2019 Senate Authors

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

General transportation aids program: penalty revised for towns that file necessary documentation within 30 days past the deadline - AB184

General Vang Pao Day declared December 8, 2019 - SJR80

General Vang Pao Day declared December 8, 2019 - AJR112

Grievous bodily harm to or death of an animal: felony penalty; definition and court order provisions; JRCCP may report - SB469

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

Harassment of a sports official: penalty provisions created; JRCCP may report - SB657

``Ho-Chunk World War II Code Talkers Memorial Highway”: portion of I 90 from state line to I 94 intersection in Monroe County designated as - SB640

``Ho-Chunk World War II Code Talkers Memorial Highway”: portion of I 90 from state line to I 94 intersection in Monroe County designated as - AB714

Holder of both a winery permit and brewer’s permit may sell its own cider at the brewery without a retail license and provide free taste samples, off-site retail outlet provision - AB886

Individual Medicare supplement policy: policyholder may cancel at any time - SB615

Individual Medicare supplement policy: policyholder may cancel at any time - AB217

Intentional bodily harm to a probation, extended supervision, parole, community supervision, or aftercare agent: crime expanded to include family member of the agent and threats of harm; JRCCP may report - SB185

Joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress: rule-making process changes for administrative rules proposed at re gubernatorial approval, statements of scope, economic impact analyses and their content, independent economic impact analyses, legislative review, and bill required under set condition - SB204

Joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress: rule-making process changes for administrative rules proposed at re gubernatorial approval, statements of scope, economic impact analyses and their content, independent economic impact analyses, legislative review, and bill required under set condition - AB215

Legislative and congressional redistricting by LRB: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR87

Legislative and congressional redistricting by LRB: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR124

Marijuana: penalty for possession of not more than 10 grams reduced to a forfeiture; JRCCP may report - AB1004

Medical services from a provider outside of network: disclosure, notice, billing, and arbitration requirements for defined network or PP plan providers created; OIC duties - SB894

Medical services from a provider outside of network: disclosure, notice, billing, and arbitration requirements for defined network or PP plan providers created; OIC duties - AB1016

Mental health crisis intervention teams: funding for DHS grants to local governmental units - SB863

Mental health crisis intervention teams: funding for DHS grants to local governmental units - AB978

Milk producer affidavit that dairy product does not contain synthetic BGH: DATCP prohibited from promulgating a rule limiting duration of the affidavit - SB685

Missing and Murdered Tribal Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - SB493

Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program established in DNR to assist certain municipalities and home owners - SB878

Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program established in DNR to assist certain municipalities and home owners - AB988

Motor bicycle for purposes of the rules of the road: third type operated by persons with certain disability created; DOT to issue decal and special card - SB454

Motor bicycle for purposes of the rules of the road: third type operated by persons with certain disability created; DOT to issue decal and special card - AB499

Municipal flood control program: appropriation to DNR increased - SB896

Municipal flood control program: appropriation to DNR increased - AB1026

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

Native Pollinator Health, Task Force on, created; report required - AB574

Nurse aide training: TCS Board grants to districts in areas with nurse aide shortages - SB222

Nurse aide training: TCS Board grants to districts in areas with nurse aide shortages - AB254

Pet stores prohibited from selling dogs and cats; forfeiture provision - SB478

Petroleum products and storage of dangerous substances: revisions to DATCP regulations - SB877

Petroleum products and storage of dangerous substances: revisions to DATCP regulations - AB993

Premier resort area: City of Prescott and Village of Pepin authorized to become - SB389

Premier resort area: City of Prescott and Village of Pepin authorized to become - AB429

Presidential or vice-presidential campaigns: local governments may require payment in advance for certain costs of a campaign event; permit for event prohibited if the campaign owes money to another Wisconsin political subdivision - SB780

Presidential or vice-presidential campaigns: local governments may require payment in advance for certain costs of a campaign event; permit for event prohibited if the campaign owes money to another Wisconsin political subdivision - AB911

PSC to require retail electric utilities and cooperatives to survey customers about broadband service availability and Internet service providers to disclose certain information to improve broadband mapping; supplemental appropriation for the broadband expansion grant program - SB839

PSC to require retail electric utilities and cooperatives to survey customers about broadband service availability and Internet service providers to disclose certain information to improve broadband mapping; supplemental appropriation for the broadband expansion grant program - AB959

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

Ranked-choice voting for the election of all local officials, exception for recall elections; Elections Commission duties - AB1010