New laws · 2015–2016
392 bills became Wisconsin Acts this session, 5 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 44 prohibiting as a condition of employment membership in a labor organization or payments to a labor organization and providing a penalty. approved Mar 9, 2015 Senate 17–15 Assembly 62–35
- Act 2 SB 6 Legislative Audit Bureau access to documents maintained by state agencies and authorizing the Government Accountability Board to provide investigatory records to the Legislative Audit Bureau. approved Mar 18, 2015
- Act 3 SB 13 licensure of home medical oxygen providers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 23, 2015
- Act 4 AB 10 jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child and at-risk adult abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE) approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 5 AB 16 posters regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. (FE) approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 6 AB 14 the regulation of raffles. (FE) approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 7 AB 11 the newspaper recycling fee and the recycled content of newsprint used in newspapers. (FE) approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 8 SB 37 the issuance of retail alcohol beverage licenses for premises on which another business is conducted and the presence of underage persons on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. (FE) approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 9 AB 17 renewal of a certificate of food protection practices for certificate holders that operate or manage a restaurant employing five or fewer food handlers. (FE) approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 10 AB 18 taste samples of intoxicating liquor provided on certain retail licensed premises. approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 11 AB 2 laying out, altering, or discontinuing a town line highway. approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 12 AB 3 appealing a municipal court matter after review by a circuit court. approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 13 AB 4 incorporation of the town of Ledgeview in Brown County. approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 14 AB 5 intimidating a witness. approved Apr 8, 2015
- Act 15 AB 113 operating implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles on highways and transporting implements of husbandry by trailer on highways. (FE) approved Apr 29, 2015 Assembly 99–0
- Act 16 AB 143 regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) approved May 1, 2015 Assembly 79–19
- Act 17 AB 125 ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association for the 2014-15 fiscal year, covering employees in the professional legal collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) approved May 6, 2015 Senate 32–0 Assembly 99–0
- Act 18 AB 126 ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2014-15 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) approved May 6, 2015 Senate 32–0 Assembly 99–0
- Act 19 AB 27 the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE) approved May 20, 2015 Assembly 76–22
- Act 20 SB 67 pupil assessments, evaluation of educator effectiveness, and school accountability reports. (FE) approved May 20, 2015
- Act 21 SB 164 charging resident fees to nonresident veterans and their family members attending technical colleges. (FE) approved Jun 18, 2015
- Act 22 SB 35 waiting period for handgun purchases. approved Jun 24, 2015
- Act 23 SB 70 off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds. approved Jun 24, 2015 Senate 22–11
- Act 24 AB 123 limited authorization for the town of Rome in Adams County to make cash grants or loan subsidies to owners, lessees, or developers of land located in a tax incremental district created by the town. (FE) approved Jun 25, 2015 Senate 33–0
- Act 25 AB 47 membership of boards of commissioners established for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 26 SB 182 an exemption from licensing requirements for certain out-of-state ambulance service providers. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 27 AB 100 lighting underneath motorcycles. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 28 AB 56 University of Wisconsin System reports regarding remedial courses in English and mathematics. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 29 SB 86 renaming the Dwelling Code Council the Uniform Dwelling Code Council and renaming the Building Code Council the Commercial Building Code Council. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 30 SB 95 falsely claiming military service or honors, and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Jul 2, 2015
- Act 31 AB 107 authorizing reimbursement to counties for the costs incurred in processing and donating certain wild turkeys. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015 Senate 33–0
- Act 32 AB 99 highway maps published by the Department of Transportation. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 33 SB 144 repealing an air pollution rule promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 34 SB 74 prescriptions for controlled substances issued by optometrists and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 35 SB 139 supply and use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain authorized entities. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015 Senate 33–0
- Act 36 SB 96 fees for election recounts. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 37 SB 121 various election law changes. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 38 AB 81 modifying and repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions and the Department of Revenue relating to documents filed with county registers of deeds. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 39 SB 71 allowing municipal clerks to register voters on election day. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 40 SB 84 creating a Corrections System Formulary Board in the Department of Corrections, therapeutic alternate drug selections in the state correctional system, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 41 AB 165 town zoning ordinances affecting shorelands. approved Jul 1, 2015 Assembly 95–0
- Act 42 AB 28 traffic control at nonfunctioning or malfunctioning traffic control signals. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 43 SB 15 the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 44 AB 122 exempting certain vehicles of utilities from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 45 AB 19 unlawful use of a global positioning device and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 46 AB 37 requiring certain persons to hold certificates of food protection practices in order to operate certain school lunchrooms participating in the National School Lunch Program. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 47 AB 33 cooperative agreements for out-of-state real estate brokers, salespersons, and time-share salespersons. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 48 AB 82 instruments filed or recorded with, and fees charged by, the register of deeds. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015 Senate 31–1
- Act 49 SB 94 standards for the construction and inspection of camping units; for installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring in camping units; and for plumbing in camping units; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 50 AB 57 methods of establishing proof of financial responsibility for the closure and long-term care of a landfill. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015 Senate 33–0
- Act 51 AB 83 directional signage for the Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 52 SB 122 method for notifying parent or guardian of habitually truant pupil. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 53 SB 32 achievement gap reduction contracts requiring participating schools to implement strategies for improving academic performance of low-income pupils in reading and mathematics, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Jul 1, 2015 Senate 31–2 Assembly 62–37
- Act 54 AB 24 variable rate loans. approved Jul 1, 2015
