2019 Senate Authors

Early stage seed investment credit: allocation to offset certain taxes imposed on insurers allowed; LLC, partnership, and tax-option corporation provision - AB225

Electric weapon prohibition exception for private security personnel on official duty - SB143

Emergency medical responder certification applicant: DHS cannot require National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians registration or examination, an ambulance service provider or EMS program may - SB666

Emergency medical responder certification applicant: DHS cannot require National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians registration or examination, an ambulance service provider or EMS program may - AB740

Emergency medical services assistance: funding increased - SB665

Emergency medical services assistance: funding increased - AB742

Equalization aid payments to school districts: percentages modified - SB415

Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors required to promulgate rules re retired credential holder exemption from continuing education requirements but maintain professional title - SB156

False identity used on social media to frighten, intimidate, threaten, harass, or defraud (catfishing) made a misdemeanor; posting similar messages added to misdemeanor for unlawful use of computerized communication systems; JRCCP may report - SB66

Farm buildings and other improvements: income and franchise tax credit for property taxes created - SB818

Farm buildings and other improvements: income and franchise tax credit for property taxes created - AB873

Financial institution loans to a payable-on-death account owner; payment duty of bank to a lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier’s, teller’s, or certified check; temporary authority of mortgage loan originator applicant; possession by financial institution of property subject to garnishment; data processing services provided to financial institutions; certain Federal Home Loan Bank loan limitations; Banking Review Board and Savings Institutions Review Board consolidated and renamed Banking Institutions Review Board - SB457

Financial institution loans to a payable-on-death account owner; payment duty of bank to a lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier’s, teller’s, or certified check; temporary authority of mortgage loan originator applicant; possession by financial institution of property subject to garnishment; data processing services provided to financial institutions; certain Federal Home Loan Bank loan limitations; Banking Review Board and Savings Institutions Review Board consolidated and renamed Banking Institutions Review Board - AB504

General equalization aids for school districts: shared costs and secondary cost ceiling determination modified - SB206

General equalization aids for school districts: shared costs and secondary cost ceiling determination modified - AB224

Grady, Warren A.: life, military service in World War II, and public service of former state representative and judge commended - SJR101

Health care powers of attorney and certifications for advance directives: changes re findings of incapacity, do-not-resuscitate orders, and living will - SB254

Health care powers of attorney and certifications for advance directives: changes re findings of incapacity, do-not-resuscitate orders, and living will - AB287

Health savings accounts and medical savings accounts exempt from execution of judgment - SB488

Hying, Bishop Donald J.: commended upon his appointment and installation as the Bishop for the Diocese of Madison - SJR65

Hying, Bishop Donald J.: commended upon his appointment and installation as the Bishop for the Diocese of Madison - AJR84

Individual income tax sliding scale standard deduction: maximum increased - SB18

Interest on loan secured by agricultural real estate: income and franchise tax deduction created, definition provision - SB707

Interest on loan secured by agricultural real estate: income and franchise tax deduction created, definition provision - AB780

Labeling a food as a type of dairy product or dairy ingredient: prohibition created, DATCP duties - SB463

Labeling a food as a type of dairy product or dairy ingredient: prohibition created, DATCP duties - AB515

Labeling a food product as meat: prohibition created; DATCP duties - SB464

Labeling a food product as meat: prohibition created; DATCP duties - AB518

Labeling a food product as milk: prohibition created; DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - SB466

Labeling a food product as milk: prohibition created; DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - AB516

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

Laws administered by DOR: revisions re shared revenue, property assessment, income taxes, sales tax, and payments from counties to towns; JSCTE appendix report - SB720

Laws administered by DOR: revisions re shared revenue, property assessment, income taxes, sales tax, and payments from counties to towns; JSCTE appendix report - AB754

Legal age to purchase cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products raised; minimum age to purchase vapor products imposed - SB364

Legal age to purchase cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products raised; minimum age to purchase vapor products imposed - AB422

Livestock facilities: siting and expansion provisions changed; Livestock Facility Technical Review Board created and attached to DATCP - SB808

Livestock facilities: siting and expansion provisions changed; Livestock Facility Technical Review Board created and attached to DATCP - AB894

Marketplace providers required to collect and remit sales and use tax on behalf of marketplace sellers, definition provision; individual income tax rate reductions determined for 2019 applicable to subsequent taxable years, DOA and DOR duties - SB243

