Senate

Prisoners in jail: sheriff required to verify citizenship if charged with a felony or OWI and notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if not a citizen or authorized to be in the U.S. - AB711

Psychological evaluations for full-time law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer positions; LESB, confidentiality, collective bargaining under SELRA, and report provisions - SB462

Public buildings and places of employment: city, village, or town may not enact an ordinance establishing minimum standards for construction, repair, or maintenance unless it conforms to Comm.Dept rules -  SB266

Pupil transportation: DPI to report on miles driven, exceptions specified; appropriation balance distributed to school districts required -  AB345

Residential customers who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations re DATCP directory: biennial renewal requirement eliminated -  AB843

School district consolidation feasibility studies: DPI grant created -  AB344

School term: 180 day requirement eliminated; minimum number of hours of direct pupil instruction changed  - AB376

``Sexual intercourse" definition expanded re the crime of incest - SB364

State life insurance fund: limit on policies increased -  SB47

State park admissions: DNR to issue annual stickers to motor buses; fee provision -  AB422

State park vehicle admission fee: members of U.S. armed forces on active duty charged the same as a vehicle with Wisconsin registration plates -  AB797

State prohibited from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, an individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ancestry, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting; constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR96

Taiwan-United States free trade agreement negotiations supported -  AJR54

Taiwan-United States free trade agreement negotiations supported -  SJR47

Taiwan's admission as an observer to and its full participation in the World Health Organization supported  - SJR46

Technical college district board members: appointment system replaced with nonpartisan election; term changed to four years - SB253

Thermal system insulation and fire-stop products: Comm.Dept required to regulate the business of installing, removing, and maintaining; council created; licensing, definition, continuing education, and state inspector provisions  - SB194

Whitefish Dunes State Park renamed ``Governor John W. Reynolds Whitefish Dunes State Park"  - AB473

Whitefish Dunes State Park renamed ``Governor John W. Reynolds Whitefish Dunes State Park"  - SB241

Witness exclusion order: law enforcement officer may be ordered to testify before other witnesses in criminal or delinquency cases -  AB373

Zimmerman, (Sgt) Luke J.: life and military service commended  - AJR21

Zimmerman, (Sgt) Luke J.: life and military service commended  - SJR11

Other proposals coauthored or cosponsored by Sen. Lasee:

Senate Bills: 3, 4, 8, 18, 25, 34, 42, 55, 56, 59, 66, 68, 83, 86, 87, 92, 107, 119, 122, 124, 127, 159, 177, 181, 183, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 196, 197, 198, 200, 206, 207, 218, 230, 250, 260, 261, 270, 276, 363, 393, 409, 416, 421, 428, 432, 433, 436, 437, 439, 443, 473, 500, 506, 552, 553

Senate Joint Resolutions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 38, 41, 42, 49, 52, 53, 56, 57, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 72, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81, 85, 86, 91, 93, 100

Senate Resolutions: 5, 12

Senate Petitions:

Assembly Bills: 18, 22, 28, 30, 47, 48, 61, 63, 77, 83, 129, 147, 149, 167, 172, 186, 194, 201, 202, 207, 211, 232, 234, 239, 241, 264, 265, 282, 296, 306, 333, 339, 350, 353, 360, 365, 369, 375, 388, 394, 396, 397, 401, 415, 423, 424, 427, 460, 470, 499, 513, 521, 527, 538, 549, 558, 560, 565, 566, 569, 571, 572, 581, 624, 640, 650, 652, 660, 677, 689, 692, 698, 699, 701, 710, 719, 721, 725, 731, 744, 745, 756, 783, 787, 804, 805, 806, 839, 915

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 6, 8, 10, 11, 17, 26, 28, 30, 53, 56, 67, 68, 76, 82, 88, 105, 106, 110, 113, 120

S24 Lassa, Sen. Julie M. (24th Sen.Dist.; Dem.)

Academic Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program: maximum amount eliminated -  AB389

Architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, designer of engineering systems, and land surveyor: examining board may establish continuing education requirements  - AB181

Barber or cosmetologist apprentices: supervision of modified -  SB504

Base budget review reports of state agencies: once an agency uses a certain format it must be used for all future reports - AB50

Biennial budget bill prepared according to GAAP required; legislation to reduce state budget deficit provision  - SB34

Birth certificate copy re participation in organized youth sports: exception from penalty for copying a vital record created - SB207

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system revisions; state registrar and DHFS duties specified; stillborn human provision - AB185

Building permit: continuing education requirements for applicants revised -  AB227

Building permit: continuing education requirements for applicants revised -  SB131

``Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin" program created in DATCP to increase awareness and consumption of locally produced foods and related products; ``Buy Local" grant program provision - SB89

Cemetery associations and cemetery authorities law revisions re deposits and investments of and trustees of care funds and preneed trust funds, licensure and registration of certain cemeteries, reporting requirements, sale or encumbrance of cemetery land, and regulation of warehouses  - SB288

Child abuse, vulnerable adult, and harassment injunctions: conditions of when it becomes effective revised  - AB242

Child abuse, vulnerable adult, and harassment injunctions: conditions of when it becomes effective revised  - SB124

Child care worker loan repayment assistance program created -  AB867

Child may be placed for adoption prior to TPR finalization; DHFS not required to pay preadoptive preparation re child welfare agency; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) provision -  AB769

