2023 Senate Authors

Homestead tax: maximum income threshold increased and indexed for inflation - SB456

Housing assistance for MA recipients from certified providers: DHS to request federal waiver to reimburse services - SB724

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2023 proclaimed as - AJR9

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2023 proclaimed as - SJR9

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2024 proclaimed as - AJR108

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2024 proclaimed as - SJR99

Human trafficking prevention: instructing students in licensed schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools to recognize and report required - AB981

Human trafficking prevention: instructing students in licensed schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools to recognize and report required - SB960

Impoundment of vehicles by law enforcement for certain reckless driving offenses: municipalities may enact ordinance authorizing - SB92

In-person visiting periods for inmates of state correctional institutions, jails, or houses of correction - SB763

Job guarantee and full employment grant program: DWD to conduct study - AB1219

Job guarantee and full employment grant program: DWD to conduct study - SB1110

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2023 proclaimed as - AJR59

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2023 proclaimed as - SJR56

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2023 proclaimed as - SJR57

Juvenile court jurisdiction: age raised from 17 to 18; appropriation for 17-year-old juvenile justice aids to counties - SB1067

Lead hazard in a dwelling: nonrefundable individual and corporate income tax credit created re costs for eliminating exposure to - AB888

Lead hazard in a dwelling: nonrefundable individual and corporate income tax credit created re costs for eliminating exposure to - SB861

Lead service line replacement: Safe Drinking Water Loan Program bonding authority increased to provide forgivable loans to private users - AB887

Lead service line replacement: Safe Drinking Water Loan Program bonding authority increased to provide forgivable loans to private users - SB860

Legal services for low-income tenants in eviction cases: DOA grant program created - AB695

Local family and medical leave ordinances: prohibition eliminated - AB478

Local family and medical leave ordinances: prohibition eliminated - SB469

Mandatory stay of eviction proceedings against a tenant who applied for emergency assistance under W-2: restriction eliminated - SB657

Marijuana legalization: recreational use amount limited; production, processing, and selling permit; medical marijuana registry; drug screening and testing; employment discrimination; equity grants; excise tax; law enforcement training program; JRCCP may report; JSCTE appendix report - SB486

Marijuana possession or distribution: penalty for no more than 28 grams eliminated; distributing to a minor and ordinance provisions - SB1113

Maternal Health Month: May 2023 observed as - SJR46

Maternity and newborn care: disability insurance and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover essential health benefit specified by OCI; social and financial impact report required - SB341

Mental health training provided by DPI to school districts and independent charter schools: adding social and emotional learning to evidence-based strategies - SB534

Milwaukee Rufus King Cheer and Stunt Team congratulated on their two 2023 division titles in the Wisconsin Association of Cheer and Pom Coaches (WACPC) championship competition - SJR34

Minimum salaries for public school teachers established - SB511

Minimum wage for inmates working in state correctional institutions or employed by the Bureau of Correctional Enterprises - SB862

Minority health grants from DHS: priority to applicants providing maternal and child health services - AB1208

Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - SB568

Moratorium on evictions: repealing prohibition on political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing ordinances - AB707

Moratorium on evictions: repealing prohibition on political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing ordinances - SB670

Nondisparagement provisions in employment contract after termination of employment or agency prohibited - AB903

Notification of rights of inmates, adult and juvenile: DOC and sheriffs required to provide in writing, update provisions - AB812

Notification of rights of inmates, adult and juvenile: DOC and sheriffs required to provide in writing, update provisions - SB772

Patient right to medically accurate information: health care provider obligation to provide and civil action provisions created; employment retribution prohibited - SB733

Personal hygiene products for inmates: availability in prisons, jails, and houses of correction - AB797

Personal hygiene products for inmates: availability in prisons, jails, and houses of correction - SB797

Preadoption training: in-person via live videoconference allowed - SB381

Preemption on local government regulation of firearms eliminated - SB1100

Pregnant and postpartum persons in the custody of a correctional facility: use of physical restraints limited; testing for pregnancy and STDs and access to certain health services related to pregnancy - SB1013

Presidential electors for losing candidates: public office prohibitions created, conditions specified - SB1102

Prevailing wage rate for certain public works projects, DWD duties; competitive bidding requirement for local transportation project funded with certain state funds; JRCCP may report - SB540

Prostitution: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under age 18 prohibited - SB55

PTSD as a mitigating factor: court may consider when sentencing a military veteran - SB695

Public assistance applicants provided with opportunity to or information on registering to vote - AB585

Public assistance revisions: housing, homelessness, and indigence; workforce development, job, and income supports; community action agencies; lead exposure and abatement; sober living residences; nonemergency medical transportation; annual report on poverty; and transportation - SB557

Public library and school library materials: conditions on initiating complaints that materials should be removed or restricted - AB783

Public library and school library materials: conditions on initiating complaints that materials should be removed or restricted - SB824

Pupils who have asthma: schools required to adopt a management plan which includes standing orders for short-acting bronchodilators; advanced practice nurse prescriber, physician assistant, and physician provisions and civil liability immunity - SB854

Race-based discrimination includes traits historically associated with race, “protective hairstyle” defined - SB246

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: restores law prior to enactment of 2013 WisAct 115; DPI grant to school board that terminates use - SB507

Reckless driving penalties increased; JRCCP may report - SB90

Reimbursement rate for special education costs - SB506

Rent abatement for tenants: DATCP to promulgate rules specifying items and amounts - SB726

Residential tenant’s right to counsel in an eviction action, notice provisions - SB658

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for the costs of employing school nurses - SB509

Right to work law repealed; all-union agreement provisions; WERC duties - SB519

School and public library personnel licensing: DPI positions increased - SB510

School district employees: municipal employers required to offer health insurance plan offered by GIB - AB519

School district employees: municipal employers required to offer health insurance plan offered by GIB - SB492

School mental health and pupil wellness aid expenditures eligible for reimbursement under the state categorical aid program - SB535

School-based mental health services grants: funding increased - SB536

Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited, including as punishment for a crime. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR95

Small claims eviction action for noncompliance with stipulated judgments of dismissal: procedural safeguards - SB661

State procurement or public works projects contracts: 2017 WisAct 3 prohibitions repealed - SB637

Step therapy protocol for certain cancer drugs: insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or utilization review organization prohibited from requiring - SB807

Storm water retention pond safety requirements - SB1017

Taylor, Lena C.: service of former state Senator honored and wish her success as a circuit court judge for Milwaukee County - SJR131

Teacher longevity bonuses established - SB493

Teacher preparation time: school board required to provide - SB496

Tests and ancillary procedures needed for services for which health insurance coverage is mandated: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover - AB790

TID life extension for housing stock improvement; DOA appendix report - AB862

TID life extension for housing stock improvement; DOA appendix report - SB825

Trafficking an adult at risk for the purpose of commercial sex acts: felony penalty increased; JRCCP may report - AB971

Trafficking an adult at risk for the purpose of commercial sex acts: felony penalty increased; JRCCP may report - SB942

Transit Equity Day proclaimed February 4, 2024 - SJR108

Tuition remission to students who were in foster care or other out-of-home placements: UW and technical college district boards to grant; DCF and HEAB provisions - AB1142

Tuition remission to students who were in foster care or other out-of-home placements: UW and technical college district boards to grant; DCF and HEAB provisions - SB1046

Unaccompanied youth’s authority to consent to, contract for, and receive medical care without a parent’s or guardian’s consent; conditions specified - AB729

Unaccompanied youth’s authority to consent to, contract for, and receive medical care without a parent’s or guardian’s consent; conditions specified - SB704

UW student health services funding re mental and behavioral health - SB533

Violence prevention grant program for local health department or tribal health centers created, conditions set; appropriation from excise tax on vapor products - AB1221

Violence prevention grant program for local health department or tribal health centers created, conditions set; appropriation from excise tax on vapor products - SB1109

Wage transparency in job listings: salary and wage range and other benefits required to be listed and employer required to retain records for set amount of time - AB905