Wisconsin Legislature: Legislature — Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on

Meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature: laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to; legislative members subject to citations and civil penalties for violations. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR52

Meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature: laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to; legislative members subject to citations and civil penalties for violations. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR41

National mortgage settlement: expenditure of moneys prohibited unless approved by the legislature - AB636

National mortgage settlement: expenditure of moneys prohibited unless approved by the legislature - SB468

NRB nominates DNR Secretary with advice and consent of the Senate, term of office provisions; filling an NRB member vacancy modified - AB218

NRB nominates DNR Secretary with advice and consent of the Senate, term of office provisions; filling an NRB member vacancy modified - SB119

Partisan caucus of Senate or Assembly: exception to open meetings law deleted; legislative rules made invalid - AB89

Public affairs network loan guarantee program created in WHEDA re broadcasting proceedings of the Legislature; income tax exemption [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1755d, 1896d, 2015d, 2840m, 2846c-r; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; Legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR63

Recalling Jr1 AB-11 from the Senate - AJR15

Supreme Court justices and appeals court judges appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate, judicial selection committee provision: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR42

U.W. Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities, Special Task Force on, created and study required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9152 (1tc)] - AB40

Women's reproductive rights supported by the Wisconsin Legislature - AJR81

Executive and judicial branch state agencies required to report on their fiscal condition and operations at one of JLAC's quarterly meetings - AB400

Executive and judicial branch state agencies required to report on their fiscal condition and operations at one of JLAC's quarterly meetings - SB385

Assembly committee structure and names for the 2011-12 legislative session established [Assembly rule 9 (1)] - AR2

DNR regulation of certain activities near navigable waterways and environmental laws: revisions re issuing individual and general permits, piers and wharves, placement of fill or structures within a bulkhead line, land grading and removal of materials, bridges and culverts, areas of special natural resource interest, environmental approvals, houseboat repair and maintenance, expedited procedures for certain plan approvals, and publishing notices on its Internet Web site [for further revisions, see entry under ``Natural Resources, Department of — Environmental protection"] - SB326

Open Meetings Laws: special committee created to examine, report required - JR1 AR1

Public hearing requirement for bills placed on calendar: waiving requirement prohibited [Senate rule 18 (1m)] - SR22

Public notice of Assembly committee meetings revisions [Assembly rules 11 (9), (12), 93 (9)] - AR14

Public notice of Senate, Assembly, and joint committee meetings revisions [Joint rule 27] - AJR62

Public notice of Senate committee meetings revisions [Senate rules 25 (1)(b), (c), 93 (2)] - SR21

Retention of counsel by members of the Assembly or Senate cannot be approved if a signed agreement or oath of confidentiality is required - AJR124

State compliance with court orders: special committee created to examine, report required - JR1 AR2

State Mandates, Joint Committee on, created; legislature may not enact bills with state-imposed mandates unless they either receive a hearing or are funded; state agency rules provision; LFB report requirement - AB326

Absence without leave: legislator who is intentionally absent under certain conditions shall be fined; JRCCP report - AB153

Absence without leave: legislator who is intentionally absent under certain conditions shall be fined; JRCCP report - SB106

Alcohol beverages knowingly provided to a person under 18 years old and suffers great bodily harm or death from their consumption: penalties apply to any underage person, including 18, 19, and 20 year olds; JRCCP report - AB520

Alcohol beverages knowingly provided to 18, 19, or 20 year old on a licensed premise: penalties created if the underage person suffers great bodily harm or death; JRCCP report - AB420

Animal intentionally treated cruelly resulting in great bodily harm or death: felony penalty created; JRCCP report - AB401

Badger Health Benefit Authority created and must establish and operate a Wisconsin Health Benefit Exchange in this state; JRCCP report - SB273

Battery or threats to cause harm to a court employee or threats to cause damage to a courthouse: felony penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB424

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: failure to provide penalty revised; JRCCP report - SB170

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: law enforcement agencies required to collect from every adult arrested for a felony or certain sexual assault offenses; juveniles, DNA data bank, crime laboratories, and expunging information provisions; JRCCP report - AB584

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: law enforcement agencies required to collect from every adult arrested for a felony or certain sexual assault offenses; juveniles, DNA data bank, crime laboratories, and expunging information provisions; JRCCP report - SB214

