Wisconsin Legislature: James, Sen. Jesse (23rd Sen.Dist.; R)

2563James, Sen. Jesse (23rd Sen.Dist.; R)

175th year of Wisconsin’s statehood recognized - AJR53

Actions in which the legislature is a party: Supreme Court to assign venue at random - AB128

Actions in which the legislature is a party: Supreme Court to assign venue at random - SB131

Alerts for missing adult at risk expanded to include persons under age 18 whose situation does not qualify for another alert - AB1066

Alerts for missing adult at risk expanded to include persons under age 18 whose situation does not qualify for another alert - SB981

Allowable value of tangible personal property allowed in state correctional facilities - AB16

Allowable value of tangible personal property allowed in state correctional facilities - SB21

Anatomical gifts may be received by search and rescue organizations and recovery teams that use human remains detection canines - AB327

Anatomical gifts may be received by search and rescue organizations and recovery teams that use human remains detection canines - SB318

Appointment as a law enforcement or correctional officer: employment eligibility and citizenship status provisions - AB426

Appointment as a law enforcement or correctional officer: employment eligibility and citizenship status provisions - SB417

Care of babies: sales and use tax exemption created for items such as cribs, breast pumps, diapers, and more; JSCTE appendix report - AB399

Care of babies: sales and use tax exemption created for items such as cribs, breast pumps, diapers, and more; JSCTE appendix report - SB388

Cellular telephone use while driving a motor vehicle: prohibition expanded to include school zones - AB889

Cellular telephone use while driving a motor vehicle: prohibition expanded to include school zones - SB830

Child care center renovations revolving loan fund and program established - AB388

Child care center renovations revolving loan fund and program established - SB421

Child sex doll prohibitions created; exemption and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB329

Child sex doll prohibitions created; exemption and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB321

Child victim or child witness of human trafficking crimes: courtroom support requirements and identifying information to be sealed and not disclosed to the public - AB1052

Child victim or child witness of human trafficking crimes: courtroom support requirements and identifying information to be sealed and not disclosed to the public - SB949

Chippewa Valley Veterans Tribute in Eau Claire County: DOT to erect and maintain directional signs - AB1115

Chippewa Valley Veterans Tribute in Eau Claire County: DOT to erect and maintain directional signs - SB1008

Concealed carry licensee may carry firearm in place of worship located on grounds of a private school provided governing body has written policy that allows it and no classes are being held - AB801

Concealed carry licensee may carry firearm in place of worship located on grounds of a private school provided governing body has written policy that allows it and no classes are being held - SB754

Crimes of “operating vehicle without owner’s consent” reorganized under “carjacking”; felony penalty revised; JRCCP may report - AB52

Crimes of “operating vehicle without owner’s consent” reorganized under “carjacking”; felony penalty revised; JRCCP may report - SB76

Crisis urgent care and observation facilities: DHS to establish certification process and grants program; MA waiver provision - SB462

Digital interactive media: refundable income and franchise tax credit created; report required - SB970

Domestic abuse services and sexual assault victim services grants funding increased and training and technical assistance provision added; funding to certain child advocacy centers increased and additional recipients added - AB940

DPI required to provide a land information integration plan to DOA; digital mapping file of boundaries of each school district and assignment of each lot in a subdivision to a school district provision; Superintendent of Public Instruction duty - AB1108

Electric weapons prohibitions eliminated; JRCCP may report - AB684

Electric weapons prohibitions eliminated; JRCCP may report - SB641

Emergency contact information maintained by DOT re application for operator’s license or vehicle registration - AB33

Emergency contact information maintained by DOT re application for operator’s license or vehicle registration - SB35

Emergency medical services practitioner and emergency medical responder: persons aged 17 may apply for licensure; youth apprenticeship program provision - AB432

Emergency medical services practitioner and emergency medical responder: persons aged 17 may apply for licensure; youth apprenticeship program provision - SB420

Environmental fund used for statewide education on solid waste reduction, recovery, and recycling programs allowed - AB935

Environmental fund used for statewide education on solid waste reduction, recovery, and recycling programs allowed - SB876

Ethics Commission recommendations regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions - SB741

Failure to wear a safety belt: cap on recovery for injuries and damages eliminated - AB81

Failure to wear a safety belt: cap on recovery for injuries and damages eliminated - SB77

Family Foundations home visitation program: DCF funding increased - AB864

Family Foundations home visitation program: DCF funding increased - SB803

Federal refugee resettlement and assistance program: local governments required to designate individual for consultation; county refugee placement committee provisions - SB916

Felon illegally possessing a firearm: mandatory minimum sentence; JRCCP may report - AB58

