2023 Acts Index

coroner Coroner

Best practices of coroners and medical examiners re completing medical certifications and investigations of reportable deaths: DHS to establish - Act 174

Cremation permit application form: DHS to design, issuance of permit provision - Act 84

Death of individual within 24 hours of presentment at or admission to hospital or similar facilities: notifying the medical examiner or coroner required; exception for hospice - Act 175

corporation _ taxation Corporation — Taxation, see also Income tax — Deduction

College savings account individual tax treatment and employee college savings account contribution credit revisions - Act 148

Income tax deduction for interest on commercial loans [Sec. 325, 341, 9337 (2)] - Act 19

Qualified new business venture: certification criteria modified - Act 144

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; income tax exemption for certain commercial loan income; cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product enforcement and shared revenue and municipality sales tax administration positions; common carrier permit for direct wine shipping and local exposition board membership provisions - Act 146

correctional institution Correctional institution, see House of correction; Jail; Juvenile detention facility; Prison

corrections department of Corrections, Department of

Active psychosis and mental health treatment for prisoners: training correctional officers to recognize and voluntary and emergency transfer to a mental health treatment facility or the Wisconsin Resource Center - Act 229

Community reentry centers appropriation created [Sec. 100] [partial veto] - Act 19

Community reentry centers: DOC to contract with entities to operate, conditions specified; report required - Act 233

Juvenile correctional services: daily rates [Sec. 454g] - Act 19

Law enforcement investigative services: DOC to reimburse any county, city, village, or town providing assistance [Sec. 36, 99, 101, 314, 316-318] - Act 19

Length of service awards for DOC and DHS employees who are protective occupation participants [Sec. 9101 (3)] - Act 19

Lincoln County Correctional Institution renamed Lincoln Correctional Institution (remedial legislation suggested by DOC) - Act 256

Opening Avenues to Reentry Success (OARS) program funding [Sec. 9108 (2)] [vetoed] - Act 19

Parole Commission: posting certain information to its Internet site; notifications to victims and certain family members revised - Act 31

Release of prisoner to parole or extended supervision: requirements revised - Act 230

Wisconsin Resource Center security operations transferred from DOC to DHS [Sec. 105, 240, 241, 9108 (1)] - Act 19

Workforce training program: grants to DOC for mobile classroom instructor costs [Sec. 386] - Act 19

cosmetology Cosmetology

Tanning facility regulations revised - Act 190

council on veterans programs Council on Veterans Programs, see Veterans Affairs, Department of

counselor Counselor

Counseling Compact ratified - Act 55

Counseling Compact ratified [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

Statutes and rules examinations for certain health care professions prohibited [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

Telehealth by out-of-state mental health care providers: conditions set; DSPS forms provision [vetoed] - AB541

county County, see also name of specific county

Advisory referendum: counties and municipalities prohibited from holding except for capital expenditures funded by property tax levy - Act 12

Class "B," "Class B," and "Class C" licensed retailers and certain retail outlets located in specified counties: closing hours exception during a 2024 national political convention in Milwaukee - Act 73

County sale of tax-deeded land: process changes - Act 207

Discrimination in hiring and contracting by a political subdivision prohibited re race, color, ancestry, national origin, or sexual orientation - Act 12

Federal refugee resettlement and assistance program: local governments required to designate individual for consultation; county refugee placement committee provisions [vetoed] - SB916

Human Trafficking Council created in DOJ; county sex trafficking task force and law enforcement officer to coordinate prevention and enforcement efforts encouraged under set conditions - Act 239

Judicial review of local governmental decisions re certain land development, local approval of residential housing development, and zoning ordinance amendments - Act 16

Law enforcement and fire and emergency medical services: political subdivisions required to certify to DOR maintenance of effort for - Act 12

Nonmetallic quarries: local regulations limited; conditional use permits and zoning ordinance provisions - Act 12

Refrigerants acceptable to the EPA as alternatives to ozone-depleting substances: DSPS cannot promulgate a rule and local governments cannot enact or enforce an ordinance prohibiting or limiting use of - Act 76

Regulation of utility services based on type or source of energy: state agencies and political subdivisions prohibition created [vetoed] - SB49

Stewardship Program activities or projects: certain local governments required to adopt resolution in support before DNR can submit to JCF for passive review - Act 12

county _ board County — Board

County land conservation committee membership - Act 32

county _ employee County — Employee, see Public employee

county _ fair County — Fair, see Fair

county _ finance County — Finance, see also Road — Finance

Assessment of local bridges and culverts: DOT funding to counties [Sec. 91, 376] - Act 19

Comparative local government spending report: DOR to produce annually - Act 12

Fire and emergency medical services provided at state veterans homes: grants to fire districts and local governments [Sec. 133, 236, 322, 323] - Act 19

General transportation aids payments [Sec. 377m] [partial veto] - Act 19

Guaranteed income program: political subdivisions may not expend moneys on [vetoed] - AB146

Law enforcement investigative services: DOC to reimburse any county, city, village, or town providing assistance [Sec. 36, 99, 101, 314, 316-318] - Act 19

Opportunity attraction and promotion program: WEDC to establish and administer grants; annual report required - Act 169

Pre-disaster flood resilience grant program for local governmental units created; DEM to administer - Act 265

Supplemental aid for snowmobile trail maintenance: DNR may modify administrative rule [Admin.Code NR 50.09] - Act 110

county _ human services County — Human services

Care management organization facility placements: county of residence responsible for paying - Act 68

county _ jail County — Jail, see Jail

county _ officers County — Officers, see also Coroner; District attorney; Register of deeds; Sheriff

Broadcasting live election night canvassing proceedings: municipal clerk, county clerk, or Elections Commission required to record it - Act 53

Driver improvement surcharge [Sec. 460g, m, 9344 (2m), 9444 (1m)] - Act 19

Elections: access to election officials' personal information limited, battery against an election official made a felony, whistleblower protections for clerks and election officials re reporting fraud and irregularities, and all committees, political parties, and conduits to register with and submit campaign finance reports to Ethics Commission - Act 126

county _ ordinance County — Ordinance, see Ordinance

county _ taxation County — Taxation, see also Shared revenue

Levy limit for adjustments for transferred services revised; TID provisions - Act 12

Local professional baseball park district: funding for grants and short-term loans for improvements, repair, and maintenance; administration of county and municipal sales tax provisions - Act 41

county clerk County clerk, see County — Officers

county veterans service officer County veterans service officer, see Veterans Affairs, Department of

court Court, see also Circuit court; Juvenile court; Probate code and court procedure; Sentences and penalties; Supreme Court

Automated justice information systems appropriation [Sec. 46, 135] - Act 19

Design professional services: prohibiting enforcement of indemnification provision in a contract with the state or a political subdivision - Act 211

Judicial review of local governmental decisions re certain land development, local approval of residential housing development, and zoning ordinance amendments - Act 16

Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act modified and Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act adopted in its place - Act 245

Wireless communication device location in emergency situation: provider to provide information to law enforcement under certain conditions, customer and court review provisions; emergency contact information provision - Act 232

court _ circuit Court — Circuit, see Circuit court

court _ commissioner Court — Commissioner

Judicial security profiles exempt from disclosure under the public records law - Act 236

Privacy protections for judicial officers created; judicial candidate provisions - Act 235

court _ fee Court — Fee

Driver improvement surcharge [Sec. 460g, m, 9344 (2m), 9444 (1m)] - Act 19

court _ procedure Court — Procedure

Acting in self-defense: court-issued criminal complaint prohibited if DA refuses to issue complaint unless new evidence shows actions were not self-defense [vetoed] - SB517

Candidate adjudged guilty of felony campaign finance or election fraud violations: court to order candidate committee dissolved and conditions on disbursement of funds specified - Act 52

Claims against commercial motor vehicle carriers: limiting recovery of noneconomic damages [vetoed] - SB613

Constitutional amendment relating to conditions of release: statutory changes needed to implement - Act 3

Dismissing or amending certain criminal charges requires court approval, report required; deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes prohibited [vetoed] - AB57