Wisconsin Legislature: Johnson, Sen. LaTonya (6th Sen.Dist.; D)

1643Johnson, Sen. LaTonya (6th Sen.Dist.; D)

Abortion prohibition with criminal penalties eliminated - SB45

Abortion recognized as an essential component of women’s health care - SJR11

Authorized State Building Program for 2017-19 amended to add construction of a Wisconsin School of Urban Agriculture in City of Milwaukee - AB672

Authorized State Building Program for 2017-19 amended to add construction of a Wisconsin School of Urban Agriculture in City of Milwaukee - SB559

Automated speed enforcement system (ASES) and traffic control photographic system (TCPS): use allowed in City of Milwaukee; sunset and forfeiture provisions - AB859

Automated speed enforcement system (ASES) and traffic control photographic system (TCPS): use allowed in City of Milwaukee; sunset and forfeiture provisions - SB707

BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core family income eligibility level changed; DHS to comply with federal requirements and request enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) payment; JCF provision - SB606

BadgerCare Plus and childless adults demonstration project: DHS to seek federal waiver or submit amendments to MA program re income eligibility limit and allowing small businesses to purchase coverage - AB449

Benefit corporation, a category of business corporation, created - SB298

Bicycles and motor bicycles operated on state trails during hours of darkness: DNR rules revised re lighting requirements [Admin.Code NR 45.05] - SB566

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system changes; DHS duties specified; administrative code provisions [Admin.Code DHS 116.04, 116.05] - SB287

Black History Month: February 2017 recognized as - SJR7

Black History Month: February 2018 recognized as - SJR103

Break time for employees to express breast milk: requirements created, accommodations specified, and employment discrimination provision - AB193

Break time for employees to express breast milk: requirements created, accommodations specified, and employment discrimination provision - SB147

Certified nursing assistant (CNA) training costs: individual income tax credit created - AB757

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month: April proclaimed as - SJR31

Child abuse and neglect prevention services: DCF to allocate certain TANF funding for grants to counties, nonprofit organizations, and tribes - SB658

Child safety restraint system requirements modified re rear-facing car seat - SB703

CHIPS proceeding: prohibition on appointing counsel to parent eliminated; pilot program creating parent’s right to counsel in certain counties created, DCF, SPD, report, and sunset provisions - SB657

Chronically homeless individuals and families on the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list: WHEDA to implement case management services program; funding provision - AB379

Chronically homeless individuals and families on the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list: WHEDA to implement case management services program; funding provision - SB314

Community-based services information and referrals: DHS to award grants to nonprofit organizations to operate Internet site and telephone-based systems - SB672

Community school start-up grant program: DPI directed to create; reports to DPI required - SB282

Contraceptives: dispensing an extended supply required to be covered by health insurers - AB753

Contraceptives: dispensing an extended supply required to be covered by health insurers - SB642

Controlled substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment requirements for applicants of WEDC economic development programs - AB385

DCF grants to support foster parents and children created, report required - SB676

DCF to create Wisconsin Task Force to Create Effective Child Welfare Caseloads re recommended caseload standards for child welfare workers; study and report required - SB656

Dental care defined re legal custodian providing ordinary medical and dental care for child in out-of-home care - SB673

Detachable or fixed magazine with capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition: selling, transporting, manufacturing, possessing, or going armed with prohibited - AB1052

Diapers and undergarments for incontinence: sales and use tax exemption created - AB856

DOC Secretary to create committee to study the Missouri juvenile justice model; committee terminates upon submission of findings and recommendations - SB70

Driver education courses: DPI to reimburse school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in parental choice programs; conditions set - AB1036

Early release from confinement: certain prisoners participating in programs identified by DOC to reduce recidivism may earn; extended supervision provision - AB792

Early release from confinement: certain prisoners participating in programs identified by DOC to reduce recidivism may earn; extended supervision provision - SB662

Eliminating lead hazard in a dwelling or residential condominium: income, corporate, and franchise tax credits created for costs related to - AB726

Emergency care hospital rates: limiting what hospitals can charge uninsured patients of certain income - AB1015

Emergency care hospital rates: limiting what hospitals can charge uninsured patients of certain income - SB880

Essential health benefits specified by OCI by rule: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover; conditions specified - SB268

Establishments providing massage therapy or bodywork therapy required to have a license from the Massage Therapy and Bodywork Therapy Affiliated Credentialing Board, exceptions specified; practice by an extern or intern under supervision, scope of the practice, and penalty for unauthorized practice provisions - AB899

Eviction prevention grants: WHEDA to issue to individuals or housing authorities - AB376

Eviction prevention grants: WHEDA to issue to individuals or housing authorities - SB316

Family and medical leave requirement: eliminate prohibition on local ordinances - AB997

Family and medical leave requirement: eliminate prohibition on local ordinances - SB869

Family planning services: DHS restriction on distributing certain funds and term “women’s health block grants” eliminated; funding increased - AB141

Family planning services: DHS restriction on distributing certain funds and term “women’s health block grants” eliminated; funding increased - SB92

Family treatment court and juvenile treatment court grant programs created; DCF report required - SB390

Federal administration urged to reject efforts to cut taxes for millionaires, increase health care costs, decrease access to affordable care, and discriminate against trusted health care providers - AJR30

Feminine hygiene products provided at no cost to inmates of a jail, prison, juvenile correctional facility, juvenile detention facility, secured residential care center, other house of correction, or a secured unit of a mental health institute - AB767

Firearm in a residence in which another resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm: storage requirements and penalty provisions - AB430

Firearm law revision re carrying firearms on mass transportation systems; penalty provided - SB197

Firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence: prohibition created, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect provision - AB597

Firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence: prohibition created, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect provision - SB563

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB65

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - SB34

Foster Care Awareness Month: May 2017 declared as - AJR46

Foster Care Awareness Month: May 2017 declared as - SJR51

Four-year-old kindergarten: all school boards to make available to eligible pupils; exception and state aid provisions - AB709

Four-year-old kindergarten: DCF pilot project to award grants to expand existing programs, conditions specified - SB663

Frank P. Zeidler Public Service award: congratulations to 2017 recipient Reggie Jackson - AJR86

Fundamental right of every woman to choose a safe and legal abortion; eliminates certain abortion-related regulations - SB569

Gun Violence Awareness Day: June 2, 2017 proclaimed as - AJR65

Handgun purchases: DOJ to maintain database for individuals to voluntarily place prohibitions on themselves - AB579

Handgun purchases: DOJ to maintain database for individuals to voluntarily place prohibitions on themselves - SB479

Health care aid for needy veterans and eligible family members: DVA authorized to expand to include mental illness and substance abuse treatment, county veterans service officer provision - SB631

Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - AB101

Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - SB64

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - AB43

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - SB37

Housing authority: tax-exempt property expanded - SB641

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2018 proclaimed as - AJR95

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2018 proclaimed as - SJR91

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - AB540

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - SB444

Immediate family of law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty: income tax exemption for amounts received to pay for expenses related to the death - SB664

Judge or justice required to disqualify himself or herself from an action if he or she received campaign financial support from a party to the action - SB779

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2017 recognized as - SJR55

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - AB561

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - SB464

Lead investigation of dwelling where occupant under age 6 has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure: DHS administrative rule requirements re DHHS standard changes - AB950

Lead investigation of dwelling where occupant under age 6 has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure: DHS administrative rule requirements re DHHS standard changes - SB856

Lead investigation of facilities serving children under age 6: DHS required to promulgate rules requiring; facility notification requirements - AB949

Lead investigation of facilities serving children under age 6: DHS required to promulgate rules requiring; facility notification requirements - SB855

Lead testing and disclosure of rental properties: landlord requirements created - AB76

Lead testing and disclosure of rental properties: landlord requirements created - SB41

Legislative committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - AB344

Legislative proposals: requirements for economic impact statements created - AB209

Lifetime and annual limits: disability insurance policies and self-insured governmental health plans prohibited from imposing - SB266

Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect: juvenile correctional officers added to list of professionals - AB79

Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect: juvenile correctional officers added to list of professionals - SB35

Marijuana use, medical and recreational, permitted with restrictions and excise tax and penalty provisions; DHS duties re medical marijuana registry, licensing compassion centers, and registering certain testing laboratories; permitted THC concentration while operating a vehicle revised; fair employment law, UI, and drug testing for specific public assistance and work experience programs exemption for THC; health insurance coverage required for medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols - AB482

Mental health treatment record of foster child: health care provider may disclose to child welfare agency and out-of-home care provider, conditions set - SB674

Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design apprenticeship program: income and franchise tax credits to businesses for each employee hired from - SB112

Minority Mental Health Month: July 2017 proclaimed as - SJR71

Missing adult at risk reports: law enforcement agency to refer person making the report to local aging and disability resource centers; if the subject of the alert was driving, DOT to review the driver’s license of to determine if restrictions should be imposed - SB517

Missing at risk veteran or member of the armed forces: DOJ to allow law enforcement to use the integrated crime alert network to disseminate reports of - SB473

Motor vehicle operators’ licenses: DOT may issue a copy in electronic format, fee provision - AB1037

Motor vehicle traffic stop when law enforcement accesses operator’s license, permit, or ID card: DOT required to record certain information of the person whose record was accessed - AB1035