Felon illegally possessing a firearm: mandatory minimum sentence; JRCCP may report - SB106

Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project funding; report required - AB220

Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project funding; report required - SB220

Fish taken by hook and line: revision to transportation of - AB430

Fish taken by hook and line: revision to transportation of; photograph provision - SB411

Free fishing weekend in January: designation modified - AB35

Free fishing weekend in January: designation modified - SB34

Harboring or transporting a runaway child without guardian or parental consent: crime created; JRCCP may report - SB749

“Ho-Chunk World War II Code Talkers Memorial Highway”: DOT to designate and mark portion of I 90 in La Crosse and Monroe counties as - SB633

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: restitution order considerations re each minor child of the victim - AB87

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: restitution order considerations re each minor child of the victim - SB87

Hospital emergency department services grants created; DHS and JCF duties; report required - AB1078

Hospital emergency department services grants created; DHS and JCF duties; report required - SB1014

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2023 proclaimed as - SJR9

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2024 proclaimed as - SJR99

Hybrid and nonhybrid electric motor vehicles: DOT to issue decals or distinctive registration plates - AB672

Hybrid and nonhybrid electric motor vehicles: DOT to issue decals or distinctive registration plates - SB617

Immersive work opportunity program for prison inmates created - AB462

Immersive work opportunity program for prison inmates created - SB461

Immunity from prosecution for controlled substance possession for person aiding an overdose victim: 2017 WisAct 33 expired provisions made permanent - AB634

Immunity from prosecution for controlled substance possession for person aiding an overdose victim: 2017 WisAct 33 expired provisions made permanent - SB595

Institutions for mental disease: DHS to cover costs for MA services provided to beneficiaries housed in; federal waiver provision - SB635

Kinship care eligibility expansion and placement options; "like-kin" definition - SB520

Law enforcement agency third-party accreditation award program established - AB1181

Law enforcement agency third-party accreditation award program established - SB1088

Law Enforcement Appreciation Month: May 2023 recognized as - SJR47

Law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program: DHS to establish; report required - AB573

Law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program: DHS to establish; report required - SB610

Lawfully present aliens may be appointed as deputy sheriffs or local law enforcement officers; LESB provision - AB51

Lawfully present aliens may be appointed as deputy sheriffs or local law enforcement officers; LESB provision - SB78

Local bridge program project funded by county bridge aid: DOT to supervise town highway projects - AB808

Local bridge program project funded by county bridge aid: DOT to supervise town highway projects - SB753

Medicinal psilocybin treatment on patients with PTSD: pilot program at UW Madison established; trust fund and FDA provisions - AB753

Medicinal psilocybin treatment on patients with PTSD: pilot program at UW Madison established; trust fund and FDA provisions - SB727

Mental health clubhouses: DHS grant created; conditions and definition provisions - SB350

Mental health consultation program created from child psychiatry consultation program and additional services - SB277

Mental health training programs established by DPI: distributing information requirements - AB575

Mental health training programs established by DPI: distributing information requirements - SB620

Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - AB615

Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - SB568

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month: March 2024 proclaimed as - AJR127

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month: March 2024 proclaimed as - SJR125

Newborn infant safety devices: installation in safe haven law locations authorized - SB369

Nomination papers: determining number of valid signatures - AB330

Nomination papers: determining number of valid signatures - SB286

November 11 (Veterans Day) designated a state holiday and state offices close; paid holidays for state employees provision - AB112

November 11 (Veterans Day) designated a state holiday and state offices close; paid holidays for state employees provision - SB114

Occupational credentials: certain recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are eligible to receive - SB828

Opioid antagonist supply available in public schools and independent charter schools required - AB223

Opioid antagonist supply available in public schools and independent charter schools required - SB206

Original impounded birth record: access to expanded - SB15

Palliative Care Council established in DHS; reports required - AB736

Palliative Care Council established in DHS; reports required - SB703

Passing a stopped school bus: penalties increased - AB313

Passing a stopped school bus: penalties increased - SB313

Peer support teams and critical incident stress management (CISM) services teams for various law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical service agencies: DOJ to establish, LESB duties, and privileged communication provisions - AB576

Petroleum products and storage of dangerous substances: revisions to DATCP regulations - AB798

Petroleum products and storage of dangerous substances: revisions to DATCP regulations - SB746

Pill tableting or pill encapsulation devices: possession, delivery, or manufacturing of prohibited; exceptions provided; JRCCP may report - AB1011

Pill tableting or pill encapsulation devices: possession, delivery, or manufacturing of prohibited; exceptions provided; JRCCP may report - SB931

Policy for monitoring safety, including video surveillance and recording in certain areas: requiring child welfare agencies operating residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities, and psychiatric residential treatment facilities to adopt - AB1002

