2023 Senate Authors

Animal-drawn vehicle: counties may enact an ordinance requiring registration; fee and town provisions - AB170

Architects and engineers: selection by committee for state projects modified - SB45

ATV, UTV, off-highway motorcycles (OHM), and snowmobile laws revised re careless operation, emergency operation, authorized emergency and patrol vehicles, operation on highways and bridges, and highway maintenance manual revisions - AB1039

ATV, UTV, off-highway motorcycles (OHM), and snowmobile laws revised re careless operation, emergency operation, authorized emergency and patrol vehicles, operation on highways and bridges, and highway maintenance manual revisions - SB959

Authorized State Building Program for 2023-25 amended to add UW System projects; transfer from general fund to capital improvement fund - AB921

Authorized State Building Program for 2023-25 amended to add UW System projects; transfer from general fund to capital improvement fund - SB895

Battery or threat of against a juror or juror’s family member: felony penalty increased; judge can prohibit convicted person from contacting a juror; JRCCP may report - SB402

Broadband expansion grant program changes re unserved areas, speed standards, criteria for evaluation applications, low-cost option, and challenge to awarding a grant - AB303

Broadband expansion grant program changes re unserved areas, speed standards, criteria for evaluation applications, low-cost option, and challenge to awarding a grant - SB325

Business operated by minors: political subdivision cannot require a license or permit if operated only occasionally - SB899

Charitable organization registration and reporting requirement changes - AB912

Charitable organization registration and reporting requirement changes - SB851

Consumer data protection: requirements for controllers and processors of personal data of consumers established; AG, penalty, and ordinance provisions - SB642

County jailers classified as protective occupation participant status for WRS purposes, MERA provision; JSCRS may report - AB28

County jailers classified as protective occupation participant status for WRS purposes, MERA provision; JSCRS may report - SB28

Crisis urgent care and observation facilities: DHS to establish certification process and grants program; MA waiver provision - AB467

Crisis urgent care and observation facilities: DHS to establish certification process and grants program; MA waiver provision - SB462

Cursive writing required to be incorporated into the model academic standards for English language arts - SB873

Dairy Month in Wisconsin: June 2023 proclaimed as - SJR53

Delivery and transportation network companies: couriers and drivers are not employees for WC, minimum wage, and UI purposes; portable benefit accounts and insurance coverage provisions; rules modified [Admin.Code Ins 3.14, 3.15] - SB559

Design professional services: prohibiting enforcement of indemnification provision in a contract with the state or a political subdivision - SB491

Direct reimbursement of EMS by health benefit plan to EMS provider - SB287

Electric vehicle charging stations: person supplying electricity exempt from public utility regulation; prohibitions on local governments and state agencies from owning, operating, managing, or leasing; excise tax on electric vehicle charging, residence exception; JRCCP may report - AB846

Electric vehicle charging stations: person supplying electricity exempt from public utility regulation; prohibitions on local governments and state agencies from owning, operating, managing, or leasing; excise tax on electric vehicle charging, residence exception; JRCCP may report - SB791

Electric vehicle infrastructure program: DOT may establish and administer - AB847

Electric vehicle infrastructure program: DOT may establish and administer - SB792

Expenditure of moneys from the federal government: legislature may not delegate sole power of how it may be spent and JCF approval required before initial allocation by executive branch. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) - AJR6

Expenditure of moneys from the federal government: legislature may not delegate sole power of how it may be spent and JCF approval required before initial allocation by executive branch. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) - SJR5

Financial institutions prohibited from using firearm merchant codes for retail payment card transactions; governmental entities prohibited from keeping lists of firearms owners, exception for criminal investigations or prosecutions - SB466

Foreign ownership of agricultural and forestry land: limitations and exceptions revised; enforcement authority transferred from AG to DATCP - SB348

Human growth and development curriculum advisory committee membership - SB252

Hunting, trapping, and fishing approvals: nonresident approval fee changes - AB1036

Hunting, trapping, and fishing approvals: nonresident approval fee changes - SB993

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; regionally cost-shared transmission line and PSC provisions - SB481

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions, proof of ID required, and penalty provisions; JRCCP may report - SB582

Individual income tax: second tax bracket expanded - AB1020

Individual income tax: second tax bracket expanded - SB977

Institutions for mental disease: DHS to cover costs for MA services provided to beneficiaries housed in; federal waiver provision - AB616

Institutions for mental disease: DHS to cover costs for MA services provided to beneficiaries housed in; federal waiver provision - SB635

Interest rates on late, nondelinquent taxes or fees owed to and overpayments refunded by DOR - AB1089

Interest rates on late, nondelinquent taxes or fees owed to and overpayments refunded by DOR - SB1021

Internal Revenue Code changes made by specified federal acts adopted; JSCTE appendix report - AB406

Internal Revenue Code changes made by specified federal acts adopted; JSCTE appendix report - SB389

Jury service: court may excuse persons at least 70 years of age - SB405

Labeling a food product as milk: prohibition created; DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - AB952

Labeling a food product as milk: prohibition created; DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - SB886

Labeling food as a type of dairy product prohibited unless the food is a dairy product; DATCP duties; enactment by other states required - AB999

Labeling food as a type of dairy product prohibited unless the food is a dairy product; DATCP duties; enactment by other states required - SB947

Legislative redistricting: new procedure for preparing the plans, LRB duties specified; Redistricting Advisory Commission created and parameters set - SB488

MA reimbursement for nontransport ambulance services; technical college grants for EMS courses; tuition and materials reimbursement re EMS certification or licensure; EMS Board annual report; levy limit exception; fire dues program eligible expenses; live 911 pilot program; Expenditure Restraint Program exclusion; reports required - AB1168

MA reimbursement for nontransport ambulance services; technical college grants for EMS courses; tuition and materials reimbursement re EMS certification or licensure; EMS Board annual report; levy limit exception; fire dues program eligible expenses; live 911 pilot program; Expenditure Restraint Program exclusion; reports required - SB1074

National Wild Turkey Federation: 50th anniversary commemorated - AJR26

National Wild Turkey Federation: 50th anniversary commemorated - SJR28

Nonprofit organizations promoting the operation of ATVs and UTVs: changes to DNR appropriation for communication equipment and producing maps and digital information - AB238

Nonprofit organizations promoting the operation of ATVs and UTVs: changes to DNR appropriation for communication equipment and producing maps and digital information - SB239

“Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Highway”: designating and marking STH 80 as - AB243

“Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Highway”: designating and marking STH 80 as - SB249

Premier resort area tax rate: certain municipalities allowed to increase; public safety provision - SB451

Public funds used by state senators or representatives to distribute substantially identical materials prior to a general election: provisions revised - SB408

Real estate transfer fee: amount and distribution revised - SB274

Respiratory care practitioners allowed as part of ambulance staffing on any aircraft transporting pediatric patients between hospitals - AB224

Respiratory care practitioners allowed as part of ambulance staffing on any aircraft transporting pediatric patients between hospitals - SB221

Rural EMS providers added to the Emergency Medical Services Board - AB562

Rural EMS providers added to the Emergency Medical Services Board - SB526

Seasonally maintained highways: town may designate highway or portion of highway as; snowmobile route provision - AB649

Seasonally maintained highways: town may designate highway or portion of highway as; snowmobile route provision - SB612

State park camping sites: reservation process and fees in certain parks modified; rule revised [Admin.Code NR 45.10] - AB818

State park camping sites: reservation process and fees in certain parks modified; rule revised [Admin.Code NR 45.10] - SB770

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; once deficit is eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR117

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; once deficit is eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR106

Statewide public safety interoperable communication system upgrades: grant program for local units of government - AB219

Statewide public safety interoperable communication system upgrades: grant program for local units of government - SB218

Statutes and rules examinations for certain health care professions prohibited - SB160

Taiwan: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to sister-city and sister-state ties, endorsing signing of the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States, and participation in certain international organizations - SJR6

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; JSCTE appendix report - AB658

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; JSCTE appendix report - SB616

Theft of property: misdemeanor and felony thresholds modified; JRCCP may report - SB25

TID number 10 in the City of Evansville: 12 percent rule does not apply - AB834

TID number 10 in the City of Evansville: 12 percent rule does not apply - SB787

Tinted windows on government-owned vehicles: exception to tinting limitations set by DOT - SB525

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Day: June 7, 2024 proclaimed as - AJR121

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Day: June 7, 2024 proclaimed as - SJR107

U.S. citizenship required for technical college district board membership - SB522

UW System branch campus redevelopment grants from WEDC to political subdivisions; Richland County provision - AB540

UW System branch campus redevelopment grants from WEDC to political subdivisions; Richland County provision - SB518

Wisconsin agricultural autonomy and food security supported - SJR91

Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at UW Stevens Point: Board of Regents required to provide funding - AB454

Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at UW Stevens Point: Board of Regents required to provide funding - SB449

Wisconsin Merit scholarships awarded to UW System students: sunset eliminated - SB84