2021 Acts Index

Motor carrier safety improvement used or deployed by motor vehicle operator for a motor carrier is not evidence of employment rather than independent contractor for WC, UI, minimum wage, wage claims, and income and franchise tax law purposes [vetoed] - SB703

Qualified ABLE savings account program under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code: DFI to study and report on establishment - Act 119

income tax _ credit Income tax — Credit

Child and dependent care: individual income tax credit created [Sec. 244, 258, 259] - Act 58

Military pay income tax exemptions re active duty; armed forces member tax credit sunsetted [Sec. 243, 246, 257, 9337 (1)] - Act 58

Obsolete tax credits repealed - Act 127

Research credit: income and franchise tax credit revisions [Sec. 256, 266, 267, 274, 275] - Act 58

income tax _ deduction Income tax — Deduction, see also Military personnel — Exemption from taxation

Laws administered by DOR: revisions re shared revenue, property assessment, income taxes, sales tax, and payments from counties to towns; income tax exemption for certain income and grants related to COVID-19 relief - Act 1

Net capital loss deduction: maximum annual offset changes - Act 157

Restaurant Revitalization Fund grant: income and franchise tax exemption created - Act 156

Segal AmeriCorps education award: individual income tax subtraction [Sec. 245] - Act 58

Tuition expenses for a DWD approved apprenticeship program: individual income tax deduction created [vetoed] - SB125

income tax _ rate Income tax — Rate

Individual income tax: rate on 3rd tax bracket reduced [Sec. 247-249] - Act 58

income tax _ return Income tax — Return

Filing individual income tax returns: adopting federal due date whenever it may be - Act 40

independent living Independent living, see Persons with disabilities

indians and tribal issues Indians and tribal issues

Battery or threats to cause bodily harm to a person or family member of a person who is an advocate re tribal court proceedings made a felony - Act 191

Body cameras: grants for law enforcement agencies to purchase, conditions specified - Act 185

Charter schools authorized by the College of Menominee Nation or the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College: limit eliminated [vetoed] - SB695

Civil liability exemption for entities re failure to act resulting in person's exposure to COVID-19 [vetoed] - AB1

Electronic waste recycling program changes - Act 79

Grants to American Indian tribes or bands for fiscal year 2021-22 [Sec. 11, 12, 78, 79, 84, 85, 9401 (1)] - Act 58

Independent charter school authorized by a tribal college: per pupil payments changed - Act 219

Intentional bodily harm to a probation, extended supervision, parole, community supervision, or aftercare agent: crime expanded to include family member of the agent, comparable programs by American Indian tribes or bands, and threats of harm - Act 187

Out-of-home placement of child with nonparent relative or other unlicensed person prohibited if that person has a record of a crime against a child - Act 72

Purple Heart Reservation signs: Oneida Nation my erect in highway right-of-way - Act 202

Sexually violent person on supervised release: notification to tribal chairs and tribal law enforcement requirements - Act 190

Subsidized guardianship payments - Act 132

Tribal care coordination agreements re MA services [Sec. 65, 229] - Act 58

UI law: DWD to update IT systems, civil liability exemption for entities re COVID-19, waiting period suspension continued, noncharging of benefits, eligibility when participating in a work-share program, and certain extended benefit requirement waived - Act 4

Youth wellness center funding [Sec. 80] - Act 58

industrial development Industrial development

Electronic waste recycling program changes - Act 79

Research credit: income and franchise tax credit revisions [Sec. 256, 266, 267, 274, 275] - Act 58

TID created in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone: expenditure period for certain capital expenditures increased - Act 68

influenza Influenza, see Disease

information system or technology Information system or technology, see Data processing

injured patients and families compensation fund Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, see Medical malpractice

inmate Inmate, see Prison

insurance Insurance

Annuities transactions: insurance agent best interest of the consumer provisions - Act 260

Insurance data cybersecurity requirements created; OCI duties, security program, notification, confidentiality, and exceptions provisions - Act 73

Insurance law changes, issuance of funding agreements, and OCI duties - Act 114

insurance _ agent Insurance — Agent

Annuities transactions: insurance agent best interest of the consumer provisions - Act 260

insurance _ commissioner office of Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

General program operations funding [Sec. 28, 9223 (1)] - Act 58

Insurance data cybersecurity requirements created; OCI duties, security program, notification, confidentiality, and exceptions provisions - Act 73

Insurance law changes, issuance of funding agreements, and OCI duties - Act 114

Motor vehicle service contracts and vehicle protection product warranties revisions - Act 129

Pharmacy benefit manager licensure requirements and regulations; cost-sharing limitation; specified disclosures to customers; notification of drug substitution - Act 9

Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan funding [Sec. 412, 9123 (1)] - Act 58

insurance _ health Insurance — Health

BadgerCare Plus childless adults demonstration project: benefits eligibility determination, disenrollment, and redetermination changes; DHS duties [vetoed] - AB934

COVID-19 testing: health insurance policies requirement to cover without copayment or coinsurance extended and vaccine coverage added [vetoed] - AB1

Pharmacy benefit manager licensure requirements and regulations; cost-sharing limitation; specified disclosures to customers; notification of drug substitution - Act 9

Prescription drug limits prohibition enacted in 2019 WisAct 185 reinstated [vetoed] - AB1

SeniorCare coverage of vaccinations re 2019 WisAct 185 required regardless of federal waiver [vetoed] - AB1

Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan funding [Sec. 412, 9123 (1)] - Act 58

insurance _ life and accident Insurance — Life and accident

Insurance law changes, issuance of funding agreements, and OCI duties - Act 114

insurance _ miscellaneous Insurance — Miscellaneous

Commercial nitrogen optimization pilot program created; UW institutions, grants, cover crop insurance premium rebate, and hydrogeologist position provisions - Act 223

Razing certain insured dwellings: municipal authority limited - Act 107

Travel insurance regulations - Act 111

intellectual disabilities Intellectual disabilities

Direct care for persons with intellectual disabilities in nursing or intermediate care facilities: MA payments increased [Sec. 9119 (4)] - Act 58

Elder adults at risk and adults at risk: credentialed agency investigation requirements to reports of abuse, harm, neglect, exploitation, or death - Act 122

interest Interest

Unlawful property taxes: interest rate on claims modified; taxation district collection from underlying taxing jurisdiction provision - Act 162

intergovernmental relations Intergovernmental relations, see International relations; Interstate compact; Interstate relations

interior designer Interior designer, see Trades and occupations

intermediate care Intermediate care, see Nursing homes and adult care

internal revenue Internal revenue, see Income tax

international relations International relations

Agricultural exports increase: DATCP and WEDC to submit 5-year proposal to JCF [Sec. 23, 24, 9102 (1)] [24, 9102 (1) -- vetoed] - Act 58

Agricultural exports program established; plan, report, and audit required - Act 92

Dairy exports promotion: DATCP may use funds from rural development grants funding - Act 207

Holocaust and other genocides: incorporation into model academic standards for social studies and instruction in specified grades required - Act 30

“Multijurisdictional” definition revised for lottery purposes - Act 6

Temporary practice by physicians at recreational or educational camps allowed, conditions specified - Act 44

Temporary practice by registered nurses at recreational or educational camps allowed, conditions set - Act 46

internet Internet, see Data processing; specific subject

interstate compact Interstate compact

Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact ratified - Act 123

Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact ratified - Act 131