December 22, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Bare, Joers, Vining, Clancy, Ratcliff, J. Anderson, Jacobson, Madison, Neubauer, Palmeri, Sinicki and Drake, cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Roys, Spreitzer, Agard and Larson. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
AB858,,22An Act to repeal 252.03 (2j) of the statutes; relating to: local health officer authority to mandate business closure to control communicable disease. AB858,,33Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill repeals a prohibition enacted as part of 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 under which a local health officer may not issue a mandate to close a business in order to control an outbreak or epidemic of communicable disease for longer than 30 days unless the governing body of the political subdivision in which the order is intended to apply approves an extension, which may not exceed 30 days. The bill eliminates those restrictions. AB858,,44The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
