2023 Subject Index to Legislation

Ballast water discharge permit replaced with fee on commercial vessels subject to the federal Vessel Incidental Discharge Act; DNR memorandum of understanding with U.S. Coast Guard [Sec. 358, 2663, 2675-2677, 9132 (8), 9432 (3)] [original bill only] - SB70

Motorboat causing an amplified wake: operation restrictions - SB1016

Wakeboat study funding request included in UW System proposed 2025-27 biennial budget - AB1171

Wakeboat study funding request included in UW System proposed 2025-27 biennial budget - SB1077

Wakesurfing and wakeboarding regulations created - AB656

Wakesurfing and wakeboarding regulations created - SB680

bodily harm Bodily harm, see Crime and criminals — Battery

bonds Bonds

Environmental trust bonds to finance retiring electric generating facilities; integrated resource and reliability planning by electric utilities and cooperatives; closure of large electric generating facilities - AB682

Environmental trust bonds to finance retiring electric generating facilities; integrated resource and reliability planning by electric utilities and cooperatives; closure of large electric generating facilities - SB651

Recreational vehicles: additional regulations for dealers and the relationship between dealers and manufacturers or distributors; definitions modified for vehicle registration, equipment standards, and certain other vehicle regulations purposes; JRCCP may report [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, fines and forfeitures removed, bond required, more definition revisions, exception to length limits for vehicles operated on highways] - AB230

WHEFA changes to issuing bonds, financing a project outside the state, and executive salary group for the director and employees - AB724

WHEFA changes to issuing bonds, financing a project outside the state, and executive salary group for the director and employees - SB690

bonds _ county Bonds — County, see also Milwaukee County

Referendum to issue bonds: statement of the purpose to include estimated amount of interest accruing and interest rate - AB82

Referendum to issue bonds: statement of the purpose to include estimated amount of interest accruing and interest rate - SB83

bonds _ municipal Bonds — Municipal

Referendum to issue bonds: statement of the purpose to include estimated amount of interest accruing and interest rate - AB82

Referendum to issue bonds: statement of the purpose to include estimated amount of interest accruing and interest rate - SB83

books Books, see Libraries; Literacy; Textbook

boundary Boundary, see School — Consolidation or reorganization

bovine tuberculosis Bovine tuberculosis, see Animal — Disease

bow and arrow hunting Bow and arrow hunting, see Hunting

boys and girls club Boys and Girls Club, see Youth

breakfast Breakfast, see School — Lunch

breast cancer Breast cancer, see Disease

breastfeeding child Breastfeeding child, see Maternal and infant care

brewery Brewery, see Alcohol beverage, and its subheadings

brewpub Brewpub, see Alcohol beverage — Regulation

bridge Bridge

Agricultural road improvement grant program established [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, appropriation removed, committee to review grants added; S.Amdt.1: awarding grants revised, report required; S.Amdt.2: remove county as fiscal agent; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, sunset added] - SB247

Assessment of local bridges and culverts: DOT funding to counties [S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 91, 376] - SB70

ATV, UTV, off-highway motorcycles (OHM), and snowmobile laws revised re careless operation, emergency operation, authorized emergency and patrol vehicles, operation on highways and bridges, and highway maintenance manual revisions - AB1039

ATV, UTV, off-highway motorcycles (OHM), and snowmobile laws revised re careless operation, emergency operation, authorized emergency and patrol vehicles, operation on highways and bridges, and highway maintenance manual revisions - SB959

“Eisenhower Bridge of Valor”: bridge on USH 63 across the Mississippi River in Pierce County designated and marked as - AB409

“Eisenhower Bridge of Valor”: bridge on USH 63 across the Mississippi River in Pierce County designated and marked as - SB399

Local bridge program project funded by county bridge aid: DOT to supervise town highway projects - AB808

Local bridge program project funded by county bridge aid: DOT to supervise town highway projects - SB753

Main Street bridge in the City of Watertown: funding from highway and local bridge improvement assistance program [S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 94, 9144 (6)] - SB70

Major interstate bridge projects: bonding limit increased [Sec. 552] - AB43

Major interstate bridge projects: bonding limit increased [Sec. 552; S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Sec. 181] - SB70

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge funding [Sec. 387, 9144 (2)] - AB43

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge funding [Sec. 387, 9144 (2); S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 94, 9144 (7)] - SB70

