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1997-98 LEGISLATURE

State of Wisconsin

Tommy G. Thompson
Governor

State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

Joe Leean, Secretary DHSS
Chairperson

Sen. Carol Roessler
Vice-Chairperson

Mark Seidl, WCHSA
Secretary

Assembly Bill Summary

AB 72

Relating to a prohibition against underage persons entering or being on any premises operating under an alcohol beverage license if the premises has an indoor volleyball court.  Committee on State Affairs.  Public hearing 4/1/97.  Substitute amendment offered 5/6.  Amendment passed.  Passed Committee.  To Committee on Rules 11/24.  Substitute amendment passed 1/20/98.  Passed Assembly 1/20.   Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.  Passed Committee.  Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 98 on 4/13/98.

AB 215

Creates prohibitions relating to certain uses of nitrous oxide that are not regulated by current law. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections. Amendment #1 offered 5/1/97. Substitute amendment offered 8/5. Public hearing 8/14. Assembly amendment #1 to Assembly substitute amendment #1 offered. Passed Committee. Passed Assembly with amendments. Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs. Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs and referred to committee on Judiciary 4/21/98. Public hearing 4/22. Recommended by Committee on Judiciary 4/23. Passed Senate 4/28. Assembly concurred. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 336 on 7/1/98.

AB 386

Relating to law enforcement agency access to photographs of applicants for operators’ licenses and identification cards and providing a penalty. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections. Public hearing 8/14/97. Amendment #1 offered and adopted. Referred to committee on Rules. Passed Assembly. Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs. Public hearing 3/9/98. Recommended by Committee 3/12. Passed Senate 4/21. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 119 on 4/16/98.

AB 444

Relating to fermented malt beverage wholesalers. Referred to Committee on State Affairs. Public hearing 8/19/97. Substitute amendment offered and passed 1/27. Referred to Committee on Rules. Passed Assembly. To Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations 2/12/98. Public hearing 3/4. Recommended by Committee 3/10. Passed by Senate 3/23. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 166 on 4/22/98.

AB 463

Relating to unborn children who are at substantial risk of serious physical injury due to the habitual lack of self-control of their expectant mothers in the use of alcohol beverages, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs, exhibited to a severe degree. Referred to Committee on Children and Families. Amendment offered. Public hearing 10/30/97. 16 amendments offered. Passed Committee. To Committee on Rules. Passed Assembly. To Senate. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs. Public hearing 4/29/98. Amendments offered. Passed by Senate and Assembly. Enacted as Wisconsin Act 292 on 6/16/98.

AB 470

Relating to temporary "Class B" licenses and intoxicating liquor. Referred to Committee on State Affairs. Public hearing 11/25/97. Assembly substitute amendment offered/passed 2/10/98. Passed Assembly. To Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations 2/12. Referred to Committee on Human Resources, Labor, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs 4/21. Public hearing 4/22. Recommended by Committee 4/28. Passed Senate 4/28. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 259 on 6/8/98.

AB 482

Under this bill, only one penalty may be imposed for each alcohol beverage provided to an underage person contrary to law. Referred to Committee on State Affairs. Assembly amendment #1 offered. Public hearing 11/11/97. Referred to Committee on Rules 3/16/98. Amendments offered. Passed Assembly 3/25. Referred to Committee on Economic Development Housing and Government Operations. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Public hearing 4/29. Recommended by Committee 5/5. Passed Senate. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 337 on 7/1/98.

AB 487

Relating to the sale of a motor vehicle subject to a seizure for a crime related to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant or other drug and providing a penalty. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Public hearing 10/07/97. Adopted amendments #1 & 2. Passed Committee. Referred to Committee on Rules. Amendments #1 & 2 adopted. Passed Assembly. To Senate Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs. Public hearing 11/25/97 and 1/20/98. Passed Committee 02/03. Passed Senate 2/12. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 199 on 4/27/98.

AB 564

Relating to sexual assault, the controlled substance flunitrazepam and providing penalties. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections. Assembly amendment #1 offered. Amendment #2 offered. Public hearing 11/11/97. Passed Committee. To Committee on Rules. Amendments #3-5 offered. Passed Assembly. To Senate Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs. Public hearing 1/29/98. Adopted amendment #1. Passed Committee 3/3. Amendments offered. Passed Senate 3/19. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 220 on 4/29/98.

