Wisconsin Legislature: PSC

County property tax levy exemption for towns on Madeline Island or Washington Island re airport operation or maintenance or public health or economic development services under certain condition; JSCTE appendix report [S.Amdt.1: deadlines for applying and making a decision added; S.Amdt.2: Washington Island deleted; S.Amdt.3: increasing levy to compensate for exemption prohibited] - SB299

Deadline changed for certain reports from DOR and DOT re consumer price index, computer-related equipment exempt from property tax, and general transportation aids program - AB724

Jewish Community Centers of North America: property tax exemption created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1278j, 9337 (1d)] - AB40

Nonprofit entity payments to a political subdivision for potential services re tax-exempt property: the political subdivision is required to share with overlying taxation jurisdictions - AB522

Nonprofit resale store property tax exemption under certain conditions created; JSCTE appendix report - AB127

Nonprofit resale store property tax exemption under certain conditions created; JSCTE appendix report - SB113

Nonprofit theater in City of Madison: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB65

Nonprofit youth baseball association property, building, and certain land: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB525

Nonprofit youth baseball association property, building, and certain land: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB499

Property tax-exempt computer and computer-related equipment: deadline for report from municipality to DOR on value of revised [Sec. 1512, 1513, 9337 (2)] - AB40

Rented personal property re heavy equipment for construction, mining, or forestry: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - AB731

Rented personal property re heavy equipment for construction, mining, or forestry: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB577

Resale store owned by nonprofit organization: property tax exemption created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1278k, 9337 (8d)] - AB40

Student housing facilities: property tax exemption for facilities owned by fraternities or sororities [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1278h, i, 9337 (9d); A.Amdt.3: further revisions] - AB40

Towns authorized to exercise all the powers of a city or village to create a TID under certain conditions [S.Amdt.1: definitions and sewer service area provision added; S.Amdt.2: annexation provision added; S.Amdt.3: DOR duty re annexed territory; A.Amdt.2: town board approval of project plan conditions; A.Amdt.3: adds creating a TID in recently annexed territory, property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to TIF agreement, and authorizing a TID to share tax increments with an environmental remediation tax increment district in same city of village] - SB338

Veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit changes [Sec. 1348, 9337 (15); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1348b-bj; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, deletes 1348b-bj] - AB40

Veterans-themed lottery game created and proceeds used to pay refunded veterans and surviving spouses property tax credits; veterans trust fund provision - AB114

Veterans-themed lottery game created and proceeds used to pay refunded veterans and surviving spouses property tax credits; veterans trust fund provision - SB106

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - AB192

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - SB209

Child engaged in prostitution: court permitted to enter into a consent decree or deferred prosecution agreement in lieu of conviction; under the child abuse reporting law the court is required to report suspicion that someone allowed or encouraged the child to engage in prostitution, agency investigation requirements - AB776

Commercial sexual exploitation victim: civil cause of action created - AB681

Commercial sexual exploitation victim: civil cause of action created - SB552

Human trafficking definition modified; process to vacate a conviction or adjudication or expunge the record of a victim of human trafficking; evidence of past actions in human trafficking cases; sex offense definition revised re children and lifetime supervision; strangulation added to list of offenses re intensive sanctions program, domestic abuse, and crime victim compensation; JRCCP report - AB620

Human trafficking definition modified; process to vacate a conviction or adjudication or expunge the record of a victim of human trafficking; evidence of past actions in human trafficking cases; sex offense definition revised re children and lifetime supervision; strangulation added to list of offenses re intensive sanctions program, domestic abuse, and crime victim compensation; JRCCP report - SB492

Sexual exploitation surcharge created and moneys used by CANPB to issue grants to organizations offering services to child victims of sexual crimes - AB811

Animal cruelty resulting in great bodily harm, disfigurement, or death made a felony; adequate food and water and abandonment provisions; court may order psychological assessment or counseling and bar a violator from owning an animal - AB486

