New laws, 2011–2012
286 bills became Wisconsin Acts this session, 3 of them signed with a partial veto.
The final votes are each chamber's last recorded passage roll call. A chamber without one passed the bill without a roll call. Special sessions share the session's act numbers, so their acts are here too.
- Act 1 Jan 24, 2011
- Act 2 Jan 27, 2011 SB 1: Limiting noneconomic damages awarded in actions against long-term care providers; actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of certain products; confidentiality of health care services reviews; use as evidence of information regarding health care providers; reporting of quality indicators identifying individual hospitals; homicide or injury by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; criminal abuse of individuals at risk; criminal abuse and neglect of patients and residents; evidence of lay and expert witnesses; damages for frivolous claims; and punitive damage awards.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 19 to 14 and Assembly, 57 to 36.
- Act 3 Jan 31, 2011
- Act 4 Jan 31, 2011
- Act 5 Feb 4, 2011 AB 7: An income and franchise tax credit for small businesses.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 25 to 8 and Assembly, 60 to 33.
- Act 6 Feb 4, 2011 SB 10: An exemption from water quality standards for wetlands and from certain other regulatory provisions concerning water quality and surface water use that apply to a wetland area in Brown County; and review of certain changes to shoreland, wetland, and floodplain zoning ordinances that apply to a wetland area in Brown County.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 20 to 11 and Assembly, 56 to 35.
- Act 7 Feb 9, 2011 SB 6: Creation of an authority, to be known as the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and making appropriations.
Signed with a partial veto. Final votes: Senate, 21 to 10 and Assembly, 59 to 33.
- Act 8 Feb 11, 2011 SB 1: Membership of the Joint Legislative Council.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 9 Feb 22, 2011 AB 5: Requiring a supermajority for passage of tax increase legislation.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 20 to 12 and Assembly, 57 to 36.
- Act 10 Mar 11, 2011 AB 11: State finances, collective bargaining for public employees, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the state civil service system, the Medical Assistance program, sale of certain facilities, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 51 to 17.
- Act 11 Mar 24, 2011
- Act 12 Mar 31, 2011
- Act 13 Apr 6, 2011
- Act 14 Apr 12, 2011
- Act 15 Apr 19, 2011 SB 9: The dairy and livestock farm investment credits.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 19 to 0 and Assembly, 92 to 1.
- Act 16 May 5, 2011
- Act 17 May 23, 2011
- Act 18 May 23, 2011
- Act 19 May 23, 2011 AB 23: Disinfection of municipal water supplies.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 21 to 11 and Assembly, 58 to 35.
- Act 20 May 23, 2011 SB 61: Multiple trip permits for overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing material.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 21 May 23, 2011 AB 8: The authority of a state agency to promulgate rules interpreting the provisions of a statute enforced or administered by the agency and to implement or enforce any standard, requirement, or threshold as a term or condition of a license issued by the state agency; gubernatorial approval of proposed administrative rules; economic impact analyses of proposed rules and emergency rules; and venue in a declaratory judgment action seeking judicial review of the validity of an administrative rule and in an action in which the sole defendant is the state.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 18 to 14 and Assembly, 59 to 34.
- Act 22 May 24, 2011 SB 13: Regulation of telecommunications utilities and alternative telecommunications utilities; telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations; telecommunications intrastate switched access rates; interconnected voice over Internet protocol service; and use of transmission equipment and property by video service providers.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 25 to 8 and Assembly, 80 to 13.
- Act 23 May 25, 2011 AB 7: Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 19 to 14 and Assembly, 60 to 35.
- Act 24 May 27, 2011 AB 35: Culling of bass in a fishing tournament.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 28 to 5.
- Act 25 May 27, 2011
- Act 26 Jun 10, 2011
- Act 27 Jun 15, 2011
- Act 28 Jun 17, 2011
- Act 29 Jun 22, 2011
- Act 30 Jun 24, 2011 SB 26: Bonding authority for major interstate bridge projects.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 23 to 10 and Assembly, 71 to 26.
- Act 31 Jun 24, 2011 SB 54: Certain controlled substances and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 32 Jun 26, 2011 AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Signed with a partial veto. Final votes: Senate, 19 to 14 and Assembly, 60 to 38.
- Act 33 Jul 5, 2011 SB 41: Agreements relating to motor carrier liability.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 34 Jul 5, 2011
- Act 35 Jul 8, 2011
- Act 36 Jul 13, 2011
- Act 37 Jul 18, 2011 AB 13: A development opportunity zone for the city of Beloit.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0 and Assembly, 89 to 4.
- Act 38 Jul 19, 2011 SB 57: Corrections and sentencing.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 22 to 11 and Assembly, 68 to 29.
- Act 39 Jul 25, 2011 SB 150: Division of municipalities into wards and redistricting of supervisory and aldermanic districts and appointing a panel to hear challenges to the apportionment of a congressional or legislative district, and hearing certain appeals.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 19 to 14 and Assembly, 58 to 39.
- Act 40 Jul 29, 2011
- Act 41 Aug 3, 2011
- Act 42 Aug 3, 2011
- Act 43 Aug 9, 2011 SB 148: Legislative redistricting.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 19 to 14 and Assembly, 57 to 40.
- Act 44 Aug 9, 2011 SB 149: Congressional redistricting.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 19 to 14 and Assembly, 59 to 38.
- Act 45 Sep 30, 2011
- Act 46 Nov 1, 2011 SB 47: Changes to the membership of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, notification to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board of bills with an economic impact on small businesses, the role of the Office of Regulatory Assistance in the Department of Commerce, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 47 Nov 4, 2011 SB 234: Preaccreditation and accreditation of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the choice program for eligible school districts, certificates of occupancy for participating private school buildings, verification of income eligibility for pupils to participate in the programs, fees and tuition charged to pupils attending participating private schools, and standards of conduct for administrators of participating private schools.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 65 to 27.
- Act 48 Nov 4, 2011 AB 270: Designating and marking a bridge across the Menominee River in Marinette County as Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 49 Nov 4, 2011
- Act 50 Nov 4, 2011
- Act 51 Nov 4, 2011
- Act 52 Nov 9, 2011 AB 252: Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 53 Nov 9, 2011
- Act 54 Nov 9, 2011 AB 254: The maximum permissible length of single vehicles operated on a highway without an overlength permit.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 55 Nov 9, 2011
- Act 56 Nov 9, 2011
- Act 57 Nov 9, 2011 AB 64: Single trip permits for the movement of oversize mobile homes, manufactured homes, and modular homes.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 58 Nov 9, 2011
- Act 59 Nov 9, 2011 AB 267: Operating certain three-vehicle combinations on the highways.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 32 to 1.
- Act 60 Nov 9, 2011 SB 215: Trailer or semitrailer registration.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 32 to 0.
- Act 61 Nov 9, 2011
- Act 62 Nov 9, 2011 SB 259: Creating the office of county comptroller for Milwaukee County.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 22 to 10 and Assembly, 79 to 11.
- Act 63 Nov 9, 2011 SB 224: Exception to local levy limits for the village of Shorewood.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 31 to 0 and Assembly, 93 to 0.
- Act 64 Nov 9, 2011
- Act 65 Nov 9, 2011
- Act 66 Nov 9, 2011 AB 113: Changing the boundaries of Marquette County and Green Lake County.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 67 Nov 16, 2011 SB 3: The film production services tax credit application fee.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 68 Nov 16, 2011 SB 23: Various duties of the Department of Revenue, including issuing declaratory judgments, conducting audits and assessments, asserting liability, allowing claims for refunds, awarding the costs of litigation, prohibiting browsing of returns and claims, imposing penalties related to a taxpayer's negligence, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 15 and Assembly, 72 to 22.
- Act 69 Nov 16, 2011 SB 14: Interest rates on judgments in certain civil actions.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 16 and Assembly, 59 to 36.
