2025 Subject Index to Legislation

Deaf-blind persons granted functional eligibility for Family Care - SB272

Fall prevention and recovery training programs, CPR and first aid certification, and duty to provide aid at adult family homes, residential care apartment complexes, CBRFs, nursing homes, and hospices; DHS duties and FTE positions - AB1043

Fall prevention and recovery training programs, CPR and first aid certification, and duty to provide aid at adult family homes, residential care apartment complexes, CBRFs, nursing homes, and hospices; DHS duties and FTE positions - SB1021

Health care entity oversight and transparency requirements and procedures created; report, audit, and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report [Sec. 2206-2210, 9419 (2)] - AB50

Health care entity oversight and transparency requirements and procedures created; report, audit, and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report [Sec. 2206-2210, 9419 (2)] [original bill only] - SB45

Health care provider innovation grants created re worker recruitment and retention [Sec. 9119 (9)] - AB50

Health care provider innovation grants created re worker recruitment and retention [Sec. 9119 (9)] [original bill only] - SB45

Licensed nursing home beds: statewide number reduced and set allocation for certain priorities [Sec. 2203-2205] - AB50

Licensed nursing home beds: statewide number reduced and set allocation for certain priorities [Sec. 2203-2205] [original bill only] - SB45

Nonemergency medical transportation services for MA recipients at nursing homes: DHS to determine reimbursement rate - AB607

Nonemergency medical transportation services for MA recipients at nursing homes: DHS to determine reimbursement rate - SB605

Nursing home bed transfers repealed - AB119

Nursing home bed transfers repealed - SB139

Patient lift devices: DHS grant program for adult family homes, CBRFs, hospices, nursing homes, and residential care apartment complexes - AB1044

Patient lift devices: DHS grant program for adult family homes, CBRFs, hospices, nursing homes, and residential care apartment complexes - SB1020

Patient’s representative allowed to consent to admission of incapacitated person to CBRF or nursing home from a hospital and make certain health care decisions under certain conditions; determining a person incapacitated and temporary guardianship provisions - AB598

Patient’s representative allowed to consent to admission of incapacitated person to CBRF or nursing home from a hospital and make certain health care decisions under certain conditions; determining a person incapacitated and temporary guardianship provisions - SB578

nutrition Nutrition, see also School — Lunch

Agricultural purchase program re food assistance entities: DATCP to create - AB386

Agricultural purchase program re food assistance entities: DATCP to create - SB408

Deer lawfully taken in central farmland zone and offered to meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry: exemption from prohibition on selling, purchasing, bartering, or trading wild animals; gift card provision - AB693

Deer lawfully taken in central farmland zone and offered to meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry: exemption from prohibition on selling, purchasing, bartering, or trading wild animals; gift card provision - SB680

Food security and Wisconsin products grant program [S.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 18, 87, 9102 (1)] - SB45

Food security and Wisconsin products grants created re assisting certain nonprofits to purchase food products from this state [Sec. 139, 1579] - AB50

Food security and Wisconsin products grants created re assisting certain nonprofits to purchase food products from this state [Sec. 139, 1579] [original bill only] - SB45

Food waste reduction pilot project grants created - AB769

Food waste reduction pilot project grants created - SB741

Food waste reduction pilot project grants [Sec. 137, 1575] - AB50

Food waste reduction pilot project grants [Sec. 137, 1575] [original bill only] - SB45

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oak creek city of Oak Creek, City of, see Milwaukee County

obscenity Obscenity

Material harmful to minors, obscene material, or obscene depiction of a purported child: businesses knowingly publishing or distributing on the Internet without age verification prohibited; civil liability and sovereign immunity provisions [A.Amdt.1: "obscene material" references removed, DOJ enforcement and penalty provisions added; S.Amdt.2: further revisions] - AB105

Material harmful to minors, obscene material, or obscene depiction of a purported child: businesses knowingly publishing or distributing on the Internet without age verification prohibited; civil liability and sovereign immunity provisions - SB130

Representations depicting nudity without consent: felony expanded to include synthetic intimate representation (known as “deepfakes”); reproducing private representations made a misdemeanor; JRCCP may report - AB33

Representations depicting nudity without consent: felony expanded to include synthetic intimate representation (known as “deepfakes”); reproducing private representations made a misdemeanor; JRCCP may report - SB33

Warning labels for explicit content required; DOJ, penalties, and surcharge provisions - AB961

Warning labels for explicit content required; DOJ, penalties, and surcharge provisions - SB938

occupational license Occupational license, see Motor vehicle — Driver's license

occupational tax Occupational tax, see Alcohol beverage — Taxation; Bingo; Taxation

occupational therapy Occupational therapy

Prior authorization for physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other health services by certain health plans prohibited - AB368

Prior authorization for physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other health services by certain health plans prohibited - SB373

oci OCI, see Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

office hours Office hours, see Public employee — Hours of labor

ohm off_highway motorcycle OHM (Off-highway motorcycle), see Motorcycle

oleomargarine Oleomargarine

Margarine served as a substitute for butter to students, patients, or inmates of a state institution: prohibition modified - AB664

Margarine served as a substitute for butter to students, patients, or inmates of a state institution: prohibition modified - SB645

olympic games Olympic games

2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy: celebrating Wisconsin athletes competing in - AJR140

2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy: celebrating Wisconsin athletes competing in - SJR130

U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team and coaching staff congratulated on their Olympic gold medal - AJR144

U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team and coaching staff congratulated on their Olympic gold medal - SJR140

ombudsman Ombudsman

Ombudsman for Corrections, Office of, created and attached to DOC; report required [Sec. 67, 68, 267, 430, 2368, 2583] - AB50

Ombudsman for Corrections, Office of, created and attached to DOC; report required [Sec. 67, 68, 267, 430, 2368, 2583] [original bill only] - SB45

Student Loan Ombudsman, Office of the, created in DFI; student loan servicer licensing requirements - AB1074

Student Loan Ombudsman, Office of the, created in DFI; student loan servicer licensing requirements - SB1041

oneida county Oneida County

Three Lakes, Town of, authorized to create TIDs in the same manner as a city or village - AB839

Three Lakes, Town of, authorized to create TIDs in the same manner as a city or village - SB821

online courses Online courses, see University of Wisconsin — Courses

ontario village of Ontario, Village of, see Vernon County

open enrollment re school Open enrollment re school, see School — Attendance

open housing Open housing, see Discrimination in housing

open meeting governmental Open meeting (Governmental)

Closed session: governmental body allowed to go into to consider IT security issues [Sec. 131, 132] - AB50

Closed session: governmental body allowed to go into to consider IT security issues [Sec. 131, 132] [original bill only] - SB45

Fatality review program and teams established in DHS; records access, confidentiality, and open meetings law provisions - AB192

Fatality review program and teams established in DHS; records access, confidentiality, and open meetings law provisions - SB192

Information technology security: certain governmental entities allowed to go into closed session to discuss - AB487

Information technology security: certain governmental entities allowed to go into closed session to discuss - SB633

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from being a member unless the association is governed by the state’s public records and open meetings laws - AB51

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from being a member unless the association is governed by the state’s public records and open meetings laws - SB16

Public records and open meetings laws applied to charter schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program - AB497

Public records and open meetings laws applied to charter schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program - SB495

opioid Opioid, see Drugs

ordinance Ordinance, see also Floodplain management

Accessory dwelling units: zoning ordinances and deeds or other instrument affecting real property to allow at least one; DOA appendix report - AB365

Accessory dwelling units: zoning ordinances and deeds or other instrument affecting real property to allow at least one; DOA appendix report - SB247

Accessory dwelling units: zoning ordinances to allow at least one; DOA appendix report - AB449

Accessory dwelling units: zoning ordinances to allow at least one; DOA appendix report - SB473

Additional sales and use taxes: municipalities may enact ordinance to allow; expenditure restraint incentive program provision - AB692

Additional sales and use taxes: municipalities may enact ordinance to allow; expenditure restraint incentive program provision - SB695

ATV, UTV, OHM, and snowmobile laws revised re careless operation; required equipment; duty to render aid; emergency operation; authorized emergency and patrol vehicles; operation on highways, bridges, culverts, and railroad right-of-way; and highway maintenance manual revisions - AB329

ATV, UTV, OHM, and snowmobile laws revised re careless operation; required equipment; duty to render aid; emergency operation; authorized emergency and patrol vehicles; operation on highways, bridges, culverts, and railroad right-of-way; and highway maintenance manual revisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, highway maintenance manual provision removed] - SB331

Auxiliary container re merchandise, food, or beverages from a food service or retail facility: repeal limitation on authority of political subdivisions to regulate - AB783

Auxiliary container re merchandise, food, or beverages from a food service or retail facility: repeal limitation on authority of political subdivisions to regulate - SB777