2021 Senate Authors

Credentials granted by DSPS and credentialing boards: requiring passage of examination prohibited, exceptions specified - SB824

Deer carcass disposal grants created, landfill provision - SB166

DHS prohibited from certifying a MA provider that is a private entity providing abortion services, federal waiver provision - SB503

DHS prohibited from certifying a MA provider that is a private entity providing elective abortion services, federal waiver provision - AB493

Discrimination against client or customer based on vaccination status prohibited - SB337

DOR may issue Class "B" and "Class B" permits for motor vehicle racetrack grounds; caterer may make retail sales of alcohol beverages on racetrack grounds - SB266

Early canvassing of absentee ballots; issuance of president and vice president only ballots; combined polling places for municipalities; timeline for sending or transmitting absentee ballots; nomination papers for independent candidates for president and vice president; JRCCP may report - SB214

Election fraud by election official and defects on absentee ballot certificates revisions; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB212

Election observer procedures revised; recount and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB210

Election prohibitions: use of private resources for election administration, nonresidents counting or tabulating votes, and poll workers who are employees of candidate groups, political organization, or issue advocacy group; JRCCP may report - AB173

Election prohibitions: use of private resources for election administration, nonresidents counting or tabulating votes, and poll workers who are employees of candidate groups, political organization, or issue advocacy group; JRCCP may report - SB207

Elections Commission annual report required re failures to comply with certain elections-related laws by the Commission, DOT, DOC, and DHS; JCF duties - AB1000

Elections Commission annual report required re failures to comply with certain elections-related laws by the Commission, DOT, DOC, and DHS; JCF duties - SB942

Electricity generated from renewable resources: person that controls the equipment is exempt from the definition of a public utility, conditions specified; electric public utility provision - SB702

Exception to 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements created - SB682

External peer review process for administrative rules created; comments on statements of scope from persons who may be regulated required; notice and review of proposed groundwater standards - SB894

Federal COVID recovery rebates received by incarcerated persons used to pay restitution - SB236

Firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition: civil liability limitation against manufacturers, distributors, importers, trade associations, sellers, and dealers - SB570

Floodplain and shoreland mapping assistance program: obsolete provisions repealed - AB953

Floodplain and shoreland mapping assistance program: obsolete provisions repealed - SB910

Free speech and academic freedom standards established at UW System and TCS institutions; civil cause of action and grant funding provisions - SB747

Gender transition procedure: prohibiting physicians and health care providers from providing to persons under age 18; MA and civil liability provisions - SB915

Governor required to submit plan to the legislature for state employees to return to in-person employment - AB89

Governor required to submit plan to the legislature for state employees to return to in-person employment - SB38

Guidance documents issued by state agencies: requirement and judicial review repealed; replaced with provision that any communication to explain a statute or rule shall be consistent with applicable statutes, rules, or other sources of law - SB722

Health care providers ordering or discussing innovative or novel therapies: discrimination or retaliation by health care entities or credentialing boards prohibited, conditions specified - AB1058

Health care providers ordering or discussing innovative or novel therapies: discrimination or retaliation by health care entities or credentialing boards prohibited, conditions specified - SB982

Hunter education for persons under age 18: in-person and online options; in-person field training session required - AB690

Hunter education for persons under age 18: in-person and online options; in-person field training session required - SB683

Hunting, fishing, and trapping administrative rules: for each new rule promulgated, three must be repealed - AB676

Hunting, fishing, and trapping administrative rules: for each new rule promulgated, three must be repealed - SB618

Immunity from prosecution for person aiding a person experiencing a drug overdose: providing assistance as soon as reasonably possible condition added - AB921

Immunity from prosecution for person aiding a person experiencing a drug overdose: providing assistance as soon as reasonably possible condition added - SB878

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions and penalty provisions - AB180

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions and penalty provisions - SB206

Individual income tax brackets reduced and rates modified - SB58

Influencing social media Internet sites to censor, deplatform, or shadow ban users: prohibiting state agency employees, federal agency employees in this state, state elected officials, and state individuals elected to U.S. Congress from doing or attempting; forfeiture provision - SB582

Interscholastic athletic association transfer rules for 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years; virtual charter school pupils may participate in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities in resident school district - AB62

Interscholastic athletic association transfer rules for 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years; virtual charter school pupils may participate in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities in resident school district - SB39

Investment of certain UW System revenues: Board of Regents authority expanded - AB568

Investment of certain UW System revenues: Board of Regents authority expanded - SB557

