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AB31,24,22 21(2) The department shall make grants under this section for any of the
22following purposes:
AB31,24,2323 (a) Adapting to challenges posed by the COVID-19 public health crisis.
AB31,24,2424 (b) Purchasing Wisconsin food products to provide to state residents.
AB31,35 25Section 35 . 102.03 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,25,2
1102.03 (7) (a) In this subsection, “critical worker” means an employee whose
2position is determined to be critical under s. 323.19 (3p).
AB31,25,63 (b) For the purposes of benefits under this chapter, where an injury to a critical
4worker is found to be caused by COVID-19, during the period beginning on the
5effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on December 31,
62021, the injury is presumed to be caused by the individual's employment.
AB31,25,87 (c) An injury claimed under par. (b) must be accompanied by a specific diagnosis
8of COVID-19 by a physician, or by a positive diagnostic test result for the disease.
AB31,25,119 (d) An injury claimed under par. (b) may be rebutted by specific evidence that
10the injury was caused by exposure to COVID-19 outside of the individual's work for
11the employer.
AB31,36 12Section 36 . 102.565 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,25,1413 102.565 (6) This section does not apply to an employee whose claim of injury
14is presumed to be caused by employment under s. 102.03 (6) or (7).
AB31,37 15Section 37 . 103.025 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,25,16 16103.025 (title) Hours of labor; compensatory time; hazard pay.
AB31,38 17Section 38 . 103.025 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,25,1918 103.025 (1) (bm) “Frontline health care worker” has the meaning given in s.
1916.34 (1).
AB31,39 20Section 39 . 103.025 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,26,221 103.025 (3) During a public health emergency declared by the governor under
22s. 323.10 or pursuant to an emergency order issued by the secretary of health services
23under s. 252.02, an employer shall pay frontline health care workers a hazard pay
24premium of 1.5 times the employee's hourly rate, or an additional $15 per hour,

1whichever is more. An employer may apply for a grant under s. 16.34 (2) (a) to pay
2the hazard pay premium.
AB31,40 3Section 40 . 103.10 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,26,94 103.10 (1) (c) Except as provided in sub. subs. (1m) (b) 3. and (4m) (a),
5“employer" means a person engaging in any activity, enterprise or business in this
6state employing at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis. “Employer" includes
7the state and any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution,
8association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be
9created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature and the courts.
AB31,41 10Section 41 . 103.10 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,26,1211 103.10 (1) (dm) “Frontline health care worker” has the meaning given in s.
1216.34 (1).
AB31,42 13Section 42 . 103.10 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,26,1714 103.10 (2) (c) This Except as provided in sub. (4m), this section only applies to
15an employee who has been employed by the same employer for more than 52
16consecutive weeks and who worked for the employer for at least 1,000 hours during
17the preceding 52-week period.
AB31,43 18Section 43 . 103.10 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,26,2419 103.10 (4m) Paid medical leave for frontline health care workers. (a) An
20employer that employs at least one employee shall provide at least 15 days of paid
21medical leave in addition to any leave provided under sub. (4) (a) to a frontline health
22care worker who is employed by the employer and who contracts a communicable
23disease. The employee does not need to meet the length of employment or
24hours-worked standard set forth in sub. (2) (c).
AB31,26,2525 (b) An employer may apply for a grant under s. 16.34 (3) (a).
AB31,44
1Section 44. 103.10 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,27,32 103.10 (5) (a) This Except as provided in sub. (4m), this section does not entitle
3an employee to receive wages or salary while taking family leave or medical leave.
AB31,45 4Section 45 . 103.10 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,27,85 103.10 (8) Position upon return from leave. (a) Subject to par. (c), when an
6employee returns from family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a
7frontline health care worker,
his or her employer shall immediately place the
8employee in an employment position as follows:
AB31,27,119 1. If the employment position which the employee held immediately before the
10family leave or, medical leave , or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker
11began is vacant when the employee returns, in that position.
AB31,27,1612 2. If the employment position which the employee held immediately before the
13family leave or, medical leave , or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker
14began is not vacant when the employee returns, in an equivalent employment
15position having equivalent compensation, benefits, working shift, hours of
16employment and other terms and conditions of employment.
AB31,27,2017 (b) No employer may, because an employee received family leave or, medical
18leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker, reduce or deny an
19employment benefit which accrued to the employee before his or her leave began or,
20consistent with sub. (9), accrued after his or her leave began.
AB31,27,2521 (c) Notwithstanding par. (a), if an employee on a medical or leave, family leave,
22or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker
wishes to return to work
23before the end of the leave as scheduled, the employer shall place the employee in an
24employment position of the type described in par. (a) 1. or 2. within a reasonable time
25not exceeding the duration of the leave as scheduled.
AB31,46
1Section 46. 103.10 (9) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB31,28,72 103.10 (9) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), nothing in this section entitles a
3returning employee to a right, employment benefit or employment position to which
4the employee would not have been entitled had he or she not taken family leave or,
5medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker or to the
6accrual of any seniority or employment benefit during a period of family leave or,
7medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker.
AB31,28,158 (b) Subject to par. (c), during a period an employee takes family leave or,
9medical leave, or paid medical leave as a frontline health care worker, his or her
10employer shall maintain group health insurance coverage under the conditions that
11applied immediately before the family leave or medical leave began. If the employee
12continues making any contribution required for participation in the group health
13insurance plan, the employer shall continue making group health insurance
14premium contributions as if the employee had not taken the family leave or medical
15leave.
AB31,47 16Section 47 . 103.10 (9) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,28,2217 103.10 (9) (c) 4. If an employee ends his or her employment with an employer
18during or within 30 days after a period of family leave or, medical leave, or paid
19medical leave as a frontline health care worker,
the employer may deduct from the
20amount returned to the employee under subd. 3. any premium or similar expense
21paid by the employer for the employee's group health insurance coverage while the
22employee was on family leave or medical the leave.
AB31,48 23Section 48 . 103.10 (9) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,29,324 103.10 (9) (d) If an employee ends his or her employment with an employer
25during or at the end of a period of family leave or , medical leave, or paid medical leave

1as a frontline health care worker,
the time period for conversion to individual
2coverage under s. 632.897 (6) shall be calculated as beginning on the day that the
3employee began the period of family leave or medical leave.
AB31,49 4Section 49 . 103.10 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,29,115 103.10 (12) (d) The department shall issue its decision and order within 30 days
6after the hearing. If the department finds that an employer violated sub. (11) (a) or
7(b), it may order the employer to take action to remedy the violation, including
8providing requested family leave or, medical leave, or paid medical leave as a
9frontline health care worker,
reinstating an employee, providing back pay accrued
10not more than 2 years before the complaint was filed and paying reasonable actual
11attorney fees to the complainant.
AB31,50 12Section 50 . 108.04 (2) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
AB31,51 13Section 51 . 108.04 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,29,1814 108.04 (3) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply with respect to benefit years that
15begin after March 12, 2020, and before February 7, 2021 January 2, 2022. The
16department shall seek the maximum amount of federal reimbursement for benefits
17that are, during the time period specified in this paragraph, payable for the first
18week of a claimant's benefit year as a result of the application of this paragraph.
AB31,52 19Section 52 . 108.04 (12) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB31,53 20Section 53. 108.062 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,29,2321 108.062 (2) (d) Specify the period or periods when the plan will be in effect,
22which may not exceed a total of 6 12 months in any 5-year period within the same
23work unit.
AB31,54 24Section 54 . 108.062 (20) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,30,7
1108.062 (20) Suspensions of certain provisions. (intro.) Notwithstanding sub.
2(2), this subsection, and not sub. (2), applies to work-share plans submitted on or
3after April 17, 2020, and before December 31, 2020 January 2, 2022, subject to sub.
4(19). During that period, prior to implementing a work-share program, an employer
5shall submit a work-share plan for the approval of the department. In its submittal,
6the employer shall certify that its plan is in compliance with all requirements under
7this section. Each plan shall:
AB31,55 8Section 55 . 108.062 (20) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,30,119 108.062 (20) (c) Specify the period or periods when the plan will be in effect,
10which may not exceed a total of 6 12 months in any 5-year period within the same
11work unit.
AB31,56 12Section 56 . 108.07 (5) (bm) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,30,1813 108.07 (5) (bm) 3. b. For reimbursable employers, as defined in s. 108.155 (1)
14(b), the benefits shall be paid in the manner provided under par. (am) 1. The
15secretary of administration may transfer any amount from the unencumbered
16balance of any appropriation of an executive branch agency to the appropriation
17under s. 20.445 (1) (gd). The transfers made under this subsection may not exceed
18the amount required to make the payments required under this subd. 3. b.
AB31,57 19Section 57 . 115.385 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,30,2220 115.385 (6) The department shall may not publish a school and school district
21accountability report under this section in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school year
22years.
AB31,58 23Section 58 . 115.415 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,31,524 115.415 (1) (b) For the evaluation of teachers and principals in the 2019-20 and
252020-21
school year years, the school board and the operator of a charter school

1established under s. 118.40 (2r) may not consider pupil performance on statewide
2assessments administered under s. 118.30 in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 school year and
3may not include pupil performance on those assessments in the evaluation score
4assigned to a teacher or principal under the educator effectiveness evaluation system
5developed under this section.
AB31,59 6Section 59 . 115.437 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB31,31,107 115.437 (2) (b) Notwithstanding sub. (1), for purposes of calculating aid paid
8under par. (a) in the 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 school years, the number of
9pupils enrolled in a school district in the 2020-21 school year is the greater of the
10following:
AB31,31,1211 1. The number of pupils enrolled, as defined in sub. (1), in the school district
12in the 2019-20 school year.
AB31,31,1413 2. The number of pupils enrolled, as defined in sub. (1), in the school district
14in the 2020-21 school year.
AB31,60 15Section 60 . 120.13 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,31,1916 120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss.
1749.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.729, 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2.,
18632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.871,
19632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).
AB31,61 20Section 61 . 140.145 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,31,2421 140.145 (10) (a) Any law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils,
22or testamentary trusts, except that this section applies to a transaction governed as
23described in this paragraph from the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
24date], to December 31, 2021
.
AB31,62 25Section 62 . 140.145 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,32,5
1140.145 (10) (b) Any law governing the creation and execution of living trusts
2or trust amendments for personal use, not including a transaction, as defined in s.
3137.11 (15), except that this section applies to a transaction governed as described
4in this paragraph from the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], to
5December 31, 2021
.
AB31,63 6Section 63 . 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,32,147 185.983 (1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a
8cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to
9646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44,
10601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93,
11631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.729, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795, 632.798,
12632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89,
13632.895 (5) and (8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and chs. 609, 620, 630, 635, 645,
14and 646, but the sponsoring association shall:
AB31,64 15Section 64 . 252.02 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,32,1916 252.02 (8) The department may issue an order prohibiting the commencement
17of any action for eviction under chs. 704 and 799 or for foreclosure under ch. 846 for
18any period before January 1, 2022. An order issued under this subsection may be
19applicable statewide or may be geographically limited.
AB31,65 20Section 65 . 323.19 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,33,221 323.19 (3m) Based on guidance provided by the secretary of health services,
22during the period beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts
23date], and ending on December 31, 2021, the head of each state agency and each local
24health department shall determine which public employee positions within the

1respective state agency or local government are critical for the purposes of s. 40.26
2(7).
AB31,66 3Section 66 . 323.19 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,33,54 323.19 (3p) The secretary of health services shall determine which workers are
5critical workers for the purposes of s. 102.03 (7).
AB31,67 6Section 67 . 323.19 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,33,147 323.19 (4) (b) During the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020,
8by executive order 72
period beginning on the effective date of this paragraph ....
9[LRB inserts date], and ending on December 31, 2021
, the head or governing body
10of a state entity may waive a statutory or other requirement imposed, administered,
11or enforced by the state entity that an individual appear in person if the head or
12governing body finds that the waiver assists in the state's response to the public
13health emergency or
that enforcing the requirement may increase the public health
14risk.
AB31,68 15Section 68 . 323.267 of the statutes is created to read:
AB31,33,17 16323.267 Waivers of certain interest, penalties, and payments. (1) In this
17section:
AB31,33,2218 (a) “Agency” means any office, department, agency, institution of higher
19education, association, society, or other body in state government created or
20authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, including any authority
21created in subch. II of ch. 114 or in ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279, but not
22including the legislature or the courts.
AB31,33,2423 (b) “Debtor" means a person who owes a debt to an agency or a local
24governmental unit.
AB31,34,2
1(c) “Effective period” means the period beginning on the effective date of this
2paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], and ending on December 31, 2021.
AB31,34,63 (d) “Local governmental unit" means a political subdivision of this state, a
4special purpose district in this state, an agency or corporation of a political
5subdivision or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit of any of the
6foregoing.
AB31,34,9 7(2) Each agency and local governmental unit may waive any interest, penalty,
8or payment of a debtor that accrues or becomes due during the effective period with
9respect to a debt the debtor owes the agency or local governmental unit.
AB31,69 10Section 69 . 323.2912 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,34,17 11323.2912 Suspension of limited term appointment hours.
12Notwithstanding s. 230.26 (1), the director of the bureau of merit recruitment and
13selection in the division of personnel management in the department of
14administration may increase or suspend the number of hours for a limited term
15appointment for the duration of the public health emergency declared period
16beginning
on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72 and ending on December 31,
172021
.
AB31,70 18Section 70 . 323.2913 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB31,35,2 19323.2913 Use of annual leave during probationary period by state
20employee.
Notwithstanding s. 230.35 (1) (b), a state employee may take annual
21leave within the first 6 months of the employee's probationary period upon initial
22appointment during the public health emergency declared period beginning on
23March 12, 2020, by executive order 72 and ending on December 31, 2021. If an
24employee who has taken annual leave under this section terminates his or her
25employment before earning annual leave equivalent to the amount of annual leave

1the employee has taken, the appointing authority shall deduct the cost of the
2unearned annual leave from the employee's final pay.
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