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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 1 of 8 of Assembly Bills.  Updated 1/18/11

JAN 2011 SPECIAL SESSION ASSEMBLY BILLS
SS AB 1 & SS SB 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 & neglect of patients & residents; evidence of lay & expert witnesses; damages for
            frivolous claims; & punitive damage awards
SS SB 1 SEN VOTE 19-14  ASSM VOTE 57-36 WI ACT 2
SS AB 2 & SS SB 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 AB 3 & SS SB 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 AB 4 & SS SB 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 AB 5 & SS SB 5  Requiring a supermajority for passage of tax increase legislation
                       
SS AB 5 ASSM VOTE 57-36  SEN VOTE 20-12  WI ACT 9
SS AB 6 & SS SB 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 AB 7 & SS SB 7  An income & franchise tax credit for small businesses
               
SS AB 7 ASSM VOTE 60-33  SEN VOTE 25-8 WI ACT 5
SS AB 8 & SS SB 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  WI ACT 21
SS AB 9 & SS SB 9  Requirements for wind energy systems, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and
          granting rule-making authority
SS AB 10 & SS SB 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 AB 11
& SS SB 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 AB 12
& SB  23  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
SS AB 13 & SS SB 12 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 AB 14 & SS SB 13 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 ASSEMBLY BILLS
AB 1 & SB 5 Processing refunds for the jobs tax credit  AB 1 ASSM VOTE 95-2  SEN VOTE 32-1  WI ACT 88
AB 2 & SB 4 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  WI ACT 26
AB 3 & SB 3 Tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting
           rule-making authority
AB 4 & SB 7 Automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility
               
SB 7 SEN VOTE 25-7  AB 4 ASSM VOTE 61-34  SEN VOICE  WI ACT 14
AB 5
& SB 9 The dairy and livestock farm investment credits
AB 6 & SB 10 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
AB 7 & SB 6  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
               
AB 7  ASSM VOTE 60-35  SEN VOTE 19-5  WI ACT 23
AB 12
The restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption
AB 14  County and municipal expenditures for emergency services
AB 15  An income and franchise tax credit for businesses that purchase goods and services from Wisconsin vendors and
             making an appropriation
AB 16  The jobs tax credit
AB 17  Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority
AB 18 & SB 15 Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards
                 
SB 15 SEN VOTE 19-0
AB 19  The dairy and livestock farm investment credits
AB 20  Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation
AB 21  State procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local
             government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state
AB 22  The purchase of food by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin-System
AB 23 & SB 19 Disinfection of municipal water supplies AB 23 ASSM VOTE 58-35  SEN VOTE 21-11  WI ACT 19
AB 24 & SB 72 Privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements
                   
SB 72 SEN VOICE   ASSM VOTE 70-24       
AB 25  Increasing the credit amount and allowing the transfer of the angel investment tax credit
AB 27 & SB 18 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
AB 28  Reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law
AB 29 & SB 13 Collective bargaining unit assignments under the State Employment Labor Relations Act
AB 31  Allowing retailers the ability to offer discounts equal to the state and local sales taxes
AB 32  Communications by members of the legislature ASSM VOTE 91-6
AB 34 & SB 24 Eliminating the fee for having land rezoned out a farmland preservation zoning district and eliminating the
            program for purchasing agricultural conservation easements
AB 35 & SB 62 Culling of bass in a fishing tournament AB 35 ASSM VOICE  SEN VOTE 28-5  SB 62 TABLED
AB 36
& SB 25 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
AB 38  Authorizing the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County to create a tax incremental district for a retail project
AB 40 & SB 27 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
AB 41  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
AB 43 & SB 33 Removal of abandoned dams
AB 45  Authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet
AB 46  Eliminating the World Dairy Center Authority ASSM VOICE  SEN VOICE
AB 47  Creating an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts received from the well contamination and
             abandonment compensation program
AB 48  Information about land acquired with stewardship funding  ASSM VOICE  SEN VOTE 31-0  WI ACT 95
AB 49  Including snowmaking in the definition of manufacturing for sales and use tax purposes
AB 50 & SB 41 Agreements relating to motor carrier liability SB 41 SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE   AB 50 TABLED
AB 52  Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual




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