Senate

Senate Resolutions:

Senate Petitions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 15

Assembly Bills: 70, 76, 77, 85, 89, 148, 187, 281, 320, 341, 388, 416, 430, 461, 473, 488, 489, 559, 564, 573, 575, 576, 616, 628, 630, 637, 681, 695, 721, 739, 773, 777, 783, 787, 798, 803, 825, 851, 857, 894, 895, 905, 912, 930, 944

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 3, 5, 24, 71, 96, 97, 98, 101, 107, 110, 112, 117, 119, 121, 127, 128

S16 Chvala, Sen. Charles J. (16th Sen.Dist.; Dem.)

Business receiving state assistance or entering into IDR bonding agreement: rules of conduct; employment impact estimates and statements required -  AB281

Business receiving state assistance or entering into IDR bonding agreement: rules of conduct; employment impact estimates and statements required -  SB10

Cesky Den proclaimed June 13, 1998 -  AJR119

DETF periodic publication containing WRS information: distribution requirements created - SB210

Economic warfare among the states: mitigation urged -  SJR21

Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl victory and outstanding season commended -  AJR60

Health insurance coverage of grandchildren: requirements modified -  AB395

Insurer actions restricted re insurance agent contracts -  AB485

Insurer actions restricted re insurance agent contracts -  SB328

Internal revenue code revisions re income and franchise taxes -  SB316

Joint rules revised [Joint rules 14, 32 (1)(intro.) and (i), (2), 34, 35, 41 (3)(a) to (g), 42 (2), 44 (title), (1) and (2) (a), 45 (2) and (3), 46 (2) and (4), 48 (1) and (4), 52 (1)(intro.), (b) and (e), (1)(a) and (7), 53 (1)(intro.) and (2)(a), 54 (2) and (3), 56 (1), 59, chapter 7 (title), 62, 63, 64 (title) and (1)(intro.), 65, 66, 71, 72, 73 (1) to (5), (6), 74 (1) and (2)(intro.) and (f), 75 (1), 76, 77 (intro.) and (4), (5) and (6), 78, 79 (1) and (5), 81 (1)(intro.) and (2)(c), 83 (2)(c), 84 (1), (85, 87 (3)(c) 1. and 2. and 98 (1), (2)(b) and (3)] -  AJR1

Sales and use tax: meal and sandwich defined; provision re food product or beverage packaged with other goods  - SB469

State minimum wage revised; provision re overtime pay for executive, administrative and professional employes; living wage considerations removed -  SB203

Syttende Mai weekend proclaimed May 16-18, 1997 -  SJR14

Syttende Mai weekend proclaimed May 15-17, 1998 -  SJR42

Uniform commercial code revision re ``sale or return" or consignment sales -  SB201

Universal health plan for Wisconsin established; Department of health planning and finance, Health policy board and regional health councils created; LRB duty set  - AB955

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Sen. Chvala:

Senate Bills: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 85, 109, 113, 117, 136, 214, 329, 419, 420, 437, 445

Senate Joint Resolutions: 6, 8, 39, 43, 48

Senate Resolutions:

Senate Petitions: 16

Assembly Bills: 150, 551, 724, 783, 825, 827

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 3, 24, 82, 96, 97, 101, 107, 127

S10 Clausing, Sen. Alice (10th Sen.Dist.; Dem.)

Adult care facilities for elderly revised re criminal history searches of certain employes and reporting of abuse, neglect or misappropriation of property by nurse's assistant; DHFS duties; BOALTC positions increased  - AB203

Aquaculture industry: DATCP study required -  SB240

ATM transaction fee: conditions for charging established -  AB781

Berndt, Jule: life and public service -  AJR97

Billing practices for goods and certain services: prohibitions created; additional forfeiture re elderly and disabled  - AB169

Boating laws revised re registration, titling, intoxicated boating, absolute sobriety, safety course and certificate, capacity plate and slow-no-wake area; emergency power of counties provision -  SB285

Business: prohibition created re misrepresentation of location - SB185

Bye, Karyn, and U.S. women's Olympic hockey team commended for winning a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics - AJR121

Cable television service provider: use of late fee or finance charges restricted -  AB367

Cheese represented as Wisconsin cheese prohibited unless manufactured in this state -  SB488

Child care revisions re early childhood councils, development and safety training, special needs care, low-income and at-risk funding eligibility, parental copayment, resource and referral services and W-2; loan repayment program; income and franchise tax credits -  SB163

Child or family support orders: adjustment for cost of living provision required; family court commissioner duty set  - AB584

Children's product causing injury to or death of minor: physician required to report to DATCP; public notice provision  - SB377

Cigarette or tobacco product sale to minors: penalties revised - AB47

DATCP Secretary appointment by Board of agriculture, trade and consumer protection -  SB110

Dental hygienist affiliated credentialing board created; regulations revised -  AB273

Dog damages to certain wildlife: procedure to recover forfeitures established -  SB282

Domestic or child abuse victims: certain insurance coverage practices prohibited -  AB456

Domestic or child abuse victims: certain insurance coverage practices prohibited -  SB246

Effective recycling law revisions re out-of-state local governmental unit disposal of solid waste in this state, landfill siting programs and capacity fees -  SB187

Elderly and disabled transportation services task force established and county plans required; Milwaukee Brewers stadium project East-West freeway reserve account modified  - AB170

Elections board composition revised; voting on matters before the board modified -  AB371

EMS: additional traffic violation surcharge imposed; distribution of funds required -  AB147

Environmental law enforcement revisions re time limit on mining and water pollution violations and point source general permit withdrawal by DNR -  AB447

Environmental rights: Congress requested to consider constitutional amendment -  AJR35

False representations affecting elections: law expanded re reelection -  AB213

Family involvement in education projects: State superintendent to award grants -  SB89

Farmland preservation agreement extension application form revised re mortgage holder signature  - AB154

Farmland preservation agreements phased out; revisions re county exclusive agricultural use zoning ordinances, soil and water conservation standards and guidelines and farmland tax relief and preservation credits; DATCP duties specified  - AB574

Farmland preservation credit claims revised re zoning authority certification -  AB223

Federal milk pricing system: U.S. Secretary of agriculture urged to immediately change -  SJR34

Fish or game approval suspension or revocation: applicability of penalty expanded -  SB235

Hunter education and safety program and approvals issued to bow hunters: provisions revised - SB263

Intergenerational transfer of certain farming or small business assets: income tax exclusion for capital gains  - AB212

Invasion of privacy re surveillance device to observe nude person and looking into building for sexual purpose: crimes created -  SB207

Landfill cleanup grants to political subdivisions for remedying environmental pollution established; municipal landfill cleanup fee created -  AB851

Landfill cleanup grants to political subdivisions for remedying environmental pollution established; municipal landfill cleanup fee created -  SB478

Littering penalty modified to include removing solid waste from a highway -  SB270

Livestock operations: moratorium on establishment or expansion; DATCP and DNR duties specified  - SB500

Lobbyist service by former legislators prohibited for certain period -  AB138

Metallic mining permit: additional application information required; grounds for denial revised  - AB835

Mining on state land under DNR jurisdiction prohibited, forfeiture and damage provisions; NRB prohibited from selling land for mining -  AB834

Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity re University of Minnesota Law school -  AB160

National cheese exchange: certain trading practices regulated; violation provisions -  AB55

National cheese exchange: certain trading practices regulated; violation provisions -  SB2

Outdoor advertising of cigarettes or other tobacco products prohibited; DHFS duty specified -  AB464

OWI penalties for 3 or more convictions revised -  SB279

OWI penalty: counting prior convictions, suspensions and revocations revised; occupational license provision re ignition interlock device -  SB280

Pedestrian and bicyclist right-of-way: motor vehicle required to stop -  SB381

Pediatric health care: insurance coverage of preventive services required -  AB76

Pediatric health care: insurance coverage of preventive services required -  SB99

Pension benefits of certain teachers who taught in other states: income tax exemption created -  AB168

Pension benefits of certain teachers who taught in other states: income tax exemption created -  SB104

Prison impact assessment: Director of state courts to prepare for certain bills; report required - SB486

Property tax assessment increase: notification requirement modified -  AB250

Property tax deferral loan program: eligibility revised -  SB53

Rabies vaccine: sale restricted; dog vaccination requirements revised -  AB232

Rabies vaccine: sale restricted; dog vaccination requirements revised -  SB130

School aid: tertiary level of state support eliminated; primary ceiling cost revised -  SB6