New laws · 2011–2012

286 bills became Wisconsin Acts this session, 3 of them signed with a partial veto. Act numbers and approval dates come verbatim from each bill's official history. Vote tallies are each chamber's last recorded passage roll call; a chamber with no tally shown passed the bill without a recorded roll call (a voice or paper vote).

Act 1 SB 2 creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. approved Jan 24, 2011 Senate 21–12 Assembly 66–28
Act 2 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. approved Jan 27, 2011 Senate 19–14 Assembly 57–36
Act 3 AB 3 an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that relocate to this state. approved Jan 31, 2011 Senate 24–9 Assembly 82–12
Act 4 AB 4 increasing the amount of the credits under the economic development tax credit program. approved Jan 31, 2011 Senate 25–8 Assembly 82–12
Act 5 AB 7 an income and franchise tax credit for small businesses. approved Feb 4, 2011 Senate 25–8 Assembly 60–33
Act 6 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. approved Feb 4, 2011 Senate 20–11 Assembly 56–35
Act 7 SB 6 creation of an authority, to be known as the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and making appropriations. approved Feb 9, 2011 partial veto Senate 21–10 Assembly 59–33
Act 8 SB 1 membership of the Joint Legislative Council. approved Feb 11, 2011
Act 9 AB 5 requiring a supermajority for passage of tax increase legislation. approved Feb 22, 2011 Senate 20–12 Assembly 57–36
Act 10 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. approved Mar 11, 2011 Assembly 51–17
Act 11 SB 21 authorizing the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County to create a tax incremental district for a retail project. approved Mar 24, 2011 Senate 19–0
Act 12 SB 11 the filing of certain forms related to Tax Incremental Financing District Number 72 in the city of Milwaukee. approved Mar 31, 2011 Senate 19–0
Act 13 SB 12 state finances, the Medical Assistance program, granting bonding authority, and making appropriations. approved Apr 6, 2011 Senate 22–11 Assembly 58–36
Act 14 AB 4 automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. approved Apr 12, 2011 Assembly 61–34
Act 15 SB 9 the dairy and livestock farm investment credits. approved Apr 19, 2011 Senate 19–0 Assembly 92–1
Act 16 SB 23 preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health issues. approved May 5, 2011 Senate 19–0 Assembly 59–35
Act 17 SB 20 authorizing the City of Milwaukee to sell city-owned property used for school purposes. approved May 23, 2011 Senate 19–14
Act 18 SB 12 allowing retailers the ability to offer discounts equal to the state and local sales taxes. approved May 23, 2011 Senate 18–0
Act 19 AB 23 disinfection of municipal water supplies. approved May 23, 2011 Senate 21–11 Assembly 58–35
Act 20 SB 61 multiple trip permits for overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing material. approved May 23, 2011
Act 21 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. approved May 23, 2011 Senate 18–14 Assembly 59–34
Act 22 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. approved May 24, 2011 Senate 25–8 Assembly 80–13
Act 23 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. approved May 25, 2011 Senate 19–14 Assembly 60–35
Act 24 AB 35 culling of bass in a fishing tournament. approved May 27, 2011 Senate 28–5
Act 25 SB 59 the deadline for registering certain piers and wharves with the Department of Natural Resources. approved May 27, 2011 Assembly 87–7
Act 26 AB 2 authorizing the designation of additional enterprise zones and requiring the designation of enterprise zones in rural areas. approved Jun 10, 2011 Senate 26–7 Assembly 79–12
Act 27 AB 148 changes affecting state finances in the 2010-11 fiscal year and making an appropriation. approved Jun 15, 2011 Senate 33–0 Assembly 84–12
Act 28 SB 72 privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements. approved Jun 17, 2011 Assembly 70–24
Act 29 SB 15 collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards. approved Jun 22, 2011 Senate 19–0 Assembly 61–36
Act 30 SB 26 bonding authority for major interstate bridge projects. approved Jun 24, 2011 Senate 23–10 Assembly 71–26
Act 31 SB 54 certain controlled substances and providing a penalty. approved Jun 24, 2011
Act 32 AB 40 state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature. approved Jun 26, 2011 partial veto Senate 19–14 Assembly 60–38
Act 33 SB 41 agreements relating to motor carrier liability. approved Jul 5, 2011
Act 34 SB 81 eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard. approved Jul 5, 2011 Senate 21–11 Assembly 60–37
Act 35 SB 93 going armed with weapons, possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances, disorderly conduct limitations, and electric weapons. approved Jul 8, 2011 Senate 25–8 Assembly 68–27
Act 36 AB 96 the composition of the Board of Veterans Affairs, the appointment of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and promulgating rules for the Department of Veterans Affairs. approved Jul 13, 2011 Senate 21–12 Assembly 59–37
Act 37 AB 13 a development opportunity zone for the city of Beloit. approved Jul 18, 2011 Senate 33–0 Assembly 89–4
Act 38 SB 57 corrections and sentencing. approved Jul 19, 2011 Senate 22–11 Assembly 68–29
Act 39 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. approved Jul 25, 2011 Senate 19–14 Assembly 58–39
Act 40 SB 144 creating an exception to certain requirements in the creation of or amendment to a tax incremental financing district in the village of Pleasant Prairie. approved Jul 29, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 41 SB 55 expanding the number of tax incremental financing districts that may be designated as distressed or severely distressed. approved Aug 3, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 42 SB 147 payment of extended unemployment insurance benefits during certain periods in this state. approved Aug 3, 2011 Senate 30–3 Assembly 81–16
Act 43 SB 148 legislative redistricting. approved Aug 9, 2011 Senate 19–14 Assembly 57–40
Act 44 SB 149 congressional redistricting. approved Aug 9, 2011 Senate 19–14 Assembly 59–38
Act 45 SB 115 the date of the presidential preference primary and certain other election occurrences. approved Sep 30, 2011 Assembly 65–32
Act 46 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. approved Nov 1, 2011
Act 47 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. approved Nov 4, 2011 Assembly 65–27
Act 48 AB 270 designating and marking a bridge across the Menominee River in Marinette County as Veterans Memorial Bridge. approved Nov 4, 2011
Act 49 SB 203 adopting federal law as it relates to excluding from an employee's income certain payments from an employer related to medical care. approved Nov 4, 2011 Senate 33–0 Assembly 93–3
Act 50 SB 75 prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from establishing certain restrictions on hunting antlered deer and regulating the establishment of fall open seasons for hunting deer with firearms. approved Nov 4, 2011 Assembly 64–33
Act 51 SB 228 placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat. approved Nov 4, 2011 Assembly 65–31
Act 52 AB 252 seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. approved Nov 9, 2011
Act 53 AB 253 the maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 54 AB 254 the maximum permissible length of single vehicles operated on a highway without an overlength permit. approved Nov 9, 2011
Act 55 SB 222 permits for overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting sealed containers or vehicles in international trade. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 56 SB 223 annual or consecutive month permits for certain overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting agricultural products. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 57 AB 64 single trip permits for the movement of oversize mobile homes, manufactured homes, and modular homes. approved Nov 9, 2011
Act 58 AB 248 annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles transporting overheight loads of hay or straw. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 59 AB 267 operating certain three-vehicle combinations on the highways. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 32–1
Act 60 SB 215 trailer or semitrailer registration. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 32–0
Act 61 SB 117 venue for actions and appeals in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 18–15 Assembly 58–34
Act 62 SB 259 creating the office of county comptroller for Milwaukee County. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 22–10 Assembly 79–11
Act 63 SB 224 exception to local levy limits for the village of Shorewood. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 31–0 Assembly 93–0
Act 64 AB 273 the loan program for property taxes imposed as a result of an error in equalized value and making an appropriation. approved Nov 9, 2011 Senate 32–0 Assembly 96–0
Act 65 AB 319 reductions in cost of compensation or fringe benefits to municipal employers without modifying an existing collective bargaining agreement for purposes of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10. approved Nov 9, 2011
Act 66 AB 113 changing the boundaries of Marquette County and Green Lake County. approved Nov 9, 2011
Act 67 SB 3 the film production services tax credit application fee. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 68 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. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 17–15 Assembly 72–22
Act 69 SB 14 interest rates on judgments in certain civil actions. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 17–16 Assembly 59–36
Act 70 SB 212 regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 24–7 Assembly 70–22
Act 71 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. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 31–0 Assembly 93–0
Act 72 AB 212 throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 29–3
Act 73 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. approved Nov 16, 2011 Assembly 93–0
Act 74 SB 109 soft tissue injury to a law enforcement officer when resisting or obstructing arrest. approved Nov 16, 2011
Act 75 SB 116 the dates of the September primary and certain other election occurrences and absentee voting. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 20–13 Assembly 67–28
Act 76 SB 48 creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 32–1 Assembly 91–5
Act 77 AB 179 authorizing the creation of a multijurisdictional tax incremental financing district. approved Nov 16, 2011 Senate 31–0 Assembly 96–0
Act 78 SB 242 changing the definition of and the applicability of one-family and two-family dwelling rules to a bed and breakfast. approved Nov 18, 2011
Act 79 SB 2 small business loan guarantees by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. approved Nov 21, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 80 SB 20 changes to agricultural production loan guarantees administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. approved Nov 21, 2011 Assembly 95–0
Act 81 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. approved Nov 23, 2011 Senate 31–1
Act 82 AB 102 crimes against children committed by certain persons and providing a penalty. approved Nov 23, 2011
Act 83 SB 86 permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon. approved Nov 23, 2011
Act 84 SB 49 revocation for immoral conduct of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction. approved Nov 23, 2011 Senate 33–0
Act 85 SB 204 allowing certain pupils to possess and use an epinephrine auto-injector. approved Nov 23, 2011 Assembly 88–5
Act 86 SB 45 administration of medication to pupils. approved Nov 23, 2011 Senate 18–15 Assembly 63–32
Act 87 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. approved Nov 23, 2011
Act 88 AB 1 processing refunds for the jobs tax credit. approved Dec 6, 2011 Senate 32–1 Assembly 95–2
Act 89 SB 28 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. approved Dec 6, 2011 Senate 25–7
Act 90 AB 300 registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 91 SB 96 motor vehicle dealers. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 32–1 Assembly 85–7
Act 92 SB 12 factors for determining the reasonableness of attorney fees. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 17–15 Assembly 55–39
Act 93 SB 22 the duty of care owed to trespassers. approved Dec 7, 2011 Assembly 80–15
Act 94 AB 69 the privilege of self-defense. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 26–7 Assembly 71–24
Act 95 AB 48 information about land acquired with stewardship funding. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 31–0
Act 96 AB 60 individuals and officers who may be covered by a county blanket bond. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 97 AB 63 closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 23–8
Act 98 AB 81 special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. approved Dec 7, 2011 Assembly 97–0
Act 99 AB 103 receiving a stolen firearm and providing a penalty. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 32–0
Act 100 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. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 101 AB 274 requiring motorists to yield to railroad track equipment trains at railroad crossings and requiring a railroad to maintain its right-of-way. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 102 SB 241 nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates and licenses. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 31–0
Act 103 SB 253 the liability of certain persons for environmental contamination on property on which a cleanup has been conducted. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 32–0
Act 104 SB 77 membership on the State Trails Council. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 105 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. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 17–16 Assembly 54–38
Act 106 SB 196 excluding from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 107 SB 136 a disclosure report for sellers of vacant land. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 108 SB 107 prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords. approved Dec 7, 2011 Senate 18–14 Assembly 59–36
Act 109 SB 151 opportunities to win prizes that are received by employees as compensation from employers. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 110 SB 85 theft of certain services and providing a penalty. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 111 SB 208 the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 112 SB 217 suspension of operating privilege or registration for unsatisfied judgment for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. approved Dec 7, 2011
Act 113 AB 80 operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties. approved Dec 15, 2011 Assembly 69–24
Act 114 SB 2 changes to timing of application process under the open enrollment program. approved Feb 1, 2012 Senate 20–11 Assembly 60–35
Act 115 SB 381 county and municipal canvassing procedures, provisional ballot information, the deadline for filing a recount petition, terms of town officers, the date of the annual town meeting, and technical revisions to certain election laws. approved Feb 17, 2012
Act 116 SB 413 calculation of creditable military service and treatment of differential wage payments for benefits purposes for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. approved Feb 29, 2012
Act 117 SB 322 overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products. approved Feb 29, 2012 Assembly 94–0
Act 118 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. approved Feb 29, 2012 Senate 17–15
Act 119 SB 442 an addition to the 2011-13 Authorized State Building Program. approved Mar 2, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 120 SB 357 applying a service member's military education, training, or other experience for purposes of satisfying certain requirements for a professional credential. approved Mar 5, 2012 Assembly 94–0
Act 121 SB 111 the regulation of indirect sources of air pollution and the suspension of a rule promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources. approved Mar 7, 2012 Senate 30–3
Act 122 SB 138 the regulation of emissions of hazardous air contaminants associated with agricultural waste and the partial suspension of rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources. approved Mar 7, 2012 Senate 24–9
Act 123 AB 450 participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. approved Mar 12, 2012 partial veto Senate 33–0 Assembly 95–0
Act 124 AB 322 accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. approved Mar 19, 2012
Act 125 SB 353 the use of seclusion and physical restraint on pupils in public schools. approved Mar 19, 2012
Act 126 SB 377 changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. approved Mar 19, 2012
Act 127 SB 380 removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. approved Mar 19, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 87–6
Act 128 AB 181 authorizing towns to challenge certain city or village annexation procedures. approved Mar 21, 2012
Act 129 AB 200 temporary alcohol beverages licenses issued for fairgrounds and eligibility for state aid for fairs. approved Mar 21, 2012
Act 130 AB 506 requiring the county clerk to organize the first election of officers following the incorporation of a city or village. approved Mar 21, 2012
Act 131 SB 89 the amount of the exemption from income tax withholding requirements for employees of a county fair association. approved Mar 21, 2012 Senate 31–0
Act 132 SB 125 liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages caused by an insufficiency or want of repair of a highway. approved Mar 21, 2012 Senate 21–11
Act 133 SB 153 permitting governmental employers who are not participating employers in the Wisconsin Retirement System to be covered in the local government health insurance plan offered by the group insurance board. approved Mar 21, 2012
Act 134 SB 199 adoption by governmental units of a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems. approved Mar 21, 2012 Assembly 57–37
Act 135 SB 300 the length of time for which a variance applies. approved Mar 21, 2012 Assembly 76–5
Act 136 SB 307 foreclosure on abandoned properties. approved Mar 21, 2012
Act 137 SB 359 extending the expenditure period for a tax incremental district in the village of Denmark. approved Mar 21, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 138 SB 425 loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for energy and water improvements to premises and collection of the debt by special charge. approved Mar 21, 2012 Assembly 91–2
Act 139 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. approved Mar 21, 2012 Senate 31–2 Assembly 56–35
Act 140 SB 452 exception to local levy limits for the village of Warrens. approved Mar 21, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 141 SB 458 authorizing local governments to appoint traffic control attendants for special events. approved Mar 21, 2012
Act 142 SB 465 the definition of municipality for purposes of tax refund setoffs. approved Mar 21, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 143 SB 466 miscellaneous landlord-tenant provisions and prohibiting a local government from imposing a moratorium on eviction actions. approved Mar 21, 2012 Senate 17–16 Assembly 48–32
Act 144 SB 504 limiting the authority of a city, village, or town to enact a development moratorium ordinance. approved Mar 21, 2012 Assembly 47–33
Act 145 SB 524 exception to local levy limits for the city of Fox Lake. approved Mar 21, 2012
Act 146 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. approved Mar 21, 2012
Act 147 AB 518 designation of highways as scenic byways. approved Mar 23, 2012
Act 148 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. approved Mar 23, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 84–0
Act 149 AB 104 membership of the Natural Resources Board. approved Mar 23, 2012 Senate 23–9 Assembly 80–13
Act 150 SB 156 regulation of geothermal well drillers and granting rule-making authority. approved Mar 23, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 151 SB 557 trading of water pollution credits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. approved Mar 23, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 82–0
Act 152 AB 383 the disposal of oil absorbent materials. approved Mar 23, 2012
Act 153 SB 262 a permit exemption for the placement of a pier containing a floating toilet facility in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. approved Mar 23, 2012 Assembly 78–15
Act 154 AB 229 repealing a prohibition on certain nonessential uses of natural gas. approved Mar 26, 2012
Act 155 SB 428 commissioners of the Public Service Commission; notices, orders, and determinations of the commission; certificates of authority issued by the commission; approval of contracts by the commission; electricity sales from certain wholesale merchant plants; public utility removal of certain electric service lines; renewable resource credits; tampering or interfering with utility equipment; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties. approved Mar 26, 2012
Act 156 SB 335 authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma. approved Mar 26, 2012
Act 157 SB 361 payments to the Second Chance Partners for Education and other nonprofit corporations that operate programs in which disengaged pupils participate in work-based learning programs while earning high school diplomas. approved Mar 26, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 158 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). approved Mar 26, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 159 SB 317 electronic prescriptions for schedule II controlled substances. approved Mar 28, 2012
Act 160 SB 383 licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority. approved Mar 28, 2012 Assembly 73–21
Act 161 SB 421 authorizing medically related actions by physician assistants. approved Mar 28, 2012
Act 162 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. approved Mar 29, 2012
Act 163 AB 224 authorizing school boards and libraries to transfer a gift or grant to certain charitable organizations. approved Mar 29, 2012
Act 164 AB 291 restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons holding instruction permits or probationary licenses and providing a penalty. approved Mar 29, 2012 Assembly 94–0
Act 165 SB 315 use of law enforcement or juvenile court records to take disciplinary action against a pupil under a school district's athletic code. approved Mar 30, 2012
Act 166 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. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 20–13 Assembly 80–14
Act 167 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. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 20–13 Assembly 54–29
Act 168 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. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 32–1 Assembly 84–12
Act 169 SB 411 hunting and trapping of wolves, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 24–9 Assembly 69–25
Act 170 SB 472 certain shoreland zoning standards and ordinances that regulate the repair and expansion of nonconforming structures. approved Apr 2, 2012 Assembly 53–28
Act 171 AB 467 consideration of certain greenhouse gas emissions in determining requirements applicable to a stationary source of air pollution. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 172 AB 259 concussions and other head injuries sustained in youth athletic activities. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 173 AB 55 vehicle failure-to-yield violations. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 174 AB 56 retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties. approved Apr 2, 2012 Assembly 82–12
Act 175 AB 59 semiannual meetings of small winery cooperative wholesalers. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 176 AB 144 creating a commission on financial aid consolidation and modernization. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 177 AB 176 minimum harvesting requirements for commercial fishing in the Great Lakes. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 178 AB 228 exemptions from securities registration requirements. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 32–0 Assembly 96–0
Act 179 AB 290 the manufacture of wine and fermented malt beverages not offered for sale. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 180 AB 377 the definition of rough fish and taking rough fish with a crossbow. approved Apr 2, 2012 Assembly 95–0
Act 181 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. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 182 SB 475 audits and reports of state savings banks and state savings and loan associations. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 183 SB 409 various changes to the worker's compensation law, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 94–0
Act 184 SB 341 open doors on authorized emergency vehicles. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 185 SB 476 changing the date of fire prevention week from the week of October 8 to the week of October 9. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 186 SB 314 collection of money owed for failure to pay for gasoline or diesel fuel and obtaining information with personal identifiers from the Department of Transportation. approved Apr 2, 2012 Assembly 93–1
Act 187 SB 370 regulating certain substitutes for ozone-depleting refrigerants. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 188 SB 402 the waiver of requirements related to the discharge of water pollution for certain research projects. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 189 SB 487 the provision of information regarding health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 19–14
Act 190 SB 489 separation of the licensing requirements for barbering and cosmetology, creation of the barbering examining board, and providing a penalty. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 29–4
Act 191 SB 297 eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 192 SB 474 matching financial records for Medical Assistance eligibility and providing a penalty. approved Apr 2, 2012 Assembly 69–25
Act 193 SB 522 use of tuberculocidal disinfectants in a barbering or cosmetology establishment. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 194 SB 274 regulating sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers to scrap plastic dealers and providing penalties. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 195 SB 517 licensing of plants that process certain foods made with milk or milk products. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 196 SB 518 gasoline vapor recovery requirements and granting rule-making authority. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 197 SB 185 regulating text messages as telephone solicitations for purposes of the no call list. approved Apr 2, 2012 Assembly 94–0
Act 198 SB 219 various changes in the unemployment insurance law, providing a penalty, and making appropriations. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 29–3 Assembly 80–12
Act 199 SB 388 duties of ski area operators and participants in snow sports, liability of ski area operators, and granting rule-making authority. approved Apr 2, 2012 Assembly 76–8
Act 200 SB 395 homemade wine and fermented malt beverages. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 32–1
Act 201 SB 407 zinc air button cell batteries and providing penalties. approved Apr 2, 2012 Assembly 87–6
Act 202 SB 426 intentional program violations of public assistance programs. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 18–15 Assembly 66–27
Act 203 SB 539 information related to condominiums that must be furnished with real estate condition reports. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 204 SB 308 deposit placement programs of public depositories. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 205 SB 356 the authority of credit unions to make donations and grants. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 206 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. approved Apr 2, 2012
Act 207 SB 537 the regulation of aquaculture. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 208 SB 354 registration and operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. approved Apr 2, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 90–4
Act 209 SB 338 waiving fees for certain professional and occupational licenses issued to veterans. approved Apr 4, 2012 Senate 32–0 Assembly 93–1
Act 210 SB 550 professional or occupational licensure renewal requirements for active duty service members and their spouses and requirements concerning licensure in this state of spouses of service members temporarily stationed in this state. approved Apr 4, 2012
Act 211 SB 339 noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans to classified positions in the state civil service system. approved Apr 4, 2012 Assembly 94–0
Act 212 SB 369 an income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed disabled veterans. approved Apr 4, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 213 SB 463 the angel investment and early stage seed investment tax credit programs. approved Apr 5, 2012 Senate 32–1 Assembly 90–3
Act 214 SB 459 economic development activities of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. approved Apr 5, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 88–5
Act 215 SB 174 closing the parental choice program for eligible school districts to additional school districts. approved Apr 5, 2012
Act 216 SB 237 providing instruction in human growth and development. approved Apr 5, 2012 Senate 17–15 Assembly 60–34
Act 217 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. approved Apr 5, 2012 Senate 17–15 Assembly 60–33
Act 218 SB 92 prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. approved Apr 5, 2012 Senate 17–16 Assembly 61–34
Act 219 SB 202 elimination of compensatory and punitive damages for acts of employment discrimination or unfair honesty or genetic testing. approved Apr 5, 2012 Senate 17–16 Assembly 60–35
Act 220 SB 114 legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 30–3 Assembly 89–4
Act 221 SB 184 the reporting date for the Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities and making an appropriation. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 96–0
Act 222 SB 321 limiting the number of individual income tax checkoffs and combining the breast cancer and prostate cancer checkoffs into a checkoff for cancer research. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 24–9
Act 223 SB 547 safety mirrors on school buses. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 224 SB 378 surplus lines insurance, insurance security fund, automobile insurance, and granting rule-making authority. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 225 SB 429 portable electronics insurance and providing a penalty. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 226 SB 492 regulating certain service contracts and granting rule-making authority. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 227 SB 271 return of absentee ballots and voting in person by electors who have voted by absentee ballot in the same election. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 17–16 Assembly 59–34
Act 228 AB 548 the typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 229 AB 46 eliminating the World Dairy Center Authority. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 230 AB 216 maintenance and removal of vegetation obstructing the view of outdoor advertising signs along highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. approved Apr 6, 2012 Assembly 76–18
Act 231 AB 418 agreements to locate unclaimed property reported to the state treasurer. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 232 AB 638 technical changes to the qualified production activities income and franchise tax credit. approved Apr 6, 2012 Assembly 78–16
Act 233 SB 390 appointment of notaries public, collection agencies, and community currency exchanges. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 234 SB 391 the procedure for the administrative dissolution of corporations. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 235 SB 462 registration of motor vehicles by the Department of Transportation. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 236 SB 417 concealment of benefit claim information, availability for work, interest on delinquent payments, and the composition and authority of appeal tribunals under the unemployment insurance law. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 92–0
Act 237 SB 260 allowing members of a dairy cooperative to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit in the next taxable year. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 94–0
Act 238 SB 394 establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 33–0 Assembly 79–3
Act 239 AB 508 authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance projects related to nonprofit facilities. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 32–1 Assembly 68–29
Act 240 SB 386 voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 17–16 Assembly 57–37
Act 241 SB 397 photographs on operator's licenses. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 242 SB 398 submitting written objections and appearing in person or by telephone at a hearing to review administrative suspension of motor vehicle operating privileges. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 243 SB 422 the length of vehicles that may be operated on a highway and granting rule-making authority. approved Apr 6, 2012 Assembly 72–22
Act 244 SB 423 disqualification of commercial motor vehicle operators. approved Apr 6, 2012 Assembly 74–20
Act 245 SB 500 appointments to the Council on Highway Safety. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 246 AB 609 road closure barriers. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 247 AB 611 vehicles required to stop at railroad crossings, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 248 AB 152 state aid for airport improvement projects. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 249 AB 93 prohibiting purchase of tobacco products on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor and providing penalties. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 250 AB 395 acquisition of land in the Niagara Escarpment corridor. approved Apr 6, 2012 Assembly 94–0
Act 251 AB 334 possession of certain animals killed by vehicles. approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 252 AB 384 weapons that may be used to hunt certain animals and requirements for establishing open hunting seasons for those animals. approved Apr 6, 2012 Assembly 95–0
Act 253 SB 497 designation, modification, and termination of agricultural enterprise areas. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 254 SB 498 the pest abatement authority of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. approved Apr 6, 2012 Assembly 78–11
Act 255 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. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 17–16 Assembly 68–26
Act 256 SB 478 giving notice of, and providing assistance after, a motor vehicle accident and providing a penalty. approved Apr 6, 2012 Senate 33–0
Act 257 SB 284 affecting various provisions of the statutes to correct errors and reconcile conflicts (Corrections Bill). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 258 SB 285 affecting various provisions of the statutes to correct errors and reconcile conflicts (Correction Bill). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 259 SB 286 revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of supplying omissions and eliminating defects (Correction Bill). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 260 SB 287 affecting various provisions of the statutes to correct errors and reconcile conflicts (Correction Bill). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 261 SB 288 federal financial hardship assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Natural Resources). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 262 SB 330 limitations on the issuance of a certificate of title for a motor vehicle involved in certain operating while intoxicated offenses, technical changes that affect the period of revocation of a person's operating privilege, vehicle and insurance registration for motor carriers operating in multiple jurisdictions, and vehicle identification numbers assigned by the Department of Transportation (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 263 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). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 264 AB 485 personalized registration plates for vehicles registered by certain veterans with a disability that limits the ability to walk (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 265 AB 486 the definitions of vehicle and motor vehicle (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation). approved Apr 6, 2012
Act 266 SB 104 requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. approved Apr 9, 2012 Senate 31–2 Assembly 97–0
Act 267 AB 269 prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 268 AB 397 failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties. approved Apr 9, 2012 Assembly 92–2
Act 269 AB 263 costs associated with providing false information to a law enforcement officer. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 270 SB 173 the disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 271 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. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 272 AB 209 mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex offenses. approved Apr 9, 2012 Assembly 85–9
Act 273 SB 127 aggravating factors for a court to consider when sentencing persons. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 274 AB 379 keeping certain name changes confidential. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 275 AB 149 false reporting of an emergency and providing a penalty. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 276 AB 217 impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 277 SB 350 increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty. approved Apr 9, 2012
Act 278 SB 396 financial assistance for the livestock premises registration program, a tax credit for livestock identification tags and tag-reading equipment, and making an appropriation. approved Apr 12, 2012 Senate 29–4 Assembly 50–41
Act 279 SB 410 seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting manure. approved Apr 12, 2012
Act 280 AB 82 wildlife damage abatement assistance and claim payments for damage caused by cougar. approved Apr 12, 2012 Assembly 97–0
Act 281 SB 496 brucellosis testing of milk, cream, and cattle and restrictions on moving or sale of American bison and other animal species. approved Apr 12, 2012
Act 282 AB 552 statute of limitations for first-degree sexual assault, attempted homicide, and attempted first-degree sexual assault. approved Apr 12, 2012 Assembly 88–9
Act 283 AB 232 rights of crime victims and witnesses. approved Apr 12, 2012
Act 284 AB 100 evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and certain sex offenses against children and providing penalties. approved Apr 12, 2012 Assembly 88–7
Act 285 SB 399 the admissibility of hearsay evidence at a preliminary examination. approved Apr 12, 2012 Assembly 63–19
Act 286 SB 275 membership of technical college district boards. approved Apr 12, 2012 Senate 17–16

Source: each bill's official history at docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Special sessions share the biennium's act numbering, so their acts appear here too.