2023 Senate Authors

Admission to CBRF or nursing home from a hospital of an incapacitated individual by a patient’s representative; allocation of nursing home beds for patients with complex needs; complex patient pilot program provisions - SB1027

Advanced practice RN licensure system created; nurse-midwife license and practice requirements repealed; prescription authority and medical malpractice insurance provisions - SB145

Affidavit disclaiming parental rights in a TPR hearing allowed; payments to out-of-state private child placing agency allowed - SB80

Anatomical gift, organ transplant, and related services: discrimination based on vaccination status prohibited - AB955

Anatomical gift, organ transplant, and related services: discrimination based on vaccination status prohibited - SB933

Anti-choking device required as part of every school’s first aid kit, training provision - AB163

Anti-choking device required as part of every school’s first aid kit, training provision - SB156

Authorized operations of financial institutions revisions re credit unions, ATM locations and interference with made a crime, S&L lending areas, mortgage loans, promissory notes of certain public bodies, and public deposit losses; JRCCP may report; rules repealed [Admin.Code DFI-Bkg 14.03, DFI-SB 12.03, DFI-SL 12.03] - SB773

BadgerCare Plus program changes re disenrollment of ineligible individuals, redeterminations of eligibility, and failure of recipient to report eligibility changes; DHS data sharing agreements with other agencies to confirm public assistance eligibility - SB245

Breast cancer screening: supplemental or diagnostic examinations required to be covered by health insurance policies and MA - AB117

Breast cancer screening: supplemental or diagnostic examinations required to be covered by health insurance policies and MA - SB121

Business that operate a child care program for their employees’ children: income and franchise tax credit created - SB623

CDL training grant program established by DWD, sunset provision - SB271

Certified child care operators allowed to provide care for up to six children under age seven - SB425

Changes to shared revenue; retirement systems in first class cities and counties, sales tax provision; personal property tax eliminated; certain discrimination prohibition in political subdivision hiring and contracting; high schools to collect data on certain criminal or ordinance violations on school property; maintenance of effort for protective services required; advisory referendum prohibition; DOR report on local government spending; local health officer mandate to close a business; levy limit reduction for service transfers; local regulations of nonmetallic quarries; emergency medical responder certification; ambulance staffing; rural ambulance service providers; JCF approval of Stewardship projects; JSCTE and JSCRS appendix reports - SB301

Child care center renovations revolving loan fund and program established - SB421

Children of veterans eligible to receive state higher education benefits: minimum age lowered - SB820

Civic education: required model curriculum and instructional materials for elementary and high school grades; high school diploma requirement; charter school and private schools participating in a parental choice program and reports provisions - SB837

College savings account individual tax treatment and employee college savings account contribution credit revisions; JSCTE appendix report - AB793

College savings account individual tax treatment and employee college savings account contribution credit revisions; JSCTE appendix report - SB752

Community solar programs: establishment authorized, zoning provision - SB226

Cosmetology Examining Board membership revised - SB1031

Cremation permit application form: DHS to design, issuance of permit provision - SB440

Diabetes Awareness Month: November 2023 recognized as - AJR93

Diabetes Awareness Month: November 2023 recognized as - SJR89

Diapers and feminine hygiene products: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB226

Direct primary care agreements and exemption from insurance law - AB953

Direct primary care agreements and exemption from insurance law - SB905

Dogs that are service animals: license fee exemption - AB752

Dogs that are service animals: license fee exemption - SB728

Duty of pharmacists to dispense any lawfully prescribed drug or device without delay - AB626

Duty of pharmacists to dispense any lawfully prescribed drug or device without delay - SB705

EITC name changed to earned income child care tax credit - AB228

EITC name changed to earned income child care tax credit - SB227

Election law revisions: early canvassing of absentee ballots, central counting locations, election night reporting, timeline for sending or transmitting absentee ballots, whistleblower protections, court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote, and verification of voter citizenship status - AB567

Election law revisions: early canvassing of absentee ballots, central counting locations, election night reporting, timeline for sending or transmitting absentee ballots, whistleblower protections, court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote, and verification of voter citizenship status - SB685

Family Meals Month: September 2023 recognized as - AJR70

Family Meals Month: September 2023 recognized as - SJR67

Federally chartered youth membership organizations: upon request, public and independent charter schools to allow representatives to provide information to pupils on school property - AB592

Federally chartered youth membership organizations: upon request, public and independent charter schools to allow representatives to provide information to pupils on school property - SB549

Financial aid reduction restrictions for institutions of higher education - AB86

Financial aid reduction restrictions for institutions of higher education - SB95

Financial assistance for adoption grant program established in DCF; report required - SB346

Fitting and dealing in hearing aids definition limited to prescription hearing aids; hearing instrument specialist certificate to engage in cerumen management - AB431

