Wisconsin Legislature: Grothman, Sen. Glenn (20th Sen.Dist.; R)

891Grothman, Sen. Glenn (20th Sen.Dist.; R)

Absentee ballots: hours a municipal clerk's office can be open each day to receive in-person applications limited - AB54

Absentee ballots: hours a municipal clerk's office can be open each day to receive in-person applications limited - SB324

Absentee voting at a CBRF, adult family home, or residential care apartment: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall dispatch special voting deputies under certain conditions, notice provision - AB396

Acts of persecution against Christianity on worldwide scale condemned - SJR85

Aerial approach ordinance is initiated by a committee of the governing body of the county or municipality that owns the airport - SB516

Alcohol sales in Peninsula State Park permitted re golf course and golf clubhouse - SB8

Antique snowmobile registration modified - SB514

Attorney appointed by SPD to represent a patient is authorized to access and obtain the patient's health care records, written informed consent provision - AB759

Attorney appointed by SPD to represent a patient is authorized to access and obtain the patient's health care records, written informed consent provision - SB599

Barbering and cosmetology licensing requirements revised - AB291

Barbering and cosmetology licensing requirements revised - SB237

Bausch, Lauri: athletic achievements commended and congratulations on the Bronze Medal in skeleton at the European Cup - AJR86

Biometric data collected from pupils and use of device to assess physiological or emotional state prohibited without parental consent; AG or a DA may bring an action in circuit court - AB616

Campaign finance report requirement re occupation of individual contributor whose contributions exceed set amount revised - AB378

Campaign finance report requirement re occupation of individual contributor whose contributions exceed set amount revised - SB282

Career and technical education incentive grants created; DPI to award to school districts after conferring with DWD and TCS; appropriation provided - SB331

Cemetery authority: deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds expanded to include broker-dealer - AB79

Chiropractic licensure examination and continuing education requirement revisions - AB117

Chiropractic licensure examination and continuing education requirement revisions - SB105

Claims against the state by persons claiming to be innocent after release from imprisonment: Claims Board duties and maximum award revised; temporary financial assistance, transition assistance, sealed records, deceased petitioner, and judicial review provisions - AB534

Class A bear license holder may transfer the license to a Purple Heart Medal recipient or a U.S. armed forces member on active duty, conditions specified - AB473

Class ``A" beer retailers and brewers authorized to sell beer in refillable and resealable containers - AB855

Class ``A" beer retailers and brewers authorized to sell beer in refillable and resealable containers - SB658

``Class B" license: municipal quota exception for full-service restaurants modified - AB814

``Class B" license: municipal quota exception for full-service restaurants modified - SB586

Closing hour for wineries operating under a retail ``Class B" license changed, ordinance provision - AB813

Closing hour for wineries operating under a retail ``Class B" license changed, ordinance provision - SB562

Closing hour for wineries operating under a retail ``Class B" license changed, ordinance provision; carry-ins of distilled spirits and beer on a ``Class B" licensed retail winery premises permitted for special events - SB597

Collateral source payments and subrogation revisions re admissible as evidence - SB22

Commercial quadricycle: definition, exception to prohibition on consuming beer in a public place without a retail alcohol beverage license, municipal ordinance provisions, and prohibiting the driver from consuming alcohol, penalty provisions - SB291

Commercial quadricycle: definition, ordinance exception allowing consumption of alcohol beverages on, and prohibiting driver from consuming alcohol, penalty provisions - AB169

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - AB5

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB34

Companionship services providers: DWD required to make exemption from overtime pay requirements - SB651

Construction lien: procedures to preserve and determine validity; payments to prime contractors of public works contracts revisions - SB595

County medical examiners and assistants: payment of salaries revised - SB156

County payments to public libraries in adjacent counties - AB288

County payments to public libraries in adjacent counties - SB397

Coverdell Education Savings Account contributions: individual income tax deduction created; JSCTE appendix report - AB121

Coverdell Education Savings Account contributions: individual income tax deduction created; JSCTE appendix report - SB111

CPA certificate: required semester hours reduced - SB667

CPA examination: qualifying institutions broadened and public notice requirement for the Accounting Examining Board revised - SB39

Deadline changed for certain reports from DOR and DOT re consumer price index, computer-related equipment exempt from property tax, and general transportation aids program - AB724

Decoys placed in water for migratory game bird hunting: DNR cannot prohibit under specified conditions - SB133

Defendant charged child sex offense: judge required to impose conditions of release re travel, association, and residency - AB190

Defendant charged with child sex offense: judge required to impose conditions of release re travel, association, and residency - SB221

Discharge into wetland: exemption from DNR permitting and mitigation requirements for site in City of Sturgeon Bay, conditions specified - AB602

DNR authorized to lease state forest land in the Town of Boulder Junction to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not to exceed 30 years - SB277

DPI directed to establish model academic standards in math, English, science, advanced math, social studies, and art; advisory committee and conditions provisions - AB617

Duty disability benefit for protective occupation participants under WRS revised, Wisconsin Retirement Board duty; LAB to conduct performance evaluation audit of duty disability and survivor benefits program under WRS and comparable programs of a 1st class county and 1st class city; prohibited subject of collective bargaining for municipal and state employees who are police officers, fire fighters, or emergency service providers re benefits of and eligibility for duty disability and survivor benefits - AB854

Education expenses credit created re tuition expenses at public and private elementary and secondary schools - AB195

Education expenses credit created re tuition expenses at public and private elementary and secondary schools - SB170

Election official at a polling place on election day: residency requirement modified; appointments revised and GAB and AG provisions - AB18

Election-related statistics reported by municipal clerk to county clerk: statistics re elector address verification postcards added; GAB to publish information on the Internet - SB377

Electrician and electrical contractor licensing and registration requirements re 2007 WisAct 63: effective date changed - AB35

Electrician and electrical contractor licensing and registration requirements re 2007 WisAct 63: effective date changed - SB36

Electricians: revisions re licensing structure re apprentices, master electrician statutory requirements, journeyman requirements, and exemptions to work that does not require a licensed electrician; DSPS duties and prohibition on promulgating a rule requiring electrical wiring inspection at certain industrial or manufacturing facilities - AB683

Family dwelling not wired for electrical service is exempt from smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements; plumbing standards exemption for family dwelling without indoor toilet and system to dispose of waste - SB407

Farm tractor may be operated on highway without being registered with DOT for special occasions such as a parade - SB195

Final disposition of fetal remains resulting from an abortion: physician required to arrange; funeral director, definition, and penalty provisions - AB252

Firearms restrictions record search before transferring a handgun: alternate means for firearms dealer to transmit information to DOJ - SB295

Former DA appointed to an assistant DA position: base pay revisions - SB631

Former DA appointed to an assistant DA position: base pay revisions - AB845

Gasoline vapor recovery system removal grants: DNR rules requirement eliminated; eligible costs specified, definitions provision - SB346

GIB prohibited from contracting with or providing a group health insurance plan that provides abortion services; religious employers, organizations, and institutions of higher education exempt from contraceptive insurance coverage requirements - AB216

GPS device placed on another person's vehicle or obtaining GPS information about another person's movement or location without that person's knowledge prohibited; annulment, divorce, and legal separation provisions; exceptions for law enforcement and commercial motor vehicles used for business; JRCCP report - AB767

Great Lakes shipping industry history commended and honoring the memory of lives lost in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes - AJR92

Highway projects of certain size and including replacing left-side ramp with a right-side ramp: DOT study and report required and JCF passive review provision - SB666

Home-based private educational program pupil must meet standards for admission to high school to attend courses in the high school - AB555

Home-based private educational program pupil must meet standards for admission to high school to attend courses in the high school - SB458

Homicide charges: included crime provision modified - AB883

Homicide charges: included crime provision modified - SB683

Hospital regulation laws revised - SB560

Influenza vaccination: employer limitations on requiring and requesting created - AB247

Informed consent: ``reasonable physician standard" provision - SB137

Injunction or other order to suspend or restrain enforcement of a state statute made immediately appealable to an appellate court or the Wisconsin Supreme Court, interlocutory review provisions - AB161

Instructor exam and requirements modified re cosmetology, barbering, aesthetics, manicuring, and electrology; continuing education requirements for cosmetology license revised - AB572

Instructor exam and requirements modified re cosmetology, barbering, aesthetics, manicuring, and electrology; continuing education requirements for cosmetology license revised - SB439

Interest due on property determined to be abandoned and due to be paid or delivered to DOR modified; claim to abandoned, intangible property revisions re judicial review of certain decisions and mandatory award of costs and attorney fees eliminated under certain conditions - SB634

Interest rate on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders modified; class of creditors considered ``licensed lenders" expanded - SB694

Intimidating a witness provision modified - AB882

Intimidating a witness provision modified - SB682

Iron Brigade: bravery, strength, and courage in the Civil War (1861-1865) honored - SJR64

Kei class vehicles and historic military vehicles: motor vehicle registration provisions revised - AB157

Kei class vehicles and historic military vehicles: motor vehicle registration provisions revised - SB110

Ledgeview, Town of: special provision regarding the incorporation of repealed - AB879

Ledgeview, Town of: special provision regarding the incorporation of repealed - SB681

Legal services contract on contingency fee basis: state agencies prohibited from entering unless the governor makes a written determination; limitations specified; report required - AB27

Legal services contract on contingency fee basis: state agencies prohibited from entering unless the governor makes a written determination; limitations specified; report required - SB19

Local living wage ordinance preemption re work performed with state funds; residency requirements preemption re laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers of public works projects to which the prevailing wage law applies, state funds provision - SB626

Location of cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device: law enforcement prohibited from tracking without a warrant; process to apply to court for warrant created - AB536

Location of cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device: law enforcement prohibited from tracking without a warrant; process to apply to court for warrant created - SB432

Maintenance and family support: notice of payee's remarriage revised and termination upon death of payee or payer - SB68

Marine Corps League incorporation provisions - SB231

Maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways increased; DOT duties and definitions revised - AB389

MEB membership requirements revised - SB652

Milwaukee Area Technical College district board member qualifications modified - AB627

Milwaukee Area Technical College district board member qualifications modified - SB476

Minimum wage ordinance prohibited re local governmental unit employees, contract employees, or employees performing work funded by local governments; public works projects residency requirement prohibited re prevailing wage law - AB750

Modifications to programs for low-income persons including W-2, Wisconsin Shares, FoodShare, low-income energy assistance, low-income housing assistance, EITC, homestead tax credit, local housing authority construction of low-income housing, parental choice programs, school lunch program, and HEAB grants and scholarships; ``means-tested public assistance" definition and use - SB676

Moped dealer and recreational vehicle dealer: penalties revised for license violations - SB269

Motor vehicle operating privileges suspended for failure to pay monetary judgment: maximum time of suspension reduced - AB829

Motor vehicle operating privileges suspended for failure to pay monetary judgment: maximum time of suspension reduced - SB653

Motor vehicle operator's licence minor applicant: limit for liability imputed to the parents or adult sponsor for damages caused by minor's negligent or willful misconduct - SB592

Motor vehicle operator's license minor applicant: limit for liability imputed to the parents or adult sponsor for damages caused by minor's negligent or willful misconduct - AB706

Motor vehicle salvage dealer license violations: penalties specified - SB256

Motorcycle operator's license and rider courses requirements modified - SB270

Municipal court practice and procedure revisions re role of circuit court clerk in filing the oath and bond of a municipal judge, signatures on citations or complaints alleging a municipal ordinance violation, municipal court judge authority to order default judgment against defendant who fails to appear at trial, and fee for transcript of electronic recording of proceedings - SB275

Nomination paper signatures required for a city-wide office in a 2nd or 3rd class city revised - SB444

Noncommercial aviation considered a recreational activity for which a private property owner has limited civil liability and the aviator assumes some risk - SB321

Obsolete statutory reference eliminated re UWHCA employee collective bargaining - AB557

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - AB667

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - SB508

Ozone-depleting refrigerants (ODRs) in motor vehicle air conditioners: duty to set qualifications and issue certifications for persons who remove or recycle changed from DATCP to EPA; sales and reclamation provisions - SB536

Personal injury trusts: discovery and scheduling requirements for certain tort actions and limits defendant's liability for plaintiff's injury in certain cases - AB19

Personal injury trusts: discovery and scheduling requirements for certain tort actions and limits defendant's liability for plaintiff's injury in certain cases - SB13

Personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment, students and prospective students, and tenants and prospective tenants: regulating employer, educational institution, and landlord access to and observation of - AB218

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options expanded to include chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists; respective examining boards duties - AB692

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options expanded to include chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists; respective examining boards duties - SB518

Physician duty to inform patients of treatment options: ``reasonable physician standard" provision - AB139

Police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communication service providers eliminated; fund and shared revenue payments also eliminated - SB165

Ponds located entirely on private property: fishing without a license permitted; use of herbicide or algaecide without DNR permit allowed - SB77

Postretirement health care benefits of local government employees: segregated account and GAAP requirements - SB48

Postsecondary education degree not required before taking an examination for a credential from DSPS or credentialing board with exceptions for real estate appraiser, registered nurse, and licensed practical nurse; Board of Nursing may deny initial license or certificate under certain conditions - SB337

