring: FTE positions in DNR and funding authorized - SB576

Industrial sand mining or processing facility owner or operator required to monitor the ambient air for small crystalline silica particles and other particulate matter; reports and DNR duties - SB577

Inheritance by a parent who abandons a minor child prohibited; “abandoned” defined - AB218

JCF membership and consideration of motions revisions - SB754

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2015 recognized as - SJR41

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2016 recognized as - SJR96

Juvenile Justice Code proceedings: right to trial by jury granted if petitioner recommends placement of the juvenile in Serious Juvenile Offender Program or a juvenile correctional facility beyond age 17 - AB375

Kinship care payments denied based on arrest or conviction record: petitioning DCF for hearing permitted - SB202

Legislative and congressional redistricting: new procedure for preparing the plans, LRB duties specified; Redistricting Advisory Commission created - SB58

Lethal violence protective TRO and lethal violence protective injunction created; penalties for firearm possession while subject to TRO or injunction and filing false information with the petition - AB395

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases: parent has right to recover for adult child who has not reached the age of 27 - AB498

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases: parent has right to recover for adult child who has not reached the age of 27 - SB378

Marijuana: elimination of criminal penalty for possession of 25 grams or less - SB167

Marijuana: state law changed to allow recreational and medical use of; restrictions, permits, taxation, medical registry, compassion centers, and penalties specified; OWI provision; DHS duties - AB224

Miller Brewing Day declared September 24, 2015 re 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company - AJR59

Miller Brewing Day declared September 24, 2015 re 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company - SJR49

Milwaukee Area Technical College: district board and appointment committee membership revised - AB551

Milwaukee Area Technical College: district board and appointment committee membership revised - SB397

Motor vehicle operating privileges suspended for failure to pay monetary judgment: maximum time of suspension reduced - SB462

National Distracted Driving Awareness Month: April 2016 proclaimed as - SJR104

National Environmental Education Week: April 17-23 proclaimed as - SJR111

National Immunization Awareness Month: August 2016 proclaimed as - SJR103

Opportunity Schools and Partnership Programs for first class cities created in 2015 WisAct 55 repealed - SB755

Paid sick leave: employer requirements established; accrual, employee rights, prohibited acts, notice, and records provisions; DWD duties - AB474

Paid sick leave: employer requirements established; accrual, employee rights, prohibited acts, notice, and records provisions; DWD duties - SB352

Parental choice programs, including MPCP and Racine Parental Choice Program: revisions re family income for pupil eligibility, per pupil payments, teacher licensure, background investigations of teachers and administrators, reading readiness assessments, high school diploma criteria, corporal punishment, expulsion, building inspections, public inspection of certain records, location in this state required, meetings of governing board open to the public, in operation at least 2 years, enrollment percentage; DPI and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - SB3

Parental choice programs, including MPCP and Racine Parental Choice Program: revisions to take effect in 2016-17 school year re family income for pupil eligibility, per pupil payments, teacher licensure, background investigations of teachers and administrators, reading readiness assessments, high school diploma criteria, corporal punishment, expulsion, building inspections, public inspection of certain records, location in this state required, meetings of governing board open to the public, in operation at least 2 years, enrollment percentage; DPI and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - AB423

Peer-run respite centers: zoning exemption created; DHS duties - AB708

Per pupil revenue limit increased re consumer price index - SB215

Private schools participating in a parental choice program must have been in operation for at least two school years and maximum percentage of enrollment from the program set; exceptions provision - AB283

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 - AB260

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 - SB172

Revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision for failure to pay a supervision fee or restitution prohibited - SB679

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration applicant not required to provide information regarding felony conviction and requirement that Corr.Dept provide a list of convicted felons to election officials deleted; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts training duties - SB678

``Smoking" definition for purposes of the general indoor smoking prohibition does include inhaling or exhaling vapor or vaporized solution from an electronic device - SB120

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting the Milwaukee Bucks; fees and trademark provisions - AB899

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting the Milwaukee Bucks; fees and trademark provisions - SB685

Special education and school age parents programs: state aid to school districts increased - SB216

