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The One Hundred Seventh Wisconsin Legislature is the current ongoing legislative term in Wisconsin. It was convened on January 6, 2025, in regular session, and is scheduled to conclude on January 4, 2027, though it will likely adjourn for legislative activity in the Spring of 2026.
State law is contained in the Wisconsin Constitution and the various statutes enacted by the legislature. The interpretation of state law and its application in specific cases are undertaken by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, based in Madison, Wisconsin. The law of the Menominee also applies within the Menominee Indian Reservation. The "Laws of ...
The law does not apply if force is used against police while in the line of duty if the shooter knows or should have known that the victim was a police officer or other public safety worker. (WI statute 895.62(4)(b) [17]) The law also does not protect those who are engaged in criminal activity. (WI statute 939.48(1m)(b)(1) [17])
The NMDA law was amended to permit an exception for those persons who were between ages 18 and 21 on the effective date of the law. Wisconsin 19- and 20-year-olds were "grandfathered in" by this exception after enactment of Act 337. In effect, the state did not have a uniform age of 21 until September 1, 1988. [18]
Since 1989, most of the secretary of state's duties have gradually been reassigned to other state agencies or outright eliminated. 1989 Wisconsin Act 338 transferred lobbying regulation to the Ethics Board, now known as the Ethics Commission. [25] 1991 Wisconsin Act 39 transferred publication of the session laws to the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Wisconsin Municipalities map of counties, cities, villages, and towns. The administrative divisions of Wisconsin include counties, cities, villages and towns. In Wisconsin, all of these are units of general-purpose local government. There are also a number of special-purpose districts formed to handle regional concerns, such as school districts ...
Wisconsin was admitted to the United States on May 29, 1848. Although it has been amended over a hundred times, the original constitution ratified in 1848 is still in use. This makes the Wisconsin Constitution the oldest U.S. state constitution outside New England; only Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont use older constitutions.
The court record summaries provided by the system are all public records under Wisconsin open records law sections 19.31-19.39 of the Wisconsin Statutes. WCCA was created in response to an increasing number of requests for court records from district attorneys, sheriffs’ departments, and other court business partners.