2023 Senate Authors

Next Generation 911: grants for certain costs to incumbent local exchange carriers operating as originating service providers - AB356

Next Generation 911: grants for certain costs to incumbent local exchange carriers operating as originating service providers - SB371

Nitrate-contaminated wells: eligibility under the well compensation grant program; report required - SB58

Nonprofit agricultural organizations allowed to provide health benefit coverage to members - AB860

Nonprofit agricultural organizations allowed to provide health benefit coverage to members - SB811

Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Occupational Therapy Examining Board - AB959

Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board changed to Occupational Therapy Examining Board - SB910

Overtime wages and certain bonuses: individual income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB938

Overtime wages and certain bonuses: individual income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB869

Parking privilege re time limitations for vehicles with disabled parking plates or ID cards expanded to UW System campuses - AB49

Parking privilege re time limitations for vehicles with disabled parking plates or ID cards expanded to UW System campuses - SB53

Personal property tax eliminated; state payments to taxing jurisdictions and technical changes; JSCTE appendix report - SB2

Preemption of local animal regulations re areas zoned exclusively or primarily for agricultural use - SB892

Prior authorization for physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other health services by certain health plans prohibited - AB507

Prior authorization for physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other health services by certain health plans prohibited - SB475

Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district: email for notice of board business allowed - AB97

Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district: email for notice of board business allowed - SB85

Pupil discipline: school board rules and reintegration process in code of classroom conduct - SB1091

Rare Disease Day observed February 29, 2024 - AJR111

Rare Disease Day observed February 29, 2024 - SJR102

Recreational vehicles: additional regulations for dealers and the relationship between dealers and manufacturers or distributors; definitions modified for vehicle registration, equipment standards, and certain other vehicle regulations purposes; JRCCP may report - AB230

Recreational vehicles: additional regulations for dealers and the relationship between dealers and manufacturers or distributors; definitions modified for vehicle registration, equipment standards, and certain other vehicle regulations purposes; JRCCP may report - SB225

Repair of complex rehabilitation technology prescribed and reimbursed under MA: DHS cannot require a prescription and prior authorization before reimbursing a provider - SB434

Revenue ceiling for school districts: remove restriction re failed operating referendum - AB403

Revenue ceiling for school districts: remove restriction re failed operating referendum - SB395

School-centered mental health program: DHS grants to Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc., criteria specified - AB984

Sex offender registration: keeping a place of prostitution added to list of offenses - SB945

“Sexual contact” definition revised re crimes against children and the crime of sexual assault; JRCCP may report - AB166

“Sexual contact” definition revised re crimes against children and the crime of sexual assault; JRCCP may report - SB149

Standard Industrial Classification codes for linen supply and industrial launderers added for property tax purposes; manufacturing and agricultural tax credit provisions - SB845

State agencies prohibited from contracting with enterprise, organization, or business entity organized under laws or rules of or controlled by a country of concern; DOA and AG duties - AB1090

State agencies prohibited from contracting with enterprise, organization, or business entity organized under laws or rules of or controlled by a country of concern; DOA and AG duties - SB1000

Taiwan: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to sister-city and sister-state ties and support of the Taiwan Relations Act, endorsing signing of the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States, and participation in certain international organizations - AJR126

Taiwan: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to sister-city and sister-state ties and support of the Taiwan Relations Act, endorsing signing of the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States, and participation in certain international organizations - SJR124

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 - AJR4

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 - SJR6

Third-party food delivery services requirements established - AB294

Third-party food delivery services requirements established - SB290

TID number 14 in the City of Stevens Point: 12 percent rule does not apply - AB983

TID number 14 in the City of Stevens Point: 12 percent rule does not apply - SB880

Tuition grant program for National Guard members: DMA administration changes - AB772

Tuition grant program for National Guard members: DMA administration changes - SB744

“Urban town” designation allowed to limit extraterritorial zoning and plat approval and annexation by other municipalities; connection to their water or sewerage systems by certain other local governments - AB768

“Urban town” designation allowed to limit extraterritorial zoning and plat approval and annexation by other municipalities; connection to their water or sewerage systems by certain other local governments - SB691

UW System branch campus redevelopment grants from WEDC to political subdivisions; Richland County provision - SB518

Veteran and surviving spouse property tax credit: eligibility expanded - SB102

Veterans’ Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month: November 2023 declared as - AJR90

Veterans’ Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month: November 2023 declared as - SJR83

Victim or witness who is an elder person: expediting proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings; preserving testimony in criminal matters - AB556

Victim or witness who is an elder person: expediting proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings; preserving testimony in criminal matters - SB516

Wild parsnip declared a noxious weed by local governments or American Indian tribes or bands: grants to control, monitor, and eliminate; Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation funding - AB331

