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Senate Bills of the 2007-2008 Session

To research any of these Senate Bills, or companion Assembly Bills, click on the bill number.  This will take you to the history of the bill where you can read the bill or look at other information about the bill by clicking on the highlighted portion of the history.  Remember to click on the back button on your browser to return to this page.  Click on SEN VOTE and ASSM VOTE following individual senate bills to see the votes on that  bill.  This is page 1 of 3 of listed senate bills.  Updated 3/21/08

JANUARY 2007 SPECIAL SESSION SENATE BILL
SB1  Creation of a Government Accountability Board, enforcement of elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation laws, venue
         for prosecution of certain offenses, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing penalties
                         
SEN VOTE   ASSM VOTE  WI ACT 1

2007-2008 REGULAR SESSION SENATE BILLS
SB 2   Creation of a Government Accountability Board; enforcement of elections, ethics, lobbying regulation laws;
           and providing penalties
SB 3  Exempting from taxation retirement plan income received by an individual
SB 4  Increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers
SB 5 & AB 31 Elimination of accumulated sick leave credit program for legislators, justices and judges, all other state
          elected officials, and certain appointed executive branch officials 
SB 5 SENT TO JOINT FINANCE
           
AB 31  ASSM VOTE  SEN VOTE TO SUSPEND RULES AND TAKE UP FAILED
SB 6  Extension of the right to vote to certain 17-year-old persons and providing for a referendum
SB 10  Reporting of certain information concerning individual contributions received on campaign finance reports
SB 12  Campaign financing, designations for the Wisconsin election campaign fund by individuals filing state income tax
            returns, creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to the Public Integrity Endowment,
            candidate time on public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, statewide voter registration,
            staffing of the Elections Board, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making
            authority, providing penalties, and making appropriations
SB 13  Allowing access to pending paternity proceeding information for purposes of administering the child support
            establishment program
SB 23 & AB 74  Service by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist 
                     
SB 23  SEN VOTE  ASSM VOTE REFUSED TO TAKE UP
SB 27  Releasing persons arrested for certain offenses related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated
SB 30  Permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be
           
SEN VOICE
SB 34  Preparing the executive budget bill or bills according to generally accepted accounting principles; prohibiting the
            executive budget bill or bills from increasing the state's budget deficit; and requiring legislation to reduce the state's
             budget deficit
SB 39  Authorizing the secretary of administration to lapse moneys from appropriation accounts and transfer moneys between
            funds during the 2006-07 fiscal year, affecting position authorizations for certain state agencies, requiring the
            secretary of administration to lapse or transfer moneys to the general fund related to unfunded retirement liability debt
            service, and making appropriations (Budget Adjustment Bill)   
SEN VOTE    ASSM VOTE   ACT 5
SB 40  State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2007 legislature
                     
SEN VOTE    ASSM VOTE  WI ACT 20
SB 52 & AB 46  Daylight saving time and closing hours for certain alcohol beverages retailers 
                                 
SB 52  SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 3
SB 58
& AB 190 Changing the individual income tax rates of taxation
SB 68 & AB 149  Eliminating the estate tax
SB 75 & AB 160  Requiring an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee who is pregnant or who is breast-feeding
            her child   
SB 75 SEN VOTE
SB 77  The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law  SEN VOTE
SB 79 & AB 148  The sale and distribution of elastic yo-yos and providing a penalty
SB 103 & AB 209 Crimes against children and providing penalties SB 103 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 80
SB 104  Requiring firearms restrictions record searches for certain transfers of handguns involving residents of Milwaukee
              County, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty
SB 105 & AB 215  Inattentive driving and providing a penalty
SB 106  Ineligibility of convicted felons for licensure as lobbyists
SB 112  Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to candidates for elective public office
SB 115  Providing a penalty of death or life imprisonment for a first-degree intentional homicide that is vicious
SB 116  Repeat drunken driving offenders and providing a penalty SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 111
SB 117  & AB 237  Imposing a tax on the sale of soft drinks, creating a dental access trust fund, creating grants for dental
              public health and dental education projects, and making appropriations
SB 118  Advertising for prescription drugs
SB 120  Enforcement of motor vehicle safety belt violations and providing a penalty
SB 124 & AB 242  Notice for child abuse, vulnerable adult, and harassment injunctions  AB 242 ASSM VOICE
                        SB 124 SEN VOICE
   ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 124
SB 129 & AB 377  Requiring a hospital to provide to a sexual assault victim information and, upon her request, emergency
              contraception and providing a penalty
SB 129  SEN VOTE
SB 130 
A state minimum wage and granting rule-making authority SEN VOTE
SB 150  Prohibiting smoking in places of employment, restaurants, taverns, and other indoor areas and providing a penalty
SB 151 & AB 298  Permitting certain individuals to make written requests for medication for the purpose of ending their
             lives, and providing penalties
SB 153 & AB 279 Protective placements and protective services; involuntary administration of psychotropic medication;
             guardianships, conservatorships, and wards; and services for adults at risk and elder adults at risk
             
AB 279 ASSM VOICE
SB 162  Extending domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions to include abuse to animals and threats of abuse to
              animals 
SEN VOICE
SB 165  Authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory
              and punitive damages and a surcharge, directing the secretary of workforce development to appoint a committee to
              study wage disparities between men and women and between minority group members and nonminority group
              members, and making an appropriation 
SEN VOTE
SB 170  A notice to parties in civil actions of the Supreme Court rule regarding judicial recusal and regarding access to a
              statement of economic interests
SEN VOTE
SB 171  Public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing
              penalties 
SEN VOTE
SB 172 & AB 311  The use of automatic dialing announcing devices and providing a penalty
SB 176 & AB 308  Payment of a 1st class city police officer's salary after discharge and the adjournment of a trial or
              investigation relating to charges brought against such an officer
SB 176 SEN VOTE  ASSM VOTE WI ACT 114
SB 177 & AB 306  An assessment on growers that sell corn  SB 177 SEN VOTE  ASSM VOICE
SB 182  The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law, public financing of elections for certain state
              offices, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, providing a
              penalty, and making appropriations
SB 184  Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish rules allowing living will and health care power of attorney
              information to be included on driver's licenses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an
              exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting
              rule-making authority
SB 189  Creation of a Joint Committee on State Mandates and required funding of state mandates
SB 190  Prohibiting the transfer of moneys from the injured patients and families compensation fund for unintended purposes
SB 191  Disclosure of terms and conditions applicable to the use of gift certificates, gift cards, and other gift obligations and
              providing penalties
SB 193  Drunken driving and providing a penalty
SB 196  Aiding a felon and providing penalties
SB 197  Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other lawn fertilizer and providing a penalty
               
SEN VOICE
SB 200  An optional identification requirement for voting in elections
SB 201  The number of ballots authorized to be printed at an election in first class cities
SB 206 & AB 394  Providing a health savings account option under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan
SB 213  The elimination of the accumulated unused sick leave credit program for state legislators
SB 214  The disclosure of certain library records to law enforcement officers  SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 34
SB 215  Making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday
SB 216 & AB 424 Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective
              placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of
              rule-making authority
SB 218 & AB 427 Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion and requiring provision of information on domestic
             abuse services 
AB 427 ASSM VOTE  SEN MOTION TO REMOVE FROM COMMITTEE
SB 232 & AB 467  Pharmacists, contraceptives, and the definition of abortion  SB 232 SEN VOTE
SB 233 & AB 461 Vehicles transporting human organs for transplantation, medical personnel for human organ harvesting or
              transplantation purposes, or medical devices or equipment for emergency purposes
SB 240  Restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons holding instruction permits or probationary licenses
              and providing a penalty
SB 247  Sexual contact with a corpse and disturbing a burial site


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