- Act 70 Nov 16, 2011
- Act 71 Nov 16, 2011 AB 275: Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to make revenue obligation trust fund loans to certain municipalities, authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to make certain investments, application requirements for certain state trust fund loans, persons authorized to execute certificates of indebtedness, and collection procedures for outstanding state trust fund loans.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 31 to 0 and Assembly, 93 to 0.
- Act 72 Nov 16, 2011
- Act 73 Nov 16, 2011 AB 265: The definition of bicycle; manual turn signals for bicyclists; lighting of bicycles, motor bicycles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; overtaking and passing vehicles; the operation of bicycles equipped with metal-studded tires; and moped parking.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 93 to 0.
- Act 74 Nov 16, 2011 SB 109: Soft tissue injury to a law enforcement officer when resisting or obstructing arrest.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 75 Nov 16, 2011
- Act 76 Nov 16, 2011
- Act 77 Nov 16, 2011
- Act 78 Nov 18, 2011 SB 242: Changing the definition of and the applicability of one-family and two-family dwelling rules to a bed and breakfast.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 79 Nov 21, 2011
- Act 80 Nov 21, 2011
- Act 81 Nov 23, 2011 SB 42: Mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect by school district employees; training in child abuse and neglect identification, laws, and procedures for those employees; retaliation against a person who reports child abuse or neglect in good faith, and granting rule-making authority.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 31 to 1.
- Act 82 Nov 23, 2011 AB 102: Crimes against children committed by certain persons and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 83 Nov 23, 2011 SB 86: Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 84 Nov 23, 2011
- Act 85 Nov 23, 2011
- Act 86 Nov 23, 2011 SB 45: Administration of medication to pupils.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 18 to 15 and Assembly, 63 to 32.
- Act 87 Nov 23, 2011 AB 30: Delegation by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of powers regarding the care and custody of the child by a power of attorney.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 88 Dec 6, 2011 AB 1: Processing refunds for the jobs tax credit.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 32 to 1 and Assembly, 95 to 2.
- Act 89 Dec 6, 2011
- Act 90 Dec 7, 2011 AB 300: Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 91 Dec 7, 2011 SB 96: Motor vehicle dealers.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 32 to 1 and Assembly, 85 to 7.
- Act 92 Dec 7, 2011 SB 12: Factors for determining the reasonableness of attorney fees.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 15 and Assembly, 55 to 39.
- Act 93 Dec 7, 2011 SB 22: The duty of care owed to trespassers.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 80 to 15.
- Act 94 Dec 7, 2011 AB 69: The privilege of self-defense.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 26 to 7 and Assembly, 71 to 24.
- Act 95 Dec 7, 2011 AB 48: Information about land acquired with stewardship funding.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 31 to 0.
- Act 96 Dec 7, 2011 AB 60: Individuals and officers who may be covered by a county blanket bond.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 97 Dec 7, 2011 AB 63: Closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 23 to 8.
- Act 98 Dec 7, 2011
- Act 99 Dec 7, 2011 AB 103: Receiving a stolen firearm and providing a penalty.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 32 to 0.
- Act 100 Dec 7, 2011 AB 245: Procurement of prescription drugs by a faculty member at an institution of higher education for the purpose of lawful research, teaching, or testing.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 101 Dec 7, 2011 AB 274: Requiring motorists to yield to railroad track equipment trains at railroad crossings and requiring a railroad to maintain its right-of-way.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 102 Dec 7, 2011 SB 241: Nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates and licenses.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 31 to 0.
- Act 103 Dec 7, 2011
- Act 104 Dec 7, 2011 SB 77: Membership on the State Trails Council.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 105 Dec 7, 2011 SB 95: Granting high school credit for extracurricular sports; services provided by a special education program; transportation aid paid to school districts; the use of moneys received by a school district from the common school fund; using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate, discharge, suspend, or discipline a teacher or for the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract; the number of teaching days scheduled in the Milwaukee Public Schools; permitting a school district to limit the grades in which to reduce class size under the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program; permitting a school board to deny enrollment to a pupil who has been expelled from an out-of-state school or from an independent charter school in this state and permitting an independent charter school to expel a pupil; use of law enforcement records to take disciplinary action against a pupil under a school district's athletic code; and changing the date by which a school district must certify the amount of its property tax levy.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 16 and Assembly, 54 to 38.
