1983-1984 SESSION: SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION


                    MAJOR PROPOSALS THAT FAILED TO PASS
                                       Beverages

  Senate Bill 2 and Assembly Bill 875 would have raised the legal drinking
age for a resident of a
state bordering Wisconsin to the legal drinking age in the person's state
of residence.

                               Business and Consumer Law

  Assembly Bill 951 would have extended the limits on interest rates applicable
to consumer
loans. Under existing law, most interest rates will be deregulated from November
1, 1984,
through October 31, 1987.
  Assembly Bill 1086 and Senate Bill 610 would have revised the laws regulating
the organization
and operations of cooperative associations.

                                   Correctional System

  Assembly Bill 320 would have created a separate Department of Corrections.

                                         Crimes

  Senate Bills 114 and 256 would have revised the state's obscenity law that
was held invalid by
the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

                                   Domestic Relations

   Senate Bill 353 would have changed the child custody and visitation laws
to make joint cus-
tody more common.

                                        Education

  Assembly Bills 62, 208 and 361 and Senate Bill 653 would have prohibited
the UW System, the
VTAE schools or the public elementary and secondary schools from beginning
the fall semester
until after Labor Day.

                                        Elections

  Assembly Bill 69 and Senate Bill 681 would have made numerous changes in
the campaign
finance law.
   Assembly Bill 360 and Senate Bill 201 would have permitted political parties
to request a sepa-
rate presidential primary for delegate selection purposes.
   Assembly Bill 868 would have created a fund to provide state grants for
congressional
campaigns.

                                       Employment

   Assembly Bill 76 and Senate Bill 55 would have covered UW graduate student
assistants under
 the state employment labor relations act.
   Assembly Bill 282 and Senate Bill 174 would have covered UW faculty and
academic staff
 under the state employment labor relations act.

                                       Environment

   Senate Bill 87 would have removed the annual limitation on the number
of mound private
 sewage systems which may be installed in this state.
   Assembly Bill 840 would have required a deposit on beverage containers
for beer and soda sold
 in this state in glass, plastic and metal containers.


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