Discrimination based on person’s gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation: prohibitions created or modified re employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, jury duty, and receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services - AB418
Discrimination based on person’s gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation: prohibitions created or modified re employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, jury duty, and receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services - SB328
Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - AB101
Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - SB64
Increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and other forms of bias, prejudice, and discrimination condemned and commitment to an open and inclusive state reaffirmed - AR31
Lead service line replacements: water public utility may provide financial assistance to customer solely for replacing service lines and is not unjust, unfairly discriminatory, or preferential; PSC duties - AB78
Lead service line replacements: water public utility may provide financial assistance to customer solely for replacing service lines and is not unjust, unfairly discriminatory, or preferential; PSC duties [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, political subdivision authorized to make loans, ordinance provision added] - SB48
Penalty enhancers increased for crimes in which the perpetrator intentionally selects the victim based on race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry - SB67
Violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017, condemned and honoring those who died - Au7 AR1
discrimination in employmentDiscrimination in employment
Break time for employees to express breast milk: requirements created, accommodations specified, and employment discrimination provision - AB193
Break time for employees to express breast milk: requirements created, accommodations specified, and employment discrimination provision - SB147
Compensation information of employees and prospective employees: employer conduct re requiring or soliciting information and discrimination prohibitions created; notice requirements - AB213
Compensation information of employees and prospective employees: employer conduct re requiring or soliciting information and discrimination prohibitions created; notice requirements - SB142
Employment discrimination on the basis of military service: action in circuit court to recover compensatory and punitive damages permitted; DWD duties and consumer price index provision - AB974
Employment discrimination re unfair honesty or genetic testing: DWD or discriminated person may bring an action in circuit court; damages, exceptions, limitations, and consumer price index provisions - AB212
Employment discrimination re unfair honesty or genetic testing: DWD or discriminated person may bring an action in circuit court; damages, exceptions, limitations, and consumer price index provisions - SB140
Fair employment law: adding gender identity to prohibited basis for discrimination - SB867
Fair employment law revisions re state and local government agencies denying a license based on arrest or conviction record [A.Amdt.1: rule-making authority and emergency rule provisions added] - AB829
Fair employment law revisions re state and local government agencies denying a license based on arrest or conviction record - SB626
Local government ordinance authority re employment discrimination, wage claims and collections, employee hours and overtime, required employee benefits, and soliciting salary history of prospective employees preempted; political subdivision minimum wage exemptions eliminated and imposing occupational license requirements prohibited; state and local governments prohibited from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive rights under federal or state labor laws, penalty provision [A.Amdt.1: employment discrimination provision removed; A.Amdt.4: certain provisions do not apply to electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and local job training and apprenticeship programs; S.Amdt.1: removes A.Amdt.4 provisions] - AB748
Local government ordinance authority re employment discrimination, wage claims and collections, employee hours and overtime, required employee benefits, and soliciting salary history of prospective employees preempted; political subdivision minimum wage exemptions eliminated and imposing occupational license requirements prohibited; state and local governments prohibited from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive rights under federal or state labor laws, penalty provision - SB634
Marijuana use, medical and recreational, permitted with restrictions and excise tax and penalty provisions; DHS duties re medical marijuana registry, licensing compassion centers, and registering certain testing laboratories; permitted THC concentration while operating a vehicle revised; fair employment law, UI, and drug testing for specific public assistance and work experience programs exemption for THC; health insurance coverage required for medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols - AB482
Patient rights to medically accurate information created; health care provider, employment retribution, civil action, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages provisions; AG duties - AB657
Patient rights to medically accurate information created; health care provider, employment retribution, civil action, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages provisions; AG duties - SB567
Record expunged of certain offenses committed before the age of 25: person may petition the court; DOJ duties and employment discrimination provision - AB331
State fair employment law, family and medical leave law, and organ and bone marrow donation law violations: offers of settlement procedures for resolving complaints [Sec. 1379-1383, 1456, 1457, 1459, 1767; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, settlement procedure removed, Division of Equal Rights hearing provision retained, deletes 1379-1383, 1456, 1457, 1459] - AB64
State fair employment law, family and medical leave law, and organ and bone marrow donation law violations: offers of settlement procedures for resolving complaints [Sec. 1379-1383, 1456, 1457, 1459, 1767] - SB30
Veterans Day (November 11): paid leave of absence for public and private employees who are veterans; collective bargaining, discrimination, and complaint provisions - SB117
discrimination in housingDiscrimination in housing
Discrimination under open housing law re questioning prospective tenant or denying housing due to evictions that are more than 5 years old - AB972
Landlord and tenant regulations revised; political subdivision authority modified re historic properties, municipal dwelling inspection, levy limit reduction and garbage collection exception, and certain fees; public utility service to rental dwelling units; municipal utility arrearage collection; eviction action procedural changes; removing case management information from CCAP; open housing law re service, assistance, or emotional support animals; municipal administrative review; enforcement of rental unit energy efficiency program [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, habitability violation and rental property inspection program added] - AB771
