2021 Senate Authors

Alvarez, Barry: career and accomplishments honored upon his retirement from the UW Madison athletic department - AJR60

Alvarez, Barry: career and accomplishments honored upon his retirement from the UW Madison athletic department - SJR36

American Heart Month: February 2021 proclaimed as - SJR9

American Heart Month: February 2022 proclaimed as - SJR107

Application fees at UW System schools and technical colleges: exemption for veterans and armed forces members - SB44

Apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship programs: Governor required to use certain federal moneys to expand and promote - SB931

Battery or threat of against a juror or juror’s family member: felony penalty increased; judge can prohibit convicted person from contacting a juror; JRCCP may report - AB993

Battery or threat of against a juror or juror’s family member: felony penalty increased; judge can prohibit convicted person from contacting a juror; JRCCP may report - SB928

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: October proclaimed as - AJR98

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: October proclaimed as - SJR72

Brook trout: DNR requirement to stock Lake Michigan - SB612

Charter School Authorizing Board created and may establish independent charter schools - AB968

Charter School Authorizing Board created and may establish independent charter schools - SB964

Chinese People’s Liberation Army members: UW Regents to take measures to ensure they are not enrolled in or employed by UW System institutions - SB742

Clinician-administered drugs: certain practices prohibited re state’s insurance unfair marketing and trade practices law - AB718

Clinician-administered drugs: certain practices prohibited re state’s insurance unfair marketing and trade practices law - SB753

Complaints filed with the Elections Commission: representative and senator of the district where the alleged violation occurred to receive copies and documentation on how it was resolved - SB432

Condominium association records: obligation to maintain records, owner access to, and financial audits; access to records of entity controlled by association; organization of association as a for-profit corporation prohibited - SB561

Credit recovery courses taken by pupils: school boards and DPI reports - AB561

Credit recovery courses taken by pupils: school boards and DPI reports - SB567

Cursive writing required to be incorporated into the model academic standards for English language arts - SB431

DOJ address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, expanded to include parent, guardian, or legal custodian of victim of child abduction - AB1037

DOJ address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, expanded to include parent, guardian, or legal custodian of victim of child abduction - SB975

Donate Life Month: April 2021 proclaimed as - SJR25

Driver safety plan re intoxicated driver assessment: administrative rules modified to include medication-assisted treatment [Admin.Code DHS 62.07] - AB317

Driver safety plan re intoxicated driver assessment: administrative rules modified to include medication-assisted treatment [Admin.Code DHS 62.07] - SB327

Election administration: acceptance or use of private resources by state agency or political subdivision or officer or employee of prohibited; only election officials designated by law may perform tasks. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR101

Election fraud by election official and defects on absentee ballot certificates revisions; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB198

Election fraud by election official and defects on absentee ballot certificates revisions; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB212

Election observer procedures revised; recount and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB170

Election observer procedures revised; recount and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB210

Elections Commission and DOT agreement re matching personally identifiable information: verification of U.S. citizenship requirement; DOT to add “Not valid for voting purposes” on operator’s licenses and ID cards of noncitizens - AB998

Elections Commission and DOT agreement re matching personally identifiable information: verification of U.S. citizenship requirement; DOT to add “Not valid for voting purposes” on operator’s licenses and ID cards of noncitizens - SB938

Elections Commission and DOT agreement to match personally identifiable information: checking voter registration changes and resolving discrepancies - SB940

Elections Commission annual report required re failures to comply with certain elections-related laws by the Commission, DOT, DOC, and DHS; JCF duties - SB942

Elections Commission required to submit guidance documents issued to municipal clerks to JCRAR - AB1006

Elections Commission required to submit guidance documents issued to municipal clerks to JCRAR - SB943

Essential breast cancer screenings beyond mammography for certain individuals: health insurance and MA coverage required - AB416

Essential breast cancer screenings beyond mammography for certain individuals: health insurance and MA coverage required - SB413

Foundations of Reading test (FORT) requirement for certain teaching licenses modified - AB611

Foundations of Reading test (FORT) requirement for certain teaching licenses modified - SB589

Genetic counseling regulations and licensing; Genetic Counselors Affiliated Credentialing Board created; JRCCP may report - SB259

