Wisconsin Legislature: Prosecution

Razing a building: method by which a municipality may collect costs from property owner revised - AB415

Razing a building: method by which a municipality may collect costs from property owner revised - SB328

Aging cheese: property used for is considered manufacturing property and machinery and equipment used in the process of is exempt from property tax; JSCTE appendix report - AB167

Aging cheese: property used for is considered manufacturing property and machinery and equipment used in the process of is exempt from property tax; JSCTE appendix report - SB146

Aging natural cheese: property tax and income tax credit provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1278n, p, 1287g, h, 1345g, h, 1396g, h, 9337 (4q); deleted by A.Amdt.3] - AB40

Biogas energy systems: personal property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1279, 9337 (10); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, synthetic gas added] - AB40

Biogas or synthetic gas energy systems: property tax exemption does not apply to property subject to a TIF agreement; JSCTE appendix report - AB709

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report [A.Amdt.1: property tax provisions deleted] - AB5

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB34

County property tax levy exemption for towns on Madeline Island or Washington Island re airport operation or maintenance or public health or economic development services under certain condition; JSCTE appendix report - AB372

County property tax levy exemption for towns on Madeline Island or Washington Island re airport operation or maintenance or public health or economic development services under certain condition; JSCTE appendix report [S.Amdt.1: deadlines for applying and making a decision added; S.Amdt.2: Washington Island deleted; S.Amdt.3: increasing levy to compensate for exemption prohibited] - SB299

Deadline changed for certain reports from DOR and DOT re consumer price index, computer-related equipment exempt from property tax, and general transportation aids program - AB724

Jewish Community Centers of North America: property tax exemption created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1278j, 9337 (1d)] - AB40

Nonprofit entity payments to a political subdivision for potential services re tax-exempt property: the political subdivision is required to share with overlying taxation jurisdictions - AB522

Nonprofit resale store property tax exemption under certain conditions created; JSCTE appendix report - AB127

Nonprofit resale store property tax exemption under certain conditions created; JSCTE appendix report - SB113

Nonprofit theater in City of Madison: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB65

Nonprofit youth baseball association property, building, and certain land: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB525

Nonprofit youth baseball association property, building, and certain land: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB499

Property tax-exempt computer and computer-related equipment: deadline for report from municipality to DOR on value of revised [Sec. 1512, 1513, 9337 (2)] - AB40

Rented personal property re heavy equipment for construction, mining, or forestry: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - AB731

Rented personal property re heavy equipment for construction, mining, or forestry: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB577

Resale store owned by nonprofit organization: property tax exemption created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1278k, 9337 (8d)] - AB40

Student housing facilities: property tax exemption for facilities owned by fraternities or sororities [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1278h, i, 9337 (9d); A.Amdt.3: further revisions] - AB40

Towns authorized to exercise all the powers of a city or village to create a TID under certain conditions [S.Amdt.1: definitions and sewer service area provision added; S.Amdt.2: annexation provision added; S.Amdt.3: DOR duty re annexed territory; A.Amdt.2: town board approval of project plan conditions; A.Amdt.3: adds creating a TID in recently annexed territory, property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to TIF agreement, and authorizing a TID to share tax increments with an environmental remediation tax increment district in same city of village] - SB338

Veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit changes [Sec. 1348, 9337 (15); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1348b-bj; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, deletes 1348b-bj] - AB40

Veterans-themed lottery game created and proceeds used to pay refunded veterans and surviving spouses property tax credits; veterans trust fund provision - AB114

Veterans-themed lottery game created and proceeds used to pay refunded veterans and surviving spouses property tax credits; veterans trust fund provision - SB106

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - AB192

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - SB209

Child engaged in prostitution: court permitted to enter into a consent decree or deferred prosecution agreement in lieu of conviction; under the child abuse reporting law the court is required to report suspicion that someone allowed or encouraged the child to engage in prostitution, agency investigation requirements - AB776