Wild parsnip declared a noxious weed by local governments or American Indian tribes or bands: grants to control, monitor, and eliminate; Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation funding - SB269

Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial, Inc.: permanent individual income tax checkoff created - AB946

Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial, Inc.: permanent individual income tax checkoff created - SB853

Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at UW-Stevens Point: Board of Regents required to provide funding - SB449

Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission: WEDC to create advisory committee; report required - SB594

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Testin, Sen. Patrick (24th Sen.Dist.; R)

Assembly Bills:2, 45, 64, 65, 52, 55, 56, 90, 58, 102, 105, 106, 115, 109, 120, 137, 138, 131, 141, 142, 217, 222, 237, 243, 244, 251, 272, 275, 287, 266, 303, 339, 304, 343, 354, 367, 372, 385, 394, 425, 440, 443, 449, 452, 454, 416, 467, 465, 511, 540, 580, 548, 620, 624, 634, 578, 655, 656, 672, 616, 668, 667, 779, 834, 846, 847, 856, 900, 945, 921, 1005, 970, 973, 975, 976, 1030, 1019, 1057, 1039, 1037, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1036, 1070, 1110, 1079, 1125, 1153, 1168

Assembly Joint Resolutions:1, 23, 26, 27, 42, 47, 54, 76, 77, 78, 82, 103, 108, 105, 113, 128, 118, 123

Senate Bills:49, 59, 76, 92, 106, 109, 113, 115, 120, 139, 147, 212, 213, 216, 222, 230, 247, 249, 253, 266, 270, 284, 296, 324, 325, 332, 344, 355, 362, 370, 383, 396, 415, 431, 440, 448, 462, 484, 480, 546, 573, 595, 619, 635, 680, 639, 689, 702, 747, 787, 791, 792, 810, 838, 877, 895, 917, 933, 940, 946, 959, 964, 965, 966, 976, 977, 978, 979, 981, 993, 1007, 1011, 1026, 1059, 1066, 1074

Senate Joint Resolutions:2, 24, 28, 30, 47, 71, 73, 78, 74, 96, 99, 100, 104, 112, 117, 118

2567 Tomczyk, Sen. Cory (29th Sen.Dist.; R)

Absentee ballots: information required for witness certificate or it cannot be counted; penalty if anyone other than the voter or witness corrects a defect - AB1037

Absentee ballots: information required for witness certificate or it cannot be counted; penalty if anyone other than the voter or witness corrects a defect - SB966

Absentee voting in a qualified retirement home or residential care facility revisions; DHS provision - SB887

Agricultural road improvement grant program established - SB247

American Birkebeiner Week: February 19-25, 2024 proclaimed as - SJR98

American Birkebeiner Week: February 20-26, 2023 proclaimed as - SJR3

Ban on baiting deer in counties with confirmed positive CWD or bovine TB tests modified - SB30

Brandy old-fashioned declared Wisconsin’s state cocktail - AJR88

Brandy old-fashioned declared Wisconsin’s state cocktail - SJR84

Cameras in highway work zones: political subdivision may install and maintain re traffic accidents and other violations - AB651

Cameras in highway work zones: political subdivision may install and maintain re traffic accidents and other violations - SB614

Campaign finance reports: all committees, political parties, and conduits to register with and submit reports to Ethics Commission - SB822

Central bank digital currency (CBDC): state prohibited from accepting payment in this form - AB725

Child support payments in cases where a parent is convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the conception of a child - AB376

Child support payments in cases where a parent is convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the conception of a child - SB375

Childhood obesity prevention and management program created in DHS; grants, reports, and JSCTE appendix report provisions - AB1014

Childhood obesity prevention and management program created in DHS; grants, reports, and JSCTE appendix report provisions - SB953

Childhood obesity prevention and management program grants: DHS funding - AB1015

Childhood obesity prevention and management program grants: DHS funding - SB952

Claims against commercial motor vehicle carriers: limiting recovery of noneconomic damages - AB647

Claims against commercial motor vehicle carriers: limiting recovery of noneconomic damages - SB613

Construction crane booms that pass over adjacent real property: temporary limited easement created - AB621

Construction crane booms that pass over adjacent real property: temporary limited easement created - SB589

Counties may appropriate money to a nonprofit organization operating a food bank or food pantry - AB645

Counties may appropriate money to a nonprofit organization operating a food bank or food pantry - SB539

Delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way: process for a highway improvement contractor to seek damages, report required; rules modified [Admin.Code Trans 220.06] - AB275

Delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way: process for a highway improvement contractor to seek damages, report required; rules modified [Admin.Code Trans 220.06] - SB270