Child may be placed for adoption prior to TPR finalization; DHFS not required to pay preadoptive preparation re child welfare agency; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) provision -  SB464

Children's products: sale by commercial suppliers regulated re unsafe products; DATCP duties specified; recall, baby crib, injunction, and forfeiture provisions; residential care center for children and youth, foster home, group home, day care center or provider, or shelter care facility prohibitions and inspection requirements -  SB37

College tuition and expenses program and college savings program: income tax deduction claimed by divorced or legally separated parent allowed and deduction limited for married couple who file separately -  SB254

Commercial mobile radio service providers: overcharge refunds and failure to make timely refunds; DATCP authority specified - SB320

Community action agencies providing skills enhancement programs: DCF to distribute grants - AB850

Community action agencies providing skills enhancement programs: DCF to distribute grants - SB505

Computerized communication that invites harassment or sends obscene, lewd, or profane language made a misdemeanor  - AB51

Corn used for fuel for residential use: individual income tax credit created re sales and use taxes paid on purchase of - AB171

Corr.Dept classified supervisors with specific duties entitled to collective bargaining re SELRA - SB427

County constitutional officers: county board must adjust compensation level annually -  SB533

County fair association employee wages: income tax withholding exemption revised -  AB232

Death reporting, inquests, and disposition of bodies revisions; coroner and medical examiner authority re jurisdiction to investigate, notification of death, autopsies and other diagnostic procedures, investigation and mental health treatment records, and handling of personal property; Board on Medicolegal Investigations created in DOJ -  AB783

Death reporting, inquests, and disposition of bodies revisions; coroner and medical examiner authority re jurisdiction to investigate, notification of death, autopsies and other diagnostic procedures, investigation and mental health treatment records, and handling of personal property; Board on Medicolegal Investigations created in DOJ -  SB428

Dental services to MA recipients under a managed care system: DHFS to establish a pilot project, sunset provision  - SB573

Development zones, enterprise development zones, agricultural development zones, technology zones, and airport development zones consolidated; reports and LAB audit provisions - AB794

Development zones, enterprise development zones, agricultural development zones, technology zones, and airport development zones consolidated; reports and LAB audit provisions - SB480

Diabetes Awareness Month: November recognized as; work of the Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program recognized -  SJR65

Diesel engines that emit lower levels of nitrogen oxide and used in certain commercial motor vehicles: income and franchise tax credits created; airport development zone program credits provision -  SB538

DNR and Conservation Congress required to provide a method for persons with disabilities to vote from home on issues under consideration by the Conservation Congress  - AB323

Drainage board public contract minimum bid requirements: amount increased -  AB116

Drainage board public contract minimum bid requirements: amount increased -  SB445

Drainage district: local governmental units required to consider relationship with re comprehensive plans, notification provision; requiring disclosure to potential buyer or transferee of land located in -  AB118

Drainage district: local governmental units required to consider relationship with re comprehensive plans; real estate condition report must disclose if property is near a military base or drainage district -  AB120

Dreyfus, (Gov.) Lee Sherman: life and public service of the former governor commended -  SJR81

``Elastic yo-yo": sale or distribution of prohibited -  AB148

``Elastic yo-yo": sale or distribution of prohibited -  SB79

Electric weapon prohibition inapplicable to on-duty county correctional personnel -  AB759

Electric weapon prohibition inapplicable to on-duty county correctional personnel -  SB498

Employment discrimination: action in circuit court to recover damages permitted, surcharge provision; committee to study wage disparities between men and women and minority group and nonminority group members -  SB165

Employment discrimination because of military status revised and expanded; exception if the individual has been less than honorably discharged -  AB32

Energy efficient products for residential use re federal Energy Star program purchased during specified dates: sales and use tax exemptions created; exceptions and unfair trade practice provisions -  SB421

Equine animals: slaughter for human consumption prohibited - SB262

``Europe Day" observed May 9, 2007 -  SJR39

Family and medical leave law (state): time limits for filing a complaint revised; appeal of DWD determination to LIRC; commencement of civil action against employer modified  - AB868

Fibromyalgia Awareness Day: May 12, 2008 recognized as -  SJR104

Film production company income and franchise tax credits: beginning taxable date modified - SB24

Fire fighter injury or death due to heart or respiratory disease or stroke: presumption for WC purposes that the condition is related to employment created; criteria specified  - AB275

Fishing license for nonresident veteran with certain military-related disability: annual fee set - SB361

Forfeiture of computers used in committing a serious child sex offense permitted, conditions and innocent security interest holders provisions; use of computer by child sex offender on parole, probation, or extended supervision restricted, Corr.Dept required to monitor -  AB22

Foster youth scholarship fund: individual income tax checkoff created; DHFS duty set -  AB573

Foster youth scholarship fund: individual income tax checkoff created; DHFS duty set -  SB312

Fraud, waste, and mismanagement in state government: LAB to maintain a toll-free telephone number with voice mail to receive reports -  SB86

Government procurement preferences to minority-owned businesses modified and expanded to include women- and veteran-owned businesses; adding women-owned businesses to the Counsel on Small Business, Veteran-Owned Business, and Minority Business Opportunities; Comm.Dept to maintain Web site listing these types of businesses  - AB811

Grimm, (CPL) Matthew: life and military service commended - SJR14