Subject Index

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases [S.Amdt.1: punitive damages revisions; S.Amdt.9: actions against manufacturers, etc., modified] -  JR1 SB1

Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion revisions; restrictions on the use of abortion-inducing drugs; repeal of certain abortion prohibitions -  AB371

Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion revisions; restrictions on the use of abortion-inducing drugs; repeal of certain abortion prohibitions -  SB306

Volunteer health care provider: expansion of services that may be offered [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2664f-j; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: limited to outpatient surgery under set conditions] - AB40

Workforce survey required for renewal of a license as a dentist, dental hygienist, physician, psychologist, physical therapist, physician assistant, pharmacist, or clinical social worker - SB450

physician assistant Physician assistant, see Physician

pier Pier, see Port

planning Planning, see Land use planning and control; Municipality — Planning; Regional planning; Rural planning

plants Plants, see also Farm produce

DATCP's pest abatement authority not limited to agricultural lands -  AB605

DATCP's pest abatement authority not limited to agricultural lands -  SB498

Vegetation obstructing view of outdoor advertising signs: DOT permit system for maintenance and removal of revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, signs attached to buildings near highway right-of-way provisions; A.Amdt.1: signs on buildings that advertise activities specified]  - AB216

Vegetation obstructing view of outdoor advertising signs: DOT permit system for maintenance and removal of revised; signs attached to buildings near highway right-of-way provisions - SB490

plastics Plastics, see Solid waste management

plats Plats

County ordinance governing certain land divisions re extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction prohibited  - AB178

County ordinance governing certain land divisions re extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction prohibited  - SB130

Development moratorium ordinance: city, town, or village may enact under specified conditions including burden on public facilities and public safety or health threat [S.Amdt.1: ``land development" provisions deleted] - SB504

Highway on a boundary line may be considered in the jurisdiction of only one municipality for general transportation aid purposes, plat provision -  SB558

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying", definition provision and various references replaced; licensure, permit, and certification revisions including eliminating public employee and utilities exemptions; town survey, platting, subdivision plats, and certified survey map revisions; ordinary high water mark on lake or stream shore map; public access, easement, and penalty provisions  - AB586

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying", definition provision and various references replaced; licensure, permit, and certification revisions including eliminating public employee and utilities exemptions; town survey, platting, subdivision plats, and certified survey map revisions; ordinary high water mark on lake or stream shore map; public access, easement, and penalty provisions  - SB444

Managed Forest Land Program: owner who withdraws certain amount of land exempt from withdrawal taxes and fees under set conditions, DNR duties -  AB342

pleasant prairie, village of Pleasant Prairie, Village of, see Kenosha County

plumber Plumber

Residential water treatment devices excluded from the definition of plumbing -  AB645

Residential water treatment devices excluded from the definition of plumbing -  AB681

Residential water treatment devices excluded from the definition of plumbing -  SB529

plumbing Plumbing, see Plumber

plymouth, city of Plymouth, City of, see Sheboygan County

police Police, see also Milwaukee — Police; Sheriff; Traffic officer

Administrative suspension of motor vehicle operating privileges: attending review hearing in person or by telephone or submitting objections in writing allowed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, video conference or other remote communication mechanism or review of arresting officer's record and written arguments added and holding hearing in the county the offense took place not required] - SB398

Animals killed by vehicles: bear, wild turkey, and certain small game provisions created; law enforcement officer and hunting or trapping approval conditions - AB334

Authorized emergency vehicle: exemption from open door of a motor vehicle on a highway prohibition under certain conditions -  SB341

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

Birkholz, Craig Allen: life and public service of the Fond du Lac police officer commended -  AJR55

Blood test fee: person in court on an OWI-related offense assessed costs associated with certain tests, alternative test exception [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3490g, r, 3552m, 9309 (1d)] - AB40

Blood test fee: persons in court on an OWI-related offense assessed costs associated with certain tests, alternative test exception -  AB108

Blood test fee: persons in court on an OWI-related offense assessed costs associated with certain tests, alternative test exception -  SB76

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

Combined protective services departments: certain class cities and towns authorized to provide and limitation of villages removed [Sec. 1140, 1141, 1686-1690, 1697-1713, 1717, 1728, 2405, 3194, 3495-3498, 3539, 3562-3567; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 2405]  - AB40

