Recently Passed Legislation

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Health care liability insurance

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 11
• 1997 Assembly Bill 248

Publication date*: July 28, 1997

Relating to: Increasing the limits, and authorizing occurrence or claims-made coverage, for health care liability insurance and granting rule-making authority.

Effective date: This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.

Hunter education and firearm safety

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 12
• 1997 Assembly Bill 79

Publication date *Sept. 5, 1997

Relating to: Hunting of antlerless deer and small game by certain holders of certificates of accomplishment issued under the hunter education and firearm safety program.

Residential care apartment complex

• 1997 Wisconsin Act 13
• 1997 Senate Bill 153

Publication date*: Sept. 5, 1997

Relating to: Changing the term "assisted living facility" to "residential care apartment complex" and defining the term "stove" for the purposes of residential care apartment complexes.

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1995-96: 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].