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Senate Bills of the 2011-2012 Session

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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 & ASSM VOTE following individual bills to see the votes on that  bill.  This is page 1 of 7 pages of currently listed senate bills.  Updated 12/9/11

JANUARY 2011 SPECIAL SESSION SENATE BILLS
SS SB 1 & SS AB 1 Limiting noneconomic damages awarded in actions against long-term care providers; actions against
            manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of certain products; confidentiality of health care services reviews;
            use as evidence of information regarding health care providers; reporting of quality indicators identifying individual
            hospitals; homicide or injury by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; criminal abuse of
            individuals at risk; criminal abuse and neglect of patients and residents; evidence of lay and expert witnesses; damages
            for frivolous claims; and punitive damage awards 
SS SB 1 SEN VOTE 19-14  ASSM VOTE 57-36  WI ACT 2
SS SB 2 & SS AB 2 creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings
            accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes
                   
SS SB2 SEN VOTE 21-12  ASSM VOTE 66-28  WI ACT 1
SS SB 3 & SS AB 3 An income and franchise tax credit for businesses that relocate to this state
                     
SS AB 3 ASSM VOTE 82-12  SEN VOTE 24-9  WI ACT 3
SS SB 4 & SS AB 4  Increasing the amount of the credits under the economic development tax credit program
                     
SS AB 4 ASSM VOTE 82-12  SEN VOTE 25-8  WI ACT 4
SS SB 5 & SS AB 5  Requiring a supermajority for passage of tax increase legislation
                   
SS AB 5 ASSM VOTE 57-36  SEN VOTE 20-11  WI ACT 9
SS SB 6 & SS AB 6  Creation of an authority, to be known as the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and
           making appropriations
SS SB6 SEN VOTE 21-10  ASSM VOTE 59-33  WI ACT 7
SS SB 7 & SS AB 7  An income & franchise tax credit for small businesses 
             
SS AB 7 ASSM VOTE 60-33  SEN VOTE 25-8 WI ACT 5
SS SB 8 & SS AB 8 The authority of a state agency to promulgate rules interpreting the provisions of a statute
          enforced or administered by the agency and to implement or enforce any standard, requirement, or threshold
          as a term or condition of a license issued by the state agency; gubernatorial approval of proposed
          administrative rules; economic impact analyses of proposed rules and emergency rules; and venue in a
          declaratory judgment action seeking judicial review of the validity of an administrative rule and in an action
          in which the sole defendant is the state
SS AB 8 ASSM VOTE 59-34  SEN VOTE 18-14
SS SB 9 & SS AB 9 Requirements for wind energy systems, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and
          granting rule-making authority
SS SB 10 & SS AB 10 An exemption from water quality standards for wetlands and from certain other regulatory provisions
         concerning water quality and surface water use that apply to a wetland area in Brown County; and review of certain
         changes to shoreland, wetland, and floodplain zoning ordinances that apply to a wetland area in Brown County
                 
SS SB 10 SEN VOTE 20-11  ASSM VOTE 56-35  WI ACT 6
SS SB 11
& SS AB 11 State finances, collective bargaining for public employees, compensation and fringe benefits of
          public employees, the state civil service system, the Medical Assistance program, sale of certain facilities, granting
          bonding authority, and making an appropriation
SS AB 11 ASSM VOTE 51-17
          CONFERENCE SUBSTITUTE AMEND 1, TO SS AB 11   SEN VOTE 18-1  ASSM VOTE 53-42  WI ACT 10
SS SB 12
& SS AB 13 State finances, the Medical Assistance program, granting bonding authority, and making
          appropriations 
SS SB 12 SEN VOTE 22-11  ASSM VOTE 58-36  WI ACT 13
SS SB 13 & SS AB 14 Regulation of telecommunications utilities and alternative telecommunications utilities;
          telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations; telecommunications intrastate switched access rates;
          interconnected voice over Internet protocol service; and use of transmission equipment and property by video service
          providers 
SS SB 13 SEN VOTE 25-8   ASSM VOTE 80-13  WI ACT 22  SS AB 14 TABLED 

2011-2012 REGULAR SESSION SENATE BILLS
SB 1  Membership of the Joint Legislative Council  SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 8
SB 3 & AB 3 Tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting
          rule-making authority
SB 4 & AB 2 Authorizing the designation of additional enterprise zones and requiring the designation of enterprise zones in
          rural areas 
AB 2 ASSM VOTE 79-12  SEN VOTE 26-7  SB 4 TABLED
SB 5 & AB 1 Processing refunds for the jobs tax credit  AB 1 ASSM VOTE 95-2  SB 5 SEN VOTE 32-1  WI ACT 88
SB 6 & AB 7 Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of
          the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family
          homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by
          the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty
               
SB 6  SEN VOTE 19-0  SB 6 TABLED      AB 7 ASSM VOTE 60-35  SEN VOTE 19-5  WI ACT 23
SB 7 & AB 4 Automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility
               
SB 7  SEN VOTE 25-7   
SB 8  Conforming the state family and medical leave law to the federal family and medical leave law and granting
          rule-making authority
SB 9 & AB 5 The dairy and livestock farm investment credits SB 9 SEN VOTE 19-0  ASSM VOTE 92-1
SB 10
& AB 6 Restoring the treatment of the exclusion of capital gains for individuals and certain other persons that existed
           before the enactment of 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, and phasing out the taxation of capital gains
SB 11  The filing of certain forms related to Tax Incremental Financing District Number 72 in the city of Milwaukee
                 
SEN VOTE 19-11  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 12 
SB 12  Allowing retailers the ability to offer discounts equal to the state and local sales taxes 
               
SEN VOTE 18-0   ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 18
SB 13 & AB 29 Collective bargaining unit assignments under the State Employment Labor Relations Act
SB 14  Adopting federal bonus depreciation tax provisions for state income and franchise tax purposes
SB 15 & AB 18 Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards
                 
SB 15 SEN VOTE 19-0   ASSM VOTE 61-36  WI ACT 29           
SB 16  Prohibiting certain telephone calls using electronically prerecorded messages, granting rule-making authority,
            and making an appropriation
SB 17  Reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law
SB 18 & AB 27 Requiring political subdivisions to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of a law enforcement officer
           who dies, or has died, in the line of duty
SB 18 SEN VOTE 32-0
SB 19 & AB 23  Disinfection of municipal water supplies AB 23 ASSM VOTE 58-35  SEN VOTE 21-11
SB 20  Authorizing the City of Milwaukee to sell city-owned property used for school purposes
SB 21 
Authorizing the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County to create a tax incremental district for a retail project
                 
SEN VOTE 19-0  ASSM VOICE VOTE  WI ACT 11
SB  23 & SS AB 12 Preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers to provide employees with
            leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health issues
                             
SB 23 SEN VOTE 19-0  ASSM VOTE 59-35  WI ACT 16
SB 24 & AB 34 Eliminating the fee for having land rezoned out a farmland preservation zoning district and eliminating the
            program for purchasing agricultural conservation easements
SB 25 & AB 36 Eliminating authorization to create a regional transit authority, dissolving any existing regional transit
           authority and the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, and eliminating the Southeast Wisconsin transit capital
           assistance program
SB 26  Bonding authority for major interstate bridge projects  SEN VOTE 23-10  ASSM VOTE 71-26 WI ACT 30
SB 27 & AB 40 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature
                   
AB 40 ASSM VOTE 60-38  SEN VOTE 19-14  WI ACT 32
SB 29  Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual
SB 30 & AB 65 Placing limits on residency requirements for 1st class city police officers and fire fighters
SB 31  Creating an income and franchise tax credit for constructing and operating a data center that is designed for maximum
            energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures
SB 32  Ordinances establishing standards for places of employment and public buildings
SB 33 & AB 43 Removal of abandoned dams
SB 34 & AB 44 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers
SB 35  The number of legislative districts
SB 36  The application of shoreland zoning ordinances to certain unincorporated areas
SB 37  Authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet
SB 38  Public sale of the executive residence and appurtenant real and personal property
SB 39  Grants to regional economic development entities by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation


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