Special education job development specialists: DPI pilot program to employ in certain school districts re employment outcomes for children with disabilities - AB943

Substitute teacher wages: school board requirements - SB730

Supplemental forfeiture allowed for certain violations against the elderly and disabled re laws DATCP has rule-making, investigation, or enforcement authority - SB485

Syrian refugee resettlement: DCF to apply for federal grant to contract with refugee service organizations in this state - AB506

Teen dating violence prevention education: schools required to provide and DPI to prepare a policy; model health curriculum and bullying policy updates provisions - AB692

Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program: appropriation to expand program and participation criteria modified - AB484

Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program: appropriation to expand program and participation criteria modified - SB356

Transgender pupils: DPI to develop model policy and school boards required to adopt a policy - AB524

Unemployed veterans are eligible to participate in the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs - AB851

Unemployed veterans are eligible to participate in the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs - SB636

Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking: adopting portions not in current law - SB745

Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act; LRB, LC, and JRCCP duties - SB677

Voluntary firearm registry: local law enforcement agency may create; open records and confidentiality provisions - SB787

Wage Council created in DWD to study the need to increase the minimum wage and make recommendations; “living wage” defined - AB904

Waiver of application fees to UW System institutions and technical colleges for resident high school juniors and seniors; dates specified and appropriation provision - SB396

WCCA Internet site: removal required if case or charge was dismissed or overturned on appeal and dismissed, or defendant was found not guilty - AB1004

Williams, Annette Polly: life and public service - SJR7

Wisconsin Private Retirement Security Board created to establish a private retirement security plan; study, report, and fee provisions; DETF duties - SB45

Wisconsin Shares funding increased; grace period to fill a staff vacancy before child care provider’s quality rating is reduced - AB763

WRS duty disability benefit for certain law enforcement officers prohibited under specified conditions; populous county and first class city provisions; JSCRS appendix report - SB744

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Harris Dodd, Sen. Nikiya (6th Sen.Dist.; D)

Senate Bills: 2, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 27, 34, 48, 64, 68, 72, 78, 97, 106, 107, 111, 112, 125, 139, 145, 146, 154, 155, 162, 163, 165, 170, 174, 176, 184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 194, 196, 201, 214, 221, 222, 245, 258, 270, 277, 280, 281, 293, 310, 311, 312, 327, 342, 370, 376, 377, 386, 424, 439, 482, 488, 491, 505, 510, 520, 537, 549, 574, 575, 599, 600, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 618, 628, 630, 635, 646, 649, 653, 666, 670, 686, 693, 695, 700, 701, 705, 711, 722, 726, 731, 738, 746, 764, 780, 784, 785

Senate Joint Resolutions: 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 31, 32, 35, 39, 40, 42, 46, 50, 60, 64, 69, 70, 71, 77, 81, 82, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 105

Senate Resolutions: 5, 11, 12

Assembly Bills: 12, 16, 20, 26, 29, 37, 55, 62, 66, 69, 70, 72, 73, 76, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 141, 143, 146, 148, 155, 160, 179, 193, 203, 205, 206, 215, 216, 221, 228, 231, 234, 236, 246, 252, 253, 254, 258, 261, 264, 265, 266, 267, 272, 282, 292, 293, 294, 295, 318, 328, 343, 359, 363, 368, 376, 378, 379, 383, 394, 399, 400, 408, 414, 436, 439, 464, 475, 482, 502, 507, 510, 513, 529, 569, 570, 604, 610, 614, 618, 621, 622, 628, 634, 635, 643, 652, 657, 660, 661, 667, 673, 675, 707, 737, 746, 756, 765, 805, 806, 808, 813, 814, 815, 816, 830, 831, 832, 833, 835, 836, 849, 850, 858, 859, 860, 869, 879, 880, 882, 883, 886, 887, 897, 900, 903, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 915, 916, 917, 920, 921, 925, 928, 933, 953, 954, 962, 987, 990

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 2, 3, 8, 17, 21, 22, 23, 32, 33, 38, 40, 43, 46, 53, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 90, 95, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 110, 116, 118