Acts Index

wisconsin veterans home Wisconsin veterans home, see Veteran — Hospitals and home

wisconsin works Wisconsin works

Agency contracts authorized; requirements re LAB audit, community steering committee, children's services network, persons with linguistic barriers and refugees [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Agency contracts: notice and assistance to employes re election of county or tribal governing body not to participate [Sec. 46hb]  -  Act 216

Agency contracts: provision created re county with population exceeding 500,000 [Sec. 46d, h]  -  Act 216

Agency contracts: provisions of 1995 WisAct 289 reconciled [Sec. 9162 (2t), 9462 (3t)]  -  Act 216

Child care subsidy provision; low-income and at-risk child care program modified; contracting authorized; new classification levels created [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Citizenship or immigration status of W-2 applicants  -  Act 289

Development zone: program and job credits revised; provisions re day care, environmental remediation, research and W-2 tax credits [partial veto]  -  Act 209

Emergency assistance for families with needy children continued; references to AFDC deleted; DILJD report required [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Employment skills advancement program established; grants provided to low-income working parents; W-2 agency steering committees to seek private funding  -  Act 289

Employment under W-2 program: WC coverage required; participant claim against employer prohibited  -  Act 289

Financial and performance audit: DILJD contract required  -  Act 289

Food stamp program: DILJD contracts permitted; benefit reduction based on number of hours worked [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Funeral and burial expenses of W-2 participants  -  Act 289

Group health insurance market reform; provisions re guaranteed acceptance, preexisting condition exclusions and limitations, portability, contract termination and renewability; collective bargaining of certain health care coverage requirements [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Health care coverage provisions; eligibility requirements set; abortion coverage excluded, certain exceptions provided [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Homelessness of W-2 participants: DILJD to maintain statistics [vetoed]  -  AB-591

Kinship care: provision created re child care by a relative; guardianship and adoption provisions  -  Act 289

Minor parents living arrangement: DHSS to seek federal waiver to eliminate exceptions re AFDC and W-2  -  Act 289

New public assistance program for families with dependent children created; federal waiver requirements; employment, training and job access loan components [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Property taxes or rent under homestead credit reduced re W-2 participation  -  Act 289

Transportation assistance granted; restriction re public transportation [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Weatherization assistance: W-2 participant eligibility  -  Act 289

withholding tax Withholding tax, see Income tax

witness Witness

Crime victim and witness offices: intergovernmental cooperation requirements in providing services expanded  -  Act 310

Crime victim and witness surcharges: limit on use of funds revised [Sec. 1029]  -  Act 27

Criminal discovery laws revised  -  Act 387

Prisoner escapes: notification of victims and witnesses  -  Act 74

women Women, see also Maternal and infant care

Battery by persons subject to harassment or domestic abuse injunctions made a felony  -  Act 343

Breast cancer screening program expanded [Sec. 809, 6347-6350]  -  Act 27

Domestic abuse arrests: no-contact period increased  -  Act 304

Domestic abuse awareness and prevention program to be developed; income tax check-off to fund [Sec. 817m, 1113m, 2345j, 3395e, 9348 (4q)] [vetoed]  -  AB-150

Domestic abuse grant revisions [Sec. 939, 2340-2345, 2346-2348]  -  Act 27

Female genital mutilation prohibited; exception provided  -  Act 365

Firearms possession by persons subject to certain injunctions restricted; entry of information into enforcement system; provisions re surrender and storage of firearms and release of information by DOJ  -  Act 71

Military memorials for women: DOA grants authorized  -  Act 254

Mother's breast-feeding her child in public: exemption from certain prohibitions  -  Act 165

TPR grounds revised re child abuse and failure to assume parental responsibility  -  Act 275

women, infants and children program _wic_ Women, infants and children program (WIC), see Maternal and infant care

wood ash Wood ash, see Solid waste management

work camp Work camp, see Prisoner — Work program

work experience and job training program _wejt_ Work experience and job training program (WEJT), see Unemployment — Relief measures

work_not_welfare program Work-not-welfare program, see Aid to families with dependent children

worker_s compensation Worker's compensation, see also Occupational safety

Chiropractic treatments conducted for insurers: independent evaluation of  -  Act 94

Employment under W-2 program: WC coverage required; participant claim against employer prohibited  -  Act 289

Municipal insurance mutuals authorized to provide WC insurance  -  Act 197

Private rehabilitation counseling or training costs under WC: technical change (remedial legislation)  -  Act 413

WC revisions re general coverage, program administration, hearings and procedures, qualified loss management program, uninsured employers, employes of contractors and compensation amounts  -  Act 117

workforce development, department of Workforce development, Department of, see also Industry, labor and human relations, Department of; Industry, labor and job development, Department of

DILHR renamed Department of industry, labor and job development [Sec. 9130 (4), 9430 (5)]  -  Act 27

Workforce development, Department of: use as alternative name for Department of industry, labor and job development permitted  -  Act 289

workforce excellence Workforce excellence, see Industry, labor and human relations, Department of

wright, frank lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd Wright Monona terrace project: unexpended moneys to be used for land acquisition and urban river grants; JCF to review [Sec. 1165am, 1264r, 1266d, 1323j]  -  Act 27

wrs WRS, see Retirement system, Wisconsin

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x_ray X-ray, see Medical service

youth Youth, see also Alcohol beverage — Sale to minors; Children and its subheadings

Abortion laws revised re woman's informed consent, informational requirements and consent to minor's obtaining an abortion; requirements modified re birth control availability, services to minors and medical risk information; toll-free telephone service provided  -  Act 309

Age of delinquency re waiver to adult court lowered [Sec. 787, 2195, 2423, 2424, 2425, 2431, 2432, 2446, 2464, 2465-2465p, 2473, 2478, 2479, 2522-2525, 2529, 2530, 4442-4449, 6367, 7236, 7238-7240, 7242, 7243, 7294, 7295, 9310 (5), 9410 (3)]  -  Act 27

Agricultural machinery operated on highway: youthful operator prohibition penalty delayed  -  Act 194

Children's services program funding revisions [Sec. 808, 916, 918m, 927-929, 937, 938, 941, 942m, 948, 950, 952, 954, 959m, 2298, 2310, 2318, 2337, 2339, 2355, 2356, 2387, 2397-2399, 2403, 2404, 2406, 2407, 2429, 2531, 2532, 2567b, 2588-2593, 2624, 2633, 3267, 7256, 9426 (18)]  -  Act 27

Community living arrangement definition expanded re certain youth village program  -  Act 352

Education now and babies later curriculum development provisions; grants provided and matching funds required [Sec. 804m, 2335m, p, 9102 (1z), 9402 (1z)]  -  Act 27

Female genital mutilation prohibited; exception provided  -  Act 365

Juvenile correctional services: daily rates revised; youth aids funding; refund of excess PR balances [Sec. 1, 2, 5-7, 9112 (2), 9212 (9)-(12), 9412]  -  Act 416

Minor parents living arrangement: DHSS to seek federal waiver to eliminate exceptions re AFDC and W-2  -  Act 289

Motor vehicle consumer leases: laws revised; provisions re prelease agreements, bond or liability insurance policy, motor vehicle dealer definition, sales finance company bond or credit, leasing to a minor and personalized registration plates  -  Act 329

Occupational license issuance revised; court authority modified re suspension of juvenile operating privilege for failure to pay forfeiture  -  Act 269

Professional baseball park district created; provisions re bond issuance, contracting, minority businesses, LAB audit, sky box special rental payments, contributions to youth sports organizations and smoke-free environment in certain stadium seating areas [partial veto]  -  . Act 56

Sexual assault of a child: offenders prohibited from volunteering or working with children under 16 years of age  -  Act 265

Small game hunting license for residents age 12 to 18 years [Sec. 1538m, 1571, 1594m, 1601m, 9442 (4m)]  -  Act 27

Truancy abatement and burglary suppression program funding revised; youth centers established [Sec. 588, 3947, 4017t, u, 7299m, 7300]  -  Act 27

Youth aids funds carry-over provided [Sec. 2168, 2169, 9426 (5)]  -  Act 27

Youth and athlete facility construction and coliseum renovation at state fair park; use may be restricted [Sec. 1965c, 1966j, 9108 (12), 9152 (1x), (1z)] [1965c, 1966j, 9152 (1x) — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Youth and athlete facility project re 1995 WisAct 27: bonding authority modified  -  Act 372

youth conservation programs Youth conservation programs, see also Wisconsin conservation corps

Conservation work projects and youth camps operated by DNR: programs repealed [Sec. 713, 714, 716, 717, 1256, 1257, 6260, 6261]  -  Act 27

youthful offender Youthful offender, see Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile detention facility

zebra mussel Zebra mussel, see Fish and fishing

zero_based budget Zero-based budget, see Budget bills and process

zimmerman, robert Zimmerman, Robert

Life and public service [SJR-50]  -  JR-22

zoning Zoning, see Flood plain zoning; Land use planning and control