Nuclear power plants: approval for construction requirements revised; state’s energy policy priorities modified to include -
Act 344Prevailing wage law as applied to local projects of public works repealed; federally determined rates required on state projects; DWD administration and enforcement transferred to DOA and other revisions; exceptions, restrictions to remedies, and compliance provisions [Sec. 380n, 453xm, 1948y, 1991sd-sv, 2560p, 2569s, 3075p, 3077b-np, 3078cd, ch, 3080p, 3135c-i, 3579p, 3621p, v, 4726c-w, 4740b, 9151 (1q), 9351 (3q), 9451 (3q)] -
Act 55Raffle regulations revised re alternate raffle, tickets, and number of raffles; DOA authority removed -
Act 6Special prosecutor appointment circumstances modified; late payments to private attorneys re special prosecutor and contract with SPD do not accrue interest; DOA to approve appointment [Sec. 292, 767, 4737-4739, 9301 (3), 9333 (1)] -
Act 55State civil service revisions re hiring process, probation, reinstatement, restoration, layoffs, discipline, and just cause; grievance process for certain adverse employment actions created; discretionary merit award program created; DOA, DPM, Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection, and WERC duties; performance evaluation, employee files retention, and review of certain documents provisions; study and report required [partial veto] -
Act 150Volunteer Health Care Provider Program, opioid treatment program, Well-Woman Program provision (remedial legislation) -
Act 188Group health insurance programs: GIB required to submit proposed changes to JCOER annually for approval; DOA Division of Personnel Management provision [Sec. 1389r, 9112 (3j)] [vetoed] -
Act 55Inactive boards and councils repealed; assets, property, contracts, and pending matters provisions for certain councils and board [Sec. 77m, 93m, 100m, 108g-r, 120g, r, 125m, 126m, 148m-161m, 203p-211p, 222m, 247m, 254b-x, 272f, 320m, 328m, 396d-417r, 634m, 797m, 990r, 1065m, 1308k, m, 1700m, 2530v-2531w, 2724m, 2725m, 3482m, 3582r, 4109b, 4416g-4467r, 9101 (10j), (10k)] -
Act 55Interoperability Council report to JCF required [Sec. 9101 (7j)] -
Act 55LIRC transferred from DWD to DOA; Governor to appoint the general counsel [Sec. 146m, 666m, 741m, 918m, 3673m] -
Act 55OSER restructured into Division of Personnel Management in DOA; DMRS restructured into Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Division of Personnel Management; appointment to GIB provision [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``State Employment Relations, Office of"] -
Act 55Public employee group health insurance: GIB to notify JCF of intent to execute a contract to provide self-insured group health plans; JCF approval; DPM provision -
Act 119State civil service revisions re hiring process, probation, reinstatement, restoration, layoffs, discipline, and just cause; grievance process for certain adverse employment actions created; discretionary merit award program created; DOA, DPM, Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection, and WERC duties; performance evaluation, employee files retention, and review of certain documents provisions; study and report required [partial veto] -
Act 150State energy office: administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 9101 (3)] -
Act 55Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative established to increase number of veterans holding permanent state government positions; Council on Veterans Employment created in the Office of the Governor; state agencies and DPM duties -
Act 386Amortization schedule for short-term commercial paper principal repayment [Sec. 239r] [vetoed] -
Act 55Capital planning and building construction services fund: lapse to general fund [Sec. 9201 (3q)] -
Act 55DOA appropriations consolidated re specified state agency services [Sec. 785, 791, 9201 (1)] -
Act 55Environmental improvement fund: revisions to programs funded by; clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program modified, ``nonprofit noncommunity water system" replaced with ``serves a local governmental unit" [Sec. 53, 868q, 869, 1023, 3918, 4119-4183] -
Act 55Fox River Navigational System visitor center: DOA may sell parcel of public land to City of Appleton for construction of; Fox River Navigational System Authority duties -
Act 357GPR and PR appropriation lapses from the 2013-15 fiscal biennium (2013 WisAct 20) extended into the 2016-17 fiscal year [Sec. 4749] -
Act 55Information technology block grants and educational technology teacher training grants for school districts created, sunset and universal service fund provisions [Sec. 422d-g, 561j, 800c, d, 3529c, 3532c-f, 9401 (1f)] -
Act 55Postage appropriation in DOA for state agency costs [Sec. 789] -
Act 55Sports and entertainment arena and facilities constructed in the City of Milwaukee: funding, ticket surcharge, and local exposition district provisions created; DOA duties and JSCTE appendix report -
Act 60State agency budget requests modified [Sec. 272d, h, i] [vetoed] -
Act 55State building trust fund: DOA may transfer up to certain amount from capital planning and building construction services appropriation [Sec. 9201 (2)] -
Act 55Support accounts for individuals with disabilities (ABLE accounts): provisions authorizing creation repealed; tax benefit contributions to accounts in other states continues; excluded from income re long-term care program eligibility; Internal Revenue Code provisions -
