2021 Senate Authors

Epinephrine prefilled syringes: authorities for prescription, possession, and administration of epinephrine auto-injectors expanded to include; statewide standing order provision - SB343

Equity and Inclusion, Council on and Office for Equity and Inclusion created and attached to DOA; statewide plan for equity and inclusion established; report and FTE provisions - AB126

Execution of search warrants limited to specific hours; no-knock search warrants prohibited - AB137

Executive branch appointment: Senate president referral to committee, committee recommendation, and consideration of appointment by Senate changes [Senate rule 22 (1)] - SR10

Expungement of DNA data in crime laboratories' data bank required if not adjudged guilty or delinquent - AB541

Extreme risk protection TRO and extreme risk protection injunction created; respondent to surrender all firearms and refrain from possessing a firearm until the TRO or injunction expires or is vacated; penalty provisions - AB638

Farmland preservation implementation grants and agreements and farmland preservation tax credits revisions - SB68

Feminine hygiene products: schools required to provide in women’s restrooms; revenue limit adjustment provision - SB832

Fentanyl testing strips excluded from definition of drug paraphernalia - SB600

Filing individual income tax returns: adopting federal law changes to extend time without incurring interest or penalties - SB9

First aid training for law enforcement officers and their vehicles are equipped with automated external defibrillators - AB447

Focus on Energy initiatives for low-income households - SB757

Formal complaint regarding interaction with law enforcement officers: website describing the process and distribution of information card containing officer’s information - AB449

Guardian ad litem appointed in actions affecting the family re visitation rights of grandparent, stepparent, or person with similar parent-child relationship - SB414

hooks, bell: life and works of author, poet, scholar, and UW Madison graduate commended - AJR118

Human trafficking awareness certification for lodging establishments created - AB1169

Human Trafficking, Council on, created in DOA - AB1170

Income tax subtraction for certain reserve components of the armed forces and National Guard: applicability expanded - SB12

Independent Use of Force Advisory Board created - SB118

Indigenous Peoples Day: Columbus Day renamed to - AB705

Indigenous Peoples Day: Columbus Day renamed to - SB704

Intestate inheritance by a parent who abandons a child: prohibition expanded - SB249

Kratom products made from the leaf of the Mitragyna speciosa plant: manufacture, distribution, delivery, and possession regulated - SB958

Landlord or tenant required to apply for emergency rental assistance and participate in mediation prior to eviction re declared public health emergencies; certain rent increases prohibited - SB715

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required - SB123

Laws under DOR’s purview: enforcement and administration changes; JRCCP may report - SB285

Lead service line financial assistance or certificate of authority application by a water public utility: PSC deadlines - SB316

LESB responsibilities: adding jails and juvenile detention facilities and recruitment standards; employment files on employees required - SB165

Local housing investment fund program: municipalities allowed to establish; DOA appendix report - AB609

Lost or stolen firearm: report to law enforcement and written notice in commercial sales or transfers required; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB863

Lost or stolen firearm: report to law enforcement and written notice in commercial sales or transfers required; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB810

Marijuana possession penalties revised, ordinance and law enforcement provisions; limited liability for employer that does not require drug testing as condition of employment; JRCCP may report - SB790

Meter installation or replacement: water public utility exemption from certificate of authority - SB315

Motor vehicle instruction permit and probationary license: minimum age and duration revisions - SB15

Motor vehicle registration plates: 7-year replacement cycle and construction requirements established - SB429

Municipal utility arrearage paid by owner on behalf of a tenant: income tax deduction created - SB258

National Infertility Awareness Week: April 18-24, 2021 proclaimed as - SJR39

Pelvic exam on anesthetized or unconscious patient: hospitals required to have informed consent policy, discipline provision - SB127

Permanency plan review or hearing preparation: providing plan and comments to out-of-home providers - SB256

Pesticides: local governments may prohibit or regulate use on private lawns - AB345

Pesticides: local governments may prohibit or regulate use on private lawns - SB351

Planting trees to address urban heat islands: urban forestry grants program revisions to include - AB799

Planting trees to address urban heat islands: urban forestry grants program revisions to include - SB769

Population for redistricting purposes: counting individuals confined in state prisons - AB1069

Portable wireless communication device: use while driving prohibited, exceptions specified - SB348

Potato Marketing Board: fiscal biennium 2021-23 grant to DATCP - SB155

Preexisting condition discrimination prohibited; requirements and limitations on health insurance coverage in the event the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act no longer preempts state law - SB40