- Act 106 Dec 7, 2011 SB 196: Excluding from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 107 Dec 7, 2011 SB 136: A disclosure report for sellers of vacant land.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 108 Dec 7, 2011 SB 107: Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 18 to 14 and Assembly, 59 to 36.
- Act 109 Dec 7, 2011 SB 151: Opportunities to win prizes that are received by employees as compensation from employers.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 110 Dec 7, 2011 SB 85: Theft of certain services and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 111 Dec 7, 2011 SB 208: The use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 112 Dec 7, 2011 SB 217: Suspension of operating privilege or registration for unsatisfied judgment for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 113 Dec 15, 2011
- Act 114 Feb 1, 2012
- Act 115 Feb 17, 2012
- Act 116 Feb 29, 2012 SB 413: Calculation of creditable military service and treatment of differential wage payments for benefits purposes for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 117 Feb 29, 2012 SB 322: Overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 94 to 0.
- Act 118 Feb 29, 2012 SB 368: Permits for discharges into wetlands; wetland mitigation; wetland mapping and delineation; fees for permits and other authorizations or determinations by the Department of Natural Resources relating to structures, deposits, and other activities in or near navigable waters; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 15.
- Act 119 Mar 2, 2012 SB 442: An addition to the 2011-13 Authorized State Building Program.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 120 Mar 5, 2012
- Act 121 Mar 7, 2012
- Act 122 Mar 7, 2012
- Act 123 Mar 12, 2012 AB 450: Participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Signed with a partial veto. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0 and Assembly, 95 to 0.
- Act 124 Mar 19, 2012 AB 322: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 125 Mar 19, 2012 SB 353: The use of seclusion and physical restraint on pupils in public schools.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 126 Mar 19, 2012 SB 377: Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 127 Mar 19, 2012
- Act 128 Mar 21, 2012 AB 181: Authorizing towns to challenge certain city or village annexation procedures.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 129 Mar 21, 2012 AB 200: Temporary alcohol beverages licenses issued for fairgrounds and eligibility for state aid for fairs.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 130 Mar 21, 2012 AB 506: Requiring the county clerk to organize the first election of officers following the incorporation of a city or village.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 131 Mar 21, 2012
- Act 132 Mar 21, 2012
- Act 133 Mar 21, 2012
- Act 134 Mar 21, 2012
- Act 135 Mar 21, 2012 SB 300: The length of time for which a variance applies.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 76 to 5.
- Act 136 Mar 21, 2012 SB 307: Foreclosure on abandoned properties.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 137 Mar 21, 2012
- Act 138 Mar 21, 2012
- Act 139 Mar 21, 2012 SB 440: Increasing the allowable number of project plan amendments, and lengthening the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made, for Tax Incremental District Number 3 in the city of Middleton.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 31 to 2 and Assembly, 56 to 35.
- Act 140 Mar 21, 2012 SB 452: Exception to local levy limits for the village of Warrens.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 141 Mar 21, 2012 SB 458: Authorizing local governments to appoint traffic control attendants for special events.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 142 Mar 21, 2012 SB 465: The definition of municipality for purposes of tax refund setoffs.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 143 Mar 21, 2012
- Act 144 Mar 21, 2012
- Act 145 Mar 21, 2012 SB 524: Exception to local levy limits for the city of Fox Lake.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 146 Mar 21, 2012 SB 453: The authority and responsibility of the Department of Safety and Professional Services, requirements for obtaining certain licenses or other credentials from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, weighing a product that contains opium or another controlled substance, and granting rule-making authority.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 147 Mar 23, 2012 AB 518: Designation of highways as scenic byways.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 148 Mar 23, 2012 SB 441: Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to collect voluntary contributions in addition to fees charged for certain approvals, authorizing the voluntary contributions to be paid to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and making an appropriation.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0 and Assembly, 84 to 0.