Combined protective services departments: certain class cities and towns authorized to provide and limitation of villages removed; JSCRS appendix report [Sec. 1140, 1141, 1686-1690, 1697-1713, 1717, 1728, 2405, 3194, 3495-3498, 3539, 3562-3567] -  SB27

Concealed weapon license: DOJ to provide to law enforcement officers without fee, background check, or training requirements -  AB479

Concealed weapon prohibition on school grounds and certain posted private property: exemption for law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity and qualified law enforcement and former law enforcement officers  - AB717

Concealed weapon prohibition on school grounds and certain posted private property: exemption for law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity and qualified law enforcement and former law enforcement officers  - SB555

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

Crisis Intervention Team program honored for training provided to police officers re situations involving individuals experiencing a mental health crisis -  AR23

Electronic records of the juvenile court may be transferred to a law enforcement agency; Director of State Courts, CCAP, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions  - AB240

Electronic records of the juvenile court may be transferred to a law enforcement agency; Director of State Courts, CCAP, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, disclosure to another juvenile court, municipal court, court of criminal jurisdiction, and certain prosecutors, attorneys, and guardians ad litem, restrictions on information re physical and mental health and other sensitive personal matters] - SB173

Electronic records of the juvenile court may be transferred to another juvenile court, municipal court, courts of criminal jurisdiction, DAs and other prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies; Director of State Courts, CCAP, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions -  AB537

Emergency detention: law enforcement investigation, initiation, and completion revision re jurisdiction  - AB367

Emergency detention: law enforcement investigation, initiation, and completion revision re jurisdiction  - SB332

Emergency services expenditures by county or municipality may not be less than 2009 expenditures: 2009 WisAct 28 provision repealed -  AB14

Emergency services expenditures by county or municipality may not be less than 2009 expenditures: 2009 WisAct 28 provision repealed -  AB138

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

Going armed with concealed and dangerous weapon prohibition eliminated; prohibition on going armed or possessing a firearm in certain public places revised; requirement that a firearm or bow or crossbow be unloaded or unstrung and encased in a vehicle eliminated; possessing electric weapons permitted; disorderly conduct provision [for further revisions, see entry under ``Firearms and dangerous weapons"]  - SB93

Health insurance premiums for state employees: maximum percentage employer will pay and OSER duties; payments for remainder of 2011, local governments, certain nonrepresented law enforcement and fire fighting employees, and U.W. System graduate and teaching assistant provisions [A.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1138m, 1139g, 1145rh-rs, 1150p, 1156ym, 1158m, 9115 (1dr), 9315 (1q), deletes 1156y, yr; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: all numbers deleted except 9115 (1dr), recreates and revises certain 2011 WisAct 10 provisions, 1145rh-rs, 1156ym] -  AB40

Law enforcement and fire fighting personnel: retirement, health care, and arbitration provisions revised for populous county and first class city [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1139r, 1145m-s, 1156y, yr, 1684p, 1715p, 2408cv, cx, 2409cy, it, iv, 2424hr, jp, 9155 (2q), 9332 (1r), (2r); A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``public safety employee" definition added, 2406d, deletes 1145m, p, 1156y, yr, 9155 (2q)] -  AB40

Law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty: municipality to pay health care premiums for surviving spouse and dependent children under certain conditions  - AB27

Law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty: municipality to pay health care premiums for surviving spouse and dependent children under certain conditions  - SB18

Law enforcement officers and public safety officials commended for the professional handling of large-scale taxpayer demonstrations at the Capitol -  AJR13

Law violation punishable by civil forfeiture: law enforcement authorized to make arrests -  AB237

Lawful presence in state: if reasonable suspicion, law enforcement officer to have federal agency determine re person arrested or charged with a crime or civil action, secured custody and jail cost provisions; ordinance, resolution, or policy prohibiting a local governmental employee from inquiring if an individual receiving public services has a satisfactory immigration status or notifying the federal government of the presence of illegal aliens prohibited, writ of mandamus provision  - AB173

MERA and SELRA changes: collective bargaining limited to base wages, exception for certain public safety employees; referendum and consumer price index provisions  - JR1 AB11

MERA and SELRA changes: collective bargaining limited to base wages, exception for certain public safety employees; referendum and consumer price index provisions  - JR1 SB11

Motor vehicle accident: reporting requirements and violation penalties modified, demerit point requirement added; requirements for rendering assistance, such as towing and repair, after a reportable accident revised, forfeiture provision [S.Amdt.1: removing damaged vehicle and rendering assistance provisions modified] -  SB478

Obstructing a law enforcement officer by providing false information or evidence: convicted person may be assessed costs of the investigation [A.Amdt.1: exceptions added for recanting reports of or being a victim of abusive conduct or the report did not lead to criminal charges or a conviction]  - AB263

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

Penalty surcharge receipts: certain unencumbered balances transferred to re officer training [Sec. 523, 540, 626, 627, 686-692, 696, 722, 732, 735, 751; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] -  AB40

Penalty surcharge receipts: certain unencumbered balances transferred to re officer training [Sec. 523, 540, 626, 627, 686-692, 696, 722, 732, 735, 751] - SB27

Police and fire fighters in municipalities other than Milwaukee: disciplinary provisions revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2407dg, dgg, 2409cp, 9332 (1c); A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 2407dg, dgg] -  AB40

Police officers not in collective bargaining units: municipal employers to pay required contributions to WRS benefits; JSCRS appendix report -  AB482

Police or fire protection services: sheriff and municipality cannot condition the provision of services on a person's payment of fees, charge, or tax -  AB192

Police or fire protection services: sheriff and municipality cannot condition the provision of services on a person's payment of fees, charge, or tax -  SB128

Public education law revisions re pupil expulsion, teacher evaluations, SAGE contracts, special education services, pupil transportation costs, school libraries, MPS teaching days, law enforcement records re conduct of a pupil, credits for sports re WIAA, and tax levy -  AB130

Public education law revisions re pupil expulsion, teacher evaluations, SAGE contracts, special education services, pupil transportation costs, school libraries, MPS teaching days, law enforcement records re conduct of a pupil, credits for sports re WIAA, and tax levy [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, WIAA provision deleted, physical education credit modified; S.Amdt.1: out-of-state public school provisions added]  - SB95

Public safety employees collective bargaining under MERA revisions re union dues deduction, contracts for employment, health care coverage plans, arbitration for dispute resolution, and interest arbitration submitted to WERC; JSCRS appendix report -  AB127

School district's use of a pupil's law enforcement and juvenile court records for disciplinary actions re athletic code: enrolled 2011 SB-95 [2011 WisAct 105] provisions expanded  - AB415

School district's use of a pupil's law enforcement and juvenile court records for disciplinary actions re athletic code: enrolled 2011 SB-95 [2011 WisAct 105] provisions expanded [A.Amdt.1: reductions in cost of compensation or fringe benefits to Milwaukee school districts without modifying existing collective bargaining agreements re 2011 WisActs 10 and 32] - SB315

School zone firearm prohibition exemption for law enforcement officers revised, former law enforcement officer provision; penalty revised re peace officer who is subject to a domestic or child abuse injunction and violates the firearm prohibition - AB299

Searches by law enforcement officer of the property or residence of a person on parole, probation, or extended supervision permitted if there is reason to suspect criminal activity  - AB665

Searches by law enforcement officer of the property or residence of a person on parole, probation, or extended supervision permitted if there is reason to suspect criminal activity  - SB545

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created, civil liability immunity provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.3: further revisions, motor vehicle and place of business added; S.Amdt.1: ``police officer" replaced with ``public safety worker"] -  AB69

Semiautomatic handgun identification: microstamping requirements created; penalties and law enforcement provisions; JRCCP report -  AB116

Semiautomatic handgun identification: microstamping requirements created; penalties and law enforcement provisions; JRCCP report -  SB71

Sexual assault: procedures for evidence with DNA on it when no suspect has been identified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2682m, 2704m] -  AB40

Sexually explicit conduct by a person under age 18: evidentiary recordings remain in possession of court or law enforcement agency, defense inspection provisions; attempt at specified sex crimes against children made a felony; victim in certain sex crimes against children can be an individual the perpetrator believed to be under 18; JRCCP report  - AB100