Prepared food definition revised for sales and use tax purposes; JSCTE appendix report - SB656

Presentence investigation report access by the assistant AG in certain cases - SB294

Presentence investigation: victim of a crime allowed to view portions of the report - AB612

Presentence investigation: victim of a crime allowed to view portions of the report - SB585

Prevailing wage law: exemption for public works project subject to the federal Davis-Bacon Act - AB266

Prevailing wage law: exemption for public works project subject to the federal Davis-Bacon Act - SB244

Prevailing wage law exemption for public works re the reuse of vacant or underutilized industrial facility - AB86

Private employers permitted to provide compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation, conditions specified - AB611

Production plant generating electricity from wind power: utility aid payments to towns and counties modified - SB180

Proof of financial responsibility of landfill owner: escrow account and irrevocable trust provisions - AB286

Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance: electronic format accepted including cell phones, prohibition on fake or invalid documents apply - SB62

Proof of residence to register to vote required of all electors except for military and overseas electors - AB603

Proof of residence to register to vote required of all electors except for military and overseas electors - SB459

Publication and effective dates of acts revised, LRB duties - SB2

Pupils in grades 7 and 8 may earn high school credit under certain conditions - AB370

Pupils in grades 7 and 8 may earn high school credit under certain conditions - SB284

Recreational activities on MFL designated as open: exemption if MFL is within a proposed iron mining site, conditions specified; DNR required to post to its Web site allowable recreational activities - SB278

Redemption period shortened in foreclosure actions re one-family to four-family residence - SB675

Registered out-of-state sex offender who becomes a resident of this state: law enforcement notification and dissemination to the public provisions - AB764

Registered out-of-state sex offender who becomes a resident of this state: law enforcement notification and dissemination to the public provisions - SB668

Renewable resource energy requirements for retail electric utilities and cooperatives modified - SB47

Revenue limit of school districts operating a four-year-old kindergarten program reduced - SB635

Right of conscience protected from state action: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR38

Rule-making procedure revised; various Accounting Examining Board rules modified and repealed [Admin.Code Accy 1.003, 1.101, 1.205, 9.01, 9.06, 9 Appendix A] - AB669

Rule-making procedure revised; various Accounting Examining Board rules modified and repealed [Admin.Code Accy 1.003, 1.101, 1.205, 9.01, 9.06, 9 Appendix A] - SB515

Rule-making procedure revised; various DFI rules modified and repealed re authorized activities of credit unions, control procedures for credit unions, and record retention by financial institutions [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 9.01, 41.01, 47; DFI-CU 54.05, 57.01, 57.03, 59.03, 60.01, 60.03, 60.05, 60.06, 61 (title), 61.01, 61.02, 61.03, 61.04, 65, 66.02, 67.01, 67.02, 67.03, 67.04, 67.05, 68.02, 68.03, 68.06, 70, 72.12, 72.13, 74; DFI-SL 6.01, 6.03; DFI-SB 6.01, 6.03, 6.05] - SB520

Seized firearm: provisions for returning to the owner re no charges filed, dismissal of charges, and final disposition of charges if owner is not adjudged guilty - AB853

Shining wild animals: ``flashlight" definition revised and use of firearm-mounted light permitted - AB397

Silver and gold: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB198

``Smart meter": public utilities and cooperative associations prohibited from installing if customer objects; public utilities required to file tariffs with PSC re customer objection procedure and charges; definition provision - AB345

``Smoking" definition for smoking prohibition purposes does not include vaporized solution from an electronic device that does not include tobacco - AB762

``Smoking" definition for smoking prohibition purposes does not include vaporized solution from an electronic device that does not include tobacco - SB440

Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words ``In God We Trust" authorized; fees and DVA provisions - AB244

State Superintendent of Public Instruction required to gather information and report on health care benefit plans of school districts - AB579

State Superintendent of Public Instruction required to gather information and report on health care benefit plans of school districts - SB438

Statute of limitations modified in civil actions re motor vehicle insurance policy, death caused by a motor vehicle accident, and real or personal property damage - SB281

Stinson, Robert Lee: $90,000.00 compensation for innocent convict claim - AB290

Stinson, Robert Lee: $90,000.00 compensation for innocent convict claim - SB249

Student information system, disclosure of personally identifiable student data, and disclosure of pupil records: collection of data and privacy provisions; DPI duties - AB618

Student information system: private schools participating in a parental choice program are not required to use or establish their own - AB587

