2015 Acts Index

Campaign finance laws (chapter 11) revised including requiring specified entities to register with GAB and file periodic reports, contribution limits, and coordination; reconciliation provision - Act 117

Electronic voter registration provisions created; special registration deputies eliminated and election registration officials created; testing chief inspectors permitted; further revisions re electronic voting systems, electronic voter registration list, absentee ballots, veteran ID cards, and proof of residency; Elections Commission and Ethics Commission members subject to standards of conduct for state public officials and filing statements of economic interest clarified; limit on political action committee contributions to certain segregated funds and campaign contributions for other persons established; GAB and DOT duties - Act 261

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA, JCF, and JCLO duties [partial veto] - Act 118

LAB authority to access all state agency documents clarified; GAB to provide investigatory records to LAB - Act 2

governor Governor, see also Executive office

LAB duties: performing audits at the request of the Governor removed [Sec. 65n, 66d] - Act 55

State of emergency declared by the Governor: exemptions from certain taxes, fees, and licensing or permit requirements for work performed by non-Wisconsin residents or businesses; JSCTE appendix report - Act 84

WEDC Board shall elect a chairperson [Sec. 3956c] - Act 55

Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative established to increase number of veterans holding permanent state government positions; Council on Veterans Employment created in the Office of the Governor; state agencies and DPM duties - Act 386

governor _ appointments Governor -- Appointments

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA, JCF, and JCLO duties [partial veto] - Act 118

LIRC transferred from DWD to DOA; Governor to appoint the general counsel [Sec. 146m, 666m, 741m, 918m, 3673m] - Act 55

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created; false statement on application and electronic retrieval of information provisions - Act 170

PSC chairperson appointed by the Governor [Sec. 103e-s, 223g, r, 921m, 3528g, 3537am, 3596m, 3670m, 9136 (2c), 9336 (1c)] - Act 55

governor _ legislation by request of Governor -- Legislation by request of

Budget bill [partial veto] - Act 55

gpr _general purpose revenue_ GPR (General purpose revenue), see Appropriation

gps _global positioning system_ GPS (Global positioning system), see Data processing -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

graduation from high school Graduation from high school, see School -- Curriculum

grain marketing Grain marketing

Agricultural Producer Security Council member names, appropriation for inspection and certification of grain expenses, service of process for DATCP, ASTM International references, providing DATCP with copy of ordinances re pesticides (remedial legislation) - Act 186

great lakes Great Lakes, see Lakes

green bay, city of Green Bay, City of

Federal historic rehabilitation tax credit supplement: WEDC certification requirements created, City of Green Bay provision [Sec. 2210d, 2337d, 2445d] - Act 55

Submerged land under the waters of Green Bay conveyed to Brown County for same purposes as Chapter 15, Laws of 1977; DNR appendix report - Act 111

greenhouse gases Greenhouse gases, see Air pollution

grocery store Grocery store, see Food

group home Group home, see Children -- Protection and services; Youth

group insurance Group insurance, see Insurance -- Health; Insurance -- Miscellaneous; Public employee -- Group insurance

group insurance board Group Insurance Board

Group health insurance programs: GIB required to submit proposed changes to JCOER annually for approval; DOA Division of Personnel Management provision [Sec. 1389r, 9112 (3j)] [vetoed] - Act 55

OSER restructured into Division of Personnel Management in DOA; DMRS restructured into Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Division of Personnel Management; appointment to GIB provision [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``State Employment Relations, Office of"] - Act 55

Public employee group health insurance: GIB to notify JCF of intent to execute a contract to provide self-insured group health plans; JCF approval; DPM provision - Act 119

grouse Grouse, see Bird

guardian and ward Guardian and ward, see also Children -- Protection and services

Accompaniment by victim advocate: victims of certain crimes have right to request re examination, consultation, proceedings, or interviews; hospital and law enforcement civil liability immunity and confidentiality provisions - Act 351

Family members prevented from visiting or communicating with resident or ward in a facility, home, or dwelling in which the resident is receiving care and services may petition court for visitation; conditions, expedited hearing, sanctions, remedies, and definition provisions - Act 343

Foreign adoption and guardianship decrees: effect and recognition of provisions; State Registrar duties re certificate of birth data - Act 380

GPS device or technology: placing on person's vehicle or obtaining information from the device re the person's movements without consent made a misdemeanor; exceptions provided - Act 45

Habitually truant pupil: notification to parent or guardian by first class mail and simultaneously by electronic communication permitted - Act 52

Juvenile court procedures re change in placement for CHIPS held under a temporary physical custody (TPC) order, change in placement for child under guardianship of DCF and certain agencies, amending a consent decree, and emergency change-in-placement; other changes include change of trial of post-dispositional proceeding, change of placement when no objection is filed, case closure orders when dispositional order is terminated, and effective period of a TPC order - Act 373

Out-of-home care extension re subsidized guardianship payments, adoption assistance, kinship care, and voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement; CBRF licensing not required for certain facilities for persons between 18 and 21 years of age; DCF duties [Sec. 1648n-1669, 1681-1694, 1697-1699, 1857, 4648v, 4654t, 4679-4688, 4689, 4690-4699] - Act 55

Reasonable and prudent parent standard for making decisions re participation of a child placed in out-of-home care in age or developmentally appropriate activities and permanency planning for children 14 years of age or older: incorporating federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act changes into the Children’s Code and Juvenile Justice Code - Act 128

School accountability report performance categories replaced with letter grades and other revisions; Superintendent of Public Instruction duties revised; UW--Madison Value-Added Research Center to approve alternative examinations a school may consider; waiver requirement and JCF duties [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under “School – Evaluation and testing”] - Act 55

Subsidized guardianship payments re CHIPS: eligibility expanded to include person with significant emotional relationship with the child or the child’s family; conditions specified; DCF duties - Act 143

Successor guardian appointed for CHIPS upon the death or incapacity of the child’s guardian and subsidized guardianship payment conditions - Act 129

Wisconsin Digital Property Act (Chapter 711) created - Act 300

guns and gun control Guns and gun control, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

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handgun Handgun, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

handicapped Handicapped, see Persons with disabilities

harassment Harassment, see Court -- Procedure

harbor Harbor

Harbor assistance grant to City of Kewaunee [Sec. 650m, 877s, 9145 (1c)] - Act 55

hazardous waste or substance Hazardous waste or substance, see Environmental protection

heab HEAB, see Higher Educational Aids Board

health and educational facilities authority, wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin

WHEFA executive director: executive salary group changed [Sec. 3799] - Act 55

health care provider Health care provider, see Chiropractic; Dentistry; Hospitals; Medical education; Medical service; Nurses; Nursing homes and adult care; Optometry; Pharmacy; Physician; Podiatry; Psychology; Trades and occupations

health care record Health care record, see Medical service

health insurance Health insurance, see Insurance -- Health; Public employee -- Group insurance

health insurance risk_sharing plan Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan

HIRSP appropriations repealed in 2015 WisAct 55: date of repeal extended - Act 85

HIRSP appropriations repealed [Sec. 505, 4642, 9422 (1)] - Act 55

health services, department of _ administration Health Services, Department of -- Administration

Ambulance staffing at paramedic level revision [Sec. 4109j, k] - Act 55

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: DHS annual report required - Act 314

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: DHS report required, DOR provision [Sec. 3483t] [vetoed] - Act 55

DHS authorization to charge assessments to health care providers eliminated [Sec. 671, 3484] - Act 55

Division administrator positions [Sec. 3665r, s, 9418 (7p)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Eliminate authority of a person to bring a qui tam claim against another person making a false claim for MA [Sec. 945n, 3501p, 3504c, 4610f-r, 4639g, 9318 (3f)] - Act 55

Federally qualified health centers: MA reimbursement rates [Sec. 1791p] - Act 55

Healthy aging grants: DHS to allocate to private, nonprofit entity under certain conditions; sunset provision [Sec. 703r, s, 9118 (4f), 9418 (8f)] [703r, 9118 (4f) -- partial veto] - Act 55

Hospitals with disproportionate share of low-income patients: supplemental payments from DHS, conditions set [Sec. 1791r] - Act 55

Labor region methodology study re MA reimbursement rates to nursing homes: DHS required to conduct [Sec. 9118 (4u)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Lead inspection requirements: partial lead inspection for lead-safe renovations exemption; written disclosure of the inspection required - Act 122

MPCP research: ``qualified independent researcher" defined and access to department databases; confidentiality and fee provisions [Sec. 1696m, 1767m, 1833t, 2012t, 3076c, 4714g, 9408 (2q)] - Act 55

Physician assessment appropriation in DHS: lapse to general fund [Sec. 9218 (2c)] - Act 55

Pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grant program transferred from DOT to DHS [Sec. 656, 692, 2595, 4349] - Act 55

Restaurants, lodging, and recreation: oversight of transferred to DATCP from DHS [Sec. 482, 670, 1055, 1455, 1854, 1974-1980, 2472, 2515, 2596, 2606, 2612, 2616, 2617, 2641-2648, 2659-2682, 2692, 2694-2710, 2714, 2715, 2720, 3105-3107, 3122, 3422-3432, 3433, 3434, 4033-4036, 4040, 4045, 4047, 4050-4105, 4318, 4353-4355, 4721, 9118 (2), 9418 (2)] - Act 55

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program, opioid treatment program, Well-Woman Program provision (remedial legislation) - Act 188

health services, department of _ administrative rules Health Services, Department of -- Administrative rules

Oxygen equipment in nursing homes: rules modified re current maintenance and use standards and manufacturers’ recommendations [Admin.Code DHS 132.71] - Act 107

health services, department of _ corrections Health Services, Department of -- Corrections

Violent sex offenders on supervised release: procedures and residency requirements revised; restricting certain local ordinance or resolution provision - Act 156

health services, department of _ health Health Services, Department of -- Health

Abortion law revisions re postfertilization age of unborn child, prohibition at or after 20 weeks, hospital and clinic reporting requirements, and informed consent; exemption, civil remedies, injunction, and penalty provisions - Act 56

Addiction treatment programs that use methadone: annual report to DHS required - Act 262

Advanced life support training grant created, sunset provision [Sec. 668r, s, 9118 (3q), 9418 (7q)] [vetoed] - Act 55