Wisconsin Legislature: Court

Referendum to exceed political subdivision’s levy limit: provisions modified - SB291

Room tax applicability expanded and other changes - AB683

Room tax applicability expanded and other changes - SB646

Valuation factor revised re local levy limits [Sec. 789; original bill only] - AB56

Valuation factor revised re local levy limits [Sec. 789] - SB59

Community restorative courts: DOJ grant program for counties and tribes to establish; trauma-informed care for certain nonviolent criminal offenders provision - AB933

Court order to kill a dog that caused serious injury: exception when veterinarian or professional animal care worker believes the dog was not behaving aggressively at the time - SB871

Duties of a jury; court required to give jury instructions orally and in writing - AB1005

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: mandatory period of confinement; JRCCP may report - AB17

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: mandatory period of confinement; JRCCP may report - SB8

Intoxicated operation of an ATV, UTV, or off-highway motorcycle (OHM), intoxicated boating, and intoxicated snowmobiling laws revised; reinstatement fee, treatment program, safety program, and counting previous convictions provisions; JRCCP may report - AB356

Intoxicated operation of an ATV, UTV, or off-highway motorcycle (OHM), intoxicated boating, and intoxicated snowmobiling laws revised; reinstatement fee, treatment program, safety program, and counting previous convictions provisions; JRCCP may report - SB331

Postadoption contract agreements between adoptive parent and birth parent or certain relatives - AB561

Postadoption contract agreements between adoptive parent and birth parent or certain relatives - SB534

Restraints used on child under 18 years old in juvenile or criminal court prohibited, exception provision - AB774

Restraints used on child under 18 years old in juvenile or criminal court prohibited, exception provision - SB813

Sexual contact with an animal, obscene depictions of, or facilitating access to animal for purposes of: felony penalties; child under age 13 and sex offender registration provisions; JRCCP may report [S.Amdt.1: court may order animal retained as evidence and assess expenses, and reporting mistreatment of dogs provisions added] - SB139

State entity allowed to waive any in-person requirement during the 2020 public health emergency, definition provision [Sec. 80] - AB1038

State entity allowed to waive any in-person requirement during the 2020 public health emergency, definition provision [Sec. 80] - SB932

Equally divided determinations of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on matters of judicial discipline or permanent disability clarifications - AB404

Pretrial detention procedure changes, constitutional amendment provision - AB609

Pretrial detention procedure changes, constitutional amendment provision - SB99

DNA surcharge transfer [Sec. 238, 9227 (1)] - AB56

DNA surcharge transfer [Sec. 238, 9227 (1)] - SB59

OWI-related civil traffic violation or conforming ordinance: person required to appear in person in court; default judgment and surcharge provisions - AB15

OWI-related civil traffic violation or conforming ordinance: person required to appear in person in court; default judgment and surcharge provisions - SB7

Prostitution crime surcharge created; use of moneys specified - AB34

Prostitution crime surcharge created; use of moneys specified - SB46

Wage claim changes re filing, investigation, statute of limitations, interest, surcharge, costs, and attorney fees; employers required to provide written disclosure statement when employee is hired, conditions specified; licensing agency to deny issuance or renewal of licenses to applicants with unpaid wage claims - AB40

Wage claim changes re filing, investigation, statute of limitations, interest, surcharge, costs, and attorney fees; employers required to provide written disclosure statement when employee is hired, conditions specified; licensing agency to deny issuance or renewal of licenses to applicants with unpaid wage claims - SB40

Wild animal surcharge increase for the unlawful taking of deer - AB39

Wild animal surcharge increase for the unlawful taking of deer - SB36

Electronic monitoring for juveniles in truancy cases prohibited - AB60

Municipal ordinance enforcement and municipal court procedures: various changes - AB204

Municipal ordinance enforcement and municipal court procedures: various changes [S.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB214

Person alleged to have violated criminal law, civil law, or municipal ordinance and is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction: age raised from 17 to 18 [Sec. 489, 490, 502-506, 1537, 1746-1748, 1790, 1791, 1978, 1979, 1982, 2148-2152, 2156, 2159-2164, 2168-2178, 2180-2186, 2189, 2192-2196, 2220-2222, 2224, 2230-2234, 2249, 2250, 9308 (1), 9408 (1); original bill only] - AB56

Person alleged to have violated criminal law, civil law, or municipal ordinance and is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction: age raised from 17 to 18 [Sec. 489, 490, 502-506, 1537, 1746-1748, 1790, 1791, 1978, 1979, 1982, 2148-2152, 2156, 2159-2164, 2168-2178, 2180-2186, 2189, 2192-2196, 2220-2222, 2224, 2230-2234, 2249, 2250, 9308 (1), 9408 (1)] - SB59

Abusive work environment prohibition created; WC exclusive remedy exception permitting a civil action in circuit court; affirmative defense and definition provisions - AB116

AG powers changed by 2017 WisAct 369 restored re compromise or discontinue actions prosecuted by DOJ; legislative intervention in certain court proceedings and served a copy of proceedings provisions repealed [Sec. 17, 29, 30, 1778, 1780-1782, 2124, 2128, 2132, 2143, 2144; original bill only] - AB56