Landlord and tenant regulations revised; political subdivision authority modified re historic properties, municipal dwelling inspection, levy limit reduction and garbage collection exception, and certain fees; public utility service to rental dwelling units; municipal utility arrearage collection; eviction action procedural changes; removing case management information from CCAP; open housing law re service, assistance, or emotional support animals; municipal administrative review; enforcement of rental unit energy efficiency program - SB639
Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month: June 2017 recognized as - AJR54
Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month: June 2017 recognized as - SJR59
Alzheimer’s disease and dementia: DHS to award grants to increase awareness in rural and underserved urban areas for 2017-18 fiscal year - AB632
Alzheimer’s disease and dementia: DHS to award grants to increase awareness in rural and underserved urban areas for 2017-18 fiscal year - SB527
American Heart Month: February 2017 proclaimed as - AJR4
American Heart Month: February 2017 proclaimed as - SJR6
American Heart Month: February 2018 proclaimed as - AJR104
American Heart Month: February 2018 proclaimed as - SJR102
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Awareness Month: September 2017 proclaimed as - SJR83
Communicable disease control and prevention: grants to local health departments [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 370r, 1791c] - AB64
Communicable disease control and prevention measures: DHS to distribute funds to local health departments - AB293
Communicable disease control and prevention measures: DHS to distribute funds to local health departments - SB242
Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANDA and PANS), to advise DHS established and annual report required - AB638
Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANDA and PANS), to advise DHS established and annual report required - SB535
CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) Awareness Day: January 30, 2018 recognized as - SJR104
Dementia specialist certification requirements created; prohibitions on use of the title - AB630
Diabetes Awareness Month: November 2017 proclaimed as - AJR67
Diabetes Awareness Month: November 2017 proclaimed as - SJR66
Dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patient with end-stage renal disease: exemption from pharmacist license requirement, conditions set - AB1047
Dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis to patient with end-stage renal disease: exemption from pharmacist license requirement, conditions set - SB875
Glaucoma Awareness Month: January recognized as - AJR96
Glaucoma Awareness Month: January recognized as - SJR93
Lyme Disease Awareness Month: May 2017 proclaimed as - AJR41
Lyme Disease Awareness Month: May 2017 proclaimed as - SJR45
Lyme disease laboratory test notice form creation; online availability, patient copy, and annual update requirement - AB316
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month: June 2017 designated as - AJR19
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month: June 2017 designated as - SJR20
Open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated (remedial legislation) [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Office of School Safety created in DOJ, school safety plan provisions including on-site assessment by law enforcement and annual drills, mandatory reporting of threats of violence, DOJ grants for school safety, reports and penalty provisions] - AB843
Open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated (remedial legislation) - SB718
PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day: October 9, 2017 proclaimed as - AJR74
PANDAS and PANS Awareness Day: October 9, 2017 proclaimed as - SJR75
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month: September 2017 proclaimed as - AJR73
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month: September 2017 proclaimed as - SJR74
Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month: August recognized as - AJR113
Tuberculosis screening questionnaire required of school district employees, including MPS; practitioner duties specified - AB382
Tuberculosis screening questionnaire required of school district employees, including MPS; practitioner duties specified - SB382
Virtual dementia tour license: DHS funding authorized - AB643
World Lymphedema Day: March 6, 2017 recognized as - SJR14
district attorneyDistrict attorney
Aiding a person suffering from an overdose or adverse reaction and immunity from controlled substance prosecution: revisions to 2017 WisAct 33 re initial applicability clause, bail jumping immunity, and sunset the bail jumping changes [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2251xg-xs, 2265r, 9452 (2x)] - AB64
Assistant DA positions created and apportionment provisions - AB502
Assistant DA positions created and apportionment provisions - SB573
DA, deputy DA, and assistant DA allowed to provide pro bono publico legal services - AB117
DA, deputy DA, and assistant DA allowed to provide pro bono publico legal services - AB36
DA, deputy DA, and assistant DA allowed to provide pro bono publico legal services - SB504
Death involving a law enforcement officer: investigator to provide report to the chief judge of the judicial administrative district who must appoint a special prosecutor; DA provisions removed - AB155
DOJ to collect crime information from law enforcement agencies, DAs, and courts re firearms, marijuana, and motor vehicle thefts; quarterly compilations required - AB724
DOJ to collect crime information from law enforcement agencies, DAs, and courts re firearms, marijuana, and motor vehicle thefts; quarterly compilations required - SB611
Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibit enforcement of federal or state law; authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence enforcement action, writ of mandamus provision; reduction of shared revenue payments; and political subdivision is liable for damage caused by an illegal alien - AB190
Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibit enforcement of federal or state law; authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence enforcement action, writ of mandamus provision; reduction of shared revenue payments; and political subdivision is liable for damage caused by an illegal alien - SB275
Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals receiving public assistance or who were legally detained or arrested and reporting to or assisting other units of government re enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - AB127
Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) created in DSPS; licensure of medical examiners, medicolegal investigators, and staff members established; provisions re death notification, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, access to deceased’s mental health treatment records, and emergency rules - AB366
Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) created in DSPS; licensure of medical examiners, medicolegal investigators, and staff members established; provisions re death notification, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, access to deceased’s mental health treatment records, and emergency rules - SB297
Parental choice program: criminal penalties re false statement on application, concealing events to fraudulently participate, or unauthorized use of payments; DOJ and DA duties - AB493
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