2023 Senate Authors

Nonprofit hospital property tax exemption: charity care requirement increased - AB1152

Nonprofit hospital property tax exemption: charity care requirement increased - SB1047

Notice of change in polling place location - SB570

Nurse staffing plan requirement and minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals established; RN right to refuse work assignment and mandatory overtime prohibited; penalty provisions - AB489

Nurse staffing plan requirement and minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals established; RN right to refuse work assignment and mandatory overtime prohibited; penalty provisions - SB470

Open alcohol containers and consumption of alcohol in or on an ATV or UTV prohibited - SB262

Outdoor access by inmates: DOC and sheriffs required to provide certain amount - AB814

Outdoor access by inmates: DOC and sheriffs required to provide certain amount - SB776

Parking structures: periodic professional engineer inspections required, report provision - AB1121

Parking structures: periodic professional engineer inspections required, report provision - SB1043

Payments to private schools when a pupil withdraws from a parental choice program, SNSP, or an independent charter school - AB532

Payments to private schools when a pupil withdraws from a parental choice program, SNSP, or an independent charter school - SB502

Per diem and mileage allowances for legislators: payment prohibited for certain period following enactment of a biennial budget act containing a public employee compensation increase; JCOER provision - AB996

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

Political action committee definition revised for campaign finance purposes - AB635

Political action committee definition revised for campaign finance purposes - SB603

Preemption on local government regulation of firearms eliminated - AB1199

Preemption on local government regulation of firearms eliminated - SB1100

Presidential or vice-presidential campaigns: local governments may require advance payment for expected public event costs - SB1107

Property tax bill required to include information re gross reduction in state aid to school districts - SB504

Public Bank of Wisconsin: authority created and supervised by the Division of Banking, reports required; Board of Advisors created and attached to DFI - AB1220

Public Bank of Wisconsin: authority created and supervised by the Division of Banking, reports required; Board of Advisors created and attached to DFI - SB1106

Public employee collective bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment revised; dispute settlement procedure, selection of bargaining unit representatives, and bargaining unit certification provisions - AB908

Public employee collective bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment revised; dispute settlement procedure, selection of bargaining unit representatives, and bargaining unit certification provisions - SB564

Pupil anti-discrimination law applied to private schools participating in MPCP, RPCP, WPCP, or SNSP; discrimination on the basis of gender identity or gender expression prohibition provision - SB505

Purchase of vaccines: DHS to establish program providing vaccines to individuals not eligible for vaccines at no cost from a federal program - SB418

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 - AB528

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

Rate increases for health insurance: filing before rate is applied required, OCI approval for certain increases required - AB791

Records and correspondence of legislative members: "public record" definition exclusion eliminated - AB164

Records and correspondence of legislative members: "public record" definition exclusion eliminated - SB146

Recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions, county jails, and houses of correction - SB731

Reimbursement rate for special education costs - AB527

Reimbursement rate for special education costs - SB506

Rent abatement and retaliatory conduct of the landlord - SB677

Reporting place of employment of campaign finance contributors: amount required for report increased - AB662

Reporting place of employment of campaign finance contributors: amount required for report increased - SB600

Residential tenant’s right to counsel in an eviction action, notice provisions - AB698

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

Retail business that sells firearms: storage requirements when the business is unattended - AB761

Retail business that sells firearms: storage requirements when the business is unattended - SB764

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for the costs of employing school nurses - AB531

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

Rusty patched bumble bee designated as the state native insect; Blue Book provision - AB363

School and public library personnel licensing: DPI positions increased - AB530

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

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

School lunch and breakfast programs: additional state reimbursement and expanded to include public and private schools; conditions specified - AB754

School lunch and breakfast programs: additional state reimbursement and expanded to include public and private schools; conditions specified - SB720

Skateboards used on roadways: regulations revised - AB448

Skateboards used on roadways: regulations revised - SB446

Small claims eviction action for noncompliance with stipulated judgments of dismissal: procedural safeguards - AB703

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

SNSP phased out; pupil enrollment cap in parental choice programs; DPI duties - AB533

SNSP phased out; pupil enrollment cap in parental choice programs; DPI duties - SB499

Social cost of carbon emissions considered by PSC when issuing certificates for certain electric and public utility projects - SB760

SSI payments: DHS to increase based on consumer price index - AB1148

SSI payments: DHS to increase based on consumer price index - SB1090

State procurement of products and services from Wisconsin-based businesses and setting goals for local governments - AB1114

State procurement of products and services from Wisconsin-based businesses and setting goals for local governments - SB1012

Sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling: health insurance policies required to cover - SB1098

Student ID cards used for voting: expiration provision modified; UW System and TCS institutions required to issue cards that meet voter ID criteria - AB1046

Student ID cards used for voting: expiration provision modified; UW System and TCS institutions required to issue cards that meet voter ID criteria - SB938

Student teacher hourly wage: school boards required to pay and DPI to reimburse - SB497

Support for de-escalation and cease-fire in Israel and in Gaza and the West Bank, return of all hostages, sending humanitarian assistance, and ending the occupation of Palestinian territories - SJR92

Teacher and administrator licensure requirement for private schools participating in a parental choice program or the SNSP; exception provided - AB534

Teacher and administrator licensure requirement for private schools participating in a parental choice program or the SNSP; exception provided - SB500

Teacher longevity bonuses established - AB520

Teacher longevity bonuses established - SB493

Teacher preparation time: school board required to provide - AB523

Teacher preparation time: school board required to provide - SB496

Teacher representative added to school boards - AB525

Teacher representative added to school boards - SB494

Tenant rights and activities tenants and tenant organizers are allowed to engage in - AB694

Tenant rights and activities tenants and tenant organizers are allowed to engage in - SB666

Tipped minimum wage eliminated - AB488

Tipped minimum wage eliminated - SB457

Tourist rooming house: operation of limited to 90 days in a year - AB709

Tourist rooming house: operation of limited to 90 days in a year - SB665

Trampoline park license requirement created; liability coverage and exemptions - AB740

Trampoline park license requirement created; liability coverage and exemptions - SB708

Transparent windows in inmate residential cells and outdoor viewing time required; appropriation provision - AB804

Transportation network companies, drivers, and drivers’ vehicles: local governments allowed to regulate - AB867

Transportation network companies, drivers, and drivers’ vehicles: local governments allowed to regulate - SB850

Trigger lock or secure, lockable container required for commercial sale or transfer of firearms; penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB864

UW System resident undergraduate tuition freeze; general program operations appropriation - AB989

Vaccination of minors 16 years or older without parental consent allowed, conditions set - SB428

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

Violence Prevention, Office of, created in DHS, duties specified; community violence intervention competitive grants for cities and counties - SB901