2023 Acts Index

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

ira _individual retirement account_ IRA (Individual retirement account), see Retirement — Private plans

ireland Ireland, see International relations

J J

jackson county Jackson County

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

jail Jail

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

County jailers classified as protective occupation participant status for WRS purposes, MERA provision - Act 4

Election observer procedure revisions, penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB543

House of correction added to "county jailer" definition re public employee trust fund - Act 12

WRS contributions by certain county jailers certified as protective occupation participants: date reference correction (remedial legislation suggested by DETF) - Act 257

jcf JCF, see Legislature — Finance, Joint Committee on

jobs tax credit Jobs tax credit, see Income tax — Credit

joint committee on finance Joint Committee on Finance, see Legislature — Finance, Joint Committee on

joint committee on legislative organization Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, see Legislature — Legislative Organization, Joint Committee on

joint resolutions Joint resolutions, see also Constitutional amendments — First consideration; Constitutional amendments — Second consideration

Advisory referendum on the question of requiring able-bodied, childless adults to look for work in order to receive taxpayer-funded welfare benefits [SJR4] - JR 3

Albers, Sheryl: life and public service of former state representative commended [AJR42] - JR 6

Blank, Dr. Rebecca M.: life and public service of former UW-Madison Chancellor commended [SJR18] - JR 7

Earl, Gov. Anthony S.: life and public service of the 41st Governor of Wisconsin honored [AJR28] - JR 4

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

LeMahieu, Daniel Roy: life and public service of former state representative commended [AJR54] - JR 5

judge Judge

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

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

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

judgment Judgment

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

justice department of Justice, Department of

Alerts for missing adult at risk expanded to include persons under age 18 whose situation does not qualify for another alert - Act 272

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

Beat patrol officers grant program repealed [Sec. 123, 423] [vetoed] - Act 19

Community-oriented policing-house grant program sunsetted [Sec. 117, 118, 424, 9427 (1)] - Act 19

Critical incident mapping data: DOJ grants to school board or governing body of private school modified [Sec. 9127 (1)] - Act 19

Domestic abuse services, sexual assault victim services, and child advocacy: grants for DOJ - Act 241

Elder abuse hotline and grant program [Sec. 120, 421] - Act 19

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

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

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

School Safety, Office of: authorized positions increased; funding from concealed carry license fees - Act 240

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

Sexual assault kits: time limit for processing, conditions set - Act 58

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

Wisconsin State Crime Laboratories: division administrator included in definition of employee (remedial legislation suggested by DOJ) - Act 260

justices Justices, see Supreme Court

juvenile court Juvenile court

Juvenile court may impose pre-disposition restrictions on a juvenile that submits a denial at a plea hearing [vetoed] - SB836

Kinship care eligibility expansion and placement options; "like-kin" definition - Act 119

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

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

juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency

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

juvenile detention facility Juvenile detention facility

Juvenile correctional services: daily rates [Sec. 454g] - Act 19

K K

kenosha county Kenosha County

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

kettle moraine Kettle Moraine, see Forestry

kindergarten Kindergarten

Early literacy instruction and reading readiness assessments and interventions: Office of Literacy and Council on Early Literacy Curricula created in DPI, teacher licensing and professional development training, model policy for promoting third graders to fourth grade, school district and school report cards, parent notification requirements, complaint by parent or guardian to DPI; reports and sunset provisions - Act 20

Early literacy professional development: expanding who may offer required training; reading readiness assessments administered in 2024-25 school year required - Act 192

Online early learning program sunset delayed [Sec. 473-476] [vetoed] - Act 19

kinship care Kinship care, see Day care

L L

la crosse county La Crosse County

“Ho-Chunk World War II Code Talkers Memorial Highway”: DOT to designate and mark portion of I 90 in La Crosse and Monroe counties as - Act 216

la pointe town of La Pointe, Town of, see Ashland County

lab LAB, see Legislative Audit Bureau

laboratory Laboratory, see Justice, Department of

lakes Lakes

Buffalo Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District grant [Sec. 9132 (4)] - Act 19

Echo Lake dam: grant to City of Burlington for restoration [Sec. 75] [vetoed] - Act 19

Fill on bed of the Great Lakes and river waterfront property: establishing lawful public or private use of; claim provision - Act 247

Great Lakes contaminated sediment removal: appropriation created [Sec. 71] - Act 19

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

Lake Altoona sediment dredging: DNR grant to the Lake Altoona Protection and Rehabilitation District [Sec. 9132 (6)] - Act 19

Lake Mallalieu Association: grant for dredging [Sec. 78] [partial veto] - Act 19

Mirror Lake Management District: grant for dredging and gully rehabilitation [Sec. 9132 (2)] - Act 19

Producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants: eligibility expanded - Act 5

Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district: email for notice of board business allowed - Act 62

land Land

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

Land Recycling Loan Program eliminated and rule repealed [Admin.Code NR 167] - Act 6

land _ taxation Land — Taxation, see Property tax

land surveyor Land surveyor, see Surveying and surveyors

land use planning and control Land use planning and control

County land conservation committee membership - Act 32

Judicial review of local governmental decisions re certain land development, local approval of residential housing development, and zoning ordinance amendments - Act 16