Date of enactment: December 6, 2023
2023 Senate Bill 324 Date of publication*: December 7, 2023
2023 WISCONSIN ACT 76
AN ACT to create 101.02 (1r) and 101.02 (7m) of the statutes; relating to: building code restrictions on the use of
certain refrigerants.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 101.02 (1r) of the statutes is created to
read:
101.02 (1r) Notwithstanding sub. (1) (b), the depart-
ment may not promulgate or enforce a rule establishing
building codes that prohibit or otherwise limit the use of
a refrigerant designated as acceptable for use pursuant to
42 USC 7671k, provided that any equipment containing
the refrigerant is listed and installed in accordance with
safety standards and use conditions imposed pursuant to
the designation of the refrigerant as acceptable for use.
SECTION 2. 101.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to
read:
101.02 (7m) Notwithstanding sub. (7) (a), no county,
city, village, or town may enact or enforce an ordinance
establishing building codes that prohibit or otherwise
limit the use of a refrigerant designated as acceptable for
use pursuant to 42 USC 7671k, provided that any equip-
ment containing the refrigerant is listed and installed in
accordance with safety standards and use conditions
imposed pursuant to the designation of the refrigerant as
acceptable for use.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: 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.”