2015 Senate Authors

Raccoon hunting: eliminating the earlier open season for persons with resident licenses requirement - AB526

Reasonable and prudent parent standard for making decisions re participation of a child placed in out-of-home care in age or developmentally appropriate activities and permanency planning for children 14 years of age or older: incorporating federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act changes into the Children’s Code and Juvenile Justice Code - SB309

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency limited to districts that adopted a resolution prior to effective date of the bill - SB337

Safe Digging Month: April 2016 proclaimed as - AJR112

Seasonal weight limit exception for vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting agricultural crops on highways: dates modified; DOT appendix report - SB509

Sportsmen and sportswomen in Wisconsin and the DNR recognized for fish and wildlife management and economic impact on the state - AJR28

STEM program grants: DPI to award to rural school districts; definition and emergency rule provisions - SB661

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

Successor guardian appointed for CHIPS upon the death or incapacity of the child’s guardian and subsidized guardianship payment conditions - SB308

Switchblade knife prohibition and definition modified; law enforcement exemption - AB142

Switchblade knife prohibition and definition modified; law enforcement exemption - SB102

Term limits for governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the legislature: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR75

Trapping mentorship program created; exception to prohibition on taking or appropriating a trap belonging to another person; trap tagged with metal stamp of each trap operator required - AB448

Trapping mentorship program created; exception to prohibition on taking or appropriating a trap belonging to another person; trap tagged with metal stamp of each trap operator required - SB359

Underage person on alcohol beverage licensed premises exception re Chippewa Falls: ``Wisconsin Renaissance Faire” changed to ``Eagle Ridge Festival Grounds” - AB324

Underage person on alcohol beverage licensed premises exception re Chippewa Falls: ``Wisconsin Renaissance Faire” changed to ``Eagle Ridge Festival Grounds” - SB267

Veterinary Examining Board: transferring certain powers and duties not transferred under 2015 WisAct 55 - SB681

Wild game bird feathers naturally shed or from lawfully taken birds: exemption from prohibition on sale, purchase, barter, trade, or possession of wild animals - SB435

Wild turkey donation program: reimbursing counties for processing and donating costs authorized - AB107

Wild turkey donation program: reimbursing counties for processing and donating costs authorized - SB79

Wild turkey hunting program and special event for disabled veterans: DNR to establish; approvals, fees, and mentor provisions - SB394

Zukowski, Robert Kenneth “Bob”: life and public service - AJR49

Zukowski, Robert Kenneth “Bob”: life and public service - SJR42

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Moulton, Sen. Terry (23rd Sen.Dist.; R)

Senate Bills: 9, 14, 17, 20, 35, 47, 49, 70, 74, 83, 95, 115, 121, 126, 130, 139, 141, 179, 196, 200, 237, 238, 239, 260, 280, 293, 312, 327, 348, 389, 390, 409, 418, 419, 438, 448, 455, 466, 483, 485, 495, 500, 506, 519, 522, 542, 546, 592, 593, 594, 595, 622, 645, 697

Senate Joint Resolutions: 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 17, 21, 22, 31, 40, 50, 72, 81, 90, 109

Senate Resolutions: 7, 10, 11, 12

Assembly Bills: 10, 16, 26, 30, 32, 44, 46, 47, 49, 58, 96, 97, 113, 114, 164, 167, 169, 187, 193, 203, 237, 253, 267, 305, 310, 311, 339, 368, 378, 394, 406, 407, 408, 432, 435, 449, 469, 497, 518, 522, 531, 536, 541, 542, 544, 561, 564, 579, 592, 599, 609, 610, 611, 629, 636, 657, 658, 659, 660, 663, 666, 672, 700, 733, 739, 741, 742, 743, 744, 799, 838, 874

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 1, 20, 41, 43, 68, 81, 82, 87, 95, 99, 113

1334 Nass, Sen. Stephen (11th Sen.Dist.; R)

Administrative rules, emergency rules, and rule-making procedures: various changes - SB168

Administrative rules: expedited procedure a state agency can use to repeal an unauthorized rule - AB80

Apraxia Awareness Day: May 14, 2015 and each May 14 thereafter declared as - AJR34

Apraxia Awareness Day: May 14, 2015 and each May 14 thereafter declared as - SJR37

Authorized State Building Program for 2015-17: medical school campus in City of Jefferson construction grant, nonstate revenue sources requirement - AB625

Barns used principally for social events and built before 1965: exemption from building code requirements under certain conditions; DSPS duties - SB742

Bodily substances thrown or expelled at a prosecutor made a felony - SB544

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

Columbaria maintained by religious associations: exemption from requirements applicable to mausoleums and cemeteries created - SB229

Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War: March 29, 2015 to November 11, 2025 proclaimed as - SJR22

Competency determination hearings and commitment - SB181

Credentials issued by DSPS or affiliated credentialing board: intentional material misstatements, omissions, and falsified documentation on application for or renewal of crime created; location of trial provision - AB812

Dental practices: owners required to register with the Dentistry Examining Board - SB327

Derogatory information: threats to expose with intent to extort money or compel person to act against the person's will made a felony, visual and audio information provisions - AB53

