2021 Senate Authors

Cooperatives: hold member meetings remotely, adoption of emergency bylaws, and granted certain emergency powers - SB25

Cranberry Marketing Board: fiscal biennium 2022-23 grant to DATCP - AB135

Cranberry Marketing Board: fiscal biennium 2022-23 grant to DATCP - SB154

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 - AB44

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 - SB17

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 - AB43

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 - SB18

Farmland preservation implementation grants and agreements and farmland preservation tax credits revisions - AB54

Farmland preservation implementation grants and agreements and farmland preservation tax credits revisions - SB68

Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults is suspected: actions financial service providers are authorized to take - AB46

Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults is suspected: actions financial service providers are authorized to take - SB19

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 - AB45

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 - SB20

Full-time open enrollment to attend fully virtual program offered by nonresident school district or charter school from the 2021-22 school year - SB109

Genetic counseling regulations and licensing; Genetic Counselors Affiliated Credentialing Board created; JRCCP may report - AB255

Genetic counseling regulations and licensing; Genetic Counselors Affiliated Credentialing Board created; JRCCP may report - SB259

GPS tracking device: refusing or obstructing installation of made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB214

GPS tracking device: refusing or obstructing installation of made a felony; JRCCP may report - SB229

Insurance data cybersecurity requirements created; OCI duties, security program, notification, and confidentiality provisions - AB147

Insurance data cybersecurity requirements created; OCI duties, security program, notification, and confidentiality provisions - SB160

LESB responsibilities: adding jails and juvenile detention facilities and recruitment standards; employment files on employees required - AB190

LESB responsibilities: adding jails and juvenile detention facilities and recruitment standards; employment files on employees required - SB165

Loan to Timber Professional Cooperative from certain federal moneys for purchase of Verso Paper Mill in the City of Wisconsin Rapids - AB367

Loan to Timber Professional Cooperative from certain federal moneys for purchase of Verso Paper Mill in the City of Wisconsin Rapids - SB369

Multidistrict opiate litigation settlement: AG to cooperate with local governments; conditions specified - AB374

Multidistrict opiate litigation settlement: AG to cooperate with local governments; conditions specified - SB386

National anthem played or sung at sporting events in venues constructed in part with public moneys required - AB226

National anthem played or sung at sporting events in venues constructed in part with public moneys required - SB244

Newborn screening for globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease) required; DHS to evaluate testing for other lysosomal storage disorders - AB181

Newborn screening for globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease) required; DHS to evaluate testing for other lysosomal storage disorders - SB194

Opioid and methamphetamine data system: DOA to establish, collect data from other departments, and submit report to JCF - AB41

Opioid and methamphetamine data system: DOA to establish, collect data from other departments, and submit report to JCF - SB49

Personal property tax eliminated; DOA duties re payments to taxing jurisdiction equal to property taxes levied on set date; JSCTE appendix report - SB189

Potato Marketing Board: fiscal biennium 2021-23 grant to DATCP - AB136

Potato Marketing Board: fiscal biennium 2021-23 grant to DATCP - SB155

Presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways created; restrictions and real estate disclosures provisions - SB46

Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation: sunset of grant program delayed; DSPS duties; septage characterization study required - SB84

Purple Heart Memorial Highway: STH 21 designated as - SB345

Rare Disease Day observed February 28, 2021 - SR4

Specially formulated nutritional supplements and replacements for severe health conditions: remove prior authorization from DHS for MA reimbursement [Admin.Code DHS 107.10] - SB453

State COVID-19 response: MA payments to hospitals for nursing-level-facility custodial care and outpatient services; health care data aggregator utilization of MA data; hospital-associated services standards and MA coverage; temporary credentials for health care providers licensed in another state, telehealth provision - SB202

Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week designated the week of May 2, 2021 - SR5

Traffic violation in emergency or roadside response area with emergency vehicles or tow trucks present: penalties increased; wireless telephone use prohibition and reduced speed limit provisions; JRCCP may report - SB311

Tuition expenses for a DWD approved apprenticeship program: individual income tax deduction created; JSCTE appendix report - SB125

Wild parsnip declared a noxious weed by local governments or American Indian tribes or bands: grants to control, monitor, and eliminate; Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation funding - AB343

Wild parsnip declared a noxious weed by local governments or American Indian tribes or bands: grants to control, monitor, and eliminate; Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation funding - SB346

Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial, Inc.: permanent individual income tax checkoff created - AB308

Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial, Inc.: permanent individual income tax checkoff created - SB321

Youth apprenticeship program: schools to include in educational options information provided to parents and guardians - AB220

Youth apprenticeship program: schools to include in educational options information provided to parents and guardians - SB231

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Testin, Sen. Patrick (24th Sen.Dist.; R)

Assembly Bills:6, 32, 24, 25, 37, 33, 47, 48, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 85, 100, 117, 111, 115, 118, 123, 157, 158, 175, 125, 149, 191, 219, 245, 275, 281, 297, 302, 314, 339, 366, 336

Assembly Joint Resolutions:3, 56

Senate Bills:8, 7, 5, 16, 22, 23, 51, 62, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 91, 92, 115, 119, 173, 175, 190, 184, 183, 236, 243, 300, 315, 325, 364, 354, 463

Senate Joint Resolutions:3, 6, 30, 31

2118 Wanggaard, Sen. Van (21st Sen.Dist.; R)

Billboards used to recruit DOC employees: prohibition repealed - AB397

Billboards used to recruit DOC employees: prohibition repealed - SB399

Board of fire and police commissioners (PFC boards) and protective services departments of first class or second class cities: changes to - AB114

Board of fire and police commissioners (PFC boards) and protective services departments of first class or second class cities: changes to - SB117

Captive wild animals: USDA licensed facility exempt from state license requirements - AB341

Captive wild animals: USDA licensed facility exempt from state license requirements - SB347

Choke hold by law enforcement officer: use prohibited in use of force policies - AB134

Choke hold by law enforcement officer: use prohibited in use of force policies - SB121

Community-oriented policing-house grant program for cities created in DOJ - SB124

Community-oriented policing-house grant program for cities created in DOJ - AB258

COVID-19 vaccine distribution: DHS directed to not prioritize incarcerated persons within an allocation phase - SB8

Crisis program enhancement grants expanded to counties and municipalities and to establish or enhance law enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration programs - AB333

Critical incident mapping data: grants to schools to submit data to public safety officials - SB449

Dentists authorized to administer flu and COVID-19 vaccines - SB13

Drug and alcohol testing following officer-involved critical incidents: law enforcement agencies required to adopt written policy - AB334

Enforcement and administration of laws under DOR’s purview: changes re license to sell cigarettes or tobacco products, forfeitures for alcohol beverage violations, publishing a list of retail licenses, criminal history search fee, tax return information disclosure, lottery, possession of alcohol vapor devices, penalties for evading excise taxes and unlawful possession of cigarettes, alcohol beverage permit reapplication, possession of a still, and sales suppression devices and phantomware; JRCCP may report - AB250

Enforcement and administration of laws under DOR’s purview: changes re license to sell cigarettes or tobacco products, forfeitures for alcohol beverage violations, publishing a list of retail licenses, criminal history search fee, tax return information disclosure, lottery, possession of alcohol vapor devices, penalties for evading excise taxes and unlawful possession of cigarettes, alcohol beverage permit reapplication, possession of a still, and sales suppression devices and phantomware; JRCCP may report - SB285

Entering certain places without consent and with intent to commit battery made a felony - SB53

Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs: felony penalties for manufacture, distribution, delivery, or possession revised; JRCCP may report - AB357

Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs: felony penalties for manufacture, distribution, delivery, or possession revised; JRCCP may report - SB352

Fort Bragg in North Carolina: rename to commemorate U.S. Brigadier General Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, a Civil War veteran - SJR54

Greek Independence: 200th anniversary celebrated March 25, 2021 - SJR13

Grievous bodily harm to or death of an animal: felony penalty; hunting dog, definition, and court order provisions; JRCCP may report - AB368

Grievous bodily harm to or death of an animal: felony penalty; hunting dog, definition, and court order provisions; JRCCP may report - SB366

Independent living centers: appropriation for DHS grants increased - SB190

Independent Use of Force Advisory Board created - AB112

Independent Use of Force Advisory Board created - SB118

Kenosha STEM Innovation Center: allocating certain federal moneys for - AB429

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required - AB109

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required - SB123

Motor vehicle registration plates: 7-year replacement cycle and construction requirements established - AB432

Motor vehicle registration plates: 7-year replacement cycle and construction requirements established - SB429

Municipal live broadcast of canvassing proceeding in any election must be recorded - SB292