2017 Senate Authors

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

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system changes; DHS duties specified; administrative code provisions [Admin.Code DHS 116.04, 116.05] - SB287

Bush, President George H.W.: life and public service honored - SJR118

Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc.: DPI to award grants re text-based suicide prevention service - SB787

Certificate of qualification for employment procedure created for persons convicted of a crime, conditions and civil liability exemption provisions; Offender Employment, Council on, created to issue; DOC report required - AB736

Certificate of qualification for employment procedure created for persons convicted of a crime, conditions and civil liability exemption provisions; Offender Employment, Council on, created to issue; DOC report required - SB615

Character education professional development for teachers and school administrators: DPI grants for - AB419

Character education professional development for teachers and school administrators: DPI grants for - SB329

Commencement of public school year before September 1: prohibition repealed - AB103

Commencement of public school year before September 1: prohibition repealed - SB96

Connecting homeless individuals with permanent employment: DOA grants to municipalities - AB237

Connecting homeless individuals with permanent employment: DOA grants to municipalities - SB206

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

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 - SB535

Court ordered operating privilege restriction to vehicles equipped with an ignition interlock device revisions; violation provisions - AB98

Court ordered operating privilege restriction to vehicles equipped with an ignition interlock device revisions; violation provisions - SB74

Cri du Chat Awareness Day: May 5, 2017 recognized as - SJR46

Dates changed for publication of school and school district accountability reports and eligibility to be placed in the Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program - SB494

Dental care defined re legal custodian providing ordinary medical and dental care for child in out-of-home care - AB781

Dental care defined re legal custodian providing ordinary medical and dental care for child in out-of-home care - SB673

Diabetes Awareness Month: November 2017 proclaimed as - SJR66

Dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patient with end-stage renal disease: exemption from pharmacist license requirement, conditions set - AB1047

Dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patient with end-stage renal disease: exemption from pharmacist license requirement, conditions set - SB875

Donate Life Month: April 2017 proclaimed as - AJR27

Donate Life Month: April 2017 proclaimed as - SJR32

Dual enrollment programs in high schools: Office of Educational Opportunity in UW System to award grants to high school teachers in meeting minimal qualifications; sunset provision - SB711

Early College Credit Program: excluding certain college-level courses offered to high school pupils - SB677

Educational loan assistance program administered by the UW Board of Regents for physicians, dentists, and other health care providers: agree to practice in eligible practice area for certain amount of time to be eligible, definition provision - AB598

Educational savings account for gifted and talented pupils created, criteria specified; DPI scholarships provision; LAB and JCF duties, report required - AB830

Educational savings account for gifted and talented pupils created, criteria specified; DPI scholarships provision; LAB and JCF duties, report required - SB725

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

Emergency outpatient mental health treatment for minors without informed consent allowed under certain conditions - SB737

Fair employment law revisions re state and local government agencies denying a license based on arrest or conviction record - AB829

Fair employment law revisions re state and local government agencies denying a license based on arrest or conviction record - SB626

Family treatment court and juvenile treatment court grant programs created; DCF report required - AB481

Family treatment court and juvenile treatment court grant programs created; DCF report required - SB390

Fees for initial occupational credentials granted by DSPS and boards under DSPS waived if family income does not exceed certain amount; veterans fee waiver program provision - SB616

Fetal body parts: sale and research prohibitions; final disposition required; DHS to request information on establishing a public cord blood collection operation - AB83

Fetal body parts: sale and research prohibitions; final disposition required; DHS to request information on establishing a public cord blood collection operation - SB422

Firearm purchase for or furnishing or possessing a firearm for person prohibited from possessing a firearm: crime created; mandatory minimum sentence and affirmative defense re domestic abuse or child abuse injunction provisions - AB524

Firearm purchase for or furnishing or possessing a firearm for person prohibited from possessing a firearm: crime created; mandatory minimum sentence and affirmative defense re domestic abuse or child abuse injunction provisions - SB408

Foster Care Awareness Month: May 2017 declared as - SJR51

Foster care licensing revisions re continuity of care when license is revoked, suspended, or surrendered, or contract is terminated; and issuing license to out-of-county public licensing agency - AB776

Foster care licensing revisions re continuity of care when license is revoked, suspended, or surrendered, or contract is terminated; and issuing license to out-of-county public licensing agency - SB653

