2021 Senate Authors

Dairy exports promotion: DATCP may use funds from rural development grants funding - SB827

Department online dashboards re performance of core functions required - SB979

Dog training licenses issued electronically - AB661

Dog training licenses issued electronically - SB616

Emergency detention without a hearing: exclude time for evaluation and testing from 72-hour time limit - SB239

Emergency medical responder certification applicant: DHS cannot require National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians registration or examination; military service education, training, and experience provisions - AB93

Emergency medical responder certification applicant: DHS cannot require National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians registration or examination; military service education, training, and experience provisions - SB89

Emergency medical services assistance: funding increased - AB96

Emergency medical services assistance: funding increased - SB88

Expenditure of moneys from the federal government: legislature may not delegate sole power of how it may be spent and JCF approval required before initial allocation by executive branch. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR84

Farmers and WEDC rural economic development programs: allocating certain federal moneys re COVID-19 pandemic - AB235

Farmers and WEDC rural economic development programs: allocating certain federal moneys re COVID-19 pandemic - SB280

Financial institutions: loans to payable-on-death (P.O.D.) account owner; compensation for losses of deposit of public moneys in failing financial institutions; rules on ATMs; access boxes on certain buildings; repaying promissory notes of certain public bodies [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 14.03, DFI-CU 63.03, DFI-SB 12.03, DFI-SL 12.03] - AB596

Financial institutions: loans to payable-on-death (P.O.D.) account owner; compensation for losses of deposit of public moneys in failing financial institutions; rules on ATMs; access boxes on certain buildings; repaying promissory notes of certain public bodies [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 14.03, DFI-CU 63.03, DFI-SB 12.03, DFI-SL 12.03] - SB596

Flood loss grant program created re loss of property tax revenue to cities and villages, FEMA provision - AB866

Flood loss grant program created re loss of property tax revenue to cities and villages, FEMA provision - SB813

Highway maintenance or construction area: definition expanded re traffic violations - SB653

Human growth and development instructional program: add legal process in which a parent relinquishes a newborn to list of topics covered - SB555

Hunting, fishing, and trapping approvals report re reducing number and types by consolidation or elimination - AB659

Hunting, fishing, and trapping approvals report re reducing number and types by consolidation or elimination - SB613

Labeling a food as a type of dairy product or dairy ingredient: prohibition created, DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - AB73

Labeling a food as a type of dairy product or dairy ingredient: prohibition created, DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - SB81

Labeling a food product as meat: prohibition created; DATCP duties - AB75

Labeling a food product as meat: prohibition created; DATCP duties - SB82

Labeling a food product as milk: prohibition created; DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - AB74

Labeling a food product as milk: prohibition created; DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - SB83

Lang, Robert W. “Bob”: professional career and public service of LFB director honored - AJR141

Lang, Robert W. “Bob”: professional career and public service of LFB director honored - SJR112

Lawnmower Safety Week: June 20-26 proclaimed as - AJR65

Lawnmower Safety Week: June 20-26 proclaimed as - SJR47

Laws administered by DOR: revisions re shared revenue, property assessment, income taxes, sales tax, and payments from counties to towns; JSCTE appendix report - AB2

Laws administered by DOR: revisions re shared revenue, property assessment, income taxes, sales tax, and payments from counties to towns; JSCTE appendix report - SB2

Lead service line replacement, urban nonpoint source program, rural nonpoint source program, well compensation grant program, and grants for well testing and public education: allocating certain federal moneys to - SB271

Legal age to purchase cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products raised; minimum age to purchase vapor products imposed - AB348

Legal age to purchase cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products raised; minimum age to purchase vapor products imposed - SB355

Local health officer actions re infectious diseases limited to 60 days, governing body may extend or terminate early - SB1000

Local highways and bridges supplement program: allocating certain federal moneys to - AB238

Local highways and bridges supplement program: allocating certain federal moneys to - SB274

"Multijurisdictional" definition revised for lottery purposes - AB28

"Multijurisdictional" definition revised for lottery purposes - SB27

Newborn screening for globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease) required; DHS to evaluate testing for other lysosomal storage disorders - SB194

Obsolete tax credits repealed - AB582

Obsolete tax credits repealed - SB571

Operating unregistered vehicles: declared state of emergency exception repealed; imminent public disaster, death, or great bodily harm exception created - AB445