- Act 55 SB 21 state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. approved Jul 12, 2015 partial veto Senate 18–15 Assembly 52–46
- Act 56 SB 179 requiring a determination of probable postfertilization age of an unborn child before abortion, prohibiting abortion of an unborn child considered capable of experiencing pain, informed consent, abortion reporting, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Jul 20, 2015 Senate 19–14 Assembly 61–34
- Act 57 SB 205 ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association, for the 2013-15 biennium, covering employees in the public safety collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) approved Jul 20, 2015 Senate 33–0 Assembly 94–0
- Act 58 SB 206 statutory salaries and state civil service. (FE) approved Jul 20, 2015 Senate 19–14 Assembly 64–30
- Act 59 SB 40 setoffs against tax refunds for debts related to providing ambulance services. (FE) approved Aug 6, 2015
- Act 60 SB 209 constructing a sports and entertainment arena and related facilities and making appropriations. (FE) approved Aug 12, 2015 Senate 21–10 Assembly 52–34
- Act 61 SB 252 utility aid payments for decommissioned or closed production plants. (FE) approved Oct 7, 2015 Senate 32–0
- Act 62 SB 236 temporary alcohol beverage retail licenses. (FE) approved Oct 21, 2015
- Act 63 AB 325 allowing a school board president to fill certain vacancies on a school board of a common, union high, or unified school district. approved Oct 23, 2015 Senate 17–14 Assembly 57–37
- Act 64 SB 43 John Doe proceedings and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Oct 23, 2015 Senate 18–14 Assembly 61–36
- Act 65 SB 81 limiting the authority of a city, village, town, or county to create new occupational licenses or fees or to continue to regulate certain professions. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015 Assembly 56–34
- Act 66 SB 126 immunity from civil liability for certain equine activities. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 67 AB 75 eligibility for a license to carry a concealed weapon for a member of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Wisconsin. approved Nov 11, 2015 Assembly 91–8
- Act 68 AB 77 certification cards to carry concealed weapons for residents of Wisconsin who formerly were employed as law enforcement officers in another state and successor law enforcement agencies to assume responsibility of issuing certification cards to carry concealed weapons to former officers. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015 Assembly 89–10
- Act 69 AB 443 publication of certain proposed rules and changes to existing rules. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 70 AB 74 online instruction provided by driver schools licensed by the Department of Transportation. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 71 SB 254 the Achievement Gap Reduction program. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 72 AB 332 the pupil participation limit in the statewide parental choice program. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 73 AB 322 highway parking of motor vehicles owned by carsharing organizations. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 74 AB 205 flashing yellow arrow traffic control signals. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 75 AB 344 lengthening the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number One in the village of Weston. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015 Senate 32–0
- Act 76 AB 158 repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 77 AB 208 special restrictions cards issued with certain motor vehicle operator's licenses. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 78 SB 117 battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015 Assembly 80–16
- Act 79 SB 137 publication of certain legal notices on an Internet site maintained by a municipality. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 80 AB 8 invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 81 AB 7 lesser included homicide crimes. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 82 SB 173 the effective date of amendments to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 83 SB 210 exempting out-of-state emergency medical services personnel from licensure requirements. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 84 AB 405 exemptions from certain taxes and other requirements for work performed by persons from outside the state during a state of emergency declared by the governor. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015 Senate 32–0
- Act 85 AB 418 extending the date for the repeal of two appropriations to the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015 Senate 32–0 Assembly 97–0
- Act 86 AB 416 various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 87 AB 392 methods of voting by members of a cooperative. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 88 AB 324 modifying an exception to the prohibition against underage persons being present on premises operating under an alcohol beverage license issued to a specified licensee in Chippewa Falls. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 89 AB 434 carcass tags issued under fish and game laws; registration of carcasses of wild animals; methods of storing, retrieving, printing, and displaying fish and game approvals; counterfeiting or illegal alteration of fish and game approvals; forgery in applying for fish and game approvals or for registration of an all-terrain vehicle, utility terrain vehicle, or snowmobile; transfers of wolf harvesting licenses; the place of trial for a violation of certain fish and game laws; methods of issuing, retrieving, reprinting, duplicating, and exhibiting registration documents and safety certificates and proving registration for all-terrain vehicles, utility terrain vehicles, and snowmobiles; methods of issuing, retrieving, reprinting, duplicating, and exhibiting certification and registration documents for boats; methods of issuing, retrieving, reprinting, and exhibiting proof of a trail pass for all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles and of a trail use sticker for snowmobiles; suspension and revocation of a certificate of number or registration for a boat; reasonable suspicion for a law enforcement officer to stop an all-terrain vehicle, utility terrain vehicle, boat, or snowmobile; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing penalties. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015 Senate 32–0 Assembly 97–0
- Act 90 SB 287 various miscellaneous changes to the insurance statutes and granting rule-making authority. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 91 SB 110 an exemption from civil liability related to the placement of buoys or other markers in waterways. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 92 SB 217 allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer coach or extracurricular activity supervisor. approved Nov 11, 2015 Senate 29–2
- Act 93 SB 93 motor vehicle repair practices. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 94 AB 129 structured settlement factoring transactions. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 95 SB 229 regulation of columbaria maintained by religious associations. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 96 AB 45 authorizing towns to participate in multijurisdictional tax incremental financing districts. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 97 AB 112 the authority of physician assistants and advanced practice nurse prescribers regarding testing and information required for making disability determinations under certain hunting and fishing approvals issued by the Department of Natural Resources. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 98 SB 20 transfer of certain fish and game approvals to persons with disabilities and the transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded the Purple Heart or serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 99 SB 265 membership of certain federated public library system boards. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 100 AB 243 restrictions on hunting antlerless deer by members of a group hunting party. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 101 AB 193 the notification of relatives when a child is removed from the custody of the child's parent and placement of a child with a parent of a sibling of the child who has custody of the sibling. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 102 AB 207 application of stopping, standing, and parking provisions to certain authorized emergency vehicles. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 103 AB 308 providing an exemption from civil liability for forcibly entering a vehicle under certain circumstances. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 104 AB 206 pedestrian traffic control signals. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 105 SB 118 limitations on town expenditures for certain highway purposes. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 106 SB 153 donation of abandoned or seized vehicles. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 107 SB 160 modifying administrative rules related to maintenance and use standards for oxygen equipment in nursing homes. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 108 SB 261 certain telecommunications services provided to the University of Wisconsin System and making an appropriation. approved Nov 11, 2015 Senate 31–0 Assembly 97–0
- Act 109 AB 220 establishing a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison for a person who possesses a firearm or who uses a firearm to commit certain crimes after being convicted of committing certain violent felonies, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015 Senate 23–9
- Act 110 SB 123 trust funds related to cemetery lots, mausoleum spaces, and cemetery merchandise. approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 111 SB 282 granting Brown County certain submerged lands in Green Bay. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 112 SB 286 liability for damages caused by dogs, court orders to kill a dog, and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 113 SB 143 ambulance staffing by emergency medical technicians and first responders. (FE) approved Nov 11, 2015
- Act 114 SB 233 distributing excess sales tax revenue collected by a local professional football stadium district to Brown County and the municipalities within Brown County and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Nov 30, 2015 Senate 31–0 Assembly 89–2
- Act 115 AB 427 prescription, dispensing, and delivery of opioid antagonists. approved Dec 8, 2015
- Act 116 AB 253 ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE) approved Dec 14, 2015 Senate 31–1 Assembly 95–1
- Act 117 AB 387 campaign finance. approved Dec 16, 2015 Senate 17–15 Assembly 61–0
- Act 118 AB 388 reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) approved Dec 16, 2015 partial veto Senate 18–14 Assembly 58–39
- Act 119 AB 394 review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs. approved Dec 16, 2015 Senate 32–0 Assembly 90–2
- Act 120 AB 23 prohibiting certain actions against financial institutions for offers, promises, agreements, or commitments that are not in writing. approved Dec 16, 2015
- Act 121 SB 170 statute of limitations for second-degree or third-degree sexual assault. approved Dec 16, 2015 Assembly 91–1
- Act 122 SB 178 exemption from lead inspection requirements for sampling or testing during certain lead-safe renovations. (FE) approved Dec 16, 2015 Senate 18–14
- Act 123 SB 158 commercial driver licenses. (FE) approved Dec 16, 2015
- Act 124 SB 224 highway pavement markings. approved Dec 16, 2015
- Act 125 SB 225 golf cart crossing points. approved Dec 16, 2015
- Act 126 SB 227 a sales and use tax exemption for building materials that become a part of a facility for a local unit of government or nonprofit organization. (FE) approved Dec 16, 2015 Senate 32–0
- Act 127 AB 453 requiring the Family Care benefit and self-directed services option to be provided in Rock County. (FE) approved Jan 26, 2016 Senate 33–0
- Act 128 SB 309 use of the reasonable and prudent parent standard for making decisions concerning the participation of a child placed in out-of-home care in age or developmentally appropriate activities, permanency planning for a child 14 years of age or over, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 129 SB 308 appointment of a successor guardian for a child in need of protection or services and eligibility of a successor guardian for subsidized guardianship payments, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 130 AB 98 highway maps published by the Department of Transportation. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 131 AB 291 the color of clothing required to be worn during the season for hunting deer with firearms. approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 132 SB 304 amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records. approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 133 AB 223 statutes of limitation on claims involving property damage and on claims arising from a motor vehicle accident and covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy. approved Feb 4, 2016 Assembly 61–36
- Act 134 SB 386 access by a birth parent whose parental rights have been terminated in this state to identifying information about his or her child and access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 135 AB 424 applying motor carrier regulations to motor carriers operating in intrastate commerce. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 136 SB 319 lawful turns on a red signal. approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 137 AB 426 transport of radiological materials and providing penalties. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016 Senate 33–0 Assembly 97–0
- Act 138 AB 439 changing the publication notice requirement for certain budget actions taken by local governments. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 139 AB 451 right-of-way in roundabouts. approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 140 AB 372 membership of the board of commissioners of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 141 AB 13 the return of a seized firearm to the person who owns the firearm. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 142 AB 297 copying, making available, and required notices on, certain vital records. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016 Senate 32–0
- Act 143 SB 253 eligibility for monthly subsidized guardianship payments of a person who develops a familial relationship with a child or the child's family during the child's placement in out-of-home care, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 144 AB 574 the disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to a county department of human services or social services for purposes of providing intake and depositional services. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 145 SB 279 real estate transfer fee returns for conveyances exempt from the fee. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 146 SB 104 the authority of a town and of a county to zone shorelands in a town that is located entirely on an island in Lake Superior and authorized to exercise village powers. approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 147 SB 133 penalty for hiding or burying a corpse illegally and providing a penalty. approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 148 AB 319 conveying interests in local government land for construction of natural gas lines. (FE) approved Feb 4, 2016
- Act 149 AB 142 going armed with a switchblade. approved Feb 6, 2016
- Act 150 AB 373 the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Feb 12, 2016 partial veto Senate 19–14 Assembly 57–35
- Act 151 AB 310 family planning and preventive health services grants and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Feb 18, 2016 Senate 19–14 Assembly 60–35
- Act 152 SB 238 billing the Medical Assistance program for prescription drugs by certain entities. (FE) approved Feb 18, 2016 Senate 19–14 Assembly 61–35
- Act 153 SB 293 behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE) approved Feb 26, 2016 Senate 30–0 Assembly 98–0
- Act 154 SB 707 prohibiting a legislator from concurrently holding office as county executive. approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 53–40
- Act 155 AB 117 pleading requirements under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 61–37
- Act 156 AB 497 residency requirements for sexually violent persons on supervised release. approved Feb 29, 2016 Assembly 64–34
- Act 157 AB 633 copies of certain vital records. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 158 AB 547 trespass and damage to property owned or used by an energy provider and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 20–12
- Act 159 AB 627 repeal of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles and requiring a juvenile from another state who is on supervision in this state under the Interstate Compact for Juveniles for a sex offense to register as a sex offender before entering this state. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 160 AB 651 mounting a motor vehicle monitoring device to the front windshield of a vehicle. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 161 AB 478 disclosure of pupil records that are pertinent to addressing a pupil's educational needs to the Department of Children and Families, a county department of human services or social services, or a tribal organization that is legally responsible for the care and protection of the pupil. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 162 AB 573 declarations of domestic partnership and marriage licenses. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 163 AB 778 registration and other requirements for charitable organizations, professional fund-raisers, fund-raising counsel, and professional employer organizations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 164 AB 522 reimbursement of counties for probationers, parolees, and persons on extended supervision who are placed with the county pending disposition of revocation proceedings. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 97–1
- Act 165 SB 249 use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by weather conditions and providing a penalty. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 166 SB 202 appeals of denials of kinship care payments based on arrest or conviction record. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 167 AB 603 restrictions in a county shoreland zoning ordinance on activities within the shoreland setback area. approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 61–35
- Act 168 SB 463 duties of ski area operators and persons who bike in a ski area, and liability of ski area operators. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 169 SB 466 authorizing certain libraries to notify collection agencies and law enforcement agencies of delinquent accounts. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 170 AB 470 operation of off-highway motorcycles, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 98–0
- Act 171 AB 580 the width and weight limits of certain motor vehicles operated on a highway. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 172 AB 440 child support income withholding orders, deferred prosecution agreements, determining the amount of a home visitation program grant, modifications to the references to Milwaukee County by population, modifications to certain appropriations, and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 96–0
- Act 173 SB 274 reporting a nonconformity under the law governing repair, replacement, and refund under a motor vehicle warranty. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 174 SB 134 coverage for new participating employers under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 175 AB 362 multiple county health departments. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 176 AB 568 terminating a tenancy for criminal activity or drug-related criminal activity; disposition of personal property left in rental property by a trespasser; preexisting sprinkler ordinances that are stricter than the multifamily dwelling code; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; terminating certain tenancies for breaches other than failure to pay rent; limitations on the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental units, historic properties, and signs; prohibiting local governmental units from imposing real property purchase or residential real property occupancy requirements; creating a criminal penalty; and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 60–31
- Act 177 SB 243 approval, reporting, and fee requirements for certain wells. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 21–12 Assembly 66–31
- Act 178 AB 563 authorizing towns located in populous counties to withdraw from county zoning; requiring certain towns to enact a zoning ordinance and a comprehensive plan; removing plat and certified survey map approval authority from a county if the town in which the subdivision or land is located has withdrawn from county zoning; farmland preservation ordinances of towns that withdraw from county zoning and eligibility in those towns for the farmland preservation tax credit; and prohibiting restrictions on land that is not shoreland or that is not within a floodplain. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 62–35
- Act 179 AB 769 powers and duties of the Veterinary Examining Board and Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 180 AB 724 various changes to the worker's compensation law, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 97–0
- Act 181 AB 390 allowing the town of Freedom to create a tax incremental district in the same manner as a city or village. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016 Senate 29–3
- Act 182 SB 251 terms of office for members of the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 183 SB 29 obtaining a search warrant for certain civil violations. (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 184 SB 481 reports regarding rural and underserved urban medicine programs. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 185 SB 276 University of Wisconsin System parking and transportation facilities and parking fees. approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 186 AB 676 Agricultural Producer Security Council members, expenses for inspection and certification of grain, the American Society for Testing and Materials, service of process for the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, eliminating a reporting requirement for local ordinances relating to pesticides, and making an appropriation (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 187 AB 678 remedial legislation affecting the Wisconsin Retirement System and the Department of Employee Trust Funds (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Employee Trust Funds). (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 188 AB 679 volunteer health care provider program, changing reference to residential treatment programs, and eliminating a grammatical error in the Well-Woman Program provision on specialized training for rural colposcopic examinations (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 189 AB 680 the mileage reimbursement rate for travel expenses of national guard members on state active duty (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Military Affairs). (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 190 AB 681 grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure and licensure for alternative education program teachers (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 191 AB 682 technical corrections of various tax statutes (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Revenue). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 192 AB 683 the appointment of an advisory committee to advise the Department of Safety and Professional Services (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Safety and Professional Services). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 193 AB 684 certain drinking age reports, the effective date of certain changes to the requirements for issuing operator's licenses and identification cards, and repealing the tax on controlled substances (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 194 AB 685 transferring federal moneys received by the Department of Workforce Development to the Labor and Industry Review Commission and making an appropriation (suggested as remedial legislation by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 195 AB 686 affecting various provisions of the statutes to correct errors and reconcile conflicts (Correction Bill). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 196 AB 687 revising various provisions of the statutes to eliminate defects, anachronisms, and obsolete provisions (Revision Bill). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 197 AB 688 revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of making corrections and reconciling conflicts (Correction Bill). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 198 AB 689 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of the Director of State Courts). (FE) approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 199 AB 690 the definition of faculty of the University of Wisconsin System (suggested as remedial legislation by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System). approved Feb 29, 2016
