2019 Senate Authors

``Eligible employee” for group health plan coverage: definition amended to account for the normal work week of fire fighters - SB475

Eminent domain law revisions - SB847

Eminent domain law revisions - AB948

EMS programs: expands circumstances and health care facilities for providing emergency medical care and transport, conditions set - SB434

Fixed-price variable-scope bridge contract: DOT required to use, conditions set, and report required - SB278

GPR collected and purposes for which amounts are spent: DOR to maintain a website to display this information, DOA to assist - SB90

Highway construction: DOT to maintain list of subbase materials and associated thicknesses; bidders may base bids on equivalent subbase materials on the list - SB272

Highway improvement involving reconstruction or replacement: same scope as existing highway required (replace in kind), exception provision - SB281

Highway improvement involving reconstruction or replacement: same scope as existing highway required (replace in kind), exception provision - AB282

Highway project cost reduction incentives: contractor proposals and DOT authority to amend the contract - SB273

Highway project design inventory for design-build projects: DOT required to maintain - SB274

Honorary discharge of a firearm at events for former military, law enforcement, or firefighters, or on certain holidays: municipal restriction of firearm discharge does not apply - AB75

Honorary discharge of a firearm at events for former military, law enforcement, or firefighters, or on certain holidays: municipal restriction of firearm discharge does not apply - SB102

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibit enforcement of federal or state law; authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence enforcement action, writ of mandamus provision; reduction of shared revenue payments; and political subdivision is liable for damage caused by an illegal alien - SB151

Insurance law changes re fraternals, Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, corporate governance annual disclosure initial filing deadline, confidentiality of information, placement of surplus lines insurance, financial statements of property service contract providers - SB482

Insurance law changes re fraternals, Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, corporate governance annual disclosure initial filing deadline, confidentiality of information, placement of surplus lines insurance, financial statements of property service contract providers - AB550

Insurance policy renewal: notice of change in terms or premium amount modified - SB289

Insurance policy renewal: notice of change in terms or premium amount modified - AB305

Law violations for which a juvenile may be placed in Serious Juvenile Offender Program (SJOP), juvenile correctional facility, or secured residential care center for children and youth expanded - SB753

Law violations for which a juvenile may be placed in Serious Juvenile Offender Program (SJOP), juvenile correctional facility, or secured residential care center for children and youth expanded - AB806

Legislative Office of Inspector General created, JCLO to appoint each inspector general; reports required; state agencies, LAB, and DOJ duties; offices of inspector general in DCF and DHS eliminated - SB742

Legislative Office of Inspector General created, JCLO to appoint each inspector general; reports required; state agencies, LAB, and DOJ duties; offices of inspector general in DCF and DHS eliminated - AB835

License to operate bingo games: requirements revised; fee and report provisions; JSCTE appendix report - SB857

Motor vehicle fuel pump sticker for gas tax rates, federal and state: DATCP to develop and distribute to certain inspectors - SB179

Motor vehicle registration fee imposed by county or municipal governments: referendum requirement - SB282

Motor vehicle registration fee imposed by county or municipal governments: referendum requirement - AB283

Motor vehicles: liability insurance requirement violation penalties and possession of proof of financial responsibility revised; valid operator’s license required for registration; impoundment and suspension of operating privilege provisions modified; DOT duties - SB626

Motor vehicles: liability insurance requirement violation penalties and possession of proof of financial responsibility revised; valid operator’s license required for registration; impoundment and suspension of operating privilege provisions modified; DOT duties - AB696

Nonconforming buildings in a floodplain brought into conformity with federal standards: DNR cannot prohibit further modifications based on cost - SB637

Partial veto to increase state expenditures: prohibit Governor from using. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR59

Partial veto to increase state expenditures: prohibit Governor from using. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR108

Patient at a center for the developmentally disabled in an intensive treatment program: right to request staff of a requested sex present for certain interactions; DHS duties - SB418

``Persons” applies to human beings at any stage of development and ``born” removed from Article I, Section 1: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR86

Persons who committed certain violent crimes are ineligible for early release to parole or extended supervision, discharge from probation, or for other DOC early release programs - AB809

Persons who committed certain violent crimes are ineligible for early release to parole or extended supervision, discharge from probation, or for other DOC early release programs - SB754

Precious metals and cryptocurrency: sales tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB192

Remote order and delivery of alcohol beverages, with or without food: certain licensed retailers permitted to provide under set conditions - SB450

Roundabouts in highway projects: approval from governing body of the municipality required - SB280

Roundabouts in highway projects: approval from governing body of the municipality required - AB281

School board in charge of the School District of New Berlin allowed to give preference to pupils residing in the City of New Berlin re the full-time open enrollment program - SB639

School district accountability report: exclude data from juvenile detention facility or residential care center for children, conditions set - SB823

School district accountability report: exclude data from juvenile detention facility or residential care center for children, conditions set - AB908

Selective abortions and disability-selective abortion prohibited; civil remedies and injunctive relief provisions - SB173