Mississippi River System: modernization of locks and dams supported - SJR33

Mississippi River System: modernization of locks and dams supported - AJR38

Motor carrier maximum hours for drivers: federal law exception re planting and harvesting period modified [Admin.Code Trans 325.01] - SB669

Motor carrier maximum hours for drivers: federal law exception re planting and harvesting period modified [Admin.Code Trans 325.01] - AB743

Motor vehicle manufacturer, importer, or distributor prohibited practice created re adverse action against a dealer of its motor vehicles - SB304

Motor vehicle manufacturer, importer, or distributor prohibited practice created re adverse action against a dealer of its motor vehicles - AB335

Motorboats: revisions to operation by minors, boating safety certificate provision - SB691

Municipal flood control grants from DNR: clarification on priority and eligibility criteria [Admin.Code NR 199.05, 199.07] - SB711

Municipal flood control grants from DNR: clarification on priority and eligibility criteria [Admin.Code NR 199.05, 199.07] - AB793

Next Generation 911 grants from DMA - SB465

Next Generation 911 grants from DMA - AB471

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

Nonconforming buildings in a floodplain brought into conformity with federal standards: DNR cannot prohibit further modifications based on cost - AB721

Obsolete refundable tax credits repealed; Illinois income tax reciprocity program provision - SB362

Obsolete refundable tax credits repealed; Illinois income tax reciprocity program provision - AB395

Paddlewheel raffle permitted; definition and regulation provisions - SB43

Person walking across railroad tracks or right-of-way not to be construed as trespassing - SB843

Personal property tax eliminated; DOA duties re payments to taxing jurisdiction equal to property taxes levied on set date; JSCTE appendix report - SB257

Physical Therapy Licensure Compact ratified - SB390

Physical Therapy Licensure Compact ratified - AB438

Priority of certain mortgages: institution chartered by the federal Farm Credit Administration added - SB438

Priority of certain mortgages: institution chartered by the federal Farm Credit Administration added - AB489

Prohibited object brought into a jail or prison with intent to keep for oneself made a crime; JRCCP may report - SB70

Property of church or religious organization: leasing to educational association or institute that is also exempt from taxation does not render the property taxable; JSCTE appendix report - SB726

Property of church or religious organization: leasing to educational association or institute that is also exempt from taxation does not render the property taxable; JSCTE appendix report - AB771

Property tax assessment of agricultural land: notification of change in assessment modified - SB13

Property used to provide broadband service to rural or underserved area exempt from the telephone company tax; JSCTE appendix report - SB321

Property used to provide broadband service to rural or underserved area exempt from the telephone company tax; JSCTE appendix report - AB344

Reciprocal teaching license provisions revised - SB184

Reciprocal teaching license provisions revised - AB195

Referendum to exceed political subdivision’s levy limit: provisions modified - SB291

Referendum to exceed political subdivision’s levy limit: provisions modified - AB310

Revenue limit adjustment for declining school enrollment modified and prior year base revenue hold harmless adjustment terminated - SB327

Revenue limit adjustment for declining school enrollment modified and prior year base revenue hold harmless adjustment terminated - AB368

Ruffed grouse designated the state small game bird; Blue Book provision - SB21

School choking rescue devices: DHS grants - SB330

School choking rescue devices: DHS grants - AB354

Sparsity aid for school districts: expanding eligibility and creating a second tier - SB182

Sparsity aid for school districts: expanding eligibility and creating a second tier - AB196

Special education teacher: initial licensure requirement modified - SB183

Special education teacher: initial licensure requirement modified - AB194

Stairway chair lift installation in a church constructed before 1919: exception to commercial building code created, conditions set - SB400

Stairway chair lift installation in a church constructed before 1919: exception to commercial building code created, conditions set - AB445

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; reducing deficit of a state fund and, once eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a projected deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR90

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; reducing deficit of a state fund and, once eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a projected deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR149

Taiwan Relations Act 40th anniversary, reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to sister-city and sister-state ties with Taiwan, endorsing Taiwan’s signing of the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States, and Taiwan’s participation in certain international organizations - SR3

Tangible personal property temporarily stored in this state re specified construction activities outside of this state: sales tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB351

Tangible personal property temporarily stored in this state re specified construction activities outside of this state: sales tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB383

Tangible personal property used in construction of a UWHCA facility: sales and use tax exemptions expanded to include; JSCTE appendix report - SB645

Tax treatment of tax-option corporations that elect to pay tax at the entity level modified - SB706

Tax treatment of tax-option corporations that elect to pay tax at the entity level modified - AB753