- Act 200 SB 344 limiting adverse possession of real property. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 201 SB 407 biennial budget requests of state agencies. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 61–33
- Act 202 SB 408 the liability of an adult sponsor of a minor applicant for a motor vehicle operator's license. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 203 SB 422 exclusion of a franchisor as the employer of a franchisee or of an employee of a franchisee. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 19–13
- Act 204 SB 545 action required to be taken in response to a discharge of hazardous substances, exemption from liability for certain hazardous substance discharges, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 205 SB 567 the review of water quality standards and variances to water quality standards by the Department of Natural Resources and exempting certain actions of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration from the requirement to promulgate rules relating to the statewide water quality variance for phosphorus. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 206 SB 248 strip searches of certain detained persons. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 19–14
- Act 207 SB 318 state aid to local fairs and regulation of horse racing. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 208 SB 511 creating a Distance Learning Authorization Board and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 30–2 Assembly 98–0
- Act 209 SB 47 responding to a request for an absentee ballot. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 210 SB 381 the age restriction for operation of a small utility terrain vehicle. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 211 SB 458 information required on building permit forms and reporting requirements for municipalities that issue building permits. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 212 SB 640 independent financial audits of private schools participating in a parental choice program, a civics exam as a condition for obtaining a high school diploma, and factors for determining school and school district performance on the school and school district accountability report. approved Mar 1, 2016 Assembly 75–18
- Act 213 SB 382 directional signage for the Iola Old Car Show in Marathon, Portage, and Waupaca Counties. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 214 SB 313 the method used by a county clerk to notify town clerks of certain county zoning actions. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 215 SB 687 long-term care districts and care management organizations. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 32–0
- Act 216 SB 440 tax administration technical changes. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 33–0
- Act 217 SB 532 continuing education and examination requirements for certified public accountants and modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 218 SB 503 individual and corporate income and franchise taxes; sales and use taxes; administration of tax laws; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 60–34
- Act 219 SB 314 adverse possession against the state or a political subdivision. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 220 SB 315 an exemption from civil liability related to the placement of certain structures in navigable waters and wetlands. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 221 SB 226 the presence of underage persons on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 222 SB 289 back tag requirements. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 28–4
- Act 223 AB 523 replacement of certain nonconforming structures that are destroyed by vandalism or certain natural forces and manufactured home communities that are nonconforming uses. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 224 AB 218 inheritance by a parent who abandons a child. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 225 AB 527 authorizing a person to shoot to kill an animal wounded by certain hunters. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 226 SB 548 the Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission for the Illinois Fox River basin. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 227 SB 538 special distinguishing registration plates issued by the Department of Transportation and making appropriations. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 31–1 Assembly 93–0
- Act 228 SB 492 a student safety incident tracking pilot program for school districts and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 229 SB 391 training period for election officials and terms for members of a board of canvassers. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 230 SB 571 authority of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents regarding agricultural land. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 231 SB 390 lines transporting manure within highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 232 SB 448 implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles operated or transported on highways. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 233 SB 450 animals believed to have been involved in crimes against animals, when a stray or abandoned animal may be considered unclaimed, and a court order relating to an animal taken into or held in custody. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 234 SB 462 suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment. approved Mar 1, 2016 Assembly 87–8
- Act 235 SB 509 seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 236 SB 541 planting trees, shrubs, or hedges on the side of certain highways. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 237 SB 302 powers and duties of cemetery authorities; inheritance of cemetery lots in which human remains are buried; exemption of cemeteries from certain requirements concerning excavation; the powers and duties of the Cemetery Board, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Department of Financial institutions; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 238 SB 383 providing immunity from civil and criminal liability to certain health care providers for performing a body cavity search. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 239 SB 438 the location of operations of a collection agency and persons employed by a collection agency. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 240 SB 478 requirements for automatic fire suppression systems at certain buildings on fairgrounds. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 241 SB 372 single trip permits for the movement of oversize factory-built homes. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 242 SB 512 dairy plant and food processing plant licensing requirements and granting rule-making authority. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 243 SB 513 regulation of establishments where animals are slaughtered or meat is processed, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 244 SB 514 penalties for violating commercial feed requirements and providing a criminal penalty. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 245 SB 486 authorizing a town meeting to direct a town board to change the number of commissioners of certain town sanitary district commissions. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 246 SB 527 notice of unclaimed funds held by a county treasurer. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 247 SB 392 authority of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection regarding motor vehicle fueling facilities. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 248 SB 435 the sale, purchase, or possession of wild game bird feathers. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 249 SB 605 shining wild animals. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 250 SB 436 lake monitoring and protection grants and contracts and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Assembly 81–14
- Act 251 SB 300 the sales and use tax imposed on a jukebox. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 29–3 Assembly 98–0
- Act 252 SB 485 supplemental forfeitures for trade and consumer protection violations perpetrated against the elderly and disabled and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 253 SB 97 including orders pertaining to household pets in certain restraining orders and injunctions. approved Mar 1, 2016
- Act 254 SB 53 tax incremental financing project plan amendments and extending the life of a tax incremental district if the district is adversely impacted by statutory changes to the method of calculating equalized valuation. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 31–0
- Act 255 SB 54 inclusion of vacant land within the boundaries of a tax incremental district and exclusion of tax-exempt city-owned property from the initial tax incremental base of a tax incremental district. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 33–0
- Act 256 SB 50 industrial zoning requirements in tax incremental districts, planning commission notice for tax incremental district amendments, obsolete references relating to tax incremental districts, allocation of tax increments, joint review board review, and calculation of levy limits following dissolution of a tax incremental district. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 33–0
- Act 257 SB 51 standing joint review boards, annual joint review board meetings, annual reports on tax incremental districts, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 1, 2016 Senate 33–0
- Act 258 AB 456 various changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice, employment relationships between real estate licensees and real estate brokerage firms, a statute of limitations for actions against persons engaged in real estate practice, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 2, 2016
- Act 259 SB 449 licenses to teach vocational education subjects. (FE) approved Mar 8, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 63–35
- Act 260 AB 422 funding for the Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center. (FE) approved Mar 15, 2016 Assembly 84–13
- Act 261 SB 295 electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, proof of residence for voting in an election, authorizing Wisconsin to enter into agreements to share information related to the registration and voting of electors; election registration officials; testing election officials after training; electronic poll lists; election equipment approval; overvoted ballots; voter registration proof of residency for an individual in a residential care facility; counting of absentee ballots; witness address required for valid absentee ballot; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 16, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 56–38
- Act 262 AB 367 reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database. approved Mar 17, 2016
- Act 263 AB 659 opioid treatment programs. (FE) approved Mar 17, 2016 Assembly 98–0
- Act 264 AB 658 the use, possession, manufacture, distribution, and advertisement of a masking agent and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Mar 17, 2016 Assembly 98–0
- Act 265 AB 366 pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Mar 17, 2016
- Act 266 AB 364 reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 17, 2016
- Act 267 AB 766 review and reporting requirements for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (FE) approved Mar 17, 2016 Assembly 98–0
- Act 268 AB 365 duty of law enforcement officers to report to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, and reports of stolen prescription drugs. (FE) approved Mar 17, 2016
- Act 269 AB 660 guidelines for prescribing controlled substances and the examination authority of the Medical Examining Board. approved Mar 17, 2016 Assembly 98–0
- Act 270 AB 512 designating and marking a specified highway route in the counties of Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, Sauk, and Richland as the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 21, 2016 Assembly 96–2
- Act 271 AB 771 drug law enforcement grants. (FE) approved Mar 21, 2016 Senate 29–3 Assembly 84–14
- Act 272 AB 786 report on dementia crisis unit pilot program and placement of individuals with dementia. (FE) approved Mar 22, 2016
- Act 273 AB 787 funding for respite care under the Alzheimer's Family and Caregiver Support Program and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 22, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 94–0
- Act 274 AB 790 dementia training grants for mobile crisis teams and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 22, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 94–0
- Act 275 AB 628 suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE) approved Mar 22, 2016
- Act 276 SB 402 establishment of a dietetic internship program and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 24, 2016
- Act 277 SB 599 regulation of unarmed combat sports and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Mar 24, 2016
- Act 278 AB 820 duties of the Public Service Commission under the broadband expansion grant program and certification of political subdivisions under that program. (FE) approved Mar 24, 2016
- Act 279 AB 808 prohibiting issuance of citations for alcohol beverages violations to certain underage persons in connection with sexual assault or certain other crimes and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions if the underage person is a student. approved Mar 24, 2016
- Act 280 AB 665 grants for participation in robotics competitions and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 25, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 95–3
- Act 281 AB 740 Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (FE) approved Mar 28, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 61–36
- Act 282 AB 741 grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 28, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 61–36
- Act 283 AB 742 requiring the Department of Workforce Development to provide student internship coordination and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 28, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 60–37
- Act 284 AB 744 requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE) approved Mar 28, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 61–36
- Act 285 AB 700 the date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins. (FE) approved Mar 29, 2016
- Act 286 AB 612 municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE) approved Mar 29, 2016 Senate 32–0
- Act 287 SB 628 collection of health care information. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 288 AB 543 social and financial impact reports. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 19–13
- Act 289 SB 615 special needs scholarship program. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 56–37
- Act 290 AB 865 the administration by injection of prescribed drugs by pharmacists. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 291 AB 866 prescription refills. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 292 AB 521 invasions of privacy and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 293 AB 174 immunity of private campgrounds. approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 19–13