Pregnancy: special enrollment period for health insurance created - SB669

Pregnant and postpartum people in the custody of a correctional facility: use of physical restraints limited; testing for pregnancy and STDs and access to certain health services related to pregnancy provisions - AB1150

Proceedings of meetings of certain governmental units: publishing by posting on unit’s Internet site and discontinue publishing in a newspaper - SB55

Psychological examination prior to employment as a full-time law enforcement officer required - SB470

Public Defender Board: authority to promulgate rules expanded re private bar attorneys representing indigent clients - SB523

Public health campaign for the prevention of initiation of tobacco and vapor product use with grants and report provisions; additional funding for DPI special education aid, TCS, and UW System - AB1124

Public health campaign for the prevention of initiation of tobacco and vapor product use with grants and report provisions; additional funding for DPI special education aid, TCS, and UW System - SB1048

Public Higher Education, Blue Ribbon Commission on, created in the UW System, report required - SB380

Public safety bargaining units representing law enforcement officers: bargaining for reversal of decision by police chief to terminate an officer for cause prohibited - AB450

Qualified electors detained in jail or house of correction: sheriff to establish plan for voter registration and voting by absentee ballot - AB1070

Race-based discrimination includes traits historically associated with race, “protective hairstyle” defined - AB141

Race-based discrimination includes traits historically associated with race, “protective hairstyle” defined - SB251

Ranked-choice voting for the election of all federal, state, and local officials; recall elections excluded - SB240

Razing certain insured dwellings: municipal authority limited - SB434

Residential dumbwaiters and elevators: inspections and disclosures in real estate transactions required, penalty provision - AB441

Residential elevator: notice of defects and remedies notification requirements - AB442

Residential elevators: landing door clearance distance requirements - AB443

Right to vote of persons barred from voting re certain felony convictions restored after incarceration period ends; voter registration forms and voting procedure provisions - AB1071

School resource officers: Office of School Safety to develop standards, provide training, and maintain a database - SB474

Sexual contact between law enforcement officer and person in his or her custody: crime created, sex offender registration provision; JRCCP may report - AB127

Sexual contact between law enforcement officer and person in his or her custody: crime created, sex offender registration provision; JRCCP may report - SB199

State park annual vehicle admission fee waiver for parent or guardian of student with an Every Kid Outdoors pass from the U.S. National Park Service - SB376

State parks daily admission fees waived April 22nd of each year (Earth Day) - SB287

Statehood granted to Washington, D.C.: urging Congress to enact federal legislation - SJR62

Sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities: DPI to develop information, in consultation with WIAA, and distribute to participants in private or public school or private club activities - SB95

Suicide by firearm prevention: DHS grants for prevention materials and training firearm retailer or range; matching funds or in-kind services provision - SB200

Telehealth services coverage: private insurer and self-insured health plan of the state or local governmental unit prohibited from denying; audio-only telephone provisions - SB306

Tenancy termination for fear of imminent violence: written notice and written statement from qualified specialist allowed; landlord disclosure prohibition; DCF duties - SB67

Trigger lock or secure, lockable container required for commercial sale or transfer of firearms; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB862

Trigger lock or secure, lockable container required for commercial sale or transfer of firearms; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB809

Uniform Limited Partnership Act revisions and Uniform Limited Liability Company Act revisions adopted; other changes to state’s partnership law and business corporations and nonstock corporations; JRCCP may report - SB566

Use of force by law enforcement policy made available on the agency’s or municipality’s website with means to request copy - SB122

Use of force by law enforcement policy required to include certain information; whistleblower provision - SB120

UW Madison women’s hockey team congratulated for winning the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Hockey Championship - SJR24

Veterans and surviving spouses’ property tax credit: eligibility threshold modified re service-connected disability rating - SB243

Video recording of surgical procedures and discharge instructions: surgical facilities required to offer option to patients; conditions, penalties, and DHS duties; JRCCP may report - AB1011

Violence against the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community condemned - SJR45

Violence prevention grant program for cities and counties established; appropriation from excise tax on vapor products - SB442

Violence Prevention Month: May 2021 proclaimed as - SJR33

Violence Prevention, Office of, created in DHS, duties specified; community violence intervention competitive grants for cities and counties - AB702

“Warrior-style training” of law enforcement officers prohibited - AB452

Wisconsin drug repository program revisions, study required - AB546