2017 Senate Authors

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 purchases: DOJ to maintain database for individuals to voluntarily place prohibitions on themselves - AB579

Handgun purchases: DOJ to maintain database for individuals to voluntarily place prohibitions on themselves - SB479

Health care aid for needy veterans and eligible family members: DVA authorized to expand to include mental illness and substance abuse treatment, county veterans service officer provision - SB631

Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - AB101

Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - SB64

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - AB43

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - SB37

Housing authority: tax-exempt property expanded - SB641

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2018 proclaimed as - AJR95

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

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - AB540

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - SB444

Immediate family of law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty: income tax exemption for amounts received to pay for expenses related to the death - SB664

Judge or justice required to disqualify himself or herself from an action if he or she received campaign financial support from a party to the action - SB779

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2017 recognized as - SJR55

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 committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - AB344

Legislative committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - SB256

Legislative proposals: requirements for economic impact statements created - AB209

Lifetime and annual limits: disability insurance policies and self-insured governmental health plans prohibited from imposing - SB266

Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect: juvenile correctional officers added to list of professionals - AB79

Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect: juvenile correctional officers added to list of professionals - SB35

Marijuana use, medical and recreational, permitted with restrictions and excise tax and penalty provisions; DHS duties re medical marijuana registry, licensing compassion centers, and registering certain testing laboratories; permitted THC concentration while operating a vehicle revised; fair employment law, UI, and drug testing for specific public assistance and work experience programs exemption for THC; health insurance coverage required for medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols - AB482

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 Institute of Art and Design apprenticeship program: income and franchise tax credits to businesses for each employee hired from - SB112

Minority Mental Health Month: July 2017 proclaimed as - SJR71

Missing adult at risk reports: law enforcement agency to refer person making the report to local aging and disability resource centers; if the subject of the alert was driving, DOT to review the driver’s license of to determine if restrictions should be imposed - SB517

Missing at risk veteran or member of the armed forces: DOJ to allow law enforcement to use the integrated crime alert network to disseminate reports of - SB473

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

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

Nonrefundable individual income tax credit for taxpayers below certain income thresholds created; fifth individual income tax bracket created - AB172

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

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 - SB882

Nurse aide training: TCS Board grants to districts in areas with nurse aide shortages - AB756

Operator’s license fees waived for disabled veterans re ``Class D” and ``Class M” motor vehicles - AB742

Palliative Care Council established within DHS, duties specified; statewide palliative care consumer and professional information and education program required, sunset provision - SB548

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

Personal care services reimbursement under MA increased; eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core expanded; DHS required to apply for Medicaid expansion - AB755

Physical restraint and seclusion of pupils in schools: laws revised - SB876

Preexisting conditions: insurers prohibited from imposing an exclusion for and setting deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance based on - SB265

Prescription drug order extension when refill authorization cannot be obtained: pharmacist may dispense a limited supply under set conditions - SB116

Preventive services: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover without imposing deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance - SB267

Prostitution: prosecuting person under age 18 prohibited - SB344

PTSD as a mitigating factor: court may consider when sentencing a military veteran - AB741

Pupil with extended absence from school: school attendance officer required to direct pupil services professional to determine if child should be referred for disability evaluation; notification to parent or guardian re requesting a disability evaluation - SB556

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

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

Sale of foreclosed property: county ordinance requiring sheriff or referee to use an Internet-based auction authorized - SB621

Sale of foreclosed property: eligible bidders, purchaser to submit affidavit affirming eligibility, and penalty for false representation - SB622

School to be notified of permanency review or hearing and time period for transfer of pupil records modified; school and school district notification requirements when foster home or group home is licensed and a child is placed in out-of-home care revised - SB655

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

Sign language interpretation services regulation: DSPS program replaced with program administered by the new Sign Language Interpreters Examining Board; emergency rules provision - SB465

Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited, including as punishment for a crime: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR63

Solitary confinement use restricted for inmates with serious mental illness; DOC required to review status of inmates in solitary - AB271

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

Special education and school age parents programs: state aid to school districts increased - SB211

Spiritual treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for children: exemptions removed re county department determination of child abuse or neglect, felony physical abuse of a child, and administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody; Christian Science treatment limited to adult patients - AB790

Stands operated by minors allowed without a food processing plant license or retail food establishment license; conditions, ordinance, and definition provisions - AB507

Stands operated by minors allowed without a food processing plant license or retail food establishment license; conditions, ordinance, and definition provisions - SB414

Stevens Point Area Senior High boys basketball team commended for winning the 2017 WIAA Division I State Championship - SJR40

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

SWIB prohibited from investing in any company contracting with the federal government re a wall along the border of the United States and Mexico - SB210

Testing for lead in drinking water: child care center license and child care provider certification requirements - AB298

Testing for lead in drinking water: child care center license and child care provider certification requirements - SB526

Transitional housing grants appropriation increase; award priority provision - AB377

Transitional housing grants appropriation increase; award priority provision - SB317

Tuition remission to students who were in foster care or other out-of-home placements: UW and technical college district boards to grant; DCF and HEAB provisions - SB729

Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities: closing Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School and converting them to correctional treatment facilities for adults, JCF and Building Commission provisions; DOC to establish and operate regional facilities - SB651

Unattended firearms in a retail facility required to be secured in a safe or on a locked steel rod or cables - SB619

Urban Agriculture, Office of, established in DATCP to promote urban agriculture and assist urban farmers and small businesses - AB674

Urban Agriculture, Office of, established in DATCP to promote urban agriculture and assist urban farmers and small businesses - SB562

Urban farming: DATCP to develop and promote program in consultation with U.S. Department of Agriculture and Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition - AB673

Urban farming: DATCP to develop and promote program in consultation with U.S. Department of Agriculture and Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition - SB561

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