Date of enactment:
2023 Senate Bill 546 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to renumber and amend 45.51 (4); and to create 45.51 (4) (bm) of the statutes; relating to: admission of
spouses at veterans homes.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 45.51 (4) of the statutes is renumbered
45.51 (4) (am), and 45.51 (4) (am) (intro.) and 3., as
renumbered, are amended to read:
45.51 (4) (am) (intro.) A Except as provided in par.
(bm), a spouse of an eligible person under sub. (2) (a) 1.
or 2. is eligible only if the spouse meets the requirements
of sub. (2) (b) 3. to 5. and if all of the following apply:
3. A spouse of an eligible person under sub. (2) (a)
1. or 2. by virtue of a marriage that was void when entered
into but validated under s. 765.21 before applying for
admission shall, for the purpose of this subsection para-
graph and sub. (6), be considered married to the eligible
person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. from the date the mar-
riage was entered into.
SECTION 2. 45.51 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created
to read:
45.51 (4) (bm) A spouse of an eligible person under
sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. is eligible if the spouse meets the
requirements of sub. (2) (b) 2. to 5., and the spouse had
lived with the person for not less than 6 months immedi-
ately before making application for the membership.
Separation from the spouse necessitated by reason of
employment, hospitalization, or because of a physical or
mental disability of either spouse shall not be taken to
constitute an interruption of the 6−month period under
this paragraph. A spouse of an eligible person under sub.
(2) (a) 1. or 2. by virtue of a marriage that was void when
entered into but validated under s. 765.21 before apply-
ing for admission shall, for the purpose of this paragraph
and sub. (6), be considered married to the eligible person
under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. from the date the marriage was
entered into.
* 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.”