Commercial sexual exploitation victim: civil cause of action created - AB681

Commercial sexual exploitation victim: civil cause of action created - SB552

Human trafficking definition modified; process to vacate a conviction or adjudication or expunge the record of a victim of human trafficking; evidence of past actions in human trafficking cases; sex offense definition revised re children and lifetime supervision; strangulation added to list of offenses re intensive sanctions program, domestic abuse, and crime victim compensation; JRCCP report - AB620

Human trafficking definition modified; process to vacate a conviction or adjudication or expunge the record of a victim of human trafficking; evidence of past actions in human trafficking cases; sex offense definition revised re children and lifetime supervision; strangulation added to list of offenses re intensive sanctions program, domestic abuse, and crime victim compensation; JRCCP report - SB492

Sexual exploitation surcharge created and moneys used by CANPB to issue grants to organizations offering services to child victims of sexual crimes - AB811

Animal cruelty resulting in great bodily harm, disfigurement, or death made a felony; adequate food and water and abandonment provisions; court may order psychological assessment or counseling and bar a violator from owning an animal - AB486

Animal cruelty resulting in great bodily harm, disfigurement, or death made a felony; adequate food and water and abandonment provisions; court may order psychological assessment or counseling and bar a violator from owning an animal - SB399

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board created; reports and LAB duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, operational and programmatic audits by DHS required; S.Amdt.1: transition to county-based Milwaukee County Mental Health Board provisions] - SB565

Sexual orientation change efforts on minors: mental health provider prohibition and penalties created; JRCCP report - SB481

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: additional providers allowed to participate; exempts certain advanced practice nurses from proof of financial responsibility and medical malpractice requirements [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DOA and DHS duties modified, nonprofit agency responsibilities re volunteers specified; A.Amdt.1: dental services provision] - AB270

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB754

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Familes Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - SB546

Emergency heating assistance loan guarantee program created, WHEDA and JCF duties; declared state of emergency and funding provisions - AB770

Emergency heating assistance loan guarantee program created, WHEDA and JCF duties; declared state of emergency and funding provisions - SB612

Funeral and cemetery aids: language clarified that only DHS administers the program [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1040g, 1211c-h] - AB40

Homeless youths: DCF to create a program to provide grants for housing or assistance in finding housing, definition provision - AB840

Kinship care: additional funding sources [Sec. 373, 922, 924, 1036; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

LIEAP appropriation repealed [Sec. 429] - AB40

Low-income energy assistance: eligibility of certain households modified - AB903

MA purchase plan (MAPP) eligibility and premium requirements revised; other MA and long-term care program eligibility modified re certain account and retirement income; DHS duties - AB904

Modifications to programs for low-income persons including W-2, Wisconsin Shares, FoodShare, low-income energy assistance, low-income housing assistance, EITC, homestead tax credit, local housing authority construction of low-income housing, parental choice programs, school lunch program, and HEAB grants and scholarships; ``means-tested public assistance" definition and use - SB676

Pilot program created to assist eligible disabled offenders in county correctional facilities in obtaining certain benefits upon release; DOJ duties, grants, and report provisions - AB437

Pilot program created to assist eligible disabled offenders in county correctional facilities in obtaining certain benefits upon release; OJA duties, grants, and report provisions - SB125

Propane used for home heating: heating assistance program revisions - SB699

Public assistance benefits recovery programs in DHS revisions; property subject to recovery defined; recovery of nonprobate property expanded; real property and living trust provisions [Sec. 353, 354, 361, 821-831, 833, 834, 1179-1197, 1199-1210, 1221-1226, 1240, 2266, 2268-2271, 2275, 2294-2318, 9318 (3)-(6), 9418 (2); A.Amdt.3 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, JCF approval required, 9118 (6i)] - AB40

