2021 Acts Index

Removal of fingerprint records if arrested individual is released without charges or cleared of offense; DHA decisions served by email (remedial legislation suggested by DOJ) - Act 242

Sexual assault kit tracking system: DOJ to establish database; victims of assault may access - Act 117

Sexual assault kits: procedures for transmission, processing, and storage created - Act 116

Victim-witness services: county reimbursement appropriation [Sec. 73, 417] - Act 58

justices Justices, see Supreme Court

juvenile court Juvenile court

Juvenile proceedings and criminal proceedings: conducting or appearances by telephone or audiovisual means expanded - Act 141

Out-of-home placement of child with nonparent relative or other unlicensed person prohibited if that person has a record of a crime against a child - Act 72

Qualified residential treatment program for children: certification allowed and procedures established - Act 42

Representation of parents in CHIPS proceedings: five-county pilot program extended, report required [Sec. 192-194] - Act 58

juvenile detention facility Juvenile detention facility

Battery by person placed in a facility while awaiting a commitment trial as a sexually violent person: felony crime provision - Act 13

Community youth and family aids funding [Sec. 196-203] - Act 58

Correctional officers, youth counselors, and psychiatric care technicians: additional compensation and recruitment and retention benefits from certain federal moneys [vetoed] - AB828

Juvenile correctional facilities: daily rates set [Sec. 388, 389] - Act 58

Law enforcement investigative services provided by local government re incidents in or in transit to a state prison or juvenile correctional facility: DOC to reimburse certain expenses [vetoed] - AB569

LESB responsibilities: adding jails and juvenile detention facilities and recruitment standards; employment files on employees required - Act 82

Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center: DOC to reimburse DHS certain costs [Sec. 187] - Act 58

Official oath and bond requirement of wardens and superintendents of state prisons (remedial legislation suggested by DOC) - Act 247

School district accountability report: exclude data from juvenile detention facility, residential care center for children, house of correction or county jail; conditions set - Act 212

Type 1 juvenile correctional facility in Milwaukee County: funding, community support for site selection, report to JCF, and future use of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake School provisions - Act 252

K K

kenosha county Kenosha County

Representation of parents in CHIPS proceedings: five-county pilot program extended, report required [Sec. 192-194] - Act 58

kindergarten Kindergarten

Early admission to 4K, 5K, or first grade for a private school participating in a parental choice program permitted [vetoed] - SB597

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; dyslexia characteristics added and reports required; federal moneys and grants for teacher development and implementation costs provisions [vetoed] - AB446

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; early literacy screening program and dyslexia characteristics provisions; reports required [vetoed] - SB454

kinship care Kinship care, see Day care

L L

lab LAB, see Legislative Audit Bureau

lakes Lakes

Beaver Dam Lake restoration appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 41, 42, 9432 (1)] [41 -- partial veto] - Act 58

Brook trout: DNR requirement to stock Lake Michigan [vetoed] - SB612

Contaminated sediment removal from Great Lakes: bonding authority [Sec. 100] - Act 58

Dead Pike Lake restoration appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 45, 46, 9432 (2)] [45 -- partial veto] - Act 58

Lake Michigan and Lake Superior: exempting facilities from licensing and operating plan requirements for disposal of dredged materials, conditions and emergency rule provisions - Act 93

Land above the ordinary high water mark of a commercial waterway or a Great Lakes water since certain date: lawful public or private use of the land; historic fill and shorelines of Great Lakes waters provisions [vetoed] - SB900

Metropolitan sewerage commission for a sewerage district including a first class city: financing and construction of dredged material management facility for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern authorized; levy increase set with exemption provision - Act 124

land Land

Exception to 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements created - Act 174

Presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways created; restrictions and real estate disclosures provisions - Act 47

Real estate condition and vacant land disclosure report revisions re rescinding the contract and incomplete reports - Act 96

land _ taxation Land — Taxation, see Property tax

land use planning and control Land use planning and control

Land above the ordinary high water mark of a commercial waterway or a Great Lakes water since certain date: lawful public or private use of the land; historic fill and shorelines of Great Lakes waters provisions [vetoed] - SB900