Derogatory information: threats to expose with intent to extort money or compel person to act against the person's will made a felony, visual and audio information provisions - SB366

DFI rules modified re UCC Article 9 filings made in an office of register of deeds; DOR rules modified re real estate transfer fee, register of deeds provision [Admin.Code DFI-CCS 7.03; Tax 15.04] - AB81

DOR FTE auditor positions decreased - AB402

DOR FTE auditor positions decreased - SB367

DVA authorized to design an official ``Wisconsin Disabled Veteran-Owned" logotype; DOA provision - SB575

Electioneering at a retirement home or residential care facility on day when special voting deputies are scheduled to be present prohibited - SB161

Equine−assisted learning and equine−assisted psychotherapy: civil liability immunity for equine activities expanded to include - SB126

False statement re military service or honors to obtain financial or other tangible benefit made a crime - SB95

Family Care and IRIS services: DHS to expand to Rock County; exemption from certain contract requirement and JCF approval - AB453

Federated public library system with territory in two or more counties: minimum number of board members reduced - AB369

Federated public library system with territory in two or more counties: minimum number of board members reduced - SB265

FoodShare photo ID EBT cards: DHS to prepare and submit implementation plan to the USDA’s food and nutrition service, waiver request provision; JCF duties if approved - AB222

Forfeiture of property seized in relation to a crime: laws revised; proceeds of sales turned into the state school fund; transferring property to federal agents also revised; law enforcement agencies and DOJ duties - AB537

Forfeiture of property seized in relation to a crime: laws revised; proceeds of sales turned into the state school fund; transferring property to federal agents also revised; law enforcement agencies and DOJ duties - SB521

Hiding or burying a corpse illegally: felony penalty revised - SB133

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals legally detained or arrested or assisting units of government with enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - AB450

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals legally detained or arrested or assisting units of government with enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - SB369

Interstate Voter Registration Data Crosscheck Program: chief election officer required to enter into the agreement - AB189

Invasion of privacy crime created re installing or using device to view under a person's clothing without consent - SB4

Knowledge and concepts examination: pupil's parent or guardian may opt out of any such exam; certain DPI report revision; requiring summary about exams posted to schools' Internet sites - SB193

Legislative Office of Inspector General created, JCLO to appoint each inspector general; reports required; state agencies, LAB, and DOJ duties; offices of inspector general in DCF and DHS eliminated - AB382

Legislative Office of Inspector General created, JCLO to appoint each inspector general; reports required; state agencies, LAB, and DOJ duties; offices of inspector general in DCF and DHS eliminated - SB368

Lothian, Thomas Archer: life and public service - AJR43

LPG retailers required to obtain commercial general liability insurance; surety bond and letter of credit options eliminated - SB547

Making a terrorist threat made a felony, conditions specified - SB256

Motor vehicle insurance and proof of financial responsibility requirements: penalties for violations revised; DOT duties; fraud and recovery of noneconomic damages provisions - AB92

Motor vehicle liability insurance and proof of financial responsibility: requirements and penalties for violations revised; certain religious sects allowed to qualify as self-insurers for the purposes of motor vehicle liability insurance; DOT duties - SB638

Political contributions: reporting principal place of employment of individual contributors revised - AB176

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

Private detective continuing education requirements; DSPS duties - SB460

Project plan financial accountability provisions that apply to certain TIDs to apply to all TIDs created by a city or village after a set date - SB263

Property rights regulation revisions re local government restrictions on sale, purchase, development, or occupancy of real property and individual notice requirements; vested rights; shoreland zoning; resolution of challenge to zoning restrictions; supermajority vote to down zone a property; property tax treatment of undeveloped land; and contested case hearings - SB464

Public school changing rooms: school board required to designate for the exclusive use by pupils of one sex; definitions, reasonable accommodation for pupils who identify as a member of the opposite sex, and complaint provisions - AB469

Public school changing rooms: school board required to designate for the exclusive use by pupils of one sex; definitions, reasonable accommodation for pupils who identify as a member of the opposite sex, gender neutral restrooms, and complaint provisions - SB582

Register of deeds: revisions re instruments filed or recorded with and fees - SB73

Regulation of navigable waters, artificial water bodies, wetlands, and nonpoint source pollution revised; DNR duties - SB459

Right turn on red traffic signal permitted from leftmost right-turn lane - SB319

Robotics competition participation: DPI to award grants to teams of pupils in grades 9 to 12 - AB665

Robotics competition participation: DPI to award grants to teams of pupils in grades 9 to 12 - SB583

Seasonal placement of a Christmas tree in the Capitol rotunda or a church: prohibiting promulgation or enforcement of a DSPS rule and enactment or enforcement of an ordinance re fire safety - AB648

Seized firearm: procedure for returning to person who owns the firearm revised - AB13

Small claims actions: interest rate on judgments revised - AB95

Small claims actions: interest rate on judgments revised - SB76

State prevailing wage law, local prevailing wage law, and highway prevailing wage law eliminated - SB49

Town meeting to direct a town board to change the number of commissioners on a town sanitary district commission authorized under certain conditions - AB706