Wisconsin Legislature: Reports

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations removed - AB453

Sexual contact with a child: statute of limitations removed - SB319

Spiritual treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for children: exemptions removed re county department determination of child abuse or neglect, felony physical abuse of a child, and administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody; Christian Science treatment limited to adult patients - AB590

Temporary ``Class B" licenses a municipality may issue to certain organizations in a 12-month period increased - AB85

Turkey, Republic of, urged to grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appropriate recognition, ecclesiastical succession, the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and to respect the property rights and human rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate - SR10

relocation paymentRelocation payment, see Eminent domain

remedial legislationRemedial legislation, see Statutes — Revision

rendering plantRendering plant

Rendering or processing plant may be established or expanded within one-eighth mile of a residence or public or private place of business with approval of the municipality [S.Amdt.1: processing animal parts only] - SB268

renewable energy resourceRenewable energy resource, see Energy conservation

rental propertyRental property, see Landlord and tenant; Motor vehicle — Dealers and finance companies

reorganization of state governmentReorganization of state government

Bioenergy Advisory Council created and attached to DATCP - SB279

Energy, Division of, transferred from DOA to PSC; provisions re LIEAP, weatherization, energy conservation, and other services [Sec. 56-64, 65-67, 70-73, 97, 122-148, 223-225, 558, 561-564, 682, 843, 850-852, 1819-1824, 1850, 2328, 2454, 2466-2470, 2472-2475, 2631, 3398, 9101 (1), (2), 9401 (1), (2); original bill only] - AB75

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children adopted, state council provision - SB681

Land and Water Conservation Board eliminated and replaced with council; duties revised [Sec. 28-30, 32, 33, 739, 1948-1952, 1954-1958, 1965-1969, 2576, 2590-2606, 2610, 2614-2619, 2623, 2630, 9103 (4); original bill only] - AB75

Legal Services, Division of, created in DOA; authorized to provide legal services to executive branch agencies, except DOJ and DPI; position of unclassified chief legal advisor created in certain agencies; classified attorney positions in specified agencies deleted [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Attorney"] - AB75

Locally grown food in school meals and snacks: DATCP to promote and provide grants; Farm to School Council created, report required; FTE position [A.Amdt.1: DPI duty added; A.Amdt.2: dairy products added] - AB746

Nonmotorized Recreation and Transportation Trails Council created, DNR and DOT provisions - SB266

Offender Reentry, Council on, created; duties defined; report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 33r, 34g, 2669k, 9111 (12f), 9411 (1f)] - AB75

Podiatrists: civil liability immunity for providing aid at certain athletic events, privileged communication with patients, certify to DOT that applicant is fit to teach driving, may diagnose illness or injury for DVA purposes, may submit statement for specialized hunting permit, added to list of enumerated providers of sickness care, insurers to give equal weight to certifications of disability by, added to list of free choice providers for persons eligible for MA; Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board renamed Podiatry Affiliated Credentialing Board - AB273

Regulatory Ombudsman Center: funding for additional position [A.Amdt.6: ``Regulatory Ombudsman Center" changed to ``Office of Regulatory Assistance" and duties revised] - SB409

Sentence adjustment for certain felonies; Parole Commission renamed the Earned Release Review Commission [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Sentences and penalties"] - AB75

Sign language interpretation services: licensing requirements created, exceptions specified; Sign Language Interpreter Council created; confidentiality provision - SB389

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists regulations and audiology license and temporary license revisions; Council on Speech Language Pathology and Audiology eliminated - SB358

Thermal system insulation: Comm.Dept to regulate the business of installing and maintaining; council and state inspector position created; licensing, definition, continuing education, and forfeiture provisions - SB94

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of; definition, ordinance, enforcement, and PSC review provisions; exception for certain electric generating facilities with a certificate of public convenience and necessity [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Wind Siting Council created and report required] - SB185

Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority created, duties defined; collective bargaining provision [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Medical service"] - AB75

reportsReports, see also Legislative Audit Bureau; Studies; specific subject

BadgerCare Plus Basic Plan established; Benchmark Plan revisions [S.Amdt.1: report to JCF required; S.Amdt.3: LAB audit added; S.Amdt.8: eligibility verification and information provision and report to JCF added; A.Amdt.1: sunset added; A.Amdt.4: disclosure of benefits and cost sharing to applicants] - SB484

BadgerCare Plus: technical changes; certain annual DHS report eliminated [Sec. 873-877, 1297-1299, 1328-1333, 1335-1337, 1338-1353, 1354, 1356, 9422 (1); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 872k] - AB75

Biofuels educational needs assessment: U.W. Extension to conduct, report required - SB279

Biofuels: financial assistance for biorefinery, ``agricultural use" definition revised, Bioenergy Advisory Council, forestry diversification program, Biofuels Production Facility Regulatory Review, marketing orders, personal renewable fuel production and use, income tax credit for blender pumps, offering unblended gasoline to motor fuel dealers, renewable motor vehicle fuel sales goals and requirements, state fleet provisions; reports required; OEI, DATCP, DNR, Comm.Dept, and DOR duties; JSCTE appendix report [S.Amdt.1: renewable fuel sales requirement deleted; S.Amdt.2: Comm.Dept duty added; S.Amdts 3 and 4: unblended gasoline provisions modified re nonattainment areas and liability for blending after sale] - SB279

Biofuels Production Facility Regulatory Review committee created, members appointed by the Governor, report required - SB279

Birth defect prevention and surveillance program: DHS report and funding from vital records fee revenue [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 327, 2545d, 9122 (8v)] - AB75

Business retention: Comm.Dept emergency response team and report on businesses at-risk of expanding or relocating [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9110 (11r)] - AB75

Capital access program grants re lending to small and medium-sized businesses and local nonprofit organizations: Comm. Dept to award to Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation; appropriation and emergency rule provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, participation of banks clarified, definition provisions, reports required, emergency rules provision removed] - AB532

Center on Education and Work at U.W. Madison to establish a career conversations program for students in grades 7-12; requirements, evaluation, sunset, and report provisions - SB121

Centers for the developmentally disabled: CIP reduction; certain DHS report requirements eliminated [Sec. 857, 1290; Enrolled AB-75: CIP-1A funding increased, report requirement retained, deletes 857] - AB75

Child abuse or neglect cases: public disclosure of certain information required re child fatality or near fatality, suicide, egregious abuse or neglect, or sexual abuse by caregiver; exceptions and report provision [S.Amdts 1 and 3: report requirements revised] - SB299

Child care quality rating system: DCF required to provide; Internet provision [Sec. 1057, 9108 (7); Enrolled AB-75: review and plan revisions, 9108 (7f); deletes 9108 (7)] - AB75

Child protective services: DCF to establish pilot program under which county department may employ alternative responses; evaluation report required [Sec. 1097, 1098. 1100; Enrolled AB-75: limited to five counties (including Milwaukee County)] - AB75

Community supervision services to reduce recidivism and increase public safety; ``Becky Young Community Corrections" appropriation created; annual report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 307f, 2669h] - AB75

Concentrated animal feeding operations: WPDES application fee revisions; report requirements [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 275fn, 2628t, 2665m, 9137 (2i)] - AB75

Consumer small loan regulations and licensing requirements created; payday lender, zoning, DFI, Division of Banking, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``consumer small loan" changed to ``payday loan", annual report required; A.Amdt.2: motor vehicle title loan, disclosure, and informational materials provisions added; S.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.2: motor vehicle title loan provisions deleted and recreated] - SB530

Contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies: reduction required; report and JCF authority [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9157 (2L)] - AB75

Critical access hospital assessment created, MA and DHS provisions; health care provider loan program through U.W. revised re amount and rural areas; rural physician residency assistance program established through the U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Family Medicine, annual report to JCF required - AB770

DHS mandated reports: certain requirements eliminated [Sec. 886, 887, 1224, 1225, 1388, 1406, 1414, 1415, 1442, 1443, 2521, 2544, 2545, 2565, 2566, 2569, 2984; original bill only] - AB75

Donated books receipt by inmates: Corr.Dept report to JCF demonstrating the prohibition has been eliminated [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9111 (3x)] - AB75

Earned release, substance abuse treatment, and Challenge Incarceration Program revisions [Sec. 2700, 2701, 2703-2708, 2710-2712; Enrolled AB-75: reports added, 2702m, 2711m, 9111 (12g)] - AB75

Economic development programs in Comm.Dept: Community-Based, Rural Economic, and Minority Business Grant programs and boards eliminated; responsibilities of Development Finance Board assumed by Economic Policy Board (EPB); Forward Innovation Fund created [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Commerce, Department of"] - AB75

Electronic waste recycling: manufacturer, recycler, retailer, and consumer requirements created; DNR, reporting, fee, definition, audit, and penalty provisions; disposal in landfills and incineration prohibited [for further revisions, see entry under ``Recycling"] - SB107

Energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings, LEED certification for public building projects, graywater and rainwater systems; DOA, Building Commission, and Comm.Dept duties; report and lease provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, voluntary standards for 1- and 2-family dwellings] - SB616

Entrepreneurial assistance grants re ``new business" hiring of student intern to assist in research and marketing; repayment when business becomes profitable; provision re grant to college or university placing multiple interns; report and sunset date [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 206s, 207, 3033L] - AB75

Farmland Preservation Program, tax credit funded from lottery fund, and tax relief revisions; planning and zoning provisions; accessory use allowed [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Farmland preservation"] - AB75