Animal cruelty resulting in great bodily harm, disfigurement, or death made a felony; adequate food and water and abandonment provisions; court may order psychological assessment or counseling and bar a violator from owning an animal - SB399

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board created; reports and LAB duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, operational and programmatic audits by DHS required; S.Amdt.1: transition to county-based Milwaukee County Mental Health Board provisions] - SB565

Sexual orientation change efforts on minors: mental health provider prohibition and penalties created; JRCCP report - SB481

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: additional providers allowed to participate; exempts certain advanced practice nurses from proof of financial responsibility and medical malpractice requirements [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DOA and DHS duties modified, nonprofit agency responsibilities re volunteers specified; A.Amdt.1: dental services provision] - AB270

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB754

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Familes Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - SB546

Emergency heating assistance loan guarantee program created, WHEDA and JCF duties; declared state of emergency and funding provisions - AB770

Emergency heating assistance loan guarantee program created, WHEDA and JCF duties; declared state of emergency and funding provisions - SB612

Funeral and cemetery aids: language clarified that only DHS administers the program [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1040g, 1211c-h] - AB40

Homeless youths: DCF to create a program to provide grants for housing or assistance in finding housing, definition provision - AB840

Kinship care: additional funding sources [Sec. 373, 922, 924, 1036; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

LIEAP appropriation repealed [Sec. 429] - AB40

Low-income energy assistance: eligibility of certain households modified - AB903

MA purchase plan (MAPP) eligibility and premium requirements revised; other MA and long-term care program eligibility modified re certain account and retirement income; DHS duties - AB904

Modifications to programs for low-income persons including W-2, Wisconsin Shares, FoodShare, low-income energy assistance, low-income housing assistance, EITC, homestead tax credit, local housing authority construction of low-income housing, parental choice programs, school lunch program, and HEAB grants and scholarships; ``means-tested public assistance" definition and use - SB676

Pilot program created to assist eligible disabled offenders in county correctional facilities in obtaining certain benefits upon release; DOJ duties, grants, and report provisions - AB437

Pilot program created to assist eligible disabled offenders in county correctional facilities in obtaining certain benefits upon release; OJA duties, grants, and report provisions - SB125

Propane used for home heating: heating assistance program revisions - SB699

Public assistance benefits recovery programs in DHS revisions; property subject to recovery defined; recovery of nonprobate property expanded; real property and living trust provisions [Sec. 353, 354, 361, 821-831, 833, 834, 1179-1197, 1199-1210, 1221-1226, 1240, 2266, 2268-2271, 2275, 2294-2318, 9318 (3)-(6), 9418 (2); A.Amdt.3 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, JCF approval required, 9118 (6i)] - AB40

Public assistance programs including W-2, MA, and FoodShare: offenses considered crimes against government and its administration and DOJ or a DA is authorized to prosecute; employees accepting applications required to administer oath to applicant re true and correct information, DCF and DHS duties [S.Amdt.1: administration of oath provision removed] - SB245

Public safety, health, or welfare worker entering a dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business in the performance of his or her duties: presumption that a person believed reasonable force was necessary does not apply if the worker identified him or herself, definition provision - AB820

Public safety, health, or welfare worker entering a dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business in the performance of his or her duties: presumption that a person believed reasonable force was necessary does not apply if the worker identified him or herself, definition provision - SB600

Rule-making procedure revised; various DCF rules modified and repealed re child care certification, child care center operations, child welfare agency licensing, public assistance records, and transitional jobs demonstration project [Admin.Code DCF 54.02, 110, 121, 201.02, 202.01, 202.02, 202.04, 202.05, 202.06, 202.065, 202.07, 202.08, 202.09, 203.03, 250.04, 250.07, 251.03, 251.04, 251.07, 251.09, 251.095] - AB677

