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Senate Bills of the 2009-2010 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 5 of 9 of some of the currently listed senate bills.  Updated 5/25/2010

2009-2010 REGULAR SESSION SENATE BILLS
SB 418 & AB 614 Disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty
                 
AB 614 ASSM VOICE  SEN VOTE 31-0  SB 418 TABLED
SB 419 & AB 575 Requiring the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to establish standards for
              products sold as Honey, prohibiting the labeling as Wisconsin certified honey of a product that has not been
              determined to meet the standards, prohibiting the labeling as honey of a product that does not meet the standards, and
              requiring the exercise of rule-making authority 
AB 575 ASSM VOICE SEN VOICE
SB 420
& AB 631 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and
              retirement plans
SB 421 Underage persons under the influence of alcohol beverages on school premises
SB 423 & AB 621 Library boards of public libraries established in a first class city
                   
AB 621 ASSM VOICE  SB 423 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 207
SB 424 Regulating certain sport shooting ranges  SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 371
SB 425 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
SB 426 The format and fees for obtaining copies of public records TABLED
SB 427 Expanding the types of governmental units that may participate in a joint local governmental self-insured health
              insurance plan 
SEN VOICE  SEN VOICE  WI ACT 369
SB 429 Establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical
              service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees 
                           
SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 284
SB 430 Collective bargaining over health care coverage for municipal employees, allowing municipal employers to change
               health care coverage plan providers, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority
SB 432 & AB 636 The use of metal detectors on certain land and in lakes and the removal of items found on that land or in
              those lakes
SB 433 Child in need of protection or services jurisdiction over a child based on another child from the child's home being
              placed outside the home under a juvenile court order and involuntary termination of parental rights on the grounds of
              three or more prior voluntary or involuntary terminations of parental rights
SB 434 & AB 628 The sale of unpasteurized milk, buttermilk, butter, and cream 
                   
SB 434 SEN VOTE 25-8  ASSM VOTE 60-35 VETOED
SB 435 The period for retention of certain election materials in state and local elections
                       
SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 397
SB 436 Vacating an award following arbitration pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement
SB 438 The operation of minitrucks on highways and providing a penalty
SB 439 & AB 648 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts and adopting
             provisions of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 for state income and franchise tax purposes
                   
SB 439 SEN VOTE 33-0  ASSM VOTE 93-0  WI ACT 161
SB 440 Waiving certain federal bond limitations allocated to cities and counties and requiring the Department of Commerce
              to develop a system for reallocating the bond limitations to other state and local units of government
                 
SEN VOTE 32-1  ASSM VOTE 90-6
SB 441 Reporting and publishing factors used to set automobile insurance rates and granting rule-making authority
SB 442 & AB 654 Requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public
              works consulting contracts
SB 443 & AB 657 Theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and
              providing penalties
SB 444 Extending the time period to claim a refund for an individual who is affected by a period of financial disability
SB 445 Labeling requirements for certain substances that may create a fire hazard when mixed with organic matter
             (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce)
SEN VOICE   ASSM VOICE WI ACT 239
SB 446 Eliminating a requirement for reporting on the petroleum storage remedial action program (suggested as remedial
              legislation by the Department of Commerce)
SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 240
SB 447 State contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of
              rule-making authority, and providing penalties
SB 448 Utility terrain vehicle pilot program and making an appropriation
                     
SEN VOTE 32-0  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 175
SB 450 & AB 649 Goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, for construction of zero net energy buildings and for
               energy conservation; information, analyses, reports, education, and training concerning greenhouse gas emissions         
               and climate change; energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; renewable energy requirements of electric     
               utilities and retail cooperatives; requiring electric utilities to purchase renewable energy from certain renewable
               facilities in their service territories; authority of the Public Service Commission over nuclear power plants; motor
               vehicle emission limitations; a low carbon standard for transportation fuels; the brownfield site assessment grant
               program, the main street program, the brownfields grant program, the forward innovation fund, grants to local
               governments for planning activities, the transportation facilities economic assistance and development program, a
               model parking ordinance; surface transportation planning by the Department of Transportation and metropolitan
               planning organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; environmental evaluations for transportation projects;
               idling limits for certain vehicles; energy conservation codes for public buildings, places of employment, one- and
               two-family dwellings, and agricultural facilities; design standards for state buildings; energy efficiency standards for
               certain consumer audio and video devices, boiler inspection requirements; greenhouse gas emissions and energy use
               by certain state agencies and state assistance to school districts in achieving energy efficiencies; creating an
               exception to local levy limits for amounts spent on energy efficiency measures; creating an energy crop reserve
               program; identification of private forest land, promoting sequestration of carbon in forests, qualifying practices and
               cost-share requirements under the forest grant program established by the Department of Natural Resources; air
               pollution permits for certain stationary sources reducing greenhouse gas emissions; allocating a portion of existing
               tax-exempt industrial development revenue bonding to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power
               generating facilities; requiring a report on certain programs to limit greenhouse gas emissions; granting rule-making
               authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty
SB 451 & AB 675 Hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-
              midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund
                   
AB 675 ASSM VOTE 82-15
SB 452 A sales and use tax exemption for food sold by child welfare facilities
                   
SEN VOTE 32-0  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 204
SB 453
Requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits
SB 454 & AB 652 Establishing a deer hunting season for certain persons serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or
              national guard
SB 455 & AB 651 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs  SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE
SB 457 & AB 679 The placement of advertising signs in highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty
                               
SB 457 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 227
SB 458 & AB 656 The local regulation of ticket selling and providing a penalty SB 458 SEN VOTE 28-3
SB 459 Storing certain flammable, combustible, and hazardous liquids and maintaining an inventory of storage tanks
              containing petroleum products and certain hazardous substances (suggested as remedial legislation by the
              Department of Commerce)
SB 460 & AB 653 Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis
                 
SB 460 SEN VOTE 17-15  ASSM VOTE 51-46
SB 461 An income and franchise tax credit for a qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity,
              providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority
SB 465 The safe-ride grant program administered by the Department of Transportation
                       
SEN VOTE 32-0  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 263
SB 466 Regulation by the office of the commissioner of insurance of self-insured health plans offered by a city, town, village,
             county, or school district, providing a penalty, and granting rule-making authority
SB 467 Using an electronic signature on a criminal complaint  SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE WI ACT 184
SB 469 Authority of the Public Service Commission over certain telecommunications utilities, telecommunications access
              charges, universal service fund contributions based on interconnected voice over Internet protocol service, tandem
              switching provider electronic call records, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
SB 471 & AB 683 Health care plans operated by cooperative associations
                   
SB 471 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 165
SB 472 Adopting revised article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code concerning general provisions 
                 
SEN VOICE ASSM VOICE  WI ACT 320

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