WISCONSIN SHERIFFS & DEPUTY SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION

BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION

 

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES

April 3, 2008

 

 

Location: Glacier Canyon Lodge Conference Center, Wilderness Hotel Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

 

The joint meeting of the Wisconsin Sheriffs & Deputy Sheriffs Association and the Badger State Sheriff’s Association was called to order by R. J. Lurquin.

 

Present: Wisconsin Sheriffs & Deputy Sheriffs Association members, R. J. Lurquin, Randy Stammen, Michael Weissenberger, Bruce Daniels, Paul Gunness, Scott Pedley, Doris Daggett, Roger Brandner, Jr., Jeff Wiswell, Maury Straub and James Cardinal. Badger State Sheriff’s Association members, David Graves and David Mahoney.

 

Discussion regarding the legislation as listed for this meeting appears to be very lengthy and plus in general the current legislative session is over. Any of the bills that would come up at the last minute as per this list, members would be contacted to vote on that bill. Jeff Wiswell stated he would check the hearing notice each day and attempt to keep members posted by email. It was agreed we would follow that procedure. No action was taken on the bills listed in this agenda.

 

Jeff Wiswell suggested that maybe next year a calendar could be set up to review the bills on a regular basis.

 

Motion made to adjourn by Maury Straub and seconded by David Graves. Motion carried.

 

James I. Cardinal, Secretary

Joint Legislative Committee

 

 

Senate Bills

 

SB 271            Relating to: time limitations for commencing prosecution of crimes.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 277            Relating to: a speed limit for the operation of snowmobiles during the hours of darkness.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 278            Relating to: threatening or committing battery against certain employees of first class cities and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 282            Relating to: deduction of membership dues from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 290            Relating to: releasing a person convicted of certain offenses.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 292            Relating to: human trafficking and providing a penalty.

            ACT 116

SB 296            Relating to: local ordinances authorizing the removal, impoundment, and disposal of vehicles involved in traffic violations.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 306            Relating to: duties upon causing an injury, and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 309            Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to the federal government about the presence of illegal aliens and authorizing a private right of action.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 321            Relating to: criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 323            Relating to: use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 339            Relating to: a mandatory minimum sentence for a juvenile who is convicted of throwing a bodily substance at or toward a person while placed in a juvenile correctional facility, a juvenile detention facility, or a secured residential care center for children and youth and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 340            Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates for certain vehicles owned by members of the national guard.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 341            Relating to: salaries of deputy district attorneys.

            ACT 78

 

SB 355            Relating to: restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons using electronic text messaging devices and providing a penalty.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 356            Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 359            Relating to: religious or charitable gifts from candidates.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 361            Relating to: fishing licenses for nonresident disabled veterans.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 364            Relating to: the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

 

 

SB 368            Relating to: the operation of certain 3-vehicle combinations on certain highways without a permit (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation).

            ACT 93

 

SB 369            Relating to: occupational licenses for certain offenders (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation).

            ACT 94

 

SB 374            Relating to: compulsory financial responsibility for the operation of motor vehicles, providing an exemption from emergency rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 382            Relating to: information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 
SB 384 Relating to: disclosure of juvenile court records to other courts, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and agencies providing services to a juvenile court and providing a penalty. 
          Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 385            Relating to: the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 390            Relating to: increasing the size of the city of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, authorizing a panel of the board to decide certain cases, and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against an officer.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 401            Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance is subject to circuit court or municipal court rather than juvenile court jurisdiction, imposing a fee on the sale of video games and video gaming devices, and making an appropriation.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 407            Relating to: a municipal court judgment regarding community service work.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 408            Relating to: motor vehicle occupational licenses issued by the Department of Transportation.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

 

 

SB 410            Relating to: motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint 

            Resolution 1

 

SB 411            Relating to: allowing the Department of Transportation to issue occupational licenses following operating privilege suspensions related to motor vehicle financial responsibility violations.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

           

 

SB 412            Relating to: payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 424            Relating to: permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 428            Relating to: reporting deaths, death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners, inquests, disposition of bodies, training and testing requirements for coroners and medical examiners, creating the Board on Medicolegal Investigations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 432            Relating to: John Doe proceedings.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

           

SB 442            Relating to: the use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 443            Relating to: operation of all-terrain vehicles that have attached snowplows on roadways.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 449            Relating to: purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle after a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 452            Relating to: an integrated crime alert network.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 458            Relating to: restricting access to the consolidated court automated Internet Web site.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

 

 

SB 462            Relating to: psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 465            Relating to: manufacturing, distributing, or selling counterfeit or altered identification documents and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 468            Relating to: conditions of extended supervision, probation, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 470            Relating to: the definition of bicycle; lighting of bicycles, motor bicycles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; and manual turn signals for bicyclists.       