Student information system: private schools participating in a parental choice program are not required to use or establish their own - SB443

Tangible personal property that becomes a component in a municipal or nonprofit organization facility: sales and use tax exemptions created; JSCTE appendix report - AB76

Tax revisions re carry-back of net operating losses, sales and use tax exemption for commercial printing, jobs tax credit, electronic medical records credit, manufacturing and agriculture credit, and the relocated business credit - AB484

Terms ``people" and ``person" defined and the phrase ``are born equally free and independent" replaced with ``are equally free and independent": constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR49

Town authority to create a TID expanded and participation in a multijurisdictional TID (MJTID) permitted, conditions specified - AB806

Town line highway: laying out, altering, or discontinuing procedures modified - AB880

Town line highway: laying out, altering, or discontinuing procedures modified - SB680

Traffic forfeiture or municipal ordinance violation case: initially heard in municipal court and reviewed by circuit court is considered ``prosecuted in circuit court" for appeals purposes - SB679

Traffic forfeiture or municipal ordinance violation case: initially heard in municipal court and reviewed by circuit court is considered ``prosecuted in circuit court" for appeals purposes - AB881

Transaction information for management of enforcement (TIME) system: requirement that DOJ submit plan to JCF re daily message volume exceeding certain limit eliminated - SB296

Transfer of hunting, fishing, or trapping approval to a person with a disability permitted under certain conditions - AB472

Tuition expenses credit re dependents attending certain private elementary and secondary schools: refundable individual income tax credit created - AB928

Tuition expenses credit re dependents attending certain private elementary and secondary schools: refundable individual income tax credit created - SB693

UI benefits: individual engaged in sales activity outside a permanent retail establishment and remuneration is related to sales and not hours worked is not eligible to claim - AB449

UI benefits: individual engaged in sales activity outside a permanent retail establishment and remuneration is related to sales and not hours worked is not eligible to claim - SB365

Unpasteurized milk and milk products: conditions specified allowing dairy farmers to sell created; registration with DATCP required - AB287

Unpasteurized milk and milk products: conditions specified allowing dairy farmers to sell created; registration with DATCP required - SB236

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: additional providers allowed to participate; exempts certain advanced practice nurses from proof of financial responsibility and medical malpractice requirements - AB270

WC law revisions, report required - AB711

WC law revisions, report required - SB550

WCCA Internet site: removing case or charge that has been dismissed, defendant found not guilty, or overturned on appeal and dismissed - AB685

WCCA Internet site: removing case or charge that has been dismissed, defendant found not guilty, or overturned on appeal and dismissed - SB526

Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission honored and commends the soldiers and citizens of Wisconsin from that era on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga - SJR49

Wrongful death action and medical malpractice claim expanded to include ``unborn child", definition provision; exception to Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund claims - AB160

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Grothman, Sen. Glenn (20th Sen.Dist.; R)

Senate Bills: 7, 11, 14, 20, 45, 67, 70, 71, 75, 76, 78, 103, 108, 122, 135, 144, 146, 147, 162, 176, 183, 190, 196, 201, 206, 219, 245, 250, 252, 258, 261, 262, 263, 267, 279, 283, 285, 292, 310, 311, 317, 318, 326, 341, 345, 348, 351, 353, 375, 387, 395, 413, 435, 445, 448, 452, 453, 454, 457, 474, 478, 497, 502, 509, 517, 522, 547, 551, 557, 610, 617, 619, 664, 685

Senate Joint Resolutions: 3, 8, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 42, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 63, 70, 76, 79, 80, 82

Senate Resolutions: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9

Assembly Bills: 3, 12, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 34, 56, 58, 65, 67, 75, 82, 83, 84, 105, 106, 110, 126, 132, 149, 163, 166, 167, 170, 174, 178, 182, 186, 197, 203, 206, 215, 217, 224, 227, 248, 259, 271, 289, 297, 339, 340, 341, 343, 346, 347, 350, 355, 359, 367, 368, 381, 393, 394, 399, 404, 405, 408, 411, 417, 425, 433, 438, 440, 445, 448, 468, 478, 485, 499, 502, 503, 504, 511, 520, 527, 541, 546, 549, 552, 589, 594, 600, 601, 605, 606, 643, 648, 649, 655, 657, 662, 670, 671, 695, 702, 712, 725, 726, 728, 740, 741, 768, 807, 815, 841, 859

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 11, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 39, 42, 43, 51, 54, 56, 68, 69, 74, 79, 84, 94, 110