Bodily substance thrown or expelled at a public safety officer: intent to cause bodily harm removed as an element to qualify as a felony; JRCCP report - AB212

Campaign finance law: scope of regulated activity expanded to include organizations or individuals who use communications media which includes references to candidates for certain offices within 60 days of an election; Clean Elections Fund established to provide grants to qualifying candidates for campaign expenses, penalty provisions; JRCCP report and emergency rule provisions - AB642

Capitol Council created re management, operation, maintenance, and repair of the state capitol and capitol park; security and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB347

Computerized communication that invites a person to harass a third person or contact a third person with obscene, lewd, or profane language or suggestive acts prohibited; JRCCP report - AB649

Concealed weapons: license procedure created and prohibition on possession in certain public places revised; codifies federal law re active duty and former law enforcement officers; creates certification cards for former state and local law enforcement officers; restrictions on transporting a handgun in a vehicle modified; disorderly conduct provision; permitted in person's legally occupied home or business; circuit court and DOJ duties; penalties for certain offenses; JRCCP report - AB126

Concealed weapons: license procedure created and prohibition on possession in certain public places revised; codifies federal law re active duty and former law enforcement officers; creates certification cards for former state and local law enforcement officers; restrictions on transporting a handgun in a vehicle modified; disorderly conduct provision; permitted in person's legally occupied home or business; circuit court and DOJ duties; penalties for certain offenses; JRCCP report - SB90

Correctional employee's personal identifying information or related documents: person incarcerated in a prison or residing in a mental health facility prohibited from possessing; JRCCP report - SB283

Crimes against children: mandatory minimum sentences and extended supervision re sex crimes, homicide, and child pornography; JRCCP report - AB136

Expense statements required by principal attempting to influence model legislation under consideration; reporting any thing of pecuniary value for scholarship purposes to GAB; legislative members prohibited from using allocations for office operation on memberships to organizations that propose uniform, model, or suggested legislation; penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB621

Facsimile firearm: penalties for use in committing a crime or to alarm, intimidate, threaten, or terrify; definition provision; JRCCP report - AB123

Facsimile firearm: penalties for use in committing a crime or to alarm, intimidate, threaten, or terrify; definition provision; JRCCP report - SB91

Failure to report a missing child or the death of a child and hiding or moving the corpse of a child: prohibition and penalties created; JRCCP report [A.Amdt.1: ``missing" defined] - AB397

Failure to report a missing child or the death of a child and hiding or moving the corpse of a child: prohibition and penalties created; JRCCP report - SB299

False information provided to firearms dealer re intent to knowingly transfer firearm to person prohibited from possessing one: penalty increased and DOJ authorized to prosecute; penalty for intentionally receiving a stolen firearm revised; JRCCP report - SB134

Fetal body parts: prohibitions created re knowingly acquiring, receiving, or transferring for valuable consideration and knowingly providing, receiving, or using for experimentation; definition provisions; JRCCP report - AB214

Fetal body parts: prohibitions created re knowingly acquiring, receiving, or transferring for valuable consideration and knowingly providing, receiving, or using for experimentation; definition provisions; JRCCP report - SB172

Firearms restrictions record search required for transfers of handguns that do not involve a firearms dealer; fees, DOJ, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB168

Gender-based harm: civil cause of action created, definition provision; penalty enhancer for certain crimes, JRCCP report - AB199

Gender-based harm: civil cause of action created, definition provision; penalty enhancer for certain crimes, JRCCP report - SB145

Global positioning device placed on a person's vehicle without that person's consent or knowledge prohibited, exceptions specified; annulment, divorce, or legal separation provisions; JRCCP report - AB690

Global positioning device placed on a person's vehicle without that person's consent or knowledge prohibited, exceptions specified; annulment, divorce, or legal separation provisions; JRCCP report - SB540

Going armed with a concealed and dangerous weapon and ineligible to possess a firearm re certain background check made a felony; knowingly purchasing a firearm for a person prohibited from possessing a firearm made a felony; JRCCP report; contingent upon enactment of bill creating concealed carry license - AB190