- Act 294 AB 664 mental health services in schools. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 295 AB 837 adopting revisions to the state's uniform partnership law, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 296 SB 550 special registration plates associated with certain professional basketball teams and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 24–8 Assembly 91–4
- Act 297 AB 602 accrediting entities for private schools participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship program. approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 63–35
- Act 298 AB 776 permits issued to a state crime laboratory to possess, manufacture, or use a controlled substance. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 299 AB 804 one-call system violations; sulfur dioxide compliance plans; assessment authority of the Public Service Commission; funding for statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; public utility contracts with affiliated interests; local access and transport areas for telephone service; railroad telecommunications service; Department of Natural Resources permit application procedures related to the construction of a high-voltage transmission line; navigable water general permits and individual permits related to utility facilities; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 61–33
- Act 300 AB 695 creating the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 301 AB 714 changes affecting tourism entities under the room tax. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 302 AB 730 local regulation of certain containers. approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 63–35
- Act 303 AB 25 regulating air pollution from residential and commercial wood heaters. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 63–35
- Act 304 AB 807 credit union operations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 305 AB 824 sparsity aid. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 306 AB 704 tribal college and county joint libraries. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 307 AB 755 activities affecting waters of this state carried out under the direction of the Department of Transportation, performance standards and effluent limitations for new and modified point sources of pollution, and termination of certain permits authorizing discharges into waters of this state. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 308 AB 198 the use of a cellular or other wireless telephone while driving a motor vehicle in a construction zone and providing a penalty. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 309 AB 721 escheat of abandoned U.S. savings bonds. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 310 AB 760 reimbursement of costs for certain enforcement actions by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 311 AB 341 making a terrorist threat and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Assembly 98–0
- Act 312 AB 731 repealing the authority to create ABLE accounts in this state and creating tax benefits for contributions to ABLE accounts in other states. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 63–35
- Act 313 AB 841 waivers and variances from rules issued by the Pharmacy Examining Board and authorizations for pilot programs. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 314 AB 840 ambulatory surgical center assessment reporting. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 315 AB 35 alerts for hit-and-run incidents. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Assembly 86–6
- Act 316 SB 549 agricultural loan guarantee programs administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 317 AB 843 the charge-back of rescinded or refunded property taxes. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 32–0
- Act 318 AB 670 the operation of drones over state correctional institutions, the authority of political subdivisions to designate areas over which the operation of drones is limited, and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 319 AB 201 the duty to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle accident. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 320 AB 566 invasions of privacy and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Assembly 85–13
- Act 321 AB 575 determining equalized property values. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 322 AB 576 the special supervision of property tax assessments. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 32–0
- Act 323 AB 370 operator's licenses held by, and registration of motor vehicles by, persons on active duty in the U.S. foreign service. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 324 AB 616 hauling restrictions for special interest motor vehicles. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 325 AB 584 rate regulations, assessment levies, and dividends for the local government property insurance fund. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 326 AB 668 rights under certain agreements or qualified financial contracts. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 327 AB 698 requirements imposed on retailers of liquefied petroleum gas for proving financial responsibility. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 328 AB 702 special registration plates associated with the Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, childhood cancer, Whitetails Unlimited, the Boy Scouts of America, and nurses and the nursing profession, registration numbers on special registration plates, and making appropriations. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 29–3 Assembly 90–2
- Act 329 AB 842 faculty development grant programs for technical colleges, the technical college instructor occupational competency program, modifying certain rules of the Technical College System Board, and eliminating outdated rules of the board. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 330 AB 848 modifying rules of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System regarding service of notice, updating outdated rules of the board, and providing for consistent capitalization of certain terms in the board's rules. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 331 AB 351 residence of noncustodial parent ordered to register for a work experience and job training program. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 332 AB 557 including a heroin metabolite in the definition of a restricted controlled substance for the purpose of chemical testing for intoxication. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 333 AB 648 seasonal placement of a Christmas tree in the rotunda of the state capitol building or in a church. approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 25–7
- Act 334 AB 819 various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 31–1
- Act 335 AB 53 threatening to communicate derogatory information. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 336 AB 662 fees charged for certain coroner or medical examiner services. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 337 AB 872 garnishment fees. approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 21–11
- Act 338 AB 722 school and school district accountability report. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 339 AB 864 alcohol beverages violations involving underage persons that occur on licensed premises. approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 340 AB 357 throwing or expelling a bodily fluid at a prosecutor and providing a criminal penalty. approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 24–8 Assembly 84–14
- Act 341 SB 581 compatible offices and positions for city, village, and town elective officeholders. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 342 AB 922 ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2015-16 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 94–0
- Act 343 AB 674 visitation of residents of certain facilities by adult children. (FE) approved Mar 30, 2016
- Act 344 AB 384 requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy. approved Apr 1, 2016 Senate 23–9
- Act 345 SB 517 leave from employment for the purpose of serving as a bone marrow or organ donor and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Apr 1, 2016 Senate 31–1 Assembly 88–10
- Act 346 SB 338 interfering with hunting, fishing, and trapping and providing criminal penalties. approved Apr 2, 2016
