2023 Acts Index

behavioral health Behavioral health, see Mental health

bids and bidders Bids and bidders, see Contracts; Purchasing, Government

bills legislative Bills, Legislative, see also Budget bills and process

Occupational and business licenses: DOA to report on proposed legislation requiring [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

blind and visually impaired Blind and visually impaired

Transportation services for blind workers: income tax credit created; ABLE account provision - Act 142

boaltc BOALTC, see Aging and Long-Term Care, Board on

bonds Bonds, see also Debt, Public

Recreational vehicles: additional regulations for dealers and the relationship between dealers and manufacturers or distributors; definitions modified; bond requirement; vehicle length limit on highways exception - Act 164

books Books, see Literacy

bovine tuberculosis Bovine tuberculosis, see Animal — Disease

bow and arrow hunting Bow and arrow hunting, see Hunting

boys and girls club Boys and Girls Club, see Youth

breakfast Breakfast, see School — Lunch

bridge Bridge

Agricultural road improvement grant program established; report required; sunset provision - Act 13

Assessment of local bridges and culverts: DOT funding to counties [Sec. 91, 376] - Act 19

“Eisenhower Bridge of Valor”: bridge on USH 63 across the Mississippi River in Pierce County designated and marked as - Act 268

Local bridge program project funded by county bridge aid: DOT to supervise town highway projects - Act 162

Main Street bridge in the City of Watertown: funding from highway and local bridge improvement assistance program [Sec. 94, 9144 (6)] - Act 19

Major interstate bridge projects: bonding limit increased [Sec. 181] - Act 19

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge funding [Sec. 94, 9144 (7)] - Act 19

Southern Bridge construction project: funding from accelerated local bridge improvement assistance [Sec. 90, 9144 (5)] - Act 19

broadband Broadband, see Data processing

brown county Brown County

De Pere Greenwood Cemetery: DSPS grant for erosion remediation [Sec. 9138 (1)] - Act 19

Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge funding [Sec. 94, 9144 (7)] - Act 19

Southern Bridge construction project: funding from accelerated local bridge improvement assistance [Sec. 90, 9144 (5)] - Act 19

brown deer village of Brown Deer, Village of, see Milwaukee County

budget bills and process Budget bills and process

Budget bill [partial veto] - Act 19

Floorperiods for the 2023-24 session established; budget deadline extended [SJR1] - JR 1

building Building, see also Housing; Public building; University of Wisconsin — Building

Commercial building plans and plumbing plans: procedures for DSPS review revised [vetoed] - SB186

Commercial building plans: local government review expanded; DSPS report on outreach to local governments required [vetoed] - SB187

Commercial buildings: permission to start construction before plan approval codified [vetoed] - SB188

Commercial-to-housing revolving loan fund and loan program established; reports required - Act 18

Electric vehicle charging stations: person supplying electricity exempt from public utility regulation; prohibitions on local governments and state agencies from owning, operating, managing, or leasing; excise tax on electric vehicle charging, residence exception; local government cannot require private developer to install - Act 121

Refrigerants acceptable to the EPA as alternatives to ozone-depleting substances: DSPS cannot promulgate a rule and local governments cannot enact or enforce an ordinance prohibiting or limiting use of - Act 76

Technical education equipment grants from DWD to school districts: conditions revised; adds construction fields - Act 165

building code Building code, see Building

building commission state Building Commission, State

Authorized state building program for 2023-24 and changes to previously authorized programs; transfers to the state building trust fund and the capital improvement fund [Sec. 2-16, 40-45, 48, 179, 180, 182-189, 192, 193, 9104 (1)-(21), 9201 (1), 9251 (1)] [8, 9104 (8), (9), (11) -- partial veto] - Act 19

Authorized State Building Program for 2023-25 amended to add UW System projects; transfer from general fund to capital improvement fund; UW Regents' plan to honor state veterans required - Act 102

Building program revisions re budget modifications and report requirement, selection of project architects and engineers, single prime contracting exception, project bidding procedures, cooperation with energy conservation contractors, and utilities costs; timeline for Claims Board to hear and determine claims related to contracts; transfer from general fund to building trust fund [vetoed] - SB932

Environmental improvement fund revenue bonding limit increased for Clean Water Fund Program and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program [Sec. 450] - Act 19

State building trust fund transfer to the general fund; hospital emergency department services grants funding [partial veto] - Act 97

bullion Bullion, see Sales tax — Exemption

burial Burial, see Cemetery

burlington city of Burlington, City of, see Racine County

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

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

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; income tax exemption for certain commercial loan income; cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product enforcement and shared revenue and municipality sales tax administration positions; common carrier permit for direct wine shipping and local exposition board membership provisions - Act 146

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

Overweight vehicles transporting certain fluid milk products: DOT permits - Act 158

Transportation of metallic or nonmetallic scrap: pig iron included in definition and overweight or oversize permit revision - Act 156

business Business, see also Corporation — Taxation; Industrial development; Retail establishment

Angel investment tax credit: sold or transferred to another taxpayer allowed - Act 145

Badger fund of funds investment program changes re the investment manager - Act 98

Business development tax credit and enterprise zone jobs tax credit changes - Act 143

Business operated by minors: political subdivision cannot require a license or permit if operated only occasionally - Act 168

Credential renewal period for certain health and business professions changed from two-years to four-years; fee and continuing education provisions [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

Earned wage access service companies: regulations created, report required - Act 131

Electronic waste recycling program changes, fee provision - Act 108

Fund of funds investment program revisions [Sec. 24-35] [31-33, 35 -- vetoed] - Act 19

Local health officer mandate to close a business to control an outbreak or communicable disease epidemic limited - Act 12

Occupational and business licenses: DOA to report on proposed legislation requiring [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

Peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing program: requirements and insurance provisions [vetoed] - AB395

Qualified new business venture: certification criteria modified - Act 144

Renewal date for certain credentials modified - Act 33

Snowmobile trails: signs advertising certain businesses erected by snowmobile clubs allowed - Act 63

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camp randall Camp Randall, see University of Wisconsin — Madison

campaign finance Campaign finance, see Elections — Campaign expense

camping or campground Camping or campground, see Recreation; State park

canvassers board of Canvassers, Board of, see Elections — Officials

capital gains tax Capital gains tax

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; income tax exemption for certain commercial loan income; cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product enforcement and shared revenue and municipality sales tax administration positions; common carrier permit for direct wine shipping and local exposition board membership provisions - Act 146

carjacking Carjacking, see Motor vehicle — Theft

cbrf CBRF, see Community-based residential facility

cdl _commercial driver_s license_ CDL (Commercial driver's license), see Motor vehicle — Driver's license

cell phone Cell phone, see Telephone

cemetery Cemetery, see also Funeral and funeral director

De Pere Greenwood Cemetery: DSPS grant for erosion remediation [Sec. 9138 (1)] - Act 19

Direct care positions filled at veterans homes revisions, sunset provision; eligibility for individual to be buried in a state veterans cemetery changed; sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice - Act 206

census Census

Legislative redistricting based on 2020 census; LRB duty specified - Act 94

Legislative redistricting based on 2020 census; LRB duty specified [vetoed] - AB415

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