Public assistance programs including W-2, MA, and FoodShare: offenses considered crimes against government and its administration and DOJ or a DA is authorized to prosecute; employees accepting applications required to administer oath to applicant re true and correct information, DCF and DHS duties [S.Amdt.1: administration of oath provision removed] - SB245

Public safety, health, or welfare worker entering a dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business in the performance of his or her duties: presumption that a person believed reasonable force was necessary does not apply if the worker identified him or herself, definition provision - AB820

Public safety, health, or welfare worker entering a dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business in the performance of his or her duties: presumption that a person believed reasonable force was necessary does not apply if the worker identified him or herself, definition provision - SB600

Rule-making procedure revised; various DCF rules modified and repealed re child care certification, child care center operations, child welfare agency licensing, public assistance records, and transitional jobs demonstration project [Admin.Code DCF 54.02, 110, 121, 201.02, 202.01, 202.02, 202.04, 202.05, 202.06, 202.065, 202.07, 202.08, 202.09, 203.03, 250.04, 250.07, 251.03, 251.04, 251.07, 251.09, 251.095] - AB677

Skills enhancement grants to community action agencies: funding increased - AB49

Skills enhancement grants to community action agencies: funding increased - SB25

State agencies to share specified data with DOR for debt collection and state tax purposes; confidentiality provision [Sec. 733, 940, 1218, 1278, 1718, 1721, 2164, 2165] - AB40

TANF block grants and Child Care Development Funds: allocations modified [Sec. 988, 1025-1029, 1031-1035, 1037-1040; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions and additional grants, 1038m] - AB40

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: additional providers allowed to participate; exempts certain advanced practice nurses from proof of financial responsibility and medical malpractice requirements [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DOA and DHS duties modified, nonprofit agency responsibilities re volunteers specified; A.Amdt.1: dental services provision] - AB270

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - AB490

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - SB384

Carrying a firearm in certain public buildings: ambiguity resolved (remedial legislation) - AB558

Carrying a firearm in certain public buildings: ambiguity resolved (remedial legislation) - SB422

Disabled parking signs: DOT authority to promulgate rules governing size, design, and installation of at public buildings, places of employment, and parking facilities open to the public eliminated; statutory requirements revised - AB827

Disabled parking signs: DOT authority to promulgate rules governing size, design, and installation of at public buildings, places of employment, and parking facilities open to the public eliminated; statutory requirements revised - SB649

Facilities Development, Division of: fee assessments re capital planning and building construction services [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 155m] - AB40

Facility design services to state agencies: DOA permitted to provide and transfers related functions from specified agencies to DOA; FTE positions and fee provisions [Sec. 138, 432, 9102 (1), 9132 (1), 9145 (2), 9151 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, transfers from other agencies and FTE position provisions removed, deletes 9102 (1), 9132 (1), 9145 (2), 9151 (1)] - AB40

Plan review for public buildings, places of employment, and water recreation facility re construction, addition, or alteration modified - SB379

Public building and buildings that are places of employment: ordinances re standards for constructing, altering, or adding to must conform to rules promulgated by DSPS; variance from a standard in a DSPS rule is acceptable under certain conditions; DSPS to accept variance reviews and determinations by second class cities; Building Code Council created in DSPS; certification of inspectors and inspection of fire safety devices provisions - AB782

Public building and buildings that are places of employment: ordinances re standards for constructing, altering, or adding to must conform to rules promulgated by DSPS; variance from a standard in a DSPS rule is acceptable under certain conditions; DSPS to accept variance reviews and determinations by second class cities; Building Code Council created in DSPS; certification of inspectors and inspection of fire safety devices provisions - SB617

Reserved disabled parking spaces at public buildings, places of employment, or parking facilities open to the public: minimum number as adopted by certain DSPS rule required, certification of compliance provision - AB826

Reserved disabled parking spaces at public buildings, places of employment, or parking facilities open to the public: minimum number as adopted by certain DSPS rule required, certification of compliance provision - SB645