Local land use restrictions revised re newly incorporated cities and villages - Act 198

laotian Laotian, see Minority groups

law enforcement officers Law enforcement officers, see Police; Sheriff

law enforcement standards board Law Enforcement Standards Board

Law enforcement training reimbursement from LESB revised; Governor to allocate federal moneys, sunset provision [vetoed] - AB832

LESB responsibilities: adding jails and juvenile detention facilities and recruitment standards; employment files on employees required - Act 82

lead or lead poisoning Lead or lead poisoning, see Public health

lease Lease

MFL program changes re eligibility, material change to law, withdrawal taxes and fees, small land sales, large ownerships, and leasing - Act 230

legal notice Legal notice, see Public document

legislative audit bureau Legislative Audit Bureau

Agricultural exports program established; plan, report, and audit required - Act 92

Complaints filed with the Elections Commission re election law violations: resolution, submitting copies to the legislature, and reports required; postelection audits of electronic voting systems required and LAB duties; printing absentee ballot applications received electronically for recounts [vetoed] - SB936

Oversight of elections in this state: changes re federal funds, federal election guidance, registration and voting statistics, Elections Commission legal counsel, and archived copy of the registration list; reports and LAB duties [vetoed] - SB941

UI changes re misconduct, general qualifying requirements, identity proofing, education and informational materials, assistance call center, and database comparisons; JCF, LAB, and DWD provisions [vetoed] - AB938

legislative reference bureau Legislative Reference Bureau

Congressional redistricting plan and LRB duties [vetoed] - SB622

Legislative redistricting plan and LRB duties [vetoed] - SB621

Standards incorporated by reference into administrative rules filed with LRB and nurse licensure compact terminology changes (remedial legislation suggested by DSPS) - Act 246

legislative technology services bureau Legislative Technology Services Bureau

LTSB director: executive salary group [Sec. 131] - Act 58

legislature Legislature

Governor required to submit plan to the legislature for state employees to return to in-person employment [vetoed] - SB38

Legislative Human Resources Office appropriation [Sec. 90] - Act 58

Legislative Human Resources Office created [vetoed] - AB407

Legislative oversight of federal COVID-19 funds [vetoed] - AB1

Legislative oversight of federal COVID-19 funds [vetoed] - SB183

Required general fund structural balance: does not apply to the actions of the legislature enacting legislation during 2021-2022 session [Sec. 9128 (1)] - Act 58

WisconsinEye grants [Sec. 91] - Act 58

legislature _ committees Legislature — Committees

Annual child abuse and neglect report from DCF: requirements modified; hearing by appropriate legislative standing committee required - Act 148

Child abuse: DCF to transmit citizen review panel annual reports and responses to appropriate legislative standing committee - Act 147

legislature _ finance joint committee on Legislature — Finance, Joint Committee on

Agricultural exports increase: DATCP and WEDC to submit 5-year proposal to JCF [Sec. 23, 24, 9102 (1)] [24, 9102 (1) -- vetoed] - Act 58

Child Care and Development Fund block grant funds credited to federal block grant appropriations, passive review by JCF [vetoed] - AB1

Elections Commission annual report required re failures to comply with certain elections-related laws by the Commission, DOT, DOC, and DHS; JCF duties [vetoed] - SB942

JCF may transfer moneys from sum sufficient appropriations until conclusion of national emergency or June 30, 2021, whichever is earlier [vetoed] - AB1

Landscape analysis of educator preparation programs: requiring participation of UW System institutions upon request of DPI; JCF provision [vetoed] - AB962

Legislative oversight of federal COVID-19 funds [vetoed] - AB1

Legislative oversight of federal COVID-19 funds [vetoed] - SB183

Multidistrict opiate litigation settlement: AG to cooperate with local governments; conditions specified - Act 57

Opioid and methamphetamine data system: DOA to establish, collect data from other departments, and submit report to JCF - Act 181

Personal property tax repealed by other legislation: payments to local taxing jurisdictions to compensate [Sec. 93, 9125 (1)] - Act 58