Wisconsin Legislature: Lassa, Sen. Julie (24th Sen.Dist.; D)

Apraxia Awareness Day: May 14, 2015 and each May 14 thereafter declared as - SJR37

Battery to a child welfare or juvenile justice worker acting in an official capacity: felony penalty provisions - SB204

Break time for employees to express breast milk: requirements created, accommodations specified - AB882

Cemetery authority: deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds expanded to include broker-dealer - SB123

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Awareness Month: September 2015 proclaimed as - SJR57

Children First program eligibility criteria modified re residency - AB351

Children First program eligibility criteria modified re residency - SB247

Clean and renewable energy joint task force: committees on Assembly and Senate organization required to immediately appoint, findings deadline set - AJR17

Clinical social worker: practice requirement for licensure modified - AB217

Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day - AB475

Community development financial institution (CDFI): income and franchise tax credits created for investments in; definitions and sunset provision - AB911

Community development financial institution (CDFI): income and franchise tax credits created for investments in; definitions and sunset provision - SB693

Contracts between WEDC and recipients of grants, loans, or tax credits: requirements created - AB858

Crime victim notified when offender’s parole or extended supervision is revoked - SB377

Crowdfunding for jobs and economic growth: WHEDA to contract with a business maintaining a crowdfunding Internet site - AB927

DATCP enforcement action types expanded for which a court may order a defendant to reimburse costs - SB584

DNR rule re construction permit requirements for stationary sources that emit greenhouse gases eliminated [Admin.Code NR 405.07] - SB144

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision - AB102

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision - SB111

Economic Opportunity, Department of (DEO) created; Economic Development Transition Council created to effect the transition of WEDC functions to DEO and the Badger Innovation Corporation; Economic Development Policy Board created to assist DEO; Governor and JCF duties - AB617

Elementary and secondary school teachers: adopting the Internal Revenue Code re individual income tax deduction for certain expenses - SB130

Employment opportunity demonstration projects: funding increased - SB738

Entrepreneurial assistance grants created re new businesses hiring interns in specified fields; WEDC duties and report required - AB103

Entrepreneurial assistance grants created re new businesses hiring interns in specified fields; WEDC duties and report required - SB112

Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants created - AB62

Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants created - SB162

Family and medical leave expanded to businesses with at least 25 employees, includes care for grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, and covered active duty provision; family and medical leave insurance program created in DWD, trust fund provision - SB385

Forcible entry into a vehicle to remove a person or domestic animal believed to be suffering: civil liability immunity exemption under certain conditions created - SB230

Foreign language credits from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center: UW Board of Regents required to accept re students who are current or former U.S. armed forces members - AB184

Foreign language credits from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center: UW Board of Regents required to accept re students who are current or former U.S. armed forces members - SB188

Growing Rural Opportunities and Workforce in Wisconsin Program (GROW Wisconsin) created re student loan reimbursement payments to individuals who relocate to certain rural counties; HEAB and DWD duties; participating counties must adopt an authorizing resolution - AB546

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - AB399

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - SB311

Individuals prohibited from doing campaign work while working for another individual or committee who is required to register with GAB - AB472

Iola Old Car Show: DOT required to erect directional signs; contributions from interested parties provision - SB382

Job elimination or relocation reporting requirement for recipients of a WEDC loan, grant, or tax credit - AB886

Juvenile court procedures re change in placement for CHIPS held under a temporary physical custody (TPC) order, change in placement for child under guardianship of DCF and certain agencies, amending a consent decree, and emergency change-in-placement; other changes include change of trial of post-dispositional proceeding, appointment of successor guardian, change of placement when no objection is filed, case closure orders when dispositional order is terminated, and effective period of a TPC order - SB387

Law enforcement officers employed by amusement or recreational establishments: DWD prohibited from exempting them from overtime pay rules - SB357

Lay caregiver: hospitals required to provide patients with opportunity to designate re aftercare instructions; medical records provision - SB19

LRB required to provide individuals with requested portions of law of this state, for free in print or electronic form, if the individual does not have reasonable access; appropriation provision - AB967

Lysosomal storage disorders: newborn screening required; DHS duties - AB65

Lysosomal storage disorders: newborn screening required; DHS duties - SB39

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases - SB176

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 - SB712

Mental Health, Council on: DHS to pay stipend to public members - AB710

Military training or experience: UW Board of Regents and technical college district boards to establish policies to award academic credit for - AB182

Military training or experience: UW Board of Regents and technical college district boards to establish policies to award academic credit for - SB190

Missing child who is the responsibility of DCF, Corr.Dept, county services, or licensed child welfare agency: reporting requirements to local law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - AB745

Motorists required to stop and remain stopped until pedestrian, bicyclist, or rider of personal assistive mobility device has crossed highway marked by crosswalk or with certain traffic signal - AB491

Municipal budgets: publication notice requirement for certain actions modified - AB439

Municipal budgets: publication notice requirement for certain actions modified - SB310

Municipal water or sewer utility plant: prohibition on selling or leasing to investor-owned public utility - SB700

Nanotechnology information hub and Nanotechnology Council established in the UW System, duties specified and report required - SB634

``Neglect” as defined in the Children’s Code changed - AB955

Novelty lighters: retail sale to minors and display in area accessible to the general public prohibited; definition and penalty provisions - AB36

Novelty lighters: retail sale to minors and display in area accessible to the general public prohibited; definition and penalty provisions - SB30

NRB requirement to offer certain land for sale eliminated - SB364

Nutrients introduced into the Wisconsin River: DNR to study and implement method to reduce; project positions provision - AB825

Organ donation leave provisions created - AB569

Organ donation leave provisions created - SB424

Overtime pay requirements revised re exempt employees; definitions, DWD duties, and emergency rules provisions - SB342

Overtime pay threshold: President Obama urged to tell the U.S. Dept. of Labor to raise - SJR15

Parental choice program: criminal penalties re false statement on application, concealing events to fraudulently participate, or unauthorized use of payments; DOJ and DA duties - AB69

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: October 2015 proclaimed as - AJR73

Prematurity Awareness Month: November 2015 proclaimed as - SJR70

PTSD as a mitigating factor: court may consider when sentencing a military veteran - SB414

Pupils enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten program requiring full day attendance: counting for state aid purposes modified - AB883

Recidivism reduction grants re community services: Corr.Dept to award to local workforce development boards; appropriation and sunset provisions - SB645

Representation and distribution of nude child: criminal penalty exception for parents does not apply when the purpose is for sexual arousal, gratification, humiliation, degradation, or monetary gain - AB630

Requesting the U.S. Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution re restoring free and fair elections - SJR56

Residual contamination after a hazardous substance cleanup: requirements revised; voluntary party liability exemption created, partial cleanup provision; DOJ, DNR, and DATCP duties - SB545

Rome, Town of, authorized to make cash grants or loan subsidies to owner, lessee, or developer of land in a TID that includes a golf course - SB105

School board member compatible positions: exception for volunteer coach or supervisor of an extracurricular activity - AB299

School board member compatible positions: exception for volunteer coach or supervisor of an extracurricular activity - SB217

School bullying policy: 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; prohibitions for posting messages that threaten harm or includes obscene, lewd, or profane language where others can view it created, penalty provisions - SB473

Senate Organization, Committee on, required to create a special committee on certain water issues affecting the state; report required before December 31, 2016 - SR9

Service member returning home from war: Adjutant General to establish a task force to study issues concerning; report required - AB183

Service member returning home from war: Adjutant General to establish a task force to study issues concerning; report required - SB187

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations removed - AB348

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations removed - SB262

Skills enhancement grants for community action agencies: funding increased and eligibility requirement changed - SB737

Smoking in a motor vehicle while a child under age 8 is present prohibited; forfeiture and surcharge provisions; law enforcement officer may not stop vehicle solely to determine compliance - SB480

Special restrictions cards issued with certain motor vehicle operator’s licenses: DOT not required to issue - SB157

State aid to school districts: installment percentage changed - AB383

Statute of limitations for second-degree or third-degree sexual assault - SB170

Stevens Point Area Senior High boys’ basketball team, the Panthers, commended for winning the 2016 WIAA Division I State Championship - AJR122