2023 Acts Index

ashland county Ashland County

Harbor Commission of the Town of La Pointe established and investigating potential for ferry service between Wisconsin mainland and Town of La Pointe: DOA grants; sunset provision [Sec. 138, 139, 9130 (1)] - Act 19

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

asian americans and pacific islanders Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, see Minority groups

assault Assault, see Sex crimes

assembly district Assembly district, see Redistricting

assembly unlawful Assembly, Unlawful

Picketing or parading at the residence of a judge with intent to impede administration of justice or influence a judge made a crime - Act 234

asthma Asthma, see Disease

athletics Athletics

Local professional baseball park district: administration and governing body changes; lease and nonrelocation agreements; facilities improvement funding; ticket surcharge; Milwaukee County sales tax and pension obligation bonds; audit and redevelopment report required - Act 40

Local professional baseball park district and professional football stadium district: obsolete appropriations repealed [Sec. 154, 155, 169, 170, 351, 352, 9437 (1)] - Act 19

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

Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Village of Brown Deer: DOA grant; sunset provision [Sec. 136, 137, 9130 (2)] - Act 19

atm _automated teller machine_ ATM (Automated teller machine), see Financial institution

attorney _ fee Attorney — Fee

Private attorney rate increased for cases assigned by SPD [Sec. 471, 472] - Act 19

attorney general Attorney General

Payment card networks prohibited from using firearm merchant codes for retail payment card transactions; governmental entities prohibited from keeping lists of firearms owners, exception for criminal investigations or prosecutions; AG authority [vetoed] - SB466

Vacancies in certain elective state offices: appointment by Governor replaced with special election; exception provided [vetoed] - AB476

attorney general_s opinion Attorney General's opinion

Sex offender registry and notification requirements: counting convictions and findings codified re OAG-02-17 - Act 254

atv _all_terrain vehicle_ ATV (All-terrain vehicle), see Recreation vehicle

audiologist Audiologist

Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact ratified; emergency rule provision - Act 56

Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact ratified; emergency rule provision [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

audiovisual works Audiovisual works, see Data processing

audit Audit, see Legislative Audit Bureau

automobile dealer Automobile dealer, see Motor vehicle — Dealers and finance companies

B B

bail Bail, see Court — Procedure

baiting animals Baiting animals, see Hunting

ballots Ballots, see Elections — Ballots

bank _ deposit _ public Bank — Deposit — Public

Authorized operations of financial institutions revisions re credit union property and supplemental capital, ATM locations and interference with made a crime, S&L lending areas, residential mortgage loans, promissory notes of certain public bodies, public deposit losses, parity with federally chartered credit unions, and charges for credit union examinations; administrative rules repealed [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 14.03, DFI-SB 12.03, DFI-SL 12.03] - Act 128

banking division of Banking, Division of

Banks placed in hands of Division of Banking: obsolete State Treasurer reference eliminated (remedial legislation suggested by Office of the State Treasurer) - Act 263

Earned wage access service companies: regulations created, report required - Act 131

Licensing and regulation by DFI of consumer lenders, payday lenders, money transmitters, sales finance companies, collection agencies, mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers, adjustment service companies, community currency exchanges, and insurance premium finance companies; the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry; ABLE program established in DFI; administrative rules revised [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 74.01, 74.03, 74.04, 74.05, 74.06, 74.07, 74.10, 74.11, 74.12, 74.14, 74.16, 75.01, 75.08] - Act 267

baseball Baseball, see Milwaukee Brewers

battery Battery, see Crime and criminals — Battery

bcpl BCPL, see Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of

behavioral health Behavioral health, see Mental health

bids and bidders Bids and bidders, see Contracts; Purchasing, Government

bills legislative Bills, Legislative

Occupational and business licenses: DOA to report on proposed legislation requiring [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

blind and visually impaired Blind and visually impaired

Transportation services for blind workers: income tax credit created; ABLE account provision - Act 142

boaltc BOALTC, see Aging and Long-Term Care, Board on

bonds Bonds

Recreational vehicles: additional regulations for dealers and the relationship between dealers and manufacturers or distributors; definitions modified; bond requirement; vehicle length limit on highways exception - Act 164

books Books, see Literacy

bovine tuberculosis Bovine tuberculosis, see Animal — Disease

bow and arrow hunting Bow and arrow hunting, see Hunting

boys and girls club Boys and Girls Club, see Youth

breakfast Breakfast, see School — Lunch

bridge Bridge

Agricultural road improvement grant program established; report required; sunset provision - Act 13

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

“Eisenhower Bridge of Valor”: bridge on USH 63 across the Mississippi River in Pierce County designated and marked as - Act 268

Local bridge program project funded by county bridge aid: DOT to supervise town highway projects - Act 162

Main Street bridge in the City of Watertown: funding from highway and local bridge improvement assistance program [Sec. 94, 9144 (6)] - Act 19

Major interstate bridge projects: bonding limit increased [Sec. 181] - Act 19

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge funding [Sec. 94, 9144 (7)] - Act 19

Southern Bridge construction project: funding from accelerated local bridge improvement assistance [Sec. 90, 9144 (5)] - Act 19

broadband Broadband, see Data processing

brown county Brown County

De Pere Greenwood Cemetery: DSPS grant for erosion remediation [Sec. 9138 (1)] - Act 19

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge funding [Sec. 94, 9144 (7)] - Act 19

Southern Bridge construction project: funding from accelerated local bridge improvement assistance [Sec. 90, 9144 (5)] - Act 19

brown deer village of Brown Deer, Village of, see Milwaukee County

budget bills and process Budget bills and process

Budget bill [partial veto] - Act 19

Floorperiods for the 2023-24 session established; budget deadline extended [SJR1] - JR 1

building Building

Commercial building plans and plumbing plans: procedures for DSPS review revised [vetoed] - SB186

Commercial building plans: local government review expanded; DSPS report on outreach to local governments required [vetoed] - SB187

Commercial buildings: permission to start construction before plan approval codified [vetoed] - SB188

Commercial-to-housing revolving loan fund and loan program established; reports required - Act 18

Electric vehicle charging stations: person supplying electricity exempt from public utility regulation; prohibitions on local governments and state agencies from owning, operating, managing, or leasing; excise tax on electric vehicle charging, residence exception; local government cannot require private developer to install - Act 121

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

Technical education equipment grants from DWD to school districts: conditions revised; adds construction fields - Act 165

building code Building code, see Building

building commission state Building Commission, State

Authorized state building program for 2023-24 and changes to previously authorized programs; transfers to the state building trust fund and the capital improvement fund [Sec. 2-16, 40-45, 48, 179, 180, 182-189, 192, 193, 9104 (1)-(21), 9201 (1), 9251 (1)] [8, 9104 (8), (9), (11) -- partial veto] - Act 19

Authorized State Building Program for 2023-25 amended to add UW System projects; transfer from general fund to capital improvement fund; UW Regents' plan to honor state veterans required - Act 102

Building program revisions re budget modifications and report requirement, selection of project architects and engineers, single prime contracting exception, project bidding procedures, cooperation with energy conservation contractors, and utilities costs; timeline for Claims Board to hear and determine claims related to contracts; transfer from general fund to building trust fund [vetoed] - SB932

Environmental improvement fund revenue bonding limit increased for Clean Water Fund Program and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program [Sec. 450] - Act 19

State building trust fund transfer to the general fund; hospital emergency department services grants funding [partial veto] - Act 97