- Act 347 SB 447 designating and marking STH 87 as the Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway. (FE) approved Apr 5, 2016
- Act 348 SB 596 consolidation of various appropriations to the Department of Workforce Development for various workforce training programs into a single appropriation to that department for workforce training, restructuring of the career and technical education incentive grant program administered by that department, and making appropriations. approved Apr 5, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 95–0
- Act 349 AB 615 serving certain documents relating to restraining orders and injunctions. (FE) approved Apr 11, 2016
- Act 350 AB 643 compensating victims of crime. (FE) approved Apr 11, 2016
- Act 351 SB 323 granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE) approved Apr 11, 2016
- Act 352 SB 351 the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. approved Apr 11, 2016
- Act 353 AB 767 injunctions against harrassment and abuse. approved Apr 11, 2016
- Act 354 AB 652 providing to a victim notification when an offender's extended supervision or parole is revoked. (FE) approved Apr 11, 2016
- Act 355 AB 663 restitution owed to victims of crime. approved Apr 11, 2016 Assembly 94–3
- Act 356 SB 488 creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) approved Apr 11, 2016
- Act 357 AB 810 the Fox River Navigational System visitor center. (FE) approved Apr 14, 2016
- Act 358 SB 434 taxes on managed forest lands, eligibility for the managed forest land program, management plans for managed forest land, sale or transfer of managed forest land, productivity of managed forest land, closed managed forest land, forest production areas, natural heritage inventory, wildlife action plans, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Apr 14, 2016 partial veto Senate 20–11 Assembly 62–32
- Act 359 AB 793 the teacher loan program. (FE) approved Apr 14, 2016 Senate 31–1 Assembly 94–0
- Act 360 AB 558 size and weight limits of vehicles operating on the I 39 and I 41 corridors. approved Apr 15, 2016
- Act 361 AB 629 a sales and use tax exemption for federal excise tax imposed on a sale of a heavy truck or trailer. (FE) approved Apr 15, 2016 Senate 31–1 Assembly 90–2
- Act 362 SB 275 parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities. approved Apr 15, 2016
- Act 363 SB 298 trolling permits issued to persons whose sight is impaired. (FE) approved Apr 15, 2016
- Act 364 AB 553 the sales tax exemption for occasional sales by nonprofit organizations. (FE) approved Apr 15, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 92–0
- Act 365 AB 667 model procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect involving children with disabilities. (FE) approved Apr 19, 2016
- Act 366 SB 325 repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty. approved Apr 19, 2016
- Act 367 SB 618 the crime of child sex trafficking, the inclusion of child sex trafficking in the definition of child abuse, the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution or of child sex trafficking for purposes of a commercial sex act, and providing a penalty. (FE) approved Apr 19, 2016
- Act 368 AB 745 notification of a local law enforcement agency and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children when a child over whom the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, a county department of human services or social services, or a licensed child welfare agency has placement, care, or supervision responsibility is missing and granting rule-making authority. approved Apr 19, 2016
- Act 369 SB 546 administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Apr 19, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 87–7
- Act 370 AB 630 capturing and distributing a representation of a nude child and providing a criminal penalty. approved Apr 19, 2016
- Act 371 SB 455 penalties for, and elements of, certain operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016 Assembly 95–1
- Act 372 AB 624 retaining invoices for the sale of malt beverages and intoxicating liquors and the local option for issuing liquor licenses. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 373 SB 387 procedures for changing the placement of a child who is subject to a temporary physical custody order or termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, procedures for amending a consent decree of the juvenile court, emergency change-in-placement procedures for a child who is placed in his or her own home under a dispositional order of the juvenile court, venue in post-dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code, procedures for requesting and objecting to a proposed change in placement of a child and for changing the placement of a child when no objection is filed, the appointment of a successor guardian for a child who is subject to a termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, case closure orders with respect to a child whose dispositional order is terminated, and the effective period of a temporary physical custody order of the juvenile court. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 374 SB 533 regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 62–35
- Act 375 AB 549 the authority of physical therapists to order X-rays and granting rule-making authority. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 376 AB 720 the redemption period and notice of sale applicable to a foreclosure action involving noncommercial property and procedures regarding abandoned property in a foreclosure action. approved Apr 25, 2016 Senate 18–14 Assembly 62–36
- Act 377 AB 901 aids to individuals and organizations related to the arts and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016 Senate 29–3 Assembly 91–4
- Act 378 AB 39 jurisdiction and venue in adoption proceedings and investigation of suitability of a home for adoption of a child. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 379 AB 40 preadoption preparation requirements and referrals to postadoption resource centers. approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 380 AB 41 readoption of a child adopted by a resident of this state under an order of a court of a foreign jurisdiction. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 381 AB 42 including a statement as to whether a child has been adopted in a petition for a proceeding under the Children's Code or Juvenile Justice Code, in a petition for guardianship of a minor, in an informal disposition under the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code, or in a voluntary out-of-home care agreement under the Children's Code, and requiring an annual report to the governor and the legislature on children who enter out-of-home care after they have been adopted or placed under a guardianship. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 382 AB 693 disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and their dependents. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 383 SB 418 a nonprofit organization grant program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 98–0
- Act 384 SB 575 official logotypes for Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016 Senate 32–0
- Act 385 SB 419 a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016 Senate 32–0 Assembly 98–0
- Act 386 AB 441 establishing the Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative. (FE) approved Apr 25, 2016
- Act 387 SB 459 the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (FE) approved Apr 26, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 56–37
- Act 388 AB 657 treatment and diversion programs and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Apr 26, 2016 partial veto Senate 32–0 Assembly 98–0
- Act 389 AB 839 participation in a sobriety program. (FE) approved Apr 26, 2016
- Act 390 AB 545 providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE) approved Apr 26, 2016 Senate 26–6
- Act 391 AB 582 government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property. (FE) approved Apr 26, 2016 Senate 19–13 Assembly 56–39
- Act 392 AB 515 recycling grants for local governments and making an appropriation. (FE) approved Apr 26, 2016 Senate 30–2 Assembly 87–8
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.