AB50: Bill Text

AB50,3010 Section 3010. 753.06 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1500,8 753.06 (8) (a) Brown County. The circuit has 8 branches. Commencing August 1, 2026, the circuit has 10 branches.

AB50,3011 Section 3011. 753.06 (8) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB50,1501,4 753.06 (8) (a) Brown County. The circuit has 8 branches. Commencing August 1, 2026, the circuit has 10 branches.

AB50,3012 Section 3012. 753.0605 of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,3013 Section 3013. 756.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1501,24 756.04 (2) (b) Each year, on a date agreed upon with the office of the director of state courts, the department of transportation shall compile a list that includes the name, address, county, date of birth, race, gender, identification number and renewal date of each person residing in the state who is licensed as a motor vehicle operator under ch. 343 or who has received an identification card under s. 343.50 or 343.51, and social security number, as permitted allowed by law and any record sharing agreement between the department of transportation and the office of the director of state courts. The office of the director of state courts shall establish the format of the list by agreement with the department of transportation. The department of transportation shall transmit the list without charge to the office of the director of state courts, without charge. and to the clerks of court for the district courts of the United States within this state. If the department of transportation does not have a record sharing agreement with the clerk of court for a district court that requires the clerk of court to keep prospective jurors’ identification numbers, renewal dates, and social security numbers confidential and secure from unauthorized access, the department of transportation shall redact that information from the list the department of transportation transmits to the clerk of court.

AB50,3014 Section 3014. 756.04 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1502,6 756.04 (2) (c) (intro.) The office of the director of state courts may shall use any all of the following lists in addition to the list provided by the department of transportation under par. (b) in order to create the master list of potential jurors compiled under par. (a). The director may each year request any of the following information from the custodians of that information:

AB50,3015 Section 3015. 756.04 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1502,24 756.04 (2) (d) If the records listed in par. (c) are requested, the director of state courts may enter into a record sharing agreement with the custodian of the records. Any record sharing agreement shall be in writing for a prescribed period of time and Each year, on a date agreed upon with the office of the director of state courts, each custodian of records described in par. (c) shall compile the list maintained by that custodian, as allowed by law and any record sharing agreement between the custodian and the office of the director of state courts. The office of the director of state courts shall establish the format of each list by agreement with the custodian that maintains the list, which shall identify data that would allow for a match of personally identifiable information on the list maintained by that custodian with personally identifiable information in the master list of potential jurors to the extent required to identify duplicate names and to determine current addresses of prospective jurors. Any list provided under par. (c) The lists shall contain no data other than the data provided in par. (b). The agreement shall establish the format of the list and date of transmission of the list. Each custodian shall transmit the list maintained by that custodian without charge to the office of the director of state courts.

AB50,3016 Section 3016. 757.07 (1) (e) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1503,4 757.07 (1) (e) 8. A district judge or magistrate judge for a U.S. district court in the state of Wisconsin or a bankruptcy judge for a U.S. bankruptcy court in the state of Wisconsin.

AB50,3017 Section 3017. 758.19 (5) (bf) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1503,8 758.19 (5) (bf) No later than January 1, 2026, from the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d), the director of state courts shall make payments to counties totaling $24,596,100, which the director of state courts shall distribute as follows:

AB50,1503,9 1. For each circuit court branch in the county, $52,300.

AB50,1503,11 2. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with one or fewer circuit court branches, $12,400.

AB50,1503,15 3. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with more than one circuit court branch, a payment equal to the county’s proportion of the state population multiplied by the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d) after the payments are made under subds. 1. and 2.

AB50,3018 Section 3018. 758.19 (5) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1503,19 758.19 (5) (bm) No later than July 1, 2026, from the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d), the director of state courts shall make payments to counties totaling $35,000,000, which the director of state courts shall distribute as follows:

AB50,1503,20 1. For each circuit court branch in the county, $74,500.

AB50,1503,22 2. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with one or fewer circuit court branches, $17,600.

