2019 Senate Authors

Driver school offices located in residences - SB190

``Energy provider” definition expanded re trespassing on or damaging property of; JRCCP may report - SB386

Equalization aid payments to school districts: percentages modified - SB415

Equalization aid payments to school districts: percentages modified - AB461

Farmer tuition assistance grants for low-income farmers: DATCP appropriation - SB505

Farmer tuition assistance grants for low-income farmers: DATCP appropriation - AB524

Four-year-old kindergarten: age at which a child may attend revised - SB407

Four-year-old kindergarten: age at which a child may attend revised - AB464

Full-time open enrollment applications: virtual charter schools do not count in the nonresident school board limitation - SB688

Full-time open enrollment applications: virtual charter schools do not count in the nonresident school board limitation - AB737

Funeral director apprenticeships and licenses: requirements revised, emergency rules provision - SB518

Genetic counseling regulations and licensing; Genetic Counselors Affiliated Credentialing Board created; JRCCP may report - SB620

Grants or loans to defray housing costs or for diversion programming to assist persons or families of low or moderate income - SB144

Grants or loans to defray housing costs or for diversion programming to assist persons or families of low or moderate income - AB124

Grounds for CHIPS and TPR modified; jury trial for TPR fact-finding hearing eliminated; permanency plan reviews by juvenile court revised - SB729

Grounds for CHIPS and TPR modified; jury trial for TPR fact-finding hearing eliminated; permanency plan reviews by juvenile court revised - AB559

Harvest for hope grant: DATCP to award to nonprofit statewide food banks and emergency feeding organizations to promote donation of excess and unmarketable farm and food products; sunset provision - SB490

Home health care serviced provides under MA: reimbursement rate increased - SB416

Home health care services provided under MA: reimbursement rate increased - AB447

Home inspector regulation revisions; emergency rules and license provisions - SB599

Homeless case management services grant revisions; professional development of case managers provision - SB145

Homeless case management services grant revisions; professional development of case managers provision - AB120

Howard Temin Day declared December 10, 2019, the 85th anniversary of his birth - SJR77

Implements of husbandry under warranty: reports of nonconformity to the manufacturer, lessor, or authorized dealer required to be repaired; replacement and full refund provisions - SB573

Involuntary TPR for continuing need for protection and services expanded re child placed outside of home for certain number of months - SB728

Involuntary TPR for continuing need for protection and services expanded re child placed outside of home for certain number of months - AB560

Leckrone, Michael: UW Madison Marching Band director’s achievements honored upon his retirement - SJR21

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

Municipal housing reports modified and requiring DOA to post on its website; appendix report and report to legislature required - SB787

Online notaries public and electronic notarizations provisions created, DFI duties; JRCCP may report - SB317

Online notaries public and electronic notarizations provisions created, DFI duties; JRCCP may report - AB293

Peer recovery coach services under MA: reimbursement revision and continuation of care and overdose treatment providers provision - SB582

Permanency plan review or hearing preparation: providing plan and comments to foster parents and foster children over age 12 - SB531

Pharmacy technicians: registration with Pharmacy Examining Board required; emergency rules provision - SB778

Physical health services reimbursement rates under MA appropriation increased; acupuncture by a certified acupuncturist made reimbursable under MA; DHS duties - SB600

Physical restraint and seclusion of pupils in schools: laws revised - SB527

Physical restraint and seclusion of pupils in schools: laws revised - AB585

Placement of a child with a relative in a CHIPS proceeding or proceeding under the Juvenile Justice Code: timeframe for relative to participate limited and judge required to make finding in the best interest of the child - SB548

Placement of a child with a relative in a CHIPS proceeding or proceeding under the Juvenile Justice Code: timeframe for relative to participate limited and judge required to make finding in the best interest of the child - AB565

Postadoption contract agreements between adoptive parent and birth parent or certain relatives - SB534

Postadoption contract agreements between adoptive parent and birth parent or certain relatives - AB561

Previously owned eyeglasses provided by a charitable organization: exemption from liability for damages; optometrist or ophthalmologist provision - SB547

Pupils enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten program requiring full day attendance: counting for state aid purposes modified - SB408

Pupils enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten program requiring full day attendance: counting for state aid purposes modified - AB465

