2023 Acts Index

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

BioForward, Inc.: WEDC grant re designation as a regional technology and innovation hub by federal government - Act 96

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

Child care center renovations revolving loan fund and program established [vetoed] - AB388

Child care providers: revolving loan fund [Sec. 61] [partial veto] - Act 19

Opportunity attraction and promotion: appropriation created [Sec. 60] - Act 19

Opportunity attraction and promotion program: WEDC to establish and administer grants; annual report required - Act 169

Provider Assistance for Licensing (PAL): WEDC to request JCF to supplement an appropriation [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

Qualified new business venture: certification criteria modified - Act 144

Sales tax exemption for WEDC certified data centers created [Sec. 346, 347, 349, 433, 434, 437, 9437 (3)] - Act 19

UW System branch campus redevelopment grants from WEDC to political subdivisions; first counties to receive grants specified [partial veto] - Act 250

WEDC talent attraction and retention initiatives re veterans, report required; expending moneys for a vibrant spaces grant program prohibited [Sec. 62, 435, 436, 9149 (1)] [436, 9149 (1) -- vetoed] - Act 19

Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission: WEDC to create advisory committee; report required - Act 170

education Education, see Agricultural education; Colleges and universities; Kindergarten; Medical education; Parochial and private schools; Scholarships and loans; School — Administration, and its subheadings; Technical college; University of Wisconsin

educational service agency cooperative Educational Service Agency, Cooperative

Early literacy professional development: expanding who may offer required training; reading readiness assessments administered in 2024-25 school year required - Act 192

edvest _college savings program_ EdVest (college savings program), see Scholarships and loans

elderly Elderly, see Senior citizen

elections Elections, see also Judge; Referendum; Voting

Broadcasting live election night canvassing proceedings: municipal clerk, county clerk, or Elections Commission required to record it - Act 53

Election administration: acceptance or use of private resources by state agency or political subdivision or officer or employee of prohibited; only election officials designated by law may perform tasks. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR78] - JR 10

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

Nomination papers: determining number of valid signatures - Act 125

Polling place closures: conditions established - Act 124

Public funds used by state senators or representatives to distribute substantially identical materials prior to a general election: provisions revised - Act 105

Qualified electors may vote in Wisconsin. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR71] - JR 8

Vacancies in certain elective state offices: appointment by Governor replaced with special election; exception provided [vetoed] - AB476

elections _ advertising Elections — Advertising

Political advertisements: disclosure requirements for audio or video communication containing synthetic media; penalty and Ethics Commission provisions - Act 123

elections _ ballots Elections — Ballots, see also Voting

Absentee ballot for the presidential primary: timeline for municipal clerks to send or transmit to certain electors modified - Act 54

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions, proof of ID required, notification of removal, and penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB494

Personal care voting assistants at residential care facilities and retirement homes during public health emergencies; election fraud committed by election officials; absentee ballots and certificates; prohibiting appointment of certain employees as poll workers; recess of municipal board of canvassers; penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB570

Photographic identification required for voting; provisional ballot provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) [SJR73] - JR 9

Special voting deputies dispatched to residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes re voting by absentee ballot and circuit court determination of ineligibility to vote due to incompetency revisions [vetoed] - AB572

elections _ campaign expense Elections — Campaign expense

Candidate adjudged guilty of felony campaign finance or election fraud violations: court to order candidate committee dissolved and conditions on disbursement of funds specified - Act 52

Elections: access to election officials' personal information limited, battery against an election official made a felony, whistleblower protections for clerks and election officials re reporting fraud and irregularities, and all committees, political parties, and conduits to register with and submit campaign finance reports to Ethics Commission - Act 126

Ethics Commission recommendations regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions - Act 120

Public funds used by state senators or representatives to distribute substantially identical materials prior to a general election: provisions revised - Act 105

elections _ contested elections Elections — Contested elections

Election observer procedure revisions, penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB543

elections _ observers Elections — Observers

Election observer procedure revisions, penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB543

elections _ officials Elections — Officials

Election administration: acceptance or use of private resources by state agency or political subdivision or officer or employee of prohibited; only election officials designated by law may perform tasks. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR78] - JR 10