Juvenile court hearing timeline for juveniles in custody modified - AB249

Juvenile court hearing timeline for juveniles in custody modified - SB264

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 - AB849

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 - SB900

Learning materials and educational activities used in pupil instruction in the school district: school board required to post on its Internet site; action in circuit court provision - AB488

Learning materials and educational activities used in pupil instruction in the school district: school board required to post on its Internet site; action in circuit court provision - SB463

Local health officers prohibited from closing or forbidding gatherings at places of worship re 2019 novel coronavirus - SB7

Local health officers prohibited from closing or restricting capacity at businesses and places of worship re 2019 novel coronavirus; Transportation Security Administration (TSA) "do not board" list provision - SB1039

Local levy limit reduction re transportation user fees - AB949

Local levy limit reduction re transportation user fees - SB909

Married individuals allowed to claim EITC under certain conditions - AB692

Married individuals allowed to claim EITC under certain conditions - SB671

Minutes of meetings and hearings of the Elections Commission required to be posted to its Internet site - AB172

Minutes of meetings and hearings of the Elections Commission required to be posted to its Internet site - SB208

Multiple thefts committed, in concert, by 5 or more persons are considered one crime; JRCCP may report - AB827

Multiple thefts committed, in concert, by 5 or more persons are considered one crime; JRCCP may report - SB811

Noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials: public notice requirements - AB51

Noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials: public notice requirements - SB52

Owner-initiated petition to detach territory from a school district and attach to adjoining district: school board authority revised - SB808

Parental choice program, SNSP, participating private schools, and independent charter schools: DPI authority to waive education statutes and rules and establish alternate deadlines re 2019 WisAct 185 extended to October 31, 2021 - AB261

Parental choice program, SNSP, participating private schools, and independent charter schools: DPI authority to waive education statutes and rules and establish alternate deadlines re 2019 WisAct 185 extended to October 31, 2021 - SB302

Personal property tax eliminated; DOA duties re payments to taxing jurisdiction equal to property taxes levied on set date; JSCTE appendix report - AB191

Personal property tax eliminated; DOA duties re payments to taxing jurisdiction equal to property taxes levied on set date; JSCTE appendix report - SB189

Qualified bidder on state projects: criteria modified - AB586

Qualified bidder on state projects: criteria modified - SB574

Reckless handling of a vaccine or drug rendering it ineffective or unusable made a felony; JRCCP may report - AB225

Reckless handling of a vaccine or drug rendering it ineffective or unusable made a felony; JRCCP may report - SB242

Referendum to issue bonds: statement of the purpose to include estimated amount of interest accruing and interest rate - SB448

Reimbursement rate for holding individuals in jail, county facility, or tribal jail awaiting transfer to state prison - SB223

Remote order and delivery of alcohol beverages, with or without food: certain licensed retailers permitted to provide under set conditions - AB71

Remote order and delivery of alcohol beverages, with or without food: certain licensed retailers permitted to provide under set conditions - SB57

Remote order for sale of alcohol beverages picked up on retail licensed premises permitted; ordinance and definition provisions - AB70

Remote order for sale of alcohol beverages picked up on retail licensed premises permitted; ordinance and definition provisions - SB56

Repeat retail theft: mandatory minimum sentence; JRCCP may report - AB829

Repeat retail theft: mandatory minimum sentence; JRCCP may report - SB850

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - AB918

Restoring right to vote of persons convicted of certain felonies: payment of all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and completion of community service required - SB873

Retiring public debt and transportation revenue bonds: using certain federal moneys for; Authorized State Building Program provision - AB241

Retiring public debt and transportation revenue bonds: using certain federal moneys for; Authorized State Building Program provision - SB272

Sales territories for beer wholesalers: exclusive requirement eliminated; self-distribution by brewers provision - AB1034

Sales territories for beer wholesalers: exclusive requirement eliminated; self-distribution by brewers provision - SB959

School Choice Week declared January 24-30, 2021 - AJR3

School Choice Week declared January 24-30, 2021 - SJR6

School closure to in-person instruction through June 30, 2022: limited to 14 consecutive days; extension requires two-thirds vote by school board; full-time, in-person option after certain COVID-19 vaccination phase - SB6

Serving a sentence for certain violent crimes: individual is ineligible for challenge incarceration program, Wisconsin substance abuse program, extended supervision, special action parole release, and earned release program - SB851

Social media Internet site that restricts religious or political speech: civil cause of action against the owner or operator created, conditions set - SB583

Social media Internet sites or applications: censoring, deplatforming, or shadow banning a journalistic enterprise re content prohibited; private cause of action provision - SB581

Special voting deputies visiting residential care facilities or qualified retirement homes: administrator notification to occupants’ relatives and penalty for influencing an occupant’s decision to cast a ballot - AB179