2019 Senate Authors

Caregiver designation by patient or patient’s legal guardian: hospitals required to provide opportunity - AB584

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

Chemical recovery boilers: frequency of periodic inspections and DSPS duties - AB781

Circuit court branch added to each of the following counties: Adams, Calumet, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marathon, Sawyer, Vilas, and Waushara - SB148

Community health center grants: funding increased - SB651

Complex rehabilitation technology re MA reimbursement: definition modified and DHS to defer to physician re medical necessity - SB605

Complex rehabilitation technology re MA reimbursement: definition modified and DHS to defer to physician re medical necessity - AB660

Concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO): WPDES permit fee revision - SB31

County conservation staffing: DATCP appropriation increased, conditions set - SB723

County conservation staffing: DATCP appropriation increased, conditions set - AB790

Cranberry Marketing Board: fiscal year 2020-21 grant to DATCP - SB564

Cranberry Marketing Board: fiscal year 2020-21 grant to DATCP - AB628

Crimes against elder persons: penalties increased; sexual assault penalty revised; physical abuse crime created; freezing of assets of defendant re financial exploitation; elder person may appear in court via telephone or live audiovisual means when seeking certain restraining orders; JRCCP may report - SB427

Crimes against elder persons: penalties increased; sexual assault penalty revised; physical abuse crime created; freezing of assets of defendant re financial exploitation; elder person may appear in court via telephone or live audiovisual means when seeking certain restraining orders; JRCCP may report - AB480

Deaf History Month: April 2019 recognized as - SJR24

Deaf History Month: April 2019 recognized as - AJR27

Expedite court proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings when victim or witness is an elder person; court required to preserve testimony of elderly witness or victim in criminal matters - SB430

Expedite court proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings when victim or witness is an elder person; court required to preserve testimony of elderly witness or victim in criminal matters - AB479

Family caregiver assisting a qualified family member: nonrefundable individual income tax credit created for qualified expenses; definition provisions - SB126

Family caregiver assisting a qualified family member: nonrefundable individual income tax credit created for qualified expenses; definition provisions - AB126

Family Navigator Program established in DWD, report required - SB344

Family Navigator Program established in DWD, report required - AB375

Farm succession planning programs: creating positions within the UW System - SB448

Farm succession planning programs: creating positions within the UW System - AB494

Farm tractor rollover protection structure: DATCP grants to certain organizations that install, report required - SB35

Farm tractor rollover protection structure: DATCP grants to certain organizations that install, report required - AB31

Farmland preservation implementation grants and agreements and farmland preservation tax credits revisions - SB575

Farmland preservation implementation grants and agreements and farmland preservation tax credits revisions - AB637

Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults is suspected: actions financial service providers are authorized to take - SB429

Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults is suspected: actions financial service providers are authorized to take - AB481

Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults with securities accounts: notice and reporting of by securities industry professionals, penalty enhancers, and violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law; JRCCP may report - SB428

Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults with securities accounts: notice and reporting of by securities industry professionals, penalty enhancers, and violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law; JRCCP may report - AB482

Floating treatment wetland placed in a lake or river made eligible for lake management grant and river protection grant - SB485

Floating treatment wetland placed in a lake or river made eligible for lake management grant and river protection grant - AB503

Healthy eating incentive pilot program: sunset extended - SB379

Healthy eating incentive pilot program: sunset extended - AB412

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

Highway work zone safety: liability of vehicle owners for speed and failure to yield violations; driver education instruction requirements - SB244

Highway work zone safety: liability of vehicle owners for speed and failure to yield violations; driver education instruction requirements - AB262

Independent living centers: appropriation for DHS grants increased - SB567

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

Industrial hemp laws revised; ``hemp” replaces ``industrial hemp;” THC, DATCP duties, and penalty provisions - AB206

Insurance data cybersecurity requirements created; OCI duties, security program, notification, and confidentiality provisions - SB784

Insurance data cybersecurity requirements created; OCI duties, security program, notification, and confidentiality provisions - AB819

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: repeal provision of 2015 WisAct 116 that authorizes repeal of the statutes authorizing the compact - SB74

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: repeal provision of 2015 WisAct 116 that authorizes repeal of the statutes authorizing the compact - AB70

Lifetime fishing license to residents established; lifetime fishing trust fund created - SB508

Lifetime fishing license to residents established; lifetime fishing trust fund created - AB555

Little Plover River watershed enhancement grant to Village of Plover - SB510

Little Plover River watershed enhancement grant to Village of Plover - AB567

Marquette University School of Dentistry rural dentistry scholarship program created - SB228

Marquette University School of Dentistry rural dentistry scholarship program created - AB258

Medical cannabis: DHS to establish registry for specified medical conditions or treatments and issue ID cards; producer, processor, or dispensary to obtain license from DATCP, conditions and fee provisions; discrimination in employment and licensing prohibitions; medical use defense to THC-related prosecutions and forfeiture actions for registered persons; JRCCP may report - SB507

Moberg, Glen: saluting a long career in local broadcasting, both television and radio, and contributions to the communities of Central Wisconsin - SJR56

Nitrate testing grant program for private well owners established; DHS, local health department, and report provisions - SB137

Nitrate testing grant program for private well owners established; DHS, local health department, and report provisions - AB148

Novelty lighters: retail sale to minors and display in area accessible to the general public prohibited; definition and penalty provisions - SB195

Novelty lighters: retail sale to minors and display in area accessible to the general public prohibited; definition and penalty provisions - AB202

Paternity: presumption and conclusive determination based on genetic tests established; court provisions - SB158

Paternity: presumption and conclusive determination based on genetic tests established; court provisions - AB166

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

Peer recovery coach services under MA: reimbursement revision and continuation of care and overdose treatment providers provision - AB650

Physical therapy students practice permissions and physical therapist assistant student supervision revisions - SB546

Physical therapy students practice permissions and physical therapist assistant student supervision revisions - AB581

Placement of sexually violent persons on supervised release: clarification of 2017 WisAct 184; DHS and county duties modified - SB60

Potato Marketing Board: fiscal year 2020-21 grant to DATCP - SB568

Potato Marketing Board: fiscal year 2020-21 grant to DATCP - AB626

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: certain sunsets extended - SB581

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: certain sunsets extended - AB647

Presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways created - SB501

Presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways created - AB551

Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation: sunset of grant program delayed - SB710

Property used to provide broadband service to rural or underserved area exempt from the telephone company tax; JSCTE appendix report - SB321

Public Defender Board to establish a student loan payment pilot program for private bar attorneys who accept public defender appointments in certain counties - SB461

Public Defender Board to establish a student loan payment pilot program for private bar attorneys who accept public defender appointments in certain counties - AB512

Rehabilitation of single-family residence built before 1980: refundable individual income tax credit created, conditions specified - AB905

Rehabilitation of single-family residence built before 1980: refundable individual income tax credit created, conditions specified - SB792

Reports of suspected child abuse or neglect and related records: disclosure prohibited if an investigation determined the reports were unsubstantiated - SB610

Reports of suspected child abuse or neglect and related records: disclosure prohibited if an investigation determined the reports were unsubstantiated - AB671

Respiratory care: temporary certificate to practice issued by MEB modified - SB500

Respiratory care: temporary certificate to practice issued by MEB modified - AB558

Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, 2019: saluting all persons of Irish descent - AJR15

Selective abortions and disability-selective abortion prohibited; civil remedies and injunctive relief provisions - SB173

Selective abortions and disability-selective abortion prohibited; civil remedies and injunctive relief provisions - AB182

Service award program re volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical responders, and EMS practitioners: appropriation for state match increased - SB556

Service award program re volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical responders, and EMS practitioners: appropriation for state match increased - AB607

Severe weather incidents in July 2019: commending emergency response personnel, National Guard, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, utility crews, and volunteers for their response and efforts to keep communities safe - SJR60

Severe weather incidents in July 2019: commending emergency response personnel, National Guard, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, utility crews, and volunteers for their response and efforts to keep communities safe - AJR78

Sign language interpreters: new categories of licenses established, examination provisions; Sign Language Interpreter Council eliminated and Sign Language Interpreters Advisory Committee established; DSPS duties - SB265