2017 Assembly Authors

Abortion prohibition with criminal penalties eliminated - AB86

Abortion recognized as an essential component of women’s health care - AJR10

Abortion recognized as an essential component of women’s health care - SJR11

Address confidentiality program for victims of abuse: confidentiality provisions expanded, misdemeanor provision, and DOJ duties revised - AB865

Advisory referendum for November 2018 ballot re should Congress propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. F.E.C. - AJR53

Advisory referendum on legal access to medical marijuana for individuals with debilitating medical conditions - AJR7

Advisory referendum on legal access to medical marijuana for individuals with debilitating medical conditions - SJR10

AG annual salary reduced - AB217

Assembly Organization, Committee on, required to meet to consider certain health insurance legislation by set date - AR10

Bills overturning local government policies, ordinances, and regulations: two-thirds vote required - SB245

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system changes; DHS duties specified; administrative code provisions [Admin.Code DHS 116.04, 116.05] - AB371

Body cameras on law enforcement officers: requirements for law enforcement agencies created, limitations on access to data, and penalty provisions; Law Enforcement Body Camera Council created in DOJ - AB557

Businesses that move out of state or the U.S.: income and franchise tax deductions for moving expenses eliminated - AB84

Businesses that move out of state or the U.S.: income and franchise tax deductions for moving expenses eliminated - SB63

Businesses that move out of state or the U.S.: income and franchise tax deductions for moving expenses eliminated; definition provision - AB574

Child safety restraint system requirements modified re rear-facing car seat - AB854

Child safety restraint system requirements modified re rear-facing car seat - SB703

Civil litigation expenses: annual report from DOJ to JCF required - AB487

Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day - AB611

Correctional officer presence required during interactions between staff members and segregated prisoners - AB696

Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANDA and PANS), to advise DHS established and annual report required - AB638

Dane County Farmers’ Market: commending its staff, volunteers, and vendors, and congratulations on its 45th anniversary - AJR85

Dane County Farmers’ Market: commending its staff, volunteers, and vendors, and congratulations on its 45th anniversary - SJR86

Death certificate: requesting a copy that omits cause and manner of death; access to manner of death information limited - AB817

Death involving a law enforcement officer: investigator to provide report to the chief judge of the judicial administrative district who must appoint a special prosecutor; DA provisions removed - AB155

Detachable or fixed magazine with capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition: selling, transporting, manufacturing, possessing, or going armed with prohibited - AB1052

Discharge of hazardous substance originating on owner’s property but caused by another: exemption from responsibility if the owner is not a corporate entity and certain conditions are met; tax deed taken on by a county provision - AB720

Disseminate threats against law enforcement: DOJ to allow law enforcement agencies to use the integrated crime alert network - AB563

DOC required to close Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls and consult with DCF re establishing regional Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities, JCF provision - AB802

Eating Disorders Awareness Week: February 26 - March 4, 2017 proclaimed as - AJR8

Elections Commission's responsibility to change registration status of electors eliminated; delegation authority removed - AB375

Emergency care hospital rates: limiting what hospitals can charge uninsured patients of certain income - AB1015

Emergency detention or involuntary commitment: DHS to allow law enforcement to transport detainees to either Mendota Mental Health Institute or Winnebago Mental Health Institute; DHS and hospitals to develop grant program for regional mental health crisis centers to accept emergency detention - AB815

Emergency outpatient mental health treatment for minors without informed consent allowed under certain conditions - AB848

Family planning services: DHS restriction on distributing certain funds and term “women’s health block grants” eliminated; funding increased - AB141

Family planning services: DHS restriction on distributing certain funds and term “women’s health block grants” eliminated; funding increased - SB92

Firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence: prohibition created, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect provision - AB597

Firearm purchase or intentional possession for person prohibited from possessing a firearm: illegal possession of firearm expanded to include - SB17

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB65

First responders on duty at prisons housing maximum security inmates: warden or superintendent required to ensure - AB704

Four-year-old kindergarten: all school boards to make available to eligible pupils; exception and state aid provisions - AB709

Fundamental right of every woman to choose a safe and legal abortion; eliminates certain abortion-related regulations - AB656

Fundamental right of every woman to choose a safe and legal abortion; eliminates certain abortion-related regulations - SB569

Gun Violence Awareness Day: June 2, 2017 proclaimed as - AJR65

Handgun purchase: 48 hour waiting period restored - AB74

Health and Wellness Month: April declared as - SJR23

Income tax changes re rates, brackets, and personal exemption; manufacturing and agricultural tax credit sunsetted - AB200

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - AB561

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - SB464

Lead investigation of dwelling where occupant under age 6 has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure: DHS administrative rule requirements re DHHS standard changes - AB950

Lead investigation of dwelling where occupant under age 6 has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure: DHS administrative rule requirements re DHHS standard changes - SB856

Lead investigation of facilities serving children under age 6: DHS required to promulgate rules requiring; facility notification requirements - AB949

Lead investigation of facilities serving children under age 6: DHS required to promulgate rules requiring; facility notification requirements - SB855

Lead testing and disclosure of rental properties: landlord requirements created - AB76

Lead testing and disclosure of rental properties: landlord requirements created - SB41

Legislative vacancy: special election to be ordered within sixty days of the date the vacancy occurs - AB996

Local levy limits exemption for public safety purposes by a political subdivision created - AB368

Mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1, 2017 condemned, victims honored, and call for action to prevent future gun violence - AR17

Medical use of marijuana and marijuana distribution entities provisions created; DHS duties - AB75

Medical use of marijuana and marijuana distribution entities provisions created; DHS duties - SB38

Mister Rogers’ Day: March 20, 2018 proclaimed as - AJR114

Motor vehicle operators’ licenses: DOT may issue a copy in electronic format, fee provision - AB1037

Motor vehicle traffic stop when law enforcement accesses operator’s license, permit, or ID card: DOT required to record certain information of the person whose record was accessed - AB1035

Municipal and state employees may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment under MERA and SELRA, prohibited subjects specified; UW System employees provisions; collective bargaining agreement terms revised - AB977

National Environmental Education Week: April 16-22 proclaimed as - SJR26

Nonpublic family planning provider subject to a federal funding prohibition: DHS required to provide state MA reimbursement, conditions set - AB392

Nonpublic family planning provider subject to a federal funding prohibition: DHS required to provide state MA reimbursement, conditions set - SB269

Notifying victims of felonies or petitioners of certain injunctions required if, during a background check, DOJ determines a person purchasing a handgun is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to commission of a felony or being subject to certain injunctions - AB1025

Officer-involved death investigations: limitations on chosen investigators expanded re immediate family members and employment - AB156

Officiating at a marriage: civil celebrant authorized to perform, definition provision - AB562

Patient rights to medically accurate information created; health care provider, employment retribution, civil action, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages provisions; AG duties - AB657

Patient rights to medically accurate information created; health care provider, employment retribution, civil action, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages provisions; AG duties - SB567

Principal disseminating or attempting to influence model, uniform, suggested, or recommended legislation required to register with Ethics Commission and file expense statements; state public official statements of economic interests expanded to include reimbursements from campaign accounts or scholarships to attend a meeting or conference, person providing the reimbursement or scholarship also required to report to Ethics Commission; penalty provisions - AB976

Private attorneys representing indigent clients: rate paid by SPD increased - AB37

Reproductive health care facility safety program: DOJ to implement and develop training programs for law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys; grants to counties - AB658

Reproductive health care facility safety program: DOJ to implement and develop training programs for law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys; grants to counties - SB568

Retaliation against a public employee by a public officer: prohibition and criminal penalty created - AB391

Semiautomatic firearm accessories that accelerate the rate of fire: sale, manufacture, transfer, use, and possession of prohibited; added to “violent felony” definition - AB616

Service of certain pleadings and other papers: electronic mail provisions created - AB566

Sexual assault and domestic abuse crimes: DOJ required to publish annual report using the information it collects - AB604

Student victims of sexual violence and harassment: UW System required to provide reasonable accommodations - AB1053

Suspension of motor vehicle operating privilege for nontraffic offenses limited; circuit court and DOT authority provisions - AB1034

Unattended firearms in a retail facility required to be secured in a safe or on a locked steel rod or cable - AB728

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: upholding the UN articles and promoting the well-being of all children - AJR78

Use of force by law enforcement policy: every law enforcement agency required to prepare and make publicly available on its own or the municipality’s website - AB437

Use of force by law enforcement policy: every law enforcement agency required to prepare and make publicly available on its own or the municipality’s website - SB546

Use of force by law enforcement policy required to incorporate specified principles; LESB to develop model policy - AB438

Use of force by law enforcement policy required to incorporate specified principles; LESB to develop model policy - SB545

Use of force options and techniques: required hours of training for law enforcement officers; DOJ appropriation provision - AB439