Act 312Support accounts for individuals with disabilities created, based on the federal ABLE program [Sec. 316e, 2118e, f, 2124e, 2186s, 9337 (2j)] -
Act 55Telecommunications services to the UW System: universal service fund appropriation restored -
Act 108Temporary reallocations to general fund modified [Sec. 475] -
Act 55Treatment and diversion (TAD) program grants appropriation and alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol and drugs grants appropriation and conditions; DOJ and DOA duties [partial veto] -
Act 388Unfunded retirement liability debt service: DOA may require state agencies to pay directly to state in lieu of lapsing or transferring an amount to the general fund; employees of the former UWHC Board provision added [Sec. 293d-p] [vetoed] -
Act 55UW Board of Regents powers and duties revised, including faculty and academic staff appointments, termination, and layoffs; EEB repealed; UW System funding provisions and financial audit required; UW--Stevens Point differential tuition; public records law re final candidates for UW System positions; ``single prime contracting" for construction projects permitted; energy conservation projects [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``University of Wisconsin -- Regents"] -
Act 55Camping units: DSPS directed to include separate standards for in the dwelling code, electrical code, and plumbing code -
Act 49Address confidentiality program for victims of child abuse, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, stalking, or human trafficking created; DOJ to administer; exemption, voter registration, and emergency rule provisions -
Act 356Charitable organizations, professional fund-raisers, fund-raising counsel, and professional employer organizations: registration and other requirements revised; DFI rules modified [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 60.01, 60.02, 60.03, 60.04, 60.05, 60.06, 60.07, 60.075, 60.08] -
Act 163Chiropractic treatment: OCI rule-making authority re independent dispute resolution process, emergency rules provision [Sec. 4590r, 9122 (1v)] [vetoed] -
Act 55CPA certificate applicant requirements revised; Accounting Examining Board to research establishing continuing education requirements by rule, report required; administrative rule revisions re updating practices and standards [Admin.Code Accy 1.001, 1.002, 1.003, 1 subch II (title), 1.101, 1.102, 1.201, 1.202, 1.301, 1.302, 1.401, 1.404, 1.405, 2 (title), 2 subch I (title), 2.001, 2.002, 2 subch II (title), 2.101 (note), 2.101, 2 subch III (title), 2.202, 2 subch IV (title), 2.305, 2 subch V (title), 2.401, 2 subch VI (title), 2.501, 3 (title), 3 subch I (title), 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.055, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3 subch II (title), 3.11, 3 subch III (title), 4 (title), 4 subch I, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.035, 4.037, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4 subch II, 5 (title), 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5 subch I (title), 5 subch II (title), 5 subch III (title), 5.304, 5 subch IV (title), 5.401, 6 subch I, 6 subch II (title), 6 subch III (title), 6 subch IV (title), 6.303, 6.304, 7 (title), 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.035, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 8 (title), 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 9 (title), 9.01, 9.02 (note), 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 9.06] -
Act 217Credit union operations statutory changes; DFI rule revisions [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 14.03, DFI-CU 63.03, 69.02, DFI-SL 12.03, DFI-SB 12.03] -
Act 304DATCP prohibited from promulgating or enforcing a rule requiring motor vehicle fueling stations to have telephone or other means for public to contact emergency services -
Act 247DCF rules modified and repealed re child care certification, child care center operations, child welfare agency licensing, and public assistance records [Admin.Code DCF 54.02, 121, 201.02, 201.06, 202.01, 202.02, 202.04, 202.05, 202.06, 202.065, 202.07, 202.08, 202.09, 203, 250.04, 250.07, 251.03, 251.095] -
Act 132DFI rules modified re UCC Article 9 filings made in an office of register of deeds; DOR rules modified re real estate transfer fee, register of deeds provision [Admin.Code DFI-CCS 7.03; Tax 15.04] -
Act 38DOT rule-making authority re bikeways and pedestrian ways in new highway construction and reconstruction projects repealed [Admin.Code Trans 75] [Sec. 4751c] -
Act 55DOT rules: technical changes and revisions re motor vehicle warranties, evaluation of major highway projects, recreational vehicle dealers, motor vehicle rental companies, design of handicapped parking signs, and electronic signatures for ID card applications for certain parking privileges [Admin.Code Trans 28.04, 28.06, 28.07, 28.09, 31.02, 31.03, 31.04, 55.02, 55.06, 56.04, 56.05, 57.04, 100.01, 100.03, 100.07, 100.08, 100.10, 100.18, 106.02, 106.03, 113 (title), 113.01, 113.03, 113.04, 118.01, 118.03, 118.04, 118.05, 118.06, 118.07, 118.08, 118.09, 118.10, 118.11, 118.12, 118.13, 118.14, 130.03, 131.01, 131.02, 131.03, 131.07, 131.08, 131.11, 131.15, 139.06, 142.07, 145, 146.04, 157.05, 175.09, 178.03, 200.07, 206.03, 207.02, 210 (title), 210.01, 210.02, 210.03, 210.05, 210.06, 210.065, 210.07, 210.08, 233.08, 233.11, 252.06, 253.01, 253.02, 253.04, 253.045, 253.05, 253.06, 253.065, 310.01, 310.04, 310.05, 315.01, 315.03, 401.04, 510.08] [vetoed] -
