2013 Senate Authors

Stoda, (SGT) Chester G.: life and military service commended - SJR20

Student information system software: State Superintendent of Public Instruction required to develop request-for-proposal procedures and criteria for selecting vendors; school districts may use other software if compatible - AB60

Student information system software: State Superintendent of Public Instruction required to develop request-for-proposal procedures and criteria for selecting vendors; school districts may use other software if compatible - SB54

Tibet Day: March 10, 2014 proclaimed as - AJR114

TID number 2 in the Village of Biron authorized to allocate positive tax increments to TID number 3 - AB723

TID number 2 in the Village of Biron authorized to allocate positive tax increments to TID number 3 - SB555

Trade and marketing forums re promoting and developing business relationships among Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III manufacturers: WEDC to allocate funds and organize - AB37

Traffic control signal that malfunctions and does not exhibit any color of light should be treated as if it were a stop sign - AB577

UI benefits: one-week waiting period repealed - AB374

UW Board of Regents: governor shall select student members from recommendations made by student governments at the UW System institutions - SB157

Veterans home eligibility: care needs include chronic alcoholism, drug addiction, psychosis, or active tuberculosis - SB403

Veterans home task force created by 2013 WisAct 20: membership modified - SB405

Voting at the entrance to an in-person absentee voting location by an elector with a disability: provisions created - SB404

WEDC board members and employees with contract authority: private interest in a public contract provision created - SB168

WEDC board of directors: changes to the organization, powers, and duties of; audit and report provisions - AB590

WEDC board of directors: changes to the organization, powers, and duties of; audit and report provisions - SB214

WEDC revisions re board delegating power or authority to a committee and governor required to treat the chief executive officer as if he or she were the secretary of a department - SB385

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - SB376

Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority and Wisconsin forward jobs fund created; qualified investment capital funds, angel investment networks, qualified business development organizations, reports, and winding up of the jobs fund provisions - SB218

Work-share programs: DWD and employee representative approval required; UI benefit provisions specified - AB50

Work-share programs: DWD and employee representative approval required; UI benefit provisions specified - SB28

Workforce Growth Program created re grants from TCS Board to technical college district boards to help meet local needs re areas with skills gap or workforce shortage - AB52

Workforce Growth Program created re grants from TCS Board to technical college district boards to help meet local needs re areas with skills gap or workforce shortage - SB44

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Lassa, Sen. Julie (24th Sen.Dist.; D)

Senate Bills: 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 23, 29, 38, 41, 45, 62, 69, 70, 73, 79, 88, 96, 99, 104, 106, 117, 118, 119, 120, 132, 134, 135, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 147, 153, 163, 178, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 193, 195, 203, 209, 211, 212, 229, 231, 239, 241, 252, 255, 258, 274, 288, 292, 300, 306, 308, 310, 321, 325, 327, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 343, 351, 352, 354, 356, 359, 362, 370, 374, 382, 388, 389, 401, 406, 409, 413, 415, 435, 436, 437, 445, 449, 451, 452, 453, 457, 461, 469, 472, 474, 479, 523, 529, 532, 538, 554, 558, 559, 563, 566, 568, 573, 575, 576, 583, 596, 599, 604, 608, 622, 623, 668

Senate Joint Resolutions: 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 61, 62, 64, 68, 70, 74, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83

Senate Resolutions: 5, 7, 9

Assembly Bills: 12, 14, 38, 44, 45, 46, 51, 53, 57, 58, 62, 66, 78, 81, 95, 103, 111, 113, 114, 115, 134, 135, 136, 147, 154, 155, 163, 166, 171, 176, 178, 179, 182, 187, 190, 192, 194, 201, 204, 208, 220, 226, 233, 236, 241, 248, 249, 250, 254, 259, 260, 269, 270, 271, 280, 281, 284, 293, 351, 354, 373, 377, 381, 387, 392, 399, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 411, 414, 424, 430, 434, 442, 446, 448, 450, 452, 457, 459, 460, 466, 472, 473, 495, 498, 500, 501, 502, 510, 517, 526, 532, 537, 538, 543, 551, 552, 553, 554, 573, 578, 580, 581, 589, 591, 592, 594, 601, 604, 605, 614, 620, 628, 633, 639, 642, 650, 651, 654, 660, 674, 675, 705, 708, 710, 732, 733, 739, 746, 752, 755, 757, 759, 760, 764, 766, 770, 772, 773, 776, 778, 779, 783, 788, 792, 802, 817, 822, 839, 840, 878, 893, 897, 903, 906, 915, 918, 919, 920

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39, 42, 50, 54, 56, 57, 60, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 75, 80, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 92, 93, 94, 98, 104, 106, 108, 109, 112, 115, 116, 121, 122

900 Lazich, Sen. Mary (28th Sen.Dist.; R)

Absentee ballot cannot be counted if witness' address is missing on certificate - SB261

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 - SB297

Ballot container: chief inspector and one other inspector requirement to secure modified - SB264

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: October proclaimed as - SJR56

Campaign finance and lobbying law revisions re Internet political activity, individual and public communication, solicitation expenditure limit, committee transfers, electronic filing, registration threshold, campaign finance reporting, conduits and redirection of certain unclaimed contributions, and campaign contributions by lobbyists - SB655

Camps lasting longer than 3 days: health services staff may designate an individual to administer medications to a camper or staff member under 18 years of age - AB775

Camps lasting longer than 3 days: health services staff may designate an individual to administer medications to a camper or staff member under 18 years of age - SB553

Children's services network requirement of a W-2 agency eliminated; nomination of members to the Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council modified - SB551

College and career readiness standards: public hearings requirement modified - AB643

Contested adoption or involuntary TPR: waiver of parent's right to counsel for failure to personally appear as ordered by the juvenile court - AB664

Contested adoption or involuntary TPR: waiver of parent's right to counsel for failure to personally appear as ordered by the juvenile court - SB504

Duplicate ballot label procedures revised, GAB duties - AB394

Duplicate ballot label uniformity requirement - SB262

Election inspectors serving at polling places: chief inspector to assign equal number of each party when practicable - SB265

Election official at a polling place on election day: residency requirement revised, chief inspector provision - AB393

Election official at a polling place on election day: residency requirement revised, chief inspector provision - SB20

Election-related statistics reported by municipal clerk to county clerk: statistics re elector address verification postcards added; GAB to publish information on the Internet - AB690

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

Election returns reporting by municipalities of certain population modified re combined wards; municipal clerk duties - SB94

Elector not considered a voting elector for recount purposes if required to sign the poll list and does not do so - SB266

Epinephrine auto-injector use on school premises or at a school-sponsored activity: authorized school personnel provisions replaced with plan adopted by the school's governing body; conditions, civil liability immunity, and report to DPI provisions - SB375

Extension of an injunction modified - AB707

Extension of an injunction modified - SB567

GAB candidate committee nominations: number submitted to governor doubled - SB268

Gasoline vapor recovery system removal grants: DNR rules requirement eliminated; eligible costs specified, definitions provision - AB440

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 - SB202

Group or committee organized for the purpose of influencing the election or nomination of an individual to state or local office or a vote in a referendum: registration and reporting requirements revised re explicit terms, expenditures that do not expressly advocate for the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or adoption or rejection of a referendum question, administration and overhead expenses, and contribution limitations and prohibitions - SB654

Identifying document submitted by elector as proof of residence: type of document recorded by municipal clerk; GAB duties - SB267

Incorporations involving portions of two towns: circuit court must find that each town board has adopted a resolution approving the incorporation or dismiss the petition as part of its review process - SB207

Independent contractors, under certain conditions, are excluded from coverage under WC and UI laws - SB276

Individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers: amount increased; JSCTE appendix report - SB81

International Olympic Committee urged to keep wrestling in the Olympic Games - SJR37

Land acquired with stewardship funding and MFL eligibility: accessible to public on foot requirement added - AB665

Newborn child taken into custody: provisions expanded to include health care clinic staff and newborns up to 30 days old - AB405

Newborn child taken into custody: provisions expanded to include health care clinic staff and newborns up to 30 days old - SB326

Nonprofit youth baseball association property, building, and certain land: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB525

Nonprofit youth baseball association property, building, and certain land: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB499

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 - AB695

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

PANDAS, PITAND, and PANS Awareness Day: October 9, 2013 proclaimed as - SJR50

``Pediatric Stroke Awareness Day": May 22, 2013 designated as - SJR29

Pelvic Organ Prolapse Awareness Month: June proclaimed as - SJR71

Pension income from a qualified retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code or an IRA in certain cases: amount of exempt income revised; federal adjusted gross income provision; JSCTE appendix report - SB82

Prepared food definition revised for sales and use tax purposes; JSCTE appendix report - AB841

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

Prevailing wage law exemption for public works project for a school district or CESA; referendum and resolution to raise money by bond or borrowing required if choosing to comply with prevailing wage law - SB358

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

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: procedure for objecting to and ordering termination of use of eliminated; school district does not have to comply with existing order to terminate use of - AB297

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: complaint process for objecting to use of changed, DHA duties - SB317

Raffle regulations revised; removes DOA authority to promulgate rules re raffles - SB628

Recount of election proceedings: board of canvassers must hear and decide on elector registration challenges, drawdown of voted ballots provision - SB263

Referendum question authorizing exceeding the county levy limits: information necessary to prepare the question for the 2014 partisan primary may use the most recent data available, conditions specified - SB513

Requirements to perform abortions revised; ultrasound required before informed consent for an abortion; penalty and exception provisions - AB227

Requirements to perform abortions revised; ultrasound required before informed consent for an abortion; penalty and exception provisions - SB206

Roundabouts in highway projects: approval from governing body of the municipality required - AB275

Roundabouts in highway projects: approval from governing body of the municipality required - SB243

School bond, promissory note, or state trust fund loan: school district notice requirements modified - SB408

Sex-selective abortion prohibition and civil liability penalties created, privacy provision - SB201