- Act 149 Mar 23, 2012 AB 104: Membership of the Natural Resources Board.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 23 to 9 and Assembly, 80 to 13.
- Act 150 Mar 23, 2012
- Act 151 Mar 23, 2012
- Act 152 Mar 23, 2012 AB 383: The disposal of oil absorbent materials.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 153 Mar 23, 2012
- Act 154 Mar 26, 2012 AB 229: Repealing a prohibition on certain nonessential uses of natural gas.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 155 Mar 26, 2012
- Act 156 Mar 26, 2012 SB 335: Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 157 Mar 26, 2012
- Act 158 Mar 26, 2012 SB 348: Eliminating an obsolete reference governing pilot payments to Second Chance Partnership to establish a work-based learning program; changing the name of the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning, the name of the Reference and Loan Library, and the name of the Division for Learning Support, Equity and Advocacy; participation in a public library system; and the appropriation to the Department of Public Instruction for children-at-risk programs (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 159 Mar 28, 2012 SB 317: Electronic prescriptions for schedule II controlled substances.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 160 Mar 28, 2012
- Act 161 Mar 28, 2012 SB 421: Authorizing medically related actions by physician assistants.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 162 Mar 29, 2012 AB 497: Providing immunity from liability to a school board or the governing body of a charter school that provides public access to school grounds for certain recreational activities.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 163 Mar 29, 2012 AB 224: Authorizing school boards and libraries to transfer a gift or grant to certain charitable organizations.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 164 Mar 29, 2012
- Act 165 Mar 30, 2012 SB 315: Use of law enforcement or juvenile court records to take disciplinary action against a pupil under a school district's athletic code.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 166 Apr 2, 2012 SB 461: The governor's read to lead development fund, the Read to Lead Development Council, grants in support of literacy and early childhood development programs, teacher licensure, screening kindergarten pupils for reading readiness, remedial reading services for certain pupils, evaluating teacher preparatory programs and educator effectiveness, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 20 to 13 and Assembly, 80 to 14.
- Act 167 Apr 2, 2012 SB 326: The issuance of, and exemptions from, certain individual permits, contracts, and general permits for structures, deposits, and other activities in or near navigable waters; areas of significant scientific value that are areas of special natural resource interest; repair and maintenance of boathouses and fixed houseboats; information required to be published on the Department of Natural Resources Internet Web site; expedited procedures for certain plan approvals; deadlines for action on certain approval applications; and granting rule-making authority.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 20 to 13 and Assembly, 54 to 29.
- Act 168 Apr 2, 2012 AB 311: Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 32 to 1 and Assembly, 84 to 12.
- Act 169 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 170 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 171 Apr 2, 2012 AB 467: Consideration of certain greenhouse gas emissions in determining requirements applicable to a stationary source of air pollution.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 172 Apr 2, 2012 AB 259: Concussions and other head injuries sustained in youth athletic activities.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 173 Apr 2, 2012 AB 55: Vehicle failure-to-yield violations.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 174 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 175 Apr 2, 2012 AB 59: Semiannual meetings of small winery cooperative wholesalers.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 176 Apr 2, 2012 AB 144: Creating a commission on financial aid consolidation and modernization.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 177 Apr 2, 2012 AB 176: Minimum harvesting requirements for commercial fishing in the Great Lakes.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 178 Apr 2, 2012 AB 228: Exemptions from securities registration requirements.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 32 to 0 and Assembly, 96 to 0.
- Act 179 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 180 Apr 2, 2012 AB 377: The definition of rough fish and taking rough fish with a crossbow.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 95 to 0.
