Wisconsin Legislature: Governor

College football career with the UW--Madison Badgers commended - AJR7

Absentee voting in person: municipalities may designate more than one alternative site; notifying GAB required; Elections Commission provision - SB625

Allowing 16 and 17 year olds to preregister to vote; conditions and GAB duties - AB316

Allowing 16 and 17 year olds to preregister to vote; conditions and GAB duties - SB220

Campaign finance law revisions: nonprofit social welfare organization registration and reporting requirements; individual contribution limits; political disbursements and obligations by corporations and cooperative associations; reporting mass communication obligations; and express advocacy for an electioneering communication - AB605

Campaign finance law revisions re political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and scope of regulated activity and reporting certain activity; penalty and definition provisions - AB293

Campaign finance law revisions re political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and scope of regulated activity and reporting certain activity; penalty and definition provisions - SB201

Campaign finance laws (chapter 11) revised including requiring specified entities to register with GAB and file periodic reports, contribution limits, and coordination [A.Amdt.1: definition revisions, ``name of the principal place of employment" changed to ``occupation", and other revisions; A.Amdt.11: definition revisions, threshold re express advocacy costs revised, reconciliation provision re AB388 or SB294; S.Amdt.1: reporting cycle modified, contribution limit adjustment deleted, coordination prohibitions revised] - AB387

Campaign finance laws (chapter 11) revised including requiring specified entities to register with GAB and file periodic reports, contribution limits, and coordination - SB292

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - AB860

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - SB630

Elected state official seeking national office: reporting travel expenses to GAB required, reimbursement provision - AB342

Electronic voter registration for qualified electors permitted; GAB and DOT issued ID card and driver’s license provisions - AB805

Electronic voter registration for qualified electors permitted; GAB and DOT issued ID card and driver’s license provisions - SB620

Electronic voter registration provisions created; special registration deputies eliminated and election registration officials created; testing chief inspectors permitted; further revisions re electronic voting systems, absentee ballots, and proof of residency; GAB and DOT duties - AB389

Electronic voter registration provisions created; special registration deputies eliminated and election registration officials created; testing chief inspectors permitted; further revisions re electronic voting systems, absentee ballots, and proof of residency; GAB and DOT duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, certain veteran ID card may be used as proof of identification, electronic voter registration list information revised, posting election returns to the Internet provision, Elections Commission and Ethics Commission members subject to standards of conduct for state public officials and filing statements of economic interest clarified, limit on political action committee contributions to certain segregated funds; S.Amdt.1: verification of certain registrations modified; A.Amdt.2: campaign contributions for other persons established] - SB295

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties [A.Amdt.1: commission administrator authority modified, advisory opinion provisions revised, selection of chairpersons revised, and other changed; A.Amdt.4: appropriation provisions, implementation plan revised; S.Amdt.1: selection of chairpersons and filling administrator vacancy revised, removing an administrator, appointing nonvoting members to GAB and transition to new commissions and other transition provisions, JCLO duties; S.Amdt.2: Governor appointments to Ethics Commission to be former judges] - AB388

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties - SB294

Individuals prohibited from doing campaign work while working for another individual or committee who is required to register with GAB - AB472

Interstate Voter Registration Data Crosscheck Program: chief election officer required to enter into the agreement - AB189

LAB authority to access all state agency documents clarified; GAB to provide investigatory records to LAB - AB9

LAB authority to access all state agency documents clarified; GAB to provide investigatory records to LAB - SB6

Principal disseminating or attempting to influence model, uniform, suggested, or recommended legislation required to register with GAB and file expense statements; state public official statements of economic interests expanded to include reimbursements from campaign accounts or scholarships to attend a meeting or conference, person providing the reimbursement or scholarship also required to report to GAB; penalty provisions - AB464

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration applicant not required to provide information regarding felony conviction and requirement that Corr.Dept provide a list of convicted felons to election officials deleted; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts training duties - AB907

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration applicant not required to provide information regarding felony conviction and requirement that Corr.Dept provide a list of convicted felons to election officials deleted; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts training duties - SB678

Venue for trials re elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation law violations: civil and criminal prosecutions where the alleged violation occurred; deletes statutory restriction on disclosure of certain information re investigation or prosecution - AB463

Voter ID informational campaign: GAB and Elections Commission required to conduct public informational campaign - AB987

Assembly Organization, Committee on, requested to meet immediately following the June 9, 2015 floor session and introduce an Assembly resolution requesting a WEDC loans report from the Governor and WEDC - AR11

Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program and Local Veterans' Employment Representative Program: plan to transfer administration from DWD to DVA to be approved by the Governor, not U.S. Dept. of Labor [Sec. 1436, 1438, 4747, 4748] - AB21

Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program and Local Veterans' Employment Representative Program: plan to transfer administration from DWD to DVA to be approved by the Governor, not U.S. Dept. of Labor [Sec. 1436, 1438, 4747, 4748; original bill only] - SB21

Distribution of communication by legislators to addresses in their districts following a declared state of emergency: prohibition on use of public funds does not apply if the communication relates to the emergency - AB175

Distribution of communication by legislators to addresses in their districts following a declared state of emergency: prohibition on use of public funds does not apply if the communication relates to the emergency - SB151

DPM restructured into the Office of Civil Service (OCS) and attached to DOA; Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection becomes a division under OCS; creates Division of Labor Relations and Division of Affirmative Action in OCS - AB529

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - AB726

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - SB568

Federal moneys accepted by the state may not be returned to the federal government without the approval of the legislature by law if the expenditure may increase employment in this state - SB245

