2025 Wisconsin Act 4

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: March 28, 2025
2025 Assembly Bill 99   Date of publication*: March 29, 2025

2025 WISCONSIN ACT 4

An Act to amend 69.30 (2); to create 69.30 (1) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Joint Legislative Council prefatory note: This bill was prepared for the Joint Legislative Council’s Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.

Under current law, a financial institution, state agency, county department, Wisconsin Works agency, service office, or long-term care district or an employee of any of these entities are exempt from penalties that would otherwise apply for copying a certified copy of a vital record if the copy is for use by the authorized entity and the copy is marked “FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE.”

This bill adds tribal governments of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state and employees of tribal governments to the list of entities and persons who are authorized to copy a certified copy of a vital record for administrative use by the authorized entity.

4,1 Section 1. 69.30 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

69.30 (1) (cm) “Tribal government” means the government of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

4,2 Section 2. 69.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

69.30 (2) A financial institution, state agency, tribal government, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office, or long-term care district or an employee of a financial institution, state agency, tribal government, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office, or long-term care district is not subject to s. 69.24 (1) (a) for copying a certified copy of a vital record for use by the financial institution, state agency, tribal government, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office, or long-term care district, including use under s. 45.04 (5), if the copy is marked “FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE”.