2019 Senate Authors

Senate Bills:1, 6, 9, 22, 25, 39, 40, 44, 45, 46, 49, 56, 63, 67, 69, 83, 85, 88, 89, 110, 100, 113, 115, 118, 122, 126, 128, 132, 135, 136, 138, 142, 152, 155, 159, 162, 170, 176, 198, 200, 213, 219, 221, 225, 229, 245, 250, 253, 255, 256, 261, 264, 265, 266, 288, 293, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 309, 312, 320, 324, 332, 336, 337, 340, 369, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 366, 367, 370, 371, 372, 373, 375, 380, 383, 390, 392, 384, 393, 397, 400, 407, 408, 414, 415, 416, 417, 419, 423, 424, 440, 443, 444, 448, 449, 453, 446, 468, 458, 459, 467, 469, 472, 480, 483, 489, 493, 496, 498, 499, 507, 509, 512, 513, 516, 520, 525, 527, 541, 543, 547, 553, 556, 561, 562, 563, 566, 572, 574, 575, 577, 587, 605, 616, 617, 619, 622, 630, 632, 646, 648, 733, 734, 755, 780, 824, 850, 851, 852, 862, 871, 886, 897, 898, 899, 901, 902, 903, 906

Senate Joint Resolutions:4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 23, 28, 32, 37, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 61, 64, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 75, 78, 80, 82, 87, 91, 95, 97, 102, 103

1906 Larson, Sen. Chris (7th Sen.Dist.; D)

Absentee ballot returned by mail: deadline during a state of emergency - SB919

Absentee ballots automatically sent to all registered voters during a declared state of emergency - SB916

Absentee ballots: in-person application deadline during a declared state of emergency - SB922

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program and former SAGE program eliminated; new SAGE program created; parental choice programs and Special Needs Scholarship Program phased out - SB816

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program and former SAGE program eliminated; new SAGE program created; parental choice programs and Special Needs Scholarship Program phased out - AB935

Adoption placement for children in foster care with special needs: appropriation to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin for Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program - AB658

Age for marriage: exceptions for minors between ages 16 and 18 eliminated - SB644

Alcohol beverage retailer may fill remote orders during a public health emergency declaration under set conditions - SB931

Alzheimer’s and dementia training requirement for direct care workers at specified entities - SB603

Alzheimer’s and dementia training requirement for direct care workers at specified entities - AB614

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia issues: DHS required to coordinate state’s response, coordinator position authorized - SB602

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia issues: DHS required to coordinate state’s response, coordinator position authorized - AB613

Authorized state building program for 2019-21 amended to add grant to Wiscraft Inc. (dba Beyond Vision) for purchase and renovation of facility for the employment of blind and visually impaired individuals; DOA to sell existing land and facilities - SB748

Bay View labor strike and tragedy in 1886: anniversary commemorated every May 5th - AJR36

Bikers Against Child Abuse (B.A.C.A.) commended for work with abused children - SJR88

Bills overturning local government policies, ordinances, resolutions, and regulations: two-thirds vote required - SB23

Campaign contribution limits to entities such as political action committees, legislative campaign committees, and political parties established; elimination of segregated fund provision - SB75

Campaign finance: political action committee definition revised; public campaign financing trust fund created and income tax return provision - AB972

Campaign finance: political action committee definition revised; public campaign financing trust fund created and income tax return provision - SB861

Candidates for president or vice president required to submit copies of federal tax returns with the Elections Commission - SB372

Canvassing absentee ballots during a state of emergency allowed on Sunday before an election, conditions set and ordinance provision - SB917

Career advancement scholarship program for adults without postsecondary credentials: HEAB to establish, conditions specified; JCF provision - SB481

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

Civil service system changes re hiring process, probation, reinstatement, restoration, layoffs, just cause, and discipline - SB855

Civil service system changes re hiring process, probation, reinstatement, restoration, layoffs, just cause, and discipline - AB946

Clean and Renewable Energy, Joint Task Force on: committees on Assembly and Senate organization required to immediately appoint; findings deadline specified - AJR95

Consumer data: privacy requirements for businesses re personal information collected; contract and private cause of action provisions; DOJ duties - SB851

Contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, or federally recognized American Indian Tribes to a segregated fund established by a political party or legislative campaign committee prohibited - SB80

Coordination of mass communications between political action committees, independent expenditure committee, or other person and a candidate, candidate’s agent or legislative campaign committee, or political party of the candidate prohibited; definition provisions - SB79

Custodial interrogation of a juvenile by a law enforcement agency: notice of intent to juvenile’s parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian required; statement made by juvenile as evidence provision - AB983

Detention contracts prohibited between local governmental units and the federal government or any federal agency re detaining adult and minor noncitizens for civil immigration custody or refugee resettlement purposes; DOC provision - SB402

Detention contracts prohibited between local governmental units and the federal government or any federal agency re detaining adult and minor noncitizens for civil immigration custody or refugee resettlement purposes; DOC provision - AB485

Diaper changing stations: installation in publicly accessible restrooms in public buildings and identification required for public restrooms in commercial buildings - SB625

Diaper changing stations: installation in publicly accessible restrooms in public buildings and identification required for public restrooms in commercial buildings - AB697

