Wisconsin Legislature: Indians and tribal issues

Small farm operators: program to reimburse higher education debt created in HEAB, conditions specified; Small Farm Higher Education Debt Council created in DATCP; fraud, income tax deductions, and LAB audit and report provisions; JSCTE appendix report - SB706

State legislator allowance for expenses (per diem): individual income tax deduction sunsetted; JSCTE appendix report - AB345

State legislator allowance for expenses (per diem): individual income tax deduction sunsetted; JSCTE appendix report - SB255

State of emergency declared by the Governor: exemptions from certain taxes, fees, and licensing or permit requirements for work performed by non-Wisconsin residents or businesses; JSCTE appendix report - AB405

State of emergency declared by the Governor: exemptions from certain taxes, fees, and licensing or permit requirements for work performed by non-Wisconsin residents or businesses; JSCTE appendix report - SB334

Support accounts for individuals with disabilities (ABLE accounts): provisions authorizing creation repealed; tax benefit contributions to accounts in other states continues [A.Amdt.1: Internal Revenue Code provisions added; A.Amdt.2: excluded from income assets re long-term care program eligibility] - AB731

Support accounts for individuals with disabilities (ABLE accounts): provisions authorizing creation repealed; tax benefit contributions to accounts in other states continues - SB604

Support accounts for individuals with disabilities created, based on the federal ABLE program [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 316e, 2118e, f, 2124e, 2186s, 9337 (2j)] - SB21

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - AB272

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - SB194

Property of a delinquent taxpayer: sale and auction provisions revised [Sec. 2459, 2460, 4622, 9337 (1)] - AB21

Property of a delinquent taxpayer: sale and auction provisions revised [Sec. 2459, 2460, 4622, 9337 (1)] - SB21

Unpaid income or sales taxes: interest does not accrue while taxpayer is subject to a DOR audit; interest rate on amount past due, but not delinquent, reduced over time - AB226

Ambulance services: county or municipality may certify to DOR for collection of debts from tax refunds - AB31

Ambulance services: county or municipality may certify to DOR for collection of debts from tax refunds - SB40

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision - AB102

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision - SB111

Democracy Trust Fund established for eligible candidates for office of justice of the Supreme Court; limitations, penalties, income tax checkoff, and appropriation provisions; State Treasurer duties - AB265

Fire fighters memorial: individual income tax checkoff sunset removed - AB419

Income tax and sales tax field audit revisions re notification, deadline for determinations, and statistical sampling; definition and administrative rule provisions - AB219

Income tax checkoff limitations: threshold revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2226b] - SB21

Tribal college payments from Indian gaming receipts created; certain veteran tuition reimbursement program repealed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 559m, 768t, 808m, 1370m, 1447m, 4316m] - SB21

UW Board of Regents powers and duties revised, including faculty and academic staff appointments; EEB repealed [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``University of Wisconsin -- Regents"] - SB21

Academic Excellence Higher Education Scholarships awarded to pupils in public and tribal high schools with certain low enrollment - AB958

Academic Excellence Higher Education Scholarships awarded to pupils in public and tribal high schools with certain low enrollment - SB732

Alcohol and other drug assessments: Corr.Dept may establish and operate a treatment facility for providing court-ordered assessments and developing driver safety plans for inmates of a correctional facility; requiring one facility to accept and enforce driver safety plan from another facility; DHS duties - AB597

Alcohol and other drug assessments: Corr.Dept may establish and operate a treatment facility for providing court-ordered assessments and developing driver safety plans for inmates of a correctional facility; requiring one facility to accept and enforce driver safety plan from another facility; DHS duties - SB644

Alzheimer’s Family and Caregiver Support Program: DHS funding for respite care [A.Amdt.1: tribal residential facility and financial eligibility provisions added; A.Amdt.2: participation by tribe or band provisions added; A.Amdt.3: distribution limit modified] - AB787

Burial sites cataloged by the director of the SHSW and land contiguous to the site: procedure for owner of the land to challenge the existence of human remains in the site - AB620

Child or family support income withholding orders; deferred prosecution agreements re domestic abuse surcharge and GPS surcharge; certain DCF and DHS appropriations modified; home visitation program grants; references to Milwaukee County by population - AB440

Child or family support income withholding orders; deferred prosecution agreements re domestic abuse surcharge and GPS surcharge; certain DCF and DHS appropriations modified; home visitation program grants; references to Milwaukee County by population - SB317

Class ``B" permits and ``Class B" permits issued by DOR to certain tribes: provisions revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3429m, r, 3432ut, vm; deleted by S.Amdt.2] - SB21

Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day - AB475

Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples Day - SB767

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - AB860

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - SB630

Corr.Dept to charge a fee to probationers, parolees, and persons on extended supervision who are placed with the county pending disposition of revocation proceedings; reimbursement to counties provisions modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, tribal governing bodies added] - AB522

Cosleeping with a child under 12 months while intoxicated and causing harm or death made a felony; CANPB to prepare and make available materials re safe sleep and cosleeping while intoxicated; providing the information to pregnant women or parents of newborns, pupils in one of grades 10 to 12, and other specified individuals required, immunity from liability provision - AB94

Cosleeping with a child under 12 months while intoxicated and causing harm or death made a felony; CANPB to prepare and make available materials re safe sleep and cosleeping while intoxicated; providing the information to pregnant women or parents of newborns, pupils in one of grades 10 to 12, and other specified individuals required, immunity from liability provision - SB46

Criminal justice coordinating council (CJCC) created in DOJ; council on offender re-entry in Corr.Dept eliminated; treatment alternatives and diversion (TAD) grant program changes, DOJ report required; statewide treatment court coordinator position in office of the director of state courts; home detention for probation authorized - AB52

Custodial interrogation of a juvenile: law enforcement agency required to notify parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian and cannot commence the interrogation until the notice is received; evidence admissibility provision - AB985

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, 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 - AB852

DVA grants to counties and tribes for improvement of services revisions and expenses eligible for reimbursement specified [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1465, 1465m-o] - SB21

Food protection practices certificate issued by DHS required to operate a school lunchroom in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program [A.Amdt.1: ``operator or manager of the lunchroom" defined re charter, private, and tribal schools; A.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.1: tribal school removed] - AB37

Local roads improvement program: reimbursement provisions modified re use of tribal government funds [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2595m, n] - SB21

Native American Heritage Month: November proclaimed as - SJR71

Optional incentive program for counties under certain population and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in MA and FoodShare: DHS to establish - AB535

Optional incentive program for counties under certain population and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in MA and FoodShare: DHS to establish - SB472

Pupil records pertinent to pupil’s educational needs: disclosure to DCF and certain county departments or tribal organization legally responsible for the pupil permitted; conditions and memorandum of understanding provisions - AB478

Pupil records pertinent to pupil’s educational needs: disclosure to DCF and certain county departments or tribal organization legally responsible for the pupil permitted; conditions and memorandum of understanding provisions - SB353

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) program re AODA: DPI required to include in training of professional school staff; if school district requests training, it must administer the program to all pupils in the district; report to JCF required - AB270

Tribal college-county joint library allowed to participate in a public library system - AB704

Tribal college-county joint library allowed to participate in a public library system - SB717

Tribal college payments from Indian gaming receipts created; certain veteran tuition reimbursement program repealed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 559m, 768t, 808m, 1370m, 1447m, 4316m] - SB21

Tribal ID cards must be accepted as proof of identity for any law requiring ID - AB130

WC coverage for students at institutions of higher education who are part of a school work training or work study program [Sec. 2746, 2747, 2749, 2751, 2878] - AB21

WC coverage for students at institutions of higher education who are part of a school work training or work study program [Sec. 2746, 2747, 2749, 2751, 2878] - SB21

Wisconsin Promise grants created to cover tuition and other educational expenses for eligible students attending public institutions of higher education; HEAB duties - AB903

Wisconsin Promise grants created to cover tuition and other educational expenses for eligible students attending public institutions of higher education; HEAB duties - SB686

Charter School Oversight Board (CSOB) created to approve nonprofit, nonsectarian organizations to contract with persons to operate independent charter schools; charter school and contract requirements; reports required [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``School"] - SB21

Administrative rules, emergency rules, and rule-making procedures: various changes - AB251

Administrative rules, emergency rules, and rule-making procedures: various changes - SB168

Broadband infrastructure: PSC duties imposed re expansion grant program, underserved areas, promotion of economic development, model ordinance, and certification as a Broadband Forward! community - AB820

Broadband infrastructure: PSC duties imposed re expansion grant program, underserved areas, promotion of economic development, model ordinance, and certification as a Broadband Forward! community - SB699

Business development tax credit created; economic development tax credit and jobs tax credit eliminated; FWDA duties [Sec. 849, 2118, 2156, 2169, 2183, 2213, 2222, 2227, 2291, 2302, 2316, 2346, 2352, 2367, 2405, 2418, 2432, 2454, 2512, 3939, 3944-3946, 3996, 4006] - AB21

Business development tax credit created; economic development tax credit and jobs tax credit eliminated; FWDA duties; sunset provisions [Sec. 849, 2118, 2156, 2169, 2183, 2213, 2222, 2227, 2291, 2302, 2316, 2346, 2352, 2367, 2405, 2418, 2432, 2454, 2512, 3939, 3944-3946, 3996, 4006; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, FWDA and economic development and jobs tax credits provisions removed, 3991n, o, 4010b, 9450 (2b), deletes 2156, 2169, 2291, 2302, 2405, 2418, 2512, 3939, 3944-3946] - SB21

Contracts between WEDC and recipients of grants, loans, or tax credits: requirements created - AB858

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development; report required - AB636

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development; report required - SB483

Crowdfunding for jobs and economic growth: WHEDA to contract with a business maintaining a crowdfunding Internet site - AB927

Development zone tax credits that expired repealed [Sec. 850-853, 2119, 2124-2129, 2138, 2139, 2141, 2143, 2149, 2150, 2184-2186, 2214-2221, 2247, 2248, 2254, 2256-2260, 2269, 2270, 2272, 2274, 2284, 2285, 2317-2319, 2322, 2340-2345, 2368, 2370-2374, 2383, 2384, 2386, 2388, 2398, 2399, 2433-2435, 2437, 2448-2453, 2497, 2499] - AB21

Development zone tax credits that expired repealed [Sec. 850-853, 2119, 2124, 2125-2129, 2138, 2139, 2141, 2143, 2149, 2150, 2184-2186, 2214-2221, 2247, 2248, 2254, 2256-2260, 2270, 2272, 2274, 2284, 2285, 2317-2319, 2322, 2340-2345, 2368, 2370-2374, 2384, 2386, 2388, 2398, 2399, 2433-2435, 2437, 2448-2453, 2497, 2499; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, research credit calculation modified, 2144b, c, 2186d-g, 2278b, 2279b, 2319d-2320b, 2392b, 2393b, 2435d-2436b, 2467b, 2503b, 2504b, 3971b, 3998b-4001c, 4025b] - SB21

DWD appropriations for various workforce training programs consolidated into a single appropriation for workforce training grants (Fast Forward); career and technical education incentive grant program restructured [S.Amdt.1: career and technical education incentive grants provision removed; S.Amdt.2: workforce training program annual report modified] - SB596

DWD appropriations for various workforce training programs consolidated into a single appropriation for workforce training grants (Fast Forward); career and technical education incentive grant program restructured - AB772

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision - AB102

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision - SB111

Economic development district that includes community arts center and mixed-use development: DOA to award grant to a city, matching funds provision [Sec. 260, 858, 9101 (10)] - AB21

Economic development district that includes community arts center and mixed-use development: DOA to award grant to a city, matching funds provision [Sec. 260, 858, 9101 (10); original bill only] - SB21

Economic Opportunity, Department of (DEO) created; Economic Development Transition Council created to effect the transition of WEDC functions to DEO and the Badger Innovation Corporation; Economic Development Policy Board created to assist DEO; Governor and JCF duties - AB617