Election observer procedure revisions, penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB543

Elections: access to election officials' personal information limited, battery against an election official made a felony, whistleblower protections for clerks and election officials re reporting fraud and irregularities, and all committees, political parties, and conduits to register with and submit campaign finance reports to Ethics Commission - Act 126

Personal care voting assistants at residential care facilities and retirement homes during public health emergencies; election fraud committed by election officials; absentee ballots and certificates; prohibiting appointment of certain employees as poll workers; recess of municipal board of canvassers; penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB570

elections _ registration Elections — Registration

Citizenship of individuals on official voter registration list: data shared between DOT and Elections Commission used to verify; DOT required to use the words “Not valid for voting purposes” on driver’s license or ID card of persons who are not U.S. citizens [vetoed] - SB98

Official voter registration list copy: changing how fee is charged [vetoed] - AB396

elections commission Elections Commission

Broadcasting live election night canvassing proceedings: municipal clerk, county clerk, or Elections Commission required to record it - Act 53

Citizenship of individuals on official voter registration list: data shared between DOT and Elections Commission used to verify; DOT required to use the words “Not valid for voting purposes” on driver’s license or ID card of persons who are not U.S. citizens [vetoed] - SB98

Indefinitely confined voter status for purposes of receiving absentee ballots automatically: revisions, proof of ID required, notification of removal, and penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB494

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

Official voter registration list copy: changing how fee is charged [vetoed] - AB396

Personal care voting assistants at residential care facilities and retirement homes during public health emergencies; election fraud committed by election officials; absentee ballots and certificates; prohibiting appointment of certain employees as poll workers; recess of municipal board of canvassers; penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB570

Privacy protections for judicial officers created; judicial candidate provisions - Act 235

Special voting deputies dispatched to residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes re voting by absentee ballot and circuit court determination of ineligibility to vote due to incompetency revisions [vetoed] - AB572

electric appliance Electric appliance

Restricting the use or sale of devices based on energy source: state agencies and local governmental units may not impose [vetoed] - AB141

electric utility Electric utility, see also Cooperative associations; Public utility

Decommissioned power production plants: phase-out of utility aid payments to counties and municipalities changed - Act 139

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] - Act 46

electric vehicle Electric vehicle, see Motor vehicle

electric weapon Electric weapon, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing

electronics recycling Electronics recycling, see Recycling

elementary and secondary education Elementary and secondary education, see School — Administration

email Email, see Data processing

emergency declaration Emergency declaration, see Governor

emergency medical responder Emergency medical responder, see Medical service — Occupations

emergency medical services board Emergency Medical Services Board

Rural EMS providers added to the Emergency Medical Services Board - Act 181

emergency rule_making Emergency rule-making, see Administrative rules

employee trust funds department of Employee Trust Funds, Department of, see also Retirement System, Wisconsin

WRS contributions by certain county jailers certified as protective occupation participants: date reference correction (remedial legislation suggested by DETF) - Act 257

employment Employment, see also Child labor; Discrimination in employment; Public employee, and its subheadings; Unemployment — Relief measures; Wage — Minimum

College savings account individual tax treatment and employee college savings account contribution credit revisions - Act 148

Conviction record of credential applicant: DSPS investigation of revised [vetoed] - Se3 SB1

Employers seeking to employ individuals with conviction records: DWD hotline for available assistance and incentive programs - Act 228

Permitted electronic transmissions under employer-sponsored health insurance policies and plans - Act 78

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

UI law changes re suitable work, work searches, and recovery of overpayments [vetoed] - AB149

WC law revisions re permanent partial disability payments, uninsured employers fund, closing cases, advanced practice nurse prescribers references, gender neutral references, and updates to certain federal law references - Act 213

Workforce development metrics: state agency or authority operating or overseeing a workforce development program or activity required to report under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [vetoed] - AB151

employment _ discrimination Employment — Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment