2019 Acts Index

boat Boat, see also Harbor

Bow or crossbow: placing, possessing, or transporting in a vehicle, motorboat, ATV, or UTV revised - Act 98

Motorboats: revisions to operation by minors, boating safety certificate provision - Act 115

bodily harm Bodily harm, see Crime and criminals — Battery

bodyworker or massage therapist Bodyworker or massage therapist, see Trades and occupations

bonds _ official Bonds — Official

Official bond requirements for town municipal judges - Act 113

bow and arrow hunting Bow and arrow hunting, see Hunting

bridge Bridge

Bills making honorary designation of a highway or bridge: standards established [vetoed] - AB249

Major interstate bridge project: preliminary design work reference removed from certain appropriations [Sec. 1079] - Act 9

Major interstate bridge projects, high-cost state highway bridge projects, and Zoo interchange project: bonding authority revisions [Sec. 302, 304, 304a] - Act 9

Veterans Memorial Bridge in City of Kaukauna: rehabilitation funding [Sec. 184o, 9144 (4x)] [vetoed] - Act 9

broadband Broadband, see Data processing

brown county Brown County

I 43 projects in Brown and Outagamie and Milwaukee and Ozaukee counties added to enumerated projects approved for construction [Sec. 1078, 1078d] [1078d -- partial veto] - Act 9

budget bills and process Budget bills and process, see also Appropriation

Budget bill [partial veto] - Act 9

Budget deadline extended [SJR3] - SJR3

Circuit court: additional branches allocated by the Director of State Courts; biennial budget request provision - Act 184

building Building, see also School — Building; Housing; Public building

Building permit for one- and two-family dwellings: submitting application in paper or electronic form - Act 38

Nonconforming buildings in a floodplain: DNR regulations cannot prohibit modifications based on cost under certain conditions - Act 175

Stairway chair lift installation in a church constructed before 1919: exception to commercial building code created, conditions set - Act 91

Tangible personal property temporarily stored in this state re specified construction activities outside of this state: sales tax exemption created - Act 181

building code Building code, see Building

building commission, state Building Commission, State

Authorized state building program for 2019-21; Building Commission grants for local projects; WHS and DVA report on improvements to museum facilities required [Sec. 26m-27g, 293s, t, 300r, 306g-u, 307c-u, 309b-u, 9104 (1)-(13m), 9121 (1t)] [26m, o, 27f, 307n, o, 309t, u, 9104 (1), (6)-(8), (11) -- partial veto; 306g, h, 9104 (10) -- vetoed] - Act 9

Transportation facilities and major highway projects: Building Commission bonding authority increased [Sec. 1082] - Act 9

bus and truck Bus and truck, see also Metropolitan transportation; School — Conveyance of pupil; Motor vehicle — Driver's license

Motor carrier maximum hours for drivers: federal law exception re planting and harvesting period modified [Admin.Code Trans 325.01] - Act 174

bus and truck _ taxation or registration Bus and truck — Taxation or registration

Heavy truck registration fees increased [Sec. 1988b, 9344 (1), 9444 (2p)] [1988b, 9344 (1) -- partial veto] - Act 9

Oversize or overweight vehicles transporting residue materials re municipal sewage treatment: DOT to allow transport permits - Act 146

business Business, see also Retail establishment

Wisconsin businesses that move out of state or the U.S.: income and franchise tax deductions for moving expenses eliminated; definition provision - Act 7

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campaign finance Campaign finance, see Elections — Campaign expense

camping or campground Camping or campground, see Recreation

cancer Cancer, see Disease

capital gains tax Capital gains tax, see also Income tax — Deduction

Wisconsin opportunity zones: investing capital gains and income and franchise tax benefits - Act 136

capitol Capitol, see State capitol

cbrf CBRF, see Community-based residential facility

cemetery Cemetery, see also Funeral and funeral director

Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery maintenance appropriation renumbered [Sec. 252] - Act 9

Veterans home exchange program and veterans cemetery operations: appropriations made continuing [Sec. 253, 261] - Act 9

certificate of title Certificate of title, see Motor vehicle — Certificate of title

cesa CESA, see Educational Service Agency, Cooperative

charter school Charter school, see School

checks Checks

Payment duty of bank to a lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier’s, teller’s, or certified check; temporary authority of mortgage loan originator applicant; possession by financial institution of property subject to garnishment; data processing services provided to financial institutions; certain Federal Home Loan Bank loan limitations; Banking Review Board and Savings Institutions Review Board consolidated and renamed Banking Institutions Review Board - Act 65

child care Child care, see Day care

child custody, placement, support, or welfare Child custody, placement, support, or welfare, see Family — Support

child labor Child labor

Golf caddies ages 12 and 13 years: may provide caddy services without being employed by a golf course - Act 142

child welfare Child welfare, see Children — Protection and services

children Children, see also Youth, and its subheadings; Juvenile court, and its subheadings

Foster care and kinship care rates [Sec. 526m-528m, 9406 (2)] - Act 9

``Lewd exhibition of intimate parts" defined re child pornography - Act 16

Motorboats: revisions to operation by minors, boating safety certificate provision - Act 115

Parent residing in residential family-based AODA treatment program: juvenile court has jurisdiction over the child; DCF to prepare permanency plan and may place child with parent, foster care funding provision [Sec. 491-508, 524, 525, 530-532e] - Act 9

Stands operated by minors allowed without a food processing plant license or retail food establishment license; conditions, ordinance, and definition provisions - Act 60

children _ adoption Children — Adoption

Adoption assistance eligibility: definition of children with special needs modified [Admin.Code DCF 50.09] - Act 92

children _ protection and services Children — Protection and services, see also Guardian and ward; Day care; Family — Support

Child welfare services in populous county: contribution revisions [Sec. 522m] [vetoed] - Act 9

Children's COP and Birth to 3 Program: appropriation transfers [Sec. 9219 (1p)] [partial veto] - Act 9

Congregate care facility: fingerprint-based background check for all workers required [Sec. 207, 215, 536-548, 550, 552-556, 605, 9106 (1), (2), 9306 (1)] - Act 9

Guardian of child in need of protection or services: DCF appropriation for subsidized guardianship payments to counties modified [Sec. 212, 213, 216, 217, 529] - Act 9

Guardianship of a minor’s person: new process and standards for appointment - Act 109

Minors 17 years of age may contract for admission to a shelter facility or transitional living program, conditions specified - Act 22

children _ special educational needs Children — Special educational needs

Adoption assistance eligibility: definition of children with special needs modified [Admin.Code DCF 50.09] - Act 92

Physical restraint and seclusion of pupils in schools: laws revised - Act 118

Private school choice programs, independent charter schools, Special Needs Scholarship Program re 2020 public health emergency: DPI may waive state education statutes and administrative rules; not withholding program payments; cash and investment balance requirement does not apply; hours of instruction waiver; and parental choice program application deadline for 2020-2021 extended [Sec. 57, 60-66, 105 (22), (23)] - Act 185

Robot-assisted educational programs for pupils with autism: CESA grants [Sec. 146e, 1437p] [vetoed] - Act 9

Special education teacher: initial licensure requirement modified - Act 44

Supplemental special education aid repealed [Sec. 146, 1512, 1513, 9434 (5)] - Act 9

children and families, department of Children and Families, Department of

Background checks on people who work or reside at a child care program: changes and DCF duties [Sec. 220m, 534, 535, 549, 551, 557-604, 606, 635-637, 1687, 1688] - Act 9

Child care for families in high-poverty areas of the City of Milwaukee: DCF grants [Sec. 648] - Act 9

Child care quality rating system incentives, sunset provision [Sec. 9106 (5f)] [vetoed] - Act 9

Children and family services: DCF distribution to counties increased [Sec. 523] - Act 9

Foster care and kinship care rates [Sec. 526m-528m, 9406 (2)] - Act 9

Guardian of child in need of protection or services: DCF appropriation for subsidized guardianship payments to counties modified [Sec. 212, 213, 216, 217, 529] - Act 9

Homeless and runaway youth services: DCF grant funding increased [Sec. 509, 607] - Act 9

Parent residing in residential family-based AODA treatment program: juvenile court has jurisdiction over the child; DCF to prepare permanency plan and may place child with parent, foster care funding provision [Sec. 491-508, 524, 525, 530-532e] - Act 9

Read to Lead Development Council and fund repealed [Sec. 39, 166, 214, 218, 336, 341, 522] - Act 9