2021 Acts Index

Officiating at a wedding: any justice or judge authorized - Act 63

Stipulated orders before judgment: judge allowed to enter terms as initial orders in actions for divorce, annulment, or legal separation - Act 204

Voice recording of testimony re application for a search warrant: original recording not required to be filed with certified transcript - Act 65

judgment Judgment, see also Court — Procedure

Multidistrict opiate litigation settlement: AG to cooperate with local governments; conditions specified - Act 57

Stipulated orders before judgment: judge allowed to enter terms as initial orders in actions for divorce, annulment, or legal separation - Act 204

junkyard Junkyard

Catalytic converter designated a proprietary article re scrap dealer purchase and reporting requirements - Act 189

jury Jury

Disqualified prospective jurors: notification to election officials and Elections Commission when person does not live in the circuit court jurisdiction or is not a U.S. citizen [vetoed] - SB945

justice department of Justice, Department of

Body cameras: appropriation for grants to law enforcement agencies [Sec. 70] - Act 58

Body cameras: grants for law enforcement agencies to purchase, conditions specified - Act 185

Community-oriented policing-house grant program appropriation [Sec. 69] - Act 58

Community-oriented policing-house grant program for cities created in DOJ - Act 51

Concealed carry: out-of-state license reciprocity [vetoed] - AB518

Critical incident mapping data: grants to schools to submit data to public safety officials - Act 109

DOA grants to political subdivisions to combat crime re additional policing, strategic planning, uniformed beat patrol, and public safety goals; DOJ and report provisions; Governor to allocate certain federal moneys [vetoed] - AB777

Environmental compliance audit program changes - Act 78

Execution of search warrants at physical premises: report required and information specified - Act 183

Internet crimes against children investigations: ongoing transfer of moneys from certain surcharges [Sec. 71, 72] - Act 58

Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center: child advocacy grant [Sec. 363] - Act 58

Law enforcement officer training reimbursement appropriation [Sec. 68] - Act 58

Law enforcement use-of-force incidents: DOJ annual report required - Act 50

Persons on probation, extended supervision, or parole from another state and move to Wisconsin are required to submit human biological specimen to state crime labs for DNA analysis regardless of the crime committed - Act 53

“Pro-Cop Wisconsin Campaign”: WEDC and DOJ to collaborate on marketing campaign; Governor to allocate federal moneys [vetoed] - AB831

Removal of fingerprint records if arrested individual is released without charges or cleared of offense; DHA decisions served by email (remedial legislation suggested by DOJ) - Act 242

Sexual assault kit tracking system: DOJ to establish database; victims of assault may access - Act 117

Sexual assault kits: procedures for transmission, processing, and storage created - Act 116

Victim-witness services: county reimbursement appropriation [Sec. 73, 417] - Act 58

justices Justices, see Supreme Court

juvenile court Juvenile court

Juvenile proceedings and criminal proceedings: conducting or appearances by telephone or audiovisual means expanded - Act 141

Out-of-home placement of child with nonparent relative or other unlicensed person prohibited if that person has a record of a crime against a child - Act 72

Qualified residential treatment program for children: certification allowed and procedures established - Act 42

Representation of parents in CHIPS proceedings: five-county pilot program extended, report required [Sec. 192-194] - Act 58

juvenile detention facility Juvenile detention facility

Battery by person placed in a facility while awaiting a commitment trial as a sexually violent person: felony crime provision - Act 13

Community youth and family aids funding [Sec. 196-203] - Act 58

Correctional officers, youth counselors, and psychiatric care technicians: additional compensation and recruitment and retention benefits from certain federal moneys [vetoed] - AB828

Juvenile correctional facilities: daily rates set [Sec. 388, 389] - Act 58

Law enforcement investigative services provided by local government re incidents in or in transit to a state prison or juvenile correctional facility: DOC to reimburse certain expenses [vetoed] - AB569

LESB responsibilities: adding jails and juvenile detention facilities and recruitment standards; employment files on employees required - Act 82

Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center: DOC to reimburse DHS certain costs [Sec. 187] - Act 58

