Bill > AB73

This bill statutorily recognizes two specialized court dockets in Wisconsin: treatment courts and a commercial court docket. For treatment courts, the bill defines and includes eight specific types of courts such as adult drug treatment court, juvenile drug treatment court, mental health treatment court, and veterans treatment court. For the commercial court docket, the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will select circuit court judges to handle specialized commercial cases, with judges able to maintain other docket assignments. The commercial court will specifically handle complex business-related cases involving matters like business governance, securities transactions, intellectual property rights, large commercial disputes (typically over $100,000), and certain corporate transactions, while explicitly excluding small claims cases, governmental enforcement actions, and typical individual disputes like personal injury or landlord-tenant conflicts. The bill allows parties to jointly request assignment to the commercial court docket, with discretionary and mandatory assignment provisions, and once a case is assigned to the commercial court docket, parties cannot withdraw the request. This legislative effort aims to create specialized judicial pathways for more efficient and targeted case management in complex treatment and commercial legal proceedings.

Health and Social Services, Justice

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab73