Wisconsin Legislature: Taylor, Sen. Lena (4th Sen.Dist.; D)

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program contract requirements modified - AB739

Adoptee 21 years of age or older obtaining copy of report of adoption: provision created and conditions set; State Registrar duties - SB521

Alzheimer’s and dementia training requirement for direct care workers at specified entities - SB603

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia issues: DHS required to coordinate state’s response, coordinator position authorized - SB602

Aplastic Anemia and MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome) Awareness Week: March 1-6, 2020 recognized as - AJR144

Application fees at UW System schools and technical colleges: exemption for veterans and armed forces members - SB588

Bail jumping provisions and penalties revised; JRCCP may report - SB827

Balentine, TeKema: Madison-native congratulated on winning the 2019 Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant and being crowned Miss Black USA 2019 - AJR93

Billboards used to recruit DOC employees: prohibition repealed - SB172

Black Catholic History Month: November 2019 recognized as - AJR105

Black History Month: February 2019 recognized as - SJR7

Black History Month: February 2020 recognized as - SJR100

Black History Month: February 2020 recognized as - AJR134

Black Music Month: June 2019 recognized as - AJR58

Blue Books distributed to libraries under DOC - SB879

Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc.: DPI grant provisions - SB270

Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc.: DPI grant provisions - AB307

Certificate of qualification for employment procedure created for persons convicted of a crime, conditions and civil liability exemption provisions; Council on Offender Employment, created; report required - SB34

Child abuse and neglect reporting hotline posted in schools required - SB692

Child of a service member: legal custody and physical placement factors revised - SB586

Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day - SB536

Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day - AB589

Community relations grants: DOJ to award to counties or municipalities with certain percentage of minority population - AB823

Condemnation authority used to acquire land to establish or extend recreational trails, bicycle ways or lanes, or pedestrian ways: prohibition eliminated - SB65

Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls: May 5th proclaimed as - SJR39

Detention contracts prohibited between local governmental units and the federal government or any federal agency re detaining adult and minor noncitizens for civil immigration custody or refugee resettlement purposes; DOC provision - SB402

Diabetes care and prevention action program: DHS to develop; DETF, DPI, and DOC provisions; biennial report required - SB217

Diaper changing stations: installation in publicly accessible restrooms in public buildings and identification required for public restrooms in commercial buildings - SB625

Discrimination based on person’s hairstyle prohibited - SB479

Discrimination based on person’s hairstyle prohibited - AB440

Discrimination in housing based on citizenship or immigration status is unlawful - SB539

Dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patient with end-stage renal disease: exemption from pharmacist license requirement, conditions set - SB38

Driver education program for youth 15 years or older and in out-of-home care: DCF to establish or contract for - AB624

Duty to report child abuse: provisions for member of the clergy revised - SB382

Duty to report child abuse: provisions for member of the clergy revised - AB423

Early stage seed investment credit: allocation to offset certain taxes imposed on insurers allowed; LLC, partnership, and tax-option corporation provision - SB208

Earned release program: adding completion of a vocational readiness training program to eligibility; DOC to report on the program and the aging and elderly population of prisons - AB830

Electronic monitoring for juveniles in truancy cases prohibited - AB60

Electronic voting machine to cast in-person absentee ballot, called the efficiency option, authorized; municipal resolution, Elections Commission duties, challenged elector, and penalty provisions - SB193

Employer of tipped employee: retain state sales taxes as incentive to pay employees minimum wage in addition to tips - SB426

Employment discrimination includes considering applicant's conviction record before being selected for an interview - SB421

Employment discrimination includes considering applicant's conviction record before being selected for an interview - AB384

Equity and Inclusion, Council on and Office for Equity and Inclusion created and attached to DOA; statewide plan for equity and inclusion established; report and FTE provisions - SB814

Equity and Inclusion, Council on and Office for Equity and Inclusion created and attached to DOA; statewide plan for equity and inclusion established; report and FTE provisions - AB768

Expungement of DNA data in crime laboratories' data bank required if not adjudged guilty or delinquent; DOJ duties - AB212

Extended supervision: cap for certain felonies changed, and early discharge and earned compliance credit created, conditions specified; DOC report required; JRCCP may report - AB832

Extreme risk protection TRO and extreme risk protection injunction created; respondent is prohibited from possessing a firearm and may be ordered to surrender all firearms, penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB530

Fantasy contests: definitions and operator registration provisions created; DFI duties - SB491

Federal immigration enforcement activities: limiting cooperation of DOJ and local law enforcement officers; model policy provision - SB401

Fee waiver for veterans for certain licenses and certifications expanded to include spouse or unremarried surviving spouse - SB585

Firearm storage requirements if child under age 18 is present in the residence; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB417

Firearms tax imposed on manufacturers and funds used by DOJ for victims of crimes involving firearms; JRCCP may report - SB542

Firearms tax imposed on manufacturers and funds used by DOJ for victims of crimes involving firearms; JRCCP may report - AB446

HEAB membership expanded to include representatives of state's tribal colleges - SB905

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

Healthy eating incentive pilot program: sunset extended - SB379

Hemp History Week: June 3-9, 2019 recognized as - SJR54

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: September 8-14, 2019 recognized as - AJR92

Honorary discharge of a firearm at events for former military, law enforcement, or firefighters, or on certain holidays: municipal restriction of firearm discharge does not apply - SB102

Housing navigators: grants for Continuum of Care organizations to hire - SB120

Human relations instructional programs in schools to include Hmong Americans - SB713

Human relations instructional programs in schools to include Hmong Americans - AB738

Human Trafficking, Council on, created in DOA - AB1024

Immunization Awareness Month: August 2019 recognized as - SJR63

Individuals 17 years of age may vote in a primary election if the individual will be 18 years of age by the election following the primary; statewide referendum required - SB307

Industrial hemp laws revised; ''hemp” replaces "industrial hemp;” THC, DATCP duties, and penalty provisions - SB188

Joint programming between UW Green Bay and the Oneida Tribe: annual funding from gaming receipts - SB194

Judge of any court of record prohibited from holding an office of public trust while serving in the judicial office - SB406

Juneteenth Day: the 57th celebration in the State of Wisconsin recognized on June 19, 2019 - SJR49

Juneteenth Day: the 57th celebration in the State of Wisconsin recognized on June 19, 2019 - AJR64

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - SB890

Legislation creating a crime or revising a penalty must be referred to JRCCP, report by committee requirements - SB812

Legislation creating a crime or revising a penalty must be referred to JRCCP, report by committee requirements - AB773

Legislative proposals: requirements for economic impact statements created - SB830

LGBT Pride Month: June 2019 recognized as - SJR38

Lost or stolen firearm: report to law enforcement and written notice in commercial sales or transfers required; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB419

Lottery prize exceeding set amount: state income taxes required to be used for local roads improvement program - SB201

Lottery tickets or lottery shares: using a debit card to purchase from a retailer allowed - SB528

MA reimbursement for mental health consultations for students up to age 21: communication with parent added and sunset eliminated - SB177

Marijuana: recreational use and medical use permitted; excise tax, labor peace agreement, registry ID cards, compassion centers, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, fair employment law, insurance, UI, and public assistance provisions; DATCP, DHS, and DOR duties; JRCCP may report - SB377

Minority teacher loan program eligibility modified - SB55

National guard and other service members who withdraw from college when called to active duty: responsibilities of colleges revised and expands protections to students at all private institutions - SB334

National Lupus Awareness Month: May 2019 recognized as - SJR26

Next Generation 911 grants from DMA - SB465

Noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials: public notice requirement created - SB741

Officiating at a wedding: any justice or judge authorized - SB333

Ogunbowale, Arike: outstanding basketball career, from high school in Milwaukee to the University of Notre Dame to the WNBA draft, recognized - AJR49

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