2023 Acts Index

Governmental entity may not discriminate or grant preferential treatment on basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, public contracting, or public administration. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) [AJR109] - JR 15

Marketing clearinghouse in Tour.Dept repealed [Sec. 84, 235] - Act 19

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

Public records law: extends nondisclosure requirement re personally identifiable information of confidential law enforcement informants - Act 223

Regulation of utility services based on type or source of energy: state agencies and political subdivisions prohibition created [vetoed] - SB49

Restricting the use or sale of devices based on energy source: state agencies and local governmental units may not impose [vetoed] - AB141

Restricting the use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source: state agencies and local governmental units may not impose [vetoed] - AB142

Workforce development metrics: state agency or authority operating or overseeing a workforce development program or activity required to report under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [vetoed] - AB151

state courts director of State Courts, Director of

Circuit court branches designated under 2019 WisAct 184: statutory addition of [Sec. 462-469, 9107 (1), (2), 9407 (1)] - Act 19

state debt State debt, see Debt, Public

state employee State employee, see Public employee

state finance State finance, see Appropriation; Budget bills and process; Debt, Public

state government State government, see Interstate relations; Reorganization of state government — Attached under s.15.03; State agencies; Statutes — Revision

state laboratory of hygiene State Laboratory of Hygiene, see Hygiene laboratory

state officers State officers, see Legislature — Member

state park State park, see also Forestry

Camping fee for nonresidents [Sec. 214] - Act 19

Online transaction fee for online sale of vehicle admission to state parks, forests, and recreation areas and state trail passes [Sec. 70, 212, 213] - Act 19

Pattison and Amnicon Falls state parks: funding for certain projects [Sec. 9132 (3)] [vetoed] - Act 19

State park campsites: electric receptacles provision [Sec. 215] - Act 19

Vehicle admission receipt to state parks: valid for 1 year from date issued instead of calendar year - Act 113

state patrol State patrol, see Traffic officer

state superintendent of public instruction State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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

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

state treasurer State Treasurer, see Treasurer — State

state trunk highway _sth_ State trunk highway (STH), see Road

state trust fund State trust fund, see Trust fund

statutes _ revision Statutes — Revision

Agricultural producer security council membership (remedial legislation suggested by DATCP) - Act 255

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

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

Lincoln County Correctional Institution renamed Lincoln Correctional Institution (remedial legislation suggested by DOC) - Act 256

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

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

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

WCA obsolete provision eliminated; high-cost mortgage definition cross-reference updated; and notary public’s stamp and statutory duplication clarification (remedial legislation suggested by DFI) - Act 258

Well drilling, heat exchange drilling, or pump installing license applicants: exam administration (remedial legislation suggested by DNR) - Act 261

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

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

stevens point city of Stevens Point, City of

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

stewardship program Stewardship Program, see Natural resource

storm water Storm water, see Water — Pollution

strip search Strip search, see Crime and criminals

student aids or loans Student aids or loans, see Scholarships and loans

student rights Student rights, see School — Discipline and student rights

studies Studies

Income tax reciprocity between Wisconsin and Minnesota: study by respective departments of revenue required; agreement conditions and approval by Governor and JCF - Act 147

PFAS group of substances: requirements created and programs established to address issues related to; reports and studies; rule revisions [Admin.Code NR 811.12, PSC 184.06] [vetoed] - SB312

Wisconsin Veterans Home at King: master plan study required [Sec. 9148 (1)] [partial veto] - Act 19

suicide Suicide, see Death

sunset Sunset

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

CDL training grant program established by DWD, sunset and residency provisions [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

CDL training grant program established by DWD, sunset provision - Act 153

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

Deer hunting in the northern forest zone: restrictions imposed; sunset provision [vetoed] - AB1030

Direct care positions filled at veterans homes revisions, sunset provision; eligibility for individual to be buried in a state veterans cemetery changed; sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice - Act 206

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

Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign: grant for conservation of memorials and markers related to Wisconsin; sunset provision [Sec. 126, 127, 9131 (2), 9431 (1)] - Act 19

Grants to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state; sunset provision [Sec. 141, 142, 148, 149, 9101 (2), 9401 (1)] [9101 (2) -- partial veto; 142, 149, 9401 (1) -- vetoed] - Act 19

Grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin; sunset provision [Sec. 23, 140, 150] - 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

High cost transportation aid: stop gap payments sunsetted [Sec. 399g] - Act 19

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

Next Generation 911: grants for certain costs to incumbent local exchange carriers operating as originating service providers; report required and sunset provision - Act 222

Nontaxable tribal land: shared revenue payments to counties to compensate for lost property taxes; sunset provision [Sec. 151, 152, 163, 164, 9451 (1)] [152, 154, 9451 (1) -- vetoed] - Act 19

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

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

Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program sunset extended [Sec. 472g, r, 9438 (2)] - Act 19

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

Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin: DHS grants; sunset provision [Sec. 103, 104, 418, 419, 9419 (1)] - Act 19

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

Wisconsin Merit scholarships awarded to UW System students: sunset eliminated - Act 2

WisconsinEye endowment fund established; sunset provision [Sec. 20, 173] [20 -- partial veto] - Act 19

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

supreme court Supreme Court

DOT to maintain a dignitary protection unit in state traffic patrol and include justices of the Supreme Court among state officers to safeguard [Sec. 387] [vetoed] - Act 19

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

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

surcharge Surcharge, see Court — Fee; Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration; Natural Resources, Department of — Administration

surveying and surveyors Surveying and surveyors

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

swib _state of wisconsin investment board_ SWIB (State of Wisconsin Investment Board), see Investment Board

T T

tanf _temporary assistance for needy families_ TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), see Public assistance

tanning booth Tanning booth, see Cosmetology