Possession of child pornography: penalties for visual representations appearing to depict a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct - AB315

Possession of child pornography: penalties for visual representations appearing to depict a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct - SB314

Privacy of winner of certain lottery prizes: provisions created - AB842

Privacy of winner of certain lottery prizes: provisions created - SB802

Proactive firearm detection software: DOJ grants to schools to acquire - SB523

Property tax exemption for WHEDA headquarters; JSCTE appendix report - AB1126

Property tax exemption for WHEDA headquarters; JSCTE appendix report - SB1023

Prostitution: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under age 18 prohibited - AB48

Prostitution: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under age 18 prohibited - SB55

Psychiatric residential treatment facilities: DHS certification process established; MA reimbursement provision - AB1003

Psychiatric residential treatment facilities: DHS certification process established; MA reimbursement provision - SB913

Psychiatry practice or providing psychiatric or mental health services: individual income tax deduction created for certain income earned from; medically underserved area provision - AB32

Psychiatry practice or providing psychiatric or mental health services: individual income tax deduction created for certain income earned from; medically underserved area provision - SB31

Pupils who have asthma: schools required to adopt a management plan which includes standing orders for short-acting bronchodilators; advanced practice nurse prescriber, physician assistant, and physician provisions and civil liability immunity - AB914

Ready-to-use glucagon rescue therapies: prescriptions and standing orders to public, private, and tribal schools from specified medical personnel; administration by school personnel; civil liability immunity - AB450

Recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: nonrefundable income tax credit created - SB865

Recovery high school grant program created; report required - AB271

Recovery high school grant program created; report required - SB267

Redacting certain records: law enforcement and corrections agencies may charge a fee - AB837

Redacting certain records: law enforcement and corrections agencies may charge a fee - SB789

Registers of deeds: fees for recording and filing instruments increased; land information program portion of fees increased and DOA grants for training and education increased - SB872

Ronald Reagan Freedom Day declared June 12, 2023 - AJR39

Ronald Reagan Freedom Day declared June 12, 2023 - SJR37

School boards to provide instruction on human relations re Hmong Americans and Asian Americans - SB240

School bus camera grant program created; failure-to-stop violation changes and school bus safety camera surcharge added - AB1071

School bus camera grant program created; failure-to-stop violation changes and school bus safety camera surcharge added - SB998

School bus camera grants appropriation - AB1072

School bus camera grants appropriation - SB997

School bus safety: examination required for operator’s license renewal and included in driver education courses - AB614

School bus safety: examination required for operator’s license renewal and included in driver education courses - SB354

School safety competitive grant program: DOA to establish and CESA 6 to administer; open to public and private schools - AB1001

School safety competitive grant program: DOA to establish and CESA 6 to administer; open to public and private schools - SB911

School safety plan: “interactive critical mapping data” term replaces “critical incident mapping data” - SB303

Serious mental illness treatment: DHS prohibited from imposing utilization management controls for certain prescription drugs under the MA program - AB654

Serious mental illness treatment: DHS prohibited from imposing utilization management controls for certain prescription drugs under the MA program - SB618

“Sex” defined re placement of prisoners and conducting strip searches - AB447

“Sex” defined re placement of prisoners and conducting strip searches - SB438

Sex offender registration: keeping a place of prostitution added to list of offenses - AB970

Sex offender registration: keeping a place of prostitution added to list of offenses - SB945

Sexual assault kits: time limit for processing, conditions set - AB36

Sexual assault kits: time limit for processing, conditions set - SB37

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations changed - AB301

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations changed - SB302

Sexual misconduct against a pupil by school staff member or volunteer: felony penalty and license revocation provision; JRCCP may report - AB341

Sexual misconduct against a pupil by school staff member or volunteer: felony penalty and license revocation provision; JRCCP may report - SB333

Shared Parenting Day: April 26, 2024 proclaimed as - AJR125

Shared Parenting Day: April 26, 2024 proclaimed as - SJR122

Small law enforcement agency training pilot program: DOA to establish and provide grants - AB852

Small law enforcement agency training pilot program: DOA to establish and provide grants - SB804

Software security measures for text messages required; “texting software provider” defined - AB568

Software security measures for text messages required; “texting software provider” defined - SB538

Specialized transportation assistance pilot program created; MA, ADRC, DOT, and report provisions - SB856

State building trust fund transfer to the general fund; hospital emergency department services grants funding - AB1077

State building trust fund transfer to the general fund; hospital emergency department services grants funding - SB1015

“Strip search” definition revised re prohibition against strip searching a pupil by a school employee - SB111

