Wisconsin Legislature: Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eligibility and conditions for release prior to conviction of persons accused of certain crimes and considerations for imposing bail revised. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR2] - JR 2

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

Rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child; civil cause of action provision [vetoed] - AB510

Testimony of witness under age 18 in a criminal prosecution for human trafficking crime may be taken in another room and televised in the courtroom - Act 238

Victim or witness who is an elder person: expediting proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings; preserving testimony in criminal matters - Act 231

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

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

Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act: 2014 modifications adopted and renamed the Uniform Voidable Transactions Law - Act 246

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

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

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

Employers seeking to employ individuals with conviction records: DWD hotline for available assistance and incentive programs - Act 228

High schools required to collect statistics on certain crimes and violations of municipal disorderly conduct occurring on school property or school transportation; DPI duties - Act 12

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

Human trafficking crime identification and prevention training for CBRF employees required; other types of employees included in training requirement; DWD to produce video on training requirements - Act 237

Laws under DOR’s purview: enforcement and administration changes; electronic vaping device directory created, report required; Division of Alcohol Beverages created in DOR; rule repealed [Admin.Code Tax 8.87] - Act 73

Motor vehicle seller who transfers possession and legal title to a buyer is immune from civil and criminal liability, and local ordinance violations [vetoed] - AB669

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

Robbery of a financial institution: felony provisions modified - Act 133

“Strip search” definition revised re prohibition against strip searching a pupil by a school employee - Act 198

Testimony of witness under age 18 in a criminal prosecution for human trafficking crime may be taken in another room and televised in the courtroom - Act 238

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

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

Catalytic converter removed without vehicle owner’s consent: felony crime created - Act 166

Child sex doll prohibitions created; exemption and penalty provisions - Act 225

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

Crimes of “operating vehicle without owner’s consent” reorganized under “carjacking”; felony penalty revised - Act 10

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

Eligibility and conditions for release prior to conviction of persons accused of certain crimes and considerations for imposing bail revised. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR2] - JR 2

First-degree reckless homicide re certain controlled substances: felony penalty changes; JRCCP may report - Act 29

Fleeing an officer penalties increased - Act 226

Laws under DOR’s purview: enforcement and administration changes; electronic vaping device directory created, report required; Division of Alcohol Beverages created in DOR; rule repealed [Admin.Code Tax 8.87] - Act 73

Possession of virtual child pornography: penalties for visual representations appearing to depict a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct - Act 224

Reckless driving penalties increased - Act 9

Robbery of a financial institution: felony provisions modified - Act 133

Sexual misconduct against a pupil by school staff member or volunteer: felony penalty and license revocation provision - Act 200

First-degree reckless homicide re certain controlled substances: felony penalty changes; JRCCP may report - Act 29