AG powers changed by 2017 WisAct 369 restored re compromise or discontinue actions prosecuted by DOJ; legislative intervention in certain court proceedings and served a copy of proceedings provisions repealed [Sec. 17, 29, 30, 1778, 1780-1782, 2124, 2128, 2132, 2143, 2144] - SB59

Aiding a person suffering from an overdose or adverse reaction: sunset provisions of 2017 WisActs 33 and 59 repealed re immunity from revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision for certain controlled substance offenses - AB651

Aiding a person suffering from an overdose or adverse reaction: sunset provisions of 2017 WisActs 33 and 59 repealed re immunity from revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision for certain controlled substance offenses - SB590

Attorney assisting in preparation of pleadings, motions, and other court papers for a self-represented person: providing name and state bar number revised - AB705

Attorney assisting in preparation of pleadings, motions, and other court papers for a self-represented person: providing name and state bar number revised - SB698

Authority of a private person to bring a qui tam claim against another person making a false claim for MA or other moneys from a state agency; AG authority provisions [Sec. 317, 710, 1784, 2120, 2122, 2123, 2125-2127, 2145; original bill only] - AB56

Authority of a private person to bring a qui tam claim against another person making a false claim for MA or other moneys from a state agency; AG authority provisions [Sec. 317, 710, 1784, 2120, 2122, 2123, 2125-2127, 2145] - SB59

Authority of a private person to bring a qui tam claim against another person making a false claim for MA restored; AG authority provisions - AB420

Authority of a private person to bring a qui tam claim against another person making a false claim for MA restored; AG authority provisions - SB374

Bail in a criminal action: court requirements to review and adjust, constitutional amendment provision - AB608

Bail in a criminal action: court requirements to review and adjust, constitutional amendment provision - SB98

Bail jumping: defendant may be released only if the judge requires the execution of an appearance bond - AB817

Bail jumping: defendant may be released only if the judge requires the execution of an appearance bond - SB782

Bail jumping provisions and penalties revised; JRCCP may report - AB638

Bail jumping provisions and penalties revised; JRCCP may report - SB827

Bodily substance thrown or expelled at a public safety officer or prosecutor: court to require testing of criminal defendant for communicable diseases, probable cause provision - AB744

Bodily substance thrown or expelled at a public safety officer or prosecutor: court to require testing of criminal defendant for communicable diseases, probable cause provision - SB687

Change of placement proceedings: rights of foster parent or other physical custodian of a child - AB562

Change of placement proceedings: rights of foster parent or other physical custodian of a child - SB532

Child of a service member: legal custody and physical placement factors revised - AB672

Child of a service member: legal custody and physical placement factors revised - SB586

Child support determination: consideration of a parent’s incarceration - AB94

Conditional release revoked: time before person may petition court again for conditional release - AB943

Crime victim mental health treatment records: procedure for defendant in a criminal case may gain access - AB11

Crime victim mental health treatment records: procedure for defendant in a criminal case may gain access - SB20

Crimes against elder persons: penalties increased; sexual assault penalty revised; physical abuse crime created; freezing of assets of defendant re financial exploitation; elder person may appear in court via telephone or live audiovisual means when seeking certain restraining orders; JRCCP may report - AB480

Crimes against elder persons: penalties increased; sexual assault penalty revised; physical abuse crime created; freezing of assets of defendant re financial exploitation; elder person may appear in court via telephone or live audiovisual means when seeking certain restraining orders; JRCCP may report - SB427

Eligibility and condition for release prior to conviction: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR13

Evidence or court records re motion for recusal or judicial substitution: circuit, municipal, or appeals court judge or Supreme Court justice prohibited from destroying - AB408

Expedite court proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings when victim or witness is an elder person; court required to preserve testimony of elderly witness or victim in criminal matters - AB479

Expedite court proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings when victim or witness is an elder person; court required to preserve testimony of elderly witness or victim in criminal matters - SB430

Expungement of criminal court records that do not result in a conviction: procedure created; DOJ duties - AB1008

Expungement of DNA data in crime laboratories' data bank required if not adjudged guilty or delinquent; DOJ duties - AB212

Extended supervision: cap for certain felonies changed, and early discharge and earned compliance credit created, conditions specified; DOC report required; JRCCP may report - AB832

Extreme risk protection TRO and extreme risk protection injunction created; respondent is prohibited from possessing a firearm and may be ordered to surrender all firearms, penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - AB573

Extreme risk protection TRO and extreme risk protection injunction created; respondent is prohibited from possessing a firearm and may be ordered to surrender all firearms, penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB530

Family support repealed - AB101

Financial exploitation of a vulnerable person: civil cause of action created; definition provision - SB41

First offense OWI: petition to expunge record under certain conditions; ignition interlock device provision - AB211

First offense OWI: petition to expunge record under certain conditions; ignition interlock device provision - SB198

First OWI-related offense made a misdemeanor; vacate criminal conviction and second offense provisions; JRCCP may report - AB18