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Assembly Bills of the 2011-2012 Session 

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To research any of these Assembly Bills or their companion Senate Bill, 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 get back to this page.  Click on the ASSM VOTE and  SEN VOTE following individual bills to see how the assembly and senate voted on that particular bill.  This is page 5 of 8 of Assembly Bills .  Updated 1/26/11

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AB 281 
A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for
               emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from
               rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority
AB 282  Tax-exempt accounts for health care expenditures for an individual's parents
AB 283  Designation of an official state automotive museum
AB 284  Eliminating the right to refuse probation
AB 285 & SB 252 Municipal court fees
AB 286 & SB 207 Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has
               been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and
               counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that
               prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law
AB 287  Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain adoption expenses and modifying eligibility for the
               adoption expenses tax deduction
AB 288  Adoption by governmental units of a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems
AB 289  Elimination of compensatory and punitive damages for acts of employment discrimination or unfair honesty or
               genetic testing
AB 290 & SB 205 The manufacture of wine and fermented malt beverages not offered for sale AB 290 ASSM VOICE
AB 291  Restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons holding instruction permits or probationary licenses and
               providing a penalty
AB 292  Indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card
AB 293 & SB 208 The use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles SB 208 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 111
AB 294  Small business loan guarantees by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
                   
(AB 294) SE SB 2 SEN VOTE 33-0
AB 295  Requiring a referendum before a municipality or county may impose a local motor vehicle registration fee
AB 296  Treatment of contributions used to finance recall petition drives
AB 297  Prohibiting an insurer from taking various actions with respect to property insurance because of claims based on acts
               of nature
AB 298  Authorizing the creation of a Dane County regional transit authority and making appropriations
AB 299  Law enforcement officers and firearms in school zones and certain injunctions against law enforcement agencies
AB 300 & SB 211 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles
                 
AB 300 ASSM VOICE  SEN VOICE  WI ACT 90
AB 301  Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural
               Resources 
ASSM VOTE 63-32
AB 302 & SB 212 Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
                   
SB 212 SEN VOTE 24-7  ASSM VOTE 70-22  WI ACT 70
AB 303 & SB 225 Comprehensive planning and making an appropriation AB 303 ASSM VOTE 56-38
AB 304 & SB 215 Trailer or semitrailer registration SB 215 SEN VOTE 32-0
AB 305 & SB 222 Permits for overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting sealed containers or vehicles in
               international trade 
SB 222 SEN VOTE 33-0  ASSM VOICE
AB 306 & SB 223 Annual or consecutive month permits for certain overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting
              agricultural products 
SB 223 SEN VOTE 33-0  ASSM VOICE
AB 307 & SB 217  Suspension of operating privilege or registration for unsatisfied judgment for damages arising out of a
               motor vehicle accident
SB 217 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 112
AB 308  Authorizing a town to prohibit mixed martial arts fighting contests
AB 309 & SB 216 Dry cask storage of spent fuel from nuclear power plants and granting rule-making authority
AB 310  Various changes in the unemployment insurance law, providing a penalty, and making appropriations
                   
REFERRED TO JOINT FINANCE
AB 311 & SB 226 Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and
               trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees
               for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and
               trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon
               spearing license age requirements
AB 311 ASSM VOTE 84-12
AB 312 & SB 206 Implementing federal health insurance law changes
AB 313  Unclassified division administrators in the state civil service system
AB 315 Child care facilities for children of state employees in the city of Madison
AB 316  Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation
AB 317 & SB 213 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties
AB 318  Post-retirement employment of annuitants under the Wisconsin Retirement System and granting rule-making
               authority
AB 319  Reductions in cost of compensation or fringe benefits to municipal employers without modifying an existing
               collective bargaining agreement for purposes of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10
ASSM VOICE  SEN VOICE WI ACT 65
AB 320  Corporate powers of Marine Corps League corporations
AB 321 & SB 224 Exception to local levy limits for the village of Shorewood
                 
SB 224 SEN VOTE 31-0  ASSM VOTE 93-0  WI ACT 63
AB 323 & SB 228 Placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat
AB 235  A catch-and-release only season for bass fishing
AB 236  Creation of a Joint Committee on State Mandates and required funding of state mandates
AB 327 & SB 235  Age restrictions and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle
                     
SB 235 SEN VOICE
AB 328 & SB 241 Nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates and licenses
                     
SB 241 SEN VOTE  31-0  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 102
AB 329  Renaming the office of county treasurer in Milwaukee County, creating the elective office of county comptroller for
               Milwaukee County, transferring the duties of the Milwaukee County treasurer to that elective office, and expanding
               the duties and responsibilities of that office
AB 330  Special distinguishing registration plates associated with the ALS Association and making an appropriation
AB 331 & SB 220  Authorizing the village of Stockholm to become a premier resort area
AB 332 & SB 229 Inclusion in the economic impact analysis for a proposed rule an assessment of the impact that the
               proposed rule will have on public health and the environment
AB 333 & SB 253 The liability of certain persons for environmental contamination on property on which a cleanup has been
              conducted 
SB 253 SEN VOTE 32-0  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 103
AB 334  Possession of certain animals killed by vehicles ASSM VOICE 
AB 335  Changing the definition of and the applicability of one-family and two-family dwelling rules to a bed and breakfast
AB 336  Opportunities to win prizes that are received by employees as compensation from employers
AB 338 & SB 233 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations
AB 339  Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider
               payment methods, and other Medical Assistance procedures by policy


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