2015 Assembly Authors

FoodShare employment and training program: allowing participants to attend nutrition classes in fulfillment of requirements - AB245

Health insurance rate changes: OCI, notification, public hearing, and Internet provisions - AB359

Health insurance rate changes: OCI, notification, public hearing, and Internet provisions - SB277

Job elimination or relocation reporting requirement for recipients of a WEDC loan, grant, or tax credit - AB886

Law enforcement agency required to report controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, reports of stolen prescription drugs, and certain other information to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - AB365

``Made in Wisconsin” logotype: DATCP to design for products manufactured in Wisconsin other than cheese, unfair trade practice provision - AB567

Nonemergency medical transportation services to MA recipients in certain counties: DHS to modify contract and make alternative arrangements; LAB audit provision - AB869

Nonpartisan redistricting system: advisory referendum on the question of adopting held at the 2016 general election - AJR55

Powdered alcohol sale prohibition created, exceptions provided - AB72

Powdered alcohol sale prohibition created, exceptions provided - SB10

Premium assistance program: DHS to develop to assist certain eligible persons purchase coverage through an American health benefit exchange; federal approval and JCF provisions - AB101

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: September 2015 proclaimed as - AJR61

``Smoking" definition for purposes of the general indoor smoking prohibition does include inhaling or exhaling vapor or vaporized solution from an electronic device - AB146

``Smoking" definition for purposes of the general indoor smoking prohibition does include inhaling or exhaling vapor or vaporized solution from an electronic device - SB120

UI benefits: one-week waiting period repealed - AB318

War memorial owned by a veterans organization: sales and use tax exemption for building materials used to construct - AB974

War memorial owned by a veterans organization: sales and use tax exemption for building materials used to construct - SB768

WCLO AM-1230: honoring its 85th birthday on August 1, 2015 - AJR47

WEDC to establish matching grant program for recipients of certain federal grants to small businesses - AB145

Wisconsin Job Development and Retention Commission created in DWD; businesses outsourcing jobs are ineligible to receive state grants, loans, and tax benefits - AB304

Wisconsin Job Development and Retention Commission created in DWD; businesses outsourcing jobs are ineligible to receive state grants, loans, and tax benefits - SB211

Wisconsin’s teachers: gratitude expressed and importance to state’s future recognized - AR9

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 - AB272

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Kolste, Rep. Debra (44th Asm.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills: 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 35, 37, 55, 60, 63, 66, 69, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 113, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 164, 165, 172, 173, 183, 184, 185, 187, 190, 193, 210, 211, 215, 217, 220, 234, 235, 244, 247, 253, 262, 266, 267, 273, 274, 281, 283, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 308, 309, 323, 328, 329, 334, 342, 350, 358, 364, 366, 367, 368, 374, 378, 379, 383, 399, 400, 414, 423, 432, 436, 453, 460, 466, 468, 482, 491, 502, 507, 510, 512, 515, 516, 530, 544, 545, 547, 548, 552, 557, 560, 569, 570, 572, 585, 587, 588, 589, 590, 594, 604, 605, 607, 617, 618, 621, 633, 636, 637, 656, 657, 660, 666, 669, 673, 695, 707, 708, 710, 737, 747, 752, 765, 766, 776, 783, 784, 785, 786, 788, 789, 790, 792, 805, 813, 814, 816, 818, 851, 852, 858, 859, 867, 880, 882, 887, 888, 890, 891, 897, 900, 919, 943, 962, 963, 965, 972, 1007

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 21, 22, 27, 30, 35, 38, 39, 43, 44, 46, 53, 54, 59, 62, 63, 64, 70, 72, 73, 74, 80, 82, 86, 88, 89, 93, 99, 100, 101, 102, 108, 117, 118

Assembly Resolutions: 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 21, 31

Senate Bills: 2, 3, 15, 18, 27, 33, 34, 48, 58, 68, 72, 78, 79, 83, 98, 99, 100, 101, 111, 112, 113, 115, 121, 122, 124, 141, 142, 145, 159, 163, 164, 174, 176, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 194, 195, 196, 199, 200, 201, 207, 214, 215, 216, 227, 230, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 275, 279, 280, 281, 293, 307, 311, 322, 327, 332, 335, 340, 343, 350, 370, 376, 384, 385, 394, 402, 415, 423, 424, 427, 439, 462, 468, 469, 483, 484, 488, 507, 517, 520, 573, 575, 579, 580, 598, 618, 620, 621, 625, 628, 632, 634, 636, 643, 646, 647, 648, 649, 653, 659, 666, 670, 671, 688, 694, 712, 715, 716, 724, 731, 749, 750, 760, 763, 769, 785