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 472            Relating to: age-specific restrictions on hunting and possessing a firearm; requirements for obtaining a hunting certificate of accomplishment; establishing a hunting mentorship program; and granting rule-making authority.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 479            Relating to: prohibiting an elected official, who is convicted of certain felonies, from receiving an annuity, lump sum payment, or death benefit under the Wisconsin Retirement System.     

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 481            Relating to: fees to support water safety patrols.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 489            Relating to: payment of a police officer's or fire fighter's salary after being charged with a misdemeanor or felony and discharged, and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against a first class city police officer or fire fighter.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 497            Relating to: assistant district attorney positions and making an appropriation.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 498            Relating to: possession of an electric weapon.

            ACT 128

 

SB 511            Relating to: registration plates for vehicle transporters.

            Act 175

 

SB 519            Relating to: nonmoving traffic violations involving rented or leased vehicles, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

            Currently enrolled March 10, 2008

 

 

 

 

SB 529            Relating to: the minimum age for hunting and possessing a firearm, age specific restrictions for hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, requirements for obtaining a hunting certificate of accomplishment, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority.

Act 207

 

SB 530            Relating to: the use of traffic control photographic systems to monitor intersections, imposing liability on the owners of vehicles involved in traffic control signal violations, and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 532            Relating to: motor vehicle operating privileges, seizures by courts or law enforcement officers of operator's licenses, and reinstatement of canceled identification cards.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

           

SB 533            Relating to: adjusting the method used to set compensation levels of certain county constitutional officers

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 534            Relating to: expungement of misdemeanors.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 537            Relating to: judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 542            Relating to: public disclosure of certain information when abuse or neglect results in a child dying or being placed in serious or critical condition or when a child under 13 years of age has been the victim of sexual assault.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 546            Relating to: drunken driving and creating a penalty.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

            Resolution 1

 

SB 555            Relating to: public notification of the location of sexually violent persons.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 559            Relating to: the penalty for failing to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle accident.     

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 561            Relating to: creating a child safety program in the Department of Transportation, driver education instruction, information mailed in connection with motor vehicle operator's license renewal, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 563            Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

SB 566            Relating to: police escorts and vehicle rights-of-way related to escorted vehicles and providing a penalty.

      Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

 

Assembly Bills

 

AB 520            Relating to: terminating a tenancy for imminent threat of serious physical harm, making leases that restrict access to certain services void and unenforceable, and prohibiting the imposition of fees for local government emergency services.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 522            Relating to: access to local law enforcement service requests and investigative records in multiple custodianship and redirection of certain records access requests.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

 

 

AB 523            Relating to: duties upon striking a person or an attended or occupied vehicle and providing a penalty.

          Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

           Resolution 1 

 

AB 524            Relating to: time limitations for commencing prosecution of crimes.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 525            Relating to: threatening or committing battery against certain employees of first class cities and providing a penalty.

            Presented to the Governor on March 26, 2008

 

AB 526            Relating to: a speed limit for the operation of snowmobiles during the hours of darkness.

            ACT 29

 

AB 528            Relating to: the use of traffic control photographic systems to monitor intersections, imposing liability on the owners of vehicles involved in traffic control signal violations, and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 530            Relating to: leave provided to employees for voting on election day and granting certain state employees a holiday on the day of the general election.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 533            Relating to: employer monitoring of employee electronic mail usage.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 534            Relating to: prohibiting the sale of cigarettes containing nicotine and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 536            Relating to: awards for dependents of deceased victims of crime.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 537            Relating to: notifying a law enforcement agency when certain persons are released from the custody of the Department of Corrections.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 538            Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates for groups that are military in nature.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

           

AB 548            Relating to: sending an electronic message that appears to be from another person and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 550            Relating to: medical use of marijuana, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 556            Relating to: the reporting of child abuse or neglect exemption for privileged information.   

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 558            Relating to: child safety restraint systems and safety belt use requirements in motor vehicles.      

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 562            Relating to: information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 560            Relating to: regulating the purchase and sale of scrap metal and other metal items, the determination of property value of scrap metal for a theft conviction, creating a civil cause of action regarding scrap metal, and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 563            Relating to: an addition to the 2005-07 Authorized State Building Program and granting bonding authority.     

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 564            Relating to: duties upon causing an injury, and providing a penalty.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

           Resolution 1

 

AB 565            Relating to: operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 566            Relating to: creating a registry for violent offenders, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 567            Relating to: the sale of dogs, regulation of certain dog breeders, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 568            Relating to: regulating foreclosure reconveyances and foreclosure consultants, staying certain eviction actions, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and providing a penalty.

            Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

 

AB 569            Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to the federal government about the presence of illegal aliens and authorizing a private right of action.

      Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint

           Resolution 1