Forward Wisconsin Development Authority (FWDA) formed by the merging of WEDC and WHEDA; Wisconsin housing finance fund established; Governor’s duties - AB227

Forward Wisconsin Development Authority (FWDA) formed by the merging of WEDC and WHEDA; Wisconsin housing finance fund established; Governor’s duties - SB148

Joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress: rule-making process changes for administrative rules proposed at re gubernatorial approval, statements of scope, economic impact analyses and their content - SB598

LAB duties: performing audits at the request of the Governor removed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 65n, 66d] - SB21

Retaliation against a public employee by the Governor or a legislator: prohibition and criminal penalty created - AB594

State of emergency declared by the Governor: exemptions from certain taxes, fees, and licensing or permit requirements for work performed by non-Wisconsin residents or businesses; JSCTE appendix report - AB405

State of emergency declared by the Governor: exemptions from certain taxes, fees, and licensing or permit requirements for work performed by non-Wisconsin residents or businesses; JSCTE appendix report - SB334

Superintendent of Public Instruction appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR84

Term limits for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and members of the legislature: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR87

Term limits for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and members of the legislature: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR75

Thresholds for certain state building programs increased re Building Commission and Governor approval [Sec. 29, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 55, 376, 378, 391, 934, 935, 9301 (2)] - AB21

Thresholds for certain state building programs increased re Building Commission and Governor approval [Sec. 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 55, 376, 378, 391, 934, 935, 9301 (2); original bill only] - SB21

Veteran Education Awareness Week: Governor required to annually proclaim the second week in November as - AB185

Veteran Education Awareness Week: Governor required to annually proclaim the second week in November as - SB189

WEDC Board shall elect a chairperson [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3956c] - SB21

Wisconsin's public sector who came to protest [2011] WisAct 10: Assembly recognizes their service and apologizes for certain insensitive comments - AR4

Wisconsin's public sector who came to protest [2011] WisAct 10: Assembly recognizes their service and apologizes for certain insensitive comments - AR5

Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative established to increase number of veterans holding permanent state government positions; Council on Veterans Employment created in the Office of the Governor; state agencies and DPM duties - AB441

Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative established to increase number of veterans holding permanent state government positions; Council on Veterans Employment created in the Office of the Governor; state agencies and DPM duties - SB339

Children's Mental Health, Office of: director appointed by secretary of DHS, not the Governor [Sec. 146] - AB21

Children's Mental Health, Office of: director appointed by secretary of DHS, not the Governor [Sec. 146; original bill only] - SB21

Criminal justice coordinating council (CJCC) created in DOJ; council on offender re-entry in Corr.Dept eliminated; treatment alternatives and diversion (TAD) grant program changes, DOJ report required; statewide treatment court coordinator position in office of the director of state courts; home detention for probation authorized - AB52

Economic Opportunity, Department of (DEO) created; Economic Development Transition Council created to effect the transition of WEDC functions to DEO and the Badger Innovation Corporation; Economic Development Policy Board created to assist DEO; Governor and JCF duties - AB617

Economic Opportunity, Department of (DEO) created; Economic Development Transition Council created to effect the transition of WEDC functions to DEO and the Badger Innovation Corporation; Economic Development Policy Board created to assist DEO; Governor and JCF duties - SB468

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties [A.Amdt.1: commission administrator authority modified, advisory opinion provisions revised, selection of chairpersons revised, and other changed; A.Amdt.4: appropriation provisions, implementation plan revised; S.Amdt.1: selection of chairpersons and filling administrator vacancy revised, removing an administrator, appointing nonvoting members to GAB and transition to new commissions and other transition provisions, JCLO duties; S.Amdt.2: Governor appointments to Ethics Commission to be former judges] - AB388

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties - SB294

LIRC transferred from DWD to DOA; Governor to appoint the general counsel [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 146m, 666m, 741m, 918m, 3673m] - SB21

NRB nominates DNR Secretary with advice and consent of the Senate, term of office provisions; filling an NRB member vacancy modified - SB48

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, false statement on application and electronic retrieval of information provisions added] - AB470

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created - SB395

PSC chairperson appointed by the Governor [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 103e-s, 223g, r, 921m, 3528g, 3537am, 3596m, 3670m, 9136 (2c), 9336 (1c)] - SB21

Student members appointed to the UW Board of Regents: Governor required to select from recommendations made by elected representatives of student governments of UW System institutions - AB850

Student members appointed to the UW Board of Regents: Governor required to select from recommendations made by elected representatives of student governments of UW System institutions - SB635

Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development Authority (WREDA) created re programs to develop renewable energy, reduce energy consumption, and improve energy efficiency; bonding authority, loan, and grant provisions; certain state agency requirements apply; JSCTE appendix report - AB66

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - AB272

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - SB194

Budget bill - AB21

Budget bill - SB21

Agricultural Producer Security Council member names, appropriation for inspection and certification of grain expenses, service of process for DATCP, ASTM International references, providing DATCP with copy of ordinances re pesticides (remedial legislation) - AB676

Agricultural Producer Security Council member names, appropriation for inspection and certification of grain expenses, service of process for DATCP, ASTM International references, providing DATCP with copy of ordinances re pesticides (remedial legislation) - SB551

Grand jury proceedings: state to reimburse county for costs for illegal activity investigations re campaign finance and misconduct involving a public officer or employee - AB881

Grand jury proceedings: state to reimburse county for costs for illegal activity investigations re campaign finance and misconduct involving a public officer or employee - SB651