Going armed with a concealed and dangerous weapon and ineligible to possess a firearm re certain background check made a felony; knowingly purchasing a firearm for a person prohibited from possessing a firearm made a felony; JRCCP report; contingent upon enactment of bill creating concealed carry license - SB131

Going armed with a handgun at a gas station and damage to property of or theft from a gas station: penalties increased; JRCCP report - AB406

GPS tracking by Corr.Dept for restraining order or injunction violation conviction: court may order; surcharge, costs, notification, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB175

GPS tracking by Corr.Dept for restraining order or injunction violation conviction: court may order; surcharge, costs, notification, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report [S.Amdt.3: penalties revised, exclusion zone violation defined, public safety changed to petitioner safety; S.Amdt.4: witness intimidation provision removed] - SB104

Harboring or aiding a felon: family members are not exempt from prohibition against destroying, altering, hiding, or disguising physical evidence; domestic abuse provision; penalty for violation increased under certain conditions; JRCCP report - AB118

High-concentration alcohol beverages: sale, consumption, or possession prohibited, penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB712

Impersonating a fire fighter, EMT, or first responder: criminal penalties created; JRCCP report - AB217

Informed consent of patient required prior to prescribing off-label use of drug or device or if physician has a financial interest in the drug or device, penalty provision; JRCCP report - AB745

Intoxicated use of an ATV, snowmobile, or motorboat: laws revised; snowmobile safety course revision; JRCCP report - AB439

Long-term care facilities: laws revised re arbitration agreements in contracts, noneconomic damages and statute of limitations for torts re negligence, disclosure of incident or occurrence reports, health care provider regulatory records, and limit on punitive damages; JRCCP report - AB345

Long-term care facilities: laws revised re arbitration agreements in contracts, noneconomic damages and statute of limitations for torts re negligence, disclosure of incident or occurrence reports, health care provider regulatory records, and limit on punitive damages; JRCCP report - SB244

Marijuana: medical necessity defense and immunity from arrest and prosecution; DHS to establish a registry for medical users of marijuana and license and regulate compassion centers, fee provision; does not affect federal law; JRCCP report - AB475

Marijuana: medical necessity defense and immunity from arrest and prosecution; DHS to establish a registry for medical users of marijuana and license and regulate compassion centers, fee provision; does not affect federal law; JRCCP report - SB371

Mephedrone and methylenedioxpyravalerone (MDPV): penalties created for manufacturing, delivering, or possessing; JRCCP report - AB74

Motor vehicle impounded for OWI offense; JRCCP report - AB411

No-contact orders by the court: penalties increased for violations re domestic abuse incidents; convicted individual prohibited from contacting witness to the crime and penalty for violations revised; JRCCP report - AB269

OAR, OWS, and OWL provisions of 2005 WisAct 412 repealed, new penalties created; court required to revoke and DOT may revoke operating privilege if violation caused great bodily harm or death, out of state conviction provision; penalties for driving around or through a railroad crossing gate or barrier or failure to stop for a traffic officer or railroad employee at a crossing revised; JRCCP report - AB80

OWI fourth offense made a felony, reduced sentence for AODA treatment eliminated; JRCCP report - AB405

OWI penalties for first and second offenses revised, BAC provision; JRCCP report - AB207

OWI penalties for first and second offenses revised, BAC provision; JRCCP report - SB152

OWI penalties for third or greater offense revised, JRCCP report - AB208

OWI penalties for third or greater offense revised, JRCCP report - SB154

OWI-related offense revisions re first offense penalty, LESB to establish rules for a sobriety checkpoint program, counties to seek reimbursement from persons sentenced to jail, portion of wine and liquor tax deposited into the intoxicated and drugged drivers fund, prohibited BAC after 1st or 2nd OWI, court cannot release a person after a conviction and before sentencing, release to responsible party, and seizure of vehicle; JRCCP report - AB670

Partial-birth abortion definition, prohibition, penalty, and cause of action granted to the father revised; JRCCP report - AB448

Plastic bulk merchandise containers: sale to scrap plastic dealer regulations created; definitions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB363

Plastic bulk merchandise containers: sale to scrap plastic dealer regulations created; definitions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB274

Political contributions: acceptance by incumbent partisan elective state official or support committee prohibited between specified dates, additional provisions for governor and lieutenant governor; penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB264