Wisconsin Legislature: English language

Electric utilities required to prepare and submit an integrated resource plan to PSC; energy study report by PSC required; definitions and deadlines provisions - AB900

Energy efficiencies: DOA required to provide information to school districts re certain opportunities - AB878

Energy emergencies: DOT may authorize certain vehicles transporting propane or heating oil to exceed special weight limits; exception to DOT report requirements - AB781

Energy emergencies: DOT may authorize certain vehicles transporting propane or heating oil to exceed special weight limits; exception to DOT report requirements - SB574

Energy storage devices and solar thermal devices installed at commercial and residential properties and managed by public utilities: PSC may contract for costs and benefits studies, reports required - AB901

Production plant generating electricity from wind power: utility aid payments to towns and counties modified - AB197

Production plant generating electricity from wind power: utility aid payments to towns and counties modified - SB180

Proof of financial responsibility of operator of a solid waste facility: alternate financial criteria for using the net worth method provisions re wood waste used for energy recovery - AB376

Proof of financial responsibility of operator of a solid waste facility: alternate financial criteria for using the net worth method provisions re wood waste used for energy recovery - SB289

Renewable energy consumption: new goals for certain state agencies set, DOA report required; new goal re electric energy consumed in the state set, PSC reports required - SB64

Renewable energy credits revision; allowing a natural gas public utility to provide service in a municipality served by another natural gas utility; removal of natural gas service lateral by public utility at customer's request - AB596

Renewable energy credits revision; allowing a natural gas public utility to provide service in a municipality served by another natural gas utility; removal of natural gas service lateral by public utility at customer's request - SB473

Renewable energy portfolio: exception to electric provider's renewable energy percentage for years 2015 and thereafter created - AB594

Renewable energy portfolio: exception to electric provider's renewable energy percentage for years 2015 and thereafter created - SB474

Renewable energy: renewable portfolio standards revisions, biofuels requirement, electric utility purchases of renewable energy orders from PSC, distributed generation facilities rules; PSC duties and reports required - AB876

Renewable energy: renewable portfolio standards revisions, biofuels requirement, electric utility purchases of renewable energy orders from PSC, distributed generation facilities rules; PSC duties and reports required - SB660

Renewable portfolio standards: allow nuclear power to be included and eliminate time period restriction on use of credits - AB34

Renewable resource energy requirements for retail electric utilities and cooperatives modified - SB47

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1893t-v, z, 9334 (7i)] - AB40

Towns authorized to exercise all the powers of a city or village to create a TID under certain conditions [S.Amdt.1: definitions and sewer service area provision added; S.Amdt.2: annexation provision added; S.Amdt.3: DOR duty re annexed territory; A.Amdt.2: town board approval of project plan conditions; A.Amdt.3: adds creating a TID in recently annexed territory, property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to TIF agreement, and authorizing a TID to share tax increments with an environmental remediation tax increment district in same city of village] - SB338

Value of solar tariff: PSC to require retail electric utilities to file, requirements specified - AB899

Wind energy system: political subdivision may impose a restriction more restrictive than PSC rules - AB83

Wind energy system: political subdivision may impose a restriction more restrictive than PSC rules - SB71

Wind energy systems: actions for damages caused by and attorney fees - SB167

Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development Authority (WREDA) created; JSCTE appendix report - AB902

Cost-benefit analysis by DOT for consulting services for transportation projects: requirement deleted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1515m; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, requirement reinstated and expenditure threshold increased] - AB40

Cost-benefit analysis by DOT for consulting services for transportation projects: threshold restored to pre-2013 WisAct 20 amount - AB302

DOT engineering consultants: LAB analysis requested [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9127 (2q)] - AB40

English as state's official language; written expression by state and local governments required to be in English, some exceptions; precludes units of state and local governments from prohibiting or restricting proficiency or use of any language for nongovernmental purposes - AB340

Agrichemical management fund transfer to the environmental fund [Sec. 9202 (1)] - AB40

Agricultural chemical cleanup program: sampling requirements repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1593L] - AB40

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, also called Superfund Act): DNR may enter into an agreement with responsible parties for management and technical support for a cleanup [Sec. 282, 2126] - AB40

Dam ownership: disclosure to prospective buyers on real estate condition report or vacant land disclosure report required; underground storage tank regulation transferred to DATCP updated on the reports - AB430

Dam ownership: disclosure to prospective buyers on real estate condition report or vacant land disclosure report required; underground storage tank regulation transferred to DATCP updated on the reports - SB344

DNR duty revisions re reports of violations, citation procedure re wetland discharge violations, minimum age for sturgeon spearing license, air dispersion modeling requirements, Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Council membership, and publishing class 1 notices for certain permit applications - AB231

DNR duty revisions re reports of violations, citation procedure re wetland discharge violations, minimum age for sturgeon spearing license, air dispersion modeling requirements, Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Council membership, and publishing class 1 notices for certain permit applications [S.Amdt.1: air dispersion modeling requirements removed] - SB189

East arterial highway project along STH 54 from the Village of Port Edwards to City of Wisconsin Rapids: environmental impact statement required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1534g] - AB40

Economic impact analysis of a proposed administrative rule is required to include a public health and environment impact assessment - AB597

Environmental repair tipping fee use for nonpoint water pollution abatement [Sec. 521, 9332 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 9132 (1c), deletes 521, 9332 (2)] - AB40

Forestation state property tax: DNR to withhold from payment to the taxation district re land in the district purchased by DNR; conservation fund provision [Sec. 1280-1283, 9332 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, aid in lieu of taxes for land in the forest cropland program or Managed Forest Land Program determined, 1279d] - AB40

Land recycling loan program: present value subsidy [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2094m, n] - AB40

MacKenzie Environmental Education Center: DOA report on status and condition of buildings required; DNR appropriation [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (2i), 9132 (3i)] - AB40

Ozone-depleting refrigerants (ODRs) in motor vehicle air conditioners: duty to set qualifications and issue certifications for persons who remove or recycle changed from DATCP to EPA; sales and reclamation provisions - AB695

Ozone-depleting refrigerants (ODRs) in motor vehicle air conditioners: duty to set qualifications and issue certifications for persons who remove or recycle changed from DATCP to EPA; sales and reclamation provisions - SB536

Petroleum inspection fund supplement to environmental fund: two appropriations moved from DNR to miscellaneous appropriations [Sec. 284, 286, 519, 520; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 284b, 286b, deletes 284, 286; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, 520p] - AB40

Petroleum products and hazardous substances regulation: certain duties and powers transferred from DSPS to DATCP [Sec. 201, 202, 206-209, 211, 213, 529, 530, 786, 1462, 1463, 1589-1591, 1594-1596, 1600-1627, 1629-1633, 1949-1970, 9138 (3), (4), 9238 (1), (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 213m, deletes 202, 213, 530, 1596; A.Amdt.3: further revisions] - AB40

Reaffirming Wisconsin's relationship with Taiwan and supporting Taiwan's entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a bilateral investment agreement between Taiwan and the U.S., and Taiwan's participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - AJR104

Reaffirming Wisconsin's relationship with Taiwan and supporting Taiwan's entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a bilateral investment agreement between Taiwan and the U.S., and Taiwan's participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - SJR76

Reconstruction of I 94 in Milwaukee County: DOT may fund preliminary engineering and design work from the major highway projects appropriation, environmental impact study provision [Sec. 317, 318, 9145 (3), 9445 (3)] - AB40

Tipping fees exemptions created for soil removed during cleanup of a contaminated site and discarded residue from a recycling facility; conditions and overdue tipping fee provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB444

Tipping fees exemptions created for soil removed during cleanup of a contaminated site and discarded residue from a recycling facility; conditions and overdue tipping fee provisions - SB355

Towns authorized to exercise all the powers of a city or village to create a TID under certain conditions [S.Amdt.1: definitions and sewer service area provision added; S.Amdt.2: annexation provision added; S.Amdt.3: DOR duty re annexed territory; A.Amdt.2: town board approval of project plan conditions; A.Amdt.3: adds creating a TID in recently annexed territory, property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to TIF agreement, and authorizing a TID to share tax increments with an environmental remediation tax increment district in same city of village] - SB338

USH 12 highway project from City of Elkhorn to City of Whitewater: environmental impact statement required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1534h] - AB40

Cannabidiol (or CBD oil extract) is not a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and may be dispensed by a practitioner for treatment of a seizure disorder [A.Amdt.1: ``practitioner" changed to ``physician" and approval of CSB required] - AB726

Cannabidiol (or CBD oil extract) is not a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and may be dispensed by a practitioner for treatment of a seizure disorder - SB685

Purple Day proclaimed March 26, 2014 to promote epilepsy awareness - AJR117

Claims against the state by persons claiming to be innocent after release from imprisonment: Claims Board duties and maximum award revised; temporary financial assistance, transition assistance, sealed records, deceased petitioner, and judicial review provisions - AB534

Claims against the state by persons claiming to be innocent after release from imprisonment: Claims Board duties and maximum award revised; temporary financial assistance, transition assistance, sealed records, deceased petitioner, and judicial review provisions - SB587

Death of lottery prize winner: unpaid installments shall be paid to winner's estate [Sec. 2257, 2261-2264, 9437 (1)] - AB40

Public assistance benefits recovery programs in DHS revisions; property subject to recovery defined; recovery of nonprobate property expanded; real property and living trust provisions [Sec. 353, 354, 361, 821-831, 833, 834, 1179-1197, 1199-1210, 1221-1226, 1240, 2266, 2268-2271, 2275, 2294-2318, 9318 (3)-(6), 9418 (2); A.Amdt.3 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, JCF approval required, 9118 (6i)] - AB40

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - AB490

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - SB384

Estate tax eliminated; JSCTE appendix report - AB116

Estate tax eliminated; JSCTE appendix report - SB84

Estate tax sunsetted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1453f] - AB40

Rule-making procedure revised; estate tax and county operating levy rate limit rules repealed [Admin.Code Tax 10, 21] - AB593

Ethics training for legislators; applying code of ethics to state public officials-elect; requirements to file and contents of statements of economic interest revised - AB907

Lobbyists required to file expense statements with GAB re influencing or disseminating uniform, model, suggested, or recommended legislation; reporting scholarships or any thing of pecuniary value for attending a meeting or conference by state public officials or person providing the scholarship required; written statement to organizing committees required for reimbursement of legislator travel expenses; prohibiting payment of certain membership fees from moneys allocated to operation of legislators' offices; penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB866

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) - AJR25

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) - SJR24

Recall petition for local government officer, town sanitary district officer, or school district officer must include information that the official was charged with a crime or violated a code of ethics law - SB114