Official oath and bond requirement of wardens and superintendents of state prisons (remedial legislation suggested by DOC) - Act 247

School district accountability report: exclude data from juvenile detention facility, residential care center for children, house of correction or county jail; conditions set - Act 212

Type 1 juvenile correctional facility in Milwaukee County: funding, community support for site selection, report to JCF, and future use of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake School provisions - Act 252

K K

kenosha county Kenosha County

Representation of parents in CHIPS proceedings: five-county pilot program extended, report required [Sec. 192-194] - Act 58

kindergarten Kindergarten

Early admission to 4K, 5K, or first grade for a private school participating in a parental choice program permitted [vetoed] - SB597

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; dyslexia characteristics added and reports required; federal moneys and grants for teacher development and implementation costs provisions [vetoed] - AB446

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; early literacy screening program and dyslexia characteristics provisions; reports required [vetoed] - SB454

kinship care Kinship care, see Day care

L L

lab LAB, see Legislative Audit Bureau

lakes Lakes

Beaver Dam Lake restoration appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 41, 42, 9432 (1)] [41 -- partial veto] - Act 58

Brook trout: DNR requirement to stock Lake Michigan [vetoed] - SB612

Contaminated sediment removal from Great Lakes: bonding authority [Sec. 100] - Act 58

Dead Pike Lake restoration appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 45, 46, 9432 (2)] [45 -- partial veto] - Act 58

Lake Michigan and Lake Superior: exempting facilities from licensing and operating plan requirements for disposal of dredged materials, conditions and emergency rule provisions - Act 93

Land above the ordinary high water mark of a commercial waterway or a Great Lakes water since certain date: lawful public or private use of the land; historic fill and shorelines of Great Lakes waters provisions [vetoed] - SB900

Metropolitan sewerage commission for a sewerage district including a first class city: financing and construction of dredged material management facility for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern authorized; levy increase set with exemption provision - Act 124

land Land, see also Forestry; Public land; Wetland

Exception to 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements created - Act 174

Presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways created; restrictions and real estate disclosures provisions - Act 47

Real estate condition and vacant land disclosure report revisions re rescinding the contract and incomplete reports - Act 96

land _ taxation Land — Taxation, see Property tax

land use planning and control Land use planning and control, see also Floodplain management; Shoreland zoning

Land above the ordinary high water mark of a commercial waterway or a Great Lakes water since certain date: lawful public or private use of the land; historic fill and shorelines of Great Lakes waters provisions [vetoed] - SB900

Local land use restrictions revised re newly incorporated cities and villages - Act 198

laotian Laotian, see Minority groups

law enforcement officers Law enforcement officers, see Police; Sheriff

law enforcement standards board Law Enforcement Standards Board

Law enforcement training reimbursement from LESB revised; Governor to allocate federal moneys, sunset provision [vetoed] - AB832

LESB responsibilities: adding jails and juvenile detention facilities and recruitment standards; employment files on employees required - Act 82

lead or lead poisoning Lead or lead poisoning, see Public health

lease Lease

MFL program changes re eligibility, material change to law, withdrawal taxes and fees, small land sales, large ownerships, and leasing - Act 230

legal notice Legal notice, see Public document

legislative audit bureau Legislative Audit Bureau

Agricultural exports program established; plan, report, and audit required - Act 92

Complaints filed with the Elections Commission re election law violations: resolution, report to the legislature and Governor; postelection audits of electronic voting systems; printing absentee ballot applications for recounts [vetoed] - SB936

Oversight of elections in this state: changes re federal funds, federal election guidance, registration and voting statistics, Elections Commission legal counsel, and archived copy of the registration list; reports and LAB duties [vetoed] - SB941

UI changes re misconduct, general qualifying requirements, identity proofing, education and informational materials, assistance call center, and database comparisons; JCF, LAB, and DWD provisions [vetoed] - AB938

legislative reference bureau Legislative Reference Bureau

Congressional redistricting plan and LRB duties [vetoed] - SB622