- Act 181 Apr 2, 2012 SB 502: Case planning for a child placed in out-of-home care, including concurrent permanency goals, trial reunifications, and planned permanent living arrangements for such a child.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 182 Apr 2, 2012 SB 475: Audits and reports of state savings banks and state savings and loan associations.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 183 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 184 Apr 2, 2012 SB 341: Open doors on authorized emergency vehicles.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 185 Apr 2, 2012 SB 476: Changing the date of fire prevention week from the week of October 8 to the week of October 9.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 186 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 187 Apr 2, 2012 SB 370: Regulating certain substitutes for ozone-depleting refrigerants.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 188 Apr 2, 2012 SB 402: The waiver of requirements related to the discharge of water pollution for certain research projects.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 189 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 190 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 191 Apr 2, 2012 SB 297: Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 192 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 193 Apr 2, 2012 SB 522: Use of tuberculocidal disinfectants in a barbering or cosmetology establishment.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 194 Apr 2, 2012 SB 274: Regulating sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers to scrap plastic dealers and providing penalties.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 195 Apr 2, 2012 SB 517: Licensing of plants that process certain foods made with milk or milk products.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 196 Apr 2, 2012 SB 518: Gasoline vapor recovery requirements and granting rule-making authority.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 197 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 198 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 199 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 200 Apr 2, 2012 SB 395: Homemade wine and fermented malt beverages.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 32 to 1.
- Act 201 Apr 2, 2012 SB 407: Zinc air button cell batteries and providing penalties.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 87 to 6.
- Act 202 Apr 2, 2012 SB 426: Intentional program violations of public assistance programs.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 18 to 15 and Assembly, 66 to 27.
- Act 203 Apr 2, 2012 SB 539: Information related to condominiums that must be furnished with real estate condition reports.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 204 Apr 2, 2012 SB 308: Deposit placement programs of public depositories.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 205 Apr 2, 2012 SB 356: The authority of credit unions to make donations and grants.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 206 Apr 2, 2012 SB 416: Adopting amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, relating to secured transactions, recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 207 Apr 2, 2012 SB 537: The regulation of aquaculture.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 208 Apr 2, 2012
- Act 209 Apr 4, 2012
- Act 210 Apr 4, 2012
- Act 211 Apr 4, 2012
- Act 212 Apr 4, 2012
- Act 213 Apr 5, 2012
- Act 214 Apr 5, 2012
- Act 215 Apr 5, 2012 SB 174: Closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 216 Apr 5, 2012 SB 237: Providing instruction in human growth and development.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 15 and Assembly, 60 to 34.
- Act 217 Apr 5, 2012 SB 306: Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion, information on domestic abuse services, giving a woman an abortion-inducing drug, repealing criminal sanctions against women who perform or obtain certain abortion procedures, and providing a penalty.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 15 and Assembly, 60 to 33.
- Act 218 Apr 5, 2012
- Act 219 Apr 5, 2012
- Act 220 Apr 6, 2012 SB 114: Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 30 to 3 and Assembly, 89 to 4.
- Act 221 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 222 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 223 Apr 6, 2012 SB 547: Safety mirrors on school buses.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 224 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 225 Apr 6, 2012 SB 429: Portable electronics insurance and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 226 Apr 6, 2012 SB 492: Regulating certain service contracts and granting rule-making authority.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 227 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 228 Apr 6, 2012 AB 548: The typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 229 Apr 6, 2012 AB 46: Eliminating the World Dairy Center Authority.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 230 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 231 Apr 6, 2012 AB 418: Agreements to locate unclaimed property reported to the state treasurer.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 232 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 233 Apr 6, 2012 SB 390: Appointment of notaries public, collection agencies, and community currency exchanges.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 234 Apr 6, 2012 SB 391: The procedure for the administrative dissolution of corporations.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 235 Apr 6, 2012 SB 462: Registration of motor vehicles by the Department of Transportation.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0.
- Act 236 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 237 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 238 Apr 6, 2012 SB 394: Establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 33 to 0 and Assembly, 79 to 3.
- Act 239 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 240 Apr 6, 2012 SB 386: Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 16 and Assembly, 57 to 37.
