Legislative Watch

Return to previous page

Recently Passed Legislation

Recently passed legislation is offered in response to member requests for more, although highly abbreviated, information on new wisconsin laws.

Recently passed legislation is a feature of the Legislative Watch column, offered in response to your requests for more information on new laws. To subscribe to the slip laws (acts), send your order with payment to: Document Sales, P.O. Box 7840, Madison, WI 53707-7840. The subscription period is from January 1999 through December 2000. The mailed subscription price is $70 plus applicable sales tax. Save mailing costs by picking up your subscription for $20 plus tax. Pick up orders at Legislative Documents, 202 S. Thornton Ave., Madison, Wis. MasterCard or Visa orders may be placed by calling (800) 362-7253. For information, call (608) 266-3358. To receive a free, single copy of an entire act, please contact Legislative Documents, 202 S. Thornton Ave., Madison, WI 53703, (608) 266-2400. Or access the acts online.

Operating while intoxicated

1999 Wis. Act 109 (Vetoed in Part)
1999 Senate Bill 125

Publication date*: May 17, 2000

Relating to: Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant or drugs, or both; immobilization of, installation of an ignition interlock device on or seizure of motor vehicles for offenses related to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant; absolute sobriety for repeat drunken drivers; restrictions on prisoner release from jail or prison; creating a safe-ride grant program; creating an ignition interlock device program; counting drunk driving offenses; pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grants; requiring a report on incarceration alternatives and ignition interlock devices; certain alcohol beverage offenses committed by persons under the legal drinking age; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.

Effective dates: This act provides effective dates different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.

Motor vehicle registration

1999 Wis. Act 110
1999 Assembly Bill 327

Publication date*: May 17, 2000

Relating to: Requiring motor vehicle owners to include their birth dates on applications for motor vehicle registration and forfeiture of vehicles involved in certain drug crimes.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of the seventh month beginning after publication.

Police identification reports

1999 Wis. Act 111
1999 Assembly Bill 328

Publication date*: May 17, 2000

Relating to: Admitting certain police identification reports at preliminary examinations.

Conducting lead investigations

1999 Wis. Act 113 (Vetoed in Part)
1999 Assembly Bill 806

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: Conducting lead investigations, lead-bearing paint hazard control, requirements for certification of lead-free or lead-safe status for dwellings and premises, immunity from liability for lead poisoning or lead exposure, a report on the affordability and availability of liability insurance for lead-bearing paint hazards, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority and making appropriations.

Effective dates: This act provides effective dates different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.

Birth defects prevention

1999 Wis. Act 114
1999 Senate Bill 290

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: Birth defects prevention surveillance.

Insurance for child immunizations

1999 Wis. Act 115
1999 Senate Bill 136

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: Requiring insurance coverage of certain immunizations for children.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of the sixth month beginning after publication.

Special education eligibility

1999 Wis. Act 116
1999 Assembly Bill 412

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: Modifying the definition of a parent of a child with a disability for special education purposes.

School district open enrollment

1999 Wis. Act 117
1999 Assembly Bill 367

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: School district open enrollment and tuition waivers and payments.

Number of school district applications by pupil

1999 Wis. Act 118
1999 Senate Bill 309

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: The number of school districts to which a pupil may apply under the open enrollment program.

Garnishment exemptions

1999 Wis. Act 119
1999 Assembly Bill 391

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: Disposable earning exempt from garnishment.

Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of the fourth month beginning after publication.

Wisconsin health and educational facilities bonding authority

1999 Wis. Act 120
1999 Assembly Bill 694

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: Bonding authority of the Wisconsin health and educational facilities authority.

Tax foreclosure action judgments

1999 Wis. Act 121
1999 Assembly Bill 871

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: Assigning a judgment in a tax foreclosure action.

State and tobacco product manufacturers agreement

1999 Wis. Act 122
1999 Senate Bill 122

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: An agreement between the state and tobacco product manufacturers and granting rule-making authority.

High school drop out prevention programs

1999 Wis. Act 123
1999 Senate Bill 241

Publication date*: May 22, 2000

Relating to: Programs for children at risk of not graduating from high school.

Effective date: This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.

Driver education organ donation instruction

1999 Wis. Act 124
1999 Assembly Bill 764

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Requiring driver education courses to include instruction pertaining to organ and tissue donation.

Paid absence for state employees to donate organs, tissue

1999 Wis. Act 125
1999 Assembly Bill 545

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Paid leaves of absence for state employees for the purpose of serving as bone marrow and human organ donors.

Use of epinephrine auto-injectors on pupils

1999 Wis. Act 126
1999 Assembly Bill 714

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Use of epinephrine auto-injectors on pupils by certain school employees and volunteers.

Criminal liability of school personnel for corporal punishment

1999 Wis. Act 127
1999 Assembly Bill 1000

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Criminal liability of school personnel for corporate punishment.

Effective date: This act takes effect retroactively to Sept. 1, 1988.

Early reinstatement to school of expelled pupil

1999 Wis. Act 128
1999 Assembly Bill 447

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: The conditional early reinstatement to school of a pupil who has been expelled from school.

Methamphetamine manufacture, disposal of waste

1999 Wis. Act 129
1999 Assembly Bill 704

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Possession and disposal of waste produced by the illegal manufacture of the controlled substance methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia used in the manufacture of the controlled substance methamphetamine, and providing penalties.

Tuition remission for children, spouses of ambulance drivers, EMTs

1999 Wis. Act 130
1999 Assembly Bill 114

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Tuition remission for children and surviving spouses of ambulance drivers and emergency medical services personnel killed in the line of duty.

Reimbursement of towns for fire calls on state, federal highways

1999 Wis. Act 131
1999 Assembly Bill 116

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: State reimbursement of towns for fire calls on state or federal highways.

Child laborer proof of age

1999 Wis. Act 132
1999 Assembly Bill 400

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Proof of age of a minor for purposes of the child labor laws and granting rule-making authority.

Eligibility of kinship care payments

1999 Wis. Act 133
1999 Assembly Bill 706

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Eligibility for kinship care or long-term kinship care payments of a relative who is providing care and maintenance for a person 18 years of age or over, but under 19 years of age, who is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and be granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma.

Effective date: Eligibility of students over 18 for kinship care and long-term kinship care payments. This act takes effect on the first day of the first month beginning after publication.

Antique slot machine possession

1999 Wis. Act 134
1999 Assembly Bill 273

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Legalizing the possession, in certain places, and transfer of antique slot machines used solely for display, restoration, or preservation purposes, and providing a penalty.

Definition of "bed and breakfast" establishment

1999 Wis. Act 135
1999 Assembly Bill 606

Publication date*: May 23, 2000

Relating to: Expanding the definition of "bed and breakfast establishment" and clarifying the application of the uniform dwelling code requirements to bed and breakfast establishments.

*Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1997-98: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].