2023 Senate Authors

Senate Joint Resolutions:2, 5, 28, 47, 52, 70, 78, 74, 83, 96, 101

Senate Resolutions:1

2566 Hesselbein, Sen. Dianne (27th Sen.Dist.; D)

53rd Anniversary of Earth Day: honoring April 22, 2023 as - AJR22

53rd Anniversary of Earth Day: honoring April 22, 2023 as - SJR19

Abusive work environment prohibition created; WC exclusive remedy exception permitting a civil action in circuit court; affirmative defense provision - SB934

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

Cellular telephone use while driving a motor vehicle: prohibition expanded to include school zones - SB830

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

Counties may appropriate money to a nonprofit organization operating a food bank or food pantry - SB539

Crime victim examination by health care provider to gather evidence: DOJ grant programs to reimburse health care provider costs and for recruitment, retention, or training for health care providers; rule revised [Admin.Code Jus 11.16] - SB697

CWD self-service sampling kiosks; contract with private entity allowed - SB799

Deer carcass disposal sites and large metal containers: DNR required to provide; CWD education and funding provisions - SB800

Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact ratified - SB692

Devices that accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm: prohibition on sale, manufacture, transfer, use, and possession; felony penalty provision - AB717

Devices that accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm: prohibition on sale, manufacture, transfer, use, and possession; felony penalty provision - SB679

DPI prohibited from reducing state aid to school district re RCPC or WPCP unless approved by electors in a referendum - AB516

DPI prohibited from reducing state aid to school district re RCPC or WPCP unless approved by electors in a referendum - SB503

Epinephrine auto-injector: cost sharing under health insurance policies and plans capped - AB1044

Epinephrine auto-injector: cost sharing under health insurance policies and plans capped - SB935

Farm to Fork Program established and funding to expand farm to school programs - SB712

Financial exploitation of a vulnerable person: civil cause of action created - SB116

Full-time librarian and instructional media specialist: public schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program required to employ; revenue limit adjustment provision - SB758

“Gender Violence Act” (sex discrimination): civil cause of action created - SB698

Gold Star families and veterans: free state park vehicle admission - AB769

Gold Star families and veterans: free state park vehicle admission - SB693

Health care cost revisions to prescription drugs under MA, insulin, pharmacy benefit managers fiduciary and disclosure requirements, certain 340B program entities drug repository program; diabetes medication pilot project; pharmacist continuing education credits; prescription drug importation program; pharmacy benefits tool grants; prescription drug purchasing entity study; pharmacy services administrative organization licensing; pharmaceutical representatives licensure; insulin safety net programs; JRCCP may report - AB748

Health care cost revisions to prescription drugs under MA, insulin, pharmacy benefit managers fiduciary and disclosure requirements, certain 340B program entities drug repository program; diabetes medication pilot project; pharmacist continuing education credits; prescription drug importation program; pharmacy benefits tool grants; prescription drug purchasing entity study; pharmacy services administrative organization licensing; pharmaceutical representatives licensure; insulin safety net programs; JRCCP may report - SB719

ID scanners provided to alcohol beverage retail licensees by municipalities: prohibition repealed; data from device cannot be collected or retained - AB880

ID scanners provided to alcohol beverage retail licensees by municipalities: prohibition repealed; data from device cannot be collected or retained - SB827

Individuals 17 years of age may vote in a primary election if the individual will be 18 years of age by the election following the primary; statewide referendum required - SB552

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. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR80

Levy limit for adjustments for transferred services revised and TID provisions: 2023 WisAct 12 provisions repealed - AB879

Local family and medical leave ordinances: prohibition eliminated - SB469

Local health officer mandate to close a business to control an outbreak or communicable disease epidemic: 2023 WisAct 12 prohibition repealed - AB858

Local health officer mandate to close a business to control an outbreak or communicable disease epidemic: 2023 WisAct 12 prohibition repealed - SB808

Medicaid expansion; elimination of BadgerCare Plus Core; BadgerCare Reform waiver statutory implementation requirement eliminated - AB745

Medicaid expansion; elimination of BadgerCare Plus Core; BadgerCare Reform waiver statutory implementation requirement eliminated - SB716

Medical aid in dying provisions created; JRCCP may report - AB781

Medical aid in dying provisions created; JRCCP may report - SB739

Medicinal psilocybin treatment on patients with PTSD: pilot program at UW Madison established; trust fund and FDA provisions - SB727

Minimum wage ordinance prohibition eliminated - AB479

Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program established in DNR to assist certain municipalities and home owners - SB785

Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial identified on state highway maps - AB558

Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial identified on state highway maps - SB521

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month: June 2023 designated as - SJR20

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): 50th anniversary in 2025 recognized - SJR112

November 11 (Veterans Day) designated a state holiday and state offices close; paid holidays for state employees provision - SB114

Opioid antagonist supply available in public schools and independent charter schools required - SB206

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: November 2023 proclaimed as - AJR84

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: November 2023 proclaimed as - SJR79

Payday loan regulation exemption for transactions with no finance charge or other fee imposed or accepted from the loan recipient - SB259

Pill tableting or pill encapsulation devices: possession, delivery, or manufacturing of prohibited; exceptions provided; JRCCP may report - SB931

Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board created; Office of Prescription Drug Affordability created in OCI, FTE positions - SB718

Presidential electors for losing candidates: public office prohibitions created, conditions specified - AB1201

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

PTSD as a mitigating factor: court may consider when sentencing a military veteran - AB727

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

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

Recreational vehicles: additional regulations for dealers and the relationship between dealers and manufacturers or distributors; definitions modified for vehicle registration, equipment standards, and certain other vehicle regulations purposes; JRCCP may report - SB225

Regional biodigester grants program - AB795

Regional biodigester grants program - SB750

Revival of AB51, AB102, AB129, AB567, and AB615 for immediate Senate consideration - SR5

School bus safety: examination required for operator’s license renewal and included in driver education courses - SB354

Shared governance at UW System institutions: statutory provisions restored to form prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - AB949

Shared governance at UW System institutions: statutory provisions restored to form prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - SB858

State parks daily admission fees waived April 22nd of each year (Earth Day) - SB142

State procurement or public works projects contracts: 2017 WisAct 3 prohibitions repealed - AB508

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

Statutory right to contraception established - AB366

Statutory right to contraception established - SB365

Step therapy protocol for certain cancer drugs: insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or utilization review organization prohibited from requiring - AB836

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

Student Loan Ombudsman, Office of the, created in DFI; student loan servicer licensing requirements - AB948

Student Loan Ombudsman, Office of the, created in DFI; student loan servicer licensing requirements - SB859

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: October 2023 proclaimed as - SJR86

Technology service access by inmates of state correctional institutions, county jails, and houses of correction: DOC or sheriff to provide; appropriation provision - SB730

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

Tuition grant program for National Guard members: DMA administration changes - SB744

Undetectable firearms manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, and carrying prohibited, plans for manufacture provision; possession of frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number prohibited; JRCCP may report - AB677

Undetectable firearms manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, and carrying prohibited, plans for manufacture provision; possession of frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number prohibited; JRCCP may report - SB636

University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project may request funding from JCF, report required - SB8

UW System faculty tenure and probationary appointments provisions restored to those prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - AB947

UW System faculty tenure and probationary appointments provisions restored to those prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - SB857

Veterans Education Week: second week of November designated as; Governor to issue a proclamation - AB726

Veterans Education Week: second week of November designated as; Governor to issue a proclamation - SB694

Veterans outreach and recovery program positions and funding increased - AB1202

Veterans outreach and recovery program positions and funding increased - SB1101

Veterans Programs, Council on: membership expanded - SB251