SB45,1155,21 165.25 (4) (ar) The department of justice shall furnish all legal services required by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection relating to the enforcement of ss. 91.68, 93.73, 100.171, 100.173, 100.174, 100.175, 100.177, 100.18, 100.182, 100.195, 100.20, 100.205, 100.207, 100.209, 100.2091, 100.2092, 100.21, 100.28, 100.37, 100.42, 100.50, 100.51, 100.55, and 846.45 and chs. 126, 136, 344, 704, 707, and 779, together with any other services as are necessarily connected to the legal services.

SB45,2224 Section 2224. 165.25 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1156,21 165.25 (6) (a) 1. At the request of the head of any department of state government, the attorney general may appear for and defend any state department, or any state officer, employee, or agent of the department in any civil action or other matter brought before a court or an administrative agency which is brought against the state department, or officer, employee, or agent for or on account of any act growing out of or committed in the lawful course of an officer’s, employee’s, or agent’s duties. Witness fees or other expenses determined by the attorney general to be reasonable and necessary to the defense in the action or proceeding shall be paid as provided for in s. 885.07. The attorney general may compromise and settle the action as the attorney general determines to be in the best interest of the state except that, if the action is for injunctive relief or there is a proposed consent decree, the attorney general may not compromise or settle the action without the approval of an intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, without first submitting a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance. If, within 14 working days after the plan is submitted, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney general that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may compromise or settle the action only with the approval of the committee. The attorney general may not submit a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance under this subdivision in which the plan concedes the unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or concedes that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval of the joint committee on legislative organization.

SB45,2225 Section 2225. 165.25 (10m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1157,5 165.25 (10m) Report on grants. (intro.) Beginning on January 15, 2015, and annually thereafter, the department of justice shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), regarding its administration of grant programs under ss. s. 165.95, 2023 stats., s. 165.955, 2023 stats., and ss. 165.96, 165.986, and 165.987. The report shall include, for each grant program, all of the following information:

SB45,2226 Section 2226. 165.25 (11) of the statutes is repealed.

SB45,2227 Section 2227. 165.25 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1157,10 165.25 (11m) False claims. Diligently investigate possible violations of s. 20.9315 and, if the department determines that a person has committed an act that is punishable under s. 20.9315, may bring a civil action against that person.

SB45,2228 Section 2228. 165.63 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1157,15 165.63 (3) Requests from courts. In making a determination required under s. 813.124 (7) (a), 813.1285 (7) (a), or 968.20 (1m) (d) 1., a judge or court commissioner shall request information under sub. (2) from the department or from a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer as provided in sub. (4) (d).

SB45,2229 Section 2229. 165.63 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1157,19 165.63 (4) (d) Aid the court in making a determination required under s. 813.124 (7) (a), 813.1285 (7) (a), or 968.20 (1m) (d) 1. or aid an entity in making a determination required under s. 968.20 (1m) (d) 2.

SB45,2230 Section 2230. 165.64 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1157,22 165.64 Self-assigned firearm exclusion. (1) In this section, “department” means the department of justice.

SB45,1158,2 (2) The department shall develop forms for individuals to submit to the department to request, or to renew a request, that they be prohibited from purchasing a firearm. The forms shall request an emergency contact person and shall allow the individual to choose the term of the prohibition as follows:

SB45,1158,3 (a) A one-year, irrevocable term.

SB45,1158,4 (b) A 5-year term, the first year being irrevocable.

SB45,1158,5 (c) A 20-year term, the first year being irrevocable.

SB45,1158,9 (3) If an individual submits a form requesting that they be prohibited from purchasing a firearm, the department shall enter the individual’s identifying information into a database the department maintains and shall notify that individual’s emergency contact person that the individual has submitted a form.

SB45,1158,12 (4) (a) Subject to par. (b), the department shall remove the individual’s identifying information from the database under sub. (3) if any of the following occurs:

SB45,1158,16 1. After the term under sub. (2) expires, the individual submits a form designed by the department requesting that their identifying information be removed. A term that has expired and has not been renewed continues until revoked under this subdivision and the identifying information is removed.

SB45,1158,19 2. Before the term under sub. (2) expires but after the request becomes revocable under sub. (2) (b) or (c), the individual submits a form designed by the department requesting that their identifying information be removed.

SB45,1158,23 (b) The department shall notify the individual’s emergency contact person that the department has received a request submitted under par. (a) and may not remove the individual’s identifying information from the database until at least 48 hours have elapsed since the department received the request.

SB45,1159,5 (5) The department may disclose an individual’s identifying information included in the database under sub. (3) only as part of a firearms restrictions record search under s. 175.35 (2g) (c), as part of a search under s. 175.355 (2), or to the individual who is the subject of the information or the individual’s emergency contact person.

SB45,2231 Section 2231. 165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1159,7 165.68 (1) (a) 3. Sexual abuse, as defined in s. 103.10 (1m) (b) 6 (1) (gd).

SB45,2232 Section 2232. 165.83 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1159,10 165.83 (1) (c) 1. An act that is committed by a person who has attained the age of 17 an adult and that is a felony or a misdemeanor.

SB45,2233 Section 2233. 165.83 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: