2017 Senate Authors

Medication for the purpose of ending life: individuals meeting requirements may request from their physicians; DHS duties; does not constitute attempted suicide - SB312

Milwaukee Brewers congratulated on their 2017 season - AJR87

Mining and drilling activities that destroy or fill in a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage: prohibition expanded and DNR authorized exception eliminated; withdrawing water from a reservoir or flowage provision - SB152

Nanotechnology information hub and Nanotechnology Council established in the UW System, duties specified and report required - SB820

National Atomic Veterans Day: July 16, 2017 recognized as - SJR58

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

Parental choice program: criminal penalties re false statement on application, concealing events to fraudulently participate, or unauthorized use of payments; DOJ and DA duties - AB493

Penalty enhancers increased for crimes in which the perpetrator intentionally selects the victim based on race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry - SB67

Pharmacy benefit manager regulation by and registration with OCI established - SB532

Political action committee contribution limits to candidates reduced - SB354

Political action committee definition revised for campaign finance purposes - SB355

Powdered alcohol: treated as an intoxicating liquor re manufacture, sale, and taxation of - AB121

Powdered alcohol: treated as an intoxicating liquor re manufacture, sale, and taxation of - SB71

Prescription drug assistance for elderly program: waiver of federal Medicaid law required and use of excess GPR and PR moneys - AB55

Prescription drug assistance for elderly program: waiver of federal Medicaid law required and use of excess GPR and PR moneys - SB8

Prescription drugs exempt from the Unfair Sales Act - SB50

Prescription medication distributed by certain medical personnel only in a juvenile correctional facility or secured residential care center for children and youth; exception for insulin - SB377

Primary elections: voting for more than one political party authorized - AB322

Primary elections: voting for more than one political party authorized - SB229

Prohibition against adults knowingly permitting or failing to take action to prevent the illegal consumption of alcohol beverages by underage persons: property is not required to be covered by an alcohol license or permit for prohibition to apply - SB202

Proof of residence when registering to vote: use of corroborating elector permitted - SB629

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 - SB151

Read, Sister Joel: life and public service to education, women’s rights, and Alverno College commended - SJR60

Recovery for injury, loss, or death of domestic animal provisions created - SB254

Replacement of public water system service lines containing lead: DNR program to provide financial assistance to municipalities and nonrefundable individual income tax credit and levy limit exception created, water service rates provision - SB785

Reporting place of employment of campaign finance contributors: amount required for report increased - SB358

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts to remediate lead contamination in drinking water; levy limit exception - AB249

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts to remediate lead contamination in drinking water; levy limit exception - SB141

Rights to victims of crimes: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR53

Runaway Prevention Month: November 2017 proclaimed as - AJR92

Same-sex marriage and legal parentage for same-sex couples; statutory references to spouses made gender neutral - AB417

Same-sex marriage and legal parentage for same-sex couples; statutory references to spouses made gender neutral - SB327

Second degree sexual assault statute of limitations eliminated - AB407

Second, third, or fourth degree sexual assault reclassified if defendant has a previous conviction for sexual assault - AB406

SeniorCare: 15th anniversary of its start recognized - SJR37

Sexual assault forensic evidence kits: DOJ required to collect specific data from local law enforcement agencies; report required - AB405

Solitary confinement of inmate under 18 years of age prohibited - SB389

Solitary confinement use restricted for inmates with serious mental illness; DOC required to review status of inmates in solitary - SB199

Southeast RTA creation authorized - AB922

Standing in solidarity with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and extending thoughts and support to individuals affected by Hurricane Maria - AJR89

Summerfest: fiftieth anniversary commemorated - SJR34

Text-message based hotline for veterans in crisis: DVA to award grants to establish, sunset provision - SB818

Threat or false threat to use a firearm on school premises to injure or kill: felony crime created - SB82

Transgender Day of Remembrance: November 20, 2017 designated - SJR27

Urban Agriculture and Manufacturing Day: October 6, 2017 proclaimed as - SJR80

UW and technical college nonresident tuition exemption created for an alien who is not a legal permanent resident of the United States but meets certain criteria - AB645

Wage claim changes re filing, investigation, statute of limitations, interest, surcharge, costs, and attorney fees; employers required to provide written disclosure statement when employee is hired, conditions specified; licensing agency to deny issuance or renewal of licenses to applicants with unpaid wage claims - SB371

WEDC employees aware of fraud against WEDC required to report it to DOJ or a DA; retroactive provision - AB648

WEDC: requirements for meetings of board of directors and formally constituted subunits established; board membership revised - AB689

WEDC: requirements for meetings of board of directors and formally constituted subunits established; board membership revised - SB581

Wisconsin Job Development and Retention Commission created in DWD; businesses outsourcing jobs are ineligible to receive state grants, loans, contracts, and tax benefits - SB519

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Carpenter, Sen. Tim (3rd Sen.Dist.; D)

Senate Bills: 10, 13, 14, 22, 35, 46, 47, 48, 63, 70, 72, 73, 84, 91, 92, 97, 99, 103, 111, 113, 116, 117, 136, 140, 142, 149, 161, 164, 165, 171, 176, 183, 186, 211, 212, 214, 219, 233, 240, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 282, 291, 292, 302, 307, 308, 329, 344, 363, 375, 380, 390, 408, 410, 417, 426, 435, 444, 460, 462, 465, 473, 481, 488, 524, 526, 527, 528, 535, 543, 548, 549, 553, 557, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 606, 607, 621, 622, 626, 631, 651, 655, 658, 666, 668, 672, 673, 675, 676, 680, 703, 704, 729, 733, 739, 740, 742, 743, 762, 767, 768, 771, 772, 787, 819, 845, 846, 847, 853, 855, 858, 863