AB50,1504,2 3. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with more than one circuit court branch, a payment equal to the county’s proportion of the state population multiplied by the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d) after the payments are made under subds. 1. and 2.

AB50,3019 Section 3019. 758.19 (5) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1504,7 758.19 (5) (bn) No later than January 1, 2027, and by every January 1 and July 1 thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d), the director of state courts shall make payments to counties totaling $35,000,000, which the director of state courts shall distribute as follows:

AB50,1504,8 1. For each circuit court branch in the county, $74,500.

AB50,1504,10 2. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with one or fewer circuit court branches, $17,600.

AB50,1504,14 3. If, after the payments are made under subds. 1. and 2., the total of a county’s payments equals less than 50 percent of the sum the county received as grants in calendar year 2026 under s. 165.95, 2023 stats., and s. 165.955, 2023 stats., an additional payment for such a difference.

AB50,1504,18 4. In addition to the payments under subds. 1. and 3., for each county with more than one circuit court branch, a payment equal to the county’s proportion of the state population multiplied by the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d) after the payments are made under subds. 1., 2., and 3.

AB50,3020 Section 3020. 758.19 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1504,23 758.19 (5) (d) For payments under pars. (b), (bf), (bm), and (bn), for counties that share the services of one or more circuit court branches, the director of state courts shall annually determine the proportional share of that circuit court branch for each county on the basis of the circuit court branch caseload in each county.

AB50,3021 Section 3021. 758.19 (5) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1505,4 758.19 (5) (g) A county that fails to meet the requirements under s. 165.95 (2m) is not eligible for a payment under par. (bn) until the county establishes an alternatives to prosecution and incarceration program described under s. 165.95 (3).

AB50,3022 Section 3022. 758.195 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1505,9 758.195 Office of the marshals of the supreme court. (1) Creation. There is created the office of the marshals of the supreme court, under the direction and supervision of the chief marshal of the supreme court, which shall consist of all of the following personnel:

AB50,1505,10 (a) The chief marshal of the supreme court.

AB50,1505,11 (b) One deputy chief marshal of the supreme court.

AB50,1505,12 (c) Deputy marshals of the supreme court.

AB50,1505,13 (d) Administrative support personnel.

AB50,1505,15 (2) Law enforcement authority. (a) The office of the marshals of the supreme court is a law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (bv).

AB50,1505,22 (b) Marshals of the supreme court are law enforcement officers, are employed for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances, and are authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances of this state. Marshals of the supreme court shall meet the requirements of s. 165.85 (4) (a) 2. and 7. a., and shall agree to accept the duties of a law enforcement officer under the laws of this state. Marshals of the supreme court shall have statewide jurisdiction.

AB50,1506,6 (c) Marshals of the supreme court shall have concurrent police power with other authorized peace officers over any jurisdiction in which the marshal performs his or her duties. Such concurrent police authority may not be construed to reduce or lessen the authority of the police power of the community or communities in which a marshal may perform his or her duties. Marshals of the supreme court shall cooperate with and be responsive to the local police authorities as they meet and exercise their statutory responsibilities.

AB50,1506,10 (d) Marshals of the supreme court shall meet the requirements established by the law enforcement standards board for officer certification, police pursuit, recruitment, and firearms training and comply with any other statutory requirements applicable to a law enforcement agency.

AB50,1506,16 (3) Powers. The office of the marshals of the supreme court may provide police services to the state court system, with statewide jurisdiction; provide protective services for the supreme court justices and their offices; provide security assessments for the justices, judges, and facilities of the state court system; and provide safety and security support services and advanced security planning for circuit court proceedings.

