2023 Acts Index

Personal property tax eliminated; state payments to taxing jurisdictions and technical changes; railroad company license fee personal property tax exemption - Act 12

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

School levy tax credit funding increased [Sec. 361-367] - Act 19

TID number 10 in the City of Evansville: local levy increase limit calculations, lifespan extension exemption, and limitation on total value of taxable property - Act 135

TID number 14 in the City of Stevens Point: revisions to 12 percent rule, housing stock extension, and levy increase limit calculation - Act 136

TID number 4 in the City of Antigo: maximum life and tax allocation period increased - Act 137

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

property tax _ assessment Property tax — Assessment

Obsolete statutory references removed re property, sales, and income taxes; the Revised Uniform Claimed Property Act; and lottery games - Act 138

property tax _ exemption Property tax — Exemption, see also Farmland preservation

Decommissioned power production plants: phase-out of utility aid payments to counties and municipalities changed - Act 139

Personal property tax exemption on a telephone company’s tangible personal property - Act 140

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

prosecution Prosecution, see Court — Procedure

protective occupation Protective occupation, see Public employee; Retirement — Protective service

psc PSC, see Public Service Commission

psychology Psychology

Telehealth by out-of-state mental health care providers: conditions set; DSPS forms provision [vetoed] - AB541

public access Public access, see Wetland

public assistance Public assistance, see also Food stamp plan; Medical assistance; Poor; Public welfare; Unemployment — Relief measures; Wisconsin Works

Support of children of SSI recipients: payments increased [Sec. 312] - Act 19

TANF funding allocation changes; skills enhancement program grants [Sec. 288-301] - Act 19

public building Public building

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; income tax exemption for certain commercial loan income; cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product enforcement and shared revenue and municipality sales tax administration positions; common carrier permit for direct wine shipping and local exposition board membership provisions - Act 146

public debt Public debt, see Debt, Public

public defender Public defender

Pay progression caps for deputy and assistant DAs, and assistant SPDs [Sec. 9101 (1)] - Act 19

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

Representation of parents in CHIPS proceedings: SPD pilot program extended [Sec. 246-248, 9433 (1s)] - Act 19

public deposits Public deposits, see Bank — Deposit — Public

public employee Public employee, see also Civil service; Legislature — Employee; University of Wisconsin — Employee

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2023-2024 contract ratification between UW Board of Regents and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee - Act 93

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2023-2024 contract ratification between UW Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee - Act 92

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

Length of service awards for DOC and DHS employees who are protective occupation participants [Sec. 9101 (3)] - Act 19

Office of Outdoor Recreation project positions: sunset changed [Sec. 9143 (1)] - Act 19

Position authority for the Mississippi River Parkway Commission increased by one FTE; DOT authority [Sec. 9144 (11)] [vetoed] - Act 19

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

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; income tax exemption for certain commercial loan income; cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product enforcement and shared revenue and municipality sales tax administration positions; common carrier permit for direct wine shipping and local exposition board membership provisions - Act 146

UI law changes re identity spoofing, education and information materials provided by DWD, assistance call center, and database comparisons; DOA Secretary authorized to temporarily transfer employees to DWD to assist with UI appeals; report required [vetoed] - AB152

public employee _ group insurance Public employee — Group insurance

Public safety employees may bargain with municipal employer over who is covered by a health care coverage plan - Act 34

public employee _ labor union Public employee — Labor union

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2022-2023 contract ratification between UW Board of Regents and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee - Act 24

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2022-2023 contract ratification between UW-Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee - Act 23

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2022-2023 contract ratification - Act 25

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2023-2024 contract ratification - Act 39

Professional legal bargaining unit: 2022-2023 contract ratification - Act 22

Public safety collective bargaining unit: 2021-2023 contract ratification - Act 21

Public safety collective bargaining unit: 2023-2025 contract ratification - Act 38

public employee _ retirement Public employee — Retirement, see Retirement — Public; Retirement System, Wisconsin

public employee _ salary Public employee — Salary

Additional biweekly payroll appropriations include permanent UW System employees [Sec. 174-178] - Act 19

public employee trust fund Public employee trust fund, see Retirement — Public

public health Public health, see also Disease; Maternal and infant care; Vaccination

Gathering in places of worship: state and political subdivisions cannot forbid or order closures in response to a state of emergency. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) [SJR54] - JR 11

Local health officer degree requirements, admissions authorized by counties to mental health institutes, and references to defunct regional long-term care advisory committees (remedial legislation suggested by DHS) - Act 259

Local health officer mandate to close a business to control an outbreak or communicable disease epidemic limited - Act 12

Personal care voting assistants at residential care facilities and retirement homes during public health emergencies; election fraud committed by election officials; absentee ballots and certificates; prohibiting appointment of certain employees as poll workers; recess of municipal board of canvassers; penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB570

public improvement Public improvement, see Public works

public inland lake management Public inland lake management, see Lakes

public instruction department of Public Instruction, Department of

Alternative teacher certification program: nonstock, nonprofit organization requirement removed - Act 197

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

Early literacy programs administered by DPI: funding structure [partial veto] - Act 100

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

Lakeland STAR Academy: DPI grant; sunset provision [Sec. 65, 66, 9134 (1), 9434 (1)] [vetoed] - Act 19

Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center: funding from DPI to the Milwaukee Jewish Federation in support of - Act 248

Paraprofessional experience: DPI to issue nonrenewable Tier 1 license to teach under set criteria [vetoed] - SB608

Recollection Wisconsin funding [Sec. 69, 388] - Act 19

Recovery high school grants created; report required; JCF supplemental appropriation - Act 72

Recovery high schools: DPI grants [Sec. 68] - Act 19

Robotics league participation grants: maximum amount increased [Sec. 393] - Act 19

School boards allowed to employ a school district administrator not licensed by DPI [vetoed] - SB335

School breakfast reimbursement and teaching license requirement: obsolete provisions repealed (remedial legislation suggested by DPI) - Act 262

School-based mental health services grants revised [Sec. 389-392] - Act 19

Teacher preparatory program must require one to four semesters of student teaching; DPI report modified and teacher apprenticeship program established [vetoed] - SB917

Tier 1 license from DPI for clinically trained mental health professional created; rules provision [Admin.Code PI 34.0375] - Act 196

public instruction state superintendent of Public Instruction, State Superintendent of, see State Superintendent of Public Instruction

public lands board of commissioners of Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of

Forest land and timber management added to BCPL [Sec. 153] - Act 19

public liability Public liability, see also Claims

Design professional services: prohibiting enforcement of indemnification provision in a contract with the state or a political subdivision - Act 211

public notary Public notary, see Notary public

public officers _ salary Public officers — Salary

Pay progression caps for deputy and assistant DAs, and assistant SPDs [Sec. 9101 (1)] - Act 19

public record Public record, see also Vital statistics

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