2021 Senate Authors

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program and former SAGE program eliminated; new SAGE program created; parental choice programs and SNSP phased out - AB1049

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program and former SAGE program eliminated; new SAGE program created; parental choice programs and SNSP phased out - SB983

Advisory referendum for November 2022 ballot re should Congress propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. F.E.C. and related cases - SJR61

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia issues: DHS required to coordinate state’s response, coordinator position authorized - AB1139

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia issues: DHS required to coordinate state’s response, coordinator position authorized - SB1043

Authority of a private person to bring a qui tam claim against another person making a false claim for MA restored; AG authority provisions - SB652

BadgerCare purchase option and eligibility provisions; basic health plan in compliance with federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; state-based health insurance exchange established and operated by OCI - SB1089

Balanced billing for emergency medical services: defined network plans, PP plans, and self-insured governmental plans required to cover, conditions specified - AB1185

Bay View labor strike and tragedy in 1886: anniversary commemorated every May 5th - AJR28

Bay View labor strike and tragedy in 1886: anniversary commemorated every May 5th - SJR38

Bicycles purchased for dependents: individual income tax credit created; family income provision - AB385

Bicycles purchased for dependents: individual income tax credit created; family income provision - SB372

Call center businesses: notification before relocation to foreign county; eligibility for state aid, certification, or tax credits; and prohibition on state agency purchasing if services are performed outside the state - AB1105

Call center businesses: notification before relocation to foreign county; eligibility for state aid, certification, or tax credits; and prohibition on state agency purchasing if services are performed outside the state - SB1082

Campaign contributions from individuals, political party or legislative committee, and candidate committee limited; state wide officers and segregated fund provisions - AB531

Campaign contributions from individuals, political party or legislative committee, and candidate committee limited; state wide officers and segregated fund provisions - SB526

Carrying a firearm at a polling place prohibited; JRCCP may report - AB958

Carrying a firearm at a polling place prohibited; JRCCP may report - SB904

Civil service system changes re hiring process, probation, reinstatement, restoration, layoffs, just cause, and discipline - AB615

Climate change incorporated into model academic standards; funding increases for UW System and DPI special education aid - AB783

Climate change incorporated into model academic standards; funding increases for UW System and DPI special education aid - SB761

Collective bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment for employees of school districts, CESAs, technical college districts, and the UW System, and UW System faculty and academic staff - AB687

Collective bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment for employees of school districts, CESAs, technical college districts, and the UW System, and UW System faculty and academic staff - SB660

Community school start-up grants created; additional funding for UW System - AB813

Community school start-up grants created; additional funding for UW System - SB782

Consumer data: privacy requirements for businesses re personal information collected; contract and private cause of action provisions; DOJ duties - AB1050

Consumer data: privacy requirements for businesses re personal information collected; contract and private cause of action provisions; DOJ duties - SB977

Contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, or federally recognized American Indian Tribes to a segregated fund established by a political party or legislative campaign committee prohibited - AB534

Contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, or federally recognized American Indian Tribes to a segregated fund established by a political party or legislative campaign committee prohibited - SB529

Coordination of mass communications between political action committees, independent expenditure committee, or other person and a candidate, candidate’s agent or legislative campaign committee, or political party of the candidate - AB533

Coordination of mass communications between political action committees, independent expenditure committee, or other person and a candidate, candidate’s agent or legislative campaign committee, or political party of the candidate - SB528

County conservation staff funding re climate change resiliency; additional funding for UW System and DPI special education aid - SB772

Crowdfunding for jobs and economic growth: WEDC to contract with a business maintaining a crowdfunding Internet site - SB537

Customer information: privacy and security requirements for information obtained by broadband Internet access provider; fines, civil forfeiture, and damages provisions - AB807

Customer information: privacy and security requirements for information obtained by broadband Internet access provider; fines, civil forfeiture, and damages provisions - SB779

Deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind behavioral health treatment program grants - AB1165

Deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind behavioral health treatment program grants - SB1078

Decertification of law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail, or juvenile detention officers by LESB expanded - AB523