Gifted and talented pupils: school board report to DPI on programs for; DPI audit and DWD Fast Forward Program provisions - SB860

Good faith actions re child abuse and neglect reporting law: immunity from liability extended - AB142

Good faith actions re child abuse and neglect reporting law: immunity from liability extended - SB162

High-quality core curricular materials for teaching reading and language arts: DPI grants created from certain federal moneys - SB1012

Holocaust and other genocides: incorporation into model academic standards for social studies and instruction in specified grades required - AB55

Holocaust and other genocides: incorporation into model academic standards for social studies and instruction in specified grades required - SB69

Homeless individuals and families: grants for housing costs and diversion programming, housing navigators, and case management services - SB185

Housing authorities: undertaking of mixed developments authorized and bidding threshold for housing authority projects increased; DOA appendix report - AB526

Housing authorities: undertaking of mixed developments authorized and bidding threshold for housing authority projects increased; DOA appendix report - SB533

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2022 proclaimed as - SJR99

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions and penalty provisions - SB206

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions and penalty provisions; conditions for removal from status list specified - SB937

India Day: August 15, 2021 observed as - AJR74

India Day: August 15, 2021 observed as - SJR60

International medical graduates: changes to qualifications for license to practice as a physician - SB643

Internet-based parental choice program applications and enrollment process: DPI required to contract with a service provider - SB1029

Landscape analysis of educator preparation programs: requiring participation of UW System institutions upon request of DPI; JCF provision - SB895

Learning materials and educational activities used in pupil instruction in the school district: school board required to post on its Internet site; action in circuit court provision - SB463

Legal custody or physical placement of a child: approval of stipulation for modifications contingent on a future event, exceptions noted - SB116

Marriage after divorce judgment: waiting period eliminated - AB79

Marriage after divorce judgment: waiting period eliminated - SB96

Married individuals allowed to claim EITC under certain conditions - SB671

Mental health clubhouses: DHS grant created; conditions and definition provisions - SB901

Mental health consultation program created from child psychiatry consultation program and additional services - AB952

Mental health consultation program created from child psychiatry consultation program and additional services - SB916

Mike Johnson life care and early intervention services grants re HIV-related services: use of grant funds expanded - AB820

Mike Johnson life care and early intervention services grants re HIV-related services: use of grant funds expanded - SB798

Milwaukee Regional Medical Center: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB807

Minutes of meetings and hearings of the Elections Commission required to be posted to its Internet site - SB208

MPS dissolved and replaced with four to eight City of Milwaukee public school districts; Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission created - AB966

MPS dissolved and replaced with four to eight City of Milwaukee public school districts; Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission created - SB963

Online early learning pilot program for low-income children in certain school districts: 2019 WisAct 170 provisions modified - AB859

Online early learning pilot program for low-income children in certain school districts: 2019 WisAct 170 provisions modified - SB828

Opening additional charter schools: contract between school board and charter school governing board must allow, top performance categories provision - AB967

Opening additional charter schools: contract between school board and charter school governing board must allow, top performance categories provision - SB965

Original impounded birth record: access to expanded - SB483

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: September 2021 and September 2022 proclaimed as - SJR59

Oversight of elections in this state: changes re federal funds, federal election guidance, registration and voting statistics, Elections Commission legal counsel, and archived copy of the registration list; reports and LAB duties - SB941

Parent of a stillbirth: refundable individual income tax credit created - AB144

Parent of a stillbirth: refundable individual income tax credit created - SB159

Parental choice program: family income limits and pupil participation limits eliminated; threshold for private school to charge tuition increased; education expense reimbursement program - SB974

Permanent restraining order for victims of sexual assault - SB519

Persons on probation, extended supervision, or parole from another state and move to Wisconsin are required to submit human biological specimen to state crime labs for DNA analysis regardless of the crime committed - AB274

Persons on probation, extended supervision, or parole from another state and move to Wisconsin are required to submit human biological specimen to state crime labs for DNA analysis regardless of the crime committed - SB299

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: certain exemption to review of patient’s records repealed - AB430

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: certain exemption to review of patient’s records repealed - SB407

Property tax exemption form: notice to property owner if not received by certain date by email or phone allowed - SB1028