2019 Senate Authors

1918 Shilling, Sen. Jennifer (32nd Sen.Dist.; D)

American Heart Month: February 2019 proclaimed as - SJR5

American Heart Month: February 2020 proclaimed as - SJR83

Clearinghouse of information for small businesses: DOA to coordinate with other agencies to publish specified information on the Internet - SB649

Clearinghouse of information for small businesses: DOA to coordinate with other agencies to publish specified information on the Internet - AB725

College savings plan distributions used to pay principal and interest on certain loans and apprenticeship program materials: adopting federal Internal Revenue code for state income tax purposes; JSCTE appendix report - SB840

Court order to kill a dog that caused serious injury: exception when veterinarian or professional animal care worker believes the dog was not behaving aggressively at the time - SB871

Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan: efforts of the state and others in the Mississippi River Basin to reduce the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico supported - SJR44

Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan: efforts of the state and others in the Mississippi River Basin to reduce the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico supported - AJR54

Health care power of attorney and declaration to physicians (living will): acknowledgement before an authorized notarial officer provisions created - SB655

Health care power of attorney and declaration to physicians (living will): acknowledgement before an authorized notarial officer provisions created - AB745

Household and dependent care services expenses: individual income tax credit based on federal tax credit created; current individual income tax deduction sunsetted; JSCTE appendix report - SB622

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases; conditions specified - SB846

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases; conditions specified - AB963

National Speech and Debate Education Day: March 1, 2019 designated as - SJR6

National Speech and Debate Education Day: March 1, 2019 designated as - AJR9

Postpartum women receiving substance abuse-related health services under BadgerCare Plus while pregnant: extend benefits for one year after last day of pregnancy - SB630

Postpartum women receiving substance abuse-related health services under BadgerCare Plus while pregnant: extend benefits for one year after last day of pregnancy - AB693

Retail sale of vapor products: cigarette and tobacco retailer license required; additional DATCP and DOR positions authorized - SB757

Retail sale of vapor products: cigarette and tobacco retailer license required; additional DATCP and DOR positions authorized - AB889

School bus warning lights: prohibition on using flashing red lights in specified areas removed - SB305

School bus warning lights: prohibition on using flashing red lights in specified areas removed - AB311

Shared governance at UW System institutions: statutory provisions restored to form prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - SB397

Shared governance at UW System institutions: statutory provisions restored to form prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - AB449

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

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

Syttende Mai Weekend proclaimed May 15-17, 2020 - AJR145

Teen dating violence prevention education required in schools and each school board must adopt a policy; DPI duties and model health curriculum provision - SB420

Vaping on school premises prohibited - SB790

Veterans and surviving spouses’ property tax credit: renters allowed to claim, conditions specified - SB619

Veterans and surviving spouses’ property tax credit: renters allowed to claim, conditions specified - AB682

Veterans benefits and ``veteran” definition expanded to include individuals naturalized by the Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000 or served in Laos in support of the U.S. during the Vietnam War, exceptions provision - SB562

Veterans benefits and ``veteran” definition expanded to include individuals naturalized by the Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000 or served in Laos in support of the U.S. during the Vietnam War, exceptions provision - AB618

Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) congratulated on its 100th anniversary and proclaiming March 18, 2020 Wisconsin Hospital Day - SJR94

WPDES permit violations: DNR required to notify counties; notification system provision - SB632

WPDES permit violations: DNR required to notify counties; notification system provision - AB700

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Shilling, Sen. Jennifer (32nd Sen.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills:20, 41, 70, 146, 214, 287, 299, 303, 319, 321, 334, 336, 337, 346, 358, 367, 378, 394, 396, 397, 399, 422, 431, 496, 495, 519, 533, 534, 535, 568, 570, 589, 573, 642, 666, 701, 714, 764, 765, 767, 768, 868, 888, 892, 912, 924, 958, 945, 946, 1023, 1028, 1029

Assembly Joint Resolutions:4, 3, 10, 28, 22, 29, 30, 47, 42, 59, 67, 68, 69, 61, 64, 80, 91, 115, 117, 129, 134, 152, 153, 154, 156