Senate Joint Resolutions: 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 56, 59, 62, 66, 69, 70, 72, 73, 81, 82, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 100, 102, 106

Assembly Bills: 44, 45, 49, 50, 51, 62, 65, 69, 76, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 111, 125, 141, 143, 146, 150, 151, 154, 157, 161, 171, 173, 186, 196, 209, 212, 213, 214, 216, 222, 224, 225, 227, 244, 248, 256, 261, 267, 271, 275, 280, 284, 293, 297, 298, 309, 318, 319, 333, 334, 335, 349, 350, 359, 362, 363, 364, 374, 381, 386, 387, 392, 394, 400, 403, 415, 419, 422, 445, 446, 447, 449, 452, 453, 459, 460, 463, 465, 466, 467, 468, 472, 481, 500, 512, 522, 524, 535, 540, 563, 574, 576, 585, 589, 596, 597, 609, 612, 616, 621, 622, 630, 631, 632, 633, 637, 638, 653, 654, 665, 669, 671, 672, 673, 674, 679, 690, 691, 720, 721, 726, 727, 732, 738, 777, 779, 780, 781, 785, 786, 787, 788, 791, 793, 813, 814, 816, 829, 854, 858, 859, 861, 865, 871, 876, 882, 906, 907, 908, 909, 914, 916, 930, 931, 938, 943, 949, 964, 965, 966, 969, 970, 985, 990, 1010, 1011, 1020, 1051, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1060

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 3, 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 75, 81, 82, 83, 88, 95, 97, 103, 104, 107, 118

January 2017 Special Session Senate Bills: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

January 2017 Special Session Assembly Bills: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

1502 Cowles, Sen. Robert (2nd Sen.Dist.; R)

ATV route signage revisions re highways designated as ATV routes by political subdivisions - AB442

ATV route signage revisions re highways designated as ATV routes by political subdivisions - SB437

Battery or threats to cause harm to person or family member of a guardian ad litem, corporation counsel, or attorney made a felony - SB694

Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay congratulated on 125 years of continuous operation - SJR50

Brownfields: remediating contaminated land; pilot program for manufacturing facilities re stationary source air pollution controls; tax deeds; ERTID changes; property assessed clean energy loans for revitalization projects; neighborhood improvement districts (NID) and business improvement districts (BID) provisions; state trust fund loans to municipalities - AB179

Brownfields: remediating contaminated land; pilot program for manufacturing facilities re stationary source air pollution controls; tax deeds; ERTID changes; property assessed clean energy loans for revitalization projects; neighborhood improvement districts (NID) and business improvement districts (BID) provisions; state trust fund loans to municipalities - SB173

Canada’s Sesquicentennial Anniversary of Confederation, July 1, 2017, commemorated - AJR66

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Awareness Month: September 2017 proclaimed as - SJR83

Contaminated private well or failing private on-site wastewater treatment system: local government may remediate, seal, replace, abandon, or provide a loan to the owner, special charge or assessment permitted; well compensation grant program limit increased - AB226

Contaminated private well or failing private on-site wastewater treatment system: local government may remediate, seal, replace, abandon, or provide a loan to the owner, special charge or assessment permitted; well compensation grant program limit increased - SB168

Cooperative organization and operation changes; electric cooperative provisions - SB281

CPA revisions re educational requirements, continuing education, peer reviews, and interstate data-sharing programs [Admin.Code Accy 2.002, 2.101, 2.202, 2.303] - SB130

Credit card reencoders and scanners and identity theft crimes created; civil liability immunity for ATM operators and motor vehicle fuel sellers - AB196

Credit card reencoders and scanners and identity theft crimes created; civil liability immunity for ATM operators and motor vehicle fuel sellers - SB133

Crime victims legal clinic established at the UW Law School; DOJ grant provision - SB728

Dextromethorphan in drugs: sales to minors without a prescription prohibited; ID and penalty provisions - SB587

Distance between motor vehicles on highways: ``platoon” exempted from large truck specification requirements - SB695

Electronic waste recycling program changes - SB733

Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact ratified; emergency rules provision - SB417

Entering certain places without consent and with intent to commit battery made a felony - SB868

Financial institution information disclosed to a Federal Home Loan Bank; periodic examinations of financial institutions by Division of Banking and Office of Credit Unions; limit on savings bank loans to one borrower; interest on residential mortgage loan escrow accounts; security of public deposits; capital reduction by state banks; insurance company liquidation proceedings; and exemption from overtime pay requirements for outside salespersons [Admin.Code DWD 274.04] - SB686

First aid rendered to domestic animals by emergency medical technician or first responder in the course of responding to a call, civil and criminal immunity provisions - AB522

First aid rendered to domestic animals by emergency medical technician or first responder in the course of responding to a call, civil and criminal immunity provisions - SB435

Flag Day: June 14, 2017 recognized as - AJR62

Ginseng designated as the state herb; Blue Book provision - SB248

Glenn, John Hershel, Jr.: life and public service of former NASA astronaut and U.S. Senator commended - SJR12

Graham, Rev. William Franklin ``Billy”: life and work honored - SJR115

Green Bay Correctional Institution sale and construction of new facility in Brown County or adjacent county; lease and property tax provisions; DOA duties - SB228

Hire Heroes program created in DWD to provide transitional jobs to veterans; DVA, DCF, and DWD memorandum of understanding; funding and report provisions - AB422

Hire Heroes program created in DWD to provide transitional jobs to veterans; DVA, DCF, and DWD memorandum of understanding; funding and report provisions - SB338