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Wis. Stat. § 991.11 (2026)
Effective date of acts
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991.11991.11 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 prescribed in s. 35.095 (1) (b).
991.11 AnnotationAlthough the act expressly prescribed an effective date 6 months after publication, certain provisions went into effect on the day after publication. Matter of Mental Condition of W.R.B. 140 Wis. 2d 347, 411 N.W.2d 142 (Ct. App. 1987).
991.11 AnnotationEstablishment of the effective date does not determine whether a statute will apply retroactively. Salzman v. DNR, 168 Wis. 2d 523, 484 N.W.2d 337 (Ct. App. 1992).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2005 WI 93 (Wis. 2005).
Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2005 WI 93 (Wis. 2005). “[64] Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 991.11 , every act of the legislature takes effect the day after its date of publication unless the act specifically provides otherwise.”
State v. Ronald Knipfer, 2015 WI 3 (Wis. 2015). “See Wis. Stat. § 991.11 . 3 Nos. 2013AP225 & 2013AP578 trial on their Chapter 980 discharge petitions because the petitions commenced "actions" or "special proceedings" after the Daubert standard's first date of applicability.”
Soc'y Ins. v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm'n, 2010 WI 68 (Wis. 2010). “Act 172 ("Date of publication: March 31, 2006"); Wis. Stat. § 991.11 (Unless an effective date is expressly prescribed, "[e]very act.”
Matthies v. Positive Saf. Mfg. Co., 2001 WI 82 (Wis. 2001). “Wis. Stat. § 991.11 (1993-94). A civil action must accrue before it can be commenced; and, a civil action is not commenced until a summons and complaint is filed with the court.”
State Ex Rel. Wisconsin Senate v. Thompson, 424 N.W.2d 385 (Wis. 1988). “VII, of the constitution, and sec. 991.11, Stats., became and now is in force and effect as law.”
Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n of Wisconsin, 2005 WI 93 (Wis. 2005). “[64] Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 991.11 , every act of the legislature takes effect the day after its date of publication unless the act specifically provides otherwise.”
State v. Koput, 418 N.W.2d 804 (Wis. 1988). “* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1983-84: Effective date of acts.”
Sands v. Menard, 2016 WI App 76 (Wis. Ct. App. 2016). “It is undisputed that any breach of Sands' fiduciary duties with respect to the Fund transaction occurred before February 26, 2010; accordingly, the two-year statute of limitations in § 893.”
State v. Alger, 2013 WI App 148 (Wis. Ct. App. 2013). “The Department of Health and Family Services is now known as the Department of Health Services.”
State ex rel. Ozanne v. Fitzgerald, 2011 WI 43 (Wis. 2011). “§ 991.11, entitled "Effective date of acts," reads: "Every act.”
State v. Lagundoye, 2003 WI App 63 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “See Wis. Stat. § 991.11 (unless otherwise specified in act, act is effective day after publication).”
Johnson v. Cintas Corp. No. 2, 2015 WI App 14 (Wis. Ct. App. 2015). “Wis. Stat. § 991.11 . An amicus brief by the Wisconsin Association for Justice (WAJ) does offer another interpretation of the statute, relating to the fact that the law first applies to "execution on" a judgment on its effective date.”
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