SB360Emission standard for residential or commercial wood stoves: DNR prohibited from promulgating a rule or enforcing a federal regulation more stringent than standard currently in effect -
Act 303Home medical oxygen provider: licensure program administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board established, emergency rule provision -
Act 3MFL program revisions re taxes, eligible land, management plans, sale and transfer of land, productivity of land, closed lands, forest production area, natural heritage inventory program, and state wildlife action plan; emergency rules and appropriation provisions [partial veto] -
Act 358Oxygen equipment in nursing homes: rules modified re current maintenance and use standards and manufacturers’ recommendations [Admin.Code DHS 132.71] -
Act 107Point source pollution abatement projects: administrative rule authority eliminated re DNR financial assistance [Admin.Code NR 128] -
Act 76Prescription drug monitoring program changes re timing of submission of records, disclosure of records, and review of patient's records exemptions; DSPS Secretary to notify LRB when the program is operational; emergency rule and personally identifiable information provisions -
Act 266Prevailing wage law as applied to local projects of public works repealed; federally determined rates required on state projects; DWD administration and enforcement transferred to DOA and other revisions; exceptions, restrictions to remedies, and compliance provisions [Sec. 380n, 453xm, 1948y, 1991sd-sv, 2560p, 2569s, 3075p, 3077b-np, 3078cd, ch, 3080p, 3135c-i, 3579p, 3621p, v, 4726c-w, 4740b, 9151 (1q), 9351 (3q), 9451 (3q)] -
Act 55Producer led watershed protection grants created, emergency rule provision [Sec. 485, 2629, 9102 (2)] -
Act 55Property rights regulation revisions re local government restrictions on sale, purchase, development, or occupancy of real property and individual notice requirements; vested rights; shoreland zoning; resolution of challenge to zoning restrictions; supermajority vote to down zone a property; content of economic impact analysis of proposed administrative rules; standard for judicial review of certain state agency actions and decisions; and DNR and DATCP contested case hearings -
Act 391Real estate practice law revisions re terminology, licensing, association with a firm, independent contractor, independent practice, time-share salespersons, and Real Estate Examining Board provisions; statute of limitation for filing an action against a real estate broker or salesperson; definition of ``employee”, UI, and emergency rules provisions -
Act 258Recreation vehicle registration and regulation revisions; hunting, trapping, and fishing approval and regulation revisions; place of trial for certain fish and game law violations; DNR duties and electronic system for accessing approvals and certificates; enforcement, penalty, and emergency rule provisions -
Act 89State minimum wage law revisions, living wage provisions replaced with minimum wage requirements, and living wage ordinance prohibition eliminated; definitions, DWD duties, and emergency rule provisions [Sec. 1706m, 3076d-t, 3078am, b, bm, c, cm-m, 3947g, r, 4610b, d, 4639m, 9451 (7f)] -
Act 55TCS Board: name of faculty development grant programs changed to professional development programs; technical college instructor occupational competency program revisions; rules modified [Admin.Code TCS 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.25, 5.09, 7.07, 11, 13, 14.02, 15, 16] -
Act 329UW Board of Regents: administrative rule revisions re certain notices, updating outdated references, and to reflect changes made by 2015 WisAct 55 [Admin.Code UWS 1.01, 2.01, 3.01, 3.06, 3.09, 4.02, 6.01, 8.02, 11.02, 13.01, 14.02, 14.07, 14.08, 15.01, 16.01, 18.08, 20.01, 21.02, 22.02] -
Act 330Tour.Dept marketing: certain mandatory expenditures eliminated [Sec. 1420] -
Act 55Tourism marketing expenditures study by Tour.Dept required [Sec. 9144 (3j), 9444 (1j)] [9144 (3j) -- vetoed] -
Act 55Actions against financial institutions prohibited re offers, promises, agreements, or commitments not in writing; definitions and conditions provisions; does not prohibit fraudulent representation actions or claims -
Act 120Agricultural loan guarantee programs administered by WHEDA revised -
Act 316Manufacturing and agriculture credit and community development finance credit: percentage revised and interest provision [Sec. 2206d, 2213f, 2333d, 2339d] -
Act 55Manufacturing and agriculture tax credit: technical changes [Sec. 2204-2206, 2331-2333, 9337(2), 9437(1)] -
Act 55Authorized state building program for 2015-17: Carroll University science laboratory facility, Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc., and Wisconsin Education Center, Inc. added; revisions to previously authorized programs and deleted programs [Sec. 54m-o, 56d-s, 866b-868b, 878d-t, 880b-zm, 9104 (1)-(11q)] -
Act 55Horse racing at local fairs and regulation of local fairs revised; DATCP and state aid provisions -
Act 207Agricultural Producer Security Council member names, appropriation for inspection and certification of grain expenses, service of process for DATCP, ASTM International references, providing DATCP with copy of ordinances re pesticides (remedial legislation) -
Act 186