2021 Subject Index to Legislation

Election revisions re voter registration list maintenance when a voter moves, Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. provision; update data sharing agreement between DOT and Elections Commission; electronic voting equipment; municipal clerk training and vacancies; polling place incident reports; default dates in the official registration list; and Elections Commission to review forms regularly - AB1005

Election revisions re voter registration list maintenance when a voter moves, Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. provision; update data sharing agreement between DOT and Elections Commission; electronic voting equipment; municipal clerk training and vacancies; polling place incident reports; default dates in the official registration list; and Elections Commission to review forms regularly - SB934

Elections Commission and DOT agreement re matching personally identifiable information: verification of U.S. citizenship requirement; DOT to add “Not valid for voting purposes” on operator’s licenses and ID cards of noncitizens - AB998

Elections Commission and DOT agreement re matching personally identifiable information: verification of U.S. citizenship requirement; DOT to add “Not valid for voting purposes” on operator’s licenses and ID cards of noncitizens - SB938

Elections Commission and DOT agreement to match personally identifiable information: checking voter registration changes and resolving discrepancies - AB997

Elections Commission and DOT agreement to match personally identifiable information: checking voter registration changes and resolving discrepancies - SB940

Elections Commission and its staff commended for outstanding service and dedication to Wisconsin elections - AJR140

Elections Commission and its staff commended for outstanding service and dedication to Wisconsin elections - SJR106

Elections Commission annual report required re failures to comply with certain elections-related laws by the Commission, DOT, DOC, and DHS; JCF duties - AB1000

Elections Commission annual report required re failures to comply with certain elections-related laws by the Commission, DOT, DOC, and DHS; JCF duties - SB942

Elections Commission: calling for the resignations of the administrator, assistant administrator, and five commissioners; removal and AG investigation provisions - AJR111

Elections Commission castigated by the Senate for ignoring statutory requirements and sidestepping the administrative rulemaking process, and directed to comply with LAB recommendations - SR11

Elections Commission dissolved and Secretary of State to assume duties; implementation of LAB recommendations and report required - AB981

Elections Commission grants to municipalities and counties for election administration - SB1076

Elections Commission offices moved to the City of Wausau - AB511

Elections Commission required to reimburse counties and municipalities for certain costs re special primaries and special elections for state office - AB21

Elections Commission required to reimburse counties and municipalities for certain costs re special primaries and special elections for state office - SB21

Elections Commission required to submit guidance documents issued to municipal clerks to JCRAR - AB1006

Elections Commission required to submit guidance documents issued to municipal clerks to JCRAR - SB943

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions, proof of ID required, and penalty provisions - AB1002

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions and penalty provisions - AB180

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions and penalty provisions - SB206

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions and penalty provisions; conditions for removal from status list specified [S.Amdts.1, 2, and 3: further revisions] - SB937

Ineligible voters removed from official voter registration list - AB847

Ineligible voters removed from official voter registration list - SB804

Initiative and referendum powers reserved to the people: petition process which people may propose and approve laws and constitutional amendments and referendum process which people may reject an act of the legislature created, Election Commission duties. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR100

Initiative and referendum powers reserved to the people: petition process which people may propose and approve laws and constitutional amendments and referendum process which people may reject an act of the legislature created, Election Commission duties. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR76

Investigations by Elections Commission re registered voters who may have voted more than once in the same election or voted despite being disqualified; municipal clerks and Electronic Registration Information Center provisions - AB398

Investigations by Elections Commission re registered voters who may have voted more than once in the same election or voted despite being disqualified; municipal clerks and Electronic Registration Information Center provisions - SB393

Minutes of meetings and hearings of the Elections Commission required to be posted to its Internet site - AB172

Minutes of meetings and hearings of the Elections Commission required to be posted to its Internet site - SB208

Non-judicial elective state officials required to serve as election officials; Senate, Assembly, and legislative committees prohibited from meeting on election days - AB359

Non-judicial elective state officials required to serve as election officials; Senate, Assembly, and legislative committees prohibited from meeting on election days - SB363

Oversight of elections in this state: changes re federal funds, federal election guidance, registration and voting statistics, Elections Commission legal counsel, and archived copy of the registration list; reports and LAB duties - AB996

Oversight of elections in this state: changes re federal funds, federal election guidance, registration and voting statistics, Elections Commission legal counsel, and archived copy of the registration list; reports and LAB duties - SB941

Petitions for public hearings on legislative bills: provisions created - SB265

Ranked-choice voting for the election of all federal, state, and local officials; recall elections excluded - AB150

Ranked-choice voting for the election of all federal, state, and local officials; recall elections excluded - SB240

Voter registration changes re change of name, proof of residence provisions, and registration verification letter or postcard - AB305

Voter registration changes re change of name, proof of residence provisions, and registration verification letter or postcard - SB179

Voter registration list: appropriation for money from sales [Sec. 494, 611, 9212 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.2: Sec. 89, 166, 9212 (1)] - AB68

Voter registration list: appropriation for money from sales [Sec. 494, 611, 9212 (1)] - SB111

Voting at retirement homes and residential care facilities during public health emergency or infectious disease incident; use of private resources for election administration prohibited; election fraud committed by election officials expanded; appointment of poll workers prohibitions; municipal board of canvassers may recess under certain conditions; JRCCP may report - AB1004

Voting at retirement homes and residential care facilities during public health emergency or infectious disease incident; use of private resources for election administration prohibited; election fraud committed by election officials expanded; appointment of poll workers prohibitions; municipal board of canvassers may recess under certain conditions; JRCCP may report - SB935

Voting rights restored to person convicted of a felon: DOC or jailer required to provide voter registration assistance - AB1166

Wisconsin election reform legislation; forensic physical and cyber audit of the 2020 general election; reclaiming fraudulent electoral ballots - AJR120

electoral college Electoral college

Violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 condemned; affirming Joseph R. Biden and Kamala D. Harris as winners of Wisconsin’s Electoral College votes for U.S. President and Vice President; and condolences to the family of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick - SR3

electric utility Electric utility, see also Public utility

Broadband programs and requirements changes; public school financing law changes; fee remission program for technical colleges and two-year UW System schools - SB1104

Community solar programs: establishment authorized; zoning and sunset provisions - AB527

Community solar programs: establishment authorized; zoning and sunset provisions - SB490

Decommissioned power production plant: phase out of utility aid payments to counties and municipalities - AB489

Decommissioned power production plant: phase out of utility aid payments to counties and municipalities - SB468

Electric providers allowed to use easements for broadband infrastructure [Sec. 2394, 9151 (2)] [original bill only] - AB68

Electric providers allowed to use easements for broadband infrastructure [Sec. 2394, 9151 (2)] - SB111

Environmental trust financing used for retiring electric generating facility fueled by nonrenewable combustible energy resources [Sec. 2402, 2403] [original bill only] - AB68

Environmental trust financing used for retiring electric generating facility fueled by nonrenewable combustible energy resources [Sec. 2402, 2403] - SB111

High-voltage transmission line fee administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 163-168, 454, 456, 2419, 9101 (2)] [original bill only] - AB68

High-voltage transmission line fee administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 163-168, 454, 456, 2419, 9101 (2)] - SB111

Incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain a transmission facility approved in the Midwest Independent System Operator’s (MISO) transmission plan - AB892

Incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain a transmission facility approved in the Midwest Independent System Operator’s (MISO) transmission plan - SB838

PSC to require retail electric utilities and cooperatives to survey customers about broadband service availability and Internet service providers to disclose certain information to improve broadband mapping - SB1095

Social cost of carbon considered by PSC when issuing certificates for certain public utility projects; annual report required [Sec. 2400, 9336 (1)] [original bill only] - AB68

Social cost of carbon considered by PSC when issuing certificates for certain public utility projects; annual report required [Sec. 2400, 9336 (1)] - SB111

Social cost of carbon emissions: PSC required to evaluate on annual basis; considerations and annual report provisions - AB801

Social cost of carbon emissions: PSC required to evaluate on annual basis; considerations and annual report provisions - SB760

electric vehicle Electric vehicle, see Motor vehicle

electricity Electricity

Electric vehicle charging station: a person supplying the electricity is not regulated as a public utility [Sec. 2399] [original bill only] - AB68

Electric vehicle charging station: a person supplying the electricity is not regulated as a public utility [Sec. 2399] - SB111

Electric vehicle charging stations: person may charge fee to users and is not a public utility; owning, operating, and managing by political subdivisions or DOT provisions - AB588

Electric vehicle charging stations: person may charge fee to users and is not a public utility; owning, operating, and managing by political subdivisions or DOT provisions - SB573

Electricity generated from renewable resources: person that controls the equipment is exempt from the definition of a public utility, conditions specified; electric public utility provision - AB731

Electricity generated from renewable resources: person that controls the equipment is exempt from the definition of a public utility, conditions specified; electric public utility provision - SB702

Truax Field electrical micro grid system study [Sec. 9131 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Sec. 9131 (2)] - AB68

Truax Field electrical micro grid system study [Sec. 9131 (1)] - SB111

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing

electronic mail Electronic mail, see Data processing

electronic signature Electronic signature, see Data processing

electronic speed_detection device Electronic speed-detection device, see Motor vehicle — Regulation — Speed

electronic voting system Electronic voting system, see Voting machine

electronics recycling Electronics recycling, see Recycling

elevator Elevator, see Public safety

email Email, see Data processing

emergency declaration Emergency declaration, see Governor

emergency detention Emergency detention, see Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

emergency government Emergency government, see also Governor

Emergency management assistance compact appropriation [Sec. 445, 447] [original bill only] - AB68