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January 2011 Special Session Senate Bill 1

Relating To: Relating to: 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 and neglect of patients and residents; evidence of lay and expert witnesses; damages for frivolous claims; and punitive damage awards.
Bill Text and History
2011 Wisconsin Act 2
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Lobbying Principals

Principal Name	Notified Date	Communication Date	Comments	Supporting Documentation
AARP	Notified Date 1/19/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 1/19/2011 Comments Against the nursing home provisions
Alliant Energy	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
American Family Insurance Group	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011
American Petroleum Institute	Notified Date 1/28/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/28/2011
Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc	Notified Date 1/17/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/17/2011
Atlantic Richfield Company (part of the BP Group)	Notified Date 6/30/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 6/30/2011
Aurora Health Care Inc	Notified Date 1/10/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 1/10/2011
Bethesda Lutheran Communities	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 1/11/2011 Comments Support extension of existing provisions relating to improving long-term care provider access to insurance and affordable insurance. In addition, support provisions that strengthen and clarify peer review and quality improvement activities (QIA).
Blood Center of Wisconsin, Inc.	Notified Date 2/3/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 2/3/2011
BNSF Railway	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen	Notified Date 5/13/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 5/13/2011
Citizen Action of Wisconsin	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 1/11/2011
Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups Inc	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Other Report Date 1/18/2011
Community Bankers of Wisconsin	Notified Date 1/22/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/22/2011
Cooperative Network Association	Notified Date 1/10/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 1/19/2011 Comments 436 20110119_180856_DaubertTestimonySB1January2011 (2).doc For Report Date 1/12/2011 Comments Daubert sections only at this time. For Report Date 1/10/2011
Dairy Business Association	Notified Date 1/10/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011 Other Report Date 1/10/2011
Disability Rights Wisconsin	Notified Date 1/19/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 1/19/2011
Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry	Notified Date 3/9/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 3/9/2011
Froedtert Health	Notified Date 1/19/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 1/19/2011
Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services, Inc	Notified Date 4/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 4/11/2011 Comments Healthcare Quality Improvement Act and tort reform
Leading Age Wisconsin (formerly WI Assn of Homes & Services for the Aging Inc)	Notified Date 1/13/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/13/2011
Lilly U.S.A. (formerly Eli Lilly & Company)	Notified Date 1/7/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 1/7/2011
Mental Health America of Wisconsin	Notified Date 1/20/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 1/20/2011 Comments Concers with the bill's potential to undermine redress of injury to person's with disabilities.
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce	Notified Date 1/24/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/24/2011
Midwest Equipment Dealers Association Inc	Notified Date 1/25/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/25/2011
Midwest Food Processors Association Inc	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
Ministry Health Care	Notified Date 1/6/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 1/6/2011 Comments Modernizing Wisconsin's peer review statute will help maintain health care quality in Wisconsin while protecting patients and health care providers.
National Federation of Independent Business	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 1/18/2011
NL Industries, Inc.	Notified Date 6/30/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 6/30/2011
Northern States Power d/b/a Xcel Energy	Notified Date 1/17/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/17/2011
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin	Notified Date 1/15/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/15/2011
Property Casualty Insurers Association of America	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
Residential Services Association of Wisconsin	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011
Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative	Notified Date 2/4/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 2/4/2011
Sanofi-Aventis	Notified Date 1/22/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/22/2011
Sentry Insurance Group	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
Sherwin Williams Company, The	Notified Date 6/30/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 6/30/2011
Soo Line Railroad Company dba Canadian Pacific Railway	Notified Date 2/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 2/11/2011
SSM Health Care of Wisconsin Inc	Notified Date 1/25/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 1/25/2011 Comments Support Quality Improvement act
State Bar of Wisconsin	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Other Report Date 1/11/2011 Comments The State Bar of Wisconsin opposes those provisions of the bill relating to product liability, noneconomic damages and expert/lay witness testimony. The SBW currently has no position on the remainder of the bill.
Union Pacific Railroad Company	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
United Transportation Union	Notified Date 2/14/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 2/14/2011
VITAS Health Corporation	Notified Date 3/22/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Other Report Date 3/22/2011
Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians	Notified Date 1/12/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/12/2011
Wisconsin Assisted Living Association	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011
Wisconsin Association for Justice	Notified Date 1/13/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 1/13/2011
Wisconsin Association of Nurse Anesthetists	Notified Date 3/22/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 3/22/2011
Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Inc	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011
Wisconsin Bankers Association	Notified Date 1/14/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/14/2011
Wisconsin Builders Association	Notified Date 1/17/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/17/2011
Wisconsin Central Ltd (using the trade name CN)	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
Wisconsin Civil Justice Council, Inc	Notified Date 1/14/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/14/2011
Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence	Notified Date 1/17/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 1/17/2011 Comments Oppose Daubert standard for expert witnesses because domestic violence victim advocates currently testify in criminal trials and other matter as expert witnesses.
Wisconsin Council on Children & Families	Notified Date 1/14/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 4/27/2011 Comments www.wccf.org/pdf/tort_reform_ssab1_statement_01-11-11.pdf Against Report Date 1/14/2011 www.wccf.org/pdf/tort_reform_ssab1_statement_01-11-11.pdf
Wisconsin Counties Association	Notified Date 1/13/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Other Report Date 1/13/2011
Wisconsin Defense Counsel (formerly Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin)	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011
Wisconsin Economic Development Association	Notified Date 1/14/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/14/2011
Wisconsin Farmers Union	Notified Date 1/14/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 1/14/2011 Comments Measure would limit remedies for farmers injured by defective feed, seed, or equipment, in particular, equipment over 15 years old. Limiting expert witness testimony could prevent farmers from establishing harm in stray voltage cases.
Wisconsin Grocers Association, Inc.	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
Wisconsin Hospital Association Inc (WHA)	Notified Date 1/7/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/7/2011
Wisconsin Independent Businesses Inc	Notified Date 1/13/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/13/2011
Wisconsin Insurance Alliance	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce	Notified Date 1/17/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/17/2011
Wisconsin Medical Society	Notified Date 1/7/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 1/7/2011 Comments The bill includes long-needed improvements in protecting medical peer review activities.
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association	Notified Date 1/27/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/27/2011
Wisconsin Nurses Association	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 1/11/2011 Comments Support decriminalization for nurses and other health care providers involved in an unintentional medical error.
Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011
Wisconsin Restaurant Association	Notified Date 1/18/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/18/2011
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO	Notified Date 1/14/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 1/14/2011
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association	Notified Date 1/11/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/11/2011
Wisconsin Utilities Association Inc	Notified Date 1/17/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 1/17/2011 Comments WUA Supports passage of SS SB 1.
Wisconsin Utility Investors Inc	Notified Date 1/15/2011	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/15/2011

