2021 Senate Authors

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

Prostitution: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under age 18 prohibited - AB185

Prostitution: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under age 18 prohibited - SB245

Public schools starting fall classes before September 1: prohibition eliminated - AB188

Public schools starting fall classes before September 1: prohibition eliminated - SB182

Qualified residential treatment program for children: certification allowed and procedures established - AB143

Qualified residential treatment program for children: certification allowed and procedures established - SB161

Race and sex stereotyping instruction to pupils in and training to employees of school districts and charter schools prohibited; violation penalty and posting curricula to Internet site provisions - SB411

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; three-tiered early literacy screening program and dyslexia characteristics provisions; reports required - SB454

Reckless handling of a vaccine or drug rendering it ineffective or unusable made a felony; JRCCP may report - SB242

Record expunged of certain crimes: conditions modified; employment discrimination because of conviction record and LESB provisions - AB69

Record expunged of certain crimes: conditions modified; employment discrimination because of conviction record and LESB provisions - SB78

Relocated active duty service members and their spouses and children: determining state residency for resident tuition eligibility at UW System institutions and technical colleges - SB605

Rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child; civil cause of action provision - AB963

Rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child; civil cause of action provision - SB962

School and school district report cards: revisions to components, methods, and formulas used by DPI - AB965

School and school district report cards: revisions to components, methods, and formulas used by DPI - SB966

School district financial information portal accessible to the public required; committee on school district and school financial information transparency created to advise DPI, reports required and sunset provision - SB373

School property tax credit increase re residents of school districts closed to in-person instruction, conditions specified; sunset provision - AB964

School property tax credit increase re residents of school districts closed to in-person instruction, conditions specified; sunset provision - SB967

Sexual assault kit tracking system: DOJ to establish database; victims of assault may access - AB87

Sexual assault kit tracking system: DOJ to establish database; victims of assault may access - SB94

Shared revenue payments decreased same amount municipality reduces certain law enforcement officer funding - SB119

Small business grants from certain federal moneys re economic damage from COVID-19 - SB281

Smith, Pastor Jerome, Sr.: life and service to the Milwaukee community honored - SJR31

Special voting deputies visiting residential care facilities or qualified retirement homes: administrator notification to occupants’ relatives and penalty for influencing an occupant’s decision to cast a ballot - SB205

Statewide emergency number system: DMA given primary responsibility with revisions; Next Generation 911 geographic systems competitive grant program created, report required - SB673

Substitute teacher permit requirements revised - AB975

Substitute teacher permit requirements revised - SB1004

Sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities: DPI to develop information, in consultation with WIAA, and distribute to participants in private or public school or private club activities - AB82

Sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities: DPI to develop information, in consultation with WIAA, and distribute to participants in private or public school or private club activities - SB95

SWIB operations changes - AB906

SWIB operations changes - SB863

Tangible personal property used to store renewable energy: sales and use tax exemption modified; JSCTE appendix report; administrative rules provision [Admin.Code Tax 11.10] - SB672

Tector, Dr. Alfred J. “Cy,” Jr.: life and accomplishments commended - AJR23

Tector, Dr. Alfred J. “Cy,” Jr.: life and accomplishments commended - SJR14

Thompson, Gov. Tommy: service as interim president of the UW System honored - AJR121

Thompson, Gov. Tommy: service as interim president of the UW System honored - SJR93

TPR by affidavit disclaiming of parental rights of mother, father, or alleged father of child under the age of one; payments to out-of-state private child placing agency re adoption - SB29

Trade relations with Taiwan: WEDC to establish a trade office and appoint trade representative - SB659

U.S. service members who lost their lives in the bombing of the Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021 honored - AJR83

U.S. service members who lost their lives in the bombing of the Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021 honored - SJR73

UW Regents prohibited from investing UW System trust funds in companies associated with the government of China - SB743

UW System: designated foreign mission of China established at institutions prohibited, cultural exchange programs identified as Chinese Communist Party propaganda tools report, and employees and students prohibited from participating in Communist Chinese recruitment programs - SB744

UW System institutions and employees: disclosure requirements re research, contracts, and gifts with or from foreign governments, companies, and individuals; research best practices policy provision - SB745

Veteran status indicated on operator’s license or state ID card: "veteran includes current or former armed forces, reserve unit, or National Guard members - SB226

Victims of the Holocaust: millions remembered and honoring survivors, liberators, and resistors; commitment to educating future generations - AJR31