2019 Acts Index

cremation Cremation, see Funeral and funeral director

crime and criminals Crime and criminals, see also Trespass; Criminal identification and investigation; Sentences and penalties; Firearms and dangerous weapons; Crime victim; Drunken driving; Sex crimes; Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement; Prison

Child born alive after abortion: requirements of health care providers present and criminal penalties created, damage provisions [vetoed] - AB179

DOC required to recommend revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision if person is charged with a crime while on parole, probation, or extended supervision; exception provision [vetoed] - AB805

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - Act 27

Intimidating a victim of domestic abuse made a felony - Act 112

Persons who committed certain violent crimes: eligibility for probation, special action parole, extended supervision, or challenge incarceration program [vetoed] - AB809

Swatting, or false reporting of an emergency to elicit certain response, made a crime; felony provisions - Act 132

Theft of mail crime created - Act 144

Treatment and diversion (TAD) pilot program for nonviolent offenders: sunset extended, report to JCF [Sec. 234, 235, 9127 (2), 9427 (2)] [9127 (2) -- partial veto] - Act 9

WIC program changes [Sec. 1896-1934] - Act 9

crime and criminals _ battery Crime and criminals — Battery

Battery to a health care provider who works in a hospital or a nurse made a Class H felony - Act 97

crime and criminals _ felony Crime and criminals — Felony

Battery to a health care provider who works in a hospital or a nurse made a Class H felony - Act 97

Child born alive after abortion: requirements of health care providers present and criminal penalties created, damage provisions [vetoed] - AB179

Intimidating a victim of domestic abuse made a felony - Act 112

Law violations for which a juvenile may be placed in Serious Juvenile Offender Program (SJOP), juvenile correctional facility, or secured residential care center for children and youth expanded re certain class of felony [vetoed] - AB806

Money laundering: state criminal prohibition created - Act 161

Prohibited object brought into a jail or prison with intent to keep for oneself made a felony - Act 111

Sexual contact with an animal, obscene depictions of, or facilitating access to animal for purposes of: felony penalties; child under age 13, sex offender registration, animal retained as evidence, court assessed expenses, and reporting mistreatment of dogs provisions - Act 162

Swatting, or false reporting of an emergency to elicit certain response, made a crime; felony provisions - Act 132

Theft of mail crime created - Act 144

Violent felon: prosecution for crime of illegal possession of a firearm provisions modified; report provision [vetoed] - AB808

WIC program changes [Sec. 1896-1934] - Act 9

crime and criminals _ homicide or murder Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: mandatory period of confinement - Act 31

crime victim Crime victim

Rights to victims of crimes: constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR2] - SJR2

WRS annuity or lump sum payment: DETF to withhold money to satisfy restitution order, crimes specified - Act 71

criminal identification and investigation Criminal identification and investigation

Background checks on people who work or reside at a child care program: changes and DCF duties [Sec. 220m, 534, 535, 549, 551, 557-604, 606, 635-637, 1687, 1688] - Act 9

Congregate care facility: fingerprint-based background check for all workers required [Sec. 207, 215, 536-548, 550, 552-556, 605, 9106 (1), (2), 9306 (1)] - Act 9

criminal sentence Criminal sentence, see Sentences and penalties

crop damage Crop damage, see Damage (to property)

crop insurance Crop insurance, see Insurance — Miscellaneous

crossbow Crossbow, see Hunting

cruelty to animals Cruelty to animals, see Animal — Treatment

cwd _chronic wasting disease_ CWD (Chronic wasting disease), see Animal — Disease

D D

d.n.a. _deoxyribonucleic acid_ D.N.A. (Deoxyribonucleic acid), see Genetics and genetic testing

da DA, see District attorney

dairy product Dairy product, see also Food

School day milk program expanded [Sec. 1425f] - Act 9

dairy product _ regulation Dairy product — Regulation

Bulk milk weighing and sampling licenses: reciprocity for equivalent regulatory agency in another state - Act 152

Milk producer affidavit that dairy product does not contain synthetic BGH: DATCP prohibited from promulgating a rule limiting duration of the affidavit - Act 153

damage _personal injury_ Damage (personal injury), see also Worker's compensation

Child born alive after abortion: requirements of health care providers present and criminal penalties created, damage provisions [vetoed] - AB179

Civil liability immunity for health care professionals and providers for death, injury, or damages in response to the 2020 public health emergency, conditions specified [Sec. 98] - Act 185