Film production tax credit program changes re new refundable production services and company investment; provision re salary, wages, and non-labor expenses; ``production expenditures" and ``accredited production" defined; electronic games approved by Comm.Dept included; report required [for section numbers, see entry under ``Income tax — Credit"] - AB75

Graduated foster care licensing system created; kinship and long-term kinship care payments re treatment foster homes eliminated [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Children and Families, Department of"] - AB75

Harbor improvement grants: DOT bonding revised [Sec. 651; Enrolled AB-75: report on current and future needs, 9150 (5d)] - AB75

Highway project development report [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9150 (4d)] - AB75

Hospital assessment revisions; MA and DHS provisions; report required [Sec. 6, 11-14, 29-32, 34-40, 46, 47, 49-66, 69, 70, 556, 557, 9122 (1), 9222 (1), 9322 (1), 9422 (1)] - SB62

Human resources functions in executive branch agencies: DOA to evaluate; consolidation procedures; transfers to OSER, certain exceptions provided; report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 596, 597, 2483, 2485, 9101 (8c)] - AB75

Income tax reciprocity between Wisconsin and Minnesota: DOR in conjunction with Minnesota Department of Revenue to study, report required - SB608

Juvenile correctional services deficit reduction [Sec. 313-315, 317-319, 9211 (1), 9411 (1); Enrolled AB-75: DOA and Corr.Dept report on alternate statutory mechanism, 9111 (2i)] - AB75

Land and Water Conservation Board's responsibilities and authorities: DATCP, DNR, and the board to investigate; report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9103 (4i)] - AB75

Legal notices in the official state newspaper: requirement deleted; posting to Web site instead [A.Sub.Amdt.1; A.Amdts.: provision deleted, JLC study committee established; deleted by Senate] - AB75

MA services by managed care organizations; DHS reports re quality of care for MA recipients and reducing MA program costs [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1301c, 1313h, p, 1315n, 9122 (10q), 9322 (3f), 9422 (14g)] - AB75

Madison to Twin Cities passenger rail route report; consideration of routes through City of La Crosse and another through City of Eau Claire required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9150 (7j)] - AB75

Manufacturing sales and use tax exemption re tangible personal property; appendix report [Sec. 1571, 1643, 1709, 1831, 1832, 1834, 1835, 1842-1846, 9443 (5); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 1830f, 1831b, 1832b, 1842d, 1843c, g, 9443 (5f), (14q)] - AB75

Medical school reports: certain requirements eliminated [Sec. 6-8; original bill only] - AB75

Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council: annual report and public hearing requirements; DCF duties - AB883

Milwaukee County income maintenance funding provided; DHS to provide JCF copies of reports documenting the program management; DOJ investigation re county administrative fraud [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9122 (5x), 9130 (1q)] - AB75

Nursing workforce survey and allocations to nursing center; ``nurses" definition re RNs, LPNs, nurse-midwives, and advanced practice nurse prescribers; report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 228h, 518h, 2207t, 2995cy-de, dt, ed] - AB75

Offender Reentry, Council on, created; duties defined; report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 33r, 34g, 2669k, 9111 (12f), 9411 (1f)] - AB75

Offender Reentry, Council on: report requirements revised - AB364

PECFA semiannual report requirement repealed (remedial legislation) - SB446

Physician pilot project: DHS to develop proposal to increase reimbursement to providers; JCF duties; report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1301e] - AB75

Populous city pension obligation bonding; legislative findings and determination cited; report requirements [Sec. 1460-1462, 1471, 1475, 1476, 1497, 1498, 1500] - AB75

Prescription drug assistance for the elderly: changes re program payment rate and DHS report on pharmacy compliance and participation in MA [Sec. 1364, 1366, 1367] - AB75

PSC telecommunications rule and reporting requirements revised [Sec. 2456-2460, 2462, 2464, 2465; original bill only] - AB75

Racine County child care facility pilot program: DCF to provide a grant, report required [A.Amdts. to A.Sub.Amdt.1; deleted by Senate] - AB75

Rail property acquisition and improvement: DOT bonding authority increased [Sec. 652; Enrolled AB-75: funding increased, report on freight rail preservation program, 9150 (5x)] - AB75

Recidivism reduction by 25% through community services required, report revisions; Corr.Dept appropriation for mental health services and transitional employment program for persons on parole or extended supervision and at high risk of reoffending - AB499

Rest area and wayside commercial development: DOT agreements with private entities permitted; report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 295s, 1919m] - AB75

Southern Wisconsin Center funding revised; provision re less restrictive setting for residents; DHS report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1424m, p, 1431g-k, 1444m, n] - AB75

Stewardship program directory by DNR of lands purchased: requirement deleted, made an Internet application; report on newly purchased lands which restrict access (and reason for restriction) continued and changed to annual [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 664xg-xw] - AB75

Tax laws: enhanced enforcement to increase state tax revenues; annual report required [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1815g] - AB75