2023 Acts Index

Fleeing an officer penalties increased - Act 226

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

Impoundment of vehicles by law enforcement for certain reckless driving offenses: municipalities may enact ordinance authorizing - Act 1

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

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

Law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program: DHS to establish; report required - Act 219

LESB to pay law enforcement agencies for preparatory training expenses of recruits; minimum amount per officer increased - Act 227

Newborn infant safety devices: installation in safe haven law locations authorized - Act 79

Peer support teams and critical incident stress management (CISM) services teams for various law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical service agencies: DOJ to establish; privileged communication provisions - Act 220

Public records law: extends nondisclosure requirement re personally identifiable information of confidential law enforcement informants - Act 223

Public safety employees may bargain with municipal employer over who is covered by a health care coverage plan - Act 34

Redacting certain records: law enforcement and corrections agencies may charge a fee; exceptions and forfeiture provisions - Act 253

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

School safety plan: “interactive critical mapping data” term replaces “critical incident mapping data” - Act 199

Tactical EMS professional allowed to carry a firearm in prohibited areas; definition and LESB duties - Act 218

Tinted windows on government-owned police vehicles: exception to tinting limitations set by DOT - Act 251

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

political committee Political committee, see Elections — Campaign expense

political parties Political parties

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

polling place or poll worker Polling place or poll worker, see Elections; Elections — Officials

pollution Pollution, see Water — Pollution

pond Pond, see Wetland

poor Poor, see also Public assistance; Wisconsin Works

Driver education grant program: DOT to establish; income eligibility provision - Act 86

State aid for high-poverty school districts repealed [Sec. 67, 394-396, 400, 401g, 9334 (1)] [vetoed] - Act 19

populous county Populous county, see Milwaukee County

pornography Pornography, see Obscenity

power of attorney Power of attorney

Notarial acts performed for remotely located individuals: limited financial power of attorney for a real estate transaction allowed - Act 129

Notarization and witnessing of wills, estate planning, declaration to health care professionals, authorization for final disposition, and certain power of attorney documents: electronic and remote provisions created and other changes - Act 130

prescription Prescription, see Drugs

presidential electors Presidential electors

Absentee ballot for the presidential primary: timeline for municipal clerks to send or transmit to certain electors modified - Act 54

presidential primary Presidential primary, see Presidential electors

price county Price County

Electronic waste cleanup in certain counties [Sec. 72, 452] - Act 19

prison Prison, see also Jail; Juvenile detention facility; Parole or probation

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

Allowable value of tangible personal property allowed in state correctional facilities [vetoed] - SB21

Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program appropriation changes [Sec. 119, 124, 125, 422, 9227 (1)] - Act 19

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

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

privacy Privacy, see also Data processing — Privacy issues

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

Emergency contact information maintained by DOT re application for operator’s license - Act 57

Peer support teams and critical incident stress management (CISM) services teams for various law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical service agencies: DOJ to establish; privileged communication provisions - Act 220

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

Public records law: extends nondisclosure requirement re personally identifiable information of confidential law enforcement informants - Act 223

private college Private college, see Colleges and universities

private school Private school, see Parochial and private schools

private security Private security, see Detective

privileged communication Privileged communication, see Privacy

prize Prize, see Fair

probate code and court procedure Probate code and court procedure, see also Estate of deceased person

Trust administration and regulation changes; Uniform Trust Decanting Act adopted; Uniform Powers of Appointment Act adopted; digital property classified as individual property and disclosure provisions - Act 127

product safety Product safety, see Public safety

property tax Property tax

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

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

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

Nontaxable tribal land: shared revenue payments to counties to compensate for lost property taxes; sunset provision [Sec. 151, 152, 163, 164, 9451 (1)] [152, 154, 9451 (1) -- vetoed] - Act 19

Obsolete statutory references removed re property, sales, and income taxes; the Revised Uniform Claimed Property Act; and lottery games - Act 138

Personal property tax eliminated; state payments to taxing jurisdictions and technical changes; railroad company license fee personal property tax exemption - Act 12

Property tax levy rate limitation for the Town of Sanborn [Sec. 315, 320, 9144 (12)] [vetoed] - Act 19

School levy tax credit funding increased [Sec. 361-367] - Act 19

TID number 10 in the City of Evansville: local levy increase limit calculations, lifespan extension exemption, and limitation on total value of taxable property - Act 135

TID number 14 in the City of Stevens Point: revisions to 12 percent rule, housing stock extension, and levy increase limit calculation - Act 136

TID number 4 in the City of Antigo: maximum life and tax allocation period increased - Act 137

TIDs in the Village of Pleasant Prairie: eliminating certain exemptions - Act 8

property tax _ assessment Property tax — Assessment

Obsolete statutory references removed re property, sales, and income taxes; the Revised Uniform Claimed Property Act; and lottery games - Act 138

property tax _ exemption Property tax — Exemption, see also Farmland preservation

Decommissioned power production plants: phase-out of utility aid payments to counties and municipalities changed - Act 139

Personal property tax exemption on a telephone company’s tangible personal property - Act 140

Wisconsin Cranberry Research and Education Foundation in Jackson County: property tax exemption [Sec. 321, 9337 (1)] - Act 19

prosecution Prosecution, see Court — Procedure

protective occupation Protective occupation, see Public employee; Retirement — Protective service

psc PSC, see Public Service Commission

psychology Psychology

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

public access Public access, see Wetland

public assistance Public assistance, see also Food stamp plan; Medical assistance; Poor; Public welfare; Unemployment — Relief measures; Wisconsin Works

Support of children of SSI recipients: payments increased [Sec. 312] - Act 19

TANF funding allocation changes; skills enhancement program grants [Sec. 288-301] - Act 19

public building Public building

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