Lobbying Efforts

	2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
Total Hours Of Effort On This Matter	2011 January - June 969.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December 2.00	Total 971.00
Alliant Energy	2011 January - June 32.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 32.00
Atlantic Richfield Company (part of the BP Group)	2011 January - June 34.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 34.00
Aurora Health Care Inc	2011 January - June 33.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 33.00
Blood Center of Wisconsin, Inc.	2011 January - June 2.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 2.00
BNSF Railway	2011 January - June 10.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 10.00
Citizen Action of Wisconsin	2011 January - June 26.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 26.00
Cooperative Network Association	2011 January - June 30.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 30.00
Disability Rights Wisconsin	2011 January - June 13.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 13.00
Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry	2011 January - June 2.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December 2.00	Total 4.00
Froedtert Health	2011 January - June 14.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 14.00
Lilly U.S.A. (formerly Eli Lilly & Company)	2011 January - June 8.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 8.00
Ministry Health Care	2011 January - June 15.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 15.00
National Federation of Independent Business	2011 January - June 46.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 46.00
NL Industries, Inc.	2011 January - June 57.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 57.00
Northern States Power d/b/a Xcel Energy	2011 January - June 54.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 54.00
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin	2011 January - June 20.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 20.00
Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin	2011 January - June 1.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 1.00
Residential Services Association of Wisconsin	2011 January - June 14.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 14.00
Sanofi-Aventis	2011 January - June 8.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 8.00
Sherwin Williams Company, The	2011 January - June 57.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 57.00
Soo Line Railroad Company dba Canadian Pacific Railway	2011 January - June 5.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 5.00
Union Pacific Railroad Company	2011 January - June 6.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 6.00
Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians	2011 January - June 18.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 18.00
Wisconsin Assisted Living Association	2011 January - June 10.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 10.00
Wisconsin Association of Nurse Anesthetists	2011 January - June 2.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 2.00
Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Inc	2011 January - June 29.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 29.00
Wisconsin Central Ltd (using the trade name CN)	2011 January - June 6.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 6.00
Wisconsin Civil Justice Council, Inc	2011 January - June 125.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 125.00
Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence	2011 January - June 3.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 3.00
Wisconsin Defense Counsel (formerly Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin)	2011 January - June 96.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 96.00
Wisconsin Farmers Union	2011 January - June 3.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 3.00
Wisconsin Hospital Association Inc (WHA)	2011 January - June 93.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 93.00
Wisconsin Insurance Alliance	2011 January - June 32.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 32.00
Wisconsin Nurses Association	2011 January - June 17.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 17.00
Wisconsin Restaurant Association	2011 January - June 46.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 46.00
Wisconsin Utilities Association Inc	2011 January - June 2.00	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total 2.00