2019 Senate Authors

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

Teaching hours: UW Regents to recognize hours spent by state specialists providing extension services in the field of applied agricultural research as - SB497

Teaching hours: UW Regents to recognize hours spent by state specialists providing extension services in the field of applied agricultural research as - AB556

Terminology change: ``hearing loss” and ``deaf or hard of hearing” replaces ``hearing impairment” and ``hearing impaired” - AB621

TID numbers 3 and 4 in the Village of Lake Delton: maximum life, expenditure period, and allocation period increased - SB391

TPR changes re hearings and grounds; disclaimer of parental rights and rights of alleged father; payments to out-of-state private child placing agency re adoption - SB232

Transporting a pupil to and from school: contract between school board and parent or guardian modified - SB431

Transporting a pupil to and from school: contract between school board and parent or guardian modified - AB474

Tregoning, Joseph ``Joe”: life and public service of former state representative commended - SJR74

Tregoning, Joseph ``Joe”: life and public service of former state representative commended - AJR102

UW Dairy Innovation Hub: UW Board of Regents to create with operations at specified campuses, report required - SB186