Emergency medical supply manufacturers, distributors, and sellers who donate or sell during the declared COVID-19 emergency: civil liability exemption established; conditions and charitable organization provision [Sec. 99-104] - Act 185

Opioid antagonist administration and medication-assisted treatment: county jails may enter into a written agreement to provide and civil liability immunity; DHS to study medication-assisted treatment in prisons and jails, report required - Act 119

damage _to property_ Damage (to property), see also Environmental protection

Crop insurance proceeds included in production gross receipts re manufacturing and agricultural tax credit - Act 167

``Energy provider” definition expanded re trespassing on or damaging property of - Act 33

Public adjuster regulation and registration requirements - Act 129

dams Dams, see Waterways and water power

data processing Data processing, see also Telecommunications; specific agency

Adjutant General duties re local government FEMA application training, issuance of FEMA payments, and email and electronic payments re emergency management - Act 159

Body cameras used by law enforcement agencies: policies, training, and compliance requirements; Open Records Law and privacy provisions - Act 108

Broadband expansion grant funding [Sec. 132, 9201 (1)] - Act 9

Information technology education grants [Sec. 1475f] - Act 9

MA services provided through telehealth and communications technology: DHS required to provide reimbursement; conditions, definitions, and emergency rule provisions - Act 56

Marketplace providers required to collect and remit sales and use tax on behalf of marketplace sellers, definition provision; individual income tax rate reductions estimated for 2019 and subsequent taxable years; LAB, DOA and DOR duties; one-time reduction from total tax due provision - Act 10

Payment duty of bank to a lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier’s, teller’s, or certified check; temporary authority of mortgage loan originator applicant; possession by financial institution of property subject to garnishment; data processing services provided to financial institutions; certain Federal Home Loan Bank loan limitations; Banking Review Board and Savings Institutions Review Board consolidated and renamed Banking Institutions Review Board - Act 65

Property used to provide broadband service to rural or underserved area exempt from the telephone company tax - Act 128

Public health emergency dashboard: Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center to prepare and publish certain information on the 2020 declared emergency; DHS to develop, under MA, a pay-for-performance system to incentivize participation in the health information exchange [Sec. 77, 105 (20)] - Act 185

Revised uniform law on notarial acts adopted and prior uniform law repealed; Remote Notary Council created and attached to DFI, emergency rule provision; electronic records provisions - Act 125

Salvage vehicle certificate of title: evidence of ownership provisions modified re insurer taking delivery of salvage vehicle - Act 53

Service of certain pleadings and other papers: electronic mail provisions created - Act 30

datcp DATCP, see Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of

day care Day care

Background checks on people who work or reside at a child care program: changes and DCF duties [Sec. 220m, 534, 535, 549, 551, 557-604, 606, 635-637, 1687, 1688] - Act 9

Biennial, online reporting to DHS by adult day centers, CBRFs, and residential care apartment complexes [Sec. 683, 728-730, 732] - Act 9

Child Care and Development Fund block grant funds received from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020: expenditure subject to passive review by JCF [Sec. 105 (17)] - Act 185

Child care for families in high-poverty areas of the City of Milwaukee: DCF grants [Sec. 648] - Act 9

Child care quality rating system incentives, sunset provision [Sec. 9106 (5f)] [vetoed] - Act 9

Foster care and kinship care rates [Sec. 526m-528m, 9406 (2)] - Act 9

Wisconsin Shares reimbursement rate for certified family child care providers [Sec. 633, 634] - Act 9

dcf DCF, see Children and Families, Department of

deaf and hearing impaired Deaf and hearing impaired

``Individuals with disabilities" or ``impaired individuals" substituted for ``handicapped" in statutes administered by HEAB and TCS Board [Sec. 136, 374-385, 388, 392] - Act 9

School day milk program expanded [Sec. 1425f] - Act 9

Sign language interpreters: new categories of licenses established, transitional licensure and examination provisions; Sign Language Interpreter Council eliminated and Sign Language Interpreters Advisory Committee established; DSPS duties - Act 17

death Death, see also Funeral and funeral director; Estate of deceased person

Advance directive certifications and findings of incapacity re health care powers of attorney and admission to a hospice: revising advanced practice clinician, nurses, and physicians - Act 90

Motor vehicle certificate of title transferred to spouse or domestic partner upon death of the owner: fee waived - Act 165

Peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs for public, private, and tribal high schools: DPI competitive grant program established - Act 83

Persons who die of COVID-19: issuance of cremation permit without viewing the corpse and within 48 hours; if individual was in DOC custody, limited examination of deceased instead of full autopsy [Sec. 105 (15)] - Act 185