Operating unregistered vehicles: declared state of emergency exception repealed; imminent public disaster, death, or great bodily harm exception created - SB437

Person walking across railroad tracks or right-of-way not to be construed as trespassing - SB334

Private aquaculture industry and DNR partnership re stocking of sport fish: report required - AB658

Private aquaculture industry and DNR partnership re stocking of sport fish: report required - SB617

PTSD in emergency medical responders, EMS practitioners, volunteer fire fighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and staff, and medical examiners and staff: WC claims revisions - SB681

Public access report on lands owned or managed by DNR, acquired by the Stewardship Program, and open MFL - AB672

Public access report on lands owned or managed by DNR, acquired by the Stewardship Program, and open MFL - SB615

Purple Heart Memorial Highway: STH 21 designated as - AB339

Purple Heart Memorial Highways: STH 21 designated as - SB345

Recreation vehicle revisions re ATV and UTV operation on bridges, funding to DNR for UTV trails, and “authorized emergency vehicle” expanded to include ATVs, UTVs, and snowmobiles - AB1077

Recreation vehicle revisions re ATV and UTV operation on bridges, funding to DNR for UTV trails, and “authorized emergency vehicle” expanded to include ATVs, UTVs, and snowmobiles - SB1007

Restrictive covenants in employment and agency relationships: termination for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine or disclosing vaccination status is considered an unreasonable restraint - SB708

Riot definition modified and penalties for attending or inciting and causing bodily harm to or expelling a bodily substance at a National Guard member; JRCCP may report - SB296

Safe Haven law revisions re relinquishment of a newborn and birth records of relinquished newborns - SB594

Sale of surplus real property owned by DOT - SB430

Shields, Dr. Dennis J.: UW Platteville Chancellor honored and thanked for his service to the state - AJR145

Small business grants from certain federal moneys re economic damage from COVID-19 - AB233

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

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; once deficit is eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR117

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; once deficit is eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR85

Statewide emergency number system: DMA given primary responsibility with revisions; Next Generation 911 geographic systems competitive grant program created, report required - AB708

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

Taiwan: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to sister-city and sister-state ties, endorsing signing of the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States, and participation in certain international organizations - AJR7

Taiwan: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to sister-city and sister-state ties, endorsing signing of the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States, and participation in certain international organizations - SJR10

Tax audits of pass-through entities changes - AB816

Tax audits of pass-through entities changes - SB794

Tax treatment of tax-option corporations that elect to pay tax at the entity level modified - AB3

Tax treatment of tax-option corporations that elect to pay tax at the entity level modified - SB1

Term of office for certain local government officials extended until successor is elected and qualified - SB297

Theft of mail penalties revised; JRCCP may report - SB831

TID number 3 in the City of Westby: expenditure period extended - AB730

TID number 3 in the City of Westby: expenditure period extended - SB698

TID numbers 2 and 3 in the City of Wisconsin Dells: allocation and expenditure periods extended - SB252

Tour.Dept annual activities report requirement modified; repeal of certain distribution of donated cheese, use of famous Wisconsin residents in tourism marketing, and audited financial statement from WPGA Junior Foundation - SB505

TPR based on parental incarceration: grounds established - SB595

TPR proceeding: duty for appellant who filed an appeal to participate in that appeal - SB601

UI: termination of federal unemployment benefits and waiving work search requirement for COVID-19 related reasons prohibited - AB336

UI: termination of federal unemployment benefits and waiving work search requirement for COVID-19 related reasons prohibited - SB354

Unemployment reserve fund: allocating certain federal moneys to - AB237

Unemployment reserve fund: allocating certain federal moneys to - SB276

UW Regents required to monitor extension and outreach hours of certain specialists in the field of applied agricultural research funded through the Division of Extension at UW Madison; plan and accountability report provisions - AB76

UW Regents required to monitor extension and outreach hours of certain specialists in the field of applied agricultural research funded through the Division of Extension at UW Madison; plan and accountability report provisions - SB79

Well compensation grant program revision re nitrate contamination and livestock use; report required - SB948

Wild turkeys: DNR to modify administrative rules re hunting zones and seasons - AB671

Wild turkeys: DNR to modify administrative rules re hunting zones and seasons - SB610