Decertification of law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail, or juvenile detention officers by LESB expanded - SB541

Diaper changing stations: installation in publicly accessible restrooms in public buildings and identification required for public restrooms in commercial buildings - AB896

Diaper changing stations: installation in publicly accessible restrooms in public buildings and identification required for public restrooms in commercial buildings - SB864

Discrimination in housing based on citizenship or immigration status is unlawful - AB1192

Driver License Compact ratified - AB809

Driver License Compact ratified - SB789

Driver license renewal: application for and issuance of by electronic means; conditions specified - AB616

Economic Bill of Rights declaration - SJR19

Elementary and secondary education law changes re general school aids, categorical aid programs, and programs administered by DPI; UW System funding provision - AB1079

Estate recovery for cost of MA long-term care limited to probate estate - AB774

Estate recovery for cost of MA long-term care limited to probate estate - SB726

Firearm in a residence in which another resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm: storage requirements and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB864

Firearm in a residence in which another resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm: storage requirements and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB876

Firearm storage requirements if child under age 18 is present in the residence; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB861

Focus on Energy initiatives for low-income households - AB792

Focus on Energy initiatives for low-income households - SB757

Focus on Energy rate change - SB758

Food and beverages served in foam polystyrene packaging prohibited, exceptions provided - AB344

Food and beverages served in foam polystyrene packaging prohibited, exceptions provided - SB350

Foreign national prohibited from making a contribution to a referendum committee - AB819

Foreign national prohibited from making a contribution to a referendum committee - SB795

Foundations of Reading test requirement for initial teaching license: requirement waived during COVID-19 national health emergency - AB72

Foundations of Reading test requirement for initial teaching license: requirement waived during COVID-19 national health emergency - SB114

FTE positions authorized for DSPS re professional credential processing; additional funding for DPI special education aids, UW System, and TCS - SB1106

Handgun purchase: 48 hour waiting period restored - SB1003

Hearing aids with certain features: information and demonstration requirements for hearing instrument specialist and audiologists - AB1104

Hearing aids with certain features: information and demonstration requirements for hearing instrument specialist and audiologists - SB1079

Hearing loop technology: installation in new or renovated buildings owned, leased, or occupied by the state required; DOA duties and exemption and report provisions - AB1103

Hearing loop technology: installation in new or renovated buildings owned, leased, or occupied by the state required; DOA duties and exemption and report provisions - SB1081

Hunting and fishing approvals for persons with disabilities: physical therapists and licensed occupational therapists may certify disability of applicant - SB438

Ignition interlock device requirement applied to all OWI offenses involving alcohol - AB810

Ignition interlock device requirement applied to all OWI offenses involving alcohol - SB788

Individual income tax return: DOR required to include questions re health care coverage, OCI provision - AB929

Individual income tax return: DOR required to include questions re health care coverage, OCI provision - SB885

Intestate inheritance by a parent who abandons a child: prohibition expanded - SB249

Legal services for low-income tenants in eviction cases: DOA grant program created - AB1191

Lost or stolen firearm: report to law enforcement and written notice in commercial sales or transfers required; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB810

Mass communications: reporting to the Ethics Commission revised; definition provisions - AB536

Mass communications: reporting to the Ethics Commission revised; definition provisions - SB531

Minimum salaries for public school teachers established - AB1161

Minimum salaries for public school teachers established - SB1059

National Skilled Trades Day: May 5 declared as - SJR34

Nonclassroom teacher time: compensation requirements - AB1159

Nonclassroom teacher time: compensation requirements - SB1057

PFAS testing in schools and daycares: appropriation created - AB1164

PFAS testing in schools and daycares: appropriation created - SB1067

Political action committee definition revised for campaign finance purposes - AB532

Political action committee definition revised for campaign finance purposes - SB527

Prearrest risk assessment tool: grants to law enforcement agencies to incorporate into arrest practices, report required - AB456

Prearrest risk assessment tool: grants to law enforcement agencies to incorporate into arrest practices, report required - SB477

Preemption on local government regulation of firearms eliminated - AB954