Skills enhancement grants to community action agencies: funding increased - AB49

Skills enhancement grants to community action agencies: funding increased - SB25

State agencies to share specified data with DOR for debt collection and state tax purposes; confidentiality provision [Sec. 733, 940, 1218, 1278, 1718, 1721, 2164, 2165] - AB40

TANF block grants and Child Care Development Funds: allocations modified [Sec. 988, 1025-1029, 1031-1035, 1037-1040; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions and additional grants, 1038m] - AB40

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: additional providers allowed to participate; exempts certain advanced practice nurses from proof of financial responsibility and medical malpractice requirements [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DOA and DHS duties modified, nonprofit agency responsibilities re volunteers specified; A.Amdt.1: dental services provision] - AB270

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - AB490

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - SB384

Carrying a firearm in certain public buildings: ambiguity resolved (remedial legislation) - AB558

Carrying a firearm in certain public buildings: ambiguity resolved (remedial legislation) - SB422

Disabled parking signs: DOT authority to promulgate rules governing size, design, and installation of at public buildings, places of employment, and parking facilities open to the public eliminated; statutory requirements revised - AB827

Disabled parking signs: DOT authority to promulgate rules governing size, design, and installation of at public buildings, places of employment, and parking facilities open to the public eliminated; statutory requirements revised - SB649

Facilities Development, Division of: fee assessments re capital planning and building construction services [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 155m] - AB40

Facility design services to state agencies: DOA permitted to provide and transfers related functions from specified agencies to DOA; FTE positions and fee provisions [Sec. 138, 432, 9102 (1), 9132 (1), 9145 (2), 9151 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, transfers from other agencies and FTE position provisions removed, deletes 9102 (1), 9132 (1), 9145 (2), 9151 (1)] - AB40

Plan review for public buildings, places of employment, and water recreation facility re construction, addition, or alteration modified - SB379

Public building and buildings that are places of employment: ordinances re standards for constructing, altering, or adding to must conform to rules promulgated by DSPS; variance from a standard in a DSPS rule is acceptable under certain conditions; DSPS to accept variance reviews and determinations by second class cities; Building Code Council created in DSPS; certification of inspectors and inspection of fire safety devices provisions - AB782

Public building and buildings that are places of employment: ordinances re standards for constructing, altering, or adding to must conform to rules promulgated by DSPS; variance from a standard in a DSPS rule is acceptable under certain conditions; DSPS to accept variance reviews and determinations by second class cities; Building Code Council created in DSPS; certification of inspectors and inspection of fire safety devices provisions - SB617

Reserved disabled parking spaces at public buildings, places of employment, or parking facilities open to the public: minimum number as adopted by certain DSPS rule required, certification of compliance provision - AB826

Reserved disabled parking spaces at public buildings, places of employment, or parking facilities open to the public: minimum number as adopted by certain DSPS rule required, certification of compliance provision - SB645

Tangible personal property that becomes a component in a municipal or nonprofit organization facility: sales and use tax exemptions created; JSCTE appendix report - AB76

Assistant AG and assistant SPD pay progression plan [Sec. 463, 2014, 2015] - AB40

Attorney appointed by SPD to represent a patient is authorized to access and obtain the patient's health care records, written informed consent provision - AB759

Attorney appointed by SPD to represent a patient is authorized to access and obtain the patient's health care records, written informed consent provision - SB599

CHIPS proceeding: power of juvenile court to appoint counsel; parent's right to counsel and referral to SPD; elimination of jury trial in CHIPS and TPR proceedings; report required - AB151

Gideon v. Wainwright decision's 50th anniversary and the 35th anniversary of the opening of the Wisconsin State Public Defender's first trial offices recognized - AJR70

Private attorneys representing indigent clients: rate paid by SPD increased - AB243

Private attorneys representing indigent clients: rate paid by SPD increased - SB235

State civil service system revisions re nonresidency prohibition, supervisory or management position probation, assistant SPD, leave provision of the state compensation plan, annual leave, leave for military personnel upon reemployment, and personal holidays of an employee who is terminated - AB263