Senate Bills:1, 19, 37, 49, 74, 130, 200, 254, 288, 302, 308, 312, 324, 332, 361, 364, 366, 367, 371, 376, 419, 444, 449, 453, 446, 472, 473, 474, 477, 507, 530, 536, 551, 566, 572, 596, 631, 640, 653, 664, 750, 751, 776, 814, 843, 854, 855, 897, 898

Senate Joint Resolutions:4, 7, 8, 15, 38, 37, 40, 48, 49, 51, 52, 61, 67, 78, 100, 103

Senate Resolutions:1

1944 Smith, Sen. Jeff (31st 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

Absentee ballots: modifying time frame for municipal clerks to send or transmit to electors, other than military and overseas electors - SB868

Absentee ballots: modifying time frame for municipal clerks to send or transmit to electors, other than military and overseas electors - AB979

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

Additional funding to UW System to offset resident undergraduate tuition freeze in 2019 WisAct 9 - SB356

Advertisement of broadband services and Internet speed requirements and standardized consumer label based on FCC template; penalties and unfair trade practice provisions - SB837

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

Age for marriage: exceptions for minors between ages 16 and 18 eliminated - AB715

Biological sibling who has been adopted: search and affidavit provisions, DCF duties - SB695

Biological sibling who has been adopted: search and affidavit provisions, DCF duties - AB625

Blue Ribbon Commission created in the UW System; membership and duties set; commission terminates upon submission of report, Governor has option to renew - SB355

Broadband expansion grant program: political subdivision application process modified and report to the public re costs and revenues of a public telecommunications, video, or broadband facility eliminated - SB836

Broadband expansion grant program: PSC to give farms a priority - SB834

Broadband expansion grant program requirements modified; grant recipients required to report progress to PSC; LAB biennial performance audits required - SB838

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

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

Certified nursing assistant (CNA) training costs: individual income tax credit created - SB223

Certified nursing assistant (CNA) training costs: individual income tax credit created - AB253

Chippewa Valley RTA: authorization to create restored; sales and use tax and property tax provisions - SB576

College savings programs: income tax treatment for contributions and withdrawals modified; administrative rule revised [Admin.Code DFI-CSP 1.02] - SB704

Community development financial institution (CDFI): income and franchise tax credits created for investments in; definitions and sunset provision - SB825

Community development financial institution (CDFI): income and franchise tax credits created for investments in; definitions and sunset provision - AB937

Construing political contributions or money spent by corporations to influence elections as free speech prohibited: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR148

CWD research and management: DNR funding - SB473

Deer carcass disposal grant program for counties established by DNR, conditions set - SB325

Deer carcass disposal sites and large metal containers: DNR required to provide; CWD education and funding provisions - SB477

Deer carcass disposal sites and large metal containers: DNR required to provide; CWD education and funding provisions - AB535

Deer carcass tags: requirements eliminated by 2017 WisAct 59 restored - SB294

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

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 - AB329

Democracy Day: Tuesday after the first Monday in November designated as a state holiday; state offices are closed - SB828

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

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 not liable for not requiring testing of employees or prospective employees for marijuana or synthetic cannabinoids, exceptions provision - AB772

Empty conduit lines installed in right-of-way: political subdivisions and DOT allowed to require of any person conducting special work which requires digging in a right-of-way; duty to offer service imposed on Internet service provider - SB835

Establishing the North Woods and Waters of the St. Croix National Heritage Area in Wisconsin and Minnesota: efforts supported - SJR76

Expungement of criminal court records that do not result in a conviction: procedure created; DOJ duties - AB1008

Family Navigator Program established in DWD, report required - SB344

Fee remission program for certain veterans enrolled in a UW System school or TCS school: expanded to include noncredit courses - AB218

Flood mitigation program created in DOT re grants to political subdivisions for specified road repairs - SB900

Foster parent eligibility for MA under BadgerCare Plus, conditions set, DHS to request approval from DHHS - AB992

General transportation aids program: penalty revised for towns that file necessary documentation within 30 days past the deadline - SB167