Short-term, limited-duration health insurance defined using the federal government’s definition - SB793

Short-term, limited-duration health insurance defined using the federal government’s definition - AB953

Showing your marked ballot to another person in a way that the mark is identifiable: prohibition eliminated - SB48

Showing your marked ballot to another person in a way that the mark is identifiable: prohibition eliminated - AB43

Sourcing materials from within the right-of-way of a highway improvement encouraged, bidder provisions - SB277

State Auditor to appoint an inspector general to DOT re fraud, waste, abuse, or inefficiency investigations, identify savings, and review claims; annual report required; Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader, and certain legislative committees authority - SB279

State Auditor to appoint an inspector general to DOT re fraud, waste, abuse, or inefficiency investigations, identify savings, and review claims; annual report required; Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader, and certain legislative committees authority - AB280

State of emergency declarations: legislative approval if order exceeds 30 days and for DHS stay at home orders, report to legislature justifying ban on gatherings over 50 people and on arrests for violation of order to control an outbreak or epidemic - SB923

State of emergency declarations: legislative approval if order exceeds 30 days and for DHS stay at home orders, report to legislature justifying ban on gatherings over 50 people and on arrests for violation of order to control an outbreak or epidemic - AB1037

Statements of scope for administrative rules revised - SB796

Theft of mail crime created; JRCCP may report - SB656

Theft of mail crime created; JRCCP may report - AB734

Unfair Sales Act repealed - SB51

Violent felon: prosecution for crime of illegal possession of a firearm provisions modified; report provision - SB745

Water quality management in state highway projects: DOT to encourage alternate plans - SB275

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Craig, Sen. David (28th Sen.Dist.; R)

Assembly Bills:16, 17, 19, 4, 26, 73, 74, 129, 138, 147, 143, 155, 162, 173, 186, 181, 182, 183, 180, 179, 208, 200, 257, 288, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 286, 324, 339, 361, 395, 450, 432, 444, 455, 462, 427, 488, 502, 542, 551, 576, 583, 590, 605, 630, 623, 667, 702, 721, 731, 794, 810, 807, 808, 815, 849, 853, 851, 897, 949, 1035

Assembly Joint Resolutions:13, 30, 59, 106, 118, 130, 151

Senate Bills:1, 6, 8, 21, 18, 28, 53, 67, 111, 132, 133, 155, 170, 174, 175, 199, 233, 257, 303, 314, 334, 362, 363, 365, 403, 404, 432, 489, 501, 514, 518, 524, 560, 570, 654, 708, 739, 743, 747, 749, 763, 769, 789, 795, 926, 927

Senate Joint Resolutions:4, 14, 37, 67, 75, 78, 81

1898 Darling, Sen. Alberta (8th Sen.Dist.; R)

Adoption assistance eligibility: definition of children with special needs modified [Admin.Code DCF 50.09] - SB533

Adoption assistance eligibility: definition of children with special needs modified [Admin.Code DCF 50.09] - AB564

After-school and out-of-school-time programs: DPI grant program established, requirements specified - SB258

After-school and out-of-school-time programs: DPI grant program established, requirements specified - AB268

American Heart Month: February 2019 proclaimed as - SJR5

American Heart Month: February 2019 proclaimed as - AJR3

American Heart Month: February 2020 proclaimed as - SJR83

American Heart Month: February 2020 proclaimed as - AJR117

Arrested for OWI: conditions for release changed and option of releasing person to responsible adult eliminated - SB161

Authorized state building program for 2019-21 amended to add grants re construction or improvements to indoor, athletic or aquatic athletic facilities statewide - SB853

Cancer clinical trial participation: reimbursement of patient-incurred expenses not considered undue inducement - SB489

Career and technical education incentive grants: DWD appropriation increased - SB16

Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc.: DPI grant provisions - SB270

Certificate of qualification for employment procedure created for persons convicted of a crime, conditions and civil liability exemption provisions; Council on Offender Employment, created; report required - SB34

Certificate of qualification for employment procedure created for persons convicted of a crime, conditions and civil liability exemption provisions; Council on Offender Employment, created; report required - AB30

Change of placement proceedings: rights of foster parent or other physical custodian of a child - SB532

Change of placement proceedings: rights of foster parent or other physical custodian of a child - AB562

Character education professional development for teachers, pupil service professionals, and school administrators: DPI grants, sunset provision - SB138

Character education professional development for teachers, pupil service professionals, and school administrators: DPI grants, sunset provision - AB149

Child psychiatry consultation program funding increased - SB113

Child psychiatry consultation program funding increased - AB118

Dental therapist licensure created, emergency rule provision - SB89

Diabetes care and prevention action program: DHS to develop; DETF, DPI, and DOC provisions; biennial report required - SB217

Diabetes care and prevention action program: DHS to develop; DETF, DPI, and DOC provisions; biennial report required - AB238

Direct primary care agreements and exemption from insurance law - SB28