DPI-issued teachers license required for teachers at private schools participating in a parental choice program or Special Needs Scholarship Program, exception provision - SB660

DPI per pupil payments to private schools participating in parental choice programs: calculation changed - SB659

Driver education courses: DPI to reimburse school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in parental choice programs; conditions set - SB831

Elector quarantined or in isolation as a result of a state of emergency: register and obtain official ballot by agent - SB921

Electronic voter registration deadline during a state of emergency - SB918

Employer not liable for not requiring testing of employees or prospective employees for marijuana or synthetic cannabinoids, exceptions provision - SB702

Employer of tipped employee: retain state sales taxes as incentive to pay employees minimum wage in addition to tips - SB426

Employer of tipped employee: retain state sales taxes as incentive to pay employees minimum wage in addition to tips - AB483

Federal immigration enforcement activities: limiting cooperation of DOJ and local law enforcement officers; model policy provision - SB401

Federal immigration enforcement activities: limiting cooperation of DOJ and local law enforcement officers; model policy provision - AB484

Firearm in a residence in which another resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm: storage requirements and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB416

Firearms tax imposed on manufacturers and funds used by DOJ for victims of crimes involving firearms; JRCCP may report - SB542

First offense OWI: petition to expunge record under certain conditions; ignition interlock device provision - SB198

Hearing aids with certain features: information and demonstration requirements for hearing instrument specialist and audiologists - SB604

Hearing aids with certain features: information and demonstration requirements for hearing instrument specialist and audiologists - AB616

Hearing loop technology: installation in new or renovated buildings owned, leased, or occupied by the state required; DOA duties and exemption and report provisions - SB601

Hearing loop technology: installation in new or renovated buildings owned, leased, or occupied by the state required; DOA duties and exemption and report provisions - AB615

Ignition interlock device requirement applied to all OWI offenses involving alcohol - SB58

Ignition interlock device requirement applied to all OWI offenses involving alcohol - AB61

Individual and candidate committee contribution limit decreased for statewide officeholders - SB76

Laboratories that perform certain environmental testing: DNR to promulgate by rule a method to produce an annual schedule of fees - SB700

Legislation creating a crime or revising a penalty must be referred to JRCCP, report by committee requirements - SB812

Marijuana possession or distribution: penalty for no more than 28 grams eliminated; distributing to a minor and ordinance provisions - SB577

Mass communications: reporting to the Ethics Commission revised; definition provisions - SB850

Mass communications: reporting to the Ethics Commission revised; definition provisions - AB929

Medical services from a provider outside of network: disclosure, notice, billing, and arbitration requirements for defined network or PP plan providers created; OIC duties - SB894

Mental health clubhouses: DHS grant created; conditions and definition provisions - SB435

Milwaukee Bucks congratulated on a tremendous 2018-19 season - SJR47

Milwaukee County may impose additional sales and use tax; conditions and referendum provisions - SB471

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month: June 2019 designated as - AJR53

Organ transplant policies of the People’s Republic of China: expressing concern over reports of forced organ harvesting from political and religious prisoners, U.S. patients traveling to China for transplants, and prosecution of individuals who have participated if found on Wisconsin soil - SJR72

Political action committee contribution limits to candidates reduced - SB77

Political action committee contribution limits to candidates reduced - AB158

Political action committee definition revised for campaign finance purposes - SB78

Presidential or vice-presidential campaigns: local governments may require payment in advance for certain costs of a campaign event; permit for event prohibited if the campaign owes money to another Wisconsin political subdivision - SB780

Property tax bill required to include information re gross reduction in state aid to school districts - AB299

Public employee collective bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment revised; dispute settlement procedure, selection of bargaining unit representatives, and bargaining unit certification provisions - AB945

Public employee collective bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment revised; dispute settlement procedure, selection of bargaining unit representatives, and bargaining unit certification provisions - SB854

Records and correspondence of legislative members: exclusion from ``public records” definition eliminated - SB11

Records and correspondence of legislative members: exclusion from ``public records” definition eliminated - AB32

Reporting place of employment of campaign finance contributors: amount required for report increased - SB81

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for the costs of employing school nurses - SB589

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for the costs of employing school nurses - AB460

Rozga, Margaret “Peggy”: appointment as Wisconsin Poet Laureate for 2019 and 2020 recognized - AJR70

Special Needs Scholarship Program phased out; pupil enrollment cap in statewide, Milwaukee, and Racine parental choice programs; DPI duties - SB658

Special registration deputies: municipal clerks or board of election commissioners to appoint - SB859

Special registration deputies: municipal clerks or board of election commissioners to appoint - AB970

Spinal cord injury research grants and symposia created, report required; Spinal Cord Injury Council created in HEAB - SB373

Spinal cord injury research grants and symposia created, report required; Spinal Cord Injury Council created in HEAB - AB393

State holidays: spring election and general election designated as; state offices, except Elections Commission, to close and no classes held at UW System institutions; public employee paid holidays provision - SB860

State holidays: spring election and general election designated as; state offices, except Elections Commission, to close and no classes held at UW System institutions; public employee paid holidays provision - AB971

Student teacher hourly wage: school boards required to pay and DPI to reimburse - SB849