2019 Senate Authors

50th Anniversary of Earth Day: honoring April 22, 2020 as - SJR97

50th Anniversary of Earth Day: honoring April 22, 2020 as - AJR141

Absentee ballot canvassing on Monday before an election: ordinance allowing for authorized, conditions specified - SB574

Absentee voting and voting procedure changes: special voting deputies dispatched to retirement home that is part of a multiple-use facility, curbside voting, provisional ballot, former qualified Wisconsin elector, list of eligible military electors, and felony for obtaining a marked absentee ballot and refusing to deliver it; JRCCP may report - SB242

Airport sound mitigation grant program: DOT to administer; structures specified and military base or installation provision - AB619

Auxiliary container re merchandise, food, or beverages from a food service or retail facility: repeal limitation on authority of political subdivisions to regulate - AB177

Burns, Dennis: life and public service of Deputy Senate Sergeant-at-Arms and 30 year legislative employee commended - SJR67

Coal tar-based sealant products and high PAH sealant products: sale of prohibited - SB716

Community-based services grant program established in DHS re prevocational and day services for integrated employment for people with disabilities - SB733

Concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) annual fee increased; nutrient management plan established; groundwater monitoring re manure landspreading; well construction and pump installation rules updated; collaboration to update SnapPlus program; appropriations, State Laboratory of Hygiene, DNR, DHS, DATCP, UW, USDA, and PFAS provisions - AB867

Continuous disinfection of water: municipal water systems required to provide - SB783

Continuous disinfection of water: municipal water systems required to provide - AB966

Defined network plan or PP plan enrollee receiving services from health care provider not in the plan’s network: disclosure, notice, billing, and mediation requirements created; provider not in network but at an in-network facility and emergency services provisions - SB313

Dentists authorized to administer vaccines; training, liability insurance, and Wisconsin Immunization Registry provisions - AB864

Deputy DA allocation and salary formula modified - SB509

Election administration revisions; Election Commission authority re conduct of election officials; delivery of recount petitions modified; other changes re notice of referendum, write-in candidates, poll list, and ward lines - SB240

Election and voting law revisions re automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter bill of rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual, and withholding of voluntarily provided elector information; report and JRCCP provisions - SB159

Electronic waste recycling program changes - SB264

Electronic waste recycling program changes - AB297

Epidemiologist position in DHS dedicated to vector-borne diseases and a focus on Lyme disease - SB299

Fire fighting foams with PFAS voluntarily surrendered: expanding clean sweep program to include; third party provision - SB717

Food and beverages served in foam polystyrene packaging prohibited, exceptions provided and DATCP duties - SB210

Food and beverages served in foam polystyrene packaging prohibited, exceptions provided and DATCP duties - AB226

Gas line explosion in downtown Sun Prairie, one-year anniversary: commemorating volunteer fire fighter Cory Barr, the Sun Prairie Police Department, the Sun Prairie Volunteer Fire Department, and the Sun Prairie Emergency Medical Services - AJR62

Groundwater Coordinating Council additional funding; funding for DHS positions re groundwater, drinking water, waterborne diseases, and harmful algae blooms; State Laboratory of Hygiene appropriation changes - AB916

Groundwater Coordinating Council: appropriation to DNR and UW System increased for activities related to - AB999

Groundwater management area standards and process for designating established; high capacity well provisions re environmental review, approvals, mining operations, and groundwater management areas; DNR provisions re withdrawal fees, water conservation for certain approvals, eliminate certain hydrologic study, and groundwater study and enforcement standards at mining operations - SB732

Highway maintenance or construction area: definition expanded re traffic violations - SB136

Highway maintenance or construction area: definition expanded re traffic violations - AB151

Impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility with intent to mislead: felony crime created; JRCCP may report - SB525

Insect repellant for sale in state parks and forests: DNR to make available - SB297

Juvenile court jurisdiction changes re age of alleged, age to be adjudged delinquent, original adult court jurisdiction, Serious Juvenile Offender Program eligibility, out-of-home care extended to age 21, custodial interrogation of a juvenile, DCF juvenile classification system, deferred prosecution agreement option, multisystemic therapy, and school-based behavior responses; juvenile diversion services grant program created in DCF - AB1036

Lyme disease: DNR awareness campaign requirements, state park brochure provision - SB298

Lyme disease informational signs: DNR and DHS to collaborate on signs for state parks, trails, recreational areas, and forests - SB296

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

Metallic mining laws substantially restored to pre-2013 WisActs 1 and 81 and 2017 WisAct 134 provisions; MFL and administrative rules provisions [Admin.Code NR 132.06, 132.17, 132.18, 182.07, 182.08] - AB756

Minors age 16 and older that request to be vaccinated without parental or guardian consent: physician or other health care provider authorized to administer, billing provision - AB863

Motor vehicle certificate of title transferred to spouse or domestic partner upon death of the owner: fee waived - SB162

Native Pollinator Health, Task Force on, created; report required - SB617

One-call system (Digger’s Hotline) requirements: applicability expanded - AB349

Pesticide regulation or prohibition: political subdivision may enact an ordinance - SB209

Pesticide regulation or prohibition: political subdivision may enact an ordinance - AB227

PFAS group of substances: DNR to establish and enforce standards, emergency rules provision - SB302

PFAS group of substances: DNR to establish and enforce standards, emergency rules provision - AB321

Polasek, Joe: life and 44 year career with the state commended - SJR11

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

Ranked-choice voting for the election of all federal, state, and local officials; exception for recall elections; Elections Commission duties - AB732

Ranked-choice voting for the election of all local officials, exception for recall elections; Elections Commission duties - SB893

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency projects: restriction eliminated - SB229

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency projects: restriction eliminated - AB292

Social cost of carbon emissions: PSC required to evaluate on annual basis and consider re construction of large electric generating facilities or high-voltage transmission lines; annual report required - AB766

State parks daily admission fees waived April 22nd of each year (Earth Day) - SB848

State parks daily admission fees waived April 22nd of each year (Earth Day) - AB822

Stopping for school bus displaying flashing red lights: requirements extended to private roads and driveways - AB588

Sulfide ore mining, iron ore mining, wetlands, and shoreland zoning regulation changes made by 2013 WisActs 1 and 81, 2015 WisAct 55, and 2017 WisActs 134 and 183 eliminated; wetland mitigation grant program, property development grant, and wetland study council eliminated; funding for educator and science services positions in DNR and 2 assistant AG and a paralegal position in DOJ - AB917

Syttende Mai Weekend proclaimed May 17-19, 2019 - SJR36

Syttende Mai Weekend proclaimed May 15-17, 2020 - SJR104

Syttende Mai Weekend proclaimed May 17-19, 2019 - AJR29

Technical assistance to farmers re water quality, organic production, and soil health: DATCP duties and positions authorized; nonpoint source pollution abatement program cost-sharing and targeted runoff standards provisions, DNR duties - SB856

Technical assistance to farmers re water quality, organic production, and soil health: DATCP duties and positions authorized; nonpoint source pollution abatement program cost-sharing and targeted runoff standards provisions, DNR duties - AB919

Tick-borne Disease Study Committee established, report required - SB300

Truax Field Air National Guard Base: recognizing contributions of the 115th Fighter Wing and base for F-35As supported - SJR69

Voter registration revisions re name or address change and documents used as proof of identification or residence - SB241

Well compensation grant program revisions re family income limit; bonding authority or funding increased for replacement of lead service lines, contaminated sediment removal, lake and river protection, local pollution control grants in certain watersheds, nonpoint source water pollution abatement, and soil and water resource management - AB866

Well compensation grant program revisions re nitrates - SB724

Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development Authority (WREDA) created; bonding, loan, and authority to implement energy-related programs; reports required - SB253

Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development Authority (WREDA) created; bonding, loan, and authority to implement energy-related programs; reports required - AB270

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Miller, Sen. Mark (16th Sen.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills:21, 40, 41, 52, 51, 111, 113, 114, 132, 134, 146, 147, 141, 176, 185, 168, 193, 210, 204, 220, 248, 252, 255, 245, 247, 246, 303, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 319, 335, 329, 334, 336, 337, 343, 357, 367, 375, 394, 396, 397, 398, 408, 411, 431, 449, 475, 476, 489, 452, 492, 496, 494, 501, 508, 510, 519, 537, 545, 548, 552, 553, 528, 570, 574, 587, 573, 636, 642, 666, 700, 701, 714, 703, 757, 768, 797, 796, 795, 790, 792, 800, 789, 845, 816, 912, 841, 929, 930, 955, 959, 945, 946, 1010, 1021, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029

Assembly Joint Resolutions:10, 14, 28, 21, 17, 22, 23, 25, 30, 45, 47, 48, 54, 57, 52, 59, 67, 68, 61, 64, 72, 74, 78, 80, 81, 85, 88, 94, 102, 109, 115, 116, 121, 117, 134, 145

Senate Bills:1, 37, 40, 49, 91, 107, 100, 118, 125, 129, 130, 132, 146, 197, 200, 207, 212, 214, 215, 230, 262, 288, 304, 308, 312, 316, 319, 329, 340, 361, 366, 367, 376, 377, 397, 419, 423, 424, 443, 448, 449, 456, 446, 468, 459, 467, 472, 493, 494, 499, 507, 530, 566, 572, 576, 577, 596, 618, 622, 631, 632, 640, 645, 661, 715, 718, 722, 723, 744, 763, 776, 814, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 854, 855, 896, 897, 898, 899, 901, 903

Senate Joint Resolutions:4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 35, 38, 37, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 60, 61, 62, 66, 74, 78, 82, 83, 100, 105

1911 Nass, Sen. Stephen (11th Sen.Dist.; R)

75th Anniversary of D-Day, a turning point in World War II, commemorated on June 6, 2019 - AJR59

Ambulance staffing requirement changes; rural ambulance service provider provisions, DHS duties - SB667

Assessor may not change valuation of property based solely on recent arm’s length sale of the property - SB624

Authority to represent public interest in proceedings under the Children’s Code: provisions for county board of supervisors to transfer authority to or from the DA modified - SB432

Bail jumping: defendant may be released only if the judge requires the execution of an appearance bond - SB782

Care of veterans’ graves: DVA to reimburse cities, towns, and villages - SB180

Care of veterans’ graves: DVA to reimburse cities, towns, and villages - AB150

CCAP website: Director of State Courts required to ensure certain information is available in a searchable format - SB301

Chemical recovery boilers: frequency of periodic inspections and DSPS duties - SB699

Circuit court records kept at county seat: exception for Rock County eliminated - SB238

Conduit bonding commission revisions re LAB audits and fee to fund a property tax credit - SB570

Conduit bonding commission revisions re LAB audits and fee to fund a property tax credit - AB630

Credit transactions between beer wholesalers and beer retailers: maximum period extended - SB544

Crime of disorderly conduct while wearing a mask: penalty increased with exceptions; JRCCP may report - AB617

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 services assistance: funding increased - SB665