AB50,3023 Section 3023. 765.001 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1507,13 765.001 (2) Intent. It is the intent of chs. 765 to 768 to promote the stability and best interests of marriage and the family. It is the intent of the legislature to recognize the valuable contributions of both spouses during the marriage and at termination of the marriage by dissolution or death. Marriage is the institution that is the foundation of the family and of society. Its stability is basic to morality and civilization, and of vital interest to society and the state. The consequences of the marriage contract are more significant to society than those of other contracts, and the public interest must be taken into account always. The seriousness of marriage makes adequate premarital counseling and education for family living highly desirable and courses thereon are urged upon all persons contemplating marriage. The impairment or dissolution of the marriage relation generally results in injury to the public wholly apart from the effect upon the parties immediately concerned. Under the laws of this state, marriage is a legal relationship between 2 equal persons, a husband and wife, who owe to each other mutual responsibility and support. Each spouse has an equal obligation in accordance with his or her ability to contribute money or services or both which are necessary for the adequate support and maintenance of his or her minor children and of the other spouse. No spouse may be presumed primarily liable for support expenses under this subsection.

AB50,3024 Section 3024. 765.01 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1507,18 765.01 A civil contract. Marriage, so far as its validity at law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential, and which creates the legal status of husband and wife spouse to each other.

AB50,3025 Section 3025. 765.02 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,1507,21 765.02 (3) Marriage may be contracted between persons of the same sex or different sexes.

AB50,3026 Section 3026. 765.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1508,10 765.03 (1) No marriage shall be contracted while either of the parties has a husband or wife spouse living, nor between persons who are nearer of kin than 2nd cousins except that marriage may be contracted between first cousins where the female has attained the age of 55 years or where if either party, at the time of application for a marriage license, submits an affidavit signed by a physician stating that either party is permanently sterile or that the 2 parties are otherwise permanently biologically incapable of producing a child together. Relationship under this section shall be computed by the rule of the civil law, whether the parties to the marriage are of the half or of the whole blood. A marriage may not be contracted if either party has such want of understanding as renders him or her incapable of assenting to marriage.

AB50,3027 Section 3027. 765.16 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1508,21 765.16 (1m) (intro.) Marriage may be validly solemnized and contracted in this state only after a marriage license has been issued therefor, and only by the mutual declarations of the 2 parties to be joined in marriage that they take each takes the other as husband and wife his or her spouse, made before an authorized officiating person and in the presence of at least 2 competent adult witnesses other than the officiating person. If one of the parties is serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, in a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or in the national guard, the presence of only one competent adult witness other than the officiating person is required. The following are authorized to be officiating persons:

AB50,3028 Section 3028. 765.16 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1509,3 765.16 (1m) (c) The 2 parties themselves, by mutual declarations that they take each takes the other as husband and wife his or her spouse, in accordance with the customs, rules, and regulations of any religious society, denomination, or sect to which either of the parties may belong.

AB50,3029 Section 3029. 765.23 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1509,18 765.23 Immaterial irregularities otherwise. No marriage hereafter contracted shall be void either by reason of the marriage license having been issued by a county clerk not having jurisdiction to issue the same; or by reason of any informality or irregularity of form in the application for the marriage license or in the marriage license itself, or the incompetency of the witnesses to such marriage; or because the marriage may have been solemnized more than 60 days after the date of the marriage license, if the marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage. Where a marriage has been celebrated in one of the forms provided for in s. 765.16 (1m), and the parties thereto have immediately thereafter assumed the habit and repute of husband and wife a married couple, and having continued the same uninterruptedly thereafter for the period of one year, or until the death of either of them, it shall be deemed that a marriage license has been issued as required by ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 767.803.

AB50,3030 Section 3030. 765.24 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1510,10 765.24 Removal of impediments to subsequent marriage. If a person during the lifetime of a husband or wife spouse with whom the marriage is in force, enters into a subsequent marriage contract in accordance with s. 765.16, and the parties thereto live together thereafter as husband and wife a married couple, and such subsequent marriage contract was entered into by one of the parties in good faith, in the full belief that the former husband or wife spouse was dead, or that the former marriage had been annulled, or dissolved by a divorce, or without knowledge of such former marriage, they the parties shall, after the impediment to their marriage has been removed by the death or divorce of the other party to such former marriage, if they continue to live together as husband and wife a married couple in good faith on the part of one of them, be held to have been legally married from and after the removal of such impediment and the issue of any children born during such subsequent marriage shall be considered as the marital issue children of both parents parties.