Southern Bridge construction project: DOT bonding authority [Sec. 551] - AB43

Southern Bridge construction project: DOT bonding authority [Sec. 551; S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, funding changed, Sec. 90, 9144 (5)] - SB70

broadband Broadband, see Data processing

brown county Brown County

De Pere Greenwood Cemetery: DSPS grant for erosion remediation [S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 9138 (1)] - SB70

Green Bay & De Pere Antiquarian Society Day: October 4, 2023 declared as in honor of its 100th anniversary - AJR52

Green Bay & De Pere Antiquarian Society Day: October 4, 2023 declared as in honor of its 100th anniversary - SJR48

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge funding [Sec. 387, 9144 (2)] - AB43

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge funding [Sec. 387, 9144 (2); S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 94, 9144 (7)] - SB70

Southern Bridge construction project: DOT bonding authority [Sec. 551] - AB43

Southern Bridge construction project: DOT bonding authority [Sec. 551; S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, funding changed, Sec. 90, 9144 (5)] - SB70

brown deer village of Brown Deer, Village of, see Milwaukee County

brownfields _contaminated property_ Brownfields (contaminated property), see Environmental protection

brucellosis Brucellosis, see Animal — Disease

budget bills and process Budget bills and process, see also Appropriation

Budget bill - AB43

Budget bill - SB70

Executive budget bill prepared according to GAAP, in addition to a bill prepared based on standards under current law - AB31

Executive budget bill prepared according to GAAP, in addition to a bill prepared based on standards under current law - SB32

Floorperiods for the 2023-24 session established; budget deadline extended - SJR1

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; once deficit is eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR117

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; once deficit is eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR106

building Building

Commercial building plans and plumbing plans: procedures for DSPS review revised; DOA appendix report - AB197

Commercial building plans and plumbing plans: procedures for DSPS review revised; DOA appendix report - SB186

Commercial building plans: local government review expanded; DSPS report on outreach to local governments required - AB198

Commercial building plans: local government review expanded; DSPS report on outreach to local governments required - SB187

Commercial buildings: permission to start construction before plan approval codified - AB199

Commercial buildings: permission to start construction before plan approval codified - SB188

Commercial-to-housing revolving loan fund and loan program established; reports required; DOA appendix report [A.Amdt.1: further revisions; A.Amdt.3: confidentiality provision added] - AB268

Commercial-to-housing revolving loan fund and loan program established; reports required; DOA appendix report - SB295

Electric vehicle charging stations: person supplying electricity exempt from public utility regulation; prohibitions on local governments and state agencies from owning, operating, managing, or leasing; excise tax on electric vehicle charging, residence exception; JRCCP may report [S.Amdt.1: ownership or operation by state agency provision modified, station permit changed to registration; S.Amdt.2: further revisions, charging tax modified; A.Amdt.1: local government cannot require private developer to install] - SB791

Entering certain places without consent and with intent to commit battery made a felony - AB926

Entering certain places without consent and with intent to commit battery made a felony - SB809

Indoor smoking prohibition expanded to include vapor products [Sec. 1742-1748] - AB43

Indoor smoking prohibition expanded to include vapor products [Sec. 1742-1748] [original bill only] - SB70

Lead poisoning or lead exposure: definition modified and requirements for DHS-lead investigation of a dwelling or premises revised [Sec. 2604-2606] - AB43

Lead poisoning or lead exposure: definition modified and requirements for DHS-lead investigation of a dwelling or premises revised [Sec. 2604-2606] [original bill only] - SB70

Refrigerants that are acceptable alternatives to ozone-depleting substances: state agencies and local governments cannot prohibit or limit use of [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DSPS cannot promulgate a rule and local governments cannot enact or enforce an ordinance prohibiting or limiting refrigerants the EPA designates acceptable for use] - SB324

Stretch energy code: DSPS working group created to establish re minimum building energy efficiency - AB825

Stretch energy code: DSPS working group created to establish re minimum building energy efficiency - SB777

Technical education equipment grants from DWD to school districts: conditions revised; adds facility enhancements use and construction fields [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, facility enhancements use provision removed] - AB550

Technical education equipment grants from DWD to school districts: conditions revised; adds facility enhancements use and construction fields - SB580

Universal changing stations: installation in certain buildings required; income and franchise tax credit for small businesses created - AB402

Universal changing stations: installation in certain buildings required; income and franchise tax credit for small businesses created - SB393

building code Building code, see Building; Housing