Real estate condition and vacant land disclosure report revisions re rescinding the contract and incomplete reports - SB549

Real estate condition and vacant land disclosure report revisions re rescinding the contract and incomplete reports - AB596

Reimbursement to Village of Redgranite for local law enforcement investigation services to a correctional institution - SB781

Reimbursement to Village of Redgranite for local law enforcement investigation services to a correctional institution - AB811

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

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency projects modified; resolution, report, and LAB audit provisions - SB494

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency projects modified; resolution, report, and LAB audit provisions - AB553

Room tax applicability expanded and other changes - SB646

Room tax applicability expanded and other changes - AB683

Runaway Prevention Month: November 2019 proclaimed as - SJR73

Runaway Prevention Month: November 2019 proclaimed as - AJR99

Science competition participation pilot grant program for pupils in grades 6 to 12: DPI to award; matching funds and sunset provisions - SB459

Smuggling items into or out of jail or prison by inmates: misdemeanor penalty created; JRCCP may report - SB647

Smuggling items into or out of jail or prison by inmates: misdemeanor penalty created; JRCCP may report - AB690

Soybean Marketing Board: DATCP grant - SB872

Soybean Marketing Board: DATCP grant - AB975

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

Special meeting of a school board: requirements for providing notice changed - SB160

Special meeting of a school board: requirements for providing notice changed - AB170

Special registration plates that are military in nature: authorized groups expanded to include surviving spouse of military medal recipient or Pearl Harbor veteran; fee exemption provisions; DOT and DOA duties - SB115

``Staff Sergeant Daniel D. Busch Memorial Highway”: portion of STH 33 in Columbia County designated as, contributions from interested parties provision - SB84

State workforce housing credit created; WHEDA duties and report required - SB786

Statewide parental choice program revisions re application and reporting deadlines, and evidence of accreditation for participating private school - SB495

Statewide parental choice program revisions re application and reporting deadlines, and evidence of accreditation for participating private school - AB554

Student ID cards: contact information for suicide prevention and crisis support hotlines required - SB496

Student ID cards: contact information for suicide prevention and crisis support hotlines required - AB531

Suicide prevention program: DHS directed to implement, FTE positions provision - SB503

Suicide prevention program: DHS directed to implement, FTE positions provision - AB525

Suicide prevention programming grants from DHS; matching funds or in-kind services provision - SB504

Suicide prevention programming grants from DHS; matching funds or in-kind services provision - AB530

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

Tangible personal property used in construction of a UWHCA facility: sales and use tax exemptions expanded to include; JSCTE appendix report - AB703

Termination of certain property interests of a decedent: verify under oath to register of deeds re decedent’s death instead of submitting certified copy of death record - SB318

Termination of certain property interests of a decedent: verify under oath to register of deeds re decedent’s death instead of submitting certified copy of death record - AB327

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

TID numbers 3 and 4 in the Village of Lake Delton: maximum life, expenditure period, and allocation period increased - AB453

Timeline for holding a hearing for juveniles taken into custody: calculation modified - SB652

TPR petition allowed in CHIPS proceedings - SB727

Water Fund for Our Future trust fund created re natural disaster or public health emergency response; Joint Committee for the Oversight of the Water Fund for Our Future joint standing committee created; JCF, DNR, DOJ, and DHS provisions - SB779

Water Quality, Office of, created, attached to UW System, and housed within the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey; duties specified, reports required - SB709

Watershed Science and Education, Center for, funding to UW Board of Regents, sunset provision; hydrogeologist project position created and allocation to the phosphorus recovery and reuse policy program in the UW Madison Division of Extension; DNR grants to counties for well testing and public education and share results; local governments required to stress importance of testing private wells and water supplies - SB722

Whole grade sharing agreement or school district consolidation feasibility studies: DPI grants for consortia of school districts created - SB409

Whole grade sharing agreement or school district consolidation feasibility studies: DPI grants for consortia of school districts created - AB456

Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Center (WISH Center): DPI annual grant awarded to a CESA re collaborative program on school safety, mental health, and AODA prevention - SB506

Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Center (WISH Center): DPI annual grant awarded to a CESA re collaborative program on school safety, mental health, and AODA prevention - AB529