Senate Joint Resolutions: 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 21, 22, 25, 30, 32, 33, 35, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 63, 64, 71, 74, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84, 85

1247 Kooyenga, Rep. Dale (14th Asm.Dist.; R)

Advertising signs placed on bus shelters on state trunk highways permitted - AB884

Advertising signs placed on bus shelters on state trunk highways permitted - SB725

Benefit corporation, a category of business corporation, created - AB59

Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement condemned; support for the State of Israel reaffirmed - AJR103

Cemetery authority: deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds expanded to include broker-dealer - AB115

Certified chiropractic technicians and chiropractic radiological technicians: program sponsor for continuing education provisions - AB30

Certified chiropractic technicians and chiropractic radiological technicians: program sponsor for continuing education provisions - SB17

Collector Car Appreciation Day: July 10, 2015 designated as - AJR51

Collector Vehicle Appreciation Day: second Friday of July designated as - AJR79

Common or union high school district property, sale of: annual meeting requirement removed - AB109

Common or union high school district property, sale of: annual meeting requirement removed - SB85

CPA certificate applicant requirements revised; Accounting Examining Board to research establishing continuing education requirements by rule, report required; administrative rule revisions re updating practices and standards [Admin.Code Accy 1.001, 1.002, 1.003, 1 subch II (title), 1.101, 1.102, 1.201, 1.202, 1.301, 1.302, 1.401, 1.404, 1.405, 2 (title), 2 subch I (title), 2.001, 2.002, 2 subch II (title), 2.101 (note), 2.101, 2 subch III (title), 2.202, 2 subch IV (title), 2.305, 2 subch V (title), 2.401, 2 subch VI (title), 2.501, 3 (title), 3 subch I (title), 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.055, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3 subch II (title), 3.11, 3 subch III (title), 4 (title), 4 subch I, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.035, 4.037, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4 subch II, 5 (title), 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5 subch I (title), 5 subch II (title), 5 subch III (title), 5.304, 5 subch IV (title), 5.401, 6 subch I, 6 subch II (title), 6 subch III (title), 6 subch IV (title), 6.303, 6.304, 7 (title), 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.035, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 8 (title), 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 9 (title), 9.01, 9.02 (note), 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 9.06] - AB725

CPA certificate applicant requirements revised; Accounting Examining Board to research establishing continuing education requirements by rule, report required; administrative rule revisions re updating practices and standards [Admin.Code Accy 1.001, 1.002, 1.003, 1 subch II (title), 1.101, 1.102, 1.201, 1.202, 1.301, 1.302, 1.401, 1.404, 1.405, 2 (title), 2 subch I (title), 2.001, 2.002, 2 subch II (title), 2.101 (note), 2.101, 2 subch III (title), 2.202, 2 subch IV (title), 2.305, 2 subch V (title), 2.401, 2 subch VI (title), 2.501, 3 (title), 3 subch I (title), 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.055, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3 subch II (title), 3.11, 3 subch III (title), 4 (title), 4 subch I, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.035, 4.037, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4 subch II, 5 (title), 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5 subch I (title), 5 subch II (title), 5 subch III (title), 5.304, 5 subch IV (title), 5.401, 6 subch I, 6 subch II (title), 6 subch III (title), 6 subch IV (title), 6.303, 6.304, 7 (title), 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.035, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 8 (title), 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 9 (title), 9.01, 9.02 (note), 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 9.06] - SB532

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization computing: Internal Revenue Code revision - AB48

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization computing: Internal Revenue Code revision - SB24

Expelling or suspending a pupil in 4-year-old kindergarten, 5-year-old kindergarten, or first grade prohibited; exceptions provided - SB788

Fermented apple cider: winery may provide taste samples manufactured by another Wisconsin winery - AB331

Fermented apple cider: winery may provide taste samples manufactured by another Wisconsin winery - SB60

Health care information from hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers collected, analyzed, and disseminated by an entity revised - AB765

Health care information from hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers collected, analyzed, and disseminated by an entity revised - SB628

Holten, Vicki R.: public service commended and congratulations upon her retirement from LFB - AJR95

Home medical oxygen provider: licensure program administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board established, emergency rule provision - AB26

Home medical oxygen provider: licensure program administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board established, emergency rule provision - SB13

