2023 Senate Authors

Monarch designated the state butterfly; Blue Book provision - SB443

Motor vehicle certificate of title application by nonresident insurance company: rules revised [Admin.Code Trans 154.13] - SB654

Motor vehicle seller who transfers possession and legal title to a buyer is immune from civil and criminal liability, and local ordinance violations - SB629

Motor vehicle wholesaler license: office requirements - SB588

Multijurisdictional business improvement district (MJBID) created by 2 or more municipalities authorized, conditions set; neighborhood improvement district (NID) financial statement and audit requirements; notice requirements provision - SB572

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month: March 2024 proclaimed as - SJR125

Municipal storm water utilities: PSC to regulate rates and services - SB455

National Girl Scout Day recognized March 12, 2024 and congratulations on the 112th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the United States of America - SJR129

Newborn infant safety devices: installation in safe haven law locations authorized - AB369

Newborn infant safety devices: installation in safe haven law locations authorized - SB369

Nonrecourse civil litigation advance: provisions governing transactions created; penalty provisions - SB464

Nonresident archer hunting license and nonresident crossbow hunting license fees increased - SB780

Notarial acts performed for remotely located individuals: general power of attorney exclusion removed - SB626

Notarization and witnessing of wills, estate planning, declaration to health care professionals, authorization for final disposition, and certain power of attorney documents: electronic and remote provisions created and other changes - AB985

Notarization and witnessing of wills, estate planning, declaration to health care professionals, authorization for final disposition, and certain power of attorney documents: electronic and remote provisions created and other changes - SB898

Number of child care workers and children in group child care centers: rules modified [Admin.Code DCF 251.055, 251.055 Table] - AB391

Number of child care workers and children in group child care centers: rules modified [Admin.Code DCF 251.055, 251.055 Table] - SB423

Nurse aide students: qualification for employment; DHS to request federal approval - SB671

Obsolete statutory references removed re property, sales, and income taxes; the Revised Uniform Claimed Property Act; and lottery games - AB742

Obsolete statutory references removed re property, sales, and income taxes; the Revised Uniform Claimed Property Act; and lottery games - SB738

Online carbon calculator for farmers: DATCP to develop - SB409

“Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Highway”: designating and marking STH 80 as - SB249

Opportunity attraction and promotion program: WEDC to establish and administer grants; annual report required - AB856

Opportunity attraction and promotion program: WEDC to establish and administer grants; annual report required - SB810

Outdoor advertising signs that do not conform to local ordinances and are affected by certain transportation-related state projects: provisions revised - SB467

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: September 2023 and September 2024 designated as - SJR69

Oversize or overweight vehicles transporting forest products: permit modifications - SB484

Overweight vehicles transporting certain fluid milk products: DOT permits - AB440

Overweight vehicles transporting certain fluid milk products: DOT permits - SB431

PA (physician assistant) Licensure Compact ratified - SB400

Passenger restrictions on ATVs changed - SB217

Passing a stopped school bus: penalties increased - SB313

Pathway to teacher licensure based on equivalency: DPI required to offer provisional license, conditions set - SB607

Peer support teams and critical incident stress management (CISM) services teams for various law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical service agencies: DOJ to establish, LESB duties, and privileged communication provisions - SB621

Peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing program: requirements and insurance provisions - SB386

Permanency plan review or hearing preparation: providing plan and comments to out-of-home providers - SB81

Personal farm property or household goods sold at auction on the Internet: sales and use tax exemption created - SB956

Personal financial literacy credit required for high school graduation - AB109

Personal financial literacy credit required for high school graduation - SB115

Personalized registration plate fee exemption for Gold Star family special group plates - SB740

Photographic identification required for voting; provisional ballot provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR73

Physical therapists authorized to certify to DOT information necessary for a disabled parking plate or card - AB1019

Physical therapists authorized to certify to DOT information necessary for a disabled parking plate or card - SB964

Pig iron included in “metallic or nonmetallic scrap” definition for overweight or oversize scrap permit purposes - AB365