Nonpublic family planning provider subject to a federal funding prohibition: DHS required to provide state MA reimbursement, conditions set - AB392

Nonpublic family planning provider subject to a federal funding prohibition: DHS required to provide state MA reimbursement, conditions set - SB269

Nonrefundable individual income tax credit for taxpayers below certain income thresholds created; fifth individual income tax bracket created - AB172

Notifying victims of felonies or petitioners of certain injunctions required if, during a background check, DOJ determines a person purchasing a handgun is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to commission of a felony or being subject to certain injunctions - AB1025

Nurse aide training: TCS Board grants to districts in areas with nurse aide shortages - AB756

Operator’s license fees waived for disabled veterans re ``Class D” and ``Class M” motor vehicles - AB742

Palliative Care Council established within DHS, duties specified; statewide palliative care consumer and professional information and education program required, sunset provision - SB548

Patient rights to medically accurate information created; health care provider, employment retribution, civil action, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages provisions; AG duties - SB567

Personal care services reimbursement under MA increased; eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core expanded; DHS required to apply for Medicaid expansion - AB755

Physical restraint and seclusion of pupils in schools: laws revised - SB876

Preexisting conditions: insurers prohibited from imposing an exclusion for and setting deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance based on - SB265

Prescription drug order extension when refill authorization cannot be obtained: pharmacist may dispense a limited supply under set conditions - SB116

Preventive services: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover without imposing deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance - SB267

Prostitution: prosecuting person under age 18 prohibited - SB344

PTSD as a mitigating factor: court may consider when sentencing a military veteran - AB741

Pupil with extended absence from school: school attendance officer required to direct pupil services professional to determine if child should be referred for disability evaluation; notification to parent or guardian re requesting a disability evaluation - SB556

Racial impact statement required for any bill that creates or modifies a crime or modifies the penalty of an existing crime; JRCCP to prepare, conditions specified - SB151

Reproductive health care facility safety program: DOJ to implement and develop training programs for law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys; grants to counties - SB568

Sale of foreclosed property: county ordinance requiring sheriff or referee to use an Internet-based auction authorized - SB621

Sale of foreclosed property: eligible bidders, purchaser to submit affidavit affirming eligibility, and penalty for false representation - SB622

School to be notified of permanency review or hearing and time period for transfer of pupil records modified; school and school district notification requirements when foster home or group home is licensed and a child is placed in out-of-home care revised - SB655

Semiautomatic firearm accessories that accelerate the rate of fire: sale, manufacture, transfer, use, and possession of prohibited; added to “violent felony” definition - AB616

Sign language interpretation services regulation: DSPS program replaced with program administered by the new Sign Language Interpreters Examining Board; emergency rules provision - SB465

Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited, including as punishment for a crime: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR63

Solitary confinement use restricted for inmates with serious mental illness; DOC required to review status of inmates in solitary - AB271

Solitary confinement use restricted for inmates with serious mental illness; DOC required to review status of inmates in solitary - SB199

Special education and school age parents programs: state aid to school districts increased - SB211

Spiritual treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for children: exemptions removed re county department determination of child abuse or neglect, felony physical abuse of a child, and administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody; Christian Science treatment limited to adult patients - AB790

Stands operated by minors allowed without a food processing plant license or retail food establishment license; conditions, ordinance, and definition provisions - AB507

Stands operated by minors allowed without a food processing plant license or retail food establishment license; conditions, ordinance, and definition provisions - SB414

Stevens Point Area Senior High boys basketball team commended for winning the 2017 WIAA Division I State Championship - SJR40

Suspension of motor vehicle operating privilege for nontraffic offenses limited; circuit court and DOT authority provisions - AB1034

SWIB prohibited from investing in any company contracting with the federal government re a wall along the border of the United States and Mexico - SB210

Testing for lead in drinking water: child care center license and child care provider certification requirements - AB298

Testing for lead in drinking water: child care center license and child care provider certification requirements - SB526

Transitional housing grants appropriation increase; award priority provision - AB377

Transitional housing grants appropriation increase; award priority provision - SB317

Tuition remission to students who were in foster care or other out-of-home placements: UW and technical college district boards to grant; DCF and HEAB provisions - SB729

Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities: closing Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School and converting them to correctional treatment facilities for adults, JCF and Building Commission provisions; DOC to establish and operate regional facilities - SB651

Unattended firearms in a retail facility required to be secured in a safe or on a locked steel rod or cables - SB619

Urban Agriculture, Office of, established in DATCP to promote urban agriculture and assist urban farmers and small businesses - AB674

Urban Agriculture, Office of, established in DATCP to promote urban agriculture and assist urban farmers and small businesses - SB562

