Wisconsin administrative code and register
Wis. Stat. § 35.93
in effect(1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Agency” has the meaning given in s. 227.01 (1).
(b) “Chapter” means the highest organizational unit into which an agency’s rules are divided within the Wisconsin administrative code.
(c) “Date of publication” means the date on which a register is published under sub. (2) (a).
(d) “End-of-month register” means the last register published in a calendar month.
(e) “Issue” means all registers published in a calendar month.
(f) “Notice-only register” means a register other than an end-of-month register.
(g) “Rule” has the meaning given in s. 227.01 (13).
(2) Wisconsin administrative register.
(a) The legislative reference bureau shall electronically publish the Wisconsin administrative register on the Internet in one or more electronic file formats on the Monday of each week, or on the next working day, as defined in s. 227.01 (14), if Monday is a holiday under s. 230.35 (4) (a).
(b) The legislative reference bureau shall include all of the following in each notice-only register and each end-of-month register:
1. A title page with the name “Wisconsin Administrative Register,” the issue number, and the date of publication of the register.
2. A table of contents.
3. A notice section containing all of the following that are received by the legislative reference bureau after the compilation of the preceding register:
a. Notices of emergency rules in effect under s. 227.24 (3).
b. Statements of the scope of proposed rules under ss. 227.135 and 227.24 (1) (e) 1d.
bm. Notices of preliminary public hearings and comment periods under s. 227.136.
c. Notices of submittal of proposed rules to the legislative council staff under s. 227.14 (4m).
d. Notices of hearings on rule making under s. 227.17 (1).
e. Notices of intent to promulgate rules without a public hearing under s. 227.16 (2) (e).
f. Fiscal estimates and economic impact analyses for proposed rules under ss. 227.137 and 227.14 (4) and emergency rules under s. 227.24 (1) (e) 2.
fm. Retrospective economic impact analyses for rules under s. 227.138.
g. Notices of referrals of proposed rules to presiding officers under s. 227.19 (2).
gm. Petitions and proposed rules submitted under s. 227.26 (4) (b) 1.
h. Notices of declaratory judgments under s. 227.40 (6).
i. Web addresses provided by agencies under s. 101.055 (3) (a) or 227.21 (2) (c) for proposed rules.
im. Notices of public comment periods on proposed guidance documents under s. 227.112 (1) (a).
j. Other notices that are otherwise required by law to be included or that the legislative reference bureau determines are appropriate for inclusion in the Wisconsin administrative register.
4. Copies of all rules filed with the legislative reference bureau under s. 227.20 (1) or modified under s. 227.265 since the compilation of the preceding register, including emergency rules filed under s. 227.24 (3).
5. Copies of all executive orders received by the legislative reference bureau since the compilation of the preceding register.
6. Web addresses provided by agencies under s. 101.055 (3) (a) or 227.21 (2) (c) for rules included in a register under subd. 4.
(c) The legislative reference bureau shall include all of the following in each end-of-month register:
1. Each chapter of the Wisconsin administrative code that has been affected by rules filed with the legislative reference bureau under s. 227.20 (1) or modified under s. 227.265, in accordance with sub. (3) (e) 1.
2. Any other chapters of the administrative code determined by the legislative reference bureau to be appropriate for publication due to corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) or 35.17 or due to the addition of editorial notes.
3. Instructions or information to help the user to correctly identify insertions and deletions in the Wisconsin administrative code and that keep the Wisconsin administrative code current.
(d) The legislative reference bureau shall number each issue consecutively.
(e) Any document required to be included in the Wisconsin administrative register shall be considered published under par. (a) if the document can be accessed from the register’s table of contents by the use of one or more hypertext links.
(3) Wisconsin administrative code.
(a) The legislative reference bureau shall electronically publish the Wisconsin administrative code on the Internet in one or more electronic file formats, as the legislative reference bureau determines. The legislative reference bureau may electronically publish the Wisconsin administrative code on other electronic media in one or more electronic file formats, as the legislative reference bureau determines.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in s. 227.21 (2), the legislative reference bureau shall include in the Wisconsin administrative code published under par. (a) all permanent rules in force, except that the legislative reference bureau may omit tables and graphic images from publication in a particular electronic file format if the legislative reference bureau determines that the tables and graphic images are incompatible with that electronic file format. If the legislative reference bureau omits tables or graphics under this paragraph, the legislative reference bureau shall insert a note following the affected provision identifying the omission and providing a hypertext link providing electronic access to the table or graphic image. The legislative reference bureau shall at all times publish the administrative code on the Internet in at least one electronic file format that allows for publication of all tables and graphic images contained in the administrative code.
(c) The legislative reference bureau shall include all of the following with each chapter of the Wisconsin administrative code published under par. (a):
1. The date and issue number of the Wisconsin administrative register in which the chapter is published.
2. The name of the promulgating agency.
3. A chapter title and number.
4. A table of contents for the chapter.
5. A notice stating that the chapter is published under the authority granted by this subsection.
(d) The legislative reference bureau shall include with the Wisconsin administrative code a table of contents and an index of all permanent rules currently in effect.
(e) The legislative reference bureau shall incorporate into the appropriate chapters of the Wisconsin administrative code each permanent rule filed with the legislative reference bureau under s. 227.20 (1) or modified under s. 227.265 and, for each chapter of the administrative code affected by a rule, do all of the following:
1. Publish the chapter in the appropriate end-of-month register in accordance with the filing deadline for publication established in the rules procedures manual published under s. 227.15 (7), in an end-of-month register agreed to by the submitting agency and the legislative reference bureau, or, in the case of a rule modified under s. 227.265, in the end-of-month register for the month in which the bill modifying the rule is enacted.
2. Publish the chapter in the Wisconsin administrative code published on the Internet on the first day of the month following the date of publication of the end-of-month register in which the chapter is published under subd. 1. and sub. (2) (c) 1. and publish the chapter in the Wisconsin administrative code published on any other electronic media under par. (a) on or after the day after the date of publication of that end-of-month register.
3. If the chapter is affected by a rule that adopts standards under s. 101.055 (3) (a) or 227.21 (2) (a), publish, in conjunction with the publication of the chapter under subd. 2., any Web addresses provided under s. 101.055 (3) (a) or 227.21 (2) (c).
(f) If a chapter of the Wisconsin administrative code is published in an end-of-month register under sub. (2) (c) 2., the legislative reference bureau shall publish the chapter in the Wisconsin administrative code published on the Internet on the first day of the month following the date of publication of that end-of-month register and shall publish the chapter in the Wisconsin administrative code published on any other electronic media under par. (a) on or after the day after the date of publication of that end-of-month register.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/35.93Fetched: 10/7/2026