AB 567

Furnishing dispensing equipment by brewers and wholesalers at certain tasting events held on Class "B" premises. Referred to Committee on State Affairs. Public hearing 11/11/97. Amendment offerred. Passed Assembly 3/24/98. Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations. Passed Senate 3/26. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 132 on 4/17/98.

AB 589

Extends penalty provisions for delivery or distribution of a controlled substance, or possession with intent to deliver or distribute a controlled substance, on or near certain places to include in or on or otherwise within 1,000 feet of an alcohol or other drug abuse treatment facility approved by the department of health and family services. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections. Public hearing 1/6/98. Amendment #1 offered 1/28. Passed Committee. To Committee on Rules 2/5. Passed Assembly 3/10. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs 3/12. To Committee on Judiciary 4/21. Public hearing 4/22. Recommended by Committee 4/23. Passed Senate 4/30. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 327 on 7/1/98.

AB 768

Budget Adjustment Bill.  Among other items, changes the counting of suspensions, convictions and revocations for driving while intoxicated and increases the maximum imprisonment for five or more offenses from one to five years; and provides for denying, suspending and revoking certain professional licenses and certification to persons who owe delinquent taxes.  Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 237 on 6/2/98.

Senate Bill Summary

SB 96

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. Changes the penalty by increasing the maximum imprisonment from 10 years to 40 years and eliminating the fine. Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs. Public hearing 3/18/98. Passed Committee 3/24. Passed Senate 3/26. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Public hearing 4/30. Passed Committee. Referred to Committee on Rules 4/30. Passed Assembly 4/30. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 338 on 7/2/98.

SB 313

Restrictions on the sale or giving away of cigarettes or tobacco products. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs. Public hearing held 10/29/97. Passed Committee. 18 amendments offered. Passed Senate 11/19. To Assembly Committee on Small Business and Economic Development. Public hearing 3/5/98. Referred to Committee on Rules. Passed Assembly 3/16. Senate concurred in Assembly substitute amendment 3/26. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 214 on 4/28/98.

SB 396

Allows a person who has not attained the legal drinking age to enter and be in a billiards center where alcohol beverages are sold and consumed if the billiards center has at least 12 billiards tables that are at least 8 feet long and not designed for coin operation. Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations. Public hearing 2/18/98. Passed Committee 3/19. Passed Senate 3/19. Referred to Committee on Rules. Passed Assembly 3/26. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 100 on 4/13/98.

SB 470

Relating to operating a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked operating privilege, habitual traffic offenders, penalties involving sanctions against an operating privilege or operator’s license, the revocation of operating privileges and vehicle registrations for failure to deposit security and providing a penalty. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs 2/25/98. Public hearing 3/9. Passed committee 3/12. Amendment #1 adopted. Passed Senate 3/12. Referred to Committee on Rules. Passed by Assembly and Senate. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 84 on 4/9/98.

SB 495

Relating to mental health crisis intervention services; requirements for a Level I local health officer; coordination by a local board of health of activities of a sanitarian; fetal death reports; access by a coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner or medical examiner’s assistant to patient health care records; confidentiality restriction on cancer reports; service contracts under community integration programs; eliminating outdated requirements for bed assessments for nursing homes and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded; designation by a nursing home of a person to accept service or notice or mail; required information for licenses for nursing homes and community-based residential facilities; eliminating a date for posting notice about the long-term care ombudsman program; eliminating dates for determinations that nursing homes are institutions for mental diseases; resident rights and responsibilities for residents of nursing homes and community-based residential facilities; eliminating dates for requesting and providing information about nursing homes; evaluations of integrated services projects; matching funds requirements for participants in integrated services projects; eliminating a requirement for a plan and report on school-community alcohol and drug abuse prevention and other services; eliminating a requirement that a person investigating a report of suspected or threatened emotional abuse of a child determine that the person responsible for the emotional damage is neglecting, refusing or unable for reasons other than poverty to remedy the harm; and prohibiting an adoptive parent from moving for relief from an order granting adoption or petitioning for a rehearing of such an order (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of health and family services). Referred to Committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs 3/10/98. Public hearing 3/18. Passed Committee 3/19. Passed Senate 3/19. Referred to Committee on Rules. Amendment #1 offered 3/16. Passed as amended 3/26. Senate concurred. Enacted as 1997 Wisconsin Act 114 on 4/15/98.

Prepared by:  Carolyn Trees
August 3, 1998