Legislation

2021-22 Legislative Session

COVID

• Governor’s Covid Proposal
• Assembly GOP Covid Proposal
• LRB 6592/1 State government response to COVID-19 pandemic (Proposed compromise bill)
• LRB-6522/6 State government response to COVID-19 pandemic (Proposed discussion bill)
• AB-1 State government actions to address the COVID-19 pandemic

January Special Session Senate Bill 1 – 2021 Wisconsin Act 4.

Enacted Legislation

• ACT 29  Public Safety PTSD Coverage & Consensus WCAC Reforms AB-17/SB-11
• ACT 64  Motor vehicle instruction permit and probationary license eligibility and duration AB-20/SB-15
• ACT 73 Imposing requirements related to insurance data cybersecurity and granting rule-making authority. NAIC Cyber Security Model Substitute Amendment  AB-147/SB-160
• ACT 87  The Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act AB-325/SB-370
• ACT 107 Municipal raze orders for certain insured dwellings AB-483/SB-434  Bemis Slides
• ACT 111  Regulating travel insurance AB-491/SB-482
• ACT 114 OCI Tech Bill  AB-622/SB-588
• ACT 189 Scrap dealer purchases of catalytic converters AB-415/SB-408
• ACT 260 Best interest in annuity transactions AB-654/SB-644
• ACT 232 Various changes to the worker’s compensation law AB-911

Legislation

• WAJ Drafts    LRB 3803 Medical Payments & Limit Disclosure, LRB 3808 Definition of Underinsured Motor Vehicle & Reducing Clauses, LRB 2541 Minimum Limits for Motor Vehicle Ins and proof of responsibility
• AB-858/SB-842 Litigation Lending
• Unfair Marketing/Rebating – Draft
• AB-957/SB-957 Data Privacy Legislation
• AB-487/SB-485 Occupational Accident Insurance
• AB-654/SB-644 Best interest in annuity transactions
• AB-737/SB-783 Requirements for and insurance related to peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing programs
• AB-681 /SB-721 Employer liability under worker’s compensation for mandatory or coerced COVID-19 vaccines
• AB-734/SB-705 Liability exemption for motor vehicle sellers after sale
• 21-2664_P1 (4) Municipal Auto Liability Cap
• AB-683/SB-680 Relating to changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical services practitioners.
• AB-788/SB-681 Relating to changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical services practitioners, emergency medical responders, volunteer fire fighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff.
• Medical Records Fee. WIA WDC WAJ Med Records Draft  Proposal 2.0  Proposal  Fee Counter Proposal
• AB-911 /SB-898 Relating to various changes to the worker’s compensation law
• ​​Ins 6.785—​relating to commercial lines modernization​​
• ​Ins 52​—relating to credit for reinsurance accreditation amendments
• DATCP PRIVACY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
  • Letter to Committee June 2020
  • Letter to Representative Zimmerman 

2019-20 Legislative Session

• Volunteer Drivers  (Maine Georgia Oregon)
• AB-569/SB-511 Claims for compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder by police officers and fire fighters under the worker’s compensation law
• SB-673 Various changes to the worker’s compensation law and making an appropriation
• AB-842/SB-773 providing funding related to PFAS programs and positions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
• AB-843/SB-772/ PFAS standards and grant programs, providing blood testing for certain individuals, requiring a cancer cluster study, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. See plain language summary provided by the authors: PFAS Compromise
• AB-870 Relating to consumer access to personal data processed by a controller and providing a penalty.
• AB-871 Relating to deletion of consumer personal data by controllers and providing a penalty.
• AB-872 Relating to restricting controllers from using consumer data and providing a penalty.
• AB-819/SB-784 Relating to: imposing requirements related to insurance data cybersecurity and granting rule-making authority
• AB-922/SB-774 PFAS management zones, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority
• AB-921/SB-775 Relating to: providing positions and funding related to PFAS management zones, creating a municipal grant program for PFAS testing, and making an appropriation

Enacted Legislation

• ACT 10  Relating to requiring marketplace providers to collect and remit sales tax from third parties and reducing individual income tax rates based on the collection of sales and use tax from out-of-state retailers and marketplace providers  AB-251
• ACT 53 Advanced Pay Salvage Title Law Memo AB-340/SB-320
• ACT 66 Various changes to insurance laws AB-550/SB-482
• ACT 68 Regulating hemp, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. AB-206/SB-188
• ACT 129    AB-357/SB-329  Regulation of public adjusters and granting rule-making authority.  Public Adjuster Licensing – NAIC Model Pub Adjuster Licensing Model Act  Pub Adjuster State Comparison  Pub Adjuster Licensing Overview  Regulatory Options   Registration Amendment  WIA Press Release   Badger Institute Press Release
• ACT 155   AB-305/SB-289  45 Day Renewal with Altered Terms – Boggs-Conditional-Renewal Rules by State Renewal Altered Terms State Comparison 

2017-18 Legislative Session

• AB-67/SB-25  Uninsured Motorists
• AB-68/SB-39  Self-Insurance by Religious Sects
• AB-254/SB-196 Vehicle Data Recorders
• AB-761/SB-647 Bid Card

  Enacted Legislation

• ACT 16 – Surplus lines insurance policies issued by domestic insurers/ Surplus Lines Coverage in Construction (AB-110 /SB-077)
• ACT 59 – State Budget, Payment and Performance Bonds on Public Projects and Agent Appointment Fees – Budget Motion 421 (AB-64/SB-30), Airbnb  Motion 418
• ACT 139 – actions against certain third parties by injured employees under the worker’s compensation law (AB-884/SB-781)
• ACT 235 – Civil Justice Reform Co-sponsor memo  Amendment Memo (AB-773/SB-645)
• ACT 241 – Insurance policy renewal in an affiliate & the use and contents of certificates of insurance. (AB-744/SB-618)
• ACT 313 –  Disclosures to the commissioner of insurance and other changes to the insurance laws, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority (AB-877/SB-763)
• Act 340  Proposed revisions to WI insurers rehabilitation & liquidations statutes (AB-822/SB-686)

2015-16 Legislative Session

• LRB-2631 Dog Bite Liability – Legislative Document
• Ridesharing/Uber – Handout
• State Budget Summary –  AB-21/SB-21 – Veto Letter
  • Pay Day Lender Insurance Sales
  • Risk Retention Groups

  Enacted Legislation

• ACT 16 Ridesharing (AB-143/SB-106)
• ACT 19 70 Mile Speed Limit (AB-27/SB-26)
• ACT-45 GPS Devices (AB-19 /SB-22)

2013-14 Legislative Session

• AB-81 Storm Scammer – AB-81 WIA Talking Points
• AB-65 Proof of Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance
• Agent Appointment Fees – Motion #171

2011-12 Legislative Session

• Biennial Budget for 2011-13 AB-40/SB-27
• Medical Record Copying Fees (Budget)
• 2011 Wisconsin Act 2:  Provisions Relating to Civil Actions and
  Testimony of Lay and Expert Witnesses

2009-10 Legislative Session

Issue Briefs

• Nanotechnology and Insurance
• WCRI Comp Scope
• Worker’s Compensation History