2023 Senate Authors

2567 Tomczyk, Sen. Cory (29th Sen.Dist.; R)

Absentee ballots: information required for witness certificate or it cannot be counted; penalty if anyone other than the voter or witness corrects a defect - AB1037

Absentee ballots: information required for witness certificate or it cannot be counted; penalty if anyone other than the voter or witness corrects a defect - SB966

Absentee voting in a qualified retirement home or residential care facility revisions; DHS provision - SB887

Agricultural road improvement grant program established - SB247

American Birkebeiner Week: February 19-25, 2024 proclaimed as - SJR98

American Birkebeiner Week: February 20-26, 2023 proclaimed as - SJR3

Ban on baiting deer in counties with confirmed positive CWD or bovine TB tests modified - SB30

Brandy old-fashioned declared Wisconsin’s state cocktail - AJR88

Brandy old-fashioned declared Wisconsin’s state cocktail - SJR84

Cameras in highway work zones: political subdivision may install and maintain re traffic accidents and other violations - AB651

Cameras in highway work zones: political subdivision may install and maintain re traffic accidents and other violations - SB614

Campaign finance reports: all committees, political parties, and conduits to register with and submit reports to Ethics Commission - SB822

Central bank digital currency (CBDC): state prohibited from accepting payment in this form - AB725

Child support payments in cases where a parent is convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the conception of a child - AB376

Child support payments in cases where a parent is convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the conception of a child - SB375

Childhood obesity prevention and management program created in DHS; grants, reports, and JSCTE appendix report provisions - AB1014

Childhood obesity prevention and management program created in DHS; grants, reports, and JSCTE appendix report provisions - SB953

Childhood obesity prevention and management program grants: DHS funding - AB1015

Childhood obesity prevention and management program grants: DHS funding - SB952

Claims against commercial motor vehicle carriers: limiting recovery of noneconomic damages - AB647

Claims against commercial motor vehicle carriers: limiting recovery of noneconomic damages - SB613

Construction crane booms that pass over adjacent real property: temporary limited easement created - AB621

Construction crane booms that pass over adjacent real property: temporary limited easement created - SB589

Counties may appropriate money to a nonprofit organization operating a food bank or food pantry - AB645

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

Delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way: process for a highway improvement contractor to seek damages, report required; rules modified [Admin.Code Trans 220.06] - AB275

Delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way: process for a highway improvement contractor to seek damages, report required; rules modified [Admin.Code Trans 220.06] - SB270

Earned wage access service companies: regulations created, report required - SB579

Elective official of a political subdivision: eligibility for an office after removal or resignation from that office - AB95

Elective official of a political subdivision: eligibility for an office after removal or resignation from that office - SB104

Farm service license endorsement: seasonal period for “F” endorsement increased - AB74

Farm service license endorsement: seasonal period for “F” endorsement increased - SB66

Farmland preservation tax credit disallowed for acres with a photovoltaic solar energy system - AB480

Farmland preservation tax credit disallowed for acres with a photovoltaic solar energy system - SB468

Federal refugee resettlement and assistance program: local governments required to designate individual for consultation; county refugee placement committee provisions - AB1004

Federal refugee resettlement and assistance program: local governments required to designate individual for consultation; county refugee placement committee provisions - SB916

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

Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project funding; report required - SB220

Fish taken by hook and line: revision to transportation of; photograph provision - SB411

Food products containing cultured animal cells or tissues: sale of without proper label prohibited; penalties and emergency rule provisions - SB544

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

Gathering in places of worship: state and political subdivisions cannot forbid or order closures in response to a state of emergency. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR60

Gathering in places of worship: state and political subdivisions cannot forbid or order closures in response to a state of emergency. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR54

Gender transition medical intervention for individuals under age 18: health care providers prohibited from engaging in, causing the engagement in, or making referrals for; exceptions and examining and credentialing boards provisions - SB480

Gender transition procedure: civil cause of action against health care provider for minor injured by; defense provisions - SB479

Graduate medical training grants: distribution, maximum, eligibility, and renewal revisions; new grant for a graduate medical training consortia created - SB643

Guaranteed income program: political subdivisions may not expend moneys on - SB236

Habitat work plan: DNR required to prepare biennially - SB159

Harboring or transporting a runaway child without guardian or parental consent: crime created; JRCCP may report - AB794

Harboring or transporting a runaway child without guardian or parental consent: crime created; JRCCP may report - SB749

Highway maintenance or construction area: definition expanded re traffic violations - AB89

Highway maintenance or construction area: definition expanded re traffic violations - SB97

Highway setback areas: DOT authority limited - AB422

Highway setback areas: DOT authority limited - SB413

Hmong-Lao Veterans Day recognized May 14, 2023; honoring Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the U.S. in the Vietnam War - AJR43

Hmong-Lao Veterans Day recognized May 14, 2023; honoring Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the U.S. in the Vietnam War - SJR43

Internationally trained physicians and physician assistants: provisional licenses to practice medicine and surgery - AB954

Internationally trained physicians and physician assistants: provisional licenses to practice medicine and surgery - SB900

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from being a member unless the association is governed by the state’s public records and open meetings laws - AB1034

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from being a member unless the association is governed by the state’s public records and open meetings laws - SB980

Jury service: court may excuse persons at least 70 years of age - AB411

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

LAB performance audit of election processes following a general election required; noncompliance and report provisions - AB749

LAB performance audit of election processes following a general election required; noncompliance and report provisions - SB736

Land surveyors reclassified for WC insurance purposes - AB962

Land surveyors reclassified for WC insurance purposes - SB893

Law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program: DHS to establish; report required - SB610

LESB reimbursement to political subdivisions for law enforcement training increased; Office of School Safety to develop school resource officer standards, provide training, and maintain a database - SB209

Local exposition district created by the City of Superior; taxes, bond, and referendum provisions - SB342

Maximum age for justices and judges set - AB552

Maximum age for justices and judges set - SB569

Motor vehicle wholesaler license: office requirements - AB625

Motor vehicle wholesaler license: office requirements - SB588

Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center: funding from DPI to the Milwaukee Jewish Federation in support of - SB833

National motto displayed in every public school and charter school classroom required - AB778

National motto displayed in every public school and charter school classroom required - SB735

Official voter registration list copy: changing how fee is charged - SB397

Oversize or overweight vehicles transporting forest products: permit modifications - AB511

Oversize or overweight vehicles transporting forest products: permit modifications - SB484

Paint collection programs: paint manufacturers required to operate - AB1167

Paint collection programs: paint manufacturers required to operate - SB1073

Paraprofessional experience: DPI to issue provisional license to teach under set criteria - SB608

Pay for performance requirement for grant programs to alleviate homelessness; DOA and political subdivisions my designate certain public property as structured camping facilities for the homeless - AB689

Pay for performance requirement for grant programs to alleviate homelessness; DOA and political subdivisions my designate certain public property as structured camping facilities for the homeless - SB669

"Pen register" and "trap and trace device" definitions expanded; application by AG and DA for an order for the devices modified - SB331

Permits authorizing employment of minors: requirements eliminated - AB442

Permits authorizing employment of minors: requirements eliminated - SB436

Physical activity: minimum amount public and charter schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program are required to offer - AB1016