Gannon, Robert ``Bob”: life and public service of state representative commended - SJR106

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

Grobschmidt, Richard A.: life and public service of former state representative and state senator commended - SJR17

Hendee, Kirby: life and public service of former state senator commended - SJR16

Historic rehabilitation tax credit: limit on amount WEDC may certify increased - AB793

Historic rehabilitation tax credit: limit on amount WEDC may certify increased - SB668

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: mandatory period of confinement - AB97

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: mandatory period of confinement - SB73

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2018 proclaimed as - SJR91

I 94 east-west corridor project added to list of major highway projects approved for construction; conditions and DOT duties - AB919

I 94 east-west corridor project added to list of major highway projects approved for construction; conditions and DOT duties - SB788

Innovation Fund Council established in WEDC and nonlapsible innovation fund created, economic development program limitations and requirements specified; SWIB, DOR, and WEDC duties specified - AB640

Innovation Fund Council established in WEDC and nonlapsible innovation fund created, economic development program limitations and requirements specified; SWIB, DOR, and WEDC duties specified - SB525

Intensive care coordination services provided to MA recipients: DHS program to reimburse hospitals and health care systems; pilot programs and federal approval provisions - AB871

Intensive care coordination services provided to MA recipients: DHS program to reimburse hospitals and health care systems; pilot programs and federal approval provisions - SB742

Interagency Council on Homelessness created; appropriation and report provisions - AB234

Interagency Council on Homelessness created; appropriation and report provisions - SB207

Involuntary TPR proceeding based on continuing CHIPS: grounds revised re substantial likelihood the parent will fail to meet conditions for safe return of the child - AB775

Involuntary TPR proceeding based on continuing CHIPS: grounds revised re substantial likelihood the parent will fail to meet conditions for safe return of the child - SB652

Judge of any court of record prohibited from holding an office of public trust while serving in the judicial office - AB981

Judge of any court of record prohibited from holding an office of public trust while serving in the judicial office - SB829

Mammography examinations: facilities required to notify certain patients regarding dense breast tissue - AB653

Mammography examinations: facilities required to notify certain patients regarding dense breast tissue - SB543

Mandatory minimum sentence increased and crimes subject to expanded - SB55

Marriage after divorce judgment: waiting period eliminated - SB179

Mental health treatment record of foster child: health care provider may disclose to child welfare agency and out-of-home care provider, conditions set - AB782

Mental health treatment record of foster child: health care provider may disclose to child welfare agency and out-of-home care provider, conditions set - SB674

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board: appointment of trustees, filling vacancies, and removing the administrator of the behavioral health division - AB939

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board: appointment of trustees, filling vacancies, and removing the administrator of the behavioral health division - SB791

Milwaukee County property: transfer of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to the Wisconsin Center District (WCD) per 2015 WisAct 60 repealed - AB813

Milwaukee County property: transfer of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to the Wisconsin Center District (WCD) per 2015 WisAct 60 repealed - SB680

MMSD changes re PSC investigation of complaints against, PSC review of user and service charges, and disconnection of services to be approved by PSC in certain cases - SB697

Modifications to legal custody or physical placement: court may approve stipulated agreement that is contingent on the occurrence of specified future event - SB474

Motor vehicle service work: revisions to manufacturers’ compensation of motor vehicle dealers - SB537

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month: June 2017 designated as - AJR19

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month: June 2017 designated as - SJR20

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: October proclaimed as - SJR79

National Teacher Appreciation Week in Wisconsin: May 7-11, 2018 recognized as - AJR110

National Teacher Appreciation Week in Wisconsin: May 7-11, 2018 recognized as - SJR108

National Teacher Appreciation Week in Wisconsin: May 8-12, 2017 recognized as - AJR49

National Teacher Appreciation Week in Wisconsin: May 8-12, 2017 recognized as - SJR52

Occupational License Review Council created in DSPS, report required; LRB duties specified - SB288

OWI penalties for fifth and sixth offense: mandatory minimum prison sentence - AB99

OWI penalties for fifth and sixth offense: mandatory minimum prison sentence - SB72

Ozaukee County fairgrounds: Class ``B” and ``Class B” licensees and permittees may sell alcohol beverages under set circumstances - SB366