JCF consideration of the biennial budget bill changes - AB1006

JCF consideration of the biennial budget bill changes - SB795

LLC may become a low-profit LLC (L3C) under certain conditions - AB60

Loss of use of rental motor vehicles: rental company can hold renter or driver liable for in accidents under certain conditions - AB672

OWI penalties for fifth and sixth offense: mandatory minimum prison sentence - AB445

OWI penalties for third or greater offense revised - AB447

Parking near a crosswalk: restriction modified - AB22

Political subdivisions may not impose new occupational fee or licensing requirements on any profession, exception provided - AB116

Political subdivisions may not impose new occupational fee or licensing requirements on any profession, exception provided - SB81

Rate-based client services purchased by DCF, Corr.Dept, DHS, or county department: surplus retention limitations for providers modified - AB749

Rate-based client services purchased by DCF, Corr.Dept, DHS, or county department: surplus retention limitations for providers modified - SB617

Retired professional licensed by the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors: exemption from continuing education requirement, conditions specified - AB934

State agency biennial budget request requirements modified - AB534

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; reducing deficit of a state fund and, once eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a projected deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR66

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; reducing deficit of a state fund and, once eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a projected deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR55

Subsidized guardianship payments re CHIPS: eligibility expanded to include person with significant emotional relationship with the child or the child’s family; conditions specified; DCF duties - AB339

Subsidized guardianship payments re CHIPS: eligibility expanded to include person with significant emotional relationship with the child or the child’s family; conditions specified; DCF duties - SB253

Summer school: DPI to pay independent charter schools for pupils who attend - AB951

Tax law administration revisions re individual and corporate income taxes, franchise taxes, and sales and use taxes; DOR duties - AB623

Veterans affairs laws modified re DVA officers and employees, Board of Veterans Affairs, county veterans service officers, and Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove - AB821

Wisconsin Shares: DCF to make payments directly to YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs of America - AB1016

Wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons: claims against the state provisions and compensation amounts revised, taxation exemption provision; option to elect health care coverage plans through GIB created; JSCTE appendix report - AB460

Wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons: claims against the state provisions and compensation amounts revised, taxation exemption provision; option to elect health care coverage plans through GIB created; JSCTE appendix report - SB322

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Kooyenga, Rep. Dale (14th Asm.Dist.; R)

Assembly Bills: 1, 18, 25, 27, 32, 38, 56, 68, 95, 100, 120, 143, 179, 219, 233, 253, 285, 305, 310, 311, 313, 317, 320, 326, 345, 352, 353, 358, 369, 373, 374, 378, 385, 388, 391, 394, 402, 412, 415, 417, 435, 444, 446, 452, 466, 512, 526, 530, 549, 562, 565, 579, 592, 602, 639, 641, 654, 655, 663, 697, 730, 752, 754, 778, 873

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 4, 43, 59, 75, 85, 99, 113

Assembly Resolutions: 6

Senate Bills: 15, 16, 23, 26, 37, 43, 49, 59, 76, 84, 123, 125, 183, 196, 203, 223, 227, 229, 236, 237, 238, 242, 246, 255, 260, 265, 275, 279, 280, 283, 285, 289, 294, 304, 312, 330, 343, 348, 367, 371, 384, 402, 407, 411, 435, 438, 467, 495, 500, 502, 503, 516, 517, 538, 601, 631, 668, 704, 721

Senate Joint Resolutions: 2, 7, 41, 49, 67, 84, 88, 109

1354 Kremer, Rep. Jesse (59th Asm.Dist.; R)

Abortion law revisions re postfertilization age of unborn child, prohibition at or after 20 weeks, hospital and clinic reporting requirements, and informed consent; exemption, civil remedies, injunction, and penalty provisions - AB237

Abortion law revisions re postfertilization age of unborn child, prohibition at or after 20 weeks, hospital and clinic reporting requirements, and informed consent; exemption, civil remedies, injunction, and penalty provisions - SB179

Academic Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program: revisions re amount of scholarship, number of scholarships awarded, and GPA and ACT score requirement, exceptions provided; individual income tax credit created - AB314

Commencement of school term before September 1 prohibition: exception for school district with certain advanced placement participation rate created - AB144

Concealed weapon licensee may possess a firearm on school grounds but not in a school building; conditions and penalty provisions - AB846

Corporation establishing a headquarters in this state and WEDC determines it sells a noncompeting product: income and franchise tax credits created; definitions, DOR duties, and JSCTE appendix report - AB178