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AB68-SSA1,1604,4 410. One representative of a health plan.
AB68-SSA1,1604,65 (b) The representative from the office of the commissioner of insurance shall
6be the chairperson of the task force.
AB68-SSA1,1604,117 (c) Based on consultation with the task force, and review of the actuarial report
8required under Section 9113 (6 ) of this act, the commissioner of insurance and the
9secretary of employee trust funds shall develop an implementation plan, which, if
10enacted, would require all school districts in this state to participate in a group
11health insurance program offered by the group insurance board by January 1, 2024.
AB68-SSA1,1604,1412 (d) The commissioner of insurance and the secretary of employee trust funds
13shall submit the implementation plan to the governor and the joint committee of
14finance by December 31, 2022.
AB68-SSA1,1604,2015 (7) Prescription drug affordability review board. Notwithstanding the
16length of terms specified for the members of the board under s. 15.735 (1) (b) to (e),
172 of the initial members shall be appointed for terms expiring on May 1, 2023; 2 of
18the initial members shall be appointed for terms expiring on May 1, 2024; 2 of the
19initial members shall be appointed for terms expiring on May 1, 2025, and 2 of the
20initial members shall be appointed for terms expiring on May 1, 2026.
AB68-SSA1,9124 21Section 9124. Nonstatutory provisions; Investment Board.
AB68-SSA1,9125 22Section 9125. Nonstatutory provisions; Joint Committee on Finance.
AB68-SSA1,9126 23Section 9126. Nonstatutory provisions; Judicial Commission.
AB68-SSA1,9127 24Section 9127. Nonstatutory provisions; Justice.
AB68-SSA1,1605,9
1(1) Sexual assault kits. Within 180 days of the effective date of this subsection,
2the department of justice shall promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 to
3implement s. 165.775 for the period before the effective date of the permanent rules
4but not to exceed the period authorized under s. 227.24 (1) (c), subject to extension
5under s. 227.24 (2). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3), the department
6is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection
7as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health,
8safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule
9promulgated under this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1605,1310 (2) Sentencing review council; report. No later than July 1, 2022, the
11sentencing review council shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations
12under s. 165.27 (1) to (4) to the attorney general under s. 15.09 (7) and to the
13appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
AB68-SSA1,9128 14Section 9128. Nonstatutory provisions; Legislature.
AB68-SSA1,1605,1515 (1) Redistricting.
AB68-SSA1,1605,1616 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:
AB68-SSA1,1605,18 171. “Commission” means the People's Maps Commission created by the governor
18on January 27, 2020, under executive order 66.
AB68-SSA1,1605,19 192. “Legislature” means the legislature instituted on January 5, 2021.
AB68-SSA1,1605,2520 (b) Preparation of legislation. The legislative reference bureau shall prepare
21in proper form legislation that gives effect to the congressional redistricting plan
22proposed by the commission for consideration by the legislature and separate
23legislation that gives effect to the state assembly and senate redistricting plan
24proposed by the commission for consideration by the legislature. The bureau shall
25deliver the legislation to the governor for approval.
AB68-SSA1,1606,1
1(c) Introduction, consideration, and vote.
AB68-SSA1,1606,5 21. The governor shall deliver the bills prepared under par. (b) to the joint
3committee on legislative organization, which shall introduce the bills without
4change in each house of the legislature. The bills shall then be referred to the
5appropriate standing committees of each house.
AB68-SSA1,1606,8 62. The legislature shall take final action on either the assembly version or the
7senate version of the bills introduced under subd. 1 . no later than the 60th day after
8the bill is introduced.
AB68-SSA1,1606,12 93. The legislature may not take action on congressional redistricting legislation
10not introduced under subd. 1. until after either the assembly version or the senate
11version of the congressional redistricting bill introduced under subd. 1. has been
12voted on by each house of the legislature.
AB68-SSA1,1606,16 134. The legislature may not take action on legislative redistricting legislation
14not introduced under subd. 1. until after either the assembly version or the senate
15version of the legislative redistricting bill introduced under subd. 1. has been voted
16on by each house of the legislature.
AB68-SSA1,1606,1717 (d) Public records.
AB68-SSA1,1606,21 181. Notwithstanding s. 16.61 (2) (b) 1., all public records, as defined in s. 16.61
19(2) (b), created or maintained by each house, committee, and member of the
20legislature that relate to congressional or legislative redistricting may not be
21destroyed until after December 31, 2030.
AB68-SSA1,1607,3 222. Notwithstanding ss. 13.91 to 13.96, 19.36 (1), and 905.03, all records, as
23defined in s. 19.32 (2), created or maintained by each house, committee, and member
24of the legislature that relate to congressional or legislative redistricting are subject
25to inspection and copying under s. 19.35 and may not be withheld from public access

1on the basis of any claim of confidentiality or privilege, except for records containing
2communications that are privileged under s. 905.03 and that concern a previously
3drafted congressional or legislative redistricting plan.
AB68-SSA1,1607,84 (e) Open meetings. Notwithstanding ss. 13.91 to 13.96 and 905.03, each
5meeting related to congressional or legislative redistricting shall be preceded by
6public notice, as provided in s. 19.84, and shall be held in a place reasonably
7accessible to members of the public and open to all citizens at all times, if the meeting
8includes any of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1607,9 91. Two or more members of the legislature.
AB68-SSA1,1607,10 102. Members of the partisan staff of 2 or more legislative offices.
AB68-SSA1,1607,11 113. A member of the legislature and nonpartisan legislative staff.
AB68-SSA1,1607,13 124. A member of the legislature and a person retained by the legislature to assist
13with congressional or legislative redistricting.
AB68-SSA1,1607,1914 (2) Joint legislative council study. The joint legislative council shall study
15the implementation of the marijuana tax and regulation provided under subch. IV
16of ch. 139 and identify uses for the revenues generated by the tax. The joint
17legislative council shall report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the
18joint committee on finance no later than 2 years after the effective date of this
19subsection.
AB68-SSA1,9129 20Section 9129. Nonstatutory provisions; Lieutenant Governor.
AB68-SSA1,9130 21Section 9130. Nonstatutory provisions; Local Government.
AB68-SSA1,1608,222 (1) Levy limit exception for regional planning commission charges. For the
23purposes of a levy imposed by a city, village, town, or county in December 2021, the
24base amount to which s. 66.0602 (2) applies does not include any amount that the city,
25village, town, or county levied in the immediately preceding year to pay for the city's,

1village's, town's, or county's share of a regional planning commission's budget as
2charged by the commission under s. 66.0309 (14) (a) to (c).
AB68-SSA1,9131 3Section 9131. Nonstatutory provisions; Military Affairs.
AB68-SSA1,1608,134 (1) Truax Field electrical micro grid system. In fiscal year 2022-23, the
5department of military affairs shall conduct a study to determine whether
6construction of an electrical micro grid system at Truax Field is feasible. The
7department may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.465 (1) (b) in fiscal year
82022-23 not more than $64,000 to support the study under this subsection. If, based
9on the study, the adjutant general determines that construction of an electrical micro
10grid system at Truax Field is feasible, the department may expend from the
11appropriation under s. 20.465 (1) (b) in fiscal year 2022-23 not more than $296,000
12for schematic designs related to the construction of an electrical micro grid system
13at Truax Field.
AB68-SSA1,9132 14Section 9132. Nonstatutory provisions; Natural Resources.
AB68-SSA1,1609,215 (1) Emergency rule-making authority; Great Lakes erosion control
16program.
The department of natural resources may use the procedure under s.
17227.24 to promulgate emergency rules under s. 23.199 for the period before the date
18on which permanent rules under s. 23.199 take effect. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1)
19(c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until
20the first day of the 25th month beginning after the effective date of the emergency
21rules, the date on which the permanent rules take effect, or the effective date of the
22repeal of the emergency rules, whichever is earlier. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a)
23and (3), the department of natural resources is not required to provide evidence that
24promulgating a rule under this subsection as emergency rules is necessary for the

1preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide
2a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1609,63 (2) Transfer of land recycling loan program balance. All moneys
4appropriated for the land recycling loan program under s. 281.60, 2019 stats., that
5are unallocated on the effective date of this subsection shall be transferred to the
6environmental improvement fund for the clean water fund program under s. 281.58.
AB68-SSA1,1609,177 (3) Emergency rules for PFAS municipal grant program. The department of
8natural resources may use the procedure under s. 227.24 to promulgate emergency
9rules relating to the municipal grant program under s. 292.66. Notwithstanding s.
10227.24 (1) (a) and (3), when promulgating emergency rules under this subsection, the
11department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this
12subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace,
13health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a
14rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (e) 1d. and
151g., for emergency rules promulgated under this subsection, the department is not
16required to prepare a statement of scope of the rules or to submit the proposed rules
17in final draft form to the governor for approval.
AB68-SSA1,1609,1918 (4) Emergency rules for PFAS in drinking water, groundwater, surface
19water, solid waste, beds of navigable waters, and contaminated soil and sediment.
AB68-SSA1,1609,2520 (a) The department of natural resources shall promulgate emergency rules
21under s. 227.24 establishing acceptable levels and standards, performance
22standards, monitoring requirements, and required response actions for any
23perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance or group or class of such substances that
24the department determines may be harmful to human health or the environment in
25the following:
AB68-SSA1,1610,1
11. Drinking water under s. 281.17 (8).
AB68-SSA1,1610,2 22. Groundwater under ss. 160.07 (5) and 160.15.
AB68-SSA1,1610,4 33. Surface water from point sources under ss. 283.11 (4) and 283.21 and from
4nonpoint sources under s. 281.16.
AB68-SSA1,1610,6 54. Air under s. 285.27 (2) (bm), if the standards are needed to provide adequate
6protection for public health or welfare.
AB68-SSA1,1610,7 75. Solid waste and solid waste facilities under chs. 289 and 291.
AB68-SSA1,1610,8 86. Beds of navigable waters under s. 30.20.
AB68-SSA1,1610,9 97. Soil and sediment under chs. 289 and 292.
AB68-SSA1,1610,1110 (b) The department of natural resources shall promulgate emergency rules
11under s. 227.24 to do all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,1610,15 121. Add any perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance or group or class of such
13substances that the department determines may be harmful to human health or the
14environment to the list of toxic pollutants under s. 283.21 (1) (a) for purposes of
15setting toxic effluent standards or prohibitions under s. 283.11 (4).
AB68-SSA1,1610,19 162. Add to the list of hazardous constituents under s. 291.05 (4) any
17perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance or group or class of such substances for
18which the department determines that the listing is necessary to protect public
19health, safety, or welfare.
AB68-SSA1,1610,21 203. Administer and enforce ch. 292 in relation to remedial actions involving
21perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances or a group or class of such substances.
AB68-SSA1,1611,222 (c) Notwithstanding any finding required under par. (a) or (b), emergency rules
23promulgated under pars. (a) and (b) shall include, at a minimum, perfluorooctane
24sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid,
25perfluorononanoic acid, and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid and shall include

1provisions for enforcing these standards, including requiring sampling, monitoring,
2testing, and response actions.
AB68-SSA1,1611,93 (d) Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated
4under pars. (a) and (b) remain in effect until July 1, 2022, or the date on which
5permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a)
6and (3), the department of natural resources is not required to provide evidence that
7promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the
8preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide
9a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1611,1610 (5) Water quality standards for PFAS. The department of natural resources
11shall promulgate, under s. 281.15, water quality standards for perfluorooctane
12sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid,
13perfluorononanoic acid, and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid and any other
14perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance or group or class of such substances that
15the department determines may be harmful to human health and necessary to
16protect a water's designated use.
AB68-SSA1,1611,2217 (6) List of groundwater contaminants. The department of natural resources
18shall add to the list of groundwater contaminants under s. 160.05 any perfluoroalkyl
19and polyfluoroalkyl substance or group or class of such substances that is shown to
20involve public health concerns and that has a reasonable probability of entering the
21groundwater and shall categorize and rank those substances according to the
22provisions of s. 160.05.
AB68-SSA1,1611,2323 (7) Testing laboratories; emergency rules.
AB68-SSA1,1612,924 (a) The department of natural resources shall promulgate emergency rules
25under s. 227.24 establishing criteria for certifying laboratories to test for any

1perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, including the standards and methods
2for such testing, and shall certify laboratories that meet these criteria.
3Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this
4subsection remain in effect until July 1, 2022, or the date on which permanent rules
5take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the
6department of natural resources is not required to provide evidence that
7promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the
8preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide
9a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1612,1210 (b) Before emergency rules are promulgated under par. (a), the department of
11natural resources may require testing for a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl
12substance to be done according to any nationally recognized procedures.
AB68-SSA1,1612,1713 (8) Municipal flood control aid. Notwithstanding eligibility requirements for
14receiving aid or limitations on the amount and use of aid provided under s. 281.665,
15from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (dq), the department of natural resources
16shall award $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-23
17for the preparation of flood insurance studies and other flood mapping projects.
AB68-SSA1,1613,418 (9) Emergency rules for fire fighting foam. The department of natural
19resources may use the procedure under s. 227.24 to promulgate emergency rules
20relating to the collection and disposal of fire fighting foams that contain
21perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and
22(3), when promulgating emergency rules under this subsection, the department is
23not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as
24an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health,
25safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule

1promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (e) 1d. and 1g., for
2emergency rules promulgated under this subsection, the department is not required
3to prepare a statement of scope of the rules or to submit the proposed rules in final
4draft form to the governor for approval.
AB68-SSA1,1613,85 (10) Land conservation and recreation grants. From the appropriation under
6s. 20.370 (1) (ma), in fiscal year 2021-22 the department of natural resources shall
7fund all of the following conservation and recreational projects in the following
8amounts:
AB68-SSA1,1613,109 (a) A grant to West Wisconsin Land Trust to acquire land in the town of Peru
10in the county of Dunn, $706,045.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1211 (b) A grant to West Wisconsin Land Trust to acquire land in the town of
12Maxville in the county of Buffalo, $460,545.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1313 (c) A grant to the city of Milwaukee to redevelop Modrzejewski Park, $773,910.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1414 (d) A grant to the city of Ashland to redevelop Kreher Park, $601,000.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1615 (e) Department of natural resources' acquisition of land for the Jefferson Marsh
16Wildlife Area, $325,000.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1817 (f) A grant to Jefferson County to develop an interurban recreation trail
18between Watertown and Oconomowoc, $655,252.
AB68-SSA1,1613,1919 (g) A grant to the city of West Bend to develop the Riverwalk South, $617,208.
AB68-SSA1,1613,2120 (h) A grant to the village of Sister Bay to acquire land on the bay of Green Bay,
21$785,185.
AB68-SSA1,1613,2322 (i) A grant to the village of Egg Harbor to acquire land on the bay of Green Bay,
23$470,250.
AB68-SSA1,9133 24Section 9133. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Defender Board.
AB68-SSA1,1614,6
1(1) Assistant state public defender merit-based pay raises. Notwithstanding
2s. 230.12 (11) (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.550 (1) (a), the public defender
3board may provide merit-based pay raises under the assistant state public defender
4pay progression plan under s. 230.12 (11) to increase the base pay of assistant public
5defenders who were employed by the public defender board before July 1, 2021, in
6fiscal year 2022.
AB68-SSA1,9134 7Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.
AB68-SSA1,1614,118 (1) Special adjustment aid in the 2021-22 school year. Notwithstanding s.
9121.105 (2), in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the department of public
10instruction shall calculate the aid adjustment under s. 121.105 using 90 percent
11instead of 85 percent in s. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. and 2.
AB68-SSA1,1614,1912 (2) Per pupil aid; additional aid for economically disadvantaged pupils.
13Notwithstanding s. 115.437 (2) (a) 2., in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, for
14purposes of the calculation under s. 115.437 (2) (a) 2., the department of public
15instruction shall multiply the number of pupils enrolled in a school district by the
16school district's rate of economically disadvantaged pupils, as defined in s. 115.437
17(1) (d), in the 2019-20 school year instead of by the school district's rate of
18economically disadvantaged pupils, as defined in s. 115.437 (1) (d), in the previous
19school year.
AB68-SSA1,1614,2520 (3) Parental choice programs; transferring applicants between programs;
21rule-making.
The department of public instruction may promulgate emergency
22rules under s. 227.24 to implement the pupil counting exceptions specified under ss.
23118.60 (11) (e) and 119.23 (11) (e). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2),
24emergency rules promulgated under this section remain in effect until July 1, 2024,
25or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner.
AB68-SSA1,1615,4
1(4) Secondary guarantee. Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose
2of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2021-22 school
3year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s.
420.255 (2) (ac) as if $75,000,000 less had been appropriated for that year.
AB68-SSA1,9135 5Section 9135. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Lands, Board of
6Commissioners of.
AB68-SSA1,9136 7Section 9136. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Service Commission.
AB68-SSA1,9137 8Section 9137. Nonstatutory provisions; Revenue.
AB68-SSA1,1615,139 (1) Community health centers. Notwithstanding s. 70.11 (intro.), an owner of
10property that is exempt from taxation under s. 70.11 (4) (a) 1m. may claim the
11exemption for the assessment as of January 1, 2022, if the property owner files the
12form described under s. 70.11 (intro.) with the assessor of the taxation district no
13later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,9138 14Section 9138. Nonstatutory provisions; Safety and Professional
15Services.
AB68-SSA1,1615,1616 (1) Dental therapist licensure.
AB68-SSA1,1615,2017 (a) When the first individual becomes licensed as a dental therapist in this
18state under s. 447.04 (1m), the dentistry examining board shall send a notice to the
19legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative
20Register.
AB68-SSA1,1616,5 221. The dentistry examining board shall promulgate emergency rules under s.
23227.24 that are necessary to implement the licensure of dental therapists under this
24act. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under
25this subdivision remain in effect for 2 years, or until the date on which permanent

1rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the
2board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this
3subdivision as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public
4peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency
5for a rule promulgated under this subdivision.
AB68-SSA1,1616,12 62. The dentistry examining board shall present a statement of scope for
7permanent and emergency rules required to implement the licensure of dental
8therapists under this act to the department of administration under s. 227.135 (2)
9no later than the 30th day after the effective date of this subdivision.
10Notwithstanding s. 227.135 (2), if the governor does not disapprove the statement
11of scope by the 30th day after the statement is presented to the department of
12administration, the statement is considered to be approved by the governor.
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