Pig iron included in “metallic or nonmetallic scrap” definition for overweight or oversize scrap permit purposes - SB363

Policy for monitoring safety, including video surveillance and recording in certain areas: requiring child welfare agencies operating residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities, and psychiatric residential treatment facilities to adopt - SB914

Possession of child pornography: penalties for visual representations appearing to depict a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct - SB314

Postpartum MA coverage extended - AB114

Postpartum MA coverage extended - SB110

Premier resort area tax rate: certain municipalities allowed to increase; public safety provision - AB461

Premier resort area tax rate: certain municipalities allowed to increase; public safety provision - SB451

Prior authorization for physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other health services by certain health plans prohibited - SB475

Prizes awarded at county and agricultural society fairs: state aid increased - AB314

Prizes awarded at county and agricultural society fairs: state aid increased - SB311

Producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants: eligibility expanded - SB59

Protective occupation WRS annuitants who are rehired by a WRS participating employer: exception to suspension of annuity - SB630

Public events with nude adult participants: attendance of persons under age 18 prohibited; JRCCP may report - SB477

Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district: email for notice of board business allowed - SB85

Public records law: recovery of attorney fees and costs when authority releases contested record after action is filed in court - SB117

Public zoos and aquariums: definition expanded to include accredited members of the Zoological Association of America - SB126

Pupil applications to private school participating in a parental choice program: automatic application process for subsequent school years option - SB74

Reductions in state aid paid to school districts for per pupil payments to and equalization aid payments to certain independent charter schools repealed - SB652

Registers of deeds: fees for recording and filing instruments increased; land information program portion of fees increased and DOA grants for training and education increased - AB915

Registers of deeds: fees for recording and filing instruments increased; land information program portion of fees increased and DOA grants for training and education increased - SB872

Rehired WRS teacher annuitants: exemption to suspension of annuity payment - SB9

Remote retail sales of cigars or pipe tobacco: permit from DOR and other requirements created - SB835

Respiratory care practitioners allowed as part of ambulance staffing on any aircraft transporting pediatric patients between hospitals - SB221

Retirement payments from federal government re U.S. Foreign Service made exempt from taxation; JSCTE appendix report - AB420

Retirement payments from federal government re U.S. Foreign Service made exempt from taxation; JSCTE appendix report - SB406

Robbery of a financial institution: felony provisions modified; JRCCP may report - SB485

Rural creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development; report required - SB448

Rural EMS providers added to the Emergency Medical Services Board - SB526

Sale of certain memberships to a real estate broker: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB351

School boards allowed to employ a school district administrator not licensed by DPI - SB335

School Nutrition Professional Appreciation Week: April 29 to May 3, 2024 recognized as - AJR110

Serious mental illness treatment: DHS prohibited from imposing utilization management controls for certain prescription drugs under the MA program - SB618

Sexual assault kits: time limit for processing, conditions set - SB37

Sexual assault of a client by a health care provider made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB129

Sexual assault of a client by a health care provider made a felony; JRCCP may report - SB133

Skilled Trades Day: celebrating May 5, 2023 as - SJR38

Snow removal vehicles may be equipped with transmitters to communicate with traffic control signal priority devices - SB840

Snowmobile trails: signs advertising certain businesses erected by snowmobile clubs allowed - SB105

Social worker certificate and licenses: provisional credential created - SB1005

Soda water beverage equipment and coin-operated vending machines: DATCP prohibited from regulating terms of sale or rental of - AB155

Soda water beverage equipment and coin-operated vending machines: DATCP prohibited from regulating terms of sale or rental of - SB148

Special registration plates to express support for pollinators established, voluntary payment provision - SB361

Special voting deputies dispatched to residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes re voting by absentee ballot and circuit court determination of ineligibility to vote due to incompetency revisions - SB593

Spouses of veterans: eligibility requirements for state veterans home admission when the veteran spouse is not a member - AB580

Spouses of veterans: eligibility requirements for state veterans home admission when the veteran spouse is not a member - SB546