Suicide by firearm prevention: DHS grants appropriation created - AB355

Suicide by firearm prevention: DHS grants appropriation created - SB356

Suicide by firearm prevention: DHS grants for prevention materials and training firearm retailer or range; matching funds or in-kind services provision - AB173

Suicide by firearm prevention: DHS grants for prevention materials and training firearm retailer or range; matching funds or in-kind services provision - SB205

Suicide prevention programming grants from DHS using federal funds - SB527

Testimony of witness under age 18 in a criminal prosecution for human trafficking crime may be taken in another room and televised in the courtroom - AB976

Testimony of witness under age 18 in a criminal prosecution for human trafficking crime may be taken in another room and televised in the courtroom - SB946

Tier 1 license from DPI for clinically trained marriage and family therapists created; administrative rules provision [Admin.Code PI 34.028] - AB251

Tier 1 license from DPI for clinically trained marriage and family therapists created; administrative rules provision [Admin.Code PI 34.028] - SB253

Tinted windows on government-owned vehicles: exception to tinting limitations set by DOT - AB561

Tinted windows on government-owned vehicles: exception to tinting limitations set by DOT - SB525

Transition to grass pilot program created - AB655

Transition to grass pilot program created - SB619

“Urban town” designation allowed to limit extraterritorial zoning and plat approval and annexation by other municipalities; connection to their water or sewerage systems by certain other local governments - SB691

U.S. senator and representative in Congress: top-five candidates in primary election appear on general election ballot and instant runoff voting in general election via ranked-choice voting ballot - AB563

UW System nonresident tuition exemption for certain persons with approved deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program - SB843

Videoconferencing technology use in certain civil actions - AB560

Videoconferencing technology use in certain civil actions - SB524

WHEDA executive director and staff: limit on compensation increased - AB1127

WHEDA executive director and staff: limit on compensation increased - SB1024

WHEFA changes to issuing bonds, financing a project outside the state, and executive salary group for the director and employees - AB724

WHEFA changes to issuing bonds, financing a project outside the state, and executive salary group for the director and employees - SB690

Wireless communication device location in emergency situation: provider to provide information to law enforcement under certain conditions; emergency contact information provision - AB960

Wireless communication device location in emergency situation: provider to provide information to law enforcement under certain conditions; emergency contact information provision - SB890

Wisconsin agricultural autonomy and food security supported - AJR98

Wisconsin agricultural autonomy and food security supported - SJR91

Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation (WAEF) and Wisconsin regranting program changes - AB986

Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation (WAEF) and Wisconsin regranting program changes - SB897

Xylazine testing materials excluded from drug paraphernalia definition; civil and criminal liability exemption for distributing and administering testing products - AB950

Xylazine testing materials excluded from drug paraphernalia definition; civil and criminal liability exemption for distributing and administering testing products - SB875

Youthful offender: sentence adjustment procedure created, mitigating factors a court must consider, and mandatory life sentence without parole or extended supervision eliminated - AB845

Youthful offender: sentence adjustment procedure created, mitigating factors a court must consider, and mandatory life sentence without parole or extended supervision eliminated - SB801

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

Assembly Bills:28, 102, 105, 62, 89, 13, 47, 114, 74, 1, 17, 2, 351, 108, 19, 109, 53, 70, 63, 26, 161, 356, 103, 37, 39, 175, 219, 117, 118, 140, 120, 166, 243, 369, 222, 244, 231, 232, 176, 259, 382, 272, 385, 273, 343, 336, 421, 275, 394, 424, 344, 245, 281, 303, 467, 468, 542, 544, 287, 449, 476, 557, 441, 456, 293, 580, 566, 620, 678, 668, 768, 536, 794, 624, 821, 820, 822, 760, 881, 958, 772, 773, 616, 961, 923, 915, 944, 921, 1039, 1037, 1153, 1004, 1033, 1084, 975

Assembly Joint Resolutions:1, 6, 9, 14, 65, 54, 60, 42, 79, 47, 44, 90, 118, 108, 123, 141

Senate Bills:11, 38, 40, 61, 28, 63, 1, 102, 66, 2, 48, 109, 110, 8, 96, 97, 27, 100, 82, 115, 157, 119, 120, 121, 149, 161, 218, 299, 371, 222, 247, 249, 251, 325, 263, 391, 383, 266, 268, 211, 344, 270, 345, 346, 416, 396, 284, 301, 404, 517, 448, 465, 466, 452, 433, 573, 546, 639, 689, 744, 514, 826, 737, 1011, 959, 866, 909, 895, 966, 1059, 874, 987

Senate Joint Resolutions:2, 5, 16, 54, 61, 44, 76, 112, 83, 117, 121