- Act 241 Apr 6, 2012 SB 397: Photographs on operator's licenses.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 242 Apr 6, 2012 SB 398: Submitting written objections and appearing in person or by telephone at a hearing to review administrative suspension of motor vehicle operating privileges.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 243 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 244 Apr 6, 2012 SB 423: Disqualification of commercial motor vehicle operators.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 74 to 20.
- Act 245 Apr 6, 2012 SB 500: Appointments to the Council on Highway Safety.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 246 Apr 6, 2012 AB 609: Road closure barriers.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 247 Apr 6, 2012 AB 611: Vehicles required to stop at railroad crossings, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 248 Apr 6, 2012 AB 152: State aid for airport improvement projects.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 249 Apr 6, 2012 AB 93: Prohibiting purchase of tobacco products on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor and providing penalties.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 250 Apr 6, 2012 AB 395: Acquisition of land in the Niagara Escarpment corridor.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 94 to 0.
- Act 251 Apr 6, 2012 AB 334: Possession of certain animals killed by vehicles.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 252 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 253 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 254 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 255 Apr 6, 2012 SB 464: Prohibiting fingerprinting in connection with professional credentials issued by the Department of Safety and Professional Services or an examining board or affiliated credentialing board, except as provided in the statutes, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 16 and Assembly, 68 to 26.
- Act 256 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 257 Apr 6, 2012 SB 284: Affecting various provisions of the statutes to correct errors and reconcile conflicts (Corrections Bill).
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 258 Apr 6, 2012 SB 285: Affecting various provisions of the statutes to correct errors and reconcile conflicts (Correction Bill).
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 259 Apr 6, 2012 SB 286: Revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of supplying omissions and eliminating defects (Correction Bill).
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 260 Apr 6, 2012 SB 287: Affecting various provisions of the statutes to correct errors and reconcile conflicts (Correction Bill).
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 261 Apr 6, 2012 SB 288: Federal financial hardship assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources).
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 262 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 263 Apr 6, 2012 SB 349: The confidentiality of information related to exemptions from the requirement to register livestock premises; membership of county land conservation committees; vehicle scale operators; and changing a reporting requirement for pesticide sales (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection).
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 264 Apr 6, 2012
- Act 265 Apr 6, 2012 AB 486: The definitions of vehicle and motor vehicle (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation).
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 266 Apr 9, 2012
- Act 267 Apr 9, 2012 AB 269: Prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 268 Apr 9, 2012
- Act 269 Apr 9, 2012 AB 263: Costs associated with providing false information to a law enforcement officer.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 270 Apr 9, 2012 SB 173: The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 271 Apr 9, 2012 SB 536: Prosecution time limits for the offense of trafficking a child, possession of child pornography, termination of parental rights after committing the offense of trafficking a child, criminal procedure, crime victim compensation, and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 272 Apr 9, 2012 AB 209: Mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex offenses.
Signed. Final votes: Assembly, 85 to 9.
- Act 273 Apr 9, 2012 SB 127: Aggravating factors for a court to consider when sentencing persons.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 274 Apr 9, 2012 AB 379: Keeping certain name changes confidential.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 275 Apr 9, 2012 AB 149: False reporting of an emergency and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 276 Apr 9, 2012 AB 217: Impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 277 Apr 9, 2012 SB 350: Increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 278 Apr 12, 2012
- Act 279 Apr 12, 2012 SB 410: Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting manure.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 280 Apr 12, 2012
- Act 281 Apr 12, 2012 SB 496: Brucellosis testing of milk, cream, and cattle and restrictions on moving or sale of American bison and other animal species.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 282 Apr 12, 2012
- Act 283 Apr 12, 2012 AB 232: Rights of crime victims and witnesses.
Signed. Neither chamber recorded a roll call.
- Act 284 Apr 12, 2012
- Act 285 Apr 12, 2012
- Act 286 Apr 12, 2012 SB 275: Membership of technical college district boards.
Signed. Final votes: Senate, 17 to 16.
Act numbers and signing dates come word for word from each bill's history at the Wisconsin Legislature, checked Sep 15, 2026.