Fitting and dealing in hearing aids definition limited to prescription hearing aids; hearing instrument specialist certificate to engage in cerumen management - SB419

Free speech and academic freedom standards and due process in disciplinary proceedings established at UW System and TCS institutions; civil cause of action, grant funding, and Wisconsin grant funding provisions - AB553

Free speech and academic freedom standards and due process in disciplinary proceedings established at UW System and TCS institutions; civil cause of action, grant funding, and Wisconsin grant funding provisions - SB575

Full-time open enrollment program: state aid adjustments - SB653

Garnishment of earnings of certain debtors: 13-week limit eliminated - SB327

Grade promotion prohibited if pupil was absent more than 30 days, exceptions specified; school boards, private schools participating in a parental choice program, and independent charter schools required to adopt written policy - SB969

Grounds for annulment: adding no pregnancy after less than one year of marriage - SB51

Guaranteed admission program to UW System institutions and technical colleges created; school boards, charter school operators, and governing bodies of private schools and tribal schools requirements - AB370

Guaranteed admission program to UW System institutions and technical colleges created; school boards, charter school operators, and governing bodies of private schools and tribal schools requirements - SB367

Habitually truant child: notice to parent or guardian to include information on requesting evaluation for a disability or review of existing IEP - SB968

HEAB Wisconsin Grant program changes and revisions re talent incentive grants, emergency financial need grants, and Selective Service registration as a condition for aid - SB380

Health care providers ordering or discussing innovative or novel therapies: discrimination or retaliation by health care entities or credentialing boards prohibited, conditions specified; gender transition exception - SB922

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: restitution order considerations re each minor child of the victim - SB87

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day: fourth Wednesday in February recognized as; requesting Governor to issue annual proclamation - AJR49

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day: fourth Wednesday in February recognized as; requesting Governor to issue annual proclamation - SJR45

Immersive work opportunity program for prison inmates created - SB461

Immunization Awareness Month: August 2023 recognized as - SJR65

Importance of sturgeon to Wisconsin recognized; State Sturgeon Spearing Day designated the second Saturday of February in 2024 - SJR101

Incidents in a school building or on school grounds: public and charter schools required to report to law enforcement; employment of armed school resource officer (SRO); DPI to reimburse schools with certain federal moneys - AB69

Individual income tax rate in certain bracket lowered; retirement income subtraction expanded; JSCTE appendix report - AB386

Individual income tax rate in certain bracket lowered; retirement income subtraction expanded; JSCTE appendix report - SB435

Individual income tax subtraction for payments or distributions for qualified retirement plans or certain IRAs increased and expanded; JSCTE appendix report - AB1021

Individual income tax subtraction for payments or distributions for qualified retirement plans or certain IRAs increased and expanded; JSCTE appendix report - SB978

Ineligible voters removed from official voter registration list - SB26

Interstate Massage Compact ratified - AB716

Interstate Massage Compact ratified - SB805

Kratom products made from the leaf of the Mitragyna speciosa plant: manufacture, distribution, delivery, and possession regulated - AB393

Kratom products made from the leaf of the Mitragyna speciosa plant: manufacture, distribution, delivery, and possession regulated - SB445

Lactococcus lactis (bacterium) designated as the state microbe, Blue Book provision - AB800

Lactococcus lactis (bacterium) designated as the state microbe, Blue Book provision - SB779

Lifetime fishing license to residents established; lifetime fishing trust fund created - SB68

MA program supplemental payments to hospitals with avoidable patient days and enhanced nursing home reimbursement rates re residents with bariatric and extensive would care; complex patient pilot program funding - AB1086

MA program supplemental payments to hospitals with avoidable patient days and enhanced nursing home reimbursement rates re residents with bariatric and extensive would care: DHS duties and federal waiver provision - AB1087

MA program supplemental payments to hospitals with avoidable patient days and enhanced nursing home reimbursement rates re residents with bariatric and extensive would care: DHS duties and federal waiver provision - SB1028

MA program supplemental payments to hospitals with avoidable patient days and enhanced nursing home reimbursement rates re residents with bariatric and extensive would care; complex patient pilot program funding - SB1029

Manufacturing Month: October 2023 recognized as - SJR77

Maximum age for justices and judges set - SB569

Medical necessity for abortion and exceptions in cases of rape or incest: statutes clarified - SB299

Medical research informed consent requirements created; chief surgeons of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force provision - AB1076

Medical research informed consent requirements created; chief surgeons of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force provision - SB1020

Mental health clubhouses: DHS grant created; conditions and definition provisions - AB351

Mental health clubhouses: DHS grant created; conditions and definition provisions - SB350

Military voter required to provide identification when applying for an absentee ballot - AB299

Military voter required to provide identification when applying for an absentee ballot - SB306

Mistreating animals: grievous bodily harm defined, penalty revisions, and hunting dog exemption - SB65