Urban farming: DATCP to develop and promote program in consultation with U.S. Department of Agriculture and Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition - AB673

Urban farming: DATCP to develop and promote program in consultation with U.S. Department of Agriculture and Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition - SB561

Use of force by law enforcement policy: every law enforcement agency required to prepare and make publicly available on its own or the municipality’s website - AB437

Use of force by law enforcement policy: every law enforcement agency required to prepare and make publicly available on its own or the municipality’s website - SB546

Use of force by law enforcement policy required to incorporate specified principles; LESB to develop model policy - AB438

Use of force by law enforcement policy required to incorporate specified principles; LESB to develop model policy - SB545

Use of force options and techniques: required hours of training for law enforcement officers; DOJ appropriation provision - AB439

Use of force options and techniques: required hours of training for law enforcement officers; DOJ appropriation provision - SB544

Venue requirements changed re domestic abuse, child abuse, and harassment actions - SB476

Violent death reporting system: funding increased - AB1065

Violent misdemeanor: firearm possession prohibition for persons convicted of, found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, or adjudicated delinquent for - AB1062

Violent misdemeanor: firearm possession prohibition for persons convicted of, found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, or adjudicated delinquent for - SB881

Virtual dementia tour license: DHS funding authorized - AB643

Well contamination: grants to local governments to test private wells; compensation program revisions re family income and nitrates contamination - AB686

WHEDA to conduct affordable housing financing study; report provision - AB378

WHEDA to conduct affordable housing financing study; report provision - SB315

WHEDA to develop and administer housing voucher program, conditions set - AB380

WHEDA to develop and administer housing voucher program, conditions set - SB313

White Cane Safety Day: October 15, 2017 proclaimed as - AJR80

White Cane Safety Day: October 15, 2017 proclaimed as - SJR77

Windows replaced in historic property to remediate a lead hazard: historic rehabilitation tax credit - AB951

Windows replaced in historic property to remediate a lead hazard: historic rehabilitation tax credit - SB854

Wisconsin CASA Association: funding for DOJ grants increased, sunset eliminated, and report required - SB675

Wisconsin School of Urban Agriculture: identifying available land in City of Milwaukee - AB671

Wisconsin School of Urban Agriculture: identifying available land in City of Milwaukee - SB560

Wisconsin Shares: funding for child care subsidies and bonuses for four- and five-star rated facilities increased - SB793

Women’s History Month: March 2017 designated as - AJR14

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Johnson, Sen. LaTonya (6th Sen.Dist.; D)

Senate Bills: 10, 13, 14, 22, 38, 47, 48, 60, 63, 83, 84, 87, 91, 96, 97, 103, 114, 117, 130, 136, 140, 142, 157, 159, 166, 212, 215, 240, 254, 258, 261, 262, 292, 302, 307, 312, 318, 325, 327, 343, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 369, 384, 393, 396, 416, 417, 439, 449, 456, 474, 481, 486, 503, 514, 515, 519, 521, 525, 527, 528, 541, 543, 550, 552, 553, 557, 572, 574, 578, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 615, 618, 626, 648, 680, 724, 734, 742, 743, 774, 775, 776, 785, 805, 819, 853, 858, 863

Senate Joint Resolutions: 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 20, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 49, 52, 54, 59, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 74, 81, 84, 87, 89, 90, 98, 100, 102, 107, 114

Assembly Bills: 44, 45, 49, 50, 51, 62, 69, 74, 75, 78, 80, 84, 86, 102, 103, 125, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 143, 146, 150, 154, 177, 186, 200, 208, 212, 213, 215, 216, 225, 244, 257, 258, 273, 280, 286, 297, 318, 319, 331, 335, 350, 354, 362, 363, 364, 367, 371, 386, 391, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 413, 414, 417, 428, 429, 431, 436, 445, 447, 451, 453, 459, 460, 481, 486, 500, 501, 535, 541, 548, 557, 574, 575, 581, 585, 586, 589, 604, 609, 611, 612, 615, 619, 625, 627, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 640, 645, 653, 655, 656, 657, 658, 660, 664, 665, 668, 669, 678, 681, 682, 683, 688, 690, 691, 694, 695, 696, 700, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 719, 721, 725, 727, 728, 736, 744, 750, 768, 777, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 791, 797, 801, 813, 829, 831, 837, 854, 858, 871, 909, 916, 924, 964, 965, 969, 970, 998, 1011, 1020, 1048, 1051, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 5, 7, 9, 10, 18, 19, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 39, 40, 44, 49, 50, 52, 53, 58, 67, 68, 70, 73, 79, 81, 83, 88, 89, 90, 97, 102, 104, 112

January 2017 Special Session Senate Bills: 2, 3

January 2017 Special Session Assembly Bills: 2, 3