AB50,3031 Section 3031. 765.30 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1510,20 765.30 (3) (a) Penalty for unlawful solemnization of marriage. Any officiating person who solemnizes a marriage unless the contracting parties have first obtained a proper marriage license as heretofore provided; or unless the parties to such marriage declare that they take each takes the other as husband and wife his or her spouse; or without the presence of competent adult witnesses as required under s. 765.16 (1m); or solemnizes a marriage knowing of any legal impediment thereto; or solemnizes a marriage more than 60 days after the date of the marriage license; or falsely certifies to the date of a marriage solemnized by the officiating person.

AB50,3032 Section 3032. 766.587 (7) (form) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1511,3 766.587 (7) (form) 9. BOTH SPOUSES MUST SIGN THIS AGREEMENT. IF SIGNED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1986, IT IS EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1986, OR THE DATE THE PARTIES MARRY, WHICHEVER IS LATER. IF SIGNED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1986, IT IS EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE SIGNED OR THE DATE THE PARTIES MARRY, WHICHEVER IS LATER.

AB50,1511,5 STATUTORY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION AGREEMENT

AB50,1511,6 (Pursuant to Section 766.587, Wisconsin Statutes)

AB50,1511,8 This agreement is made and entered into by .... and ...., (husband and wife who are married) (who intend to marry) (strike one).

AB50,1511,12 The parties to this agreement agree to classify all their property, including property owned by them now and property acquired before January 1, 1987, as the individual property of the owning spouse, and agree that ownership of their property shall be determined as if it were December 31, 1985.

AB50,1511,13 This agreement terminates on January 1, 1987.

AB50,1511,14 Signature .... Date ....

AB50,1511,15 Print Name Here: ....

AB50,1511,16 Address: ....

AB50,1511,17 Signature .... Date ....

AB50,1511,18 Print Name Here: ....

AB50,1511,19 Address: ....

AB50,1511,21 [Note: Each spouse should retain a copy of the agreement for himself or herself.]

AB50,3033 Section 3033. 766.588 (9) (form) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,1512,3 766.588 (9) (form) 13. IF AFTER ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ONE OR BOTH OF YOU ESTABLISH A DOMICILE OUTSIDE THIS STATE, YOU ARE URGED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING THE CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

AB50,1512,4 Statutory terminable marital

AB50,1512,5 Property classification agreement

AB50,1512,6 (Pursuant to Section 766.588, Wisconsin Statutes)

AB50,1512,10 This agreement is entered into by .... and .... (husband and wife who are married) (who intend to marry) (strike one). The parties hereby classify all of the property owned by them when this agreement becomes effective, and property acquired during the term of this agreement, as marital property.

AB50,1512,14 One spouse may terminate this agreement at any time by giving signed notice of termination to the other spouse. Notice of termination by a spouse is given upon personal delivery or when sent by certified mail to the other spouse’s last-known address. The agreement terminates 30 days after such notice is given.

AB50,1512,19 The parties (have) (have not) (strike one) completed Schedule “A”, “Financial Disclosure”, attached to this agreement. If Schedule “A” has not been completed, the duration of this agreement is 3 years after both parties have signed the agreement. If Schedule “A” has been completed, the duration of this agreement is not limited to 3 years after it is signed.

AB50,1513,5 IF THE DURATION OF THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT TO BE LIMITED TO 3 YEARS, MAKE SURE SCHEDULE “A”, “FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE”, IS COMPLETED AND THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE SCHEDULE BEFORE SIGNING THE AGREEMENT. IF YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE HAVE PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO A STATUTORY TERMINABLE MARITAL PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE DURING YOUR PRESENT MARRIAGE AND YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE DID NOT COMPLETE SCHEDULE “A”, YOU MAY NOT EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE SCHEDULE “A”.

AB50,1513,6 Signature of One Spouse: ....

AB50,1513,7 Date: ....

AB50,1513,8 Print Name Here: ....

AB50,1513,9 Residence Address: ....