Text of WI AB 50 (2026)

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 50 February 18, 2025 - Introduced by JOINT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, by request of Governor Tony Evers. Referred to Joint Committee on Finance. ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** AN ACT; relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau INTRODUCTION This bill is the executive budget bill under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes. It contains the governor[s recommendations for appropriations for the 2025]27 fiscal biennium. The bill sets the appropriation levels in chapter 20 of the statutes for the 2025]27 fiscal biennium. The descriptions that follow in this analysis relate to the most significant changes in the law that are proposed in the bill. For additional information concerning the bill, see the Department of Administration[s publication Budget in Brief and the executive budget books, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau[s summary document, and the Legislative Reference Bureau[s drafting files, which contain separate drafts on each policy item. __________________________________________________________________ GUIDE TO THE BILL The budget bill is organized like other bills. First, treatments of statutes appear in ascending numerical order of the statute affected. Next, any treatments of prior session laws appear ordered by the year of original enactment and then by act number (for instance, a treatment of 2021 Wisconsin Act 15 would precede a 1 2 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 2 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all treatment of 2023 Wisconsin Act 6). Next, any treatments of the Administrative Rules appear. The remaining sections of the budget bill are organized by type of provision and, within each type, alphabetically by state agency. The first two digits of the four-digit section number indicate the type of provision: 91XX Nonstatutory provisions. 92XX Fiscal changes. 93XX Initial applicability. 94XX Effective dates. The remaining two digits indicate the state agency or subject area to which the provision relates: XX01 Administration. XX02 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. XX03 Arts Board. XX04 Building Commission. XX05 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board. XX06 Children and Families. XX07 Circuit Courts. XX08 Corrections. XX09 Court of Appeals. XX10 District Attorneys. XX11 Educational Communications Board. XX12 Elections Commission. XX13 Employee Trust Funds. XX14 Employment Relations Commission. XX15 Ethics Commission. XX16 Financial Institutions. XX17 Governor. XX18 Health and Educational Facilities Authority. XX19 Health Services. XX20 Higher Educational Aids Board. XX21 Historical Society. XX22 Housing and Economic Development Authority. XX23 Insurance. XX24 Investment Board. XX25 Joint Committee on Finance. XX26 Judicial Commission. XX27 Justice. XX28 Legislature. XX29 Lieutenant Governor. XX30 Local Government. XX31 Military Affairs. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 3 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all XX32 Natural Resources. XX33 Public Defender Board. XX34 Public Instruction. XX35 Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of. XX36 Public Service Commission. XX37 Revenue. XX38 Safety and Professional Services. XX39 Secretary of State. XX40 State Fair Park Board. XX41 Supreme Court. XX42 Technical College System. XX43 Tourism. XX44 Transportation. XX45 Treasurer. XX46 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Medical College of Wisconsin. XX47 University of Wisconsin System. XX48 Veterans Affairs. XX49 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. XX50 Workforce Development. XX51 Other. For example, for general nonstatutory provisions relating to the State Historical Society, see SECTION 9121. For any agency not assigned a two-digit identification number or any provision that does not relate to the functions of a particular agency, see number 51 (Other) within each type of provision. Separate section numbers and headings appear for each type of provision and for each state agency, even if there are no provisions included in that section number and heading. Following is a list of the most commonly used abbreviations appearing in the analysis: BCPL Board of Commissioners of Public Lands DATCP Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection DCF Department of Children and Families DFI Department of Financial Institutions ............. DHS Department of Health Services DMA Department of Military Affairs ............. DNR Department of Natural Resources DOA Department of Administration DOC Department of Corrections ............. DOJ Department of Justice ............. DOR Department of Revenue DOT Department of Transportation .............. DPI Department of Public Instruction 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 4 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all DSPS Department of Safety and Professional Services .............. DVA Department of Veterans Affairs DWD Department of Workforce Development ETF Department of Employee Trust Funds GPR General purpose revenue ......... HEAB Higher Educational Aids Board JCF Joint Committee on Finance OCI Office of the Commissioner of Insurance PSC Public Service Commission .............. SPD State Public Defender SHS State Historical Society TCS Technical College System UW University of Wisconsin WEDC Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation WHEDA Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority WHEFA Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority __________________________________________________________________ AGRICULTURE Grants for biodigester operator certification and regional planning This bill requires DATCP to provide grants to individuals seeking biodigester operator certification. Biodigesters are used to break down organic material into gas, liquids, and solids. The bill also requires DATCP to provide planning grants for establishing regional biodigesters in the state. Dairy agriculture resilience investment now grant pilot program The bill requires DATCP to create a dairy agriculture resilience investment now grant pilot program, under which DATCP must provide grants to dairy producers with fewer than 1,000 head of milking cows to undertake projects designed to improve the dairy producers[ operational efficiency and resilience. Transition to grass pilot program The bill creates a transition to grass pilot program in DATCP to provide support and grants to farmers who are implementing livestock grass-based managed grazing systems and farmers and agribusinesses in the grass-fed livestock business. Under the bill, DATCP may award up to $40,000 to each grantee and must disperse 75 percent of the award in the first year following DATCP[s decision to grant the award and 12.5 percent of the award in each of the second and third years following DATCP[s decision to grant the award. Farmland preservation implementation grants The bill authorizes DATCP to award grants to counties to implement a certified county farmland preservation plan. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 5 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Sandhill crane damage reimbursement program The bill requires DATCP to administer a program to provide reimbursements to eligible applicant farmers for the purchase of seed treatment that is registered for use on corn seed to discourage sandhill cranes from consuming the seed. Under the program, applicants may be reimbursed for up to 50 percent of the actual cost of the purchase of seed treatment, not to exceed $6,250 per farm, per year. Value-added agricultural practices The bill allows DATCP to provide education and technical assistance related to producing value-added agricultural products. Under the bill, DATCP may provide education and assistance related to organic farming practices; collaborate with organic producers, industry participants, and local organizations that coordinate organic farming; and stimulate interest and investment in organic production. The bill also allows DATCP to provide grants to organic producers, industry participants, and local organizations, which may be used to provide education and technical assistance related to organic farming, to help create organic farming plans, and to assist farmers in transitioning to organic farming. The bill also authorizes DATCP to provide grants to entities to provide education and training to farmers about best practices related to grazing. DATCP is also authorized under the bill to help farmers market value-added agricultural products. Meat processing tuition and curriculum development grants The bill requires DATCP to provide grants to universities, colleges, and technical colleges to reimburse tuition costs of students enrolled in a meat processing program and for curriculum development of those meat processing programs. Each tuition reimbursement covers up to 80 percent of the tuition cost for enrolling in a meat processing program, limited to a maximum reimbursement of $7,500. Food security and Wisconsin products grant program The bill allows DATCP to provide grants to food banks, food pantries, and other nonprofit organizations to purchase Wisconsin food products. Grants for food waste reduction pilot projects The bill requires DATCP to provide grants for food waste reduction pilot projects that have an objective of preventing food waste, redirecting surplus food to hunger relief organizations, and composting food waste. Under the bill, DATCP must give preference to grant proposals that serve census tracts for which the median household income is below the statewide median household income and in which no grocery store is located. Farm to fork grant program The bill creates a farm to fork program, similar to the existing farm to school program, to connect entities, other than school districts, that have cafeterias to nearby farms to provide locally produced foods in meals and snacks, to help the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 6 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all public develop healthy eating habits, to provide nutritional and agricultural education, and to improve farmers[ incomes and direct access to markets. Under the bill, DATCP may provide grants to entities for these purposes. Spending cap for the Wisconsin agricultural exports program Under current law, the Center for International Agribusiness Marketing, operated by DATCP, promotes the export of Wisconsin agricultural and agribusiness products in foreign markets. Current law provides that the center may not expend more than $1,000,000 in any fiscal year. The bill eliminates the $1,000,000-per-year spending cap for the center. Changes to the agricultural conservation easement purchase program In the 2009-11 biennial budget act, the agricultural conservation easement purchase program was created for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements, from willing landowners, by DATCP in conjunction with political subdivisions and nonprofit conservation organizations. An agricultural conservation easement (easement) is an interest in land that preserves the land for agricultural use while the ownership of the land itself remains with the landowner. Under the program as it was created in the act, DATCP was required to solicit applications to the program at least once annually and was provided $12,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing for the purchase of the easements. Since the program was first created, the requirement that DATCP solicit applications to the program at least once annually was repealed, DATCP[s authority for $12,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing for the purchase of the easements was repealed, and a new provision required DNR to provide to DATCP funds from the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program for the purchase of the easements. The bill undoes those changes, reinstating DATCP[s requirement to solicit applications to the program at least once annually, providing DATCP authority for $15,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing for the purchase of easements, and removing the requirement that DNR provide DATCP funds from the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program for the purchase of the easements. Commercial nitrogen optimization program Under current law, DATCP must award grants under a commercial nitrogen optimization pilot program to agricultural producers and to UW System institutions that implement a project that optimizes the application of commercial nitrogen for at least two growing seasons. DATCP must award the grants from an annual segregated appropriation account that is funded by the environmental fund. A grant to a farmer and the eligible UW System institution collaborating with the farmer may not exceed, in total, $50,000. DATCP must attempt to provide grants under the program to farmers in different parts of the state and for projects in areas that have different soil types or geologic characteristics. The bill removes the word XpilotY from the statutory language describing the program and funds the program from a new biennial segregated appropriation account that is funded by the environmental fund. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 7 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Truth-in-labeling requirements for milk, dairy, and wild rice Under the bill, no person may label a food product as, or sell or offer for sale a food product that is labeled as, any type of milk unless the food product is cow[s milk, hooved or camelid mammals[ milk, or a type of dairy milk that meets certain specifications under federal law. In addition, no person may label a food product as, or sell or offer for sale a food product that is labeled as, a type of dairy product or a dairy ingredient unless the food product is a dairy product or dairy ingredient that is or is derived from cow[s milk, hooved or camelid mammal[s milk, or a dairy product that meets certain specifications under federal law. Finally, the bill prohibits any person from labeling wild rice as Xtraditionally harvestedY unless the wild rice is harvested using traditional wild rice harvesting methods of American Indian tribes or bands. The bill requires DATCP to promulgate a rule defining traditional wild rice harvesting methods of American Indian tribes or bands. Under the bill, DATCP must obtain the advice and recommendations of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., before promulgating a rule defining a traditional method of wild rice harvesting. Appropriation limit for the producer-led watershed protection grant program DATCP administers the producer-led watershed protection grant program, which provides grants to groups of farmers in the same watershed to implement nonpoint source pollution abatement activities. Under current law, DATCP may not allocate more than $1,000,000 per fiscal year for this program. The bill increases that maximum amount to $1,250,000. Agricultural enterprise area maximum acreage Under current law, DATCP may designate agricultural enterprise areas, with a combined area of not more than 2,000,000 acres, targeted for agricultural preservation and development. The bill increases the maximum acreage for designated agricultural enterprise areas to 3,000,000. Veterinary examining board appropriation uses Current law provides an appropriation to DATCP, from all moneys received by the veterinary examining board when issuing or renewing credentials, for the purpose of supporting the activities of the board. The bill changes this appropriation so that it may also be used to provide dog license tags and forms; perform other activities related to the regulation of dogs; administer the rabies control program its media campaign; and carry out activities relating to humane officers. Humane officers are trained and certified officers appointed by political subdivisions to enforce certain regulations relating to animals. Bonding for soil and water resource management The bill increases the general obligation bonding authority for the Soil and Water Resource Management Program by $10,000,000. The program, which is 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 8 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all administered by DATCP, awards grants to counties to help fund their land and water conservation activities. COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Catastrophe savings accounts Under the bill, a person may establish an account at a financial institution and designate the account as a catastrophe savings account. The account may be used to hold savings for expenses related to a catastrophic event, which is defined as a tornado, hurricane, or severe storm resulting in flooding, damaging hail, extreme wind, or extremely cold temperatures. If the account owner maintains a property insurance policy covering catastrophic events, deposits in the account are limited, based on the amount of the policy deductible, to either $2,000 or the lesser of $15,000 or twice the amount of the policy deductible. Deposits in a catastrophe savings account may be withdrawn only to pay the following relating to property damage caused by a catastrophic event: 1) repair costs or other losses to the extent the costs or losses are not covered by a property insurance policy or are self-insured losses, and 2) any portion of a policy[s deductible. A person may not be an account owner of more than one catastrophe savings account. For state income tax purposes, the owner may subtract from taxable income the amount of the deposits made to and any increase in the value of a catastrophe savings account. DFI information on worker misclassification The bill requires DFI to provide informational materials and resources on worker misclassification to each person who files with DFI documents forming a business corporation, nonstock corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership. See Employment. COMMERCE Prohibiting discrimination in broadband The bill prohibits a broadband service provider from denying a group of potential residential customers access to its broadband service because of the group[s race or income. Under the bill, DATCP has authority to enforce the prohibition and to promulgate related rules. The bill also authorizes any person affected by a broadband service provider who violates the prohibition to bring a private action. Broadband subscriber rights The bill establishes various requirements for broadband service providers, including the following: 1) broadband service providers must provide service satisfying minimum standards established by PSC, and subscribers may terminate contracts if the broadband service provider fails to satisfy those standards; 2) broadband service providers must disclose the factors that may cause the actual broadband speed experience of a subscriber to vary, and provide service as described in advertisements or representations made to subscribers; 3) broadband 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 9 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all service providers must repair broadband service within 72 hours after a subscriber reports a broadband service interruption that is not the result of a major system- wide or large area emergency; 4) broadband service providers must give subscribers credit for interruptions of broadband service that last more than four hours in a day; and 5) broadband service providers must give subscribers at least 30 days[ advance written notice before instituting a rate increase, at least seven days[ advance written notice of any scheduled routine maintenance that causes a service slowdown, interruption, or outage, at least 10 days[ advance written notice of a change in a factor that may cause the originally disclosed broadband speed experience to vary, and at least 10 days[ advance written notice of disconnecting service, unless the disconnection is requested by the subscriber. Internet service provider registration The bill requires each Internet service provider in this state to register with PSC. Severe thunderstorm price gouging Under current law, no manufacturer, producer, supplier, wholesaler, distributor, or retailer may sell or offer to sell consumer goods or services at unreasonably excessive prices if the governor by executive order has certified that the state or a part of the state is in a period of abnormal economic disruption due to an emergency. An XemergencyY in this context includes a destructive act of nature, a hostile action, terrorism, or a disruption of energy supplies that poses a risk to the public[s economic well-being, public health, or welfare. A Xconsumer good or serviceY under the law means those goods or services that are used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. The bill prohibits residential building contractors, tree trimmers, and restoration and mitigation services providers that are operating within a geographic region impacted by, and repairing damage caused by, a severe thunderstorm from doing either of the following: 1) charging an unreasonably excessive price for labor in comparison to the market price charged for comparable services in the geographic region impacted by the weather event and 2) charging an insurance company a rate for a consumer good or service that exceeds what the residential building contractor, tree trimmer, or restoration and mitigation services provider would otherwise charge a member of the general public for the consumer good or service. XSevere thunderstormY is defined in the bill to mean a weather event in which any of the following occurs: 1) hail that is one inch or greater in diameter, 2) wind gusts in excess of 50 knots, or 3) a tornado. The bill requires DATCP to promulgate rules to establish formulas or other standards to be used in determining whether a price for labor is unreasonably excessive. Under the bill, DATCP or, after consulting with DATCP, DOJ may commence an action against a person that has violated the prohibition in the bill to recover a civil forfeiture of not more than $1,000 per violation, to temporarily or permanently restrain or enjoin the person from violating the prohibition in the bill, or both. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 10 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Sales by a municipality or county of wine in a public park The bill allows a municipality or county to sell wine in its public parks without an alcohol beverage license. Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may sell alcohol beverages to a consumer unless the seller possesses a license or permit authorizing the sale. Under one exception, no license or permit is required for the sale, by officers or employees of a county or municipality, of fermented malt beverages (beer) in a public park operated by the county or municipality. The bill applies this exception to wine along with beer. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Changes to the state main street program Under current law, WEDC is required to establish and administer a state main street program to coordinate state and local participation in programs offered by the national main street center to assist municipalities in planning, managing, and implementing programs for revitalization of commercial areas having historic significance. Under current law, a recipient of assistance under the state main street program must be a city, village, or town. Under the bill, eligible recipients include tribal governments, chambers of commerce, and nonprofit organizations. The bill eliminates the requirements that WEDC contract with the national main street center for services related to revitalizing commercial areas having historic significance and develop a plan describing the objectives of the state main street program and the methods by which WEDC will carry out certain responsibilities specified by law. The bill also eliminates the requirements that, in developing criteria for use in selecting participants in the state main street program, WEDC include the following: 1. Local organizational and financial commitment to employ a program manager for not less than five years. 2. Local assistance in paying for the services of a design consultant. 3. Local commitment to assist in training persons to direct activities related to business areas in municipalities that do not participate in the state main street program. Under the bill, in selecting participants in the state main street program, WEDC must evaluate and consider the potential in the business area selected by the applicant to retain small businesses, attract new businesses, generate new economic activity and grow the local tax base, and create new employment opportunities. The bill also retains the current law requirement that WEDC consider private and public sector interest in and commitment to revitalization of the business area selected by the applicant and potential private sector investment in the business area selected by the applicant. Finally, the bill changes the definition of Xbusiness areaY for the purposes of the state main street program from Xa commercial area existing at the time services 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 11 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all under the state main street program are requested and having historic significanceY to Xa downtown area or historic commercial district.Y Workforce housing modifications to the business development tax credit The bill makes adjustments to the workforce housing investments award under the business development tax credit. Under current law, a person may claim tax benefits of an amount equal to up to 15 percent of the person[s investment, comprised only of capital expenditures, in workforce housing for employees. Under the bill, the investment in workforce housing for which a person may receive tax benefits may include contributions made to a third party for the building or rehabilitating of workforce housing, including contributions made to a local revolving loan fund program. The bill also removes the requirement that the workforce housing for which a person may receive tax benefits for investing in be for employees. Wage thresholds for business development and enterprise zone tax credits The bill raises the minimum wage thresholds for the business development and enterprise zone tax credits for businesses that enter into contracts with WEDC after December 31, 2025. Under current law, WEDC may certify businesses that engage in qualifying activities, including full-time job creation and retention, to claim the credits. One requirement for claiming either credit is that the business enter into a contract with WEDC. In its contracts, WEDC uses a definition of Xfull- time employeeY that means an individual who, among other things, is paid at least 150 percent of the federal minimum wage. The bill changes this minimum wage threshold to $34,220 for the business development tax credit and to $34,220 in a tier I county or municipality and $45,390 in a tier II county or municipality for the enterprise zone tax credit, with all these amounts adjusted annually for inflation. Additionally, under current law, the enterprise zone tax credit is partially based on the wages paid to zone employees that are at least 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality. The bill changes these thresholds to $34,220 and $45,390, respectively, with both amounts adjusted annually for inflation. The bill also modifies the maximum wage earnings limit for businesses that enter into contracts with WEDC after December 31, 2025. Under current law, the maximum wage earnings that may be considered per employee for the enterprise zone tax credit is $100,000. The bill increases this amount to $151,300, which is adjusted annually for inflation, and establishes the same dollar amount limit for the business development tax credit. The bill also adjusts the definition of Xfull-time jobY for the purposes of the business development and enterprise zone jobs tax credits by removing the current requirement that a worker work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays, in order to be considered Xfull-time.Y Enterprise zone designations Under current law, WEDC may designate any number of enterprise zones for purposes of certifying taxpayers to claim tax credits for certain activities carried 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 12 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all out within an enterprise zone. However, current law subjects WEDC[s designation of a new enterprise zone to the approval of JCF under passive review. The bill provides that WEDC may designate no more than 30 enterprise zones and eliminates the requirement that WEDC seek approval for a new enterprise zone from JCF under passive review. Adjustment to WEDC appropriation The bill adjusts the calculation used to determine the amount of WEDC[s GPR appropriation. The bill does not raise the expenditure cap on that appropriation, which is $16,512,500 per fiscal year. WEDC[s unassigned fund balance Current law requires that WEDC establish policies and procedures concerning its unassigned fund balance, which is defined as all moneys held by WEDC that WEDC is not obligated by law or by contract to expend for a particular purpose or that WEDC has not otherwise assigned to be expended for a particular purpose. Under current law, those policies and procedures must include as a target that WEDC[s unassigned fund balance on June 30 of each fiscal year be an amount equal to or less than one-sixth of WEDC[s total administrative expenditures for that fiscal year. The bill eliminates the requirement that WEDC[s policies and procedures include that target for WEDC[s unassigned fund balance. Main street bounceback grants The bill increases by $50,000,000 the amount WEDC may expend from its GPR appropriation for general operations and economic development programs in fiscal year 2025-26 for the purpose of awarding grants of $10,000 each to small businesses and nonprofit organizations that open a new location or expand operations in a vacant commercial space. A recipient of a grant under the bill may use grant moneys for commercial lease and mortgage payments, business operating expenses, and commercial building repair and tenant improvements. Advanced manufacturing grants The bill increases by $5,000,000 the amount WEDC may expend from its GPR appropriation for general operations and economic development programs in fiscal year 2025-26 for the purpose of establishing a program to award matching grants to small and midsized manufacturing companies located in this state to invest in advanced manufacturing technologies. No one company may receive more than $200,000 in grants under the bill, and no one grant under the bill may be for more than one-third of the amount invested in advanced manufacturing technologies by the company. To receive a grant under the bill, a company must commit to not reduce its employment below the level when the grant is awarded. If a company that receives a grant under the bill fails to meet this commitment within 10 years after receiving the grant, the company must repay the grant amount to WEDC. WEDC may provide an exemption to the repayment requirement if it finds that the company has undergone a unique hardship. Funding for the green innovation fund The bill increases by $50,000,000 the amount WEDC may expend from its 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 13 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all GPR appropriation for general operations and economic development programs in fiscal year 2025-26 for the purpose of supporting the green innovation fund. Funding for the Forward Agriculture program The bill increases by $15,000,000 the amount WEDC may expend from its GPR appropriation for general operations and economic development programs in fiscal year 2025-26 for the purpose of providing state matching funds related to federal funding in conjunction with WiSys[s Forward Agriculture program to promote sustainable agriculture. Accelerate Wisconsin The bill increases by $10,000,000 the amount WEDC may expend from its GPR appropriation for general operations and economic development programs in fiscal year 2025-26 for the purpose of supporting a business accelerator program to be administered in cooperation with the UW System and aimed at developing research, including research from the UW System, into new startup businesses. As part of the program, WEDC may award grants directly to businesses to assist in their growth and development and may award grants to or in support of business incubators. Tribal enterprise accelerator program The bill increases by $5,000,000 the amount WEDC may expend from its GPR appropriation for general operations and economic development programs in fiscal year 2025]26 for the purpose of creating a tribal enterprise accelerator program to offer statewide technical assistance and grants for community development investment and capacity building to American Indian tribes or bands in this state to diversify their revenue strategies in industries other than the gaming and entertainment industries. Thrive Rural Wisconsin funding accessibility The bill increases by $5,000,000 the amount WEDC may expend from its GPR appropriation for general operations and economic development programs in fiscal year 2025]26 for the purpose of supporting WEDC[s Thrive Rural Wisconsin program. Under the bill, WEDC must provide funding to its established regional and tribal partners to develop and fund projects in nonmetropolitan municipalities with populations of less than 10,000 to provide for increased availability and accessibility of local project capital. Financing projects for qualifying tax-exempt organizations Under current law, WHEFA may issue bonds to finance certain projects of health, educational, research, and other nonprofit institutions. The bill requires that those health, educational, research, and other nonprofit institutions be located in this state, headquartered in this state, or serving a population in this state. Financing working capital costs of certain nonprofit institutions Under current law, WHEFA may issue bonds to finance certain projects of health, educational, research, and other nonprofit institutions. The bill authorizes WHEFA to issue bonds for the purpose of financing such institutions[ working capital costs. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 14 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all LANDLORD-TENANT Notification of building code violations Under current law, before entering into a lease with or accepting any earnest money or a security deposit from a prospective tenant, a landlord must disclose to the prospective tenant any building code or housing code violations of which the landlord has actual knowledge if the violation presents a significant threat to the prospective tenant[s health or safety. The bill eliminates the condition that the landlord have actual knowledge of such a violation and that the threat to the prospective tenant[s health or safety be XsignificantY; under the bill, the landlord must disclose to a prospective tenant a building code or housing code violation, regardless of whether the landlord has actual knowledge of the violation, if the violation presents a threat to the prospective tenant[s health or safety. Local landlord-tenant ordinances, moratoria on evictions, and rental property inspection requirements The bill also makes changes to local landlord-tenant ordinances, local moratoria on evictions, and local rental property inspection requirements. See Local Government. TOURISM Tourism marketing funding from Indian gaming receipts Current law requires DOA to transfer portions of Indian gaming receipts to the Department of Tourism for certain tourism marketing expenses. The bill eliminates that requirement. The bill leaves in place an appropriation funding the same purposes from GPR and from the transportation fund. American Indian tourism marketing The bill requires DOA to award an annual grant to the Great Lakes Inter- Tribal Council to provide funding for a program to promote tourism featuring American Indian heritage and culture. As a condition of receiving the grant, the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council must include information on the tourism promotion program in its annual report to DOA. The bill also transfers from the Department of Tourism to DOA a contract between the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council and the Department of Tourism that relates to the promotion of tourism featuring American Indian heritage and culture. CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM ADULT CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM Earned compliance credit The bill creates an earned compliance credit for time spent on extended supervision or parole. Under current law, a person[s extended supervision or parole may be revoked if he or she violates a condition or rule of the extended supervision or parole. If extended supervision or parole is revoked, the person is returned to prison for an amount of time up to the length of the original sentence, less any time 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 15 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all actually served in confinement and less any credit for good behavior. Under current law, when extended supervision or parole is revoked, the time spent on extended supervision or parole is not credited as time served under the sentence. Under the bill, an eligible inmate receives an earned compliance credit for time served on extended supervision or parole. The earned compliance credit equals the amount of time served on extended supervision or parole without violating any condition or rule of extended supervision or parole. Under the bill, a person is eligible to receive the earned compliance credit only if the person is not required to register as a sex offender and is serving a sentence for a crime that is not a specified violent crime or a specified crime against a child. Under the bill, if a person[s extended supervision or parole is revoked, he or she may be incarcerated for up to the length of the original sentence, less any credit for time served in confinement, any credit for good behavior, and any earned compliance credit. Earned release Under current law, an eligible inmate may earn early release to parole or extended supervision by successfully completing a substance abuse program. An inmate is eligible for earned release only if the inmate is serving time for a crime that is not a violent crime and, for an inmate who is serving a bifurcated sentence, the sentencing court determines that the inmate is eligible. Under current law, DOC operates a mother-young child care program in which females in DOC custody who are pregnant or have a child that is less than one year old may be placed in less restrictive custodial placements and participate in services aimed at creating a stable relationship between the mother and her child and preparing the mother to be able to live in a safe, lawful, and stable manner in the community. The bill expands the earned release program to include two new options: 1) successful completion of the mother-young child care program, or 2) successful completion of a vocational readiness program, which includes educational, vocational, treatment, or other qualifying evidence-based training programs to reduce recidivism. The bill also provides that DOC, not the sentencing court, determines eligibility for earned release for all inmates. Creating the Office of the Ombudsperson for Corrections The bill creates the Office of the Ombudsperson for Corrections, attached to DOC. The office is under the direction of an ombudsperson, who is appointed by the governor, is approved by a three-quarters vote of the senate, and may be removed only by the governor, for just cause. Under the bill, the ombudsperson accepts complaints regarding facilities and abuse, unfair acts, and violations of rights of prisoners and juveniles from persons being held in state prisons and juvenile correctional facilities. Under the bill, the ombudsperson has the power to investigate a variety of actions by DOC and make recommendations on the basis of the investigations. If the ombudsperson determines to make a recommendation to a state prison or juvenile correctional facility, the superintendent of the state prison 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 16 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all or juvenile correctional facility has 30 days to respond to the recommendations of the ombudsperson. Also under the bill, the Office of the Ombudsperson for Corrections must annually publish a report of its findings, recommendations, and investigation results and distribute the report to the governor, the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, and the secretary of corrections. Contracts for temporary housing for or detention of persons placed on probation or sentenced to imprisonment Under current law, DOC may contract with local units of government for temporary housing or detention in jails or houses of correction for persons placed on probation or sentenced to imprisonment in state prisons or to the intensive sanctions program. Under such a contract, the rate may not exceed $60 per person per day. The bill increases the rate that may be set under such a contract to up to $80 per person per day. JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM Age of juvenile court jurisdiction Under current law, a person 17 years of age or older who is alleged to have violated a criminal law is subject to the procedures specified in the Criminal Procedure Code and, on conviction, is subject to sentencing under the Criminal Code, which may include a sentence of imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prisons. Currently, subject to certain exceptions, a person under 17 years of age who is alleged to have violated a criminal law is subject to the procedures specified in the Juvenile Justice Code and, on being adjudicated delinquent, is subject to an array of dispositions under that code, including placement in a juvenile correctional facility. The bill raises from 17 to 18 the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law is subject to the procedures specified in the Criminal Procedure Code and, on conviction, to sentencing under the Criminal Code. Similarly, under current law, a person 17 years of age or older who is alleged to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance is subject to the jurisdiction and procedures of the circuit court or, if applicable, the municipal court, while a person under 17 years of age who is alleged to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, subject to certain exceptions, is subject to the jurisdiction and procedures of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under the Juvenile Justice Code. The bill raises from 17 to 18 the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance is subject to the jurisdiction and procedures of the circuit court or, if applicable, the municipal court. Seventeen-year-old juvenile justice aids The bill creates a sum sufficient appropriation under DCF for youth aids- related purposes but only to reimburse counties, beginning on January 1, 2026, for costs associated with juveniles who were alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance at age 17. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 17 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Juvenile justice reform review committee The bill creates a juvenile justice reform review committee in DCF with members appointed by the governor. Under the bill, the committee is charged with studying and providing recommendations to DCF and DOC on how to do all of the following: 1. Increase the minimum age of delinquency. 2. Eliminate original adult court jurisdiction over juveniles. 3. Modify the waiver procedure for adult court jurisdiction over juveniles and incorporate offenses currently subject to original adult court jurisdiction into the waiver procedure. 4. Eliminate the serious juvenile offender program and create extended juvenile court jurisdiction with a blended juvenile and adult sentence structure for certain juvenile offenders. 5. Prohibit placement of a juvenile in a juvenile detention facility for a status offense and limit sanctions and short-term holds in a juvenile detention facility to cases where there is a public safety risk. 6. Sunset long-term post-disposition programs at juvenile detention facilities. 7. Create a sentence adjustment procedure for youthful offenders. 8. Conform with the U.S. Constitution the statutes that mandate imposing sentences of life imprisonment without parole or extended supervision to minors. Under the bill, the committee terminates on September 15, 2026, and DCF and DOC must submit in their 2027]29 biennial budget requests a request to implement the committee[s recommendations. Contract payments for placement of juveniles The bill creates a sum sufficient GPR appropriation for DOC to make payments under contracts for the placement of juveniles. The bill limits the appropriation to $20,000,000 in each fiscal year and sunsets it on July 1, 2029. Juveniles placed at Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center Under current law, DOC may transfer to the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center (MJTC) juveniles who are under DOC[s supervision or juveniles who are placed in a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility regardless of whether those juveniles are under the supervision of DOC or a county department of social services or human services. Current law requires DOC to reimburse DHS for the cost of providing services to these juveniles at MJTC at a per person daily cost specified by DHS. The bill specifies that DOC is required to reimburse DHS only for the cost of services provided to juveniles who are under DOC[s supervision and are transferred to MJTC. Daily rates for juvenile correctional services Under current law, DOC charges counties for the costs of certain juvenile correctional services DOC provides according to a per person daily cost assessment specified in the statutes (daily rate). Counties use community youth and family aids (youth aids) funding allocated to them from various state and federal moneys to pay these costs. Under current law, the daily rate for care of a juvenile who is in 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 18 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility or transferred from a juvenile correctional facility to an inpatient treatment facility is set at $1,268 until June 30, 2025. The bill continues this daily rate until June 30, 2027. Youth aids; allocations Under current law, DCF is required to allocate to counties community youth and family aids (youth aids) funding. Youth aids funding comes from various state and federal moneys and is used to pay for state-provided juvenile correctional services and local delinquency-related and juvenile justice services. The bill updates the allocation of youth aids funding that is available to counties for the 2025-27 fiscal biennium. The bill eliminates current law requirements that some of the youth aids funding be allocated for emergencies related to youth aids, for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs, and to reimburse counties that are purchasing community supervision services from DOC for juveniles. The bill also eliminates the community intervention program (CIP), under which DCF may award funding to counties for early intervention services for first offenders. The bill replaces these allocations and CIP with the youth justice system improvement program. Under the bill, DCF may use youth aids funding for the youth justice system improvement program to support diversion, prevention, and early intervention programs, to address emergencies related to youth aids, and to fund other activities required of DCF under youth aids. Youth aids; administration Under current law, youth aids funding is allocated to counties on a calendar year basis. Youth aids funds that are not spent in the calendar year can be carried forward three ways: 1) DCF may carry forward 5 percent of a county[s allocation for that county for use in the subsequent calendar year; 2) DCF may carry forward $500,000 or 10 percent of its unspent youth aids funds, whichever is larger, for use in the subsequent two calendar years; and 3) DCF may carry forward any unspent emergency funds for use in the subsequent two calendar years. The bill changes the way that unspent youth aids are carried forward. Under the bill, DCF may still carry forward 5 percent of a county[s allocation for that county to use in the next calendar year. However, instead of carrying forward $500,000 or 10 percent of its unspent youth aids funds, whichever is larger, for use in the next two calendar years, under the bill, DCF may transfer 10 percent of unspent youth aids funds to the appropriation for the youth justice system improvement program. COURTS AND PROCEDURE SUPREME COURT AND CIRCUIT COURTS Office of the Marshals of the Supreme Court The bill creates the Office of the Marshals of the Supreme Court, to consist of one chief marshal of the supreme court, one deputy chief marshal of the supreme 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 19 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all court, deputy marshals of the supreme court, and administrative personnel. The bill provides that the Office of the Marshals of the Supreme Court is a law enforcement agency and that the marshals of the supreme court are law enforcement officers who are employed for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances and are authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances. The bill requires the marshals of the supreme court to meet the requirements established by the Law Enforcement Standards Board for officer certification, police pursuit, recruitment, and firearms training and to comply with any other statutory requirements applicable to a law enforcement agency. The bill also provides that marshals of the Supreme Court are protective occupation participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. Current law specifically classifies police officers, firefighters, and various other individuals as protective occupation participants. Under the WRS, the normal retirement age of a protective occupation participant is lower than that of other participants and the percentage multiplier used to calculate retirement annuities is higher for protective occupation participants than for other participants. The bill further provides that the Office of the Marshals of the Supreme Court may provide police services to the state court system, with statewide jurisdiction; provide protective services for the supreme court justices and their offices; provide security assessments for the justices, judges, and facilities of the state court system; and provide safety and security support services and advanced security planning services for circuit court proceedings. The operation of the Office of the Marshals of the Supreme Court does not affect the operations or jurisdiction of sheriffs or local law enforcement agencies to perform courthouse security, handle active emergencies, perform criminal investigations, or perform any other law enforcement functions. Circuit court payments Under current law, the director of state courts must make payments to counties for certain circuit court costs. Under the bill, beginning on January 1, 2026, the director of state courts must make additional payments to circuit courts, including a payment that, beginning January 1, 2027, is available only to counties that operate an alternatives to prosecution and incarceration program. Circuit court branches The bill adds two additional circuit court branches for Brown County on August 1, 2026. SPECIAL PROSECUTORS AND THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER Compensation for special prosecutors Under current law, the SPD provides legal representation for indigent persons in criminal and delinquency cases. The SPD assigns cases either to staff attorneys or to local private attorneys. A private attorney assigned to a case by the SPD is paid an hourly amount that varies depending on the year in which the case was 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 20 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all assigned. For instance, a private attorney assigned a case between December 1, 1992, and July 29, 1995, was generally paid $50 per hour for time spent related to the case and $25 per hour for time spent in related travel. The amount has increased periodically; a private attorney assigned a case after July 1, 2023, is generally paid $100 per hour for time spent related to the case and $50 per hour for time spent in related travel. Current law provides the same compensation to other attorneys as the compensation paid to a private attorney assigned to case by the SPD. For example, if a judge appoints a special prosecutor to perform the duties of a district attorney, the special prosecutor compensation is the amount paid to a private attorney for a case assigned between December 1, 1992, and July 29, 1995. The bill changes the compensation for the special prosecutor to be the amount paid to a private attorney assigned a case on the date the approval was made. Private bar reimbursement rate for cases involving violent crimes Under current law, the SPD provides legal representation for indigent persons in criminal, delinquency, and certain related cases. The SPD assigns cases either to staff attorneys or to local private attorneys. Generally, a private attorney who is assigned a case by the SPD on or after July 1, 2023, is paid $100 per hour for time spent related to the case and $50 per hour for time spent in travel related to a case. The bill increases the rate the private attorney is paid for cases to $125 per hour if the case is assigned on or after July 1, 2025, and involves a charge of a violent crime. The bill does not change the rate for cases that do not involve a charge of a violent crime or for travel. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS Increase in deputy district attorney allocation The bill increases the number of deputy district attorneys that may be appointed in a prosecutorial unit with a population of 200,000 or more but less than 750,000 from three deputy district attorneys to four deputy district attorneys. GENERAL COURTS AND PROCEDURE Privacy protection for federal judicial officers The bill adds current and former district judges and magistrate judges for federal district courts in this state as well as current and former bankruptcy judges for federal bankruptcy courts in this state to the list of judicial officers to whom certain privacy protections apply. Current law provides, upon written request, certain privacy protections for the personal information of judicial officers. Among other protections, if a government agency receives a written request from a judicial officer, the government agency may not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a judicial officer[s personal information. That information is also exempt from inspection and copying under public records law unless the agency has received consent to make that information available to the public. Under current law, upon written request, a data broker may not knowingly sell, license, trade, purchase, or otherwise make available for consideration the personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer[s immediate family. Current law 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 21 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all also provides that, if the judicial officer has made a written request, no person, business, or association may publicly post or display on the Internet publicly available content that includes the personal information of a judicial officer or the judicial officer[s immediate family. The bill allows current and former federal district court judges, magistrate judges, and bankruptcy judges in this state to have these protections. Sharing information regarding potential jurors Under current law, DOT annually transmits to the director of state courts a list of persons residing in the state that includes certain information about those persons. Each year, the director of state courts uses that information to compile a master list of potential jurors for use by the state circuit courts. The bill requires DOT to also send that list to the clerks of court for the federal district courts within this state. Also under current law, the director of state courts may request and use the following information, in addition to the DOT information, to create the master list: 1) a list of registered voters from the Elections Commission; 2) a list of individuals who filed state income tax returns with DOR; 3) a list of child support payors and payees from DWD; 4) a list of recipients of unemployment compensation from DWD; and 5) a list of state residents issued approvals or licenses from DNR. The bill requires, rather than allows, the director of state courts to use that information. The bill also modifies the requirements for those state agencies to transmit the lists they maintain to the director of state courts to be similar to DOT[s obligations. For example, the bill requires each state agency to annually transmit the list the agency maintains to the director of state courts without the need for the director of state courts to request the information. Qui tam actions for false claims The bill restores a private individual[s authority to bring a qui tam claim against a person who makes a false or fraudulent claim for medical assistance, which was eliminated in 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, and further expands qui tam actions to include any false or fraudulent claims to a state agency. A qui tam claim is a claim initiated by a private individual on his or her own behalf and on behalf of the state against a person who makes a false claim relating to medical assistance or other moneys from a state agency. The bill provides that a private individual may be awarded up to 30 percent of the amount of moneys recovered as a result of a qui tam claim, depending upon the extent of the individual[s contribution to the prosecution of the action. The individual may also be entitled to reasonable expenses incurred in bringing the action, as well as attorney fees. The bill includes additional changes not included in the prior law to incorporate provisions enacted in the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and conform state law to the federal False Claims Act, including expanding provisions to facilitate qui tam actions and modifying the bases for liability to parallel the liability provisions under the federal False Claims Act. In addition to qui tam claims, DOJ has independent authority to bring a claim 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 22 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance. The bill modifies provisions relating to DOJ[s authority to parallel the liability and penalty standards relating to qui tam claims and to parallel the forfeiture amounts provided under the federal False Claims Act. CRIMES Expungement Under current law, a court may order a person[s criminal record expunged of a crime if all of the following apply: 1. The maximum term of imprisonment for the crime is six years or less (Class H felony and below). 2. The person committed the crime before the age of 25. 3. The person had not been previously convicted of a felony. 4. The crime was not a violent felony. Current law specifies that the expungement order must be made only at sentencing and then the record is expunged when the person completes his or her sentence. If the court does not order a criminal record expunged at sentencing, current law generally does not provide for another means to expunge the criminal record. The bill makes several changes to the expungement process. The bill removes the condition that the person committed the crime before the age of 25. (The bill retains the conditions that the crime be no greater than a Class H felony, the person have no previous felony convictions, and the crime not be a violent felony.) The bill makes certain crimes ineligible for expungement, such as traffic crimes, the crime of violating a domestic abuse restraining order or injunction, criminal trespass, and criminal damage to a business. The bill also allows the sentencing court to order that a person[s record not be eligible for expungement. The bill continues to allow the court to order at sentencing that the record be expunged when the person completes his or her sentence. The bill also provides that, if the court did not make an order at sentencing, the person may file a petition with the sentencing court after he or she completes his or her sentence. Upon receipt of the petition, the court must review the petition and then may order the record expunged or may deny the petition. If the court denies the petition, the person may not file another petition for two years. The person must pay a $100 fee to the county for a second petition, and no person may file more than two petitions per crime. The bill limits a person to one expungement. The changes described in this paragraph apply retroactively to persons who were convicted of a crime before the bill takes effect. The bill provides that, if a record is expunged of a crime, that crime is not considered a conviction for employment purposes and specifies that employment discrimination because of a conviction record includes requesting a person to supply information regarding a crime if the record has been expunged of the crime. Finally, the bill provides that it is not employment discrimination because of 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 23 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all conviction record for the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consider a conviction that has been expunged with respect to applying any standard or requirement for the certification, decertification, or required training of law enforcement officers, tribal law enforcement officers, jail officers, and juvenile detention officers. Immunity for certain controlled substances offenses Current law grants immunity from prosecution for possessing a controlled substance to a person, called an aider, who summons or provides emergency medical assistance to another person because the aider believes the other person is suffering from an overdose or other adverse reaction to a controlled substance. Under 2017 Wisconsin Act 33, an aider was also immune from having probation, parole, or extended supervision revoked for possessing a controlled substance under the same circumstances. Act 33 also granted the aided person immunity from from having probation, parole, or extended supervision revoked for possessing a controlled substance when an aider seeks assistance for the aided person. The immunity applied only if the aided person completes a treatment program as part of his or her probation, parole, or extended supervision. Act 33 also provided that a prosecutor must offer an aided person who is subject to prosecution for possessing a controlled substance a deferred prosecution agreement if the aided person completes a treatment program. The expanded immunities under 2017 Wisconsin Act 33 were temporary, and expired on August 1, 2020. The bill permanently restores these expanded immunities from 2017 Wisconsin Act 33. Alternatives to prosecution for disorderly conduct The bill requires a prosecutor to offer to certain disorderly conduct defendants a deferred prosecution agreement or an agreement in which the defendant stipulates to his or her guilt of a noncriminal ordinance violation. Under the bill, a prosecutor must offer alternatives to prosecution to a person who has committed a disorderly conduct violation if it is the person[s first disorderly conduct violation, the person has not committed a similar violation previously, and the person has not committed a felony in the previous three years. Under the bill, if the person is offered a deferred prosecution agreement, he or she must be required to pay restitution, if applicable. EDUCATION PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: GENERAL AIDS AND REVENUE LIMITS Per pupil revenue limit adjustment Current law generally limits the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue allowed per pupil in the previous school year plus a per pupil adjustment, if any, as provided by law. Current law provides a $325 per pupil adjustment each school year from 2023 to 2425. Under the bill, beginning in 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 24 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all the 2026]27 school year, the per pupil adjustment is the per pupil increase for the previous school year as adjusted for any increase in the consumer price index. Low revenue ceiling; per pupil amount and restrictions Current law provides a minimum per pupil revenue limit for school districts, known as the revenue ceiling. Under current law, the per pupil revenue ceiling is $11,000. The bill increases the per pupil revenue ceiling to $12,000 for the 2025]26 school year and to $12,400 for the 2026]27 school year and each subsequent school year. Current law also provides that during the three school years following a school year in which an operating referendum fails in a school district, the school district[s revenue ceiling is the revenue ceiling that applied in the school year during which the referendum was held. The bill eliminates the provision under which a school district[s revenue ceiling is the revenue ceiling from a previous school year because an operating referendum failed in the school district. Revenue limits; personal property tax repeal aid For purposes of school district revenue limits, current law defines Xstate aidY as general school aid, computer aid, and exempt personal property aid. The bill adds personal property tax repeal aid to the definition of Xstate aid.Y Special adjustment aid Under current law, a school district is guaranteed an amount of general equalization aid equal to at least 85 percent of the amount it received in the previous school year. The bill increases the amount of general equalization aid that a school district is guaranteed to receive to an amount that is at least 90 percent of the amount it received in the previous school year. Counting four-year-old kindergarten pupils The bill changes how a pupil enrolled in a four-year-old kindergarten is counted by a school district for purposes of state aid and revenue limits. Under current law, a pupil enrolled in a four-year-old kindergarten program is counted as 0.5 pupil unless the program provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities, in which case the pupil is counted as 0.6 pupil. Under the bill, if the four- year-old kindergarten program requires full-day attendance by pupils for five days a week, a pupil enrolled in the program is counted as one pupil. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: CATEGORICAL AIDS Per pupil aid Under current law, per pupil aid is a categorical aid paid to school districts. Per pupil aid is funded from a sum sufficient appropriation and is not considered for purposes of revenue limits. Under current law, the amount of per pupil aid paid to a school district is calculated using a three-year average of the number of pupils enrolled in the school district and a per pupil amount set by law. In the 2024]25 school year, the per pupil amount is $742. Under the bill, the per pupil amount is 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 25 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all $800 in the 2025]26 school year and $850 in the 2026]27 school year and each year thereafter. In addition, beginning in the 2025]26 school year, the bill requires DPI to pay a second amount of per pupil aid to school districts based on the number of economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in a school district. Under the bill, beginning in the 2025]26 school year, in addition to the base amount of per pupil aid, DPI must also pay a school district an additional amount equal to 20 percent of the standard per pupil amount for each economically disadvantaged pupil enrolled in the school district in the previous year. Under the bill, an economically disadvantaged pupil is a pupil who satisfies either the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under federal law or other measures of poverty, as determined by DPI. Funding for special education and school age parents programs The bill changes the rate at which the state reimburses school boards, operators of independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies (CESAs), and county children with disabilities education boards (CCDEBs) for costs incurred to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities and for school age parents programs (eligible costs). Under current law, the state reimburses the full cost of special education for children in hospitals and convalescent homes for orthopedically disabled children. After those costs are paid, the state reimburses remaining eligible costs from the amount remaining in the appropriation account at a rate that distributes the full amount appropriated. The bill changes the appropriation to a sum sufficient and provides that, beginning in the 2025]26 school year, after full payment of hospital and convalescent home costs, the remaining costs are reimbursed at 60 percent of eligible costs. Currently, DPI provides 1) special education aid to school districts, independent charter schools, CESAs, and CCDEBs; 2) aid to school districts, CESAs, and CCDEBs for providing physical or mental health treatment services to private school and tribal school pupils; and 3) aid for school age parents programs to school districts only. High-cost special education aid The bill changes the rate at which the state reimburses school boards, operators of independent charter schools, CESAs, and CCDEBs for nonadministrative costs in excess of $30,000 incurred for providing special education and related costs to a child (aidable costs). Under current law, DPI must reimburse 90 percent of aidable costs at a rate of 100 percent from a sum certain appropriation. If the amount of the appropriation is insufficient to pay the full 90 percent of aidable costs, DPI must prorate payments among eligible applicants. The bill changes the appropriation to a sum sufficient appropriation and provides that, beginning in the 2025-26 school year, DPI must reimburse 90 percent of aidable costs at a rate of 40 percent. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 26 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Sparsity aid Under current law, a school district is eligible for sparsity aid if the number of pupils per square mile in the school district is less than 10 and the school district[s membership in the previous school year did not exceed 1,000 pupils. The amount of aid is $400 per pupil if the school district[s membership in the previous school year did not exceed 745 pupils and $100 per pupil if the school district[s membership in the previous school year was between 745 and 1,000 pupils. Beginning in the 2025‑26 school year, the bill increases these payment amounts to $500 and $200, respectively. Current law also provides a reduced payment, known as a stop gap payment, to a school district that was eligible to receive sparsity aid in the previous school year but is not eligible to receive sparsity aid in the current school year because it no longer satisfies the pupils-per-square-mile requirement. The amount of the stop gap payment is 50 percent of the amount of sparsity aid the school district received in the previous school year. Under the bill, beginning in the 2025]26 school year, a school district is eligible for a sparsity aid stop gap payment if the school district is ineligible for sparsity aid in the current school year because it no longer satisfies the pupils-per-square-mile requirement or the membership requirement. Pupil transportation aid Under current law, a school district or an operator of a charter school that provides transportation to and from a school receives a state aid payment for transportation. The amount of the aid payment depends on the number of pupils transported and the distance of each pupil[s residence from the school. The bill increases aid payments for pupils who reside more than 12 miles from the school from $400 per pupil to $450 per pupil, beginning in the 2025]26 school year. High cost transportation aid; eligibility Under current law, a school district is eligible for high cost transportation aid if 1) the school district has a pupil population density of 50 or fewer pupils per square mile and 2) the school district[s per pupil transportation cost exceeds 140 percent of the statewide average per pupil transportation cost. The bill lowers the second eligibility criterion to a per pupil transportation cost that exceeds 135 percent of the statewide average per pupil transportation cost. Supplemental nutrition aid The bill creates supplemental nutrition aid, a categorical aid to reimburse educational agencies for school meals provided to pupils who satisfy the income criteria for a reduced-price lunch under the federal school lunch program and pupils who do not satisfy the income criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under the federal school lunch program. An educational agency is eligible for supplemental nutrition aid if the educational agency does not charge pupils for school meals for which the educational agency receives reimbursement from the federal government. Under the bill, the amount of aid is equal to the sum of 1) the number of school meals provided in the previous school year to pupils who satisfy 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 27 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all the income criteria for a reduced-price lunch multiplied by the difference between the free-meal reimbursement amount and the reduced-price-meal reimbursement amount and 2) the number of school meals provided in the previous year to pupils who do not satisfy the income criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch multiplied by the difference between the free-meal reimbursement amount and the reimbursement amount for a paid school meal. Supplemental nutrition aid is first paid to educational agencies in the 2026]27 school year for school meals provided during the 2025]26 school year. Under the bill, supplemental nutrition aid is funded by a sum sufficient appropriation, which ensures that educational agencies receive the full amount of aid to which they are entitled. The bill defines a Xschool mealY as a school lunch or snack under the federal school lunch program and a breakfast under the federal school breakfast program and an Xeducational agencyY as a school board, an operator of an independent charter school, the director of the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the director of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, an operator of a residential care center for children and youth, a tribal school, or a private school. School breakfast program The bill expands eligibility for reimbursement under the school breakfast program to include operators of independent charter schools, the director of the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the director of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and operators of residential care centers for children and youth. The bill also prohibits DPI from making a reimbursement for a breakfast served at a school in the previous school year if that school ceased operations during the prior school year. This prohibition does not apply to reimbursements to a school district. School mental health and pupil wellness; categorical aid The bill changes the types of expenditures that are eligible for reimbursement under the state categorical aid program related to pupil mental health. Under current law, DPI must make payments to school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in parental choice programs (local education agencies) that increased the amount they spent to employ, hire, or retain social workers. Under current law, DPI first pays each eligible local education agency 50 percent of the amount by which the eligible local education agency increased its expenditures for social workers in the preceding school year over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year. If, after making those payments, there is money remaining in the appropriation account for that aid program, DPI makes additional payments to eligible local education agencies. The amount of those additional payments is determined based on the amount remaining in the appropriation account and the amount spent by eligible local education agencies to employ, hire, and retain social workers during the previous school year. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 28 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all The bill expands eligibility for the payments under the aid program to include spending on school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and school nurses (pupil services professionals). The bill also eliminates the two tier reimbursement structure of the aid program and eliminates the requirement that a local education agency is eligible for the aid only if the local education agency increased its spending. Under the bill, any local education agency that made expenditures to employ, hire, or retain pupil services professionals during the previous school year is eligible for reimbursement under the aid program. Aid for comprehensive school mental health services Under current law, DPI awards grants to school districts and independent charter schools for the purpose of collaborating with community mental health agencies to provide mental health services to pupils. The bill replaces the current grant program with new categorical aid for comprehensive school mental health services to school districts and independent charter schools. Under the bill, beginning in the 2025]26 school year, DPI must annually reimburse a school board or the operator of an independent charter school for costs incurred for mental health services during in-school or out-of-school time, up to the greater of $100,000 or $100 per pupil who was enrolled in the school district or independent charter school in the previous school year. If the amount appropriated for this purpose is insufficient, DPI must prorate the reimbursements. Peer-to-peer suicide prevention grants Under current law, DPI administers a competitive grant program to award grants to public, private, and tribal high schools for the purpose of supporting peer- to-peer suicide prevention programs. Under current law, the maximum annual peer-to-peer suicide prevention grant amount is $1,000. The bill increases the maximum annual peer-to-peer suicide prevention grant amount to $6,000. Mental health training programs Under current law, DPI must establish a mental health training program under which it provides training to school district and independent charter school staff on three specific evidence-based strategies related to addressing mental health issues in schools. The three specific evidence-based strategies are 1) the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment program, 2) Trauma Sensitive Schools, and 3) Youth Mental Health First Aid. The bill expands the mental health training program to include training on any evidence-based strategy related to addressing mental health issues and suicide prevention in schools and converts the list of evidence-based strategies under current law to a nonexclusive list of strategies. Additionally, the bill requires that DPI provide the training to out-of-school-time program employees. Aid for English language acquisition The bill creates a new categorical aid for school districts and independent charter schools to offset the costs of educating limited-English proficient (LEP) pupils. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 29 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Under current law, a school board is required to provide a bilingual-bicultural education program to LEP pupils who attend a school in the school district if the school meets any of the following thresholds: 1. Within a language group, 10 or more LEP pupils are enrolled in kindergarten to grade 3. 2. Within a language group, 20 or more LEP pupils are enrolled in grades 4 to 8. 3. Within a language group, 20 or more LEP pupils are enrolled in grades 9 to 12. All school boards are required to educate all LEP pupils, but only school boards that are required to provide bilingual-bicultural education programs are eligible under current law for categorical aid targeted toward educating LEP pupils. Under current law, in each school year, DPI distributes $250,000 among eligible school districts whose enrollments in the previous school year were at least 15 percent LEP pupils, and DPI distributes the amount remaining in the appropriation account to eligible school districts on the basis of the school districts[ expenditures on the required bilingual-bicultural education programs during the prior school year. Under the bill, beginning in the 2025]26 school year, DPI must annually pay each school district and each operator of an independent charter school an amount equal to $500 times the number of LEP pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year. This new categorical aid is in addition to aid already paid under current law and is not conditioned on whether the school board or independent charter school is required to provide a bilingual- bicultural education program. Early literacy summer reading programs Current law requires DPI to establish a model policy for promoting third grade pupils to the fourth grade that includes various components, including a requirement to provide an intensive summer reading program to pupils who are promoted to the fourth grade, had a personal reading plan in the third grade, and did not complete the plan before being promoted to fourth grade. Current law specifies that the model policy must require that the intensive summer reading program be provided until a pupil scores at grade level in reading on a summative assessment. Current law also requires school boards, operators of independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice program to, by July 1, 2025, adopt a written policy for promoting third grade pupils to the fourth grade that includes the intensive summer reading program required to be in DPI[s model policy. Beginning in the 2026]27 school year, the bill requires DPI to reimburse school boards and independent charter schools for providing intensive summer reading programs, as required under third grade promotion policies. Financial literacy curriculum grants The bill requires DPI to award grants to school boards and independent 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 30 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all charter schools for the purpose of developing, implementing, or improving financial literacy curricula. The bill further requires DPI to prioritize grants that support innovative financial literacy curricula. Current law requires school boards to adopt academic standards for financial literacy and incorporate financial literacy instruction into the curriculum in grades kindergarten to 12. Computer science education grants The bill requires DPI to annually award grants to school districts for the purpose of expanding computer science educational opportunities in all grade levels in the school district. Aid for career and technical education The bill creates a categorical aid for school districts and independent charter schools for the purpose of increasing high school career and technical education pathways in public high schools. The bill defines a Xhigh school career and technical education pathwayY as a series of career and technical education opportunities that prepare a pupil for a postsecondary option in a specific career area. Under the bill, DPI must pay each school district and independent charter school a proportional amount of the amount appropriated for this purpose. The proportional amount is based on the number of pupils in the high school grades in that school district or independent charter school in the previous school year divided by the total number of pupils in the high school grades in all school districts and independent charter schools in the previous school year. Water bottle filling station grants The bill requires DPI to award grants to school districts and independent charter schools to modify water fountains to include water bottle filling stations that provide filtered drinking water. Tribal language revitalization grants Under current law, school boards, cooperative educational service agencies, and head start agencies are eligible for grants to support innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages. The bill expands eligibility for these grants to include independent charter schools. Grants to replace race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, or team names associated with American Indians The bill authorizes DPI to award a grant to a school board that terminates the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name that is associated with a federally recognized American Indian tribe or American Indians, in general. Under the bill, a school board is eligible for a grant regardless of whether or not the school board decides to terminate the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name voluntarily, in response to an objection to its use, or in compliance with an order issued by the Division of Hearings and Appeals. The bill specifies that the amount of the grant may not exceed the greater of $50,000 or the actual cost incurred by the school board to replace the race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name. Under the bill, these grants are funded from Indian gaming receipts. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 31 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: CHOICE, CHARTER, AND OPEN ENROLLMENT Parental choice program caps The bill caps the total number of pupils who may participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, the Racine Parental Choice Program, or the statewide parental choice program (parental choice program) at the number of pupils who attended a private school under the parental choice program in the 2025]26 school year. Under the bill, beginning in the 2026]27 school year, if the number of applications to participate in a parental choice program exceeds the program cap, DPI must determine which applications to accept on a random basis, subject to certain admission preferences that exist under current law. Under current law, pupils may submit applications to attend a private school under the statewide parental choice program for the following school year from the first weekday in February to the third Thursday in April, and a private school that receives applications must, no later than the first weekday in May immediately following the application period, report the number of applicants to DPI so that DPI may determine whether a pupil participation limitation has been exceeded. The bill provides that, beginning with applications for the 2026]27 school year, DPI must establish one or more application periods during which pupils may submit applications to attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program or Racine Parental Choice Program. The bill provides that a private school that receives applications during an application period must, no later than 10 days after the application period ends, report the number of applicants to DPI so that DPI may determine whether a program cap has been exceeded. The bill does not change the application period for the statewide parental choice program and requires DPI to use the information required to be reported under current law to determine whether the program cap for the statewide parental choice program has been exceeded. The bill also requires DPI to establish a waiting list for a parental choice program if the program cap for the parental choice program has been exceeded. Special Needs Scholarship Program cap Under current law, a child with a disability who meets certain eligibility criteria may receive a scholarship to attend a private school participating in the Special Needs Scholarship Program (SNSP). The bill caps the total number of children who may receive an SNSP scholarship at the number of children who received an SNSP scholarship in the 2025]26 school year. Under the bill, beginning in the 2026]27 school year, if the number of applications for SNSP scholarships exceeds the program cap, DPI must determine which applications to accept on a random basis, subject to certain admission preferences set forth in the bill. Under current law, a child may apply for an SNSP scholarship at any time during a school year and may begin attending the school at any time during the school year. The bill provides that, beginning with applications for the 2026]27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 32 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all school year, children may submit applications for SNSP scholarships for the school year from the first weekday in February to the third Thursday in April of the prior school year, and a private school that receives applications for SNSP scholarships must, no later than the first weekday in May immediately following the application period, report the number of applicants to DPI so that DPI may determine whether the program cap has been exceeded. The bill also requires DPI to establish a waiting list if the program cap for the SNSP has been exceeded. Wisconsin parental choice program; pupil participation limit Current law includes a limit on the percentage of pupils in each school district who may attend a private school under the statewide parental choice program. The pupil participation limit started in the 2015]16 school year at 1 percent of a school district[s membership and increased gradually to 10 percent of a school district[s membership in the 2025]26 school year. Under current law, the pupil participation limit sunsets after the 2025]26 school year. The bill eliminates the sunset and continues the pupil participation limit at 10 percent of a school district[s membership. Payment indexing: parental choice programs, SNSP, independent charter schools, full-time Open Enrollment Program, and whole grade sharing agreements Under current law, the per pupil payment amounts under parental choice programs and the SNSP, the per pupil payment amount to independent charter schools, the transfer amounts under the full-time open enrollment program, and the required transfer amount for a child with a disability in a whole grade sharing agreement (collectively, Xper pupil paymentsY) are adjusted annually. The annual adjustment for per pupil payments is an amount equal to the sum of any per member revenue limit increase that applies to school districts in that school year and any per member increase in categorical aids between the current school year and the previous school year. Under the bill, beginning in the 2025]26 school year, the annual adjustment for per pupil payments is the sum of the per member revenue limit increase that applies to school districts in that school year, if any, and the increase in the per member amount of general per pupil aid paid to school districts between the previous school year and the current school year, if any. Per pupil payment and transfer amount based on actual costs; SNSP and full-time Open Enrollment Under current law, the per pupil payment amount for a child participating in the SNSP and the transfer amount for a child with a disability in the full-time Open Enrollment Program (OEP) is one of the following: 1. A per pupil amount set by law. 2. An alternative amount based on the actual costs to educate the pupil in the previous school year, as reported by the private school or nonresident school district, whichever is applicable. For example, under this option, the amount paid to 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 33 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all a private school in the SNSP or nonresident school district in the 2024]25 school year is based on the actual costs to educate the pupil in the 2023]24 school year, as reported by the private school or nonresident school district. The bill eliminates the alternative SNSP per pupil payment amount and OEP transfer amount based on the actual costs to educate the pupil and the processes for setting these alternative amounts. Under the bill, the SNSP per pupil payment amount and the OEP transfer amount for children with disabilities is the same for all pupils and is set by law. In the 2024]25 school year, the amount set by law is $15,409. Teacher licensure in parental choice programs and in the SNSP With certain exceptions, the bill requires that, beginning on July 1, 2028, teachers at private schools participating in a parental choice program or in the SNSP must hold a license or permit issued by DPI. Under current law, teachers at choice schools must have at least a bachelor[s degree from a nationally or regionally accredited institution of higher education, but they are not required to be licensed by DPI. There are no current law requirements regarding who may teach at SNSP schools. The bill provides an exception for a teacher who teaches only courses in rabbinical studies. In addition, the bill provides a grace period for a teacher who has been teaching for at least the five consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2028, which allows the teacher to apply for a temporary, nonrenewable waiver of the licensure requirement. An applicant for a waiver must submit a plan for becoming licensed as required under the bill. SNSP; religious opt out The bill provides that a private school participating in the SNSP must allow a child attending the private school under the SNSP to refrain from participating in any religious activity if the child[s parent submits to the child[s teacher or the private school[s principal a written request that the child be exempt from such activities. SNSP; accreditation or participation in another choice program The bill provides that, with certain exceptions explained below, a private school may participate in the SNSP only if 1) the private school is accredited by August 1 of the school year in which the private school participates or 2) the private school participates in a parental choice program. Under current law, a private school may participate in the SNSP if the private school is accredited or if the private school[s educational program meets certain criteria. The bill provides that, if a private school is participating in the SNSP in the 2025-26 school year and is not accredited by August 1, 2025, the private school must 1) obtain preaccreditation by August 1, 2026; 2) apply for accreditation by December 31, 2026; and 3) obtain accreditation by December 31, 2029. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 34 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: SCHOOL OPERATIONS Health emergencies in learning places grants The bill requires school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice program or the SNSP (local educational agencies) to have 1) a cardiac emergency response plan for cardiac emergencies that occur on school property, 2) an adequate supply of opioid antagonists on site, and 3) a carbon monoxide detector in each room of a school that contains a fuel-burning, forced-air furnace or a boiler, or as otherwise required by DSPS. The bill also requires DPI to provide aid to local educational agencies for the costs of complying with these requirements. Beginning in the 2025]26 school year, the bill requires each local educational agency to have in effect a cardiac emergency response plan (CERP) for cardiac emergencies that occur on school property. Under the bill, a CERP is a written document that establishes specific steps to reduce death from cardiac arrest in a specific setting. Under the bill, a CERP must include various components, including a cardiac emergency response team; information on how the cardiac emergency response team is activated in the event of an emergency; and requirements for automated external defibrillator placement, maintenance, and training in usage, training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and drills to practice the CERP. Under current law, school boards and governing bodies of private schools must supply a standard first aid kit for use in an emergency. Under the bill, independent charter schools must also supply a standard first aid kit for use in an emergency. Current law also authorizes certain school personnel, including employees and volunteers of public and private schools, to administer an opioid antagonist to a person who appears to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose. Most recently, 2023 Wisconsin Act 194 provided civil immunity to elementary and secondary schools, school personnel, and particular medical professionals who provide or administer an opioid antagonist. Under the bill, each local educational agency must ensure that each school maintains a usable supply of an opioid antagonist on site, in a place that is accessible at all times. Under current law, DPI must establish a model management plan for maintaining indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. By no later than July 1, 2026, the bill requires DPI to include in that model plan that public and private schools must have a carbon monoxide detector in each room in a school that contains a fuel-burning, forced-air furnace or a boiler, and as otherwise required by DSPS. Under current law, school boards and private schools participating in a parental choice program must have and implement a plan for maintaining indoor environmental quality in schools. The bill extends this requirement to independent charter schools. Additionally, the bill requires that, by no later than October 1, 2026, each local educational agency include in its management plan for 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 35 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all maintaining indoor environmental quality the same carbon monoxide detector requirement that is included in DPI[s model plan. Under the bill, each local educational agency must implement the carbon monoxide detector requirement by no later than July 1, 2027. The bill also requires local educational agencies to reasonably maintain all carbon monoxide detectors as specified in the detectors[ instructions. The requirements related to carbon monoxide detectors do not apply to a local educational agency that is a private school participating only in the SNSP. Under current law generally, carbon monoxide detectors are required in dwellings with an attached garage, a fireplace, or a fuel-burning appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors are also required in public buildings that are used for sleeping or lodging and contain a fuel-burning appliance, a fuel-burning forced-air furnace, or an attached garage. Costs of placing school resource officers in MPS schools Current law requires the school board of a first class city school district—currently only Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS)—to ensure that at least 25 school resource officers are present at schools within the school district during normal school hours and that school resource officers are available, as needed, during before-school and after-school care, extracurricular activities, and sporting events (SRO requirement). Under current law, a school resource officer (SRO) is a law enforcement officer who is deployed in community-oriented policing and assigned by the law enforcement agency that employs him or her to work in a full- time capacity in collaboration with a school district. Current law also requires MPS and the City of Milwaukee to agree on how to apportion the costs of meeting the SRO requirement between the two entities. Under the bill, MPS and the City of Milwaukee must apportion the costs of meeting the SRO requirement as follows: 1. For school days, the greater of 25 percent of the costs or $400,000, as indexed to inflation, to MPS and the remainder to the City of Milwaukee. 2. For nonschool days, 100 percent to the City of Milwaukee. Under the bill, Xschool dayY means 1) a day on which school is actually taught and 2) a day on which school is not taught because school is closed due to inclement weather, parent-teacher conferences, an order of a local health officer or DHS, or a threat to the health or safety of pupils or school personnel. Computer science course requirement The bill requires school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice program to make available to pupils in grades 9 to 12 at least one computer science course, which must include concepts in computer programming or coding. Participation in high school graduation ceremonies The bill prohibits school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice program or the SNSP from excluding a pupil from a high school graduation ceremony due to the pupil[s or the pupil[s family[s failure to pay any outstanding fees or charges. Under current law, pupil 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 36 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all participation in high school graduation ceremonies is determined under school board, charter school, or private school policies. Access to period products in schools The bill requires school boards and independent charter schools to provide period products to any pupil who needs them while at school, at no charge to the pupil. In addition, the bill requires DPI to distribute aid for the provision of period products to certain school districts and independent charter schools. Under the bill, a school district or independent charter school is eligible for aid if the school district or independent charter school had a greater percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in or attending the school district or independent charter school than the statewide percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the previous school year. Under the bill, DPI must distribute to each eligible school district and independent charter school the greater of $100 or an amount that is proportionate to the number of economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in or attending the eligible school district or independent charter school in the previous school year compared to the total number of economically disadvantaged pupils enrolled in or attending eligible school districts or independent charter schools in the previous school year. If the amount appropriated for this aid is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid, DPI must prorate the aid payments among the eligible school districts and independent charter schools. The bill defines an Xeconomically disadvantaged pupilY as a pupil who satisfies the federal income eligibility requirements for a free or reduced-price lunch. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER FUNDING Early literacy coaches Under current law, the Office of Literacy in DPI must establish and supervise a literacy coaching program to improve literacy outcomes in this state. Specifically, the Office of Literacy, in consultation with cooperative educational service agencies, must contract for up to 64 full-time equivalent literacy coaches. Current law requires the Office of Literacy to assign one-half of the literacy coaches to schools based on pupil scores on the third grade reading assessment and one-half of the literacy coaches to schools that request early literacy support. The latter half of the literacy coaches must be dispersed evenly among cooperative educational service agency regions. In addition, current law prohibits the Office of Literacy from assigning more than a total of 10 literacy coaches to a first class city school district and more than a total of four literacy coaches to a school district that is not a first class city school district. Under current law, the Office of Literacy and the literacy coaching program sunset on July 1, 2028. The bill eliminates this sunset. Beginning in the 2026]27 school year, the bill increases the maximum number of full-time equivalent literacy coaches to 100, increases the maximum number of literacy coaches that may be assigned to a first class city school district to 16, and increases the maximum number of literacy coaches that may be assigned to a school district that is not a first class city school district to six. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 37 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Early literacy tutoring grants The bill requires DPI to create a competitive grant program, under which it awards grants to community-based nonprofit organizations to provide literacy tutoring, including high-dosage literacy tutoring, to pupils who are in five-year-old kindergarten to third grade and do not yet read at grade-level. The bill defines Xliteracy tutoringY as tutoring that includes science-based early reading instruction and does not include three cueing. High-dosage literacy tutoring is defined under the bill as literacy tutoring that is provided in a one-on-one or small group setting, at least three times per week for at least 30 minutes each session, by the same tutor who is professionally trained and receives ongoing training, that includes high- quality instructional materials that align with classroom content, and that is held during school hours. Early childhood special education; coaches Under current law, school boards and operators of independent charter schools must identify, locate, and evaluate children with disabilities who are in need of special education and related services and make available a free appropriate public education to those children if they are at least three years old. The process of identifying, locating, and evaluating children with disabilities who may need special education or related services is known as XChild Find.Y The bill provides $600,000 in funding for DPI to contract with cooperative educational service agencies to employ regional child care collaboration coaches to promote Child Find to child care providers and provide training, technical assistance, and consultation to, and facilitate collaboration between, child care providers, operators of independent charter schools, and school boards for the purpose of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. Transferring Head Start state supplement to DCF The bill transfers the Head Start state supplement from DPI to DCF. The bill transfers from the state superintendent to the secretary of children and families the responsibilities of determining whether agencies are eligible for designation as Head Start agencies under the federal Head Start program to provide comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services to economically disadvantaged children and their families, and of distributing federal Head Start funds to those eligible agencies. Community-based 4K approach Under current law, a school board may, but is not required to, provide four- year-old kindergarten (4K). Currently, many school boards provide 4K using a public-private partnership approach, often referred to as the community approach. The community approach includes contracts between school boards and community-based providers that define the roles and responsibilities of the parties related to the operation of a 4K program. Under the bill, DPI must, in consultation with DCF, develop a model community-based approach 4K contract by January 1, 2026. DPI must also, in 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 38 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all consultation with DCF, establish by rule a standard per pupil payment to be paid to the community-based provider under the model contract. Career and technical student organizations; grants Under current law, DPI must maintain a career and technical student organizations (CTSO) team that consists of six consultants, each of whom is assigned an educational area. Specifically, DPI[s CTSO team must have a consultant in agriculture education, business education, technology education, family and consumer sciences education, marketing education, and health science education. Under the bill, DPI must annually identify one CTSO for each of these educational areas and distribute state funding to each identified CTSO based on the number of pupils who were members of the CTSO in the previous school year. Teacher apprenticeship pathway to licensure The bill requires DPI to issue an initial license to teach to an individual who holds a bachelor[s degree, successfully completes a teacher apprenticeship offered through DWD, and if the initial license is to teach in grades kindergarten to five, to teach in special education, or to teach as a reading teacher or specialist, pass an examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test, commonly called the FORT. The bill also requires DPI to consult with DWD in the creation of DWD[s teacher apprenticeship program so that an individual who completes DWD[s teacher apprenticeship program will satisfy many of the requirements to obtain a license to teach from DPI, including the requirement that an applicant receive instruction in the study of minority group relations, that an applicant demonstrate competency related to various conflict resolution skills, and that an applicant for a license to teach reading or language arts to prekindergarten class to sixth grade successfully completes instruction in science-based early reading instruction. See Employment. Grow Your Own programs The bill creates a new grant program administered by DPI and available to school districts and operators of independent charter schools to reimburse the cost of XGrow Your OwnY programs. Under the bill, Grow Your Own programs include high school clubs that encourage careers in teaching, payment of costs associated with current staff acquiring education needed for licensure, support for career pathways using dual enrollment, support for partnerships focused on attracting or developing new teachers, or incentives for paraprofessionals to gain licensure. The bill appropriates $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2026]27 for this purpose. Educators rising; grant The bill requires DPI to create a competitive request-for-proposal process to award a grant to an entity for the purpose of subsidizing cocurricular opportunities for public school pupils that encourage those pupils to pursue a career in teaching. Under the bill, to be eligible for this grant, an entity must demonstrate to DPI that it has successfully supported this type of cocurricular opportunities in public schools in this state. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 39 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Arts for All Under current law, GPR is appropriated to DPI for Very Special Arts Wisconsin, Inc. In 2019, Very Special Arts Wisconsin changed its name to Arts for All Wisconsin. The bill updates the appropriation to reflect this name change. Graduation Alliance The bill requires the state superintendent of public instruction to annually distribute an amount appropriated to DPI to Graduation Alliance, Inc., to support pupils and their families through an academic coaching program known as Engage Wisconsin. Currently, DPI partners with Graduation Alliance, Inc., to provide Engage Wisconsin to pupils and their families. Mentor Greater Milwaukee, Inc. The bill requires DPI to award grants to Mentor Greater Milwaukee, Inc., to expand access to quality youth mentoring in Milwaukee County. The Literacy Lab The bill requires the state superintendent of public instruction to annually distribute an amount appropriated to DPI to The Literacy Lab to provide an evidence-based literacy intervention program in public schools located in Milwaukee and Racine. Grants for information technology education The bill makes several changes to the information technology education grant program. Under current law, DPI must develop a competitive request-for-proposal process to award a grant to an entity to provide information technology education opportunities to public school pupils in grades 6 to 12, technical college district students, and patrons of public libraries. Currently, to be eligible for the grant, an entity must 1) demonstrate that it has successfully offered an information technology instructional program in schools in Wisconsin; 2) develop an instructional program that includes eight different components specified under current law; and 3) ensure that the instructional program will be operated in 225 sites, including 16 public libraries. In addition, under current law, DPI must give preference in awarding the grant to an entity that demonstrates that it has successfully provided high-quality information technology instructional programming and educational opportunities to pupils enrolled in or attending schools in Wisconsin. The bill provides that DPI may award the information technology education grants to multiple entities. Under the bill, grants do not need to be awarded through a request-for-proposal process, and the grants are for the provision of certification opportunities in addition to information technology education. The bill modifies the eligibility criteria for the grants to require grant recipients to develop an instructional program that includes at least one of the eight components specified under current law and to maximize the number of sites at which the instructional program will be operated. In addition to the current law preference requirements, the bill requires DPI to give preference in awarding grants to entities 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 40 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all that will develop an instructional program that includes more than one of the eight components specified under current law. Student teacher stipends The bill provides stipends, through DPI, to student teachers who are completing a teacher preparatory program that is approved by the superintendent of public instruction. The stipends are $2,500 per student teacher per semester, and begin in the 2026]27 school year. Receipt of a stipend under the bill does not preclude an individual from receiving a payment under the Wisconsin Teacher Improvement Program, which currently provides stipends to prospective teachers in one-semester internships. Cooperating teacher stipends The bill provides stipends, through DPI, to teachers who are overseeing a student teacher in their classrooms. The stipends are in the amount of $1,000 per teacher per semester and begin in the 2026]27 school year. Fees for licensure of school and public library personnel; appropriation changes Under current law, 90 percent of the fees collected by DPI for licensure of school and public library personnel and for school districts[ participation in DPI[s teacher improvement program are credited to an annual sum certain appropriation. The remaining 10 percent of these fees are deposited into the general fund under current law. The bill changes this annual sum certain appropriation to a continuing appropriation and requires that 100 percent of the total fees collected by DPI be credited to the appropriation. An annual sum certain appropriation is expendable only up to the amount shown in the schedule and only for the fiscal year for which it is made. A continuing appropriation is expendable until fully depleted or repealed. Under current law and the bill, the purposes of the appropriation are for 1) DPI[s administrative costs related to licensure of school and public library personnel; 2) if DPI exercises its authority to provide information and analysis of the professional school personnel supply in this state, the costs of providing that information and analysis; and 3) DPI[s teacher improvement program. GED test fee payments The bill requires DPI to pay the testing service fee for an eligible individual who takes a content area test given under the general educational development (GED) test. The GED test consists of four separate content area tests that cover mathematical reasoning and reasoning through language arts, social studies, and science. Under the bill, DPI will pay for an eligible individual to take all four content area tests once in each calendar year. In order to be eligible for the payment, an individual must satisfy DPI[s requirements to receive a Certificate of General Educational Development or a High School Equivalency Diploma. Among other things, DPI requires that the individual meet certain residency and minimum age requirements and attend a 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 41 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all counseling session. The individual also must obtain a passing score on a GED practice test for the content area (commonly called a GED Ready practice test). Farm to school program The bill provides GPR to DPI for the purpose of providing matching funds for grants from the federal government for the farm to school program. The farm to school program promotes the use of locally and regionally grown foods in schools. Information technology systems; modernization expenses The bill appropriates GPR to DPI for the purpose of modernizing information systems used by DPI. HIGHER EDUCATION Administrative attachment of HEAB and DLAB to DOA Under current law, the HEAB is an independent agency in the executive branch of state government. HEAB administers most of the state[s higher education financial aid programs. The bill attaches HEAB to DOA for administrative purposes. Under current law, a board that is attached to another agency for administrative purposes is a distinct unit of that agency and exercises its powers and duties independently of that agency, but performs budgeting, program coordination, and related management functions under the direction and supervision of that agency. Under current law, the Distance Learning Authorization Board (DLAB) is administratively attached to HEAB. DLAB administers the state[s reciprocity agreement governing authorization and oversight of higher education institutions that provide distance education to out-of-state students. The bill attaches DLAB for administrative purposes to DOA instead of HEAB. Nonresident tuition exemption for undocumented individuals and certain tribal members enrolled in the UW System or a technical college The bill creates a nonresident tuition exemptions for certain UW System and technical college students. Current law allows the Board of Regents of the UW System to charge different tuition rates to resident and nonresident students. A person generally must be a resident of this state for at least 12 months prior to registering at a UW System institution in order to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition. However, current law also includes nonresident tuition exemptions, under which certain nonresident students pay resident tuition rates. Also under current law, the TCS Board establishes program fees that technical college districts must charge students. With exceptions, the fees for nonresidents are 150 percent of the fees for residents. The TCS Board must establish procedures to determine the residence of students attending technical colleges, but current law specifies that certain students must be considered residents of this state. The bill creates an exemption from nonresident tuition for an individual who is not a citizen of the United States and who 1) graduated from a Wisconsin high 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 42 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all school or received a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation from Wisconsin; 2) was continuously present in Wisconsin for at least three years following the first day of attending a Wisconsin high school or immediately preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation; and 3) enrolls in a UW System institution and provides the institution with proof stating that he or she has filed or will file an application for lawful permanent resident status with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the individual is eligible to do so. The bill also provides that such an individual is considered a resident of this state for purposes of admission to and payment of fees at a technical college. The bill also creates a nonresident tuition exemption for certain tribal members. Under the bill, a student enrolled in a UW System institution or technical college qualifies for resident tuition or fee rates if all of the following apply: 1. The student is a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in Wisconsin or is a member of a federally recognized tribe in Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, or Michigan. 2. The student has resided in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, or Michigan, or in any combination of these states, for at least 12 months prior to enrolling in a UW System institution or technical college. Tuition and fee remission for certain tribal members and student teachers enrolled in the UW System or a technical college The bill grants full remission of tuition and fees for certain tribal members who are UW System or technical college students. Under the bill, a student is exempt from tuition and segregated fees at a UW System institution and from tuition and incidental fees at a technical college if the student is a resident of this state and an enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe in this state. The student is eligible for the remission for 128 credits or eight semesters, whichever is longer, but only if the student maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0. The bill also grants full remission of tuition for student teachers enrolled in the UW System or a technical college during their semester of student teaching. The remission applies for a student who is a resident of this state and is participating in the student teaching component of an educator preparatory program approved by DPI. Tuition grant program for national guard members The bill also makes changes to DMA[s tuition grant program for national guard members. See Military Affairs. Expansion of the nurse educator financial assistance program to allied health, behavioral health, and dentistry professions Under current law, HEAB administers a nurse educator program that provides 1) fellowships to students who enroll in certain postgraduate nursing 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 43 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all degree programs at institutions of higher education, 2) postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for nursing programs at institutions of higher education, and 3) educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for nursing programs in institutions of higher education. Individuals who receive financial assistance under the program must make a commitment to teach for at least three consecutive years in a nursing program at an institution of higher education. The bill expands the program to provide the same financial assistance and teaching commitment requirement to certain individuals in allied health, behavioral health, and dentistry professions, as defined in the bill. Health care provider loan assistance program The bill makes five new categories of health care providers eligible for the health care provider loan assistance (HCPLA) program and provides additional funding for loans to these health care providers. Under current law, the Board of Regents of the UW System administers the HCPLA program under which it may repay, on behalf of a health care provider, up to $25,000 in loans for education related to the health care provider[s field of practice. The repayment occurs over three years, with 40 percent of the loan or $10,000, whichever is less, repaid in each of the first two years of participation in the program and the final 20 percent or $5,000, whichever is less, repaid in the third year. A health care provider is defined as a dental hygienist, dental therapist, physician assistant, nurse-midwife, or nurse practitioner. The Board of Regents must enter into a written agreement with the health care provider in which the health care provider agrees to practice at least 32 clinic hours per week for three years in one or more eligible practice areas in this state or in a rural area. An Xeligible practice areaY is defined as a free or charitable clinic, a primary care shortage area, a mental health shortage area, an American Indian reservation or trust lands of an American Indian tribe, or, for a dental hygienist, a dental health shortage area or a free or charitable clinic. Money for loan repayments is derived from several sources, and loan repayments are subject to availability of funds. If insufficient funds are available to repay the loans of all eligible applicants, the Board of Regents must establish priorities among the eligible applicants based on specified considerations, including factors related to the degree of the health care need and shortage in the area. However, some funding for loan repayments is available only for health care providers who practice in rural areas. The bill adds medical assistants, dental assistants, dental auxiliaries, behavioral health providers, and substance abuse treatment providers to the health care providers who are eligible for loan repayment under the HCPLA program. These health care providers are eligible under the current terms of the program, except medical assistants. Medical assistants are eligible for loan repayment of up to $12,500 in total, with repayments of 40 percent of the loan or $5,000, whichever is less, in each of the first two years and 20 percent or $2,500, whichever is less, in the third year. For purposes of an eligible practice area, dental assistants, dental 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 44 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all auxiliaries, and dental therapists are treated similarly to the way dental hygienists are treated under current law. Expanding the rural dentistry scholarship program Under current law, HEAB in consultation with DHS administers a scholarship program for students enrolled in the Marquette University School of Dentistry (MUSD) who agree to practice dentistry in a dental health shortage area for 18 months for each annual scholarship received. A Xdental health shortage areaY is an area that is federally designated as having a shortage of dental professionals, not including Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Waukesha Counties. From the program, HEAB may award to no more than 15 MUSD students an annual scholarship of $30,000 per year for up to four years. A student who fails to meet their obligation to practice in a dental health shortage area for the requisite period must repay the amount of scholarship received. The bill expands the scholarship program to include dental general practice residents as possible recipients of the scholarship, in addition to any student enrolled in the MUSD. Parkinson[s disease registry The bill directs the Population Health Institute (PHI), or its successor, at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health to establish and maintain a Parkinson[s disease registry and to collect data on the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson[s disease and parkinsonisms in this state. The bill defines XparkinsonismY as a condition that is similar or related to Parkinson[s disease. In addition, under the bill, if a health care provider treats or diagnoses a patient with Parkinson[s disease or a parkinsonism, that health care provider or the health care facility that employs or contracts with the health care provider must report information about the patient[s Parkinson[s disease or parkinsonism to PHI for purposes of the Parkinson[s disease registry. If a patient declines to participate in the Parkinson[s disease registry, the health care provider or health care facility must report only the incident of the patient[s Parkinson[s disease or parkinsonism. The bill directs PHI to create a website for the Parkinson[s disease registry that includes annual reports on the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson[s disease in this state. The bill also authorizes UW-Madison to enter into agreements in order to furnish data from the Parkinson[s disease registry to another state[s Parkinson[s disease registry, a federal Parkinson[s disease control agency, a local health officer, or a researcher who proposes to conduct research on Parkinson[s disease, subject to certain confidentiality requirements. In addition, the bill requires the UW System to allocate from its general program operations appropriation $3,900,000 in fiscal year 2025]26 and $2,400,000 in fiscal year 2026]27 to establish the statewide Parkinson[s disease registry. UW System funding allocations and grant to the Institute for Healthy Aging Under current law, most GPR appropriated to the UW System is appropriated through a single general program operations appropriation, a biennial appropriation sometimes referred to as the UW block grant appropriation. In the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 45 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 2023]25 fiscal biennium, more than a billion dollars was appropriated through this appropriation in each year of the fiscal biennium. The bill requires the UW System to allocate from this appropriation specified amounts for particular purposes in the 2025]27 fiscal biennium. The total amount of these required allocations is approximately $8.6 million in fiscal year 2025]26 and approximately $7.5 million in fiscal year 2026]27, and the purposes include the following: increasing assistance to students who are veterans and military personnel; extending eligibility for the Health Care Provider Loan Assistance Program to new categories of health care providers; establishing or continuing foster youth programming for eligible students; funding UW-Madison[s UniverCity Alliance program; supporting journalism programs and fellowships; and funding education, training, research, and technical assistance to support small businesses, economic development, and entrepreneurial activity. The bill also requires the UW System to award a grant from this appropriation, in the amount of $450,000 in each fiscal year of the 2025]27 fiscal biennium, to the Institute for Healthy Aging to support programs in fall prevention and recovery training. UW Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project Under the bill, the Board of Regents of the UW System must provide funding to the UW Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project (MIA Recovery Project) for missions to recover and identify Wisconsin veterans who are missing in action. At the conclusion of the mission for which funding is provided, the MIA Recovery Project must submit to the Board of Regents, JCF, each legislative standing committee dealing with veterans matters, the governor, DVA, and DMA a report on the mission[s findings and an accounting of expenditures for the mission. The bill allocates $500,000 in each year of the 2025]27 fiscal biennium for the MIA Recovery Project. Grants to technical college district boards for adoption of artificial intelligence Under current law, the TCS Board may award grants to technical college district boards in a variety of contexts, including to provide basic skills instruction in jails and prisons, to expand health care programs, and for the development of apprenticeship criteria. The bill allows the TCS Board to award grants to technical college district boards to support the district boards with the adoption and use of artificial intelligence in areas including the following: 1) educator recruitment, retention, and upskilling; 2) curriculum and resource development to meet employer demand; 3) stackable credential development; and 4) infrastructure development. GENERAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AGENCIES Library intern stipend payments The bill requires the Division for Libraries and Technology in DPI to provide stipend payments to students who are enrolled in a library and information 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 46 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all sciences master[s degree program and are placed as an intern in a public library or school library. The stipend payments are $2,500 per student per semester, and begin in the 2026]27 school year. Funding for the emergency weather warning system Under current law, the Educational Communications Board is required to operate an emergency weather warning system, the operation of which is funded from moneys received from DOA for the provision of state telecommunications to state agencies. The bill changes the funding source for the operation of the emergency weather warning system to GPR. Operational funding for the Northern Great Lakes Center The bill expands a segregated-funds appropriation to SHS to allow expenditures for operational support of the Northern Great Lakes Center. Security at museum located on N. Carroll Street in Madison Current law requires SHS to have responsibility for security at the Wisconsin Historical Museum located at 30 N. Carroll Street in Madison. The Wisconsin Historical Museum located at 30 N. Carroll Street has been demolished. The bill requires SHS to have responsibility for security at any subsequent museum located on N. Carroll Street. ELECTIONS Automatic voter registration The bill requires the Elections Commission to use all feasible means to facilitate the registration of all individuals eligible to vote in this state and to maintain the registration of all registered voters for so long as they remain eligible. Under the bill, the commission must attempt to facilitate the initial registration of all eligible individuals as soon as practicable. To facilitate that initial registration, the bill directs the commission and DOT to enter into an agreement so that DOT may transfer specified personally identifying information in DOT[s records to the commission. The bill requires the commission to maintain the confidentiality of any information it obtains under the agreement and allows a driver[s license or identification card applicant to opt out of DOT[s transfer of this information to the commission. Once the commission obtains all the information required under current law to complete an eligible individual[s registration, the commission adds the individual[s name to the statewide registration list. The bill also permits an individual whose name is added to the registration list or who wishes to permanently exclude his or her name from the list to file a request to have his or her name deleted or excluded from the list or to revoke a deletion or exclusion request previously made. In addition, the bill directs the commission to notify an individual by first class postcard whenever the commission removes his or her name from the registration list or changes his or her status on the list from eligible to ineligible. The bill also directs the commission to report to the legislature and the governor, no later than July 1, 2027, its progress in initially registering eligible 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 47 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all individuals under the bill. The report must contain an assessment of the feasibility and desirability of integration of registration information with information maintained by DHS, DCF, DWD, DOR, DSPS, and DNR; the UW System; and the TCS Board, as well as with the technical colleges in each technical college district. Under current law, an eligible individual with a current and valid driver[s license or identification card issued by DOT may register to vote electronically on a secure website maintained by the commission. To register electronically under current law, an eligible individual must also authorize DOT to forward a copy of his or her electronic signature to the commission. The authorization affirms that all information provided by the individual is correct and has the same effect as a written signature on a paper copy of the registration form. Finally, current law requires the commission and DOT to enter into an agreement that permits the commission to verify the necessary registration information instantly by accessing DOT[s electronic files. Early canvassing of absentee ballots Under current law, absentee ballots may not be canvassed until election day. The bill authorizes a municipal clerk or municipal board of election commissioners to begin the canvassing of absentee ballots on the day before an election, subject to the following requirements: 1. The municipality must use automatic tabulating equipment to process absentee ballots. 2. Prior to the early canvassing of absentee ballots, the municipal clerk or municipal board of election commissioners must notify the Elections Commission in writing and must consult with the Elections Commission concerning administration of early canvassing of absentee ballots. 3. Early canvassing of absentee ballots under the bill may be conducted only between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the day before the election, and ballots may not be tallied until after polls close on election day. 4. Members of the public must have the same right of access to a place where absentee ballots are being canvassed early as is provided under current law for canvassing absentee ballots on election day. 5. When not in use, automatic tabulating equipment used for canvassing absentee ballots and the areas where the programmed media and the absentee ballots are housed must be secured with tamper-evident security seals in a double- lock location such as a locked cabinet inside a locked office. 6. Subject to criminal penalty, no person may act in any manner that would give him or her the ability to know or to provide information on the accumulating or final results from the ballots canvassed early under the bill before the close of the polls on election day. 7. Certain notices must be provided before each election at which the municipality intends to canvass absentee ballots on the day before the election. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 48 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Residency requirement for voting Under current law, with limited exceptions, an otherwise eligible voter must be a resident of Wisconsin and of the municipality and ward, if any, where the voter is voting for 28 days before an election in order to vote in the election in that municipality and ward. The bill shortens that residency requirement from 28 days to 10 days. Voting absentee in person Current law allows an individual to complete an absentee ballot in person no earlier than 14 days preceding the election and no later than the Sunday preceding the election. The bill eliminates the 14-day restriction on how soon a person may complete an absentee ballot in person. Voter bill of rights The bill creates a voter bill of rights that municipal clerks and boards of election commissioners must post at each polling place. The bill of rights informs voters that they have the right to do all of the following: 1. Vote if registered and eligible to vote. 2. Inspect a sample ballot before voting. 3. Cast a ballot if in line when the polling place closes or, if voting by in-person absentee ballot on the last day for which such voting is allowed, when the municipal clerk[s office closes. 4. Cast a secret ballot. 5. Get help casting a ballot if disabled. 6. Get help voting in a language other than English as provided by law. 7. Get a new ballot, up to three ballots in all, if the voter makes a mistake on the ballot. 8. Cast a provisional ballot as provided by law. 9. Have the voter[s ballot counted accurately. 10. Vote free from coercion or intimidation. 11. Report any illegal or fraudulent election activity. Office of Election Transparency and Compliance The bill creates under the Elections Commission the Office of Election Transparency and Compliance. The office is under the direction and supervision of a director who must be a policy initiatives advisor appointed in the classified service by the Elections Commission administrator. The bill requires the office, as directed by the commission by resolution, to perform research and assist the commission[s legal staff in presenting information to the members of the commission concerning sworn complaints of election law violations, including allegations that a person provided false or misleading information to an election official during the registration or voting process, and sworn complaints alleging noncompliance with election laws and processes by election officials. The bill further requires the office to provide assistance and 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 49 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all research to the commission with respect to the following, as directed by the commission administrator: 1. Procedures at polling places. 2. Election processes. 3. Election systems and equipment, including with respect to accessibility requirements for individuals with disabilities. 4. Responding to public records requests. 5. Responding to legislative inquiries and requests for assistance. 6. Responding to inquiries from the public. Voter registration in high schools Prior to 2011 Wisconsin Act 240, state law required that all public high schools be used for voter registration for enrolled students and members of the high school staff. Prior law also authorized voter registration to take place at a private high school or a tribal school that operates high school grades if requested by the principal. The bill reinstates those provisions. Under the bill, the municipal clerk must notify the school board of each school district in which the municipality is located that high schools will be used for voter registration. The school board and the clerk must then appoint at least one qualified voter at each high school to be a special school registration deputy. The bill allows students and staff to register at the school on any day that classes are regularly held. The deputies promptly forward the registration forms to the clerk and the clerk adds qualified voters to the registration list. The clerk may reject a registration form, but the clerk must notify the registrant and inform the registrant of the reason for being rejected. Under the bill, a form completed by an individual who will be 18 years of age before the next election and who is otherwise qualified to vote must be filed in such a way that the individual is automatically registered to vote when the individual is 18. Finally, the bill allows a principal of a private high school or tribal school that operates high school grades to request that the municipal clerk appoint a qualified voter at the school to be a special school registration deputy. Under the bill, the clerk must appoint a special school registration deputy if the clerk determines that the private high school or tribal school has a substantial number of students residing in the municipality. Proof of identification for voting Current law allows an individual to use as voter identification an unexpired identification card issued by a technical college, college, or university in this state if the card meets certain criteria. The card must have an expiration date that is no later than two years after the date it was issued, and the individual must establish proof of enrollment. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit held that the requirement to present both an unexpired identification card and proof of enrollment had no rational basis and was therefore unconstitutional. See Luft v. Evers, 963 F.3d 665 (2020). The bill allows a student to use an expired student 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 50 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all identification card under certain circumstances. Under the bill, a student does not need to present proof of enrollment if using an unexpired identification card but must provide proof of enrollment if using an expired identification card. In addition, the bill requires each technical college in this state and each UW System institution to issue student identification cards that meet the criteria to be used as voter identification. Current law also allows an individual to use as voter identification an identification card issued by DOT. DOT may issue a receipt as a temporary identification card to use for voting and other purposes to an individual who is waiting for the permanent card. The receipt expires in 60 days. The bill extends the expiration date to 180 days. Petitions to complete a partial recount Under current law, any candidate voted for at an election who is an aggrieved party may petition for a full or partial recount of the votes cast in the jurisdiction or district of the office that the candidate seeks. Current law defines an Xaggrieved partyY as any of the following: 1. For an election at which 4,000 or fewer votes are cast for the office that the candidate seeks, a candidate who trails the leading candidate by no more than 40 votes. 2. For an election at which more than 4,000 votes are cast for the office that the candidate seeks, a candidate who trails the leading candidate by no more than 1 percent of the total votes cast for that office. If a candidate who is an aggrieved party petitions for a partial recount, current law provides that the opposing candidate may file a petition for an additional partial or a full recount of the wards or municipalities not subject to the initial partial recount no later than 5 p.m. two days after the initial partial recount is completed. Under the bill, a candidate must be an aggrieved party in order to petition for an additional partial or a full recount after an initial partial recount is completed. Therefore, if, after an initial partial recount, the opposing candidate becomes an aggrieved party—i.e., the leading candidate becomes the trailing candidate—that opposing candidate may file a petition for an additional partial or a full recount. However, the bill excludes from that authorization to petition for an additional partial or full recount the candidate who filed the petition for the initial partial recount. Special elections to fill vacancies in the office of U.S. senator and representative in congress Under current law, a vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress occurring prior to the second Tuesday in April in the year of the general election must be filled at a special primary and special election. A vacancy occurring in one of these offices between the second Tuesday in April and the second Tuesday in May in the year of the general election is filled at the partisan primary and general election. Current law provides that a special primary be held four weeks before the day 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 51 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all of the special election. However, if the election is held on the same day as the spring election, the special primary is held concurrently with the spring primary. Under current law, with regard to an election for a national office, the period between a special primary and special election or between the spring primary or spring election does not provide sufficient time to canvass and certify the primary results and prepare ballots to send to overseas voters as required by federal law. Under the bill, a vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress is filled in the following manner: 1. At a special election to be held on the third Tuesday in May following the first day of the vacancy with a special primary to be held concurrently with the spring primary on the third Tuesday in February. 2. At a special election to be held on the second Tuesday in August following the first day of the vacancy with a special primary to be held on the third Tuesday in May. 3. At a special election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following the first day of the vacancy with a special primary to be held on the second Tuesday in August. However, under the bill, a November special election is not held in any year in which the general election is held for that office; instead, the vacancy is filled at the partisan primary and general election. Election administration grants The bill requires the Elections Commission to award grants to cities, villages, and towns for election administration expenses. The bill additionally requires the commission to award up to $400,000 in grants to cities, villages, towns, and counties in the 2025]26 fiscal year for the purchase of election supplies and equipment, including electronic poll books. Reimbursement of counties and municipalities for certain election costs The bill requires the Elections Commission to reimburse counties and municipalities for certain costs incurred in the administration of special primaries and special elections for state or national office. A cost is eligible for reimbursement only if certain conditions are met, including that the commission determines the cost is reasonable and the rate paid by the county or municipality for the cost does not exceed the rate customarily paid for similar costs at a primary or election that is not a special primary or election. Under the bill, only the following costs may be reimbursed: 1. Rental payments for polling places. 2. Election day wages paid to election officials working at the polls. 3. Costs for the publication of required election notices. 4. Printing and postage costs for absentee ballots and envelopes. 5. Costs for the design and printing of ballots and poll books. 6. Purchase of ballot bags or containers, including ties or seals for chain of custody purposes. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 52 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 7. Costs to program electronic voting machines. 8. Purchase of memory devices for electronic voting machines. 9. Wages paid to conduct a county canvass. 10. Data entry costs for the statewide voter registration system. Posting sample ballots in non-English languages Under the bill, if any jurisdiction in the state provides voting materials in one or more languages other than English, the Elections Commission must post on its website the sample ballots for that jurisdiction in each such language. Appropriation for clerk training Current law appropriates money annually from the general fund to the Elections Commission for training county and municipal clerks concerning voter identification requirements. The bill expands this appropriation to authorize expenditures for training county and municipal clerks for the administration of elections generally. Recount fees Current law requires the Elections Commission to reimburse the counties for the actual costs of conducting a recount. The reimbursement comes from the fees that the commission collects from the person that filed the recount petition. The bill changes the appropriation for reimbursing the counties from an annual appropriation to a continuing appropriation. EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT REGULATION Collective bargaining for state and local employees; employee rights Under current law, state and local governments are prohibited from collectively bargaining with employees except as expressly provided in the statutes. Current law allows certain protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System, known as public safety employees, and certain municipal transit employees to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment. Under current law, other state and municipal employees may collectively bargain only over a percentage increase in base wages that does not exceed the percentage increase in the consumer price index. In addition, under current law, the Employment Relations Commission (ERC) assigns employees to collective bargaining units, but current law requires that public safety employees and municipal transit employees be placed in separate collective bargaining units that do not contain other state or municipal employees. The bill adds frontline workers to the groups that may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment. In the bill, Xfrontline workersY are state or municipal employees with regular job duties that include interacting with members of the public or with large populations of people or that directly involve the maintenance of public works. Under the bill, the ERC determines which state and municipal employees meet the criteria. Also, the bill allows the ERC to 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 53 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all place in the same collective bargaining unit both frontline workers and employees who are not frontline workers. If the ERC places employees of both types in a collective bargaining unit, the entire collective bargaining unit is treated as if all members are frontline workers and all members may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment. Under current law, state or municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit elect their representative. The representative for a unit containing public safety employees or transit employees requires the support of the majority of the employees who are voting in the election, and the representative for a unit containing other employees requires the support of the majority of all of the employees who are in the collective bargaining unit. Under the bill, the representative for any collective bargaining unit containing any state or municipal employees requires the support of the majority of the employees who are voting in the election regardless of the number of employees who are in the collective bargaining unit. Under current law, the ERC must conduct an annual election to certify each representative of a collective bargaining unit representing state or municipal employees who are not public safety employees or transit employees. At the election, if a representative fails to receive at least 51 percent of the votes of all of the members of the collective bargaining unit, the representative is decertified and the employees are unrepresented. The bill eliminates this annual recertification process. The bill requires state and municipal employers to consult about wages, hours, and conditions of employment with their employees who are not public safety employees, transit employees, or frontline workers. The employers must consult either when policy changes that affect wages, hours, or conditions are proposed or implemented or, in the absence of policy changes, at least quarterly. The bill adds that employees of authorities, such as the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority, WHEDA, and WEDC, may collectively bargain as state employees, and adds faculty and academic staff employed by the UW System, including those assigned to UW-Madison, to the state employees who may collectively bargain. Eliminating the right-to-work law The current right-to-work law prohibits a person from requiring, as a condition of obtaining or continuing employment, an individual to refrain or resign from membership in a labor organization, to become or remain a member of a labor organization, to pay dues or other charges to a labor organization, or to pay any other person an amount that is in place of dues or charges required of members of a labor organization. The bill eliminates these prohibitions and the associated misdemeanor offense for violating the right-to-work law. The bill explicitly provides that, when an all-union agreement is in effect, it is not an unfair labor practice to encourage or discourage membership in a labor organization or to deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 54 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all employee[s earnings. The bill sets conditions under which an employer may enter into an all-union agreement. The bill also sets conditions for the continuation or termination of all-union agreements, including that, if the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) determines there is reasonable ground to believe employees in an all-union agreement have changed their attitude about the agreement, WERC must conduct a referendum to determine whether the employees wish to continue the agreement. WERC must terminate an all-union agreement if it finds the union unreasonably refused to admit an employee into the union. Prevailing wage The bill requires that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of certain projects of public works be paid the prevailing wage and not be required or allowed to work a greater number of hours per day and per week than the prevailing hours of labor unless they are paid overtime for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor. Projects subject to the bill include state and local projects of public works, including state highway projects, with exceptions including projects below certain cost thresholds, minor service or maintenance work, and certain residential projects. Under the bill, Xprevailing wage rateY is defined as the hourly basic rate of pay, plus the hourly contribution for bona fide economic benefits, paid for a majority of the hours worked in a trade or occupation in the area in which the project is located, except that, if there is no rate at which a majority of those hours is paid, Xprevailing wage rateY means the average hourly basic rate of pay, plus the average hourly contribution for bona fide economic benefits, paid for the highest-paid 51 percent of hours worked in a trade or occupation in the area. XPrevailing hours of laborY is defined as 10 hours per day and 40 hours per week, excluding weekends and holidays. The bill requires DWD to conduct investigations and hold public hearings as necessary to define the trades or occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are subject to the prevailing wage law and to inform itself of the prevailing wage rates in all areas of the state for those trades or occupations, in order to determine the prevailing wage rate for each trade or occupation. The bill contains certain other provisions regarding the calculation of prevailing wage rates by DWD, including provisions allowing persons to request recalculations or reviews of the prevailing wage rates determined by DWD. The bill requires contracts and notices for bids for projects subject to the bill to include and incorporate provisions ensuring compliance with the requirements. The bill also establishes a requirement that state agencies and local governments post prevailing wage rates and hours of labor in areas readily accessible to persons employed on the project or in sites regularly used for posting notices. The bill makes a contractor that fails to pay the prevailing wage rate or overtime pay to an employee as required under the prevailing wage law liable to the affected employee for not only the amount of unpaid wages and overtime pay, but also for liquidated damages in an amount equal to 100 percent of the unpaid wages and overtime pay. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 55 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Finally, the bill includes, for both state and local projects of public works, provisions regarding coverage, compliance, enforcement, and penalties, including 1) requirements for affidavits to be filed by contractors affirming compliance with the prevailing wage law; 2) record retention requirements for contractors regarding wages paid to workers and provisions allowing for the inspection of those records by DWD; 3) liability and penalty provisions for certain violations, including criminal penalties; and 4) provisions prohibiting contracts from being awarded to persons who have failed to comply with the prevailing wage law. Family and medical leave expansion Under the current family and medical leave law, an employer that employs at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis must allow an employee who has been employed by the employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks and who has worked for the employer for at least 1,000 hours during the preceding 52 weeks to take family leave to care for the employee[s child, spouse, domestic partner, or parent who has a serious health condition. Employers covered under the law must also allow an employee covered under the law to take up to two weeks of medical leave in a 12-month period when that employee has a serious health condition. An employee may file a complaint with DWD regarding an alleged violation of the family and medical leave law within 30 days after either the violation occurs or the employee should reasonably have known that the violation occurred, whichever is later. The bill makes the following changes to the family and medical leave law: 1. Requires employers covered under the law to allow employees covered under the law to take family leave to provide for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling who has a serious health condition. 2. Decreases the number of hours an employee is required to work before qualifying for family and medical leave to 680 hours during the preceding 52 weeks. 3. Extends the time period in which an employee may file a complaint with DWD to 300 days after either the violation occurs or the employee should reasonably have known that the violation occurred, whichever is later. 4. Removes the age restriction from the definition of XchildY for various purposes under the family and medical leave law. 5. Requires employers to allow employees to take family leave in the instance of an unforeseen or unexpected gap in childcare for an employee[s child, grandchild, or sibling or because of a qualifying exigency as to be determined by DWD related to covered active duty, as defined in the bill, or notification of an impending call or order to covered active duty of an employee[s child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling who is a member of the U.S. armed forces. 6. Requires employers to allow employees to take family leave to address issues related to the employee or the employee[s child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling being the victim of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking. 7. Requires employers to allow employees to take family leave to care for a 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 56 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of an employee who is in medical isolation and requires employers to allow employees to take medical leave when an employee is in medical isolation. The bill defines Xmedical isolationY to include when a local health officer or DHS advises that an individual isolate or quarantine; when a health care professional, a local health officer, or DHS advises that an individual seclude herself or himself when awaiting the results of a diagnostic test for a communicable disease or when the individual is infected with a communicable disease; and when an individual[s employer advises that the individual not come to the workplace due to a concern that the individual may have been exposed to or infected with a communicable disease. Paid family and medical leave benefits The bill requires employers that are covered by the current family and medical leave law to provide paid benefits to their employees for up to eight weeks of family and medical leave annually, beginning on January 1, 2027. The bill exempts most state employers from required coverage. Under the bill, an employer may buy private insurance to pay benefits to employees. Employers are prohibited from deducting any cost of the insurance from an employee[s paycheck or otherwise seeking reimbursement for the cost of providing the leave benefits. Under the bill, the amount of leave benefits for a week for which benefits are payable is as follows: 1) for the amount of the employee's average weekly earnings that are not more than 50 percent of the state annual median wage in the calendar year before the employee[s application year, 90 percent of that individual's average weekly earnings; or 2) for the amount of the employee[s average weekly earnings that are more than 50 percent of the state annual median wage in the calendar year before the employee[s application year, 50 percent of that employee[s average weekly earnings. The bill also provides an employee with the right to appeal a final decision of an employer or an insurer to deny a leave benefit. Minimum wage The bill requires the secretary of workforce development to establish a committee to study options to achieve a minimum wage that ensures all workers in this state earn a living wage. Under the bill, the committee consists of nine members, with five appointed by the governor, and one each appointed by the speaker of the assembly, the assembly minority leader, the senate majority leader, and the senate minority leader. The committee must submit a report containing its recommendations for options to achieve a minimum wage and other means to ensure that all workers in this state earn a living wage to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature no later than October 1, 2026. Employee right to request and receive work schedule changes The bill requires an employer to negotiate in good faith with an employee to accommodate changes the employee requests to his or her work schedule. Further, the bill requires that unless an employer has a bona fide business reason for 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 57 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all denying the request, the employer must approve an employee[s request if it is directly related to any of the following: 1. A serious health condition of the employee. 2. Responsibilities of the employee as a caregiver for a family member. 3. Enrollment of the employee in certain educational or training programs. 4. A part-time employee[s work scheduling conflicts with the employee[s other employment. If an employer denies an employee[s request for a schedule change, the employer must inform the employee of the reasons for denial, including whether any of the reasons is a bona fide business reason as defined in the bill. Service employee right to predictable work schedule The bill requires an employer that employs an employee in certain service industry occupations, including retail, food service, and cleaning occupations, to provide the service employee with a written copy of the employee[s work schedule on or before the service employee[s first day of work. With certain exceptions, if an employer changes the service employee[s work schedule, the employer must provide the new work schedule to the employee at least 14 days in advance. The bill also requires that, if an employer changes a service employee[s work schedule with fewer than 14 days[ notice, the employer must pay the service employee an amount equal to the employee[s regular rate of pay for one hour of work. Exceptions to this requirement include when the employee consents to the change or when the employer requires the service employee to work additional time because another employee was scheduled to work that time and is unexpectedly unavailable to work. The bill also requires the following for employers that use certain scheduling practices: 1. If the service employee reports to work and the employer does not allow the employee to work all time scheduled, the employer must provide the employee with a) full compensation as if the employee had worked the full shift or b) if the employee is scheduled to work more than four hours and works less than four hours, an amount equal to the employee[s regular rate of pay for the difference between four hours and the amount of time the employee actually works. 2. If the employer requires the service employee to contact the employer, or wait to be contacted by the employer less than 24 hours before a work shift to determine whether the employee must report to work, the employer must pay the employee an amount equal to the employee[s regular rate of pay for one hour of work. 3. If the employer requires the service employee to work a split shift, the employer must pay the employee an amount equal to the employee[s regular rate of pay for one hour of work. If a service employee experiences more than one type of these scheduling practices with respect to a particular work shift, the employer must pay only one type of compensation, whichever is greatest. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 58 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all The bill also provides that, during any period in which the employer[s regular operations are suspended due to an event outside of the employer[s control, the employer is not required to comply with the service employee work scheduling requirements created in the bill. Enforcement of rights regarding work schedules The bill provides that an employer may not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of the right of an employee to request and receive work schedule changes and the right of certain service employees to a predictable work schedule, and may not discharge or discriminate against such an employee for enforcing the employee[s rights under the bill. An employee whose rights are violated may file a complaint with DWD, and DWD must process the complaint in the same manner that employment discrimination complaints are processed under current law. That processing may include the ordering of back pay, reinstatement, compensation in lieu of reinstatement, and costs and attorney fees. The bill also provides that DWD or an employee whose rights are violated may bring an action in circuit court against the employer without regard to exhaustion of any administrative remedy. If the circuit court finds that a violation has occurred, the employer may be liable to the employee for compensatory damages, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and, under certain circumstances, liquidated damages equal to 100 percent of the amount of compensatory damages awarded to the employee. In addition to any damages imposed on an employer in an administrative proceeding or circuit court action, an employer that willfully violates the protections created in the bill may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000 for each violation. Liquidated damages in wage claim actions Under current law, if an employee files a claim in circuit court for unpaid wages, the court may award liquidated damages to the employee in addition to past due wages. Under current law, the liquidated damages are as follows: 1) if an employee files the suit before DWD has finished its investigation and attempted to settle the claim, a court may award not more than 50 percent of the wages due and unpaid and 2) if an employee files the suit after DWD has completed its investigation of a wage claim, a court may award not more than 100 percent of the wages due and unpaid. Under the bill, irrespective of whether DWD has completed its investigation of a wage claim, an employee is presumed to be entitled to 100 percent of the wages due and unpaid in liquidated damages in addition to the unpaid wages due. An employer may rebut this presumption by demonstrating that they acted in good faith and had a reasonable belief that they were in compliance with the law. Compensation in job posting Under the bill, an employer must include the compensation for the position in any job posting made by the employer. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 59 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Local employment regulations The bill eliminates the preemptions of local governments from enacting or enforcing ordinances related to the following: 1. Regulations related to wage claims and collections. 2. Regulation of employee hours and overtime, including scheduling of employee work hours or shifts. 3. The employment benefits an employer may be required to provide to its employees. 4. An employer[s right to solicit information regarding the salary history of prospective employees. 5. Regulations related to minimum wage. 6. Occupational licensing requirements that are more stringent than a state requirement. See Local Government. Certain state and local employment regulations The bill eliminates the following: 1. The prohibition of the state and local governments from requiring any person to waive the person[s rights under state or federal labor laws as a condition of any approval by the state or local government. 2. A provision under which neither the state nor a local government may enact a statute or ordinance, adopt a policy or regulation, or impose a contract, zoning, permitting, or licensing requirement, or any other condition, that would require any person to accept any provision that is a subject of collective bargaining under state labor laws or the federal National Labor Relations Act. Worker classification notice and posting Current law requires DWD to perform certain duties related to worker classification, including for purposes of promoting and achieving compliance by employers with state employment laws. The bill requires DWD to design and make available to employers a notice regarding worker classification laws, requirements for employers and employees, and penalties for noncompliance. Under the bill, all employers in this state must post the notice in a conspicuous place where notices to employees are customarily posted. Finally, the bill provides a penalty of not more than $100 for an employer who does not post the notice as required. WORKER[S COMPENSATION Expansion of PTSD coverage for first responders The bill makes changes to the conditions of liability for worker[s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff members, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff members (collectively, Xfirst respondersY), who are diagnosed with post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Under current law, if a law enforcement officer or full-time firefighter is 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 60 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all diagnosed with PTSD by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist and the mental injury that resulted in that diagnosis is not accompanied by a physical injury, that law enforcement officer or firefighter can bring a claim for worker[s compensation benefits if the conditions of liability are proven by the preponderance of the evidence and the mental injury is not the result of a good faith employment action by the person[s employer. Also under current law, liability for such treatment for a mental injury is limited to no more than 32 weeks after the injury is first reported. Under current law, an injured first responder who does not have an accompanying physical injury must, in order to receive worker[s compensation benefits for PTSD, demonstrate a diagnosis based on unusual stress of greater dimensions than the day-to-day emotional strain and tension experienced by all employees as required under School District No. 1 v. DILHR, 62 Wis. 2d 370, 215 N.W.2d 373 (1974). Under the bill, such an injured first responder is not required to demonstrate a diagnosis based on that standard, and instead must demonstrate a diagnosis based on the same standard as law enforcement officers and firefighters. Also, under the bill, a first responder is restricted to compensation for a mental injury that is not accompanied by a physical injury and that results in a diagnosis of PTSD three times in his or her lifetime irrespective of a change of employer or employment, in the same manner as law enforcement officers and firefighters. Worker[s compensation; penalties for uninsured employers Under current law, an employer who requires an employee to pay for any part of worker[s compensation insurance or who fails to provide mandatory worker[s compensation insurance coverage is subject to a forfeiture. If the employer violates those requirements, for the first 10 days, the penalty under current law is not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 for such a violation. If the employer violates those requirements for more than 10 days, the penalty under current law is not less than $10 and not more than $100 for each day of such a violation. Under the bill, the forfeitures for an employer who requires an employee to pay for worker[s compensation coverage or fails to provide the coverage (violation) are as follows: 1. For a first violation, $1,000 per violation or the amount of the insurance premium that would have been payable, whichever is greater. 2. For a second violation, $2,000 per violation or two times the amount of the insurance premium that would have been payable, whichever is greater. 3. For a third violation, $3,000 per violation or three times the amount of the insurance premium that would have been payable, whichever is greater. 4. For a fourth or subsequent violation, $4,000 per violation or four times the amount of the insurance premium that would have been payable, whichever is greater. Under current law, if an employer who is required to provide worker[s compensation insurance coverage provides false information about the coverage to his or her employees or contractors who request information about the coverage, or fails to notify a person who contracts with the employer that the coverage has been 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 61 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all canceled in relation to the contract, the employer is subject to a forfeiture of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 for each such violation. Under the bill, the penalty for a first or second such violation remains as specified under current law, the penalty for a third violation is $3,000, and the penalty for a fourth or subsequent violation is $4,000. Currently, an uninsured employer must pay to DWD an amount that is equal to the greater of the following: 1) twice the amount that the uninsured employer would have paid for worker[s compensation coverage during periods in which the employer was uninsured in the preceding three years or 2) $750 or, if certain conditions apply, $100 per day. The bill provides that the amounts an uninsured employer must pay to DWD for a determination of a failure to carry worker[s compensation insurance are as follows: 1. For a first or second determination, the amounts specified in current law. 2. For a third determination, the greater of the following: a) three times the amount that the uninsured employer would have paid for worker[s compensation coverage during periods in which the employer was uninsured in the preceding three years or b) $3,000. 3. For a fourth or subsequent determination, the greater of the following: a) four times the amount that the uninsured employer would have paid for worker[s compensation coverage during periods in which the employer was uninsured in the preceding three years or b) $4,000. False or fraudulent worker[s compensation insurance applications Current law specifies criminal penalties for various types of insurance fraud, which are punishable as either a Class A misdemeanor or a Class I felony, depending on the value of the claim or benefit. The bill adds to the list of criminally punishable insurance fraud the following: 1) the presentation of false or fraudulent applications for worker[s compensation insurance coverage and 2) the presentation of applications for worker[s compensation insurance coverage that falsely or fraudulently misclassify employees in order to lower premiums. Also under current law, if an insurer or self-insured employer has evidence that a worker[s compensation claim is false or fraudulent, the insurer or self- insured employer must generally report the claim to DWD. If, on the basis of the investigation, DWD has a reasonable basis to believe that criminal insurance fraud has occurred, DWD must refer the matter to the district attorney for prosecution. DWD may request assistance from DOJ to investigate false or fraudulent activity related to a worker[s compensation claim. If, on the basis of that investigation, DWD has a reasonable basis to believe that theft, forgery, fraud, or any other criminal violation has occurred, DWD must refer the matter to the district attorney or DOJ for prosecution. The bill extends these requirements to insurers that have evidence that an application for worker[s compensation insurance coverage is fraudulent or that an employer has committed fraud by misclassifying employees to lower the employer[s worker[s compensation insurance premiums. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 62 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Worker[s compensation; substantial fault Currently, under the worker[s compensation law, an employer is not liable for temporary disability benefits during an employee[s healing period if the employee is suspended or terminated from employment due to misconduct by the employee connected with the employee[s work. Current law defines XmisconductY by reference to the unemployment insurance (UI) law. The bill changes the definition of XmisconductY under the UI law, which change also applies for purposes of the worker[s compensation law as described above. Reimbursements for supplemental worker[s compensation benefits Under current law, worker[s compensation insurers must pay supplemental benefits to certain employees who were permanently disabled by an injury that is compensable under worker[s compensation. DWD is authorized to collect up to $5,000,000 from insurers that provide worker[s compensation insurance to provide those supplemental benefits. This money must be used exclusively to provide reimbursements to insurers that pay those supplemental benefits and that request reimbursements. The bill creates a new, separate appropriation in the worker[s compensation operations fund, to be used exclusively to provide these reimbursements. The bill does not increase revenue to DWD or collections from insurers. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Unemployment insurance; worker misclassification penalties Current law requires DWD to assess an administrative penalty against an employer engaged in construction projects or in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures who knowingly and intentionally provides false information to DWD for the purpose of misclassifying or attempting to misclassify an individual who is an employee of the employer as a nonemployee under the UI law. The penalty under current law is $500 for each employee who is misclassified, not to exceed $7,500 per incident. In addition, current law provides for criminal fines of up to $25,000 for employers who, after having previously been assessed such an administrative penalty, commit another violation. Current law additionally requires DWD to assess an administrative penalty against such an employer who, through coercion, requires an employee to adopt the status of a nonemployee; the penalty amount is $1,000 for each employee so coerced, but not to exceed $10,000 per calendar year. Penalties are deposited into the unemployment program integrity fund. The bill does the following: 1) removes the $7,500 and $10,000 limitations on the administrative penalties and provides that the penalties double for each act occurring after the date of the first determination of a violation; 2) removes the limitations on the types of employers to whom the prohibitions apply, making them applicable to any type of employer; and 3) specifies that DWD may make referrals for criminal prosecution for alleged criminal misclassification violations regardless 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 63 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all of whether an employer has been subject to any other penalty or assessment under the UI law. Increasing maximum weekly benefits Under current law, a person who qualifies for UI receives a weekly benefit rate equal to a percentage of that person[s past earnings, but the weekly benefit rate is capped at $370. The bill changes the maximum weekly benefit rate in the following ways: 1. For benefits paid for weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 4, 2026, but before January 3, 2027, the maximum weekly benefit rate is capped at $497. 2. For benefits paid for weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 3, 2027, the maximum weekly benefit rate is increased based upon the change in the consumer price index and is then increased on the same basis annually thereafter. Increasing benefit wage cap Under current law, a person who qualifies for UI is ineligible to receive any UI benefits for a week if the person receives or will receive wages or certain other earnings totalling more than $500 (wage cap). The bill changes the wage cap in the following ways: 1. For weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 4, 2026, but before January 3, 2027, the wage cap is increased to $672. 2. For weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 3, 2027, the wage cap is increased based upon the change in the consumer price index and is then increased on the same basis annually thereafter. Substantial fault Under current law, a claimant for UI benefits whose work is terminated by his or her employer for substantial fault by the claimant connected with the claimant[s work is ineligible to receive UI benefits until the claimant satisfies certain requalification criteria. With certain exceptions, current law defines Xsubstantial faultY to include those acts or omissions of a claimant over which the claimant exercised reasonable control and that violate reasonable requirements of the claimant[s employer. The bill eliminates this provision on substantial fault. Misconduct Under current law, a claimant for UI benefits whose work is terminated by his or her employer for misconduct by the claimant connected with the claimant[s work is ineligible to receive UI benefits until the claimant satisfies certain requalification criteria, and the claimant[s wages paid by the employer that terminates the claimant for misconduct are excluded for purposes of calculating benefit entitlement. Current law defines XmisconductY using a general, common law standard derived from Boynton Cab Co. v. Neubeck, 237 Wis. 249 (1941), and enumerates several specific types of conduct that also constitute misconduct. Under one of these specific provisions, misconduct includes 1) absenteeism on more 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 64 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all than two occasions within the 120-day period before the date of the claimant[s termination, unless otherwise specified by his or her employer in an employment manual of which the claimant has acknowledged receipt with his or her signature, or 2) excessive tardiness by a claimant in violation of a policy of the employer that has been communicated to the claimant. In Department of Workforce Development v. Labor and Industry Review Commission (Beres), 2018 WI 77, the supreme court held that an employer could, under the language described above, institute an attendance policy more restrictive than two occasions within the 120-day period. Current law also provides that absenteeism or tardiness count as misconduct only if the claimant did not provide to his or her employer both notice and one or more valid reasons for the absenteeism or tardiness. In Bevco Precision Manufacturing v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, 2024 WI App. 54, the court of appeals held that under Beres, this qualifying language did not apply if an employer had adopted its own standard on absenteeism and tardiness, as described above. The bill does all of the following: 1. Eliminates the language referencing Xexcessive tardiness.Y 2. Reverses the holding in Bevco by providing that a claimant[s notice and reason for an occasion of absenteeism or tardiness are to be analyzed under the common law misconduct standard. Under the bill, therefore, an employer may not establish its own policy for determining the reasonableness of absenteeism or tardiness. The bill does not, however, affect the general ability of an employer to institute a standard for absenteeism and tardiness more restrictive than two occasions within the 120-day period before termination. 3. Clarifies, in another provision defining misconduct, that Xtribal governmentY has the meaning given under state and federal law for what is considered an Indian tribe. Drug testing Current state law requires DWD to establish a program to test certain claimants who apply for UI benefits for the presence of controlled substances in a manner that is consistent with federal law. A claimant who tests positive for a controlled substance for which the claimant does not have a prescription is ineligible for UI benefits until certain requalification criteria are satisfied or unless he or she enrolls in a substance abuse treatment program and undergoes a job skills assessment, and a claimant who declines to submit to a test is simply ineligible for benefits until he or she requalifies. The bill eliminates the requirement to establish the drug testing program. Also under current law, an employer may voluntarily submit to DWD the results of a preemployment test for the presence of controlled substances that was conducted on an individual as a condition of an offer of employment or notify DWD that an individual declined to submit to such a test. If DWD then verifies that submission, the employee may be ineligible for UI benefits until he or she requalifies. However, a claimant who tested positive may maintain eligibility by 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 65 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all enrolling in a substance abuse treatment program and undergoing a job skills assessment. The bill eliminates these preemployment drug testing provisions. Acceptance of suitable work Under current law, if a claimant for UI benefits fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the claimant is ineligible to receive benefits until he or she earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs equal to at least six times the claimant[s weekly UI benefit rate in covered employment. Current law specifies what is considered Xsuitable workY for purposes of these provisions, with different standards applying depending on whether six weeks have elapsed since the claimant became unemployed. Once six weeks have elapsed since the claimant became unemployed, the claimant is required to accept work that pays lower and involves a lower grade of skill. The bill modifies these provisions described above so that the claimant is not required to accept less favorable work until 10 weeks have elapsed since the claimant became unemployed. Quits due to nonsuitable work Under current law, unless an exception applies, if a claimant for UI benefits quits his or her job, the claimant is generally ineligible to receive UI benefits until he or she qualifies through subsequent employment. Under one such exception, if a claimant quits his or her job and 1) the claimant accepted work that was not suitable work under the UI law or work that the claimant could have refused, and 2) the claimant terminated the work within 30 calendar days after starting the work, the claimant remains eligible to collect UI benefits. Under the bill, this exemption applies if the claimant terminated that work within 10 weeks after starting the work. Waiting period Currently, a claimant must wait one week after becoming eligible to receive UI benefits before the claimant may receive benefits for a week of unemployment, except for periods during which the waiting period is suspended. The waiting period does not affect the maximum number of weeks of a claimant[s benefit eligibility. The bill deletes the one-week waiting period, thus permitting a claimant to receive UI benefits beginning with his or her first week of eligibility. Work search and registration Under current law, a claimant for UI benefits is generally required to register for work and to conduct a work search for each week in order to remain eligible. Current law requires DWD to waive these requirements under certain circumstances, for example, if a claimant who is laid off from work reasonably expects to be recalled to work within 12 weeks, will start a new job within four weeks, routinely obtains work through a labor union referral, or is participating in a training or work share program. Under current law, DWD may modify the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 66 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all statutory waivers or establish additional waivers by rule only if doing so is required or specifically allowed by federal law. The bill removes the waiver requirements from statute and instead allows DWD to establish waivers for the registration for work and work search requirements by rule. DWD may establish a waiver by emergency rule if the secretary of workforce development determines that the waiver is needed only on a temporary basis or that permanent rules are not warranted, and the bill allows the secretary to extend the emergency rule for up to 60 days at a time. Also, the bill specifies that the work search requirement does not apply to a claimant who has been laid off but DWD determines that the claimant has a reasonable expectation to be recalled to work. Social security disability insurance payments Under current law, in any week in any month that a claimant is issued a benefit under the federal Social Security Disability Insurance program (SSDI payment), that claimant is ineligible for UI benefits. The bill eliminates that prohibition and instead requires DWD to reduce a claimant[s UI benefit payments by the amount of SSDI payments. The bill requires DWD to allocate a monthly SSDI payment by allocating to each week the fraction of the payment attributable to that week. Quits due to relocations Under current law, unless an exception applies, if an individual quits his or her job, the individual is generally ineligible to receive UI benefits until he or she qualifies through subsequent employment. Under one such exception, if the employee[s spouse is a member of the U.S. armed forces on active duty and is relocated, and the employee quits his or her job in order to relocate with his or her spouse, the employee remains eligible to collect UI benefits. The bill expands this exception so that it applies to an employee who quits employment in order to relocate with a spouse who is required by any employer, not just the U.S. armed forces, to relocate. Electronic communications Currently, with certain exceptions, each employer that has employees who are engaged in employment covered by the UI law must file quarterly contribution (tax) and employment and wage reports and make quarterly contribution payments to DWD. An employer of 25 or more employees or an employer agent that files reports on behalf of any employer must file its reports electronically. Current law also requires each employer that makes contributions for any 12-month period ending on June 30 equal to a total of at least $10,000 to make all contribution payments electronically in the following year. Finally, current law allows DWD to provide a secure means of electronic interchange between itself and employing units, claimants, and other persons that, upon request to and with prior approval by DWD, may be used for transmission or receipt of any document specified by DWD 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 67 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all that is related to the administration of the UI law in lieu of any other means of submission or receipt. The bill makes use of these electronic methods mandatory in all cases unless the employer or other person demonstrates good cause for being unable to use the electronic method. The bill specifies what constitutes good cause for purposes of these provisions. The bill also makes various corresponding changes to penalty provisions that apply in the case of nonuse of these required electronic methods. The bill further provides that DWD may permit the use of electronic records and electronic signatures for any document specified by DWD that is related to the administration of the UI law. JOBS AND JOB TRAINING Wisconsin Fast Forward grants Under current law, DWD awards grants under what is commonly known as the Wisconsin Fast Forward program, for various workforce training purposes. The bill adds grants for education and training in the use of artificial intelligence to the allowed uses of funds under the program and requires DWD to collaborate with DHS and DPI in administering the program. The bill also requires DWD to allocate moneys under the Wisconsin Fast Forward program as follows: 1. A total of $2,000,000 in GPR funding in fiscal year 2025]26 for green jobs training. 2. A total of $200,000 in GPR funding in each year of the 2025]27 fiscal biennium for grants to help school districts to prepare students for a future that includes artificial intelligence. 3. A total of $1,000,000 in GPR funding in each year of the 2025]27 fiscal biennium to provide grants to support costs of sponsoring teacher apprentices. 4. A total of $500,000 in GPR funding in each year of the 2025]27 fiscal biennium to support training in the health care industry. Youth to registered apprentice grant program The bill requires DWD to develop and administer a grant program to award grants to local youth apprenticeship consortia to encourage individuals who are enrolled in youth apprenticeship programs to continue their careers in registered apprenticeship programs. The bill limits grants to no more than $350,000 in any fiscal year. On-the-job learning grant program The bill requires DWD to develop and administer a grant program to award grants to employers for costs related to apprenticeship programs, specifically wages for apprentices and costs for mentoring and instruction. Eligible employers are healthcare employers under a pilot program and small or new employers that have never had an apprenticeship program or have not had an apprenticeship program in the particular trade, craft, or business for which the employer seeks the grant in the five years before applying for the grant. Workforce innovation grant program The bill requires DWD to establish and operate a program to provide grants to 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 68 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all regional organizations to design and implement programs to address their region[s workforce challenges. The bill also provides that in the 2025]26 fiscal year, DWD must allocate $15,000,000 for grants for workforce development in the area of artificial intelligence and $25,000,000 for grants for health care workforce development. Teacher apprenticeships DWD is currently operating a teacher apprenticeship pilot program, under which an individual serving as a teacher apprentice earns an associate degree and a bachelor[s degree that satisfy requirements for a license to teach issued by DPI while the individual earns money as a teacher apprentice. The bill requires DWD to, in consultation with DPI, prescribe the conditions under which an individual may serve as a teacher apprentice and to prescribe what an individual must do to demonstrate that the individual has successfully completed a teacher apprenticeship. See Education. Wisconsin worker advancement program The bill requires DWD to establish and maintain the Wisconsin worker advancement program to make grants to local organizations for the organizations to provide employment and workforce services. DISCRIMINATION Civil actions regarding employment discrimination, unfair honesty, and unfair genetic testing Under current fair employment law, an individual who alleges that an employer has violated employment discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing laws may file a complaint with DWD seeking action that will effectuate the purpose of the fair employment law, including reinstating the individual, providing back pay, and paying costs and attorney fees. The bill allows DWD or an individual who is alleged or was found to have been discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty or genetic testing to bring an action in circuit court to recover compensatory and punitive damages caused by the act of discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing, in addition to or in lieu of filing an administrative complaint. The action in circuit court must be commenced within 300 days after the alleged discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing occurred. The bill does not allow such an action for damages to be brought against a local governmental unit or against an employer that employs fewer than 15 individuals. Under the bill, if the circuit court finds that a defendant has committed employment discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing, the circuit court may award back pay and any other relief that could have been awarded in an administrative proceeding. In addition, the circuit court must order the defendant to pay to the individual found to have been discriminated against or found to have received unfair genetic testing or unfair honesty testing compensatory and punitive damages in the amount that the circuit court finds 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 69 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all appropriate, except that the total amount of damage awarded for future economic losses and for pain and suffering, emotional distress, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other noneconomic losses and punitive damages is subject to the following limitations: 1. If the defendant employs 100 or fewer employees, no more than $50,000. 2. If the defendant employs more than 100 but fewer than 201 employees, no more than $100,000. 3. If the defendant employs more than 200 but fewer than 501 employees, no more than $200,000. 4. If the defendant employs more than 500 employees, no more than $300,000. The bill requires DWD to annually revise these amounts on the basis of the change in the consumer price index in the previous year, if any positive change has occurred. Employment discrimination based on conviction record The bill provides that it is employment discrimination for a prospective employer to request conviction information from a job applicant before the applicant has been selected for an interview. The bill, however, does not prohibit an employer from notifying job applicants that an individual with a particular conviction record may be disqualified by law or the employer[s policies from employment in particular positions. Employment discrimination based on gender expression and gender identity Current law prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of a person[s sex or sexual orientation. The bill prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee on the basis of the employee[s gender identity or gender expression. Gender expression is defined in the bill as an individual[s actual or perceived gender-related appearance, behavior, or expression, regardless of whether these traits are stereotypically associated with the individual[s assigned sex at birth. Gender identity is defined in the bill an individual[s internal understanding of the individual[s gender, or the individual[s perceived gender identity. ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Worker[s compensation; appropriations Under current law, the costs of DWD[s administration of the worker[s compensation program is generally funded by a general worker[s compensation operations appropriation under the worker[s compensation operations fund. However, the worker[s compensation uninsured employers program and certain other worker[s compensation activities are instead funded by a separate appropriation from the worker[s compensation operations fund. The bill does the following: 1. Eliminates the separate appropriation and instead funds the worker[s compensation uninsured employers program and those other activities from the general appropriation. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 70 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 2. Changes the general appropriation for worker[s compensation from a sum certain to a sum sufficient appropriation. Elimination of automatic transfer Under current law, administration of the worker[s compensation program is funded from a DWD appropriation from the worker[s compensation operations fund. The Labor Industry and Review Commission (LIRC) decides appeals of worker[s compensation decisions for DWD. Under current law, moneys are automatically transferred from the DWD appropriation to a LIRC appropriation account to pay for those hearing activities. The bill eliminates this automatic transfer of moneys to the LIRC appropriation account. The bill retains the LIRC appropriation, but funds it directly from the worker[s compensation operations fund, in an amount set in the appropriation schedule in ch. 20, stats. With this change, any money remaining in the LIRC appropriation at the end of a fiscal year will lapse to the worker[s compensation operations fund. Wisconsin Fast forward training appropriation The bill changes from an annual appropriation to a continuing appropriation an appropriation for training programs, grants, services, and contracts that are part of DWD[s Wisconsin Fast Forward program. Youth apprenticeship appropriation change Under current law, DWD may award grants to local partnerships for youth apprenticeship programs. The grant program is funded through a sum certain appropriation. The bill changes that appropriation to a sum sufficient appropriation. Migrant labor camp facilities The bill excludes from the definition of Xmigrant labor campY bed and breakfasts, hotels, and rooming houses that are required to be licensed by DATCP. Migrant labor contractors and migrant labor camps Under current law, migrant labor contractors are required to have a certificate of registration from DWD, which the contractor must renew annually. To receive the certificate, the contractor must provide an application, which must be accompanied by a fee. Also under current law, a person that maintains a migrant labor camp is required to have a certificate from DWD to operate the camp, which the person must renew annually. To receive the certificate, the operator of the camp must provide an application, which must be accompanied by a fee. Current law requires that these fees be deposited in the state general fund and not credited to a specific appropriation. The bill instead requires that the fees be credited to the DWD auxiliary services appropriation and authorizes that appropriation to be used for administrative costs related to the migrant labor program administered by DWD. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 71 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all ENVIRONMENT PFAS The bill contains several provisions relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Spills law exemptions and requirements for PFAS Under current law provisions known as the Xspills law,Y a person that possesses or controls a hazardous substance or that causes the discharge of a hazardous substance must notify DNR immediately, restore the environment to the extent practicable, and minimize the harmful effects from the discharge. If action is not being adequately taken, or the identity of the person responsible for the discharge is unknown, DNR may take emergency action to contain or remove the hazardous substance; the person that possessed or controlled the hazardous substance that was discharged or that caused the discharge of the hazardous substance must then reimburse DNR for expenses DNR incurred in taking such emergency actions. The spills law allows DNR to enter property to take emergency action if entry is necessary to prevent increased environmental damages, and to inspect any record relating to a hazardous substance for the purpose of determining compliance with the spills law. DNR may also require that preventive measures be taken by any person possessing or having control over a hazardous substance if existing control measures are inadequate to prevent discharges. The bill exempts a person who possesses or controls property where a PFAS discharge occurred from all of the requirements, if all of the following apply: 1. The property is exclusively used for agricultural use or residential use. 2. The discharge was caused by land application of sludge according to a water pollutant discharge elimination system (WPDES) permit. 3. The person who possesses or controls the property allows DNR, any responsible party, and any consultant or contractor of a responsible party to enter the property to take action to respond to the discharge. 4. The person who possesses or controls the property does not interfere with any action taken in response to the discharge and does not take any action that worsens or contributes to the PFAS discharge. 5. The person who possesses or controls the property follows any other condition that DNR determines is reasonable and necessary to ensure that DNR, the responsible party, or any consultant or contractor of the responsible party is able to adequately respond to the discharge, including taking action necessary to protect human health, safety, or welfare or the environment, taking into consideration the current or intended use of the property. 6. The person who possesses or controls the property allows DNR to limit public access to the property if DNR determines it is necessary to prevent an imminent threat to human health, safety, or welfare or to the environment. Under the bill, this exemption applies only to PFAS for which there is a state or federal standard, a public health recommendation from DHS, or a health advisory issue by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The exemption also does not apply after December 31, 2035. The exemption does not apply to any 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 72 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all substances other than PFAS, and does not apply if the person that possesses or controls the property takes action that worsens or contributes to the PFAS discharge. The bill requires a person that is exempt from these provisions to provide written disclosure of the type and location of the PFAS contamination and remediation activities to any prospective purchaser or tenant of the property. The bill also provides that the exemption may not be transferred to subsequent owners of the property; each person that possesses or controls the property must establish eligibility for the exemption. The bill also provides that DNR may not use the fact that a person has applied for financial assistance under the state[s well compensation program, the county well testing grant program created in the bill, or any other state grant programs funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to determine whether the person is a person that possesses or controls a hazardous substance or that causes the discharge of a hazardous substance for purposes of applying the spills law. Finally, the bill provides that, if there is no existing standard for a hazardous substance, the person that possesses or controls the hazardous substance or that caused the discharge of the hazardous substance must propose site-specific environmental standards for DNR approval. Groundwater standards for PFAS Under current law, DNR maintains a list of substances that have a reasonable probability of entering the groundwater resources of the state and that are shown to involve public health concerns. DHS recommends groundwater enforcement standards for substances on this list, which DNR then proposes as DNR rules in its rule-making process. The bill requires DNR to begin the rule-making process to adopt DHS[s recommended groundwater enforcement standards for any PFAS within three months after receiving DHS[s recommendation. Rule-making exemptions for PFAS Current law requires an agency to suspend working on a permanent rule if it determines that the proposed rule may result in more than $10,000,000 in implementation and compliance costs over any two-year period. Current law also allows standing committees of the legislature and the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) to review, approve, object to, or modify a proposed rule. If JCRAR objects to all or part of a proposed rule, that rule may not be promulgated unless a bill is introduced and enacted that authorizes the promulgation of the rule. In addition, current law allows JCRAR to suspend rules that have already been promulgated; if the rule suspended is an emergency rule, the agency that promulgated the emergency rule is prohibited from proposing a permanent rule that contains the same substance as the suspended emergency rule. The bill creates an exemption from these provisions for any proposed or existing DNR rule that establishes acceptable levels and standards, enforcement standards and preventative action limits, performance standards, monitoring 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 73 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all requirements, or required response actions for any PFAS compound or group or class of PFAS in groundwater, drinking water, surface water, air, soil, or sediment. PFAS community grant program The bill creates a community grant program, administered by DNR, to address PFAS. Under the program, DNR must provide grants to cities, towns, villages, counties, tribal governments, utility districts, lake protections districts, sewerage districts, and municipal airports (municipalities). DNR may award a grant only if the applicant tested or trained with a PFAS-containing firefighting foam in accordance with applicable state and federal law, or a third party tested or trained with PFAS-containing firefighting foam within the boundaries of the municipality; the applicant applied biosolids to land under a WPDES permit issued by DNR; PFAS are impacting the applicant[s drinking water supply or surface water or groundwater within the municipality and the responsible party is unknown or is unwilling or unable to take the necessary response actions; or PFAS contamination in groundwater is impacting private wells within the area controlled by the municipality. Under the bill, grants provided under this program may be used to investigate potential PFAS impacts in order to reduce or eliminate environmental contamination; treat or dispose of PFAS-containing firefighting foam containers; sample a private water supply within three miles of a site or facility known to contain PFAS or to have caused a PFAS discharge; assist private well owners with the cost of installation of filters, treatment, or well replacement; provide a temporary emergency water supply, a water treatment system, or bulk water to replace water contaminated with PFAS; conduct emergency, interim, or remedial actions to mitigate, treat, dispose of, or remove PFAS contamination; remove or treat PFAS in public water systems in areas where PFAS levels exceed the maximum contaminant level for PFAS in drinking water or an enforcement standard for PFAS groundwater or in areas where the state has issued a health advisory for PFAS; create a new public water system or connect private well owners to an existing public water system in areas with widespread PFAS contamination in private wells; or sample and test water in schools and daycares for PFAS contamination. An applicant that receives a grant under this program must contribute matching funds equal to at least 20 percent of the amount of the grant. The applicant must apply for a grant on a form prescribed by DNR and must include any information that DNR finds is necessary to determine the eligibility of the project, identify the funding requested, determine the priority of the project, and calculate the amount of a grant. In awarding grants under this program, DNR must consider the applicant[s demonstrated commitment to performing and completing eligible activities, including the applicant[s financial commitment and ability to successfully administer grants; the degree to which the project will have a positive impact on public health and the environment; and any other criteria that DNR finds necessary to prioritize the funds available for awarding grants. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 74 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all County PFAS well testing grant program The bill also creates a grant program, under which DNR provides grants to counties to provide sampling and testing services to private well owners to sample and test for PFAS, nitrates, bacteria, and lead. The bill creates an appropriation to be funded from the segregated PFAS fund for this purpose. PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Under current law, DOA and DNR administer the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP), which provides financial assistance from the environmental improvement program to municipalities, and to the private owners of community water systems that serve municipalities, for projects that will help the municipality comply with federal drinking water standards. DNR establishes a funding priority list for SDWLP projects, and DOA allocates funding for those projects. The bill requires DNR, when ranking the priority of SDWLP projects, to rank a project relating to PFAS in the same manner as if a maximum contaminant level for PFAS had been attained or exceeded, if DHS has recommended an enforcement standard for the type of PFAS involved in the project. Mediator for municipalities seeking alternate water sources due to PFAS Under the bill, if a municipality[s private water supplies have been contaminated by PFAS and the municipality is seeking an alternate water supply from another municipality, DNR may appoint a mediator to assist in negotiations between the two municipalities. Under the bill, this provision only applies if the contaminating PFAS is in excess of a state or federal drinking water standard, a state groundwater standard, or a public health recommendation from DHS. The bill provides that the person responsible for the contamination may participate in the negotiations. The bill requires DNR to promulgate rules to implement these provisions, including rules for the allocation of the cost of a mediator. Landspreading and PFAS Under current law, a wastewater treatment facility, and any person that wishes to land spread sludge, must obtain a WPDES permit from DNR. DNR is required to include conditions in such permits to ensure compliance with water quality standards. Under the bill, a WPDES permit that allows the permittee to land spread sludge must also include a condition that requires the permittee to annually test the sludge for any type of PFAS for which there is a state or federal standard, a public health recommendation from DHS, or a health advisory from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The permittee must report the sampling and testing results to DNR and to the property owner before applying the sludge. Additionally, a WPDES permit issued to a treatment work must require the permittee to test all sludge for the presence of PFAS and to report the testing results to DNR. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 75 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Proof of financial responsibility for PFAS contamination The bill also provides that DNR may, if it determines doing so is necessary to protect human health or the environment, require a person who possesses or controls or who causes the discharge of PFAS, or who manufactures products that contain intentionally added PFAS, to provide proof of financial responsibility for remediation and long-term care to address contamination by a potential discharge of PFAS or environmental pollution that may be caused by a discharge of PFAS. This financial responsibility requirement does not apply to a person that is exempt from the spills law under the provisions of the bill. Environmental justice impacts of PFAS transportation and disposal The bill requires a person disposing of PFAS, or transporting PFAS for the purpose of disposal, to attempt to the greatest extent possible to avoid disposing of PFAS in, or transporting PFAS to, any location where such disposal or transportation will contribute to environmental justice concerns and to consider all reasonable alternatives for transport and disposal of PFAS. The bill requires DNR to assist in evaluating the environmental justice impacts of a person[s PFAS disposal or transportation. Statewide PFAS biomonitoring studies The bill requires DHS to conduct biomonitoring studies across the state to assess PFAS exposure levels and better understand the factors that affect PFAS levels in residents of different communities. As part of these studies, DHS may survey volunteer participants, test blood samples for PFAS, and analyze the results. DATCP testing for PFAS Under current law, DATCP conducts several statewide monitoring programs, sampling programs, and surveys related to testing groundwater quality for agricultural purposes. The bill requires that, when collecting and testing samples under one of these statewide programs, DATCP must also, at its discretion and where appropriate, test samples for the presence of PFAS. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP Revitalize Wisconsin program The bill creates the Revitalize Wisconsin program, which is administered by DNR and which provides aid, in the form of grants or direct services to local governments, dry cleaners, and private parties, to address the discharge of a hazardous substance or the existence of environmental pollution on the government[s or person[s property. Aid may be provided for sites for which the site[s owner or operator applied for assistance under the dry cleaner environmental response program before the bill[s effective date; brownfields; sites that are exempt from the state[s spills law; and sites that are subject to the spills law but that are owned by private parties. The bill defines Xprivate partyY to mean a bank, trust company, savings bank, or credit union; a developer; a nongovernmental organization; or an innocent landowner. The bill defines an Xinnocent landownerY 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 76 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all as a property owner that either 1) acquired the property prior to November 1, 2006, has continuously owned the property since the date of acquisition, and can demonstrate, through documentation, that the discharge or environmental pollution being addressed was caused by another person and that the property owner did not know and had no reason to know of the discharge or pollution when the owner acquired the property or 2) acquired the property on or after November 1, 2006, meets all of the previously stated requirements, and can demonstrate, through documentation, that the property owner conducted all appropriate inquiries in compliance with federal law prior to acquiring the property. The bill provides that DNR may not award aid to an applicant under the Revitalize Wisconsin program if the applicant caused the discharge or environmental pollution, unless the applicant is a dry cleaner that applied for assistance under the dry cleaner environmental response program before the bill[s effective date. The bill also provides that DNR may require an applicant to provide a match, either in cash or in-kind services, for any aid that is awarded under the program. Activities for which aid may be provided under the program include removing hazardous substances from contaminated media; investigating and assessing the discharge or environmental pollution; removing abandoned containers; asbestos abatement; and restoring or replacing a private potable water supply. The bill also allows DNR to inspect any document in the possession of an applicant or any other person if the document is relevant to an application for financial assistance under the program. Access to information on solid or hazardous waste Under current law, a person who generated, transported, treated, stored, or disposed of solid or hazardous waste at a site or facility under investigation by DNR must provide DNR with access to certain records relating to that waste. The bill requires a person who generated solid or hazardous waste at a site or facility under investigation by DNR to also provide this information, if the waste was transported to, treated at, stored at, or disposed of at another site, facility, or location. Kewaunee Marsh remediation funding The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund to DNR for development of a remedial action plan and for the remediation of arsenic contamination in the Kewaunee Marsh in Kewaunee County. Amcast superfund site remediation funding The bill appropriates moneys from the segregated environmental fund to DNR for remedial action relating to the Amcast superfund site in Cedarburg. A Xsuperfund siteY is a site identified under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as being contaminated with hazardous substances and requiring cleanup. 5R Processors cleanup funding lapse Under current law, DNR is appropriated moneys from the environmental fund 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 77 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all to contract with third parties to perform assessment, collection, transportation, and disposal of cathode-ray tube glass and related waste generated from activities undertaken by 5R Processors. The bill provides that, of those moneys, any unencumbered amounts are lapsed to the environmental fund. WATER QUALITY Well compensation grant program The bill makes changes to the well compensation grant program currently administered by DNR. Under current law, an individual owner or renter of a contaminated private well may apply for a grant from DNR to cover a portion of the costs to treat the water, reconstruct the well, construct a new well, connect to a public water supply, or fill and seal the well. To be eligible for a grant, the well owner[s or renter[s annual family income may not exceed $65,000. A grant awarded under the program may not cover any portion of a project[s eligible costs in excess of $16,000 and, of those costs, may not exceed 75 percent of a project[s eligible costs, meaning that a grant may not exceed $12,000. In addition, if the well owner[s or renter[s annual family income exceeds $45,000, the amount of the award is reduced by 30 percent of the amount by which the annual family income exceeds $45,000. The bill increases the family income limit to $100,000. In addition, under the bill, a well owner or renter whose family income is below the state[s median income may receive a grant of up to 100 percent of a project[s eligible costs, not to exceed $16,000. The bill also eliminates the requirement to reduce an award by 30 percent if the well owner[s or renter[s family income exceeds $45,000. The bill also expands the grant program to allow an owner or renter of a Xtransient noncommunity water supplyY to apply for a grant. A Xtransient noncommunity water supplyY is defined in the bill as a water system that serves at least 25 persons at least 60 days of the year but that does not regularly serve at least 25 of the same persons over six months per year. Under current law, a well that is contaminated only by nitrates is eligible for a grant only if the well is a water supply for livestock, is used at least three months in each year, and contains nitrates in excess of 40 parts per million. The bill eliminates these restrictions for claims based on nitrates, and instead allows grants to be issued for wells based on contamination by at least 10 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen. The bill also allows grants to be issued for wells contaminated by at least 10 parts per billion of arsenic, or by a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) in an amount that exceeds any applicable health advisory or standard for that substance. Under current law, DNR must issue grants in the order in which completed claims are received. Under the bill, if there are insufficient funds to pay claims, DNR may, for claims based on nitrate contamination, prioritize claims that are based on higher levels of nitrate contamination. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 78 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Town of Bloom well compensation grant eligibility Under current law, a city, village, town, county, or special purpose district is not eligible for a grant under the well compensation grant program. The bill provides that the town of Bloom in Richland County may apply for this type of grant, but the grant may not exceed $16,000. Ballast water discharge Under current law, DNR may issue a general permit authorizing a vessel that is 79 feet or greater in length to discharge ballast water into the waters of the state. DNR may charge an application fee of $1,200 and a $345 annual fee for the permit. DNR must use collected fees to administer the permit program. The bill eliminates these provisions and provides that the owner or operator of any commercial vessel subject to the requirements of the federal Vessel Incidental Discharge Act that has operated outside this state must pay DNR $650 per arrival to a port of this state. Under the bill, the owner or operator of a commercial vessel subject to these requirements, including a vessel engaged in coastwise trade, may not be required to pay more than $3,250 in fees per calendar year. DNR must use collected fees for management, administration, inspection, monitoring, and enforcement activities relating to incidental discharges, including ballast water discharges. Under current law, an employee or agent of DNR may board and inspect any vessel that is subject to requirements relating to environmental protection requirements for tank vessels or open burning on commercial vessels to determine compliance with those requirements. The bill provides that DNR may enter into a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard authorizing an employee or agent of DNR to board and inspect any vessel that is subject to the requirements under the bill to determine compliance with the federal Vessel Incidental Discharge Act. Storm water pond safety Under current law, DNR issues water pollutant discharge elimination system (WPDES) permits and storm water discharge permits and promulgates rules for the administration of both permits. The bill requires that DNR promulgate rules establishing that any pond located in an area with a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile that is constructed as part of an activity for which these permits are required must include one or more of the following safety features: 1) a shallow ledge around the periphery of the pond; 2) vegetation that is at least 24 inches high between the pond and any easy point of access; or 3) any other alternative safety feature authorized by DNR by rule. Winter road safety improvement grant program The bill requires DNR to administer a program to provide grants to municipalities for eligible expenditures for equipment critical to winter road safety. The bill requires DNR to promulgate rules necessary to administer the program, 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 79 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all including rules that specify criteria for determining eligible recipients and expenditures. Fee for high capacity well approvals Under current law, no person may construct a high capacity well, which is a well with a capacity of more than 100,000 gallons per day, without prior approval of DNR and payment of a $500 fee. The bill increases that fee to $1,000. Fee for CAFO permits Under current law, a person who operates a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) must have a WPDES permit from DNR. A CAFO is a livestock operation that contains at least 1,000 animal units, that discharges pollutants to a navigable water, or that contaminates a well. Current law requires a CAFO operator with a WPDES permit to pay an annual fee of $345 to DNR. The bill increases the amount of this annual fee to $545. Fee for WPDES general permits Under current law, a person may not discharge a pollutant into waters of the state without a WPDES permit issued by DNR. In addition to site-specific individual permits, DNR is authorized to issue a general permit that authorizes specified discharges in a designated area of the state. The bill requires DNR to charge a $425 processing fee for these permits. Storm water permit appropriation Under current law, a person may need to obtain a permit from DNR to discharge storm water. Current law appropriates money annually from the general fund for the administration of the storm water discharge permit program. Storm water permit fees collected by DNR are credited to the storm water permit appropriation. The bill changes the storm water permit appropriation from an annual to a continuing appropriation. An annual appropriation is expendable only up to the amount shown in the schedule and only for the fiscal year for which made. A continuing appropriation is expendable until fully depleted or repealed. Lead service line replacement appropriation Under current law, DOA and DNR administer the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP), which provides financial assistance from the environmental improvement program to local governmental units and to the private owners of community water systems that serve local governmental units for projects for the planning, designing, construction, or modification of public water systems. DNR establishes a funding list for SDWLP projects and DOA allocates funding for those projects. The bill creates a continuing appropriation from the general fund to the environmental improvement program for projects involving forgivable loans to private users of public water systems to replace lead service lines. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 80 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Environmental improvement fund revenue bonding limit Current law authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds for the Clean Water Fund Program and the SDWLP under the environmental improvement fund but limits the principal amount of those revenue bonds to $2,597,400,000. The bill increases that limit by $725,900,000, to $3,323,300,000. Bonding for urban storm water, flood control, and riparian restoration Under current law, the state may contract up to $61,600,000 in public debt to provide financial assistance for projects that manage urban storm water and runoff and for flood control and riparian restoration projects. The bill increases the bonding authority for these projects by $11,000,000. Bonding for nonpoint source water pollution abatement Under current law, the state may contract up to $57,050,000 in public debt to provide financial assistance for projects that control pollution that comes from diffuse sources rather than a single concentrated discharge source in areas that qualify as high priority due to water quality problems. The bill increases the bonding authority for these projects by $10,000,000. Bonding for Great Lakes contaminated sediment removal Under current law, the state may contract up to $40,000,000 in public debt to provide financial assistance for projects to remove contaminated sediment from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior, or a tributary of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior, if DNR has identified the body of water as being impaired by the sediment. The bill increases the bonding authority for sediment removal projects by $9,000,000. AIR QUALITY Fee for stationary source operation permits Under current state and federal law, certain stationary sources that emit air contaminants are required to receive an operation permit from DNR. Current law requires DNR to promulgate rules for the payment and collection of fees by the owner or operator of a stationary source for which an operation permit is required under the federal Clean Air Act. The bill increases the fee from $35.71 per ton of emissions to $63.69 per ton of emissions. GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Environmental impacts to covered communities Under current law, DNR issues various permits for the operation of facilities as part of DNR[s regulation of air and water pollution and hazardous and solid waste. Under the bill, DNR may not issue permits for those facilities located in covered communities unless the permit applicant 1) prepares a report assessing the environmental impact of the facility, 2) makes the report available to the public and provides the report to DNR and to the municipality in which the covered community is located, and 3) conducts a public hearing in the municipality in which the covered community is located. Under the bill, Xcovered communityY means a census tract that is at or above the 65th percentile for share of households with a 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 81 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level and that meets any other criteria from a specified list. Water resources account lapses The bill lapses $1,000,000 to the conservation fund in fiscal year 2025]26. Of that amount, $386,500 is lapsed from the DNR appropriation for state recreational boating projects that provide public access to inland waters; $436,600 is lapsed from the DNR appropriation for state recreational boating projects that provide public access to lakes; and $176,900 is lapsed from the DNR appropriation for river management activities for habitat and recreational projects on the Mississippi and lower St. Croix Rivers and for environmental and resource management studies on the Mississippi and lower St. Croix Rivers. FIREARMS AND PUBLIC SAFETY Background checks on all transfers of firearms Under current law, a federally licensed firearms dealer may not transfer a handgun until the dealer has requested DOJ to perform a background check on the prospective transferee to determine if he or she is prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law. The bill generally prohibits any person from transferring any firearm, including the frame or receiver of a firearm, unless the transfer occurs through a federally licensed firearms dealer and involves a background check of the prospective transferee. Under the bill, the following are excepted from that prohibition: a transfer to a firearms dealer or to a law enforcement or armed services agency; a transfer of a firearm classified as antique; or a transfer that is by gift, bequest, or inheritance to a family member. A person who is convicted of violating the prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000, may be imprisoned for not more than nine months, and may not possess a firearm for a period of two years. Waiting period for handgun purchases Under current law, a federally licensed firearms dealer may not transfer a handgun until the dealer has requested DOJ to perform a background check on the prospective transferee to determine if he or she is prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law. The bill prohibits the dealer from transferring a handgun to the transferee until 48 hours have passed since the firearms dealer requested the background check. Self-assigned firearm exclusion The bill requires DOJ to allow individuals to prohibit themselves from purchasing a firearm. Under the bill, DOJ must maintain a database of individuals who voluntarily prohibit themselves from purchasing a firearm. An individual may request inclusion in the database by submitting a request to DOJ that indicates the length of the prohibition they are requesting: a one-year, irrevocable prohibition; a five-year prohibition, the first year being irrevocable; or a 20-year prohibition, the first year being irrevocable. During a revocable period, an individual may remove 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 82 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all the prohibition by submitting to DOJ a request for removal, and DOJ must wait 48 hours and remove the individual from the list. The bill also requires DOJ, when responding to a request for a background check from a licensed firearms dealer regarding an individual who is in the database, to indicate that the individual is prohibited from purchasing a firearm. Extreme risk protection injunctions Under current law, a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and must surrender all firearms, if the person is subject to a domestic abuse injunction, a child abuse injunction, or, in certain cases, a harassment or an individuals-at-risk injunction. If a person surrenders a firearm because the person is subject to one of those injunctions, the firearm may not be returned to the person until a court determines that the injunction has been vacated or has expired and that the person is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm. A person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under such an injunction is guilty of a Class G felony for violating the prohibition. The bill creates an extreme risk protection temporary restraining order (TRO) and injunction to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm. Under the bill, either a law enforcement officer or a family or household member of the person may file a petition with a court to request an extreme risk protection injunction. The petition must allege facts that show that the person is substantially likely to injure themself or another if the person possesses a firearm. Under the bill, the petitioner may request the court to consider first granting a temporary restraining order. If the petitioner requests a TRO, the petitioner must include evidence that there is an immediate and present danger that the person may injure themself or another if the person possesses a firearm and that waiting for the injunction hearing increases the immediate and present danger. If the petitioner requests a TRO, the court must hear the petition in an expedited manner. The judge must issue a TRO if, after questioning the petitioner and witnesses or relying on affidavits, the judge determines that it is substantially likely that the petition for an injunction will be granted and the judge finds good cause to believe there is an immediate and present danger that the person will injure themself or another if the person has a firearm and that waiting for the injunction hearing may increase the immediate and present danger. If the judge issues a TRO, the TRO is in effect until the injunction hearing, which must occur within 14 days of the TRO issuance. The TRO must require a law enforcement officer to personally serve the person with the order and to require the person to immediately surrender all firearms in their possession. If a law enforcement officer is unable to personally serve the person, then the TRO requires the person to surrender within 24 hours all firearms to a law enforcement officer or a firearms dealer and to provide the court a receipt indicating the surrender occurred. At the injunction hearing, the court may grant an extreme risk protection injunction ordering the person to refrain from possessing a firearm and, if the person was not subject to a TRO, to surrender all firearms he or she possesses if the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 83 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is substantially likely to injure themself or another if the person possesses a firearm. An extreme risk protection injunction is effective for up to one year and may be renewed. A person who is subject to an extreme risk protection injunction may petition to vacate the injunction. If a person surrenders a firearm because the person is subject to an extreme risk protection TRO or injunction, the firearm may not be returned to the person until a court determines that the TRO has expired or the injunction has been vacated or has expired and that the person is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm. A person who possesses a firearm while subject to an extreme risk protection TRO or injunction is guilty of a Class G felony. In addition, a person who files a petition for an extreme risk protection injunction, knowing the information in the petition to be false, is guilty of the crime of false swearing, a Class H felony. Persons prohibited from possessing a firearm following a conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence Under federal law, a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm if he or she has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Under state law, a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law may not purchase a firearm or be issued a license to carry a concealed weapon. State law requires DOJ, before approving a handgun purchase or issuing a license, to conduct a background check on the prospective purchaser or applicant to determine if the person is prohibited from possessing a firearm. To determine if the person is prohibited under federal law, DOJ must review court records of all of the person[s criminal convictions to identify if any conviction qualifies as a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence under federal law. DOJ must review the record to determine if the relationship between the offender and the victim qualifies as a domestic relationship and if the offender engaged in violent conduct when committing the crime. The bill reorganizes two statutes—the crime of disorderly conduct and the definition of domestic abuse—so that DOJ is able to more easily determine if a conviction qualifies as a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence under federal law. First, under current law, a person is guilty of disorderly conduct if the person engages in violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct and if the conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance. A person who has been convicted of disorderly conduct is prohibited from possessing a firearm if the disorderly conduct was a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence—that is, if the person engaged in violent conduct and if the relationship between the person and the victim was domestic. The bill reorganizes the disorderly conduct statute to separate XviolentY conduct from the other types of disorderly conduct so that the court record clearly indicates that the crime was a violent crime. Second, under current state law, Xdomestic abuseY is defined as certain actions taken against a victim if the victim is related to the actor, has a child in common with the actor, or currently resides or has resided with the actor. Unlike 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 84 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all state law, federal law does not define a crime as domestic violence if the only relationship is that the victim currently resides or has resided with the actor. The bill reorganizes the statute defining domestic abuse so that a court record would indicate the exact nature of the relationship. Therefore, under the bill, the court record would indicate when a person who is guilty under state law of a crime of domestic abuse is not guilty under federal law of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Undetectable firearms The bill prohibits the manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, and carrying of firearms that cannot be detected by metal detectors or airport x-ray machines or scanners. Federal law currently has a comparable prohibition; under the bill, the person would violate state law as well. A person who violates the state prohibition is guilty of a Class G felony. The bill prohibits the sale, posting, provision, or possession of plans for manufacturing an undetectable firearm. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class H felony. The bill also prohibits the possession of a frame or a receiver of a firearm that is not marked with a serial number. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class I felony. Prohibition on firearm accessories that accelerate the rate of fire The bill prohibits the sale, manufacture, transfer, use, or possession of any firearm accessory that is designed to accelerate or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class G felony. Reporting a lost or stolen firearm Under the bill, a person who owns a firearm that is stolen or missing must report the theft or loss to a law enforcement agency within 24 hours of discovering the theft or loss. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and guilty of a Class I felony for a subsequent offense. A person who falsely reports a stolen or lost firearm is guilty of the current-law crime of obstructing an officer and is subject to a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment of up to nine months, or both. The bill also requires a person who commercially sells or transfers a firearm to provide the purchaser or transferee a written notice of the requirement, created in the bill, to report a theft or loss of a firearm within 24 hours of discovering it. A seller or transferor who violates this requirement is subject to a fine of up to $500 or imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both. Containers and trigger locks at sale The bill requires a person who commercially sells or transfers a firearm to provide the purchaser or transferee with either a secure, lockable container that is designed to store a firearm or a trigger lock for the firearm. A seller or transferor 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 85 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all who violates this requirement is subject to a fine of up to $500 or imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both. Firearms in unattended retail facilities The bill requires that a retail business that sells firearms must secure all firearms when the business is unattended. Under the bill, the firearms must be secured in one of the following ways: in a locked fireproof safe, locked steel gun cabinet, or vault; in a steel-framed display case with specified reinforcements; with a hardened steel rod or cable; in a windowless, internal room that is equipped with a steel security door; or behind a steel roll-down door or security gate. Storing a firearm when a child is present The bill prohibits a person from storing or leaving a firearm at his or her residence if the person resides with a child who is under the age of 18, or knows a child who is under the age of 18 will be present in the residence, unless the firearm is in a securely locked box or container or other secure locked location or has a trigger lock engaged. A person who violates this prohibition is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class I felony for a subsequent offense. This prohibition replaces the current law that penalizes a person who recklessly stores or leaves a loaded firearm within reach of a child who is under 14 if the child obtains it and does one of the following: 1) discharges the firearm and causes bodily harm or death (Class A misdemeanor); or 2) possesses or exhibits the firearm in a public place or endangers public safety (Class C misdemeanor). Storing a firearm in a residence at which a prohibited person resides The bill requires a person to store any firearm he or she possesses in a securely locked box or container or other secure locked location or with a trigger lock engaged if the person resides with a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under state law. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class I felony for a repeat offense. State law currently prohibits the following persons from possessing a firearm: persons who have been convicted of a felony; persons found not guilty of a felony by reason of mental disease or defect; persons who are subject to certain injunctions such as a domestic abuse or child abuse injunction or, in certain cases, a harassment or an individuals-at-risk injunction; and persons who have been involuntarily committed for mental health treatment and ordered not to possess a firearm. GAMBLING Bingo and raffle fees Under current law, an organization that conducts bingo and raffles must obtain a license from the Division of Gaming within DOA and pay all related license fees. Bingo licensees, generally, must pay a $10 license fee for each bingo occasion, meaning a single gathering or session at which a series of successive bingo games is played, and a $5 license fee for an annual license for the designated member of the organization responsible for the proper utilization of gross receipts. A bingo licensee that is a community-based residential facility, a senior citizen community 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 86 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all center, or an adult family home that conducts bingo as a recreational or social activity must pay a $5 license fee. Raffle licensees must pay a $25 license fee. The bill doubles all bingo and raffle license fees. Also, under current law, a 1 percent occupational tax is imposed on the first $30,000 in gross receipts derived from the conduct of bingo by a licensed organization in a year. In gross receipts during a year that exceed $30,000, a 2 percent occupational tax is imposed. Under the bill, a 2 percent occupational tax is imposed on all gross receipts derived from the conduct of bingo by a licensed organization. Gaming regulation and enforcement Under current law and tribal gaming compacts, tribes make payments to the state to reimburse the state for costs relating to the regulation of certain gaming activities. This revenue, called Indian gaming receipts, may be expended for various purposes. The bill requires DOA to transfer portions of Indian gaming receipts to DOR to support DOR[s gaming regulation and enforcement activities. GENDER NEUTRAL TERMINOLOGY Making references in the statutes gender neutral The bill recognizes same-sex marriage by making references in the statutes to spouses gender-neutral, with the intent of harmonizing the Wisconsin Statutes with the holding of the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 192 L. Ed. 2d 609 (2015), which recognizes that same-sex couples have a fundamental constitutional right to marriage. The bill also recognizes legal parentage for same-sex couples under certain circumstances and adopts gender- neutral parentage terminology. The bill provides that marriage may be contracted between persons of the same sex and confers the same rights and responsibilities on married persons of the same sex that married persons of different sexes have under current law. The bill defines XspouseY as a person who is legally married to another person of the same sex or a different sex and replaces every reference to XhusbandY or XwifeY in current law with Xspouse.Y The bill makes applicable to married persons of the same sex all provisions under current law that apply to married persons of different sexes. These provisions relate to such diverse areas of the law as income tax, marital property, inheritance rights, divorce, child and spousal support, insurance coverage, family and spousal recreational licenses, consent to conduct an autopsy, domestic abuse, and eligibility for various types of benefits, such as retirement or death benefits and medical assistance. In addition to making statutory references to spouses gender-neutral, the bill specifies ways in which married couples of the same sex may be the legal parents of a child and, with some exceptions, makes current references in the statutes to XmotherY and Xfather,Y and related terms, gender-neutral. Under current law, all of the following may adopt a child: a husband and wife jointly, a husband or wife whose spouse is the parent of the child, and an unmarried adult. Because the bill makes references in the statutes to spouses gender-neutral, 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 87 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all same-sex spouses jointly may adopt a child and become the legal parents of the child, and a same-sex spouse of a person who is the parent of a minor child may adopt the child and become the legal parent of his or her spouse[s child. Under current law, if a woman is artificially inseminated under the supervision of a physician with semen donated by a man who is not her husband and the husband consents in writing to the artificial insemination of his wife, the husband is the natural father of any child conceived. Under the bill, one spouse may also consent to the artificial insemination of his or her spouse and is the natural parent of the child conceived. The artificial insemination is not required to take place under the supervision of a physician, but, if it does not, the semen used for the insemination must have been obtained from a sperm bank. Under current law, a man is presumed to be the father of a child if he and the child[s natural mother 1) were married to each other when the child was conceived or born or 2) married each other after the child was born but had a relationship with each other when the child was conceived and no other man has been adjudicated to be the father or is presumed to be the father because the man was married to the mother when the child was conceived or born. The paternity presumption may be rebutted in a legal action or proceeding by the results of a genetic test showing that the statistical probability of another man[s parentage is 99.0 percent or higher. The bill expands this presumption into a parentage presumption, so that a person is presumed to be the natural parent of a child if he or she 1) was married to the child[s established natural parent when the child was conceived or born or 2) married the child[s established natural parent after the child was born but had a relationship with the established natural parent when the child was conceived and no person has been adjudicated to be the father and no other person is presumed to be the child[s parent because he or she was married to the mother when the child was conceived or born. The parentage presumption may still be rebutted by the results of a genetic test showing that the statistical probability of another person[s parentage is 99.0 percent or higher. Expanding on current law, the bill allows for a paternity action to be brought for the purpose of rebutting the parentage presumption, regardless of whether that presumption applies to a male or female spouse. Current law provides that a mother and a man may sign a statement acknowledging paternity and file it with the state registrar. If the state registrar has received such a statement, the man is presumed to be the father of the child. Under current law, either person who has signed a statement acknowledging paternity may rescind the statement before an order is filed in an action affecting the family concerning the child or within 60 days after the statement is filed, whichever occurs first. Under current law, a man who has filed a statement acknowledging paternity that is not rescinded within the time period is conclusively determined to be the father of the child. The bill provides that two people may sign a statement acknowledging parentage and file it with the state registrar. If the state registrar has received such a statement, the people who have signed the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 88 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all statement are presumed to be the parents of the child. Under the bill, a statement acknowledging parentage that is not rescinded conclusively establishes parentage with regard to the person who did not give birth to the child and who signed the statement. The bill defines Xnatural parentY as a parent of a child who is not an adoptive parent, whether the parent is biologically related to the child or not. Thus, a person who is a biological parent, a parent by consenting to the artificial insemination of his or her spouse, or a parent under the parentage presumption is a natural parent of a child. The definition applies throughout the statutes wherever the term Xnatural parentY is used. In addition, the bill expands some references in the statutes to Xbiological parentY by changing the reference to Xnatural parent.Y Gender neutral references on birth certificates Generally, the bill substitutes the term XspouseY for XhusbandY in the birth certificate statutes and enters the spouse, instead of the husband, of the person who has given birth on the birth certificate at times when a husband would currently be entered on a birth certificate. The name of the person who has given birth is entered on a birth certificate when the person gives birth to a child, and current law specifies when another name should be entered on the birth certificate. Current law requires that if a birth mother is married at any time from the conception to the birth of a child, then her husband[s name is entered on the birth certificate as the legal father of the child. Under the bill, if a person who gives birth is married at any time from the conception to the birth of the child, then that person[s spouse[s name is entered as a legal parent of the child. The bill also specifies that, in the instance that a second parent[s name is initially omitted from the birth certificate, if the state registrar receives a signed acknowledgement of parentage by people presumed to be parents because the two people married after the birth of the child, the two people had a relationship during the time the child was conceived, no person is adjudicated to be the father, and no other person is presumed to be the parent, then the state registrar must enter the name of the spouse of the person who gave birth as a parent on the birth certificate. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC ASSISTANCE Presumptive eligibility for Wisconsin Shares Under current law, an individual is eligible to receive a child care subsidy under the Wisconsin Shares program if DCF determines that the individual meets certain requirements, including requirements related to age of the child, income of the individual, and the individual[s participation in certain eligible activities. Under the bill, DCF may find an individual presumptively eligible for a child care subsidy while DCF verifies the individual[s actual eligibility. If DCF finds an individual presumptively eligible for the child care subsidy, DCF must immediately begin issuing benefits to the individual. If DCF determines that the individual is actually ineligible, DCF must discontinue issuing benefits. To be found 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 89 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all presumptively eligible for the subsidies, an individual must submit a report to DCF that includes information establishing the individual[s actual eligibility and, based on the report, DCF must be able to plausibly assume that the individual is actually eligible for the subsidies. Wisconsin Shares copayment increase structure Under current law, if an individual is already receiving a Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy and the individual[s family income exceeds the maximum eligible income of 200 percent of the poverty line, the individual will continue to be eligible for the subsidy until or unless the individual[s family income exceeds 85 percent of the state median income. Until that time when the individual[s income exceeds 85 percent of the state median income, the individual[s copayment minimum for the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy will increase on a sliding scale based on the amount that the individual[s family income increases. The bill eliminates this copayment increase structure in order to comply with federal rule 89 FR 15366, effective April 30, 2024, which establishes that copayments for individuals receiving a child care subsidy from the federal Child Care and Development Fund may not exceed 7 percent of family income. Under the bill, in general, if an individual is already receiving a Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy and the individual[s family income exceeds 85 percent of the state median income, the individual is no longer eligible for the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy. Wisconsin Shares like-kin update 2023 Wisconsin Act 119 extended kinship care eligibility to like-kin, in addition to relatives of a child. XLike-kinY is defined under current law as an individual who has a significant emotional relationship with a child or the child[s family that is similar to a familial relationship and who is not and has not previously been the child[s licensed foster parent and, for an Indian child, includes individuals identified by the child[s tribe according to tribal tradition, custom or resolution, code, or law. The bill conforms language under the child care subsidy program, Wisconsin Shares, to this change so that references to kinship care are not limited to relatives. Child care quality improvement program The bill authorizes DCF to establish a program for making monthly payments and monthly per-child payments to certified child care providers, licensed child care centers, and child care programs established or contracted for by a school board. This new payment program is in addition to the current law system for providing child care payments under Wisconsin Shares. The bill requires DCF to promulgate rules to implement the program, including establishing eligibility requirements and payment amounts and setting requirements for how recipients may use the payments, and authorizes DCF to promulgate these rules as emergency rules. The bill funds the program through a new appropriation and by allocating federal moneys, including child care development funds and moneys received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 90 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all The bill eliminates the current law method by which DCF may modify maximum payment rates for child care providers under Wisconsin Shares based on a child care provider[s rating under the quality rating system known as YoungStar. Wisconsin Shares is a part of the Wisconsin Works program under current law, which DCF administers and which provides work experience and benefits for low-income custodial parents who are at least 18 years old. Under current law, an individual who is the parent of a child under the age of 13 or, if the child is disabled, under the age of 19, who needs child care services to participate in various education or work activities, and who satisfies other eligibility criteria may receive a child care subsidy for child care services under Wisconsin Shares. Expanded Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs Under current law, DCF administers a temporary wage subsidy program for individuals who meet all of the following qualifications: 1) are at least 18 years old and, if over 25 years old, are the parent or primary relative caregiver of a child; 2) have a household income below 150 percent of the federal poverty line; 3) have been unemployed for at least four weeks; 4) are ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits; 5) are not participating in a Wisconsin Works employment position; and 6) satisfy applicable substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment requirements. Under current law, funding is directed first to the program as established in Milwaukee County, called the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program, and next, if funding is available, to the program as established outside of Milwaukee County, called the Transitional Jobs program. The bill provides funding for and requires DCF to establish the Expanded Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program, which under the bill must be identical to the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program except that, to be eligible, an individual is not required to have an annual household income below 150 percent of the federal poverty line and, if over 25 years of age, is not required to be a parent or primary relative caregiver of a child. Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs The bill modifies the qualifications for participating in the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs by removing the requirement that the individual has been unemployed for at least four weeks, and by specifying that anyone who is not receiving unemployment insurance benefits, regardless of their eligibility to receive those benefits, may participate. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Under current law, DCF allocates specific amounts of federal moneys, including child care development funds and moneys received under the TANF block grant program, for various public assistance programs. Under the bill, TANF funding allocations are changed in the following ways, as compared to the funding allocation in the 2023]25 fiscal biennium: 1. For homeless case management services grants, total funding is doubled. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 91 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 2. For the administration of public assistance programs and collection of public assistance overpayments, total funding is increased by 33 percent. 3. For emergency assistance payments, total funding is increased by 71 percent. 4. For grants to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution to programs that provide civil legal services to low-income families, funding is increased by 800 percent, from $500,000 per fiscal year to $4,500,000 per fiscal year. 5. For the Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs, total funding is increased by 31 percent. 6. For the Jobs for America[s Graduates program, total funding is doubled. 7. For direct child care services, child care administration, and child care improvement programs, total funding is increased by 14 percent. 8. For the support of the dependent children of recipients of supplemental security income, funding is increased by 75 percent per fiscal year from the funding in fiscal year 2024]25. 9. For kinship care and long-term kinship care payments and kinship care administration, total funding is increased by 47 percent. 10. For grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, funding is increased by 239 percent, from $2,807,000 in each fiscal year to $9,507,000 in each fiscal year. 11. For the earned income tax credit supplement, total funding is increased by 60 percent. 12. For all other programs under TANF, funding is continued with a funding change of 6 percent or less. The bill additionally allocates $3,472,000 in fiscal year 2025]26 and $6,944,000 in fiscal year 2026]27 for a child support debt reduction program and eliminates an allocation of $500,000 per fiscal year for skills enhancement grants. Civil legal services grants Under current law, DCF provides funding to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc. (the foundation), to provide civil legal services to TANF-eligible individuals in two ways: 1. DCF provides up to $100,000 in each fiscal year in matching funds to the foundation for the provision of civil legal services to eligible individuals. This grant does not specify what types of civil legal services may be provided. 2. DCF provides a $500,000 grant in each fiscal year to the foundation to provide grants to programs, up to $75,000 each, that provide certain legal services to eligible individuals. The legal services provided through this grant are limited to legal services in civil matters related to domestic abuse or sexual abuse or to restraining orders or injunctions for individuals at risk. The bill removes the grant that requires matching funds and increases the grant to provide certain legal services to eligible individuals to $4,500,000 per fiscal year. Under the bill, the foundation may additionally use this funding to provide to eligible individuals civil legal services related to eviction. The bill removes the $75,000 cap on grants provided by the foundation to individual programs. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 92 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Child support debt reduction The bill creates a program administered by DCF to provide debt reduction for child support. Under the bill, if a noncustodial parent completes an eligible employment program, as determined by DCF by rule, and the custodial parent agrees to a reduction, the noncustodial parent is eligible for child support debt reduction in an amount up to $1,500. Under the bill, a parent may not qualify for the debt reduction more than once in any 12-month period. Child care water safety grant program The bill requires DCF to award a grant each fiscal year to Community Water Services, Inc., to help child care providers access safe drinking water. Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth The bill increases the limit on the amount that DCF may award in each fiscal year to support programs that provide services for homeless and runaway youth from $400,000 to $2,872,800. Tribal family services grants and funding for out-of-home-care placements by tribal courts Current law uses Indian gaming receipts to fund tribal family service grants and unexpected or unusually high-cost placements of Indian children by tribal courts in foster homes, group homes, or residential care centers for children and youth, in the homes of a relative other than a parent, or in a supervised independent living arrangement (out-of-home care). The bill appropriates GPR moneys for those purposes as well. Healthy eating incentive pilot program The bill modifies certain provisions of the healthy eating incentive pilot program. The bill defines an eligible retailer, for purposes of the program, to be a retailer authorized to participate in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as the federal food stamp program. Under current law, DHS must select, through a competitive selection process, one or more nonprofit organizations to administer the program statewide. The bill modifies that requirement, instead requiring only that DHS select one or more third-party organizations through the competitive selection process. Current law requires DHS to seek any available federal matching moneys from the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program to fund the program. The bill specifies that DHS must require any organization chosen to administer the program to fulfill that requirement to seek federal matching funds. Under the bill, a third-party organization chosen to administer the program may retain for administrative purposes an amount not to exceed 33 percent of the total contracted amount or the applicable cap found in federal law or guidance, whichever is lower. Electronic benefit transfer processing program The bill requires DHS to provide electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit card processing equipment and services to farmers[ markets and farmers who sell directly to consumers as a payment processing program. The bill specifies that 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 93 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all the electronic benefit transfer processing equipment and services must include equipment and services for the state food stamp program, which is known as FoodShare. Under the bill, the vendor that processes the electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit card transactions must also process any local purchasing incentives. Eliminating FSET drug testing requirement 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 required DHS to promulgate rules to develop and implement a drug screening, testing, and treatment policy, which DHS promulgated as ch. DHS 38, Wis. Adm. Code. 2017 Wisconsin Act 370 incorporated into statutes ch. DHS 38, relating to drug screening, testing, and treatment for recipients of the FoodShare employment and training program (FSET). FoodShare provides financial assistance to purchase food items to individuals who have limited financial resources. The bill eliminates the requirement to implement a drug screening, testing, and treatment policy and removes from the statutes the language incorporated by Act 370. FSET work requirement Current law requires DHS to require all able-bodied adults, with some limited exceptions, who seek benefits from the FoodShare program to participate in the FoodShare employment and training program, known as FSET, unless they are already employed. The bill eliminates that requirement for able-bodied adults with dependents while retaining the requirement for able-bodied adults without dependents. Eliminating FSET pay-for-performance requirement Current law requires DHS to create and implement a payment system based on performance for entities that perform administrative functions for the FoodShare employment and training program, known as FSET. DHS must base the pay-for-performance system on performance outcomes specified in current law. The bill eliminates the requirement for DHS to create a pay-for-performance system for FSET vendors. EMERGENCY SERVICES Emergency medical services funding assistance Under current law, DHS must annually distribute grants for vehicles, supplies, equipment, medication, or training to certain emergency medical responder departments and certain ambulance service providers under a funding formula consisting of an identical base amount plus a supplemental amount based upon the population of the primary service area or contract area. Under the bill, the funding formula must consist of a base amount based on provider type and a supplemental amount based upon the population or other relevant factors of the primary service area or contract area. Currently, grant recipients may not expend more than 15 percent of a grant on nondurable or disposable medical supplies or equipment and medications. The bill removes the limitation for equipment. In addition, current law requires DHS to distribute grants to emergency 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 94 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all medical responder departments and certain ambulance service providers to pay for certain training, licensure, and certification requirements, including administration of the licensure examination for emergency medical technicians. Under the bill, the grants may be used to pay for administration of the licensure examination for any type of emergency medical services practitioner, not just emergency medical technicians. Emergency medical services grant funding The bill requires DHS to award grants each fiscal year to municipalities to improve or expand emergency medical services and creates an appropriation for that purpose. From the moneys appropriated each fiscal year, DHS must award 25 percent to municipalities to support the development of 24-7 paid service models in accordance with criteria developed by DHS. DHS must award the remainder using a formula consisting of a base amount, determined by DHS, for each municipality, plus a supplemental amount based on the municipality[s population. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE Medicaid expansion; elimination of childless adults demonstration project BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core are programs under the state[s Medical Assistance program, which provides health services to individuals who have limited financial resources. The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act allows a state to receive an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage payment for providing benefits to certain individuals through a state[s Medical Assistance program. The bill changes the family income eligibility level to up to 133 percent of the federal poverty line for parents and caretaker relatives under BadgerCare Plus and for childless adults currently covered under BadgerCare Plus Core and for those who are incorporated into BadgerCare Plus in the bill. The bill requires DHS to comply with all federal requirements and to request any amendment to the state Medical Assistance plan, waiver of Medicaid law, or other federal approval necessary to qualify for the highest available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage for childless adults under the BadgerCare Plus program. Under current law, certain parents and caretaker relatives with incomes of not more than 100 percent of the federal poverty line, before a 5 percent income disregard is applied, are eligible for BadgerCare Plus benefits. Under current law, childless adults who 1) are under age 65; 2) have family incomes that do not exceed 100 percent of the federal poverty line, before a 5 percent income disregard is applied; and 3) are not otherwise eligible for Medical Assistance, including BadgerCare Plus, are eligible for benefits under BadgerCare Plus Core. The bill eliminates the childless adults demonstration project, known as BadgerCare Plus Core, as a separate program on July 1, 2025. Current law, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 370, requires that DHS implement the BadgerCare Reform waiver as it relates to childless adults as approved by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) effective October 31, 2018. The 2015]17 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 95 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all and 2017]19 biennial budget acts required DHS to submit a waiver request to the federal Department of Health and Human Services authorizing DHS to take certain actions, including imposing premiums on, requiring a health risk assessment of, and limiting the time of eligibility for recipients of BadgerCare Plus under the childless adults demonstration project waiver. Act 370 required DHS to implement the childless adults BadgerCare Reform waiver by no later than November 1, 2019. If JCF determines that DHS has not complied with the implementation deadline, has not made sufficient progress in implementing the BadgerCare Reform waiver, or has not complied with other requirements relating to approved waiver implementation, Act 370 allows JCF to reduce from moneys allocated for state operations or administrative functions DHS[s appropriation or expenditure authority, whichever is applicable, or change the authorized level of full-time equivalent positions for DHS related to the Medical Assistance program. In April 2021, CMS withdrew approval of the community engagement requirements that had previously been approved in the October 31, 2018, BadgerCare Reform waiver. The 2018 waiver was set to expire December 31, 2023, but CMS approved a temporary extension to December 31, 2024. As part of the approval of that extension, CMS removed authority for certain elements of the demonstration project, including disenrollment lockout periods, monthly premiums, health behavior assessments, health risk assessments, and the requirement for beneficiaries to answer questions about substance use treatment needs in order to remain eligible. On October 29, 2024, CMS approved DHS[s request for an extension of the BadgerCare Reform waiver through December 31, 2029, subject to the same limitations set forth in the 2023 temporary extension. The bill eliminates the statutory implementation requirement for the BadgerCare Reform waiver, including the deadline and penalties, eliminates the statutory requirement for DHS to seek the waiver, and allows DHS to modify or withdraw the waiver. Postpartum Medical Assistance coverage The bill requires DHS to seek approval from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to extend until the last day of the month in which the 365th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls Medical Assistance benefits to women who are eligible for those benefits when pregnant. Currently, postpartum women are eligible for Medical Assistance benefits until the last day of the month in which the 60th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls. 2021 Wisconsin Act 58 required DHS to seek approval from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to extend these postpartum Medical Assistance benefits until the last day of the month in which the 90th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls. On June 3, 2022, DHS filed a Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver application with the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend postpartum coverage for eligible Medical Assistance recipients, as required by 2021 Wisconsin Act 58. Determination of eligibility for Medical Assistance or subsidized health 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 96 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all insurance coverage by indicating interest on an individual income tax return The bill requires DOR to include questions on an individual income tax return to determine whether the taxpayer or any member of the taxpayer[s household does not have health care coverage under a health insurance policy or health plan. If the taxpayer indicates that the taxpayer or any member of the taxpayer[s household does not have health care coverage, DOR must, at the taxpayer[s request, forward the taxpayer[s response to DHS to have DHS evaluate whether the taxpayer or a member of the taxpayer[s household is eligible to enroll in the Medical Assistance program or whether the taxpayer or a member of the taxpayer[s household is eligible for subsidized health insurance coverage through a health insurance marketplace for qualified health plans under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The bill specifies that DHS may not use any information provided to determine that the individual is ineligible to enroll in the Medical Assistance program. Medical Assistance waiver for health-related social needs The bill directs DHS to request a waiver from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to provide reimbursement for services for health- related social needs under the Medical Assistance program. Under the bill, DHS must provide reimbursement for those services if the waiver is granted. Payment for school medical services Under current law, if a school district or a cooperative educational service agency elects to provide school medical services and meets certain requirements, DHS is required to reimburse the school district or cooperative educational service agency for 60 percent of the federal share of allowable charges for the school medical services that they provide. If the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing elects to provide school medical services and meets certain other requirements, DHS is also required to reimburse DPI for 60 percent of the federal share of allowable charges for the school medical services that the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provide. Further, under current law, DHS is required to reimburse school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, and DPI, on behalf of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, for 90 percent of the federal share of allowable school medical services administrative costs. The bill increases the amount that DHS is required to reimburse a school district, cooperative educational service agency, and DPI, on behalf of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, for provided school medical services to 100 percent of the federal share of allowable charges for the school medical services. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 97 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all The bill also increases the amount that DHS is required to reimburse a school district, cooperative educational service agency, and DPI, on behalf of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, to 100 percent of the federal share of allowable school medical services administrative costs. Certified peer specialist services The bill requires DHS to provide as a benefit and reimburse services provided by certified peer specialists under the Medical Assistance program. The bill also adds services provided by certified peer specialists to a DHS program to coordinate and continue care following a substance use overdose. A Xcertified peer specialist,Y as defined in the bill, is an individual who has experience in the mental health and substance use services system, who is trained to provide support to others, and who has received peer specialist or parent peer specialist certification. The bill requires DHS to reimburse under the Medical Assistance program a certified peer specialist service that meets all of the following criteria: the recipient of the certified peer specialist service is in treatment for or recovery from mental illness or a substance use disorder; the certified peer specialist provides the service under the supervision of a competent mental health professional and in coordination and accordance with the recipient[s individual treatment plan and treatment goals; and the certified peer specialist completes the training requirements specified by DHS. Medical Assistance coverage of doula services The bill requires DHS to request any necessary waiver or amendment to the state Medical Assistance plan to allow Medical Assistance reimbursement for doula services and, if any necessary waiver or amendment is approved, directs DHS to reimburse certified doulas for doula services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Doula services consist of childbirth education and support services, including emotional and physical support provided during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. Medical Assistance coverage for incarcerated individuals The bill authorizes DHS to submit a request to the secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services for a waiver of federal Medicaid law to conduct a demonstration project allowing prerelease coverage to incarcerated individuals for certain services under the Medical Assistance program for up to 90 days before release if the individual is otherwise eligible for coverage under the Medical Assistance program. The bill provides that if the waiver is approved, DHS may provide reimbursement under the Medical Assistance program for both the federal and nonfederal share of services, including case management services, provided to incarcerated individuals under the waiver. Medical assistance coverage of nonsurgical treatment for TMJ disorder Under current law, the Medical Assistance program provides coverage for certain dental services. Under the bill, this coverage includes nonsurgical 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 98 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder, commonly known as XTMJ disorder.Y Statewide contract for dental benefits The bill requires DHS to submit any necessary request to the federal Department of Health and Human Services for a state plan amendment or waiver of federal Medicaid law to implement a statewide contract for dental benefits through a single vendor under the Medical Assistance program. If the federal government disapproves the amendment or waiver request, the bill provides that DHS is not required to implement the statewide contract. Medical Assistance coverage for detoxification and stabilization services The bill requires DHS to provide reimbursement for detoxification and stabilization services under the Medical Assistance program. The bill requires DHS to submit to the federal government any request for federal approval necessary to provide the reimbursement for detoxification and stabilization services under the Medical Assistance program, and makes reimbursement contingent upon any needed federal approval. The bill defines detoxification and stabilization services as adult residential integrated behavioral health stabilization service, residential withdrawal management service, or residential intoxication monitoring service. The bill also requires DHS, through the community grants program it is required to administer, to distribute not more than $500,000 each fiscal year for grants to community-based withdrawal centers, including those certified as a residential intoxication monitoring service, residential withdrawal management service, or adult residential integrated behavioral health stabilization service. Medical Assistance payments to rural health clinics The bill modifies the methodology DHS must use for reimbursing rural health clinics for services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Currently, DHS reimburses rural health clinics for the reasonable costs of the services they provide. Under the bill, for services provided on or after July 1, 2026, DHS must reimburse rural health clinics using a payment methodology based on the federal Medicaid prospective payment system, which directs that reimbursement be provided to a rural health clinic at a rate that is based upon the rural health clinic[s per-visit costs in previous years, adjusted for medical cost inflation and for any change in the scope of services furnished by the rural health clinic. Elimination of birth cost recovery Under current law, as a condition of eligibility for benefits under the Medical Assistance program, a person is deemed to have assigned to the state by applying for or receiving benefits under the Medical Assistance program any rights to medical support or other payment of medical expenses from any other person. Current law further provides that if a mother of a child was enrolled in a health maintenance organization or other prepaid health care plan under the Medical Assistance program at the time of the child[s birth, then birth expenses that were incurred by the health maintenance organization or other prepaid health care plan 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 99 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all may be recovered by the state. The bill provides that no birth expenses may be recovered by the state under this process. Eliminating legislative oversight of federal waivers. Current law, as created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 370, prohibits DHS from submitting a request to a federal agency for a waiver or renewal, modification, withdrawal, suspension, or termination of a waiver of federal law or rules or for authorization to implement a pilot program or demonstration project unless legislation has been enacted specifically directing the submission of the request. For any legislation that requires submission of a request that has not yet been submitted, current law requires DHS to submit an implementation plan to JCF and submit its final proposed request to JCF for approval. Current law requires DHS to take certain actions and submit monthly progress reports to JCF once a request has been submitted to the federal agency. When the federal agency has approved the request in whole or in part and the request has not been fully implemented, current law requires DHS to submit its final implementation plan to JCF for approval. Current law allows JCF to reduce from moneys allocated for state operations or administrative functions the agency[s appropriation or expenditure authority or change the authorized level of full-time equivalent positions for the agency related to the program for which the request is required to be submitted if JCF determines that the state agency has not made sufficient progress or is not acting in accordance with the enacted legislation requiring the submission of the request. The bill eliminates the requirement that legislation be enacted in order for DHS to submit a request for a waiver or renewal, modification, withdrawal, suspension, or termination of a waiver of federal law or rules or for authorization to implement a pilot program or demonstration project. The bill also eliminates the legislative review procedure for requests for waivers, pilot programs, or demonstration projects required by current law created by Act 370. Eliminating legislative review of Medicaid state plan amendments The Medical Assistance program is the state[s Medicaid program and is jointly funded by the state and federal governments through a detailed agreement known as the state plan. Under current law created by 2017 Wisconsin Act 370, DHS is required to submit to JCF under its passive review process any proposed Medical Assistance state plan amendment and any proposed change to a reimbursement rate for or supplemental payment to a Medical Assistance provider that has an expected fiscal effect of $7,500,000 or more from all revenue sources over a 12- month period. The bill eliminates this requirement to submit for JCF review Medical Assistance state plan amendments, changes to reimbursement rates, or supplemental payments. Dental reimbursement pilot project reporting requirement Under current law, DHS must distribute moneys under a dental reimbursement pilot project to increase the reimbursement rate for pediatric dental care and adult emergency dental services provided under the Medical Assistance program in Brown, Marathon, Polk, and Racine Counties and, if certain requirements are met, in any other county, as determined by DHS, where Medical 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 100 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Assistance recipients have the greatest need for pediatric dental care and adult emergency dental services. In addition, current law requires DHS to submit a biennial report on the pilot project to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, each standing committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over health or public benefits, and JCF. The bill eliminates the reporting requirement. Community support program Currently, mental health and psychosocial rehabilitative services provided by a community support program are a benefit provided by the Medical Assistance program. Under current law, for these services, a county pays the nonfederal share of the Medical Assistance reimbursement and DHS reimburses the service provider for the federal share of the Medical Assistance reimbursement. Under the bill, DHS must reimburse a county for both the federal and nonfederal share of the allowable charges for mental health and psychosocial rehabilitative services provided by a community support program. Hospital assessment Under current law, certain hospitals must pay an annual assessment that is equal to a percentage of the hospital[s gross patient revenues. Currently, DHS must set the percentage so that the total amount of assessments collected in a fiscal year is $414,507,300. The bill increases this amount to $1,341,839,500. Under current law, institutions for mental disease, certain general psychiatric hospitals, and critical access hospitals are not required to pay the assessment. The bill also exempts rehabilitation hospitals and long-term acute care hospitals from paying the assessment. Currently, DHS must use a portion of the assessments collected to pay for services provided under the Medical Assistance program by the hospitals from which the assessments are collected. Under current law, the payments must equal the amount collected divided by 61.68 percent. The bill increases that percentage to 62.39. Under current law, a critical access hospital must also pay an annual assessment that is equal to a percentage of the critical access hospital[s gross inpatient revenues. Currently, DHS must use a portion of the assessments collected to pay for services provided by critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance program. Under current law, the payments must equal the amount collected divided by 61.68 percent. Under the bill, the payments must equal $49,392,400, and moneys from a biennial GPR appropriation for Medical Assistance program benefits may also be used as needed to fund the nonfederal share of payments for the services. Children[s behavioral health managed care The bill authorizes DHS to request a waiver from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to administer a children[s behavioral health specialty managed care program under the Medical Assistance program. The bill provides that DHS may administer the children[s behavioral health specialty managed care program if the waiver is granted. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 101 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Children[s long-term support waiver program The bill requires DHS to ensure that any eligible child who applies for the disabled children[s long-term support waiver program receives services under that program. The disabled children[s long-term support waiver program provides services to children who have developmental, physical, or severe emotional disabilities and who are living at home or in another community-based setting. Pediatric inpatient supplement The bill establishes in statute reference to supplemental funding totaling $2,000,000 to be distributed by DHS to certain acute care hospitals located in Wisconsin that have a total of more than 12,000 inpatient days in the hospital[s acute care pediatric units and intensive care pediatric units, not including neonatal intensive care units. In addition, under the bill, DHS may distribute additional funding of $7,500,000 in each state fiscal year to hospitals that are free-standing pediatric teaching hospitals located in Wisconsin that have a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate greater than 45 percent. CHILDREN Expanding eligibility for subsidized guardianships and kinship care payments Under current law, a guardian appointed by the juvenile court or tribal court to provide care to a child adjudged to be in need of protection or services or a juvenile adjudged to be in need of protection or services, if the juvenile[s parent or prior guardian is unable or needs assistance to control the juvenile, may receive monthly subsidized guardianship payments from DCF or a county department of human or social services (county department) reimbursed by DCF or an Indian tribe reimbursed by DCF. A guardian may receive such payments only if certain conditions have been met, including that 1) the child, if 14 years of age or over, has been consulted with regarding the guardianship arrangement; 2) the guardian has a strong commitment to caring for the child permanently; 3) the guardian is licensed as the child[s foster parent, which licensing includes an inspection of the guardian[s home under rules promulgated by DCF; 4) the guardian and all adult residents of the guardian[s home have passed a criminal background investigation; and 5) prior to being named as guardian of the child, the guardian entered into a subsidized guardianship agreement with DCF, the county department, or the Indian tribe. Under the bill, a guardian appointed by the juvenile court or tribal court to a juvenile adjudged to be delinquent or a juvenile adjudged to be in need of protection or services for any reason may receive monthly subsidized guardianship payments from DCF, a county department, or an Indian tribe. Under current law, a kinship care provider who is providing temporary care to a child or juvenile adjudged to be in need of protection or services may receive monthly kinship care payments from DCF, a county department, or an Indian tribe. Under the bill, a kinship care provider who is providing temporary care to a juvenile alleged to be delinquent may receive such payments. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 102 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Under current law, kinship care payments are administered directly by DCF in Milwaukee County. Under the bill, a county department in Milwaukee County may administer kinship care payments and be reimbursed by DCF. The bill also requires that in a dispositional order placing a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent outside his or her home, in addition to the findings required under current law, the court must also find that continued placement in the juvenile[s home would be contrary to the welfare of the juvenile. Under current law, such an order must include a finding that the juvenile[s current residence will not safeguard the welfare of the juvenile or the community due to the serious nature of the act for which the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent. DCF child support assignment and referrals The bill removes the assignment to the state of child support orders and arrears existing at the time a child enters foster care. The bill also removes the role of DCF and a county department in providing child support referrals and collecting child support for families with children in out-of-home care except if DCF or a county department determines that such a referral is appropriate under rules to be promulgated by DCF. The bill eliminates from the Juvenile Justice Code requirements that the juvenile court order child support, except for modification of existing orders, and order the parents of a juvenile under DCF supervision to contribute towards the costs of certain sanctions, dispositions, or placements. The bill also adds language to the Xbest interests of the childY factor that under current law must be used by the family court when modifying a child support order. The bill specifies that, for a child in out-of-home care under the Children[s Code or the Juvenile Justice Code, this factor includes the impact on the child of family expenditures to improve any conditions in the home that would facilitate the reunification of the child with the child[s family, if appropriate, and the importance of a placement that is the least restrictive of the rights of the child and the parents and the most appropriate for meeting the needs of the child and the family. Foster care and kinship care rates and payments The bill eliminates the separate monthly basic maintenance rates that the state or a county pays to foster parents certified to provide level one care so that age-based monthly basic maintenance rates are paid to all foster parents. The bill changes the rates paid to all kinship care providers, which under current law are $375 per month for a child of any age, to be the same as the age-based monthly basic maintenance rates paid to foster parents. The bill also increases these age-based monthly basic maintenance rates by 5 percent. Beginning on January 1, 2026, the monthly rates are $463 for a child under five years of age, $507 for a child 5 to 11 years of age, $575 for a child 12 to 14 years of age, and $601 for a child 15 years of age or over. The bill provides that, in addition to the monthly rates currently paid to a foster home or a kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child, DCF or a county department of human services or social services may make emergency payments for kinship care to a kinship care provider or for foster care to a foster home if any of the following conditions are met: 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 103 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 1. The governor has declared a state of emergency, or the federal government has declared a major disaster, that covers the locality of the home of the kinship care provider who is providing foster care in the home (home). 2. This state has received federal funding to be used for child welfare purposes due to an emergency or disaster declared for the locality of the home. 3. DCF has determined that conditions in this state or in the locality of the home have resulted in a temporary increase in the costs borne by foster homes and kinship care providers, including a pandemic or other public health threat, a natural disaster, or unplanned school closures of five consecutive days or more. The bill provides that DCF must determine the amount of an emergency payment based on available funding and may promulgate rules governing the provision of the payments. The bill changes the statutes and the administrative code to make all foster homes and kinship care providers eligible to receive exceptional payments to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside together and to receive an initial clothing allowance. Under current law, these payments are only available to foster homes certified to provide higher than level one care. Benefits eligibility screening The bill directs DCF or a county department (the department) to periodically screen each child under the placement and care of the department in out-of-home care, other than children placed with kinship care providers receiving kinship care payments, to determine if the child is eligible for federal or state benefits (benefits). If the department finds that a child is eligible for benefits, the department must do all of the following: 1. Apply for the benefits for which the child is eligible on behalf of the child. 2. Ensure that the child, the child[s guardian ad litem, and the child[s parent, guardian, or Indian custodian receive proper and timely notice of any application for benefits, the results of an application for benefits, and any appeal of a denial of benefits that could be or is filed on behalf of the child. 3. Provide the child with training covering financial literacy and maintaining benefit eligibility prior to the child aging out of out-of-home care. If the department is appointed as representative payee for a child receiving benefits under the bill, the department must conserve the child[s benefits in protected accounts that avoid asset limitations for federal and state programs, consistent with the best interests of the child; provide a periodic accounting to the child, the child[s attorney or guardian ad litem, and the child[s parent, guardian, or Indian custodian regarding the conservation and use of the child[s benefits while the child is in the department[s care; and work with the child and the appropriate federal agency to return remaining funds to the child or another fiduciary once the child exits the department[s care. The department may contract with a public or private agency to fulfill the requirements of the bill. The department may not use benefits received on behalf of a child to pay for the costs of caring for the child in out-of-home care, but may use 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 104 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all the child[s federal benefits for the child[s unmet needs beyond what the agency is obligated to, is required to, or has agreed to provide. The bill requires DCF to promulgate rules to implement the bill and authorizes DCF to promulgate emergency rules for the period before permanent rules take effect. Representation of parents in CHIPS proceedings Under current law, a parent is generally not entitled to representation by a public defender in a proceeding under the Children[s Code in which a child is alleged to be in need of protection or services. However, a pilot program that began in 2018 requires the SPD to assign counsel to any nonpetitioning parent in these cases in Brown, Outagamie, Racine, Kenosha, and Winnebago Counties. This five- county pilot program is set to expire after June 2025. The bill extends the expiration date of the pilot program to December 31, 2026. Independent living services eligibility expansion The bill expands a current program under which DCF must distribute $231,700 each fiscal year for the purpose of assisting individuals who reach the age of 18 while residing in out-of-home care to make the transition from out-of-home care to a successful adulthood. The bill expands this program to also assist an individual who resided in out-of-home care, including in the home of like-kin or in the home of a person who is not a relative or like-kin, for at least six months after his or her 16th birthday; an individual who was placed under a guardianship as a child in need of protection or services on or after his or her 16th birthday; and an individual who was adopted on or after his or her 16th birthday following time in out-of-home care. The bill also allows the services funded by this program to be offered until age 23, and allows the funding to be distributed to Indian tribes and private and public agencies and organizations. The bill also removes the requirement that DCF distribute a minimum of $231,700 in each fiscal year for the program. Specialized congregate care payments The bill grants DCF the authority to expend funds to provide payments for specialized services to children with high acuity needs in congregate care facilities. XCongregate care facilitiesY means group homes, shelter care facilities, and residential care centers for children and youth. Children and family services Under current law, DCF must distribute $101,551,400 in fiscal year 2023]24 and $101,939,600 in fiscal year 2024]25 to counties for children and family services. The bill updates those amounts to $104,969,500 in fiscal year 2025]26 and $110,869,200 in fiscal year 2026]27. Child care partnership grant program The bill authorizes DCF to establish a grant program to award funding to businesses, nonprofits, or governmental entities (businesses) that provide or wish to provide child care services for their employees. The bill allows such a grant to be 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 105 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all used to reserve child care placements for local business employees, pay child care tuition, and other costs related to child care. Under the bill, a grant recipient with 50 or fewer employees must provide at least 10 percent matching funds and a grant recipient with more than 50 employees must provide at least 15 percent matching funds. The bill allows DCF to promulgate rules to administer the grant program, including to determine eligibility for a grant, and authorizes DCF to promulgate these as emergency rules. Child care access program The bill requires DCF to contract with Wonderschool, Inc., and Wisconsin Early Childhood Association, Inc., to increase access to high-quality child care. The bill requires DCF to enter into a $4,500,000 contract with Wonderschool to 1) increase the child care workforce by launching an online software platform that is linked to DCF[s website to connect child care providers with child care workers and a pool of substitute child care workers and 2) build child care capacity in this state. The bill also requires DCF to enter into a $5,500,000 contract with Wisconsin Early Childhood Association to provide 1) existing or prospective child care providers with licensing and certification assistance, 2) coaching and other support services, and 3) tax education assistance for child care centers that provide care and supervision for between four and eight children. Grants for out-of-school time programs The bill directs DCF to make grants to out-of-school time programs, defined as structured programs or activities that meet all of the following conditions: 1. To the extent practicable, the program or activity is led by adult mentors using evidence-based or evidence-informed practices and is provided to school-age children before school, after school, or during the summer. 2. The program or activity does not supplant instructional services provided by a school or result in academic credit for students. 3. The program or activity relates to improving social, emotional, academic, or career readiness competencies; reducing negative behaviors, including violence and crime, tobacco use, alcohol and substance abuse, disengagement from school, school suspension, truancy, and health-compromising behaviors; providing a safe out-of- school time environment; or engaging in career exploration or formal or informal work-based learning. The bill requires DCF to promulgate rules to implement the grant program and authorizes DCF to promulgate emergency rules for the period before permanent rules take effect. HEALTH Complex patient pilot program The bill requires DHS to select, using a competitive grant selection process, partnership groups to be designated as participating sites for a complex patient pilot program and then award grants to the partnership groups selected. The bill provides that a partnership group is one or more hospitals in partnership with one or more post-acute facilities. The bill provides that DHS must solicit feedback 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 106 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all regarding the pilot program from representatives of health care system organizations, long-term care provider organizations, long-term care operator organizations, patient advocate groups, insurers, and any other organization determined to be relevant by the secretary of health services. Under the bill, DHS must require each partnership group that applies to be designated as a site for the pilot program to address certain issues in its application, including 1) the number of complex patient care beds that will be set aside in a post-acute facility or through implementation of another innovative model of patient care in a post-acute facility to which participating hospitals agree; 2) defined goals and measurable outcomes of the partnership both during and after the pilot program; 3) the types of complex patients for whom care will be provided; 4) an operating budget for the proposed site; and 5) the participant group[s expertise to successfully implement the proposal. The bill requires DHS to develop a methodology to evaluate the pilot program and contract with an independent organization to complete the evaluation. Under the bill, DHS may pay the organization[s fee from the funding appropriated for the pilot program. The bill requires DHS to give additional weight to partnership groups that would ensure geographic diversity. Upon completion of the required evaluation, the independent organization contracted by DHS to conduct the evaluation must provide the evaluation to DHS. Health care entity oversight and transparency The bill creates various requirements and procedures related to health care entity oversight and transparency. The bill establishes procedures for review of proposed material change transactions involving health care entities. The bill requires DHS to promulgate rules to define, for purposes of the provisions in the bill, what entities are considered to be health care entities and what constitutes a material change transaction. The bill requires, among other things, that before consummating any material change transaction, a health care entity must submit written notice to DHS. Under the bill, DHS must post information about the proposed transaction on its website no less than 30 days before the anticipated implementation of the material change transaction or, if the department is notified less than 30 days before the anticipated implementation, as soon as is practicable. The bill includes procedures for DHS to review and approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove a proposed transaction. The bill provides for post-transaction oversight, including possible enforcement by the attorney general and DHS, as well as monitoring of compliance and required reporting. The bill also prohibits the corporate practice of medicine and requires DHS to promulgate rules to define what conduct constitutes the corporate practice of medicine within the scope of the prohibition. The bill adds transparency requirements relating to ownership and control of health care entities. Under the bill, with certain exceptions, each health care entity must report certain information relating to ownership and control to DHS annually and upon the consummation of a material change transaction involving the entity, including the legal name of the entity, its business address, and locations of 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 107 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all operations, as well as a current organizational chart showing the business structure of the health care entity and the name and contact information of a representative of the entity. Beginning in 2028, the bill requires DHS to post on its publicly available website an annual report based on the health care entity reporting from the previous year. The bill includes enforcement mechanisms, including granting DHS authority to audit and inspect the records of any health care entity that has failed to submit complete reporting information or if DHS has reason to question the accuracy or completeness of the information submitted. The bill requires DHS to conduct annual audits of a random sample of health care entities to verify compliance with and accuracy and completeness of required reporting. The bill includes penalties for failure to submit a required report and for submitting a report containing false information. Health care entities consisting of independent health care providers or provider organizations without any third- party ownership or control entities, with 10 or fewer physicians or less than $10 million in annual revenue, are subject to forfeiture of up to $50,000 for each report not provided or containing false information, and all other health care entities are subject to a forfeiture of up to $500,000 for each report not provided or containing false information. The bill also includes authority for DHS to promulgate rules to implement the provisions of the bill. Women[s health block grant Under current law, DHS must allocate women[s health funds, which are funds received by the state from the federal government under Title V of the federal Social Security Act, to develop and maintain an integrated system of community health services and to maximize the coordination of family planning services. Current law excludes from the definition of Xfamily planningY the performance, promotion, encouragement, or counseling in favor of, or referral either directly or through an intermediary for, voluntary termination of pregnancy but includes in the definition of Xfamily planningY the provision of nondirective information explaining prenatal care and delivery or infant care, foster care, or adoption. Current law provides that DHS must distribute women[s health funds only to public entities. However, current law allows those public entities to provide some or all of the funds received to other public entities or private entities but only if the recipients of the funds do not provide abortion services, make referrals for abortion services, or have an affiliate that provides abortion services or makes referrals for abortion services. The bill continues to allow public entities that receive funds from DHS to provide some or all of the funds to other public or private entities but eliminates the restriction on which public or private entities may receive those funds. The bill also includes in the definition of Xfamily planningY the provision of nondirective information explaining pregnancy termination. Nursing home bed access Under current law, DHS licenses nursing home beds and enforces a maximum limit on the number of these licensed beds in the state. The bill reduces that limit 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 108 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all from 51,795 to 25,415. The bill also directs DHS to allocate 125 nursing home beds to applicants that agree to prioritize admissions of patients with complex needs and patients who have been unable to find appropriate placement at another facility. Newborn screening program In general, under current law, newborns must be tested for certain congenital and metabolic disorders as specified in rules promulgated by DHS. The federal Department of Health and Human Services maintains a list of disorders for which it recommends testing in newborns, known as the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP). Under the bill, DHS must evaluate each disorder that is included in the RUSP as of January 1, 2025, to determine whether newborns in this state should be tested for that disorder. This requirement does not apply to any disorder in the RUSP if, as of January 1, 2025, the disorder is already included in the list of disorders for which newborns must be tested in this state. In addition, the bill requires DHS to evaluate any disorder added to the RUSP after January 1, 2025, to determine whether newborns in this state should be tested for that newly added disorder. If DHS determines newborns should not be tested for the disorder, DHS must annually review medical literature and DHS[s capacity and resources to test for the disorder in order to determine whether to reevaluate the inclusion of the disorder in newborn testing in this state. If, in any of these evaluations or reevaluations, DHS determines that a disorder in the RUSP should be added to the list of disorders for which newborns must be tested in this state, the bill requires DHS to promulgate rules to add that disorder. The requirements for evaluations, reviews, and reevaluations under the bill do not apply to a disorder in the RUSP if DHS is in the process of adding, by rule, the disorder to the list of disorders for which newborns must be tested in this state. However, if the rule-making procedure for that disorder does not result in promulgation of a rule, then DHS must consider the disorder under the review and reevaluation procedures under the bill. Electrocardiogram screening pilot project for middle school and high school athletes in Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties The bill directs DHS to develop a pilot program to provide electrocardiogram screenings for participants in middle school and high school athletics programs in Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties. DHS is required to award $4,067,200 in grants in fiscal year 2026]27 to local health departments to implement the program. The bill specifies that participation in the program by participants in middle school and high school athletics programs must be optional. Alzheimer[s Family and Caregiver Support Program Under current law, DHS is required to allocate funds to agencies to be used for the administration and implementation of an Alzheimer[s Family and Caregiver Support Program for persons with Alzheimer[s disease and their caregivers. Current law provides that DHS may not distribute more than $3,058,900 in each 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 109 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all fiscal year for services to persons with Alzheimer[s disease and their caregivers. The bill increases that limit to $3,558,900 in each fiscal year. Maternal and child health grants The bill authorizes DHS to distribute up to $800,000 in each fiscal year to organizations whose mission is to improve maternal and child health in Wisconsin. Mobile dental clinic grants The bill requires DHS to award grants to community health centers to procure and operate mobile dental clinics. A community health center is a health care entity that provides primary health care, health education, and social services to low-income individuals. Grants for free and charitable clinics and FQHC look-alikes Under current law, DHS must annually award $2,250,000 in grants to free and charitable clinics. The bill increases that amount to $2,500,000 annually. Free and charitable clinics are nonprofit health care organizations that provide health services to individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, or have limited or no access to primary, specialty, or prescription care. The bill also requires DHS to annually award $200,000 in grants to federally qualified health center (FQHC) look-alikes. Under the bill, a grant to an FQHC look-alike may not exceed $100,000. XFQHCY is a federal designation for health care entities that meet certain requirements, including providing primary health care services to medically underserved populations, and receive federal grant moneys. XFQHC look-alikeY is a federal designation for health care entities that meet all of the requirements of FQHCs but do not receive federal FQHC grant moneys. Health care provider training grants Under current law, DHS must distribute grants to hospitals, health systems, and educational entities that form health care education and training consortia for allied health professionals in an amount up to $125,000 per consortium in each fiscal year. The grants may be used for curriculum and faculty development, tuition reimbursement, or clinical site or simulation expenses. Current law also requires DHS to distribute grants to hospitals and clinics that provide training opportunities for advanced practice clinicians in an amount up to $50,000 per hospital or clinic in each fiscal year and to give preference to training programs that include rural hospitals and rural clinics as clinical training locations. The grants must be used to pay for the costs of operating a clinical training program for advanced practice clinicians. Current law requires grant recipients under both grant programs to match the grants through their own funding sources. The bill combines those grant programs under a single section of the statutes and funds the grants from a single appropriation. The bill removes the current law matching requirement for grant recipients and the grant amount caps. The bill also requires DHS to distribute grants to health systems that provide training opportunities for advanced practice clinicians and to hospitals, health systems, 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 110 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all clinics, and educational entities that form health care education and training consortia for behavioral health providers. In awarding any grant under the bill, DHS must give preference to training programs that include rural hospitals and rural clinics as clinical training locations. The bill specifies that acceptable uses of grant moneys include reasonable expenses incurred by a trainee, expenses related to planning and implementing a training program, and up to $5,000 in equipment expenses. Falls prevention funding The bill directs DHS to award $450,000 in each of fiscal years 2025]26 and 2026]27 to an organization committed to reducing falls among older adults for the purpose of statewide falls prevention awareness and initiatives. Assistive technology services Under current law, DHS awards grants for certain community programs. The bill allows DHS to distribute up to $250,000 in each fiscal year for grants to provide assistive technology services. Community dental health coordinators The bill requires DHS to award grants to support community dental health coordinators in rural regions of the state. Community dental health coordinators are individuals who help facilitate oral health care for families and individuals, particularly in underserved communities. Grant funding for diaper banks Under current law, DHS is required to award grants for certain community programs. The bill allows DHS to distribute up to $500,000 in each fiscal year as grants to diaper banks to provide diapers to families in need. Health care provider innovation grants The bill requires DHS to award $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2025]26 as grants to health care providers and long-term care providers to implement best practices and innovative solutions to increase worker recruitment and retention. Medical debt collections reporting The bill prohibits a health care provider, or a billing administrator or debt collector acting on behalf of a health care provider, from reporting to a consumer reporting agency that a debt arising from services provided by the health care provider is in collections status unless 1) the health care provider provided a written statement to the patient describing the unpaid amount and due date and that included the name and address of the health care provider that provided the services, 2) the written statement includes a statement indicating that if payment is not received, the debt may be reported to a credit reporting agency, 3) six months have passed since the due date listed on that statement, and 4) the patient does not dispute the charges. Statewide poison control program Under current law, DHS must implement a statewide poison control system 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 111 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all that provides statewide poison control services 24 hours a day and 365 days a year and provides poison information and education to health care professionals and the public. Current law provides that DHS must distribute funding up to $425,000 in each fiscal year to supplement the operation of the system and to provide for the statewide collection and reporting of poison control data. The bill increases this amount to $482,500. Conversion of lead poisoning and lead services grant appropriation from annual to continuing. The bill converts an appropriation to DHS for the purpose of providing lead poisoning or lead exposure prevention grants from an annual appropriation to a continuing appropriation. Annual appropriations are appropriations expendable only for the fiscal year for which they are made. Continuing appropriations are appropriations that are expendable until fully depleted or repealed by the legislature. Mike Johnson grants The bill increases from $4,000,000 to $4,500,000 the annual maximum amount of Mike Johnson life care and early intervention services grants that DHS awards to organizations for HIV-related services, including needs assessments, assistance in procuring services, counseling and therapy, home care services and supplies, advocacy, case management services, and early intervention services. Grants for pediatric health psychology residency and fellowship training programs Under current law, DHS awards grants for certain community programs. The bill allows DHS to distribute up to $600,000 in each fiscal year as grants to support pediatric health psychology residency and fellowship training programs. Trauma resilience grant The bill allows DHS, through the grants program it is required to administer, to distribute up to $250,000 in fiscal year 2025]26 and up to $250,000 in fiscal year 2026]27 as a grant to an organization in the city of Milwaukee to support the needs of individuals impacted by trauma and to develop the capacity of organizations to treat and prevent trauma. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Psychiatric residential treatment facilities The bill establishes a DHS certification process for psychiatric residential treatment facilities. The bill defines a psychiatric residential treatment facility as a nonhospital facility that provides inpatient comprehensive mental health treatment services to individuals under the age of 21 who, due to mental illness, substance use, or severe emotional disturbance, need treatment that can most effectively be provided in a residential treatment facility. Psychiatric residential treatment facilities must be certified by DHS to operate. The bill also provides that services through a psychiatric residential treatment facility are reimbursable under the Medical Assistance program. The 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 112 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all bill requires DHS to submit to the federal government any request for federal approval necessary to provide the reimbursement for services by a psychiatric residential treatment facility under the Medical Assistance program. Under current law, DHS must award grants for certain community programs. The bill allows DHS to distribute up to $1,790,000 each fiscal year to support psychiatric residential treatment facilities. 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline grants The bill requires DHS to award grants to organizations that provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals who contact the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline from anywhere within the state. Currently, DHS partners with Wisconsin Lifeline to provide statewide 988 crisis hotline services. Crisis stabilization facilities grants The bill requires DHS to award grants for services at facilities providing crisis stabilization services. Under the bill, Xcrisis stabilization servicesY are optional emergency mental health services that provide short-term, intensive, community- based services to avoid the need for inpatient hospitalization. Crisis program enhancement grants The bill expands the crisis program enhancement grant program to include grants to counties, regions comprising multiple counties, or municipalities to establish and enhance law enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration programs. Under current law, the crisis program enhancement grant program requires DHS to award grants to counties or regions of multiple counties to establish or enhance crisis programs to serve individuals having crises in rural areas. The bill instructs DHS to annually award a total amount of $2,000,000 in each fiscal biennium to establish and enhance law enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration programs. The bill requires any entity that receives a grant to establish and enhance law enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration programs to contribute at least 25 percent of the grant amount awarded for the purpose that the grant money is received. Crisis urgent care and observation facilities The bill amends a biennial appropriation to DHS for grants to support crisis urgent care and observation facilities to make it a continuing appropriation. Biennial appropriations are appropriations that are expendable for the fiscal biennium for which they are made. Continuing appropriations are appropriations that are expendable until fully depleted or repealed by a subsequent action of the legislature. Extended intensive treatment surcharge Under current law, an individual may be placed at or transferred to a state center for the developmentally disabled if DHS and the individual[s county of residence agree upon a maximum discharge date for the individual, among other 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 113 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all requirements. Currently, DHS may impose a surcharge on a county for certain services provided at a center for the developmentally disabled after an individual[s maximum discharge date. Under current law, all moneys received as payment for the surcharge must be provided to counties for onetime costs associated with relocating individuals from a center for the developmentally disabled. Under the bill, the surcharge must be used instead for the provision of alternative services by mental health institutes and centers for the developmentally disabled, such as residential, dental, and mental health services. Funding for Winnebago Mental Health Institute The bill transfers moneys from the general fund to a program revenue appropriation for DHS to support the operations of Winnebago Mental Health Institute. Mental health consultation program The bill combines the child psychiatry consultation program with additional services into a new mental health consultation program. The bill also splits off funding for the existing addiction medicine consultation program into a separate appropriation. Currently, the child psychiatry consultation program assists participating clinicians in providing care to children with mental health care needs and provides referral support and additional services. Current law requires DHS to convene interested persons, including the Medical College of Wisconsin, to develop a plan and standards for a comprehensive mental health consultation program incorporating various psychiatry specialties, including addiction medicine; a perinatal psychiatry consultation program; and the child psychiatry consultation program. This requirement is eliminated in the bill along with the separate child psychiatry consultation program. Under current law, the addiction medicine consultation program assists participating clinicians in providing care to patients with substance use addiction and provides referral support and additional services. The bill retains the program, but establishes a new appropriation to fund the program. The bill requires an organization to administer a mental health consultation program (MHCP) that incorporates a comprehensive set of mental health consultation services and may include perinatal, child, adult, geriatric, pain, veteran, and general mental health consultation services. Under the bill, the organization that currently administers the child psychiatry consultation program must administer the MHCP during the 2025]26 fiscal year, but DHS may contract with another organization in subsequent fiscal years. The contracting organization may contract with any other entity to perform any operations and satisfy any requirements of the MHCP. The contracting organization must do all of the following: ensure that mental health providers providing services through the MHCP have the appropriate credentials as described in the bill, maintain infrastructure to provide services statewide on every weekday, provide consultation services as promptly as practicable, report to DHS any information DHS requires, 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 114 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all conduct surveys of participating clinicians as described in the bill, and provide certain specified services. Those specified services are the following: support for clinicians participating in the MHCP to assist in the management of mental health concerns; triage-level assessments to determine the most appropriate response; diagnostics and therapeutic feedback when medically appropriate; and recruitment of other practices to a provider[s services. The MHCP must be able to provide consultation services by telephone and email but may also provide services by other means. In addition to the services required in the bill, which are eligible for funding by DHS, the contracting organization may provide any of the services specified in the bill that are eligible for funding by DHS. HOUSING WHEDA housing programs modifications The bill makes modifications to three housing programs administered by WHEDA: the residential housing infrastructure revolving loan program, also known as the Infrastructure Access program; the main street housing rehabilitation revolving loan program, also known as the Restore Main Street program; and the commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan program, also known as the Vacancy-to-Vitality program. For the Infrastructure Access program, the bill does all of the following: 1. Allows a loan to a developer to provide for up to 33 percent of total project costs and a loan to a governmental unit to provide for up to 25 percent of total project costs. Under current law, a loan to developers may provide for up to 20 percent of total project costs and a loan to a governmental unit may provide for up to 10 percent of total project costs. 2. Permits up to 25 percent of the amount of a loan to a developer to be used for improvements to private infrastructure. Under current law, a loan may be used for improvements to only infrastructure that is or will be owned, maintained, or provided for or to a governmental unit or infrastructure in a rural area that is transferred to public use. 3. Allows tribal housing authorities to receive loans as developers of eligible projects. For the Restore Main Street program, the bill does all of the following: 1. Allows a loan to provide for up to $50,000 per dwelling unit or 33 percent of total project costs, whichever is less. Under current law, a loan may provide for up to $20,000 per dwelling unit or 25 percent of total project costs, whichever is less. 2. Allows loans to be awarded to projects under the jurisdiction of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band. For the Vacancy-to-Vitality program, the bill does all of the following: 1. Allows a loan to provide for up to 33 percent of total project costs. Under current law, a loan may provide up to $1,000,000 per project or 20 percent of total project costs, whichever is less. 2. Permits housing developments with fewer than six dwelling units to be eligible for a loan. Under current law, an eligible housing development must have fewer than 16 dwelling units. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 115 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 3. Allows loans to be awarded to projects under the jurisdiction of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band. In addition, the bill does the following for each of the three programs: 1. Removes the requirements that a governmental unit have updated the housing element of its comprehensive plan within five years in order to be eligible for a loan and permits projects to benefit from a tax incremental district and to use historic tax credits. 2. For the purpose of establishing that a governmental unit has reduced the costs of housing as part of applying for a loan, allows the governmental unit to submit to WHEDA measures taken by the governmental unit on or after January 1, 2015. Under current law, a governmental unit or political subdivision must show cost-reduction measures taken on or after January 1, 2023. 3. Allows a loan to be awarded for projects on tribal reservation or trust lands not subject to property taxes in this state. Discrimination in housing based on receipt of rental or housing assistance Current open housing law prohibits discrimination in housing based on sex; race; color; sexual orientation; disability; religion; national origin; marital status; family status; status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; lawful source of income; age; or ancestry. The bill prohibits discrimination in housing based on receipt of rental or housing assistance in the form of a contribution from a third party. Capital reserve fund bonding limit Under current law, WHEDA issues notes and bonds for most WHEDA programs, including housing programs for individuals and families of low or moderate income. Current law prohibits WHEDA from issuing notes and bonds that are secured by a capital reserve fund if the total aggregate outstanding principal amount would exceed $1,000,000,000. The bill increases this limit to $1,300,000,000. Low-income housing tax credit Under current law, WHEDA may certify a person to claim, for a period of up to six years, a state tax credit if the person has an ownership interest in a low-income housing project in Wisconsin and qualifies for the federal low-income housing tax credit program. The bill increases the amount of credits that WHEDA may annually certify from $42,000,000 to $100,000,000. The bill also requires that the project be allocated the federal credit and financed with tax-exempt bonds that are not subject to the federal credit[s volume cap—as opposed to any tax-exempt bonds, as required under current law—and allows WHEDA to waive these requirements to the extent that WHEDA anticipates that sufficient tax-exempt private activity bond volume cap under federal law will not be available to finance low-income housing projects in any year. Affordable housing and workforce development grants The bill requires DOA to establish a competitive grant program to award grants to cities, villages, towns, counties, school districts, and businesses, whether 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 116 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all operated for profit or not for profit, to fund the start-up of programs focused on developing the skilled workforce by building or rehabilitating affordable housing in their communities. Grants to incentivize eliminating zoning barriers to affordable housing The bill requires DOA to establish a competitive grant program to award grants to cities, villages, towns, counties, and federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in the state that adopt one or more of the policy initiatives enumerated in the bill to eliminate zoning barriers for the creation or expansion of affordable housing. Homeless case management services grants Under current law, DOA may award up to 10 grants of up to $50,000 each year to shelter facilities for case management services provided to homeless families. The bill eliminates the limit on the number of grants that may be awarded and raises the grant limit to $75,000. Geographic distribution of housing grants Under current law, DOA may award grants to provide homeless individuals with housing and other supportive services to facilitate their movement to independent living. DOA must ensure that the funds for the grants are reasonably balanced among geographic areas of the state that correspond to the geographic areas served by each continuum of care organization designated by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Under the bill, the geographic areas of the state among which DOA must balance funds for the grants need not correspond to the geographic areas served by each continuum of care organization. Grants to Milwaukee County Housing First The bill directs DOA to award two grants of $100,000 in fiscal years 2025]26 and 2026]27 to the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services to support Milwaukee County[s Housing First initiative. Whole-home upgrade grants The bill establishes a pilot program under which DOA must award one or more grants to Walnut Way Conservation Corp. for the purpose of funding home improvements in low-income households in a first class city (presently only Milwaukee) that have one or more of the following goals: 1) reducing carbon emissions; 2) reducing energy burdens; 3) creating cost savings; or 4) creating healthier living environments. The bill authorizes DOA to establish eligibility requirements and other program guidelines for the grant program and allows a grant recipient to use grant moneys for administrative costs. Housing quality standards grants The bill requires DOA to award grants to owners of rental housing units in Wisconsin for purposes of satisfying applicable housing quality standards. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 117 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all INSURANCE Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board The bill creates the Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board, whose purpose is to protect Wisconsin residents and other stakeholders from the high costs of prescription drugs. The board consists of the commissioner of insurance and the following members, all of whom are appointed by the governor for four-year terms: 1. Two members who represent the pharmaceutical drug industry, at least one of whom is a licensed pharmacist. 2. Two members who represent the health insurance industry. 3. Two members who represent the health care industry, at least one of whom is a licensed practitioner. 4. Two members who represent the interests of the public. The bill requires the board to meet in open session at least four times per year to review prescription drug pricing information. The board must provide at least two weeks[ public notice of its meetings, make the meeting[s materials publicly available at least one week prior to meeting, and provide the opportunity for public comment. The bill imposes conflict of interest requirements for the board relating to recusal and public disclosure of certain conflicts. The bill directs the board to access and assess drug pricing information, to the extent practicable, by accessing and assessing information from other states, by assessing spending for the drug in Wisconsin, and by accessing other available pricing information. Under the bill, the board must conduct drug cost affordability reviews. The first step in the reviews is for the board to identify prescription drugs whose launch wholesale acquisition cost exceeds specified thresholds, prescription drugs whose increase in wholesale acquisition cost exceeds specified thresholds, and other prescription drugs that may create affordability challenges for the health care system in Wisconsin. For each identified prescription drug, the board must determine whether to conduct an affordability review by seeking stakeholder input and considering the average patient cost share for the drug. During an affordability review, the board must determine whether use of the prescription drug that is fully consistent with the labeling approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration or standard medical practice has led or will lead to an affordability challenge for the health care system in Wisconsin. In making this determination, the bill requires the board to consider a variety of factors, which include the following: 1. The drug[s wholesale acquisition cost. 2. The average monetary price concession, discount, or rebate the manufacturer provides, or is expected to provide, for the drug to health plans. 3. The total amount of price concessions, discounts, and rebates the manufacturer provides to each pharmacy benefit manager for the drug. 4. The price at which therapeutic alternatives have been sold and the average monetary concession, discount, or rebate the manufacturer provides, or is expected 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 118 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all to provide, to health plan payors and pharmacy benefit managers for therapeutic alternatives. 5. The costs to health plans based on patient access consistent with federal labeled indications and recognized standard medical practice. 6. The impact on patient access resulting from the drug[s cost relative to insurance benefit design. 7. The current or expected dollar value of drug-specific patient access programs that are supported by the manufacturer. 8. The relative financial impacts to health, medical, or social services costs that can be quantified and compared to baseline effects of existing therapeutic alternatives. 9. The average patient copay or other cost sharing for the drug. If the board determines that a prescription drug will lead to an affordability challenge, the bill directs the board to establish an upper payment limit for that drug that applies to all purchases and payor reimbursements of the drug dispensed or administered to individuals in Wisconsin. In establishing the upper payment limit, the board must consider the cost of administering the drug, the cost of delivering it to consumers, and other relevant administrative costs. For certain drugs, the board must solicit information from the manufacturer regarding the price increase and, if the board determines that the price increase is not a result of the need for increased manufacturing capacity or other effort to improve patient access during a public health emergency, the board must establish an upper payment limit equal to the drug[s cost prior to the price increase. Office of the Public Intervenor The bill creates the Office of the Public Intervenor, attached to OCI. Under the bill, the Office of the Public Intervenor assists individuals with claims, policies, appeals, and other legal actions related to pursuing insurance coverage for medical procedures, prescription medications, and other health care services. The bill authorizes the office to levy an assessment on insurance providers based upon their premium volume for health insurance policies written in the state. Prescription drug importation program The bill requires the commissioner of insurance, in consultation with persons interested in the sale and pricing of prescription drugs and federal officials and agencies, to design and implement a prescription drug importation program for the benefit of and that generates savings for Wisconsin residents. The bill establishes requirements for the program, including all of the following: 1) the commissioner must designate a state agency to become a licensed wholesale distributor or contract with a licensed wholesale distributor and to seek federal certification and approval to import prescription drugs; 2) the program must comply with certain federal regulations and import from Canadian suppliers only prescription drugs that are not brand-name drugs, have fewer than four competitor drugs in this country, and for which importation creates substantial savings; 3) the commissioner must ensure that prescription drugs imported under the program are 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 119 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all not distributed, dispensed, or sold outside of Wisconsin; and 4) the program must have an audit procedure to ensure the program complies with certain requirements specified in the bill. Before submitting the proposed program to the federal government for certification, the commissioner must submit the proposed program to JCF for its approval. State prescription drug purchasing entity The bill requires OCI to conduct a study on the viability of creating or implementing a state prescription drug purchasing entity. Exemption from prior authorization requirements The bill allows the commissioner of insurance to establish, by rule, that any health insurance policy or plan that uses a prior authorization process must exempt health care providers from obtaining prior authorizations for a health care item or service for a period of time established by the commissioner if, in the most recent evaluation period established by the commissioner, the health insurance policy or plan has approved or would have approved not less than a certain proportion of prior authorization requests, as established by the commissioner, submitted by the health care provider for the health care item or service. The commissioner may specify the health care items or services that may be subject to this exemption. Further, the commissioner may specify how health care providers may obtain an exemption from obtaining prior authorizations under the bill, including by providing a process for automatic evaluation. Prior authorization transparency The bill imposes several regulations on the use of prior authorization requirements used by health care plans. Under the bill, Xprior authorizationY is defined to mean the process by which a health care plan or a contracted utilization review organization determines the medical necessity and medical appropriateness of otherwise covered health care services. The bill requires health care plans to maintain a list of services for which prior authorization is required and publish the list on its website to be accessible by members of the general public without requiring the creation of an account or the entry of any credentials or personal information. Further, the bill requires health care plans to make the current prior authorization requirements and restrictions that it uses accessible and conspicuously posted on its website or on the website of a contracted utilization review organization for enrollees and providers. The bill provides that any clinical review criteria on which a prior authorization requirement or restriction is based must satisfy certain criteria, including that the criteria are based on nationally recognized, generally accepted standards except where provided by law, that the criteria are developed in accordance with the current standards of a national medical accreditation entity, and that the criteria ensure quality of care and access to needed health care services. The bill prohibits a health care plan from denying a claim for failure to obtain prior authorization if the prior authorization requirement was not in effect on the date that the service was provided. Further, the bill prohibits health care plans and 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 120 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all utilization review organizations contracted with health care plans from deeming supplies or services as incidental and from denying a claim for supplies or services if a provided health care service associated with the supplies or services receives prior authorization or if a provided health care service associated with the supplies or services does not require prior authorization. Finally, the bill provides that if a health care plan intends to impose a new prior authorization requirement or restriction or intends to amend a prior authorization requirement or restriction, the health care plan must provide all providers contracted with the health care plan with advanced written notice of the new or amended requirement or restriction no less than 60 days before the new or amended requirement or restriction is implemented. No health care plan may implement a new or amended prior authorization requirement or restriction unless the health care plan or a contracted utilization review organization has updated the post on its website to reflect the new or amended prior authorization requirement or restriction. Inpatient mental health prior authorization The bill prohibits health insurance policies and self-insured governmental health plans that cover inpatient mental health services from requiring prior authorization for the provision or coverage of those services. Health insurance policies are referred to as disability insurance policies in the bill, and a self-insured governmental health plan is a self-funded health plan of the state or a county, city, village, town, or school district. Coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions and other insurance market regulations The bill requires certain health plans to guarantee access to coverage; prohibits plans from imposing preexisting condition exclusions; prohibits plans from setting premiums or cost-sharing amounts based on health status-related factors; prohibits plans from setting lifetime or annual limits on benefits; requires plans to cover certain essential health benefits; requires coverage of certain preventive services by plans without a cost-sharing contribution by an enrollee; sets a maximum annual amount of cost sharing for enrollees; and designates risk pool, medical loss ratio, and actuarial value requirements. The bill requires every individual health insurance policy, referred to in the bill as health benefit plans, to accept every individual who, and every group health insurance policy to accept every employer that, applies for coverage, regardless of the sexual orientation, the gender identity, or any preexisting condition of any individual or employee who will be covered by the plan. The bill allows health benefit plans to restrict enrollment in coverage to open or special enrollment periods and requires the commissioner of insurance to establish a statewide open enrollment period that is no shorter than 30 days for every individual health benefit plan. The bill prohibits a group health insurance policy, including a self-insured governmental health plan, from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion. The bill also prohibits an individual health insurance policy from reducing or denying a 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 121 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all claim or loss incurred or disability commencing under the policy on the ground that a disease or physical condition existed prior to the effective date of coverage. A health benefit plan offered on the individual or small employer market or a self-insured governmental health plan may not vary premium rates for a specific plan except on the basis of 1) whether the plan covers an individual or a family; 2) the area in the state; 3) age; and 4) tobacco use, as specified in the bill. An individual health benefit plan or self-insured health plan is prohibited under the bill from establishing rules for the eligibility of any individual to enroll based on health status-related factors, which are specified in the bill. A self-insured health plan or an insurer offering an individual health benefit plan is also prohibited from requiring an enrollee to pay a greater premium, contribution, deductible, copayment, or coinsurance amount than is required of an otherwise similarly situated enrollee based on a health status-related factor. Current state law prohibits group health benefit plans from establishing rules of eligibility or requiring greater premium or contribution amounts based on a factor related to health status. The bill adds to these current law requirements for group health benefit plans that the plan may not require a greater deductible, copayment, or coinsurance amount based on a health status-related factor. Under the bill, an individual or group health benefit plan or a self-insured governmental health plan may not establish lifetime or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for an enrollee or a dependent of an enrollee under the plan. The bill specifies a maximum amount of cost sharing that a plan may impose as the amount calculated under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill requires individual and small employer plans to have either a single statewide risk pool for the individual market and a single pool for the small employer market or a single statewide risk pool for a combination of the individual and small employer markets. The bill requires individual and small employer plans to have a medical loss ratio of at least 80 percent and larger group plans to have a medical loss ratio of at least 85 percent. The medical loss ratio is the proportion of premium revenues that the plan spends on clinical services and quality improvement. The bill also requires individual and small employer plans to provide a level of coverage that is designed to provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to at least 60 percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan. An actuarial value of 60 percent corresponds to a bronze tier plan under the ACA. The bill requires certain health insurance policies and governmental self- insured health plans to cover essential health benefits that will be specified by the commissioner of insurance by rule. The bill specifies a list of requirements that the commissioner must follow when establishing the essential health benefits including certain limitations on cost sharing and the following general categories of benefits, items, or services in which the commissioner must require coverage: ambulatory patient services, emergency services, hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 122 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all mental health and substance use disorder services, prescription drugs, rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices, laboratory services, preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management, and pediatric services. If an essential health benefit specified by the commissioner is also subject to its own mandated coverage requirement, the bill requires the health insurance policy or self-insured health plan to provide coverage under whichever requirement provides the insured or plan participant with more comprehensive coverage. The bill requires health insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans to cover certain preventive services and to provide coverage of those preventive services without subjecting that coverage to deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance. The preventive services for which coverage is required are specified in the bill. The bill also specifies certain instances when cost-sharing amounts may be charged for an office visit associated with a preventive service. Preventing surprise bills for emergency medical services and other items and services The bill requires defined network plans, such as health maintenance organizations, and certain preferred provider plans and self-insured governmental plans that cover benefits or services provided in either an emergency department of a hospital or an independent freestanding emergency department to cover emergency medical services without requiring a prior authorization determination and without regard to whether the health care provider providing the emergency medical services is a participating provider or facility. If the emergency medical services for which coverage is required are provided by a nonparticipating provider, the plan must 1) not impose a prior authorization requirement or other limitation that is more restrictive than if the service was provided by a participating provider; 2) not impose cost sharing on an enrollee that is greater than the cost sharing required if the service was provided by a participating provider; 3) calculate the cost-sharing amount to be equal to the recognized amount specified under federal law; 4) provide, within 30 days of the provider[s or facility[s bill, an initial payment or denial notice to the provider or facility and then pay a total amount to the provider or facility that is equal to the amount by which an out-of-network rate exceeds the amount it received in cost sharing from the enrollee; and 5) count any cost-sharing payment made by the enrollee for the emergency medical services toward any in-network deductible or out-of-pocket maximum as if the cost-sharing payment was made for services provided by a participating provider or facility. For coverage of an item or service that is provided by a nonparticipating provider in a participating facility, a plan must 1) not impose a cost-sharing requirement for the item or service that is greater than the cost-sharing requirement that would have been imposed if the item or service was provided by a participating provider; 2) calculate the cost-sharing amount to be equal to the recognized amount specified under federal law; 3) provide, within 30 days of the provider[s bill, an initial payment or denial notice to the provider and then pay a total amount to the provider that is equal to the amount by which the out-of- 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 123 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all network rate exceeds the amount it received in cost sharing from the enrollee; and 4) count any cost-sharing payment made by the enrollee for the items or services toward any in-network deductible or out-of-pocket maximum as if the cost-sharing payment was made for items or services provided by a participating provider. A nonparticipating provider providing an item or service in a participating facility may not bill or hold liable an enrollee for more than the cost-sharing amount unless the provider provides notice and obtains consent as described in the bill. However, if the nonparticipating provider is providing an ancillary item or service that is specified in the bill, and the commissioner of insurance has not specifically allowed providers to bill or hold an enrollee liable for that item or service by rule, the nonparticipating provider providing the ancillary item or service in a participating facility may not bill or hold liable an enrollee for more than the cost-sharing amount. Under the bill, a provider or facility that is entitled to a payment for an emergency medical service or other item or service may initiate open negotiations with the defined network plan, preferred provider plan, or self-insured governmental health plan to determine the amount of payment. If the open negotiation period terminates without determination of the payment amount, the provider, facility, or plan may initiate the independent dispute resolution process as specified by the commissioner of insurance. If an enrollee of a plan is a continuing care patient, as defined in the bill, and is obtaining services from a participating provider or facility, and the contract is terminated because of a change in the terms of the participation of the provider or facility in the plan or the contract is terminated, resulting in a loss of benefits under the plan, the plan must notify the enrollee of the enrollee[s right to elect to continue transitional care, provide the enrollee an opportunity to notify the plan of the need for transitional care, and allow the enrollee to continue to have the benefits provided under the plan under the same terms and conditions as would have applied without the termination until either 90 days after the termination notice date or the date on which the enrollee is no longer a continuing care patient, whichever is earlier. Health insurance claims The bill imposes upon insurers certain requirements for health insurance claims processing and denials, including a requirement to process claims within a reasonable time frame that prevents an undue delay in care, to provide a detailed explanation of a claim denial, and to disclose whether the insurer uses artificial intelligence or algorithmic decision-making in processing claims. The bill also prohibits certain actions by an insurer with respect to health insurance claims, including using vague or misleading terms to deny a claim, stalling review of a claim to avoid timely payment, allowing non-physician personnel to determine whether care is medically necessary, mandating prior approval for routine or urgent procedures in a manner that causes harmful delays, or requiring an insured to fail a cheaper treatment before approving coverage for necessary care. The bill directs insurers to annually publish a report about their claim denials for health insurance 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 124 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all policies and their use of artificial intelligence or algorithmic decision-making in processing claims for health insurance policies. The bill also directs the commissioner of insurance to maintain a public database of insurers[ health insurance claim denial rates and the outcomes of independent reviews of adverse actions under health insurance policies. Under current law, insureds may request an independent review of adverse actions under a health insurance policy under certain circumstances. The bill provides that an insured also has the right to request from the Office of the Public Intervenor created under the bill a review of any health insurance claim denial. In addition, the bill authorizes the commissioner of insurance to audit insurers that deny health insurance claims with such frequency as to indicate a general business practice. Under the bill, the commissioner may collect any relevant information from an insurer necessary to conduct an audit; contract with a third party to conduct an audit; order an insurer to comply with a corrective action plan based on the findings of an audit; and impose forfeitures or sanctions on an insurer that fails to comply with a corrective action plan. The bill also requires insurers to provide a written response to any adverse findings of an audit. Application of manufacturer discounts Health insurance policies and plans often apply deductibles and out-of-pocket maximum amounts to the benefits covered by the policy or plan. A deductible is an amount that an enrollee in a policy or plan must pay out of pocket before attaining the full benefits of the policy or plan. An out-of-pocket maximum amount is a limit specified by a policy or plan on the amount that an enrollee pays, and once that limit is reached, the policy or plan covers the benefit entirely. The bill requires health insurance policies that offer prescription drug benefits and self-insured health plans to apply the amount of any discounts that a manufacturer of a brand- name drug provides to reduce the amount of cost sharing that is charged to an enrollee for those brand-name drugs to the enrollee[s deductible and out-of-pocket maximum amount. That requirement applies for brand-name drugs that have no generic equivalent and for brand-name drugs that have a generic equivalent but that the enrollee has prior authorization or physician approval to obtain. Fiduciary duty of pharmacy benefit managers The bill imposes fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers. Pharmacy benefit managers contract with health plans that provide prescription drug benefits to administer those benefits for the plans. They also have contracts with pharmacies and pay the pharmacies for providing the drugs to the plan beneficiaries. The bill provides that a pharmacy benefit manager owes a fiduciary duty to a plan sponsor. The bill also requires that a pharmacy benefit manager annually disclose all of the following information to the plan sponsor: 1. The indirect profit received by the pharmacy benefit manager from owning a pharmacy or service provider. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 125 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 2. Any payments made to a consultant or broker who works on behalf of the plan sponsor. 3. From the amounts received from drug manufacturers, the amounts retained by the pharmacy benefit manager that are related to the plan sponsor[s claims or bona fide service fees. 4. The amounts received from network pharmacies and the amount retained by the pharmacy benefit manager. Licensure of pharmacy benefit management brokers and consultants The bill requires an individual who is acting as a pharmacy benefit management broker or consultant or who is acting to procure the services of a pharmacy benefit manager on behalf of a client to be licensed by OCI. The bill allows OCI to promulgate rules to establish criteria, procedures, and fees for licensure. Licensure of pharmaceutical representatives The bill requires a pharmaceutical representative to be licensed by OCI and to display the pharmaceutical representative[s license during each visit with a health care professional. The bill defines Xpharmaceutical representativeY to mean an individual who markets or promotes pharmaceuticals to health care professionals on behalf of a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compensation. The term of a license issued under the bill is one year, and the license is renewable. Under the bill, the license fee is set by the commissioner of insurance. The bill directs the commissioner to promulgate rules to implement the bill[s requirements, including rules that require pharmaceutical representatives to complete continuing educational coursework as a condition of licensure. An individual who violates any of the requirements under the bill is subject to a fine, and the individual[s license may be suspended or revoked. Pharmacy services administrative organizations The bill requires that a pharmacy services administrative organization (PSAO) be licensed by OCI. Under the bill, a PSAO is an entity operating in Wisconsin that does all of the following: 1. Contracts with an independent pharmacy to conduct business on the pharmacy[s behalf with a third-party payer. 2. Provides at least one administrative service to an independent pharmacy and negotiates and enters into a contract with a third-party payer or pharmacy benefit manager on the pharmacy[s behalf. The bill defines Xindependent pharmacyY to mean a licensed pharmacy operating in Wisconsin that is under common ownership with no more than two other pharmacies. XAdministrative serviceY is defined to mean assisting with claims or audits, providing centralized payment, performing certification in a specialized care program, providing compliance support, setting flat fees for generic drugs, assisting with store layout, managing inventory, providing marketing support, providing management and analysis of payment and drug dispensing data, 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 126 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all or providing resources for retail cash cards. The bill defines Xthird-party payerY to mean an entity operating in Wisconsin that pays or insures health, medical, or prescription drug expenses on behalf of beneficiaries. The bill uses the current law definition of Xpharmacy benefit manager,Y which is an entity doing business in Wisconsin that contracts to administer or manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of an insurer or other entity that provides prescription drug benefits to Wisconsin residents. To obtain the license required by the bill, a person must apply to OCI and provide the contact information for the applicant and a contact person, evidence of financial responsibility of at least $1,000,000, and any other information required by the commissioner of insurance. Under the bill, the license fee is set by the commissioner, and the term of a license is two years. The bill also requires that a PSAO disclose to OCI the extent of any ownership or control by an entity that provides pharmacy services; provides prescription drug or device services; or manufactures, sells, or distributes prescription drugs, biologicals, or medical devices. The PSAO must notify OCI within five days of any material change in its ownership or control related to such an entity. Moneys from pharmacy benefit manager regulation used for general program operations The bill credits to the appropriation account for OCI[s general program operations all moneys received from the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacy benefit management brokers, pharmacy benefit management consultants, pharmacy services administration organizations, and pharmaceutical representatives. Insurer network adequacy standards The bill allows OCI to promulgate rules to establish minimum network time and distance standards and minimum network wait-time standards for defined network plans and preferred provider plans. The bill specifies that OCI, in promulgating rules under the bill, must consider standards adopted by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for qualified health plans offered on the federally facilitated health insurance marketplace established pursuant to the ACA. State-based exchange The bill directs OCI to establish and operate a state-based health insurance exchange. Under current law, the ACA requires that an exchange be established in each state to facilitate the purchase of qualified health insurance coverage by individuals and small employers. Under the ACA, a state must operate its own state-based exchange, use the federally facilitated exchange operated by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, or adopt a hybrid approach under which the state operates a state-based exchange but uses the federal platform, known as HealthCare.gov, to handle eligibility and enrollment functions. Wisconsin currently uses the federally facilitated exchange. The bill directs OCI to 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 127 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all establish and operate a state-based exchange, first by using the federal platform and then transitioning to a fully state-run exchange. The bill authorizes OCI to enter into any agreement with the federal government necessary to implement those provisions. The bill also requires that OCI impose a user fee on insurers offering plans through the state-based exchange. Under current law, the ACA imposes user fees on insurers offering plans through federally facilitated exchanges and state-based exchanges using the federal platform, which are currently 1.5 percent and 1.2 percent of total monthly premiums, respectively. The bill authorizes OCI to impose a user fee at the following rates: 1. For any plan year that OCI operates the state-based exchange using the federal platform, the rate is 0.5 percent. 2. For the first two plan years that OCI operates the fully state-run exchange, the rate is equal to the user fee for the federally facilitated exchanges. For later plan years, the rate is set by OCI by rule. The bill creates an annual GPR appropriation for OCI[s general program operations. Further, the bill allows OCI to spend up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2025]26 and up to $500,000 in fiscal year 2026]27 for the development of a public option health insurance plan. Telehealth parity The bill requires health insurance policies and self-insured governmental health plans to cover a treatment or service that is provided through telehealth if the treatment or service is covered by the policy or plan when provided in person. A policy or plan may limit its coverage to those treatments or services that are medically necessary. XTelehealthY is defined in the bill as a practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, or transfer of medically relevant data by means of audio, video, or data communications that are used either during a patient visit or consultation or are used to transfer medically relevant data about a patient. The bill also sets parameters on the coverage of telehealth treatments and services that is required in the bill. A policy or plan may not subject a telehealth treatment or service to a greater deductible, copayment, or coinsurance than if provided in person. Similarly, a policy or plan may not impose a policy or calendar year or lifetime benefit limit or other maximum limitation or a prior authorization requirement on a telehealth treatment or service that is not imposed on treatments or services provided through manners other than telehealth. A policy or plan also may not place unique location requirements on a telehealth treatment or service. If a policy or plan covers a telehealth treatment or service that has no in-person equivalent, the policy or plan must disclose this in the policy or plan materials. Short-term, limited duration plan coverage requirements The bill sets certain coverage requirements on individual health plans that are short-term, limited duration plans. Under current law, a short-term, limited duration plan is individual health benefit plan coverage that is marketed and 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 128 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all designed to provide short-term coverage as a bridge between other coverages and that has a term of not more than 12 months and an aggregate term of all consecutive periods of coverage that does not exceed 18 months. Under current law, an insurer generally must renew individual health coverage at the option of the insured, but an insurer is not required to renew a short-term, limited duration plan. The bill requires an insurer that offers a short-term, limited duration plan to accept every individual who applies for coverage, regardless of whether the individual has a preexisting condition. The bill also prohibits a short-term, limited duration plan from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion. Under current law, a short-term, limited duration plan may impose a preexisting condition exclusion, but the plan must reduce the length of time of the exclusion by the aggregate duration of the insured[s consecutive periods of coverage. Under current law, a preexisting condition exclusion is a period of time during which a plan will not cover a medical condition for which the insured received some medical attention before the effective date of coverage. Under the bill, an insurer that offers a short-term, limited duration plan may not vary premium rates for a specific plan except on the basis of 1) whether the plan covers an individual or a family; 2) the area in the state; 3) age; and 4) tobacco use, as specified in the bill. An insurer that offers a short-term, limited duration plan is prohibited under the bill from establishing rules for the eligibility of any individual to enroll based on certain health status-related factors, which are specified in the bill, and from requiring an enrollee to pay a greater premium, contribution, deductible, copayment, or coinsurance amount than is required of a similarly situated enrollee based on a health status-related factor. Under the bill, a short- term, limited duration plan may not establish lifetime limits or limits for the duration of the coverage on the dollar value of benefits for an enrollee or a dependent of an enrollee under the plan. Finally, the bill reduces the maximum allowable term of a short-term, limited duration plan from 12 months to three months and reduces the maximum aggregate duration from 18 months to six months. Special enrollment period for pregnancy The bill requires health insurance plans and self-insured governmental health plans to allow a pregnant individual who is eligible for coverage under the plan, and any individual who is eligible for coverage because of a relationship to the pregnant individual, to enroll in the plan at any time during the pregnancy. Under the bill, the coverage must begin no later than the first day of the first calendar month in which the pregnant individual receives medical verification of the pregnancy, except that the pregnant individual may direct coverage to begin on the first day of any month occurring during the pregnancy. The bill also requires that insurers offering group health insurance coverage notify individuals of the special enrollment period at or before the time the individual is initially offered the opportunity to enroll in the plan. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 129 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Coverage of infertility services The bill requires health insurance policies and self-insured governmental health plans that cover medical or hospital expenses to cover diagnosis of and treatment for infertility and standard fertility preservation services. Coverage required under the bill must include at least four completed egg retrievals with unlimited embryo transfers, in accordance with certain guidelines, and single embryo transfer when recommended and medically appropriate. Policies and plans may not impose an exclusion, limitation, or other restriction on the coverage required under the bill on the basis that an insured person participates in fertility services provided by or to a third party. Policies and plans are also prohibited from imposing an exclusion, limitation, or other restriction on coverage of medications for which the bill requires coverage that is not imposed on any other prescription medications covered under the policy or plan. Similarly, policies and plans may not impose any exclusion, limitation, cost-sharing requirement, benefit maximum, waiting period, or other restriction on diagnosis, treatment, or services for which coverage is required under the bill that is different from any exclusion, limitation, cost-sharing requirement, benefit maximum, waiting period, or other restriction imposed on benefits for other services. Coverage of over-the-counter oral contraceptives Under current law, every health insurance policy and every self-insured governmental health plan that covers outpatient health care services, preventive treatments and services, or prescription drugs and devices must provide coverage for contraceptives prescribed by a health care provider. Under the bill, these insurance policies and health plans must also provide coverage of oral contraceptives that are lawfully furnished over the counter without a prescription. Reimbursement to federal drug pricing program participants The bill prohibits any person from reimbursing certain entities that participate in the federal drug pricing program, known as the 340B Program, for a drug subject to an agreement under the program at a rate lower than that paid for the same drug to pharmacies that have a similar prescription volume. The bill also prohibits a person from imposing any fee, charge back, or other adjustment on the basis of the entity[s participation in the 340B Program. The entities covered by the prohibitions under the bill are federally qualified health centers, critical access hospitals, and grantees under the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, as well as these entities[ pharmacies and any pharmacy with which any of the entities have contracted to dispense drugs through the 340B Program. The bill allows the commissioner of insurance to promulgate rules to establish minimum reimbursement rates for entities that participate in the 340B Program. Reimbursement for emergency ambulance services under health insurance policies and plans The bill makes several changes to the coverage and reimbursement of emergency ambulance services under health insurance policies and plans. First, 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 130 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all the bill requires defined network plans, preferred provider plans, and self-insured governmental plans that provide coverage of emergency medical services to cover emergency ambulance services provided by an ambulance service provider that is not a participating provider at a rate that is the greatest of 1) a rate that is set or approved by a local governmental entity in the jurisdiction in which the emergency ambulance services originated; 2) a rate that is 400 percent of the current published rate for the provided emergency ambulance services established by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the Medicare program in the same geographic area or a rate that is equivalent to the rate billed by the ambulance service provider for emergency ambulance services provided, whichever is less; or 3) the contracted rate at which the defined network plan, preferred provider plan, or self-insured governmental plan would reimburse a participating ambulance service provider for the same emergency ambulance services. The bill prohibits any defined network plan, preferred provider plan, or self-insured governmental plan from imposing a cost-sharing amount on an enrollee for emergency ambulance services provided by an ambulance service provider that is not a participating provider at a rate that is greater than the requirements that would apply if the emergency ambulance services were provided by a participating ambulance service provider. The bill provides that no ambulance service provider that receives reimbursement as provided in the bill may charge an enrollee for any additional amount for emergency ambulance services except for any copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other cost-sharing responsibilities required to be paid by the enrollee. Finally, the bill provides that any health insurance policy or self-insured governmental health plan must respond to claims for covered emergency ambulance services within 30 days after receipt of the claim and, if the claim is without defect, promptly remit payment for the covered emergency ambulance services directly to the ambulance service provider. If the claim has a defect, the bill instead requires the health insurance policy or self-insured governmental health plan to provide a written notice to the ambulance service provider within 30 days after receipt of the claim. Coverage of treatment or services provided by qualified treatment trainees The bill prohibits any health insurance plan from excluding coverage for mental health or behavioral health treatment or services provided by a qualified treatment trainee within the scope of the qualified treatment trainee[s education and training if the health insurance plan covers the mental health or behavioral health treatment or services when provided by another health care provider. XQualified treatment traineeY is defined under current law to mean either a graduate student who is enrolled in an accredited institution in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related field or a person with a graduate degree from an accredited institution and course work in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related field who has not yet completed the applicable supervised practice requirements described under the administrative code. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 131 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Coverage of treatment or services provided by substance abuse counselors The bill prohibits any health insurance plan from excluding coverage for alcoholism or other drug abuse treatment or services provided by a certified substance abuse counselor within the scope of the substance abuse counselor[s education and training if the health insurance plan covers the alcoholism or other drug abuse treatment or services when provided by another health care provider. XSubstance abuse counselorY is defined under current law to mean a substance abuse counselor-in-training, a substance abuse counselor, or a clinical substance abuse counselor. Coverage of services, treatment, or procedures provided by dental therapists Current law prohibits any health insurance plan from excluding coverage for diagnosis and treatment of a condition or complaint by a dental therapist within the scope of the dental therapist[s license if the health insurance plan covers diagnosis and treatment of the condition or complaint by another health care provider. The bill instead prohibits any health insurance plan from excluding coverage for dental services, treatment, or procedures provided by a dental therapist within the scope of the dental therapist[s license if the health insurance plan covers the dental services, treatment, or procedures when provided by another health care provider. XDental therapistY is defined under current law as an individual who engages in the limited practice of dentistry. Cost-sharing cap on insulin The bill prohibits every health insurance policy and governmental self-insured health plan that covers insulin and imposes cost sharing on prescription drugs from imposing cost sharing on insulin in an amount that exceeds $35 for a one-month supply. Current law requires every health insurance policy that provides coverage of expenses incurred for treatment of diabetes to provide coverage for specified expenses and items, including insulin. The required coverage under current law for certain diabetes treatments other than insulin infusion pumps is subject to the same exclusions, limitations, deductibles, and coinsurance provisions of the policy as other covered expenses. The bill[s cost-sharing limitation on insulin supersedes the specification that the exclusions, limitations, deductibles, and coinsurance are the same as for other coverage. Insulin safety net programs The bill requires insulin manufacturers to establish a program under which qualifying Wisconsin residents who are in urgent need of insulin and are uninsured or have limited insurance coverage can be dispensed insulin at a pharmacy. Under the program, if a qualifying individual in urgent need of insulin provides a pharmacy with a form attesting that the individual meets the program[s eligibility requirements, specified proof of residency, and a valid insulin prescription, the pharmacy must dispense a 30-day supply of insulin to the individual and may charge the individual a copayment of no more than $35. The pharmacy may submit 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 132 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all an electronic payment claim for the insulin[s acquisition cost to the manufacturer or agree to receive a replacement of the same insulin in the amount dispensed. The bill also requires that each insulin manufacturer establish a patient assistance program to make insulin available to any qualifying Wisconsin resident who, among other requirements, is uninsured or has limited insurance coverage and whose family income does not exceed 400 percent of the federal poverty line. Under the bill, an individual must apply to participate in a manufacturer[s program. If the manufacturer determines that the individual meets the program[s eligibility requirements, the manufacturer must issue the individual a statement of eligibility, which is valid for 12 months and may be renewed. Under the bill, if an individual with a statement of eligibility and valid insulin prescription requests insulin from a pharmacy, the pharmacy must submit an order to the manufacturer, who must then provide a 90-day supply of insulin at no charge to the individual or pharmacy. The pharmacy may charge the individual a copayment of no more than $50. Under the bill, a manufacturer is not required to issue a statement of eligibility if the individual has prescription drug coverage through an individual or group health plan and the manufacturer determines that the individual[s insulin needs are better addressed through the manufacturer[s copayment assistance program. In such case, the manufacturer must provide the individual with the necessary drug coupons, and the individual may not be required to pay more than a $50 copayment for a 90-day supply of insulin. Under the bill, if the manufacturer determines that an individual is not eligible for the patient assistance program, the individual may file an appeal with OCI. The bill directs OCI to establish procedures for deciding appeals. Under the bill, OCI must issue a decision within 10 days, and that decision is final. The bill requires that insulin manufacturers annually report to OCI certain information, including the number of individuals served and the cost of insulin dispensed under the programs and that OCI annually report to the governor and the legislature on the programs. The bill also directs OCI to conduct public outreach and develop an information sheet about the programs, conduct satisfaction surveys of individuals and pharmacies that participate in the programs, and report to the governor and the legislature on the surveys by July 1, 2028. Additionally, the bill requires that OCI develop a training program for health care navigators to assist individuals in accessing appropriate long-term insulin options and maintain a list of trained navigators. The bill provides that a manufacturer that violates the bill[s provisions may be required to forfeit not more than $200,000 per month of violation, which increases to $400,000 per month if the manufacturer continues to be in violation after six months and to $600,000 per month if the manufacturer continues to be in violation after one year. The bill[s requirements do not apply to manufacturers with annual insulin sales revenue in Wisconsin of no more than $2,000,000 or to insulin that costs less than a specified dollar amount. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 133 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Value-based diabetes medication pilot project The bill directs OCI to develop a pilot project under which a pharmacy benefit manager and a pharmaceutical manufacturer are directed to create a value-based, sole-source arrangement to reduce the costs of prescription diabetes medication. The bill allows OCI to promulgate rules to implement the pilot project. Funding for health insurance navigators The bill directs the commissioner of insurance to award $500,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to a licensed navigator to prioritize services for the direct care workforce population. Navigators are individuals or entities that perform certain duties, including conducting public education activities to raise awareness of the availability of qualified health plans, distributing fair and impartial information concerning enrollment in qualified health plans, facilitating enrollment in qualified health plans, and providing referrals for any enrollee with a grievance, complaint, or question regarding their health plan, coverage, or a determination under such plan or coverage. Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan balance transfer The Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan (HIRSP) provided health insurance coverage in individual policies to certain eligible individuals, including individuals who were refused coverage in the private health insurance market because of their mental or physical condition. HIRSP was dissolved and, by March 31, 2014, all coverage under HIRSP was finally terminated. 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 repealed two appropriations to OCI that provided funding for the affairs of HIRSP and for winding up the affairs of HIRSP. The bill transfers any balance that was credited to those appropriations and not lapsed as a result of 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 to the general program operations appropriation for OCI in fiscal year 2025-26. Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan spending limit Under current law, the Wisconsin Healthcare Stability Plan (WIHSP) makes a reinsurance payment to a health insurance carrier if the claims for an individual who is enrolled in a health benefit plan with that carrier exceed a threshold amount in a benefit year. WIHSP is administered by OCI and operates under specific terms and conditions of a waiver agreement between OCI and the federal Department of Health and Human Services, which was dated July 29, 2018, and extended December 1, 2022. Currently, the commissioner of insurance is limited to spending $230,000,000 for WIHSP from all revenue sources in a year, unless JCF increases the amount. Under the bill, the governor, not JCF, may increase the spending limit. In addition, the bill increases the spending limit to $250,000,000 in 2026, and beginning in 2027, the bill directs the commissioner to annually adjust the spending limit based on the increase, if any, in the medical care index of the consumer price index. The bill also specifies that OCI[s authority includes the authority to operate WIHSP under any waiver extension approvals. JUSTICE Powers of the attorney general The bill repeals changes made to the powers of the attorney general in 2017 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 134 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Wisconsin Act 369 relating to the power to compromise or discontinue civil actions prosecuted by DOJ and the power to compromise and settle actions in cases where DOJ is defending the state. The bill reestablishes these settlement powers as they existed under the law before 2017 Wisconsin Act 369 was enacted. The bill allows the attorney general to compromise or discontinue actions prosecuted by DOJ 1) when directed by the officer, department, board, or commission that directed the prosecution or 2) with the approval of the governor when the action is prosecuted by DOJ on the initiative of the attorney general or at the request of any individual. The bill eliminates the requirement for approval of a compromise or discontinuance from a legislative intervenor or JCF. It also eliminates the requirement for the attorney general to obtain approval of a compromise or discontinuance by the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization (JLCO) in certain circumstances before submitting a proposed plan to JCF. Under the bill, when DOJ is defending the state, the attorney general may compromise and settle the action as the attorney general determines to be in the best interest of the state. The bill eliminates the requirement under current law that, in actions for injunctive relief or if there is a proposed consent decree, the attorney general must 1) obtain the approval of any legislative intervenor or 2) if there is no intervenor, submit a proposed plan to JCF and, in certain circumstances, obtain approval of JCF. The bill also eliminates the requirement for the attorney general to obtain approval from JCLO in certain circumstances before submitting a proposed plan of settlement or compromise to JCF. Crime victim services grants Current law provides for a number of surcharges that a court must impose on a person who is found to have committed crimes or violated ordinances. The bill creates a new crime victim services surcharge and requires a court to impose the surcharge when imposing a sentence, a period of probation, or a civil forfeiture on a person. The amount of the surcharge is the sum of 40 percent of any fine or forfeiture imposed or $40, whichever is greater, plus $50 for each conviction of a misdemeanor or felony. The bill requires DOJ to use the funds collected from the surcharge to award grants to organizations that are eligible for federal funds to provide crime victim assistance. The grants from DOJ are intended to supplement any federal funds. In addition, the bill authorizes DOA to supplement the funds available for the grants if DOA determines that the amounts available are insufficient for crime victim services. Under the bill, if DOA determines the amounts available are insufficient, the amount that may be supplemented is capped at the difference between $44,500,000 and the sum of the federal funds received in that fiscal year for crime victim assistance plus the funds collected in that fiscal year from the crime victim services surcharge created in the bill. Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs Under current law, DOJ operates the alternatives to incarceration grant program and the drug courts grant program. Under these programs, DOJ provides 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 135 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all grants to counties and tribes for providing alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who abuse alcohol or other drugs and diverting substance- abusing persons from prison or jail into treatment. Under the bill, December 31, 2026, is the last day these DOJ grant programs will be in effect. Beginning on January 1, 2027, DOA will operate a grant program for tribes to provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs, and counties will be required to operate such programs to be eligible for certain circuit court payments from the director of state courts. The bill also transfers 3.0 FTE GPR positions that administer the alternatives to incarceration grant program, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, from DOJ to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on January 1, 2027. Eliminating the sunset on funding for the Office of School Safety 2023 Wisconsin Act 240 increased the number of positions for the Office of School Safety (OSS) in DOJ by 14.2 project positions for the period beginning on January 1, 2025, and ending on October 1, 2025, and allowed, for the same period, DOJ to fund the positions and other OSS duties using the fees that DOJ collects for issuing licenses to carry concealed weapons. The bill eliminates the sunset on using the fees so that DOJ may continue using the fees to fund positions and other OSS duties. Law enforcement officer training requirements The bill provides that the Law Enforcement Standards Board may not prevent noncitizens who are in receipt of valid employment authorization from the federal Department of Homeland Security from participating in a law enforcement preparatory training program. Project employees of DOJ offices under ARPA The bill provides that individuals who are in project positions that were funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and who are employed by DOJ may be appointed to equivalent permanent positions at DOJ without going through the civil service hiring process as new hires. Appropriation for restitution moneys The bill makes a technical change to DOJ[s restitution appropriation to provide that it also includes all moneys received by DOJ under any other unspecified court order or settlement agreement for the purpose of providing restitution to victims. Project attorney reporting requirement 2017 Wisconsin Act 261 created two field prosecutor attorney project positions to assist DOJ[s Division of Criminal Investigation and provided that those positions would terminate five years after the effective date of the act. The act also created a requirement that DOJ submit an annual report to JCF describing the activities and effectiveness of those field prosecutor attorneys. Those positions have expired. The bill eliminates the reporting requirement relating to those expired field prosecutor attorney project positions. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 136 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Law enforcement officer training reimbursement The bill makes a technical change relating to the appropriations from which reimbursements for law enforcement officer training are paid. Relator appropriation The bill creates a continuing appropriation to hold all moneys received by DOJ that is owed to a relator, to provide payments to relators. A relator is a type of party in a legal action in whose name an action is brought by a state. Gifts and grants and disposition of settlement funds The bill repeals certain changes made by 2017 Wisconsin Act 369 relating to gifts and grants and certain proceeds received by DOJ, specifically reversing provisions that changed a DOJ gifts and grants appropriation and a DOJ gifts, grants, and proceeds appropriation from continuing appropriations to annual appropriations. The bill also repeals the requirement that the attorney general must deposit all settlement funds into the general fund. The bill restores procedures relating to discretionary settlement funds under which the attorney general could expend certain settlement funds not committed under the terms of a settlement after submitting a plan to JCF for passive review only if either 1) the cochairpersons of JCF do not schedule a meeting or 2) a meeting is scheduled and JCF approves a plan for expenditure. LOCAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT Local landlord-tenant ordinances Current law prohibits political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances relating to landlords and tenants. Political subdivisions may not do any of the following: 1. Prohibit or limit landlords from obtaining or using certain information relating to a tenant or prospective tenant, including monthly household income, occupation, rental history, credit information, court records, and social security numbers. 2. Limit how far back in time a landlord may look at a prospective tenant[s credit information, conviction record, or previous housing. 3. Prohibit or limit a landlord from entering into a rental agreement with a prospective tenant while the premises are occupied by a current tenant. 4. Prohibit or limit a landlord from showing a premises to a prospective tenant during a current tenant[s tenancy. 5. Place requirements on a landlord with respect to security deposits or earnest money or inspections that are in addition to what is required under administrative rules. 6. Limit a tenant[s responsibility for any damage to or neglect of the premises. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 137 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 7. Require a landlord to provide to tenants or to the political subdivision any information that is not required to be provided under federal or state law. 8. Require a residential property to be inspected except under certain circumstances. 9. Impose an occupancy or transfer of tenancy fee on a rental unit. Current law also prohibits political subdivisions from regulating rent abatement in a way that permits abatement for conditions other than those that materially affect the health or safety of the tenant or that substantially affect the use and occupancy of the premises. The bill eliminates all of these prohibitions. Local moratorium on evictions Current law prohibits political subdivisions from imposing a moratorium on landlords from pursuing eviction actions against a tenant. The bill eliminates that prohibition. Rental property inspection requirements The bill makes various changes to the requirements relating to inspections of rental properties. The bill eliminates existing limitations on inspection fees that political subdivisions may charge for rental property inspections. Under the bill, a landlord must provide notice to a tenant of an impending inspection in the same manner the landlord would provide notice under current law to enter for repairs or to show the property to prospective tenants. The bill also provides that rental property inspection fees charged by a political subdivision are not subject to deduction from the political subdivision[s tax levy. Local government civil service system and grievance procedure requirements The bill modifies the requirements for any grievance system established by local governmental units, including adding a requirement for any civil service system or grievance procedure to include a just cause standard of review for employee terminations. Under current law, a local governmental unit that did not have a civil service system before June 29, 2011, must have established a grievance system. In order to comply with the requirement to have established a grievance system, a local governmental unit may establish either 1) a civil service system under any provision authorized by law, to the greatest extent practicable, if no specific provision for creation of a civil service system applies to the governmental unit or 2) a grievance procedure as set forth in the statutes. Current law requires that any civil service system established or grievance procedure created must contain a grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations, employee discipline, and workplace safety. The bill does not eliminate the requirement for these provisions but instead adds a requirement for a provision relating to a just cause standard of review for employee terminations, including a refusal to renew a teaching contract. Current law also requires that if a local governmental unit creates a grievance procedure, the procedure must contain certain elements, including a written 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 138 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all document specifying the process that a grievant and an employer must follow; a hearing before an impartial hearing officer; and an appeal process in which the highest level of appeal is the governing body of the local governmental unit. The bill provides that the hearing officer must be from the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission and adds the following two additional required elements in the grievance procedure: 1) a provision indicating the grievant is entitled to representation throughout the grievance process and 2) a provision indicating that the employer must bear all fees and costs related to the grievance process, except the grievant[s representational fees and costs. Local employment regulations The bill eliminates the preemptions of local governments from enacting or enforcing ordinances related to the following: 1. Regulations related to wage claims and collections. 2. Regulation of employee hours and overtime, including scheduling of employee work hours or shifts. 3. The employment benefits an employer may be required to provide to its employees. 4. An employer[s right to solicit information regarding the salary history of prospective employees. 5. Regulations related to minimum wage. 6. Occupational licensing requirements that are more stringent than a state requirement. Certain state and local employment regulations The bill eliminates the following: 1. The prohibition of the state and local governments from requiring any person to waive the person[s rights under state or federal labor laws as a condition of any approval by the state or local government. 2. A provision under which neither the state nor a local government may enact a statute or ordinance, adopt a policy or regulation, or impose a contract, zoning, permitting, or licensing requirement, or any other condition, that would require any person to accept any provision that is a subject of collective bargaining under state labor laws or the federal National Labor Relations Act. Project labor agreements Under current law, the state and local units of government are prohibited from engaging in certain practices in letting bids for state procurement or public works contracts. Among these prohibitions, the state and local governments may not do any of the following in specifications for bids for the contracts: 1) require that a bidder enter into an agreement with a labor organization; 2) consider, when awarding a contract, whether a bidder has or has not entered into an agreement with a labor organization; or 3) require that a bidder enter into an agreement that requires that the bidder or bidder[s employees become or remain members of a labor 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 139 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all organization or pay any dues or fees to a labor organization. The bill eliminates these limitations related to labor organizations. Exception to local law enforcement officer citizenship requirement Under current law, no person may be appointed as a deputy sheriff of any county or police officer of any city, village, or town unless that person is a citizen of the United States. The bill allows the sheriff of a county or the appointing authority of a local law enforcement agency to elect to authorize the appointment of noncitizens who are in receipt of valid employment authorization from the federal Department of Homeland Security as deputy sheriffs or police officers. The bill also prevents the Law Enforcement Standards Board from preventing such a noncitizen from participating in a law enforcement preparatory training program. Register of deeds recording fees; land information program The bill increases the general recording and filing fees charged by county registers of deeds, increases the amount of the fees that counties must submit to DOA for the land information program, and increases the minimum grant amount DOA may award to counties for education and training grants under the program. Under current law, DOA directs and supervises the land information program and serves as a state clearinghouse for access to land information. Under the land information program, DOA provides technical assistance to state agencies and local governmental units with land information responsibilities, reviews and approves county plans for land records modernization, and provides aids to counties, derived from recording fee revenues collected by counties, for land records modernization projects. Under current law, counties collect fees for recording or filing instruments that are recorded or filed with a register of deeds. Currently, the general fee for recording or filing an instrument is $30. Currently, a county must submit $15 of each $30 recording fee to DOA for the land information program, but the county may retain $8 of the amount it would have been required to submit to DOA if the county meets certain requirements, including establishing a land information office and council and using the retained fees to develop, implement, and maintain a DOA-approved countywide plan for land records modernization on the Internet. The bill increases from $30 to $45 the general recording and filing fee. The bill also increases from $15 to $30 the amount of each fee that a county must submit to DOA and increases from $8 to $15 the amount the county may retain if the current law requirements are met. Under current law, DOA awards land information system base budget grants to counties to enable county land information offices to develop, maintain, and operate basic land information systems. Currently, the minimum amount of a grant is $100,000 less the amount of certain fees retained by the county in the preceding fiscal year. The bill increases that base amount to $140,000 less the retained fees. Under current law, DOA may award a grant under the land information 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 140 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all program to any county in an amount not less than $1,000 per year to be used for the training and education of county employees for the design, development, and implementation of a land information system. The bill increases from $1,000 to $5,0000 the minimum training and education grant amount. Municipal records filings and filing requirements for certain annexations The bill transfers the duty of filing certain municipal records from the secretary of state to the secretary of administration and transfers certain records held by the secretary of state to instead be held by DOA. 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 transferred some, but not all, municipal records filing duties from the secretary of state to DOA. The bill completes the transfer of these duties from the secretary of state to DOA for all municipal filing categories. The bill also replaces the term XplatY with the term Xscale mapY in certain filing statutes to conform with existing statutory requirements for certain filings, including petitions for incorporation and for annexation. The bill reduces the number of copies that must be provided to DOA in certain circumstances from multiple copies to just one copy. The bill also requires that certain boundary agreements between municipalities be filed and recorded with the register of deeds if an enacting ordinance is not anticipated to be enacted within 30 days. Local advisory referenda Under current law, a county may not conduct a countywide advisory referendum unless it regards a political subdivision revenue sharing agreement or capital expenditures proposed to be funded by the county property tax levy. In addition, current law prohibits a municipality from conducting an advisory referendum unless it regards tax incremental financing, a local government telecommunications utility, or capital expenditures proposed to be funded by the municipality[s property tax levy. The bill eliminates these restrictions and specifically authorizes a county to conduct referenda for advisory purposes. Provision and funding of emergency medical services by towns The bill authorizes a town to contract for or maintain emergency medical services for the town. The bill also authorizes a town to do any of the following for the purpose of funding these emergency medical services: 1. Appropriate money. 2. Charge property owners a fee for the cost of emergency medical services provided to their property according to a written schedule established by the town board. 3. Levy taxes on the entire town. 4. Levy taxes on property served by a particular source of emergency medical services, to support the source of emergency medical services. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 141 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all LEVY LIMITS Levy limits under current law Generally, under current law, local levy increase limits are applied to the property tax levies that are imposed by a political subdivision in December of each year. Current law prohibits any political subdivision from increasing its levy by a percentage that exceeds its valuation factor. XValuation factorY is defined as the greater of either 0 percent or, in general, the percentage change in the political subdivision[s equalized value due to new construction, less improvements removed. Current law contains a number of exceptions to the local levy limits, such as amounts a county levies for a countywide emergency medical system, for a county children with disabilities education board, and for certain bridge and culvert construction and repair. In addition, a political subdivision may exceed the levy increase limit that is otherwise applicable if its governing body adopts a resolution to do so and if that resolution is approved by the electors in a referendum. Levy limit reduction for service transfers Under current law, if a political subdivision transfers to another governmental unit the responsibility to provide a service that it provided in the previous year, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable in the current year is decreased to reflect the cost that the political subdivision would have incurred to provide that service. The bill eliminates that provision. Joint emergency services levy limit exception modification Among the current law exceptions to local levy limits is an exception for the amount that a municipality levies to pay for charges assessed by a joint fire department or joint emergency medical services district organized by any combination of two or more municipalities. This exception applies only to the extent that the amount levied to pay for such charges would cause the municipality to exceed the otherwise applicable levy limit and only if the charges assessed by the joint fire department or joint emergency medical services district increase in the current year by an amount not greater than the rate of inflation over the preceding year, plus 2 percent, and if the municipality[s governing body adopts a resolution in favor of exceeding the otherwise applicable levy limit. Under the bill, the exception is expanded to include joint fire services or joint emergency medical services provided by a combination of two or more municipalities through a joint district, joint ownership, joint purchase of services from a nonprofit corporation, or joint contracting with a public or private services provider. The exception is also expanded to cover all fees charged to a municipality by the joint fire services or joint emergency medical services. Levy limit exclusion for cross-municipality transit routes Under the bill, amounts levied by a political subdivision for costs related to new or enhanced transit services that cross adjacent county or municipal borders do not apply to the local levy limits if the political subdivisions between which the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 142 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all routes operate have entered into an agreement to provide for the services and if the agreement is approved in a referendum. Levy limit exception for regional planning commission contributions The bill creates a local levy increase limit exception for the amount a political subdivision levies to pay for the political subdivision[s share of the budget of a regional planning commission (RPC). An RPC[s budget is determined annually by the RPC. The RPC then charges all political subdivisions within its jurisdiction a proportional amount to fund the budget based on the equalized value of property in the political subdivision and the total amount of equalized value of property within the RPC[s jurisdiction. TAX INCREMENTAL FINANCING Tax incremental financing under current law Under current law, cities and villages may use tax incremental financing (TIF) to encourage development in the city or village. In general, under TIF, a city or village pays for improvements in a tax incremental district (TID) and then collects tax moneys attributable to all taxing jurisdictions on the increased property value in the TID for a certain period of time to pay for the improvements. Ideally, after the period of time, the city or village will have been repaid for its initial investment, and the property tax base in the TID will have permanently increased in value. In general and in brief, a city or village makes use of TIF using the following procedure: 1. The city or village designates an area as a TID and creates a project plan laying out the expenditures that the city or village will make within the TID. 2. DOR establishes the Xbase valueY of the TID. This value is the equalized value of all taxable property within the TID at the time of its creation. 3. Each year thereafter, the Xvalue incrementY of the property within the TID is determined by subtracting the base value from the current value of property within the TID. The portion of taxes collected on any positive value increment is collected by the city or village for use solely for the project costs of the TID. The taxes collected by the city or village on positive value increments include taxes that would have been collected by other taxing jurisdictions, such as counties or school districts, were the TID not created. 4. Tax increments are collected until the city or village has recovered all of its project costs or until the TID reaches its statutory termination date. Workforce housing initiatives The bill authorizes workforce housing initiatives and makes changes that affect TIDs and state housing grants. The bill creates a definition for Xworkforce housing,Y changes the definition of a Xmixed-use developmentY TID, requires a TID[s project plan to contain alternative economic projections, and changes the method of imposing certain impact fees. Under the bill, a political subdivision may put into effect a workforce housing 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 143 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all initiative by taking one of several specified actions and posting on its website an explanation of the initiative. Workforce housing initiatives include the following: reducing permit processing times or impact fees for workforce housing; increasing zoning density for a workforce housing development; rehabilitating existing uninhabitable housing stock into habitable workforce housing; or implementing any other initiative to address workforce housing needs. Once an initiative takes effect, it remains in effect for five years. After June 30, 2026, if a political subdivision has in effect at least three initiatives at the same time, DOA must give priority to housing grant applications from, or related to a project in, the political subdivision. The bill defines Xworkforce housingY to mean both of the following, subject to the five-year average median costs as determined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census: 1. Housing that costs a household no more than 30 percent of the household[s gross median income. 2. Housing that is comprised of residential units for initial occupancy by individuals whose household median income is no more than 120 percent of the county[s gross median income. Under current law, a mixed-use development TID contains a combination of industrial, commercial, or residential uses, although newly platted residential areas may not exceed more than 35 percent of the real property within the TID. Under the bill, newly platted residential areas may not exceed either the 35 percent limit or 60 percent of the real property within the TID if the newly platted residential use that exceeds 35 percent is used solely for workforce housing. The bill also requires a TID[s project plan to include alternative projections of the TID[s finances and feasibility under different economic situations, including a slower pace of development and lower rate of property value growth than expected in the TID. Currently, a city or village may extend the life of a TID for up to one year for housing stock improvement if all of the following occurs: 1. The city or village pays off all of the TID[s project costs. 2. The city or village adopts a resolution stating that it intends to extend the life of the TID, the number of months it intends to do so, and how it intends to improve housing stock. 3. The city or village notifies DOR. Current law requires the city or village to use 75 percent of the tax increments received during the period specified in the resolution to benefit affordable housing in the city or village and 25 percent to improve the city[s or village[s housing stock. Under the bill, a city or village may extend the life of a TID to improve its housing stock or to increase the number of affordable and workforce housing improvements, with at least 50 percent of the funds supporting units for families with incomes of up to 60 percent of the county[s median income. Also under the bill, this extension may be for up to three years. However, for any extension of more than one year, the other taxing jurisdictions must approve of the extension. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 144 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Under current law, if a city, village, or town imposes an impact fee on a developer to pay for certain capital costs to accommodate land development, the city, village, or town may provide in the ordinance an exemption from, or a reduction in the amount of, impact fees on land development that provides low-cost housing. Under the bill, the impact fee exemption or reduction provisions also apply to workforce housing. Current law prevents the shifting of an exemption from or reduction in impact fees to any other development in the land development in which the low-cost housing is located. The bill applies this provision to workforce housing as well. Reclassification of TID to mixed-use TID When a TID is created, the city or village must designate the TID as one of several sorts of TID: blighted area, rehabilitation or conservation, industrial, or mixed-use. The application of certain rules vary depending on the classification of the TID. For example, blighted area TIDs have a longer potential lifespan than industrial or mixed-use TIDs. Under the bill, a city or village may change the classification of a TID to a mixed-use TID after the creation of the TID. The TID would retain the lifespan and tax collection features of the original classification but would gain the features of a mixed-use TID. The principal difference between mixed-use TIDs and other TIDs is the ability within certain limits to spend tax increments on newly platted residential development. TIF 12 percent rule exception Under current law, when creating a new TID or amending a TID, a city or village must make a finding that the equalized value of taxable property of the new or amended TID plus the value increment of all existing TIDs in the city or village does not exceed 12 percent of the total equalized value of taxable property in the city or village. Under the bill, in lieu of making the 12 percent finding, a city or village may certify to DOR that 1) TIDs with sufficient value increments will close within one year after certification so that the city or village will no longer exceed the 12 percent limit and 2) the city or village will not take any actions that would extend the life of any TID under item 1. MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION AND REGULATION Under the bill, a person who is at least 21 years old may legally possess marijuana. A person who is at least 18 may possess marijuana if the person has certain medical conditions. Under the bill, a person may produce, process, or sell marijuana if the person has a permit. The bill creates an excise tax for the privilege of producing, processing, distributing, or selling marijuana in this state. All of the revenue collected from the tax is deposited into the general fund. Under the bill, a person who may possess medical marijuana is not subject to sales or excise taxes on the purchase or use of the marijuana. The bill also regulates delta-8 THC and delta-10 THC as marijuana. The bill does not affect federal law, which generally prohibits persons from manufacturing, delivering, or possessing marijuana and applies to both intrastate and interstate violations. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 145 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Legalizing the possession of marijuana Current law prohibits a person from manufacturing, distributing, or delivering marijuana; possessing marijuana with the intent to manufacture, distribute, or deliver it; possessing or attempting to possess marijuana; using drug paraphernalia; or possessing drug paraphernalia with the intent to produce, distribute, or use a controlled substance. The bill changes state law to allow a Wisconsin resident who is at least 21 to possess no more than two ounces of marijuana and to allow a nonresident of Wisconsin who is at least 21 to possess no more than one-quarter ounce of marijuana. The bill also allows a qualifying patient to possess marijuana for medical purposes. Under the bill, generally, a qualifying patient is an individual who has been diagnosed by a physician as having or undergoing a debilitating medical condition or treatment and who is at least 18 years old. The bill also eliminates the prohibition on possessing or using drug paraphernalia that relates to marijuana consumption. Under the bill, a person who possesses more marijuana than the maximum amount the person is allowed is subject to a penalty, which varies depending on the amount of overage. A person who exceeds the amount by not more than one ounce is subject to a civil forfeiture not to exceed $1,000. A person who exceeds the maximum amount by more than one ounce is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or both. The person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person also takes action to hide the amount of marijuana they have and has in place a security system to alert them to the presence of law enforcement or a method to intimidate, or a system that could injure or kill, a person approaching the area containing the marijuana. Regulating the production, processing, and selling marijuana Under the bill, no person may sell, distribute, or transfer marijuana unless the person has a permit from DOR. A person that violates this prohibition is guilty of a Class I felony if the intended recipient is an adult and is guilty of a Class H felony if the intended recipient is a minor and the person is at least three years older than the minor. The bill requires a person to obtain separate permits from DOR to produce, process, distribute, or sell marijuana, and requires marijuana producers and processors to obtain additional permits from DATCP. The requirements for obtaining these permits differ based on whether the permit is issued by DOR or DATCP but, in general, a person may not obtain such a permit if they are not a state resident, are under the age of 21, or have been convicted of certain crimes or committed certain offenses. In addition, a person may not operate under a DOR or DATCP permit within 500 feet of a school, playground, recreation facility, child care facility, public park, public transit facility, or library. A person that holds a permit from DOR must also comply with certain operational requirements. Under the bill, a permit applicant with 20 or more employees may not receive a permit from DATCP or DOR unless the the applicant certifies that the applicant has entered into a labor peace agreement with a labor organization. The labor 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 146 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all peace agreement must prohibit the labor organization and its members from engaging in any economic interference with persons doing business in this state, must prohibit the applicant from disrupting the efforts of the labor organization to communicate with and to organize and represent the applicant[s employees, and must provide the labor organization access to areas in which the employees work to discuss employment rights and the terms and conditions of employment. Current law prohibits the state and any local unit of government from requiring a labor peace agreement as a condition for any regulatory approval. The permit requirements under the bill are not subject to that prohibition. The bill also requires DATCP and DOR to use a competitive scoring system to determine which applicants are eligible to receive permits. Each department must issue permits to the highest scoring applicants that it determines will best protect the environment; provide stable, family-supporting jobs to local residents; ensure worker and consumer safety; operate secure facilities; and uphold the laws of the jurisdictions in which they operate. Each department may deny a permit to an applicant with a low score. The bill prohibits a DOR permittee from selling, distributing, or transferring marijuana to a person who is under the age of 21 (a minor) and from allowing a minor to be on premises for which a permit is issued. If a permittee violates one of those prohibitions, the permittee may be subject to a civil forfeiture of not more than $500 and the permit may be suspended for up to 30 days. Under the bill, a minor who does any of the following is subject to a forfeiture of not less than $250 nor more than $500: procures or attempts to procure marijuana from a permittee; falsely represents their age to receive marijuana from a permittee; knowingly possesses marijuana; or knowingly enters any premises for which a permit has been issued without being accompanied by their parent, guardian, or spouse who is at least 21 years of age or at least 18 years of age if a qualifying patient. Under the bill, an individual may cultivate as many as six marijuana plants. Only a person that has a permit from DATCP may produce or process more marijuana plants. A person without a permit who possesses more than six but not more than 12 marijuana plants that have reached the flowering stage is subject to a civil forfeiture not to exceed twice the permitting fee, which is $250 under the bill. If the person possesses more than 12 plants that have reached the flowering stage, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or both. The person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person also takes action to hide the number of plants they have and the person also has in place a security system to alert him or her to the presence of law enforcement or a method to intimidate, or a system that could injure or kill, a person approaching the area containing the plants. The bill requires DOR to create and maintain a medical marijuana registry program whereby a person who is a qualifying patient may obtain a registry identification card and purchase marijuana from a retail establishment without 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 147 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all having to pay the sales or excise taxes imposed on that sale. A Xqualifying patientY is a person who is at least 18 and has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition such as cancer, glaucoma, AIDS, or another specified condition or is undergoing a debilitating medical treatment. Previous convictions relating to marijuana The bill creates a process to review convictions for acts that have been decriminalized under the bill. If the person is currently serving a sentence or on probation for such a conviction, the person may petition a court to dismiss the conviction and expunge the record. If the person has completed a sentence or period of probation for such a conviction, the person may petition a court to expunge the record or, if applicable, redesignate it to a lower crime. Any conviction that is expunged under the bill is not considered a conviction for any purpose under state or federal law. Registration for THC testing labs The bill requires DATCP to register entities as tetrahydrocannabinols (THC)- testing laboratories. The laboratories must test marijuana for contaminants; research findings on the use of medical marijuana; and provide training on safe and efficient cultivation, harvesting, packaging, labeling, and distribution of marijuana, security and inventory accountability, and research on medical marijuana. Discrimination based on marijuana use Under the fair employment law, no employer or other person may engage in any act of employment discrimination against any individual on the basis of the individual[s use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer[s premises during nonworking hours, subject to certain exceptions, one of which is if the use impairs the individual[s ability to undertake adequately the job-related responsibilities of that individual[s employment. The bill specifically defines marijuana as a lawful product for purposes of the fair employment law, such that no person may engage in any act of employment discrimination against an individual because of the individual[s use of marijuana off the employer[s premises during nonworking hours, subject to those exceptions. Under current law, an individual may be disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits if they are terminated because of misconduct or substantial fault. The bill specifically provides that an employee[s use of marijuana off the employer[s premises during nonworking hours does not constitute misconduct or substantial fault unless termination for that use is permitted under one of the exceptions under the fair employment law. Unless federal law requires otherwise, the bill prohibits a hospital, physician, organ procurement organization, or other person from determining the ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift on the sole basis of a positive test for the use of marijuana by a potential recipient. Drug screening and testing The bill exempts THC, including marijuana, from drug testing for certain 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 148 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all public assistance programs. Currently, a participant in a community service job or transitional placement under the Wisconsin Works program (W2) or a recipient of the FoodShare program, also known as the food stamp program, who is convicted of possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance must submit to a test for controlled substances as a condition of continued eligibility. DHS is currently required to request a waiver of federal Medicaid law to require drug screening and testing as a condition of eligibility for the childless adult demonstration project in the Medical Assistance program. Current law also requires DHS to promulgate rules to develop and implement a drug screening, testing, and treatment policy for able-bodied adults without dependents in the FoodShare employment and training program. The bill exempts THC from all of those drug-testing requirements and programs. In addition, because THC is not a controlled substance under state law under the bill, the requirement under current law that DCF promulgate rules to create a controlled substance abuse screening and testing requirement for applicants for the work experience program for noncustodial parents under W2 and the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs does not include THC. Under current law, DWD must establish a program to test claimants who apply for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for the presence of controlled substances, as defined under federal law. If a claimant tests positive for a controlled substance, the claimant may be denied UI benefits, subject to certain exceptions and limitations. The bill excludes THC for purposes of this testing requirement. As such, under the bill, an individual who tests positive for THC may not be denied UI benefits. MILITARY AFFAIRS Tuition grant program for national guard members The bill makes changes to DMA[s tuition grant program relating to the grant amount awarded to national guard members for higher education as well as the name of the grants. Under current law, DMA awards tuition grants to eligible national guard members enrolled in qualifying schools, which include public and private institutions of higher education. The amount of the tuition grant payment is equal to 100 percent of the actual tuition charged by the guard member[s school or 100 percent of the maximum resident undergraduate tuition charged by the UW- Madison for a comparable number of credits, whichever amount is less. The bill specifies that, in calculating the amount of tuition charged by a qualifying school, the amount includes tuition and segregated fees if the school is a UW System institution and includes program fees and incidental fees if the school is a technical college. The bill also renames grants awarded under the program as Xeducational grantsY rather than Xtuition grants.Y The bill further specifies that, subject to exceptions, if an eligible guard member receives an educational grant, no other award of financial aid to the guard member may be reduced because of the educational grant. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 149 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Incumbent local exchange carrier grants Under current law, DMA operates a grant program to reimburse incumbent local exchange carriers operating as originating service providers for costs associated with Next Generation 911. Currently, no moneys may be encumbered from the appropriation that funds the grant program after June 30, 2027. The bill removes the June 30, 2027, end date for encumbering funds under the grant program. Costs eligible for disaster assistance payment grants Under current law, DMA may make payments from state disaster assistance appropriation accounts to eligible local governmental units for costs that are a direct result of certain disasters, including eligible costs of debris removal; certain emergency protective measures for the protection of life, public health, and property; and certain damage to roads and bridges. The bill directs that the costs eligible for such payments include certain categories of work designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency[s public assistance program, including the program[s Category D, regarding water control facilities; Category E, regarding public buildings and contents; Category F, regarding public utilities; and Category G, regarding parks, recreation, and other facilities. Under current law, DMA may also make payments from a state disaster assistance appropriation account to local governmental units for the damages and costs incurred as the result of a disaster if 1) the disaster is not eligible for other funding related to a presidentially declared Xmajor disaster,Y or 2) DMA determines the disaster does not meet a certain per capita impact indicator. Additionally, the local governmental unit receiving the payment must pay for 30 percent of the amount of damages and costs resulting from the disaster. The bill requires DMA to provide a $68,100 payment in fiscal year 2025]26 from the same state disaster assistance appropriation account to the Town of Westport, exempts the payment from the program[s eligibility requirement, and exempts the town from the 30 percent payment requirement. NATURAL RESOURCES FISH, GAME, AND WILDLIFE Hunting, fishing, and trapping fees Under current law, DNR issues hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, permits, and other approvals and charges a fee to issue most approvals. The bill increases hunting, fishing, and trapping approval fees. The following table includes a sample of these fee increases (XNRY indicates nonresident): Hunting approvals Current fee Increase New fee Small game $15.25 $20.00 $35.25 NR Small game $87.25 $20.00 $107.25 Deer $21.25 $20.00 $41.25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 150 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all NR Deer $197.25 $20.00 $217.25 Elk $46.25 $20.00 $66.25 NR Elk $248.25 $20.00 $268.25 Class A bear $46.25 $40.00 $86.25 NR Class A bear $248.25 $40.00 $288.25 Archer deer $21.25 $20.00 $41.25 NR Archer deer $197.25 $20.00 $217.25 Crossbow deer $21.25 $20.00 $41.25 NR Crossbow deer $197.25 $20.00 $217.25 Wild turkey $12.25 $10.00 $22.25 NR Wild turkey $62.25 $10.00 $72.25 Fishing approvals Annual fishing $19.25 $10.00 $29.25 NR Annual Fishing $54.25 $10.00 $64.25 One-day fishing $7.25 $10.00 $17.25 NR One-day fishing $14.25 $10.00 $24.25 Combination approvals Sports $57.25 $20.00 $77.25 NR Sports $292.25 $40.00 $332.25 Conservation patron $160.25 $40.00 $200.25 NR Conservation patron $615.25 $40.00 $655.25 Wolf harvesting $48.25 $40.00 $88.25 NR Wolf harvesting $250.25 $40.00 $290.25 Trapping and taxidermist approvals Trapping $19.25 $20.00 $39.25 NR Trapping $149.25 $20.00 $169.25 Taxidermist $50.00 $20.00 $70.00 NR Taxidermist $100.00 $20.00 $120.00 Commercial fishing and fish dealer approvals 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 151 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Commercial fishing outlying waters $899.25 $20.00 $919.25 Rough fish harvest $25.00 $10.00 $35.00 Shovelnose sturgeon permit $50.00 $10.00 $60.00 Wholesale fish dealer $100.00 $10.00 $110.00 Stamps, tags, and specialty approvals Turkey $5.00 $7.75 $12.75 Pheasant $9.75 $6.00 $15.75 Waterfowl $11.75 $2.00 $13.75 Inland trout $9.75 $6.00 $15.75 Great Lakes salmon/trout $9.75 $7.00 $16.75 Wild rice and ginseng approvals Wild rice harvest $7.50 $10.00 $17.50 Wild ginseng harvest $15.00 $10.00 $25.00 NR Wild ginseng harvest $30.00 $10.00 $40.00 Deer carcass disposal sites The bill requires DNR to provide financial assistance to local governments, individuals, businesses, and nonprofit conservation organizations to purchase large metal containers for the disposal of deer carcasses. Fish, wildlife, and parks program operations The bill creates an appropriation, from moneys in the conservation fund that DNR receives from forestry activities, for the operation of fish, wildlife, and parks programs. Endangered resources funding match Under current law, DNR administers the endangered resources program, which includes improving habitats for endangered or threatened species, conducting the natural heritage inventory, conducting wildlife research and surveys, providing wildlife management services, and providing for wildlife damage control. Current law appropriates from the general fund to DNR an amount equal to the amount of gifts, grants, and bequests received for the program and any additional payments designated for the program by an individual filing an income tax return, not to exceed $500,000 in a fiscal year. The bill increases the limit to $950,000. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 152 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all FORESTRY Managed forest land fees Under current law, DNR administers the managed forest land (MFL) program, under which the owner of a parcel of land designated as MFL makes an annual acreage share payment in lieu of property taxes. In exchange, the owner must comply with certain forestry practices and, subject to exceptions, must open the land to the public for recreational activities. Certain actions relating to a parcel designated as MFL must be recorded by the appropriate register of deeds and DNR must pay any required fee for the recording. Under current law, MFL may be transferred from one owner to another with payment of a $100 fee, which is deposited in the conservation fund. Of that amount, $20 is credited to a DNR appropriation for the payment of register of deed fees. Land may also be withdrawn from the MFL program with payment of a $300 fee. Under the bill, $100 transfer fees and $300 withdrawal fees are deposited in the conservation fund and credited to the DNR appropriation for the payment of fees to the registers of deeds. Wildfire suppression reimbursement Under current law, DNR administers the fire suppression aids program, which provides grants to counties, cities, villages, towns, and fire suppression organizations to assist with the cost of training and supplies for fire suppression. The bill appropriates to DNR, from the conservation fund, a sum sufficient to reimburse local fire departments under the program. Forestry-industry-wide strategic plan The bill requires DNR to develop a forestry-industry-wide strategic plan and road map and to submit a final report on this plan to the Council on Forestry no later than September 16, 2026. Transfer from forestry account to transportation fund The bill transfers $25,000,000 from the forestry account of the conservation fund to the transportation fund. Transfer to forestry account The bill modifies the amount of GPR to be transferred to the conservation fund for forestry purposes. Under current law, an amount equal to 0.1697 mills for each dollar of equalized property value in the state is transferred. The bill modifies the amount of the transfer to 0.1406 mills for each dollar of equalized property value in the state. Current law requires funds transferred in this manner to be used for acquiring, preserving, and developing the forests of the state and for various other purposes related to forestry. NAVIGABLE WATERS Great Lakes and Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan programs The bill requires DNR to administer revolving loan programs to assist municipalities and owners of homes located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, or the Mississippi River where the structural integrity of municipal 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 153 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all buildings or homes is threatened by erosion of the shoreline. Under the bill, moneys for the programs are provided from the environmental fund, the segregated fund used to finance environmental management programs administered by DNR and pollution abatement programs administered by DNR and DATCP. The bill requires DNR to promulgate rules to administer the programs, including eligibility requirements and income limitations, and authorizes DNR to promulgate emergency rules for the period before permanent rules take effect. Bonding for dam safety projects Under current law, the state may contract up to $39,500,000 in public debt to provide financial assistance to counties, cities, villages, towns, and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts for dam safety projects. The bill increases the bonding authority for these projects by $15,000,000. RECREATION Outdoor skills training program The bill changes which appropriation from the conservation fund pays for an outdoor skills training program. Under current law, the UW System must enter into an agreement with an established national organization that provides training to persons who are interested in learning about the outdoor skills needed by women to hunt, fish, camp, canoe, and undertake other outdoor recreational activities in order to provide that type of training to interested persons. Free admission to state parks for fourth graders Under current law, no person may operate a vehicle in any state park or in certain other recreational areas on state land unless the vehicle displays a vehicle admission receipt. The bill requires DNR to waive the fee for an annual vehicle admission receipt issued to the parent or guardian of a pupil receiving a fourth grade level of instruction. A parent or guardian of a qualifying pupil may apply to DNR for the waiver by submitting required certifications. A parent or guardian may receive the waiver only once in his or her lifetime and DNR may issue a waiver only once for a household. State park admission and camping fee waivers for tribal members The bill requires DNR to waive the fee for an annual vehicle admission receipt issued to a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band located in this state. Under current law generally, no person may operate a vehicle in any state park or in certain other recreational areas on state land unless the vehicle displays a vehicle admission receipt. The bill also requires DNR to waive the camping fee for a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band located in this state. Under current law generally, no person may camp in a state campground unless the applicable camping fee is paid. Interpretive programs in state forests Current law provides that all moneys received from fees charged for admission to educational and interpretive programs in state parks are appropriated for the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 154 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all costs associated with those programs. The bill adds moneys received from fees charged for admission to those programs in state forests to this appropriation, to be used for the costs associated with those programs. Kenosha Dunes restoration funding The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund to DNR for erosion control projects in the Kenosha Dunes unit of the Chiwaukee Prairie state natural area in Kenosha County. Credit card fee recovery The bill provides that DNR may collect a credit card handling fee to cover credit card transaction costs incurred in collecting fees for vehicle admission receipt and camping fees that are paid for by using a credit card. The bill requires DNR to promulgate rules establishing the amount of the fee, which may not be more than the amount necessary to cover the costs of using a credit card for fee payment. GENERAL NATURAL RESOURCES Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program The bill reauthorizes the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program (stewardship program) until 2036 and makes various changes to the program. Current law authorizes the state to incur public debt for certain conservation activities under the stewardship program, which is administered by DNR. The state may incur this debt to acquire land for the state for conservation purposes and for property development activities and may award grants or state aid to certain local governmental units and nonprofit conservation organizations (NCOs) to acquire land for these purposes. Current law establishes the amounts that DNR may obligate in each fiscal year through fiscal year 2025]26 for expenditure under each of five subprograms of the stewardship program. The bill increases the total amount that may be obligated for the stewardship program from $33,250,000 each fiscal year to $83,000,000 each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2026]27 and ending with fiscal year 2035]36. Moneys obligated under the stewardship program are appropriated from the capital improvement fund (CIF) and stewardship bond proceeds are deposited into CIF. Current law provides that, in obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, DNR must set aside certain amounts to be obligated only for DNR to acquire land and to provide grants to counties for land acquisition (county forest grants). Specifically, the set-aside for DNR land acquisition each fiscal year is $1,000,000 plus the amount transferred to CIF under an appropriation that transfers from moneys received for forestry activities (the forestry account) to CIF $5,000,000 in each fiscal year. The set-aside for county forest grants is equal to the amount transferred to CIF under an appropriation that transfers from the forestry account to CIF $3,000,000 in each fiscal year. The bill ends these annual transfers from the forestry account to CIF beginning in fiscal year 2026]27 and replaces the corresponding set-aside requirements under the land acquisition subprogram with appropriations that directly fund those purposes from the conservation fund, not the stewardship program. Specifically, the bill appropriates $6,000,000 each fiscal 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 155 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all year from the conservation fund for DNR land acquisitions and $3,000,000 each fiscal year from the forestry account for county forest grants. The $6,000,000 that the bill appropriates directly each fiscal year for DNR land acquisitions is $1,000,000 more than the amount currently transferred to CIF and set aside for this purpose, and in addition the bill continues to provide a $1,000,000 set-aside for this purpose under the land acquisition subprogram of the stewardship program. The bill provides that any amount in CIF remaining from the amounts transferred from the forestry account in fiscal years 2022]23, 2023]24, 2024]25, and 2025]26 is transferred back to the forestry account in fiscal year 2026]27. The bill eliminates a current law provision that states that, of the amount set aside under the land acquisition subprogram for DNR to acquire land, DNR may not use more than one-third to acquire land in fee simple. In addition, the bill eliminates a provision requiring DNR to use at least two appraisals to determine the current fair market value of land that is the subject of a stewardship funding for an NCO or governmental unit if DNR estimates the fair market value of the land to exceed $350,000. The bill increases from $7,000,000 to $14,000,000 the amount under the land acquisition subprogram that must be set aside for grants to nonprofit conservation organizations each fiscal year. The bill renames the property development and local assistance subprogram to be the Xstate property development and local parks and recreation subprogram,Y and increases from $14,250,000 to $51,500,000 the amount in each fiscal year that may be obligated under the subprogram. Of that amount, the bill increases from $5,000,000 to $15,450,000 the amount that DNR must obligate for property development each fiscal year and increases from $9,250,000 to $36,050,000 the amount that DNR must obligate for local assistance each fiscal year. The bill increases from $500,000 to $2,500,000 the amount that DNR is required to set aside each fiscal year, from the amounts obligated for property development, for grants to friends groups and NCOs for property development activities on DNR properties. The bill also increases from $20,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount that DNR may encumber per DNR property for these grants in each fiscal year. The bill creates a motorized recreation grant program funded from stewardship moneys, under which DNR may award a grant to a county, city, village, town, or recreational vehicle club either to acquire land for the purpose of establishing an all-terrain vehicle trail, off-highway motorcycle trail, or snowmobile trail (treated as obligated from the land acquisition subprogram) or to construct a trail crossing for an all-terrain vehicle trail, off-highway motorcycle trail, or snowmobile trail as part of an interchange project (treated as obligated from the state property development and local parks and recreation subprogram). The bill requires DNR to allocate $5,000,000 in each fiscal year for these grants. The bill renames the recreational boating aids subprogram to be the Xlocal recreation boat facilities subprogramY and increases from $3,000,000 to $9,000,000 the amount in each fiscal year that DNR may obligate under the subprogram. The bill eliminates DNR[s authority under current law to use funds, whether stewardship or other funds, for recreational boating project feasibility studies. The 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 156 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all bill changes one of the factors that DNR must consider in establishing priorities for projects from Xprojects underwayY to Xprojects in a state of readiness.Y The bill creates two new programs and funds them with appropriations from the general fund. Specifically, the bill creates a grant program for nonprofit conservation organizations to support wildlife and habitat management, and a tribal co-management program under which DNR must coordinate with the federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands domiciled in this state in the management of education infrastructure, land management activities, and other activities on DNR land. Nonprofit conservation organization grants Under current law, DNR is authorized to provide grants to nonprofit conservation organizations for a variety of conservation purposes, including acquisition of property, encouraging land management activities that enhance the state[s natural resources, and providing technical assistance. The bill creates an appropriation to DNR from the general fund for the purpose of providing grants to nonprofit conservation organizations and requires DNR to award grants in the 2025]26 fiscal year to the following organizations: 1) Gathering Waters, 2) the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, 3) River Alliance of Wisconsin, and 4) Wisconsin Lakes. Building demolition The bill creates a continuing appropriation from the general fund to DNR for the demolition of buildings on DNR-owned property. Wild rice stewardship The bill appropriates to DNR from the general fund moneys for wild rice stewardship efforts within the waters of areas where American Indian tribes or bands hold treaty-based rights to harvest wild rice. The bill provides that not less than $50,000 of the amounts appropriated for each fiscal year must be allocated for public education and outreach pertaining to wild rice harvesting. Off-highway motorcycle sales tax collection Under current law, 1 percent of sales and use taxes on all-terrain vehicles, utility terrain vehicles, boats, and snowmobiles are deposited in the segregated conservation fund. The bill provides that 1 percent of sales and use taxes on off- highway motorcycles are deposited in the conservation fund and credited to the DNR appropriation for off-highway motorcycle administration. Funding from Indian gaming receipts Current law and Indian gaming compacts require DOA to transfer portions of Indian gaming receipts to certain DNR appropriations annually. At the end of each fiscal year, unobligated funds from programs that receive tribal gaming revenues revert to the appropriation account to which Indian gaming receipts are credited. The bill eliminates the requirement to transfer these amounts to an appropriation that funds snowmobile law enforcement operations and safety training and fatality reporting and eliminates that appropriation. The bill also creates a new appropriation to DNR for providing grants to federally recognized 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 157 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all American Indian tribes or bands for maintenance and repair of fish hatcheries operated by the tribe or band. Under current law, DNR makes a payment to the Lac du Flambeau band of Lake Superior Chippewa based on the amount of fees collected by DNR for certain hunting and fishing approvals and the number of certain approvals issued within the the Lac du Flambeau reservation. DNR makes this payment from an appropriation that receives tribal gaming revenues. The bill provides that this appropriation is subject to the same reversion requirement as other gaming receipts transfers to DNR. PUBLIC UTILITIES Funding for broadband expansion grant program The bill appropriates GPR funding for the broadband expansion grant program administered by PSC. Focus on Energy funding The bill makes changes to the funding of statewide energy efficiency and renewable resources programs, known as Focus on Energy, that current law requires investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities to fund. Under the bill, PSC must require those utilities to spend 2.4 percent of their annual operating revenues derived from retail sales to fund Focus on Energy and related programs. Under current law, the amount those utilities must spend is 1.2 percent of their annual operating revenues from retail sales. Focus on Energy residential customer energy storage The bill includes residential energy storage system programs and programs for reducing energy demand in the Focus on Energy program. Energy innovation grant program The bill appropriates GPR for the energy innovation grant program (EIGP), which is administered by PSC[s Office of Energy Innovation and awards grants for projects related to energy efficiency and innovation. Currently, the EIGP is funded with federal money from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Residential and commercial energy improvements The bill allows PSC to authorize a public utility to finance energy improvements at a specific dwelling for a residential or commercial customer. Under the bill, a public utility may recover the costs of such an energy improvement through a surcharge periodically placed on the customer[s account. The bill requires PSC to promulgate rules establishing requirements for this financing, which must include that the surcharge is assigned to a location, not to an individual customer; that energy improvements are eligible for financing only if they are estimated to save an amount that exceeds the surcharge; and that the financing offered may not increase a customer[s risk or debt. Deadline for a certificate of public convenience and necessity Current law generally prohibits a person from commencing construction of 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 158 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all certain large electric generating facilities or high-voltage transmission lines without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from PSC. After a person files a complete application for a CPCN, PSC must take final action on the application within 180 days, or else PSC is considered to have issued a CPCN to the applicant. However, current law also allows the PSC chairperson to extend that deadline for no more than an additional 180 days. If PSC fails to take final action within the extended deadline, PSC is considered to have issued the CPCN. The bill authorizes the PSC chairperson to make two such 180-day extensions instead of just one. Brownfield renewable energy generation grants Under the bill, PSC makes grants to developers and electric providers for redeveloping brownfields for renewable energy generation. The grants may be used only for remediating brownfields, developing renewable energy infrastructure on brownfields, and technical support. Nuclear energy feasibility study The bill requires PSC to conduct a nuclear power plant feasibility study and creates an appropriation to fund the study. Electric utility integrated resource plans The bill requires investor-owned and municipal electric utilities to file integrated resource plans with PSC. An integrated resource plan must describe the resources an electric utility could use to meet the service needs of its customers over the next 5-year, 10-year, and 15-year periods and must contain certain other information, including forecasts of electricity demand under various reasonable scenarios and plans and projected costs for meeting that electricity demand. PSC must establish requirements for the contents and filing of the plans, and PSC must approve, reject, or modify an electric utility[s integrated resource plan consistent with the public interest. The bill also requires PSC to review the integrated resource plans filed by electric utilities to inform its biennial strategic energy assessment. Under current law, the strategic energy assessment evaluates the adequacy and reliability of the state[s current and future energy supply. Securitization of retiring power plants Under current law, an energy utility is allowed to apply to PSC for an order allowing the utility to finance the costs of the following activities by issuing bonds: 1) the construction, installation, or otherwise putting into place of environmental control equipment in connection with a plant that, before March 30, 2004, has been used to provide service to customers and 2) the retiring of any existing plant, facility, or other property to reduce, control, or eliminate environmental pollution in accordance with federal or state law. Current law defines these activities as Xenvironmental control activities.Y If approved by PSC, the bonds, which are referred to as Xenvironmental trust bonds,Y are secured by revenues arising from charges paid by an energy utility[s customers for the utility to recover the cost of the activities, as well as the cost of financing the bonds. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 159 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all The bill adds the retiring of any existing electric generating facility fueled by nonrenewable combustible energy resources as an environmental control activity, the costs of which may be financed by an environmental trust bond. Remove size limit on grants for lead service line replacement The bill allows water public utilities to make grants that cover the full cost of replacing lead-containing customer-side water service lines. Under current law, water public utilities may, after applying to and receiving approval from PSC, make grants and loans to property owners to assist replacement of customer-side water service lines containing lead. Current law prohibits PSC from approving a water public utility[s application to provide these grants unless grants are limited to no more than one-half of the total cost of replacing lead-containing customer-side water service lines. REAL ESTATE Real estate condition reports Under current law, with certain exceptions, an owner selling residential real property or vacant land must give a prospective buyer a form, known as a real estate condition report for residential real property and known as the vacant land disclosure report for vacant land (real estate condition report), on which the owner discloses certain conditions of, and other information about, the real property of which the owner is aware. Currently, as part of the real estate condition report, a seller must disclose whether the applicable real estate is located in a floodplain. The bill requires the real estate condition report to include a link to a DNR website for more information about flood insurance. Current law also requires a seller of residential real estate to indicate whether any insurance claims related to damage to the premises have been filed in the past five years. The bill adds the same provision to the vacant land disclosure report. Additionally, the bill adds to both real estate condition reports language that specifies that the disclosure related to insurance claims includes insurance claims for damage caused by a flood. Lastly, the bill adds to the real estate condition report a disclosure related to claims for financial support, other than insurance claims, for damage to the property caused by a flood. Under current law and the bill, the real estate condition report includes a provision under which the prospective buyer acknowledges that that technical knowledge such as that acquired by professional inspectors may be required to detect certain defects, including Xfloodplain status.Y Landlord notification requirements The bill provides that, if a landlord has actual knowledge that a rental property is located in a floodplain, the landlord must disclose that fact to a prospective tenant before entering into a lease or accepting any earnest money or security deposit from the prospective tenant. RETIREMENT AND GROUP INSURANCE Benefits for domestic partners The bill provides that domestic partners of public employees be treated 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 160 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all similarly to spouses of public employees for purposes of benefits received through ETF. These benefits include group health insurance coverage, beneficiary rights under the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), automatic beneficiary rights under the deferred compensation plan, and duty disability survivorship benefits. WRS annuitants returning to work Under current law, if a WRS annuitant, or a disability annuitant who has attained his or her normal retirement date, is appointed to a position with a WRS- participating employer or provides employee services to a WRS-participating employer in which he or she is expected to work at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by ETF, the annuity must be suspended and no annuity payment is payable until after the participant again terminates covered employment. The bill removes the requirement that an annuitant who returns to work for a participating employer have his or her annuity suspended and become a participating employee and instead allows an annuitant who returns to work to either 1) elect to suspend his or her annuity and become a participating employee or 2) elect to continue receiving his or her annuity and not become a participating employee. Under current law, a WRS participant who has applied to receive a retirement annuity must wait at least 75 days between terminating covered employment with a WRS employer and returning to covered employment again as a participating employee. The bill reduces that period to 30 days. Waiting period for state employees Under current law, most state employees, other than limited-term employees, become covered under the state group health insurance plan on the first day of the first month after becoming employed with the state by filing an election within 30 days of being hired. However, most state employees are ineligible for an employer contribution toward the premiums for the first three months of employment. The bill changes the date to the first day of the second month for most state employees, other than limited-term employees, hired after the effective date of the bill. Internal auditor The bill creates the Office of Internal Audit attached to ETF. Under the bill, the office plans and conducts audits of activities and programs administered by ETF, among other responsibilities, while following policies, principles, and directives established by the Employee Trust Funds Board (ETFB). The bill requires ETFB to appoint an internal auditor and internal audit staff within the classified service who report directly to ETFB. Currently, the internal auditor for ETF reports to the secretary of ETF, and internal audit staff report to the internal auditor. Automated operating system progress report The bill requires the secretary of ETF to submit with ETF[s biennial budget request a report that includes details of ETF[s expenditures to implement an 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 161 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all automated operating system and a progress report and timelines of ETF[s anticipated progress on modernizing its business processes and integrating its information technology systems. SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES Licensure of advanced practice registered nurses Under current law, a person who wishes to practice professional nursing must be licensed by the Board of Nursing as a registered nurse (RN). The bill creates an additional system of licensure for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), to be administered by the board. Under the bill, in order to apply for an APRN license, a person must 1) hold, or concurrently apply for, an RN license; 2) have completed an accredited graduate-level or postgraduate-level education program preparing the person to practice as an APRN in one of four recognized roles and hold a current national certification approved by the board; 3) possess malpractice liability insurance as provided in the bill; 4) pay a fee determined by DSPS; and 5) satisfy certain other criteria specified in the bill. The bill also allows a person who has not completed an accredited education program described above to receive an APRN license if the person 1) on January 1, 2026, is both licensed as an RN in Wisconsin and practicing in one of the four recognized roles and 2) satisfies additional practice or education criteria established by the board. The bill also, however, automatically grants licenses to certain RNs, as further described below. The four recognized roles, as defined in the bill, are 1) certified nurse-midwife; 2) certified registered nurse anesthetist; 3) clinical nurse specialist; and 4) nurse practitioner. The bill requires the board, upon granting a person an APRN license, to also grant the person one or more specialty designations corresponding to the recognized role or roles for which the person qualifies. Under the bill, all APRNs, except APRNs with a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation, must practice in collaboration with a physician or dentist. However, under the bill, an APRN may practice without being supervised by a physician or dentist if the board verifies that the APRN has completed 3,840 hours of professional nursing in a clinical setting and has completed 3,840 clinical hours of advanced practice registered nursing practice in his or her recognized role while working with a physician or dentist during those 3,840 hours of practice. APRNs may count additional hours practiced as an APRN in collaboration with a physician or dentist towards the 3,840 required hours of professional nursing. APRNs with a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation are instead required, if they offer to deliver babies outside of a hospital setting, to file and keep current with the board a proactive plan for involving a hospital or a physician who has admitting privileges at a hospital in the treatment of patients with higher acuity or emergency care needs, as further described below. Regardless of whether an APRN has qualified to practice independently, the bill provides that an APRN may provide chronic pain management services only while working in a collaborative relationship with a 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 162 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all physician who, through education, training, and experience, specializes in pain management. Alternatively, if an APRN has qualified to practice independently and currently has privileges in a hospital, the APRN may provide chronic pain management services without a collaborative relationship with a physician. The holder of an APRN license may append the title XA.P.R.N.Y to his or her name, as well as a title corresponding to whichever specialty designations that the person possesses. The bill prohibits any person from using the title XA.P.R.N.,Y and from otherwise indicating that he or she is an APRN, unless the person is licensed by the board as an APRN. The bill also prohibits the use of titles and abbreviations corresponding to a recognized role unless the person has a specialty designation for that role. The bill allows an APRN to delegate a task or order to another clinically trained health care worker if the task or order is within the scope of the APRN[s practice, the APRN is competent to perform the task or issue the order, and the APRN has reasonable evidence that the health care worker is minimally competent to perform the task or issue the order under the circumstances. The bill requires an APRN to adhere to professional standards when managing situations that are beyond the APRN[s expertise. Under the bill, when an APRN renews his or her APRN license, the board must grant the person the renewal of both the person[s RN license and the person[s APRN license. The bill requires all APRNs to complete continuing education requirements each biennium in clinical pharmacology or therapeutics relevant to the APRN[s area of practice and to satisfy certain other requirements when renewing a license. Practice of nurse-midwifery The bill eliminates licensure and practice requirements specific to nurse- midwives and the practice of nurse-midwifery, including specific requirements to practice with an obstetrician. Under the bill, Xcertified nurse-midwifeY is one of the four recognized roles for APRNs, and a person who is licensed as a nurse-midwife under current law is automatically granted an APRN license with a certified nurse- midwife specialty designation. The bill otherwise allows nurse-midwives to be licensed as APRNs if they satisfy the licensure requirements, except that the bill also requires that a person applying for a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation be certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board. The bill also requires an APRN with a specialty designation as a certified nurse-midwife to file with the Board of Nursing, and obtain the board[s approval of, a plan for ensuring appropriate care or care transitions in treating certain patients if the APRN offers to deliver babies outside of a hospital setting. Prescribing authority Under current law, a person licensed as an RN may apply to the Board of Nursing for a certificate to issue prescription orders if the person meets certain requirements established by the board. An RN holding a certificate is subject to 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 163 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all various practice requirements and limitations established by the board and must possess malpractice liability insurance in an amount determined by the board. The bill eliminates certificates to issue prescription orders and generally authorizes APRNs to issue prescription orders. A person who is certified to issue prescription orders under current law is automatically granted an APRN license with his or her appropriate specialty designation. RNs who are practicing in a recognized role on January 1, 2026, but who do not hold a certificate to issue prescription orders on that date and who are granted an APRN license under the bill may not issue prescription orders. As under current law, an APRN issuing prescription orders is subject to various practice requirements and limitations established by the board. The bill eliminates a provision concerning the ability of advanced practice nurses who are certified to issue prescription orders and who are required to work in collaboration with or under the supervision of a physician to obtain and practice under a federal waiver to dispense narcotic drugs to individuals for addiction treatment. Malpractice liability insurance The bill requires all APRNs to maintain malpractice liability insurance in coverage amounts specified under current law for physicians and nurse anesthetists except for an APRN whose employer has in effect malpractice liability insurance that provides at least the same amount of coverage for the APRN. Additionally, the bill requires APRNs who have qualified to practice independently and who practice outside a collaborative or employment relationship to participate in the injured patients and families compensation fund. The injured patients and families compensation fund provides excess medical malpractice coverage for health care providers who participate in the fund and meet all other participation requirements, which includes maintaining malpractice liability insurance in coverage amounts specified under current law. Other changes The bill directs DHS to require a hospital that provides emergency services to have sufficient qualified personnel available at all times to manage the number and severity of emergency department cases anticipated by the location. At a minimum, the bill directs DHS to require a hospital that provides emergency services to have on-site at least one physician who, through education, training, and experience, specializes in emergency medicine. The bill makes numerous other changes throughout the statutes relating to APRNs, including various terminology changes. BUILDINGS AND SAFETY Private on-site wastewater treatment system grants The bill extends the grant program aiding certain persons and businesses served by failing private on-site wastewater treatment systems (POWTS), which are commonly known as septic tanks. Under current law, the program is repealed 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 164 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all effective June 2025. In addition, under the bill, a failing POWTS installed at least 33 years before the submission of a grant application is eligible to receive a grant. Current law authorizes grants only for failing POWTS that were installed before July 1, 1978. Offsetting costs of trade exams administered by third parties The bill creates an appropriation for DSPS to reduce the cost of examinations required to obtain an occupational license in the building trades that are administered by a third party. Combining operations and administrative services appropriations The bill combines two program revenue appropriations for operations and administrative services related to DSPS[s regulation of industry, buildings, and safety into a single appropriation. PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE DSPS renewal dates; continuing education; nursing workforce survey Under current law, a two-year renewal period applies to many health and business credentials administered by DSPS or a credentialing board. The renewal date for each two-year period is specified by statute. In addition, the laws governing some professions specify continuing education requirements, either by statute or by rule, as part of credentialing renewal. The bill eliminates statutory renewal dates for these credentials and instead allows DSPS, in consultation with the credentialing boards, to establish renewal dates. The bill makes various changes to continuing education requirements for various professions to account for the flexible renewal periods allowed in the bill, including allowing DSPS and the credentialing boards to adjust continuing education requirements and to establish interim continuing education or other reporting requirements as needed to align with changes to renewal cycles. Nursing refresher course tuition reimbursement program The bill requires DSPS to establish and implement a program to reimburse individuals for the cost of completing a nursing refresher course offered at a technical college. The reimbursement is available to individuals who are licensed as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, are under 60 years of age, and have not actively practiced nursing in the prior five-year period. The bill requires DSPS to allocate at least $150,000 in each fiscal year for reimbursements under the program. Professional licenses for certain noncitizens Currently, federal law prohibits all but certain noncitizens from receiving any Xstate or local public benefit,Y which is defined to include any Xprofessional license, or commercial license provided by an agency of a state or local government.Y However, federal law allows states to explicitly allow eligibility for certain public benefits. The bill allows certain individuals who are not U.S. citizens to receive any professional license issued in this state if they meet all other requirements or qualifications for the professional license. For purposes of the bill, Xprofessional 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 165 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all licenseY means a license, registration, certification, or other approval to perform specific work tasks, whether issued by the state or a local governmental entity. Statewide clinician wellness program The bill allows DSPS to provide a statewide clinician wellness program to provide support to health care workers in this state in maintaining their physical and mental health and ensuring long-term vitality and effectiveness for their patients and their profession. Reviews of criminal records The bill requires DSPS, when conducting an investigation of the arrest or conviction record of a credential applicant, to obtain and review information to determine the circumstances of each case or offense, except that the bill allows DSPS, in its discretion, to complete its investigation of an arrest or conviction record without reviewing the circumstances of certain types of offenses specified in the bill. These offenses include certain first offense operating while intoxicated and related violations; certain underage alcohol violations; and minor, nonviolent ordinance violations, as determined by DSPS. Rules; license portability The bill provides that DSPS or a credentialing board in DSPS may promulgate rules to achieve enhanced license portability to help facilitate streamlined pathways to licensure for internationally trained professionals and increased reciprocity. Combining general operations appropriations The bill combines five program revenue appropriations related to the licensing, rule-making, and regulatory functions of DSPS into a single appropriation. SHARED REVENUE County and municipal property tax freeze incentive payments The bill provides property tax freeze incentive payments to counties and municipalities that do not increase their property tax levies. Under the bill, if a county[s or municipality[s property tax levy is less than or equal to its property tax levy in the immediately preceding year, it will receive a payment equal to the sum of the following amounts: 1) its property tax levy multiplied by 0.03, and 2) if it received a property tax freeze incentive payment in the immediately preceding year, the amount of that payment multiplied by 1.03. For purposes of eligibility for the payments, expenditures made related to annexation and service consolidation and unreimbursed emergency expenditures do not count as part of a county[s or municipality[s property tax levy. Payments to counties and municipalities for nontaxable tribal land The bill provides payments to counties and municipalities to compensate for not being able to impose local general property taxes on real property exempt from taxation under the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 166 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Automatically increasing the municipal services payments account The bill increases the amounts transferred to the local government fund for payments for municipal services. Under the bill, each fiscal year those amounts increase by the percentage change in the estimated amount of revenues received from the state sales and use tax for the previous fiscal year from the immediately preceding fiscal year. Current law provides state aid payments to municipalities that provide municipal services to state facilities. Energy and liquefied natural gas storage facilities The bill provides utility aid payments to counties and municipalities where energy storage facilities are located. Under the bill, DOA distributes to each city and village in which an energy storage facility is located two-thirds of the amount calculated by multiplying the facility[s megawatt capacity by $2,000, and the county in which such a facility is located is distributed one-third of the amount calculated by multiplying the facility[s megawatt capacity by $2,000. DOA distributes to each town in which an energy storage facility is located one-third of the amount calculated by multiplying the facility[s megawatt capacity by $2,000, and the county in which such a facility is located is distributed two-thirds of the amount calculated by multiplying the facility[s megawatt capacity by $2,000. The bill defines an Xenergy storage facilityY as property that receives electrical energy, stores the energy in a different form, and converts that other form of energy back to electrical energy for sale or to use to provide reliability or economic benefits to the electrical grid. The bill also defines an Xenergy storage facilityY as property that is owned by a light, heat, and power company, electric cooperative, or municipal electric company and includes hydroelectric pumped storage, compressed air energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, batteries, and similar technologies. The bill also provides utility aid payments to counties and municipalities where liquefied natural gas storage facilities (LNG storage facilities) are located. The payment received by a city or village where an LNG storage facility is located is determined by multiplying the net book value of the LNG storage facility by six mills and by three mills in the case of a town. The payment received by a county where an LNG storage facility is located is determined by multiplying the net book value of the LNG storage facility by three mills if the facility is located in a city or village and by six mills if the facility is located in a town. Aid to taxing jurisdictions for pipelines assessed by the state Beginning in 2027, the bill requires the state to pay each taxing jurisdiction an amount equal to the property taxes levied on the pipeline property of a pipeline company for the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2024. Generally under current law, the property of a pipeline company is subject to the public utilities tax, and property that is subject to the public utilities tax is exempt from local property taxation. Aid to Green Bay for NFL draft public safety costs The bill provides the city of Green Bay with an additional $1,000,000 in 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 167 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all county and municipal aid for reimbursement of public safety costs associated with the NFL draft in April 2025. Expenditure restraint incentive program Under current law, generally, a municipality is eligible to receive an expenditure restraint incentive payment if its property tax levy is greater than five mills and if the annual increase in its municipal budget is less than the sum of factors based on inflation and the increased value of property in the municipality as a result of new construction. Under the bill, the inflation factor used to determine eligibility is equal to the percentage change in the consumer price index or 3 percent, whichever is greater. The bill also excludes the following from being considered in determining eligibility for an expenditure restraint incentive program payment: 1) the amount by which a municipality[s base and supplemental county and municipal aid received in the applicable year exceeds the amount of base and supplemental county and municipal aid received by the municipality in 2024; 2) all grants received from the federal government; 3) revenues from a municipal vehicle registration fee that is approved by a majority of electors voting at a referendum; 4) the amount by which a municipality[s payments received for municipal services provided to facilities owned by the state exceeds the amount of those payments received in 2024; and 5) the $1,000,000 additional county and municipal aid payment to the city of Green Bay provided by the bill to reimburse public safety costs associated with the NFL draft in April 2025. Local government fund transfer to offset certain sales tax exemptions The bill increases the amount of the transfer from the general fund to the local government fund in fiscal year 2026-27 to compensate for the loss of sales and use tax revenues from the bill[s sales tax exemptions for over-the-counter prescription drugs and electricity and natural gas sold from May to October. Under current law, the annual increase in the amount of the county and municipal aid payments and the supplemental county and municipal aid payments is determined by the percentage change in the revenues received from the sales and use tax. Timing of transfers to the local government fund The bill increases the annual July transfer from the general fund to the local government fund to cover the full amount of expenditure restraint incentive program payments, computer aid payments, and video service provider fee aid payments that are paid to taxing jurisdictions from the local government fund by the 4th Monday in July. Moving the date of computer aid payments Beginning in 2026, the bill requires DOA to make computer aid payments to taxing jurisdictions by the first Monday in May. Under current law, computers and certain computer-related equipment are exempt from local personal property taxes, and DOA makes computer aid payments to taxing jurisdictions to compensate them for the corresponding loss of property tax revenue. Current law requires DOA to make computer aid payments by the fourth Monday in July. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 168 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all STATE GOVERNMENT GENERAL STATE GOVERNMENT Grants for local projects Current law requires the Building Commission to establish and operate a grant program to assist nonstate organizations to carry out construction projects having a statewide public purpose. Before approving each grant, the Building Commission must determine that the organization carrying out the project has secured additional funding for the project from nonstate revenue sources in an amount that is equal to at least 50 percent of the total cost of the project. The bill transfers the grant program to DOA. However, the Building Commission retains its role in approving each grant, making the statewide public purpose determination, and making the determination concerning the amount of nonstate funds the prospective grantee has raised for a project. The bill further authorizes additional grants under the program to cities, villages, towns, counties, and tribal governments for construction projects having a statewide public purpose if the grant is approved by the Building Commission. Under the bill, these grants are funded from the interest earnings of the local government segregated fund. Finally, the bill specifically authorizes the following grants under the program, which are subject to Building Commission approval and the other requirements and limitations under the program: 1. A grant of up to $4,000,000 to assist the New Community Shelter, Inc., in the construction of a permanent supportive housing facility in Brown County. 2. A grant of up to $6,000,000 to assist the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Inc., and Community Smiles Dental in carrying out renovation of the historic Wisconsin Avenue School in the city of Milwaukee for use as a health and wellness center. 3. A grant of up to $15,000,000 to assist the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, Inc., in constructing a new facility to expand food processing, storage, and distribution. 4. A grant of up to $860,000 to assist the Colfax Railroad Museum, Inc., in constructing and renovating museum facilities in the village of Colfax to protect and display historical railroad artifacts. 5. A grant of up to $3,000,000 to assist the city of Green Bay in the construction and development of a public market. 6. A grant of up to $4,250,000 to assist the city of Glendale in the construction of a new library that will serve the communities of Bayside, Fox Point, Glendale, and River Hills, as well as all of Milwaukee County through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. 7. A grant of up to $2,000,000 to a nonstate organization or a city, village, town, or county for the purchase, construction, or renovation of a child care center in the southwest region of the state. 8. A grant of up to $2,500,000 to assist Wellpoint Care Network, Inc., in 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 169 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all renovating an existing facility in the city of Milwaukee to establish a child care center. Project labor agreements Under current law, the state and local units of government are prohibited from engaging in certain practices in letting bids for state procurement or public works contracts. Among these prohibitions, the state and local governments may not do any of the following in specifications for bids for the contracts: 1) require that a bidder enter into an agreement with a labor organization; 2) consider, when awarding a contract, whether a bidder has or has not entered into an agreement with a labor organization; or 3) require that a bidder enter into an agreement that requires that the bidder or bidder[s employees become or remain members of a labor organization or pay any dues or fees to a labor organization. The bill eliminates these limitations related to labor organizations. Vacancies in certain appointive offices Under current law, vacancies in public office may occur in a number of ways, including when the incumbent resigns, dies, or is removed from office, or, in the case of elected office, when the incumbent[s term expires. However, as the Wisconsin Supreme Court held in State ex rel. Kaul v. Prehn, 2022 WI 50, expiration of an incumbent[s term of office does not create a vacancy if the office is filled by appointment for a fixed term. Absent a vacancy or removal for cause, these incumbents may remain in office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Under the bill, a vacancy in public office is created if the office is filled by appointment of the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate for a fixed term and the incumbent[s term expires or the governor submits his or her nomination for the office to the senate, whichever is later. Office of Violence Prevention The bill creates the Office of Violence Prevention in DOA, establishes certain duties with respect to the office, and directs the office to award grants for community violence intervention. The bill provides that the office must coordinate and expand violence prevention activities and work to reduce the incidences of interpersonal violence. To achieve these goals, the office must do all of the following: 1. Establish a violence prevention focus across state government. 2. Collaborate with other state agencies that are interested or active in the reduction of interpersonal violence. 3. Support the development and implementation of comprehensive, community-based violence prevention initiatives within local units of government across the state, including collaborating with law enforcement agencies. 4. Develop sources of funding beyond state revenues to maintain the office and expand its activities. 5. Create a directory of existing violence prevention services and activities in each county. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 170 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 6. Support and provide technical assistance to local organizations that provide violence prevention services, including in seeking out and applying for grant funding in support of their initiatives. 7. Develop public education campaigns to promote safer communities. The bill directs the office to establish and implement a program to award grants to support effective violence reduction initiatives in communities across the state. Up to $3,000,000 of the grants must be awarded to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state or organizations affiliated with tribes relating to missing and murdered indigenous women. The bill also requires that up to $500,000 be awarded for grants related to suicide prevention for the following activities: 1) to train staff at a firearm retailer or firearm range on how to recognize a person who may be considering suicide; 2) to provide suicide prevention materials for distribution at a firearm retailer or firearm range; and 3) to provide voluntary, temporary firearm storage. Task force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls The bill creates the Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls. The task force must examine various factors that contribute to violence against African American women and girls and submit to the governor two annual reports by December 31, 2026, on actions that can be taken to eliminate violence against African American women and girls. Director of Native American affairs The bill requires the secretary of administration to appoint a director of Native American affairs in the unclassified service to manage relations between the state and American Indian tribes or bands in the state. Grants to each American Indian tribe or band in Wisconsin The bill requires DOA to award grants of equal amounts to each American Indian tribe or band in the state for the following purposes: 1. To programs to meet the needs of members of the tribe or band. 2. To promote tribal language and cultural revitalization. Under the bill, no grant moneys awarded under the above grant programs may be used to pay gaming-related expenses. Other tribal grants The bill requires DOA to do all of the following: 1. Award grants to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to support the Menominee Indian Tribe[s transit services, in an amount not to exceed $266,600 annually. 2. Award grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to conduct an intergovernmental training program, available to all tribal governments in Wisconsin, to improve consultations and communication between the tribes and the state. The grants may not total more than $60,000 annually. 3. Award grants to the Wisconsin Indigenous Housing and Economic Development Corporation to support tribal economic development and housing 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 171 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all programs in Wisconsin. The grants may not total more than $3,890,000 in the 2025-26 fiscal year and $2,540,000 annually thereafter. 4. Award grants to American Indian tribes or bands in this state to support strategic planning concerning cybersecurity, in an amount up to $250,000 annually. 5. Award grants to American Indian tribes or bands in this state to support home repairs that reduce energy burdens and improve health outcomes, in an amount up to $1,000,000 annually. Community climate engagement grant program The bill requires DOA to establish and administer a community climate engagement grant program. Under the program, DOA is required to award grants to local nongovernmental organizations in Wisconsin for the purpose of promoting local climate and clean energy community engagement. Additionally, under the program, DOA is itself required to conduct and support outreach across Wisconsin concerning climate change, climate resilience, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Community climate action grants The bill requires DOA to create a grant program to assist local governmental units and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state with the development of climate risk assessment and action plans or to implement emission reduction and action projects. Under the bill, DOA is required to assist local governments and tribal governments with the development of climate risk assessment and action plans. Grants to provide civil legal services The bill requires DOA to award grants to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of providing civil legal services. Translation services The bill provides that DOA may provide assistance to state agencies for costs related to translation services that are provided to a state agency through a state contract. The bill also appropriates GPR for the purpose. Artificial intelligence tools and infrastructure support The bill requires DOA to develop and maintain artificial intelligence tools and infrastructure for the benefit of state agencies, including the legislature and the courts. Cybersecurity Under current law, DOA is required to ensure that an adequate level of information technology services is made available to state agencies. The bill requires that DOA additionally conduct cybersecurity emergency incident response for state agencies. The bill funds those activities with up to $10,000,000 each fiscal year in moneys from the general fund that are allocated to sum sufficient appropriations of state agencies. A sum sufficient appropriation is expendable in the amounts necessary to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 172 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all The bill also creates an annual appropriation of GPR for DOA[s cybersecurity activities generally. Cybersecurity insurance The bill requires DOA to undertake planning and preparation to have a cybersecurity insurance program for executive branch agencies by the 2027]29 fiscal biennium. Closed meetings to consider information technology security issues Under current law, a governmental body is generally required to meet in open session. Open session is a meeting that is held in a place reasonably accessible to members of the public and open to all citizens at all times. The bill allows a governmental body to go into closed session for the purpose of considering information technology security issues affecting information technology systems over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Funding for the Division of Alcohol Beverages The bill creates a program-revenue appropriation to fund the Division of Alcohol Beverages (DAB) in DOR. Under current law, the DAB administers and enforces the state[s alcohol beverage laws, including issuing alcohol beverage permits. The DAB is currently funded from multiple DOR appropriations, including an appropriation that receives proceeds from an administrative fee of 11 cents per gallon on taxed distilled spirits. The bill creates, for DAB, a single PR appropriation consisting of DAB permit fees and associated administrative fees and liquor tax administrative fees. Public records location fee Current law allows an authority to impose a fee on any person requesting a public record to cover the cost of locating that record, if the cost is $50 or more. The location fee may not exceed the actual, necessary, and direct cost of locating the record. Current law defines an XauthorityY to include any elective official or state or local government agency that has custody of a public record. Under the bill, the cost of locating a public record must be $100 or more before an authority may impose a fee to cover the actual, necessary, and direct cost of locating the record. Lobbying fees Under current law, fees paid to the Ethics Commission for lobbying activities are appropriated to the commission for the administration of the lobbying laws. The bill eliminates that appropriation and requires that all fees paid to the commission for lobbying activities be deposited in the general fund. First class city school district audit response funding The bill directs DOA to provide payments to a first class city school district (currently only Milwaukee Public Schools) to implement recommendations from audits of the school district initiated by the governor. The payments may be used for items addressed in the audits, financial reporting software, and data 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 173 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all compatibility with state and local finance systems. Additionally, the payments may be made only if, at the time of payment, the secretary of administration is satisfied that the school district is already making substantial progress on implementation of the audit recommendations. TEACH program; GPR funding Under current law, DOA administers the Technology for Educational Achievement (TEACH) program. The TEACH program offers telecommunications access to school districts, private schools, cooperative educational service agencies, technical college districts, independent charter school authorizers, juvenile correctional facilities, private and tribal colleges, and public library boards at discounted rates. Currently, the TEACH program is funded from the universal service fund. The bill provides additional GPR for the TEACH program. TEACH; broadband speed threshold As part of TEACH, current law requires DOA to establish an educational telecommunications access program to provide educational agencies with access to data lines. Under current law, DOA must require an educational agency to pay not more than $250 per month for each data line provided under the program. However, the maximum amount DOA may charge an educational agency for a data line is not more than $100 per month if the data line relies on a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544 megabits per second. The bill increases the threshold speed for the $100 per month maximum payment to 100 megabits per second. State AmeriCorps scholarship program Under current law, an individual who completes a term of service in the AmeriCorps program may receive a Segal AmeriCorps education award to pay for post-secondary educational expenses. The bill creates a program that provides a matching scholarship to individuals who are residents of Wisconsin or who complete their AmeriCorps service in Wisconsin. Under the bill, the matching amounts are subject to availability of monies. The scholarship money awarded under the program may only be used to pay tuition and fees at a technical college, college, or university in Wisconsin. National and community service board appropriation Current law appropriates moneys received from the federal Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to administer the national and community service program and to provide grants for the national and community service program. The bill changes the appropriation for administration from one that is limited to the amounts in the schedule to one that appropriates all moneys received that are designated for administration by the CNCS. The bill also clarifies that the appropriation for grants appropriates all moneys received that are designated for grants by the CNCS. BCPL payments in lieu of taxes appropriation Under current law, land that the BCPL owns is not subject to property taxes. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 174 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all For certain lands purchased on or after July 14, 2015, though, BCPL makes annual payments to municipalities in lieu of the property tax that would have been owed on these lands were they not tax exempt. Currently, the source of these payments is a sum certain appropriation. The bill changes that appropriation to a sum sufficient appropriation. Security services at multitenant state buildings and facilities The bill eliminates the separate appropriation for security services at multitenant state buildings and facilities and moves the related purposes of the appropriation to a different appropriation. STATE FINANCE Refunding certain general obligation debt The bill increases from $11,235,000,000 to $12,835,000,000 the amount of state public debt that may be contracted to refund any unpaid indebtedness used to finance tax-supported or self-amortizing facilities. The unpaid indebtedness includes unpaid premium and interest amounts. Under current law, the Building Commission may not incur public debt for refunding purposes unless the true interest costs to the state can be reduced. STATE EMPLOYMENT Paid family and medical leave The bill requires the administrator of the Division of Personnel Management in DOA to develop a program for paid family and medical leave of 8 weeks annually for most state employees. The bill requires the administrator to submit the plan for approval as a change to the state compensation plan to the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER). If JCOER approves the plan, the plan becomes effective January 1, 2027. The bill also requires the Board of Regents of the UW System to develop a plan for a program for paid family and medical leave of 8 weeks annually for employees of the system and requires the board to submit the plan to the administrator of the Division of Personnel Management in DOA with its compensation plan changes for the 2025-27 biennium. If JCOER approves the plan, the program becomes effective January 1, 2027. Paid sick leave for limited term employees Under current law, permanent and project state employees receive the following paid leave: vacation; personal holidays; sick leave; and legal holidays. The bill requires the state to provide paid sick leave to limited term employees of the state at the same rate as to permanent and project state employees. The bill also requires the Board of Regents of the UW System to develop a plan for a program for paid sick leave for temporary employees of the system and requires the board to submit the plan to the administrator of the Division of Personnel Management in DOA with its compensation plan changes for the 2025]27 fiscal biennium. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 175 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Green Bay Correctional Institution The bill allows the director of the Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Division of Personnel Management in DOA to waive competitive hiring procedures for an employee in the classified service at the Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI) during the period the facility is decommissioned if the individual is qualified to perform the duties of the position and the position the individual will be filling is assigned to a class at a pay range that is the same as individual[s position at GBCI, or a lower pay range. Vacation hours for state employees The bill provides additional annual leave hours to state employees during their third, fourth, and fifth years of service. Under current law, state employees who are in nonexempt status under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act earn annual leave at the rate of 104 hours per year of continuous service during the first five years of service and, on an employee[s fifth anniversary of continuous service, the rate increase to 144 hours of annual leave per year of continuous service. Under the bill, beginning on the employee[s second anniversary, a state employee in nonexempt status begins earning vacation hours at the rate of 120 hours per year of service. Under current law, state employees who are in exempt status under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act earn annual vacation at the rate of 120 hours per year of continuous service during the first five years of service and, on the fifth anniversary of continuous service, the rate increase to 160 hours of annual leave per year of continuous service. Under the bill, beginning on the employee[s second anniversary, a state employee in exempt status begins earning vacation hours at the rate of 136 hours per year of service. Removal of salary caps for WHEFA employees Current law allows WHEFA to employ an executive director and limits the compensation of the executive director to the maximum of the salary range established for positions assigned to executive salary group 6. Current law also limits the compensation of each other employee of WHEFA to the maximum of the salary range established for positions assigned to executive salary group 3. The bill removes these limits on compensation of the executive director and employees of WHEFA. Apprenticeship programs Under current law, state agencies may provide on-the-job and off-the-job training to employees without loss of pay to employees. This includes research projects, courses of study, institutes, short courses related to the performance of the employee[s job duties, and paying for tuition and related fees. The bill allows a state agency to provide an apprenticeship program. Under such a program, an apprentice is a probationary employee for the duration of the apprenticeship and attains permanent status upon completion of the apprenticeship but may be separated at any time during the apprenticeship without right of appeal. Under the bill, the compensation plan for state employees may allow for rates of pay for 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 176 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all apprentices that reflect the appropriate beginning pay for apprentices as well as pay increases for the attainment of additional qualifications during the apprenticeship. Finally, the bill provides that apprentices may take paid holidays in the same manner as other probationary employees. Juneteenth state holiday The bill designates June 19, the day on which Juneteenth is celebrated, as a state holiday on which state offices are closed. Under current law, the offices of the agencies of state government are generally closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and a total of nine state holidays. The bill also requires the administrator of the Division of Personnel Management in DOA to include June 19 and November 11, which is the day on which Veterans Day is traditionally celebrated, as paid holidays for UW System employees in the proposal it submits to the Joint Committee on Employee Relations for compensation plan changes for the 2025]27 fiscal biennium. Veterans Day state holiday The bill designates November 11, the day on which Veterans Day is traditionally celebrated, as a state holiday on which state offices are closed. Under current law, the offices of the agencies of state government are generally closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and a total of nine state holidays. Additionally, under current law, state employees receive annually a total of 4.5 paid personal holidays, one of which is provided specifically in recognition of Veterans Day. Under the bill, state employees continue to receive 4.5 paid personal holidays. However, the bill removes the specification that one of the paid personal holidays is provided in recognition of Veterans Day. In total, the bill increases the number of regular paid holidays state employees receive annually from nine days to 11 days. Supplemental appropriations for salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings Under current law, if employees of an agency receive a salary increase under a compensation plan approved by JCOER or under a contract approved by the legislature, a state agency can request a program supplement to the agency[s budget from JCF in order to pay for the salary increase and related costs. Some state agencies pay for services provided by DOA employees rather than having their own employees perform those services, and DOA assesses or bills the agencies for the services provided by DOA employees. The bill creates four new appropriations from which an agency may request a program supplement when DOA assesses or bills the agency for increased costs for those services due to a salary increase under a compensation plan approved by JCOER or under a contract approved by the legislature. Project employees of district attorney offices under ARPA The bill provides that individuals who are in project positions that were funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in offices of district attorneys may be appointed to equivalent permanent positions in those offices without going through the civil service hiring process as new hires. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 177 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Project employees of the Public Defender Board under ARPA The bill provides that individuals who are in project positions that were funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and who are employed by the Public Defender Board may be appointed to equivalent permanent positions in those offices without going through the civil service hiring process as new hires. Position transfers and funding changes Under the bill, all of the following occur: on January 1, 2027, the funding source for 24.0 FTE FED positions in DOA changes from a single DOA appropriation to two DOA program revenue appropriations and one DOA GPR appropriation; and 17.5 FTE FED positions and incumbent employees transfer from DOA to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, and the position funding changes to a single WERC GPR appropriation. SECRETARY OF STATE Deputy secretary of state The bill creates the position of deputy secretary of state. The secretary of state may delegate any duty or power to the deputy secretary of state, except duties and powers the secretary of state performs as a member of the BCPL. Appropriations to the secretary of state Under current law, DFI[s general program operations are funded from an annual program revenue appropriation. From this appropriation, $150,000 is transferred annually to an appropriation to the secretary of state for general program operations. The bill increases the amount of the transfer to $502,900 in the 2025]26 fiscal year and $555,400 annually thereafter. The bill also creates a continuing appropriation to the secretary of state of all moneys received from the federal government to be expended for the purposes for which received and creates a continuing program revenue appropriation to the secretary of state of all moneys received by the secretary of state from gifts, grants, bequests, and devises to be expended for the purposes for which made and received. The bill makes certain other changes to appropriations to the secretary of state, including an increase in the lapse of certain moneys appropriated to the secretary of state to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year. Office of the Secretary of State The bill provides that the Office of the Secretary of State is the exclusive office that may affix the great seal of the state of Wisconsin to a document and authenticate the document. The bill also provides that the Office of the Secretary of State must provide apostille services. LEGISLATURE Popular initiative and referendum The bill requires the legislature to introduce and vote on a joint resolution providing for a constitutional amendment that creates a petition process by which the people may propose and approve laws and constitutional amendments at an election and that creates a referendum process by which the people may reject an 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 178 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all act of the legislature. A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective. Specifically, the proposed constitutional amendment provides that the people may file a petition with the agency that administers state elections (currently the Elections Commission) for a referendum to reject any act of the legislature, a section of any act, or an item of appropriation in any act. A petition for referendum must be signed by qualified electors equaling at least 4 percent of the vote cast for the office of governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election. A qualified elector is a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district or ward in Wisconsin for at least 28 days. After validating a petition[s signatures, the agency that administers state elections is required to order a referendum at the next general election occurring at least 120 days after the petition was filed with the agency. No act or part of an act rejected in a referendum may be reenacted during the legislative session in which it was rejected. The proposed constitutional amendment further provides that the people may propose, by petition filed with the agency that administers state elections, laws and constitutional amendments for a vote at an election. The petition must satisfy all of the following conditions: 1. For a petition for an initiative law, be signed by qualified electors equaling at least 6 percent of the vote cast for the office of governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election. 2. For a petition for an initiative constitutional amendment, be signed by qualified electors equaling at least 8 percent of the vote cast for the office of governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election. 3. Include the full text of the proposed law or constitutional amendment prepared in proper form. Upon request by any qualified elector, the agency that administers state elections is required to have the proposed law or constitutional amendment drafted in proper form and made available to the public. The proposed law or amendment must embrace no more than one subject, and that subject must be expressed in the title. 4. Be filed with the agency that administers state elections not less than 120 days before the election at which the proposed law or constitutional amendment is to be voted upon. Similar to the process for a referendum, after verifying an initiative petition[s signatures, the agency that administers state elections is required to order the submission of the initiative law or constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection at the next succeeding general election occurring at least 120 days after the petition was filed with the agency. If approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election, an initiative law or constitutional amendment goes into effect on the 30th day after the date the agency that administers state elections certifies the election results, unless 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 179 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all a different effective date is specified in the initiative. The legislature may not repeal or amend an initiative law for the two years immediately succeeding its publication and may not repeal or amend an initiative law except by a vote of two- thirds of all members elected to each house. If an initiative law or constitutional amendment is rejected at the election, substantially the same initiative law or amendment, as determined by the agency that administers state elections, may not be considered again by voters under the initiative process for at least five years. Legislative intervention in certain court proceedings Current law provides that the legislature may intervene as a matter of right in an action in state or federal court when a party to the action does any of the following: 1. Challenges the constitutionality of a statute. 2. Challenges a statute as violating or being preempted by federal law. 3. Otherwise challenges the construction or validity of a statute. Current law further provides that the legislature must be served with a copy of the proceedings in all such actions, regardless of whether the legislature intervenes in the action. The bill eliminates all of these provisions. Retention of legal counsel by the legislature Current law allows representatives to the assembly and senators, as well as legislative employees, to receive legal representation from DOJ in most legal proceedings. However, current law also provides all of the following: 1. With respect to the assembly, that the speaker of the assembly may authorize a representative to the assembly or assembly employee who requires legal representation to obtain outside legal counsel if the acts or allegations underlying the action are arguably within the scope of the representative[s or employee[s legislative duties, and the speaker may obtain outside legal counsel in any action in which the assembly is a party or in which the interests of the assembly are affected, as determined by the speaker. 2. With respect to the senate, that the senate majority leader may authorize a senator or senate employee who requires legal representation to obtain outside legal counsel if the acts or allegations underlying the action are arguably within the scope of the senator[s or employee[s legislative duties, and the majority leader may obtain outside legal counsel in any action in which the senate is a party or in which the interests of the senate are affected, as determined by the majority leader. 3. That the cochairpersons of the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization (JCLO) may authorize a legislative service agency employee who requires legal representation to obtain outside legal counsel if the acts or allegations underlying the action are arguably within the scope of the employee[s legislative duties, and the cochairpersons may obtain outside legal counsel in any action in which the legislature is a party or in which the interests of the legislature are affected, as determined by the cochairpersons. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 180 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all The bill eliminates these provisions. Under the bill, representatives to the assembly and senators, as well as legislative employees, may continue to receive legal representation from DOJ in most legal proceedings. Advice and consent of the senate Under current law, any individual nominated by the governor or another state officer or agency subject to the advice and consent of the senate, whose confirmation for the office or position is rejected by the senate, may not do any of the following during the legislative session biennium in which his or her nomination is rejected: 1. Hold the office or position for which he or she was rejected. 2. Be nominated again for that office or position. 3. Perform any duties of that office or position. The bill eliminates those restrictions. Records and correspondence of legislators Under current law, the Public Records Board prescribes policies and standards for the retention and disposition of public records made or received by a state officer or agency. However, for purposes of public records retention, the definition of Xpublic recordsY does not include the records and correspondence of any legislator. The bill eliminates that exception for a legislator[s records and correspondence. Passive review by JCF; objections to be public Current law requires that JCF review certain proposed actions before an agency may execute the action. The review required often takes the form of a passive review. In a passive review, the agency must submit the proposed action to JCF and if the cochairpersons of JCF do not notify the agency within a certain period, often 14 days, that a member of JCF has objected to the action, the agency may execute the proposed action. If, however, a member objects, the agency is limited to the action as approved or modified by JCF. The bill specifies that the name of any JCF member who objects to the proposed action, as well as the reason the member objects, must be recorded and made publicly available. Capitol security Under current law, DOA is required to submit any proposed changes to security at the capitol, including the posting of a firearm restriction, to JCLO for approval under passive review. The bill eliminates that requirement. TAXATION INCOME TAXATION Tax exemption for tips The bill creates an income tax exemption for cash tips received by an employee from the customers of the employee[s employer. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 181 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Earned income tax credit The bill increases the amount that an individual with fewer than three qualifying children may claim as the Wisconsin earned income tax credit (EITC). Under current law, the Wisconsin EITC is equal to a percentage of the federal EITC. The percentage is 4 percent of the federal EITC if the individual has one qualifying child, 11 percent if the individual has two qualifying children, and 34 percent if the individual has three or more qualifying children. The credit is refundable, which means that if the credit exceeds the individual[s tax liability, he or she will receive the excess as a refund check. Under the bill, the percentage of the federal EITC that an eligible individual may claim for Wisconsin purposes is 16 percent if the individual has one qualifying child, 25 percent if the individual has two qualifying children, and 34 percent if the individual has three or more qualifying children. Homestead tax credit expansion Under current law, the homestead tax credit is a refundable income tax credit that may be claimed by homeowners and renters. The credit is based on the claimant[s household income and the amount of property taxes or rent constituting property taxes on his or her Wisconsin homestead. Because the credit is refundable, if the credit exceeds the claimant[s income tax liability, he or she receives the excess as a refund check. Under current law, there are three key dollar amounts used when calculating the credit: 1. If household income is $8,060 or less, the credit is 80 percent of the property taxes or rent constituting property taxes. If household income exceeds $8,060, the property taxes or rent constituting property taxes are reduced by 8.785 percent of the household income exceeding $8,060, and the credit is 80 percent of the reduced property taxes or rent constituting property taxes. 2. The credit may not be claimed if household income exceeds $24,680. 3. The maximum property taxes or rent constituting property taxes used to calculate the credit is $1,460. Beginning with claims filed for the 2025 tax year, the bill increases the income phase-out threshold from $8,060 to $19,000, reduces the percentage used for household income above the income phase-out threshold to 7.891 percent, and increases the maximum income amount from $24,680 to $37,500. The bill also indexes the $19,000, $37,500, and $1,460 amounts for inflation during future tax years. Changing the name of the homestead credit The bill also renames the homestead income tax credit to the property tax and rent rebate. Veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit eligibility expansion The bill reduces the eligibility threshold for an eligible veteran, the spouse of an eligible veteran, and the unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit under the individual 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 182 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all income tax system. Under the bill, a claimant may claim the credit if the service- connected disability rating of the veteran for whom the claimant is claiming the credit is at least 70 percent. Currently, that rating must be 100 percent. Under the bill, the maximum credit that a claimant may claim is multiplied by the percentage of the service-connected disability rating. The bill does not affect a claimant who claims the credit based on the individual unemployability rating. Under current law, a claimant may also claim the credit if the disability rating based on individual unemployability of the veteran for whom the claimant is claiming the credit is 100 percent. Rent qualifying for the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit Current law does not expressly address the treatment of renters for purposes of claiming the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. DOR allows an eligible veteran or surviving spouse who is a renter to claim the credit if he or she is required to pay the property taxes under a written agreement with the landlord and pays the property taxes directly to the municipality. Under the bill, an eligible veteran or surviving spouse who is a renter may claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit in an amount equal to his or her rent constituting property taxes. The bill defines Xrent constituting property taxesY to mean 20 percent of the rent paid during the year for the use of a principal dwelling if heat is included in the rent and 25 percent of the rent if heat is not included. Adding a fifth income tax bracket The bill adds a fifth income tax bracket having a rate of 9.80 percent for individuals and married joint filers with taxable income exceeding $1,000,000 and for married separate filers with taxable income exceeding $500,000. Under current law, there are four income tax brackets for single individuals, certain fiduciaries, heads of households, and married persons. The brackets are indexed for inflation. Under the bill, which first applies to taxable year 2025, there are five income tax brackets for single individuals, certain fiduciaries, heads of households, and married persons. The brackets are indexed for inflation. The rate of taxation under the bill for the five brackets for single individuals, certain fiduciaries, and heads of households, before indexing, is as follows: 1. For taxable income not exceeding $7,500, 3.5 percent. 2. For taxable income exceeding $7,500, but not $15,000, 4.40 percent. 3. For taxable income exceeding $15,000, but not $225,000, 5.3 percent. 4. For taxable income exceeding $225,000, but not $1,000,000, 7.65 percent. 5. For taxable income exceeding $1,000,000, 9.80 percent. The rates that apply to married joint filers under the bill are the same as the rates that apply to single individuals, fiduciaries, and heads of households, but the income limitations are higher. The lowest bracket applies to taxable income not exceeding $10,000; the second bracket applies to taxable income exceeding $10,000, but not $20,000; the third bracket applies to taxable income exceeding $20,000, but 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 183 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all not $300,000; the fourth bracket applies to taxable income exceeding $300,000, but not $1,000,000; and the fifth bracket applies to taxable income exceeding $1,000,000. Increasing the personal exemption The bill increases from $700 to $1,200 the income tax personal exemption for taxpayers, their spouses, and their dependents. Manufacturing and agriculture credit limitation Currently, a person may claim a tax credit on the basis of the person[s income from manufacturing or agriculture. A taxpayer may claim a credit equal to 7.5 percent of the income derived either from the sale of tangible personal property manufactured in whole or in part on property in this state that is assessed as manufacturing property or from the sale of tangible personal property produced, grown, or extracted in whole or in part from property in this state assessed as agricultural property. If the amount of the credit exceeds the taxpayer[s income tax liability, the taxpayer does not receive a refund, but may apply the balance to the taxpayer[s tax liability in subsequent taxable years. The bill limits to $300,000 the amount of income from manufacturing that a person may use as the basis for claiming the credit. The bill does not affect the amount of income from agriculture that may be used as a basis for claiming the credit. Film production tax credit The bill creates income and franchise tax credits for film production companies, and the Department of Tourism implements the tax credit. Under the bill, a film production company may claim a credit that is equal to 25 percent of the salary or wages paid to the company[s employees in the taxable year for services rendered in this state to produce a film, video, broadcast advertisement, or television production, as approved by the Department of Tourism, and paid to employees who were residents of this state at the time that they were paid. The total amount of the credits that may be claimed by a taxpayer may not exceed an amount that is equal to the first $250,000 of salary and wages paid to each of the taxpayer[s employees in the taxable year, not including the salary or wages paid to the taxpayer[s two highest-paid employees in the taxable year, for a production with budgeted expenditures of $1,000,000 or more. If the total amount of the credits claimed by a taxpayer exceeds the taxpayer[s tax liability, the state will not issue a refund, but the taxpayer may carry forward any remaining credit to subsequent taxable years. Under the bill, a film production company may claim an income and franchise tax credit in an amount that is equal to 25 percent of the production expenditures paid by the company in the taxable year to produce a film, video, broadcast advertisement, or television production. If the total amount of the credits claimed by the company exceeds the company[s tax liability, the state will issue a refund. The bill also allows a film production company to claim an income and 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 184 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all franchise tax credit, for the first three taxable years that the company is doing business in this state, in an amount that is equal to 25 percent of the amount that the claimant paid in the taxable year to purchase depreciable tangible personal property or to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property. Under the bill, a film production company may claim an income and franchise tax credit that is equal to the amount of sales and use taxes that the claimant paid for tangible personal property and taxable services that are used to produce a film, video, broadcast advertisement, or television production in this state. The bill provides that the Department of Tourism may not allocate more than $10,000,000 in film production and investments tax credits in each fiscal year. The bill also requires the Department of Tourism to annually submit a report to the legislature that specifies the number of persons who submitted credit applications in the previous year and the amount of the credits allocated to each such applicant and to make recommendations on improving the efficiency of the program. Finally, the bill requires the Legislative Audit Bureau to biennially prepare a performance evaluation audit of the program implemented by the Department of Tourism. Eligibility of nuclear power research for the research credit Under the bill, beginning in the 2025 tax year, qualified research expenses incurred for research related to nuclear power are eligible for the research income tax credit. Under current law, the research credit is an income and franchise tax credit equal to a specified percentage of the person[s qualified research expenses that exceed 50 percent of the average qualified research expenses for the three taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year for which the person claims the credit. Current law allows a person to receive a refund in an amount not exceeding 25 percent of their allowable claim for the research credit. Changes to state supplement to federal historic rehabilitation credit The bill makes the following changes to the state supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation credit: 1) eliminates the requirement for claiming the credit of incurring at least $50,000 in qualified rehabilitation expenditures; 2) eliminates the requirement that the state credit be claimed at the same time as the claimant claims the federal historic rehabilitation credit; and 3) allows partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations to claim the credit and prohibits partners of a partnership, members of a limited liability company, and shareholders of a tax-option corporation from claiming the credit. Current law authorizes WEDC to certify a person to receive a tax credit equal to 20 percent of the qualified rehabilitation expenses, as defined under federal law, for certified historic structures on property located in this state and for the rehabilitation expenses for qualified rehabilitated buildings, as defined under federal law, that are not certified historic structures. Flood insurance premiums The bill creates a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for flood insurance premiums. The credit is equal to 10 percent of the amount of the premiums that an individual paid in the taxable year for flood insurance, but the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 185 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all amount of the claim may not exceed $60 in any taxable year. Because the credit is nonrefundable, it may be claimed only up to the amount of the individual[s tax liability. Private school tuition deduction Under current law, an individual, when computing income for income tax purposes, may deduct the tuition paid during the year to send his or her dependent child to private school. The maximum deduction is $4,000 for an elementary school pupil and $10,000 for a secondary school pupil. Under the bill, only individuals whose Wisconsin adjusted gross income is below a threshold amount may claim the deduction for private school tuition. The threshold amount is $100,000 for single individuals and heads of household, $150,000 for married couples filing jointly, and $75,000 for married individuals filing separately. Increasing disability income subtraction and expanding eligibility The bill increases and expands the individual state income tax subtraction, or deduction, for disability payments received by a person under the age of 65 who is retired and who is permanently and totally disabled. Under the bill, beginning in tax year 2025, up to $5,500 of disability payments may be subtracted annually from an individual[s taxable income. In addition, the bill expands eligibility for claiming the subtraction to individuals having a federal adjusted gross income under $30,000 or under $60,000 if married. Under current law, up to $5,000 of disability payments may be subtracted, and to be eligible, a person must have federal adjusted gross income under $20,200 or under $25,400 if married and both spouses are disabled. Subtraction for labor organization dues Beginning in 2027, the bill provides an individual income tax subtraction for the amount of membership dues and expenses paid by a person to a labor organization. Increasing the adoption deduction The bill increases to $15,000 the maximum deduction allowed for adoption expenses for purposes of the state income tax. Under current law, a full-year resident who is an adoptive parent may deduct from taxable income up to $5,000 of the adoption fees, court costs, or legal fees relating to the adoption of a child paid during the tax year during which the final order of adoption has been entered and paid during the prior two tax years. Tax credit for installing universal changing stations The bill creates an income and franchise tax credit for small businesses that install universal changing stations. Under the bill, a Xuniversal changing stationY is a floor-mounted or wall-mounted, powered, and height-adjustable adult changing table with a safety rail that can be used for personal hygiene by an individual with a disability of either sex and the individual[s care provider. The credit applies for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 186 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Under the bill, a small business is any entity that, during the preceding taxable year, either had gross receipts of no more than $1,000,000 or employed no more than 30 full-time employees. The credit is equal to 50 percent of the amount the small business paid to install the universal changing station, up to a maximum credit of $5,125. The credit may be claimed only if the universal changing station meets certain requirements relating to size, maneuverability space, weight load, and adjustability. Dividends received deduction limitation Current law allows corporations to deduct, for income and franchise tax purposes, the dividends received from related corporations. The dividends must be paid on common stock, and the corporation receiving the dividends must own at least 70 percent of the total combined voting stock of the other corporation. Current law also allows businesses to carry forward net business losses to future taxable years in order to offset income in those years. Under the bill, a business may not take the dividends received deduction into account when determining if it has a net business loss that can be carried forward. Internal Revenue Code references The bill adopts, for state income and franchise tax purposes, certain changes made to the Internal Revenue Code by the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, enacted in December 2017. The bill adopts provisions of the act related to the limitation on losses for taxpayers other than corporations; certain special rules for the taxable year of inclusion; the limitation on business-related deduction for interest; the limitation on the deduction by employers of expenses for fringe benefits; the limitation on the deduction for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation premiums; and the limitation on excessive employee remuneration. PROPERTY TAXATION Increasing the school levy property tax credit The bill increases the appropriation for the school levy property tax credit so that the total amount distributed to claim against property tax liability is $1,400,300,000 in the 2025]26 fiscal year and $1,524,700,000 in the 2026]27 fiscal year. Currently the annual distribution is $1,275,000,000. Telecom and communication tower exemption The bill exempts radio, cellular, and telecommunication towers from the property tax. The bill also exempts radio, cellular, and telecommunication towers that are classified as real property from the telephone company tax. School aid reduction information The bill requires that a person[s property tax bill include information from the school district where the property is located regarding the amount of any gross reduction in state aid to the district as a result of pupils enrolled in the statewide choice program or the Racine choice program or as a result of making payments to private schools under the special needs scholarship program. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 187 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Manufacturing property assessment fees Under current law, DOR assesses manufacturing property for property tax purposes and imposes a fee on each municipality in which the property is located to cover part of the assessment costs. If a municipality does not pay by March 31 of the following year, DOR reduces the municipality[s July and November shared revenue distribution by the amount of the fee. The bill requires the fee to be collected from a reduction in the municipality[s shared revenue distribution, and if DOR is unable to collect the fee in this manner, then the fee is directly imposed on the municipality. GENERAL TAXATION Sales tax exemption for electricity and natural gas Under current law, electricity and natural gas sold during the months of November, December, January, February, March, and April for residential use is exempt from the sales and use tax. The bill exempts from the sales and use tax electricity and natural gas sold for residential use regardless of when it is sold. Sales tax exemption for over-the-counter drugs The bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of over-the-counter drugs. County and municipality sales and use taxes Current law allows a county to enact an ordinance to impose sales and use taxes at the rate of 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price on tangible personal property and taxable services. The county must use the revenue from the taxes for property tax relief. Under the bill, a county may impose that county sales and use tax at the rate of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, or 0.5 percent. The bill also allows a county, except for Milwaukee County, to impose, by ordinance, an additional sales and use tax at the rate of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, or 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price on tangible personal property and taxable services. However, the ordinance does not take effect unless approved by a majority of the voters of the county at a referendum. The revenue from those taxes may be used for any purpose designated by the county board or specified in the ordinance or in the referendum approving the ordinance. The bill also allows a municipality, except for the City of Milwaukee, with a 2020 population exceeding 30,000 to enact an ordinance to impose sales and use taxes at the rate of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, or 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price on tangible personal property and taxable services. The ordinance does not take effect unless approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality at a referendum. The revenue from those taxes may be used for any purpose designated by the governing body of the municipality or specified in the ordinance or in the referendum approving the ordinance. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 188 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Sales tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products The bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of diapers and feminine hygiene products. Breastfeeding equipment The bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for breast pumps, breast pump kits, and breast pump storage and collection supplies. Sales and use tax exemption for gun safety items The bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for sales of gun safes, trigger locks, and gun barrel locks. Prairie and wetland counseling services Under current law, the sale of landscaping and lawn maintenance services is subject to the sales tax. The bill excludes from taxable landscaping services the planning and counseling services for the restoration, reclamation, or revitalization of prairie, savanna, or wetlands if such services are provided for a separate and optional fee distinct from other services. Sales tax exemption for energy systems Current law provides a sales and use tax exemption for a product that has as its power source wind energy, direct radiant energy received from the sun, or gas generated from anaerobic digestion of animal manure and other agricultural waste, if the product produces at least 200 watts of alternating current or 600 British thermal units per day. The sale of electricity or energy produced by the product is also exempt. The bill modifies current law so that the exemption applies to solar power systems and wind energy systems that produce electrical or heat energy directly from the sun or wind and are capable of continuously producing at least 200 watts of alternating current or 600 British thermal units. In addition, the exemption applies to a waste energy system that produces electrical or heat energy directly from gas generated from anaerobic digestion of animal manure and other agricultural waste and is capable of continuously producing at least 200 watts of alternating current or 600 British thermal units. A system for which the exemption applies includes tangible personal property sold with the system that is used primarily to store or facilitate the storage of the electrical or heat energy produced by the system. Elimination of sales tax exemption for farm-raised deer The bill eliminates the sales and use tax exemption that applies to the sale of farm-raised deer to a person operating a hunting preserve or game farm in this state. Vapor products Current law imposes a tax on vapor products, which are any noncombustible products that produce vapor or aerosol for inhalation from the application of a heating element to a liquid or other substance that is depleted as the product is 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 189 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all used, regardless of whether the liquid or other substance contains nicotine. The tax is imposed at the rate of 5 cents per milliliter of the liquid or other substance based on the volume as listed by the manufacturer. The bill taxes vapor products at the rate of 71 percent of the manufacturer[s established list price and modifies the definition of Xvapor product.Y Under the bill, Xvapor productY means a noncombustible product that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical means that can be used to produce vapor from a solution or other substance, regardless of whether the product contains nicotine. A Xvapor productY is defined to include an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device, as well as any container of a solution or other substance that is intended to be used with these items. The bill specifies that any product regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration as a drug or device is not a vapor product. Little cigars The bill taxes little cigars at the same rate as the excise tax imposed on cigarettes. Under current law, all cigars are taxed at the rate of 71 percent of the manufacturer[s established list price, limited to 50 cents per cigar. Under the bill, little cigars are taxed at the rate of 126 mills per little cigar, regardless of weight. The bill defines Xlittle cigarY to mean a cigar that has an integrated cellulose acetate filter and is wrapped in any substance containing tobacco. Filing fee increase for petitions to Tax Appeals Commission The bill increases the filing fee paid by petitioners who file certain petitions for review with the Tax Appeals Commission. Specifically, under the bill, the filing fee increases from $25 to $250 for petitions that do not involve a small claims case. The bill also modifies the definition of Xsmall claimsY to a matter in which the amount in controversy is less than or equal to the amount used to determine the applicability of small claims procedure to certain civil actions under current law, which is currently $10,000. Under current law, the definition of Xsmall claimsY for cases decided by the Tax Appeals Commission is $2,500, and certain procedures of the Tax Appeals Commission for deciding cases differ between small claims cases and non]small claims cases. Electronic filing of petitions with Tax Appeals Commission The bill allows electronic filing of petitions for review to the Tax Appeals Commission and specifies that a petition filed electronically is considered timely filed if submitted by midnight of the last day for filing. Providing notices for public utility taxes Under current law, public utility companies, including railroads and air carriers, are exempt from local property taxes and instead are subject to special state taxes. Current law requires DOR to send certain notices regarding these taxes by certified mail. Under the bill, DOR must still provide the notices but is no 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 190 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all longer required to send them to public utilities subject to ad valorem taxes by certified mail. TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAYS AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Enumeration of the I 39/90/94 project Under current law, major highway projects must be specifically authorized by the legislature and approved by the transportation projects commission before construction on the project may begin. The bill enumerates the I 39/90/94 project, which the bill defines to mean XI 39/90/94 extending approximately 67 miles in Dane, Columbia, Sauk, and Juneau counties from USH 12/18 in Madison to USH 12/STH 16 in Wisconsin Dells, including I 39 from I 90/94 to Levee Road near the city of Portage, and including all interchanges and work on adjacent roadways necessary for the completion of the project.Y Currently, moneys are appropriated to DOT for various purposes relating to state highway facilities. DOT is prohibited from encumbering or expending those moneys for purposes related to the purchase of land, easements, or development rights in land, unless the purchase is in association with a highway project and the land or interest in land is located within one-quarter mile of the highway. The bill exempts the I 39/90/94 project from this prohibition. Sound barriers on I 894 The bill requires DOT, during the 2025]27 fiscal biennium, to allocate $19,500,000 for the construction of sound barriers on I 894, between 27th street and 76th street, in Milwaukee County. Contract cost threshold for gubernatorial approval Under current law, DOT may enter into contracts for services. Certain contracts that exceed a specified cost threshold require the approval of the governor. The bill increases the cost threshold for the following contract types: 1. For engineering, consulting, surveying, or other specialized services, increased from $3,000 to $100,000. 2. For highway improvements, increased from $1,000 to $250,000. 3. For counties to perform highway improvements, increased from $5,000 to $100,000. 4. For performing portions of improvement work affecting railroads or utilities, increased from $5,000 to $100,000. 5. For prompt repair, protection, or preservation of state highways jeopardized by extraordinary conditions or emergency, increased from $10,000 to $100,000. Requirements for local transportation projects Under current law, for certain highway projects for which DOT spends federal money, federal money must make up at least 70 percent of the funding for those projects. DOT is required to notify political subdivisions receiving aid for local projects whether the aid includes federal moneys and how those moneys must be spent. For certain projects that receive no federal money, DOT may not require 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 191 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all political subdivisions to comply with any portion of DOT[s facilities development manual other than design standards. Any local project funded with state funds under the surface transportation program or the local bridge program must be let through competitive bidding and by contract to the lowest responsible bidder. The bill eliminates all of these requirements. Traffic calming grants Under the bill, DOT must develop and administer a local traffic calming grant program. Under the program, DOT must award grants to political subdivisions for infrastructure projects designed to reduce the speed of vehicular traffic. Mass transit aids Under current law, DOT provides state aid payments to local public bodies in urban areas served by mass transit systems to assist the local public bodies with the expenses of operating those systems. There are five classes of mass transit systems, and the total amount of state aid payments to four of these classes is limited to a specific amount in each calendar year. The fifth class consists of certain commuter or light rail systems, and no state aid amounts are specified for this class. The bill modifies the criteria by which mass transit systems are placed into classes, modifying the threshold operating expenses for each class and updating the census by which population-based class distinctions are determined for two of the classes. For the four classes of mass transit systems for which state aid amounts are specified, the bill does the following to the total amount limits: 1. For mass transit systems having annual operating expenses of $100,000,000 or more, the bill maintains the current limit of $66,787,400 in calendar year 2025 and increases the limit to $69,458,900 in calendar year 2026 and to $72,237,300 in calendar year 2027 and thereafter. 2. For mass transit systems having annual operating expenses of more than $30,000,000 but less than $100,000,000, the bill maintains the current limit of $17,549,500 in calendar year 2025 and increases the limit to $18,251,500 in calendar year 2026 and to $18,981,600 in calendar year 2027 and thereafter. 3. For mass transit systems serving urban areas having a population of at least 50,000 but having annual operating expenses of no more than $30,000,000, the bill maintains the current limit of $25,475,900 in calendar year 2025 and increases the limit to $26,494,900 in calendar year 2026 and to $27,554,700 in calendar year 2027 and thereafter. 4. For mass transit systems serving urban areas having a population of less than 50,000, the bill maintains the current limit of $5,398,600 in calendar year 2025 and increases the limit to $9,800,600 in calendar year 2026 and to $10,192,600 in calendar year 2027 and thereafter. General transportation aids Under current law, DOT administers a general transportation aids program that makes aid payments to a county based on a share-of-costs formula, and to a municipality based on the greater of a share-of-costs formula or an aid rate per 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 192 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all mile. The aid rate per mile is $2,734 for 2025. The bill increases the aid rate per mile to $2,816 for 2026 and $2,901 for 2027 and thereafter. Currently, the maximum annual amount of aid that may be paid to counties under the program is $132,276,700. The bill maintains this amount for 2025 and increases this amount to $136,245,000 for 2026 and $140,332,400 for 2027 and thereafter. Currently, the maximum annual amount of aid that may be paid to municipalities under the program is $415,116,200. The bill maintains this amount for 2025 and increases this amount to $427,569,700 for 2026 and $440,396,800 for 2027 and thereafter. Local road improvement program funding Under current law, DOT administers the local roads improvement program (LRIP) to assist political subdivisions in improving seriously deteriorating local roads by reimbursing political subdivisions for certain improvements. LRIP has several components, including discretionary grants. Current law specifies dollar amounts that DOT must allocate in each fiscal year to each of three project types that exceed specified cost thresholds: 1) county trunk highway improvements that exceed $250,000; 2) town road improvements that exceed $100,000; and 3) municipal street improvements that exceed $250,000. The bill increases the amounts that DOT is required to allocate for discretionary grants for the three project types, as follows: 1. Allocations for county trunk highway improvements are increased from $5,840,200 to $6,015,400 in fiscal year 2025]26 and $6,195,900 in fiscal year 2026]27 and each fiscal year thereafter. 2. Allocations for town road improvements are increased from $6,398,000 to $6,590,000 in fiscal year 2025]26 and $6,787,600 in fiscal year 2026]27 and each fiscal year thereafter. 3. Allocations for municipal street improvements are increased from $4,166,900 to $4,291,900 in fiscal year 2025]26 and $4,420,700 in fiscal year 2026]27 and each fiscal year thereafter. In addition to the ongoing LRIP, onetime funding has previously been appropriated to provide supplemental grants to local governments for projects that are eligible for discretionary grants. This funding was provided for fiscal year 2019]20, with specified amounts required to be allocated between improvement projects on county trunk highways, town roads, and municipal streets. The bill provides that supplemental grants in fiscal year 2025]26 be allocated so that the total funding is distributed among the three project types at the same percentage that each group was allocated funding in fiscal year 2019]20. The bill changes the funding source for these grants from the transportation fund to the general fund. Local roads improvement grants to Ontario and DeForest The bill requires DOT to provide local roads improvement program (LRIP) grants of $500,000 to the village of Ontario for residential street development and $6,000,000 to the village of DeForest for improvements to the I 39/CTH XVY interchange. Under current law, DOT administers LRIP to assist political subdivisions in improving seriously deteriorating local roads by reimbursing political subdivisions for certain improvements. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 193 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Agricultural roads improvement program general fund appropriation Under current law, DOT administers an agricultural roads improvement program (ARIP) under which DOT provides grants to political subdivisions for projects to improve certain highway facilities that facilitate access to agricultural lands. Currently, a transportation fund appropriation funds the grants. The bill adds a general fund appropriation to fund grants under the program. Agricultural roads improvement program time limits Currently, all grants under ARIP must be awarded by June 23, 2026, and only costs incurred by June 23, 2028, may be reimbursed. These dates represent three years and five years, respectively, from the effective date of the bill creating ARIP. The bill provides that any grants made from moneys appropriated in the 2025]27 fiscal biennium must be awarded by three years from the effective date of the bill and only costs incurred by five years from the effective date of the bill may be reimbursed. Local bridge and culvert improvements set-aside The bill requires DOT to designate 10 percent of the moneys appropriated for LRIP discretionary supplemental grants and ARIP in the 2025]27 fiscal biennium for grants for improvements to certain local bridges or culverts identified as being in poor or worse condition. County forest road aids Under current law, DOT provides aid to counties for the improvement of public roads within county forests. The current amount of aid is $351 per mile of county forest road. The bill maintains the aid amount for calendar year 2025 and increases the aid amount, per mile of road, to $361 in calendar year 2026 and $373 in calendar year 2027 and each year thereafter. Bonding authority for design-build program Under current law, DOT administers the design-build project program, under which highway improvement project contracts are awarded to a single builder that designs, engineers, and constructs the project. Under the program, DOT may fund state highway rehabilitation projects, major highway projects, or southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects. The state is authorized to contract public debt in an amount up to $20,000,000 for the program. The bill increases the authorized public debt for this purpose by $92,500,000, to $112,500,000. I 94 east-west corridor bonding Under current law, the state may contract up to $40,000,000 in public debt for reconstruction of the XI 94 east-west corridor,Y which is all freeways, including related interchange ramps, roadways, and shoulders, encompassing I 94 in Milwaukee County from 70th Street to 16th Street, and all adjacent frontage roads and collector road systems. The bill increases the authorized general obligation bonding limit for this purpose by $185,171,300, to a total of $225,171,300. Use of revenue bond proceeds for state highway rehabilitation Under current law, the Building Commission may issue revenue bonds for certain major highway projects and transportation administrative facilities. Also 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 194 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all under current law, state highway rehabilitation projects are funded from various sources, including bond proceeds, but not from proceeds of revenue bonds. The bill provides that revenue bond proceeds may be expended for state highway rehabilitation projects. Transportation revenue bonds Under current law, the Building Commission may issue revenue bonds for major highway projects and transportation administrative facilities in a principal amount that may not exceed $4,325,885,700. The bill increases the revenue bond limit to $4,644,920,800, an increase of $319,035,100. DRIVERS AND MOTOR VEHICLES Noncitizen driver[s licenses Under 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, certain provisions specified in the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 (REAL ID) were incorporated into state law, and these provisions became effective on January 1, 2013. Among these provisions was the requirement that DOT follow certain procedures in processing applications for driver[s licenses and identification cards. However, under 2011 Wisconsin Acts 23 and 32, DOT may process applications for driver[s licenses and identification cards in a manner other than that required by REAL ID if the driver[s licenses and identification cards are marked to indicate that they are not REAL ID compliant and DOT processes the applications in compliance with DOT practices and procedures applicable immediately prior to implementation of REAL ID. Under current law, an applicant for a driver[s license or identification card, regardless of whether it is REAL ID compliant or REAL ID noncompliant, must provide to DOT 1) an identification document that includes either the applicant[s photograph or both the applicant[s full legal name and date of birth; 2) documentation, which may be the same as item 1, above, showing the applicant[s date of birth; 3) proof of the applicant[s social security number or verification that the applicant is not eligible for a social security number; 4) documentation showing the applicant[s name and address of principal residence; and 5) documentary proof that the applicant is a U.S. citizen or is otherwise lawfully present in the United States. However, in processing an application for a REAL ID noncompliant driver[s license or identification card, DOT is not required to meet the standards for document retention and verification that are imposed for REAL ID compliant products. Under the bill, an applicant for a REAL ID noncompliant driver[s license or identification card (noncompliant REAL ID) is not required to provide documentary proof that the applicant is a U.S. citizen or is otherwise lawfully present in the United States. Also, an applicant may, in lieu of item 1 above, provide an individual taxpayer identification number, a foreign passport, or any other documentation deemed acceptable to DOT and, in lieu of items 2 and 4 above, provide documentation deemed acceptable to DOT. If the applicant does not have a social security number, the applicant is required to provide verification only that he or she 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 195 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all does not have one, rather than verification that he or she is not eligible for one. In processing an application for, and issuing or renewing, a noncompliant REAL ID, DOT may not include any question or require any proof or documentation as to whether the applicant is a U.S. citizen or is otherwise lawfully present in the United States. The license document issued must display, on its face, the words XNot valid for voting purposes. Not evidence of citizenship or immigration status.Y The bill does not change any current law requirements related to driver qualifications such as minimum age or successful completion of knowledge and driving skills tests. With limited exceptions, DOT may not disclose social security numbers obtained from operator[s license or identification card applicants. The bill prohibits DOT from disclosing the fact that an applicant has verified to DOT that the applicant does not have a social security number, except that DOT may disclose this information to the Elections Commission. The bill also prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person[s status as a holder or a nonholder of a noncompliant REAL ID, adding this license status as a prohibited basis for discrimination in employment, housing, and the equal enjoyment of a public place of accommodation or amusement. Authorizing special group plates Under current law, members of certain designated special groups may obtain from DOT special registration plates for certain vehicles that are owned or leased by special group members. A fee, in addition to the regular registration fee for the particular kind of vehicle, is charged for the issuance or reissuance of most special plates. The bill establishes two special groups: persons wishing to have XblackoutY registration plates and persons wishing to have XretroY registration plates. The bill requires that plates issued to members of the XblackoutY special group have a black background and white lettering displaying the word XWisconsinY and the registration number assigned to the vehicle. The bill requires that plates issued to members of the XretroY special group have a yellow background and black lettering displaying the words XAmerica[s DairylandY and XWisconsinY and the registration number assigned to the vehicle. The bill provides that, in addition to the required fees, special group members are required to make a voluntary payment of $25 to be issued the special plates. Under the bill, DOT retains $23,700, or the actual initial costs of production, whichever is less, from the voluntary payment moneys for the initial costs of production of the special plates. The remainder of the voluntary payment amounts are deposited in the transportation fund. Title fees increase Under current law, the owner of a vehicle subject to registration must apply to DOT for a certificate of title for the vehicle when the person first acquires or registers the vehicle. The bill increases from $157 to $277 the fees for a first certificate of title and a certificate of a title after transfer. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 196 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Operator license fee increase Under current law, a person must pay DOT a specified fee for issuance, renewal, upgrading, and reinstatement of licenses, endorsements, and instruction permits. The bill increases from $24 to $32.50 the fee for a license, other than a probationary license, for the operation of XClass DY motor vehicles. Driver education grant program funding Under current law, DOT administers a program to make grants to providers of driver education courses, and moneys are appropriated to DOT from the transportation fund for that purpose. Under current law, moneys are appropriated to OCI for general program operations. At the end of each fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in that appropriation account that exceeds 10 percent of the fiscal year[s expenditures from that appropriation account lapses to the general fund. The bill modifies the DOT appropriation to be from the general fund, from the amounts lapsed from the OCI appropriation account, but not to exceed $6,000,000 in a fiscal year. RAIL AND AIR TRANSPORTATION Attaching Office of the Commissioner of Railroads to DOT The bill attaches the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads to DOT for administrative purposes. Under current law, the office primarily regulates the safety of rail-highway crossings and is attached to PSC for administrative purposes. Freight rail preservation bonding Under current law, the state may contract up to $300,300,000 in public debt for DOT to acquire railroad property, provide grants and loans for railroad property acquisition and improvement, and provide intermodal freight facilities grants. The bill increases the authorized general obligation bonding limit for these purposes by $5,000,000, to $305,300,000. GENERAL TRANSPORTATION Regional transit authorities The bill authorizes the creation of a regional transit authority (RTA) in any metropolitan statistical area in which qualifying political subdivisions agree to create one. Upon creation, each regional transit authority is a public body corporate and politic and a separate governmental entity. An RTA is created if any two or more political subdivisions located within a metropolitan statistical area adopt resolutions authorizing the political subdivision to become members of the RTA. Once created, the members of an RTA consist of all political subdivisions that adopt resolutions authorizing participation. Any political subdivision located in whole or in part within a metropolitan statistical area located in whole or in part within an RTA[s jurisdiction may join the RTA. The jurisdictional area of an RTA created under the bill is the geographic area formed by the combined territorial boundaries of all participating political subdivisions. A member political subdivision may withdraw from an RTA if the governing body of 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 197 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all the political subdivision adopts a resolution requesting withdrawal from the RTA and the political subdivision has paid, or made provision for the payment of, all obligations of the political subdivision to the RTA. An RTA[s authority is vested in its board of directors. Directors serve four- year terms. An RTA[s bylaws govern its management, operations, and administration and must include provisions specifying all of the following: 1. The functions or services to be provided by the RTA. 2. The powers, duties, and limitations of the RTA. 3. The maximum rate of the sales and use tax, not exceeding the statutory limit, that may be imposed by the RTA. An RTA may do all of the following: 1. Establish or acquire a comprehensive unified local transportation system, which is a transportation system comprising bus lines and other public transportation facilities generally within the jurisdictional area of the RTA. XTransportation systemY is defined to include land, structures, equipment, and other property for transportation of passengers, including by bus, rail, or other form of mass transportation. The RTA may operate this transportation system or provide for its operation by another. The RTA may contract with a public or private organization to provide transportation services in lieu of directly providing these services and may purchase and lease transportation facilities to public or private transit companies. With two exceptions, an RTA may not directly or by contract provide service outside the RTA[s jurisdictional area. 2. Coordinate specialized transportation services for persons who are disabled or age 60 or older. 3. Own or lease real or personal property. 4. Acquire property by condemnation. 5. Enter upon highways to install, maintain, and operate the RTA[s facilities. 6. Impose, by the adoption of a resolution by the RTA[s board of directors, a sales and use tax in the RTA[s jurisdictional area at a rate of not more than 0.5 percent of the sales price. 7. Impose a fee of $2 per transaction on the rental of passenger cars without drivers. 8. Incur debts and obligations. An RTA may issue tax-exempt revenue bonds, secured by a pledge of any income or revenues from any operations or other source of moneys for the RTA. The bonds of an RTA are not a debt of its member political subdivisions and neither the member political subdivisions nor the state are liable for the payment of the bonds. 9. Set fees and charges for functions, facilities, and services provided by the RTA. 10. Adopt bylaws and rules to carry out the powers and purposes of the RTA. 11. Sue and be sued in its own name. 12. Employ agents, consultants, and employees; engage professional services; 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 198 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all and purchase furniture, supplies, and materials reasonably necessary to perform its duties and exercise its powers. 13. Invest funds not required for immediate disbursement. 14. Do and perform any authorized acts by means of an agent or by contracts with any person. 15. Exercise any other powers that the board of directors considers necessary and convenient to effectuate the purposes of the RTA, including providing for passenger safety. The board of directors of an RTA must annually prepare a budget for the RTA. Rates and other charges received by the RTA may be used only for the general expenses and capital expenditures of the RTA, to pay interest, amortization, and retirement charges on the RTA[s revenue bonds, and for specific purposes of the RTA and may not be transferred to any political subdivision. The RTA must maintain an accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and must have its financial statements and debt covenants audited annually by an independent certified public accountant. An RTA must provide, or contract for the provision of, transit service within the RTA[s jurisdictional area. An RTA that acquires a transportation system for the purpose of operating the system must assume all of the employer[s obligations under any contract between the employees and management of the system to the extent allowed by law. An RTA that acquires, constructs, or operates a transportation system must negotiate an agreement with the representative of the labor organization that covers the employees affected by the acquisition, construction, or operation to protect the interests of employees affected, and that agreement must include specified provisions. Employees of the RTA are participatory employees under the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) if the RTA elects to join the WRS. Current law provides limited immunity for cities, villages, towns, counties, and other political corporations and governmental subdivisions, and for officers, officials, agents, and employees of these entities, for acts done in an official capacity or in the course of employment. Claimants must generally follow a specified claims procedure and liability for damages is generally limited to $50,000 except that no liability may be imposed for performance of a discretionary duty or for punitive damages. If a person suffers damage resulting from the negligent operation of a motor vehicle owned and operated by a county, city, village, town, school district, sewer district, or other political subdivision of the state in the course of its business, the person may file a claim for damages following this claims procedure and the amount of damages recoverable is limited to $250,000. The bill specifies that this provision related to claims and liability for negligent operation of a motor vehicle by a political subdivision applies to an RTA. The bill also allows RTAs to participate in organizing municipal insurance mutuals to provide insurance and risk management services. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 199 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Transit capital assistance grants The bill requires DOT to establish a transit capital assistance grant program, under which DOT awards grants to eligible applicants for the replacement of public transit vehicles. Certification grants under the transportation infrastructure loan program Under current law, DOT administers a transportation infrastructure loan program. Under the program, DOT provides loans and other assistance to eligible applicants for highway and transit capital projects. When loans under the program are repaid, the moneys are again made available for loan or other assistance under the program. The bill specifies that, if DOT finds that special circumstances exist, DOT may award a grant to an eligible applicant under the program for the purpose of engaging a certified public accountant to make any certifications or attestations required by DOT as a condition of receiving a loan or other assistance under the program. Determination of grant ceiling for TEA grants Under current law, DOT administers a transportation facilities economic assistance and development program (TEA). Under TEA, DOT may improve a highway, airport, or harbor, or provide other assistance for the improvement of such transportation facilities or certain rail property or railroad tracks, as part of an economic development project. DOT may also make loans for the improvement of any of these transportation facilities. The state share of costs for the improvement of any transportation facility (grant ceiling) may generally not exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the cost of the improvement or $5,000 for each job resulting from the improvement or the economic development project. The bill increases the dollar amount for each job resulting from the improvement or project used in calculating the grant ceiling to $15,000. Auto parts and repair transfer to the transportation fund The bill requires a transfer from the general fund to the transportation fund in each fiscal year, beginning on June 30, 2025. The amount of the transfer must be equal to the marginal difference between the sales tax generated from the sale of automotive parts, accessories, tires, and repair and maintenance services in fiscal year 2019-20 and the fiscal year of the transfer, as calculated by DOA. Transfer from forestry account to transportation fund The bill transfers $25,000,000 from the forestry account of the conservation fund to the transportation fund. Harbor assistance program priority Under current law, DOT administers the harbor assistance program under which it makes grants to reimburse eligible applicants for the cost of making harbor improvements. DOT is authorized to establish criteria for eligible applicants and projects and is required to prioritize projects based on the amount of tonnage and waterborne transportation handled in the harbor. The bill requires DOT, in the 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 200 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all 2025]27 fiscal biennium, to prioritize program grants to municipalities in which a shipbuilder in this state is conducting operations. Harbor assistance bonding authorization Under current law, the state may contract up to $167,300,000 in public debt for DOT to provide local grants for harbor assistance and for harbor improvements such as dock wall repair and maintenance, construction of new dock walls, dredging of materials from a harbor, or the placement of dredged materials in containment facilities. The bill increases the authorized general obligation bonding limit for these purposes by $30,000,000, to $197,300,000. City of Sheboygan harbor assistance grant The bill requires DOT to award a harbor assistance grant of $3,000,000 to the city of Sheboygan for the construction of an educational facility at the Harbor Centre Marina. Ignition interlock device requirement expansion Under current law, if a person is convicted of a second or subsequent offense related to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant or other drug, with a prohibited alcohol concentration, or with a measurable amount of a controlled substance in his or her blood (OWI offense), or a first OWI offense for which his or her alcohol concentration is 0.15 or greater, a court must order the person[s operating privilege restricted to operating vehicles that are equipped with an ignition interlock device. The bill expands the ignition interlock requirement to all OWI offenses that involve the use of alcohol. VETERANS Veterans assistance Under current law, DVA administers the assistance to needy veterans grant program, which provides subsistence aid and health care aid to veterans. Under the program, DVA may provide up to $3,000 in subsistence aid per 12-month period to veterans who have suffered a loss of income due to illness, injury, or natural disaster. Under the program, DVA may also provide aid payments to a veteran to pay for dental care, hearing care, and vision care. The total lifetime limit that a veteran may receive in aid under the program is $7,500. The bill expands the program by allowing DVA to provide subsistence aid payments, in an amount of up to $5,000 per 12-month period, to a veteran who has suffered a loss of income for any reason and allows DVA to provide health care aid payments to pay for any medical device prescribed by a licensed health care provider. The bill also raises the total lifetime limit that a veteran may receive in aid under the program to $10,000. Veterans[ mental health services The bill requires DVA to promote and assist veterans[ access to, and provide grants to organizations that provide to veterans, community-based and emergency crisis mental health services. The bill gives DVA authority to promulgate emergency rules to administer the requirements of the bill. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 201 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all Transfer of funds The bill transfers from the general fund to the DVA appropriation used for the institutional operations of veterans homes $7,100,000 in fiscal year 2025]26 and $14,800,000 in fiscal year 2026]27. Hmong and Laotian veterans The bill expands the definition of XveteranY to include both 1) a person who resides in this state who was naturalized pursuant to the federal Hmong Veterans[ Naturalization Act of 2000, and 2) a person who resides in this state who the secretary of veterans affairs has determined served honorably with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the armed forces of the United States at any time during the period from February 28, 1961, to September 18, 1978, and who is a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident of the United States. The bill extends most veterans benefits to anyone who meets this newly expanded definition of veteran; however, admission to a state veterans home and burial in a veterans cemetery are not included benefits as they are subject to federal regulation. Veterans service officer grants The bill increases the dollar amount of veteran service officer grants made to counties and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands. Under current law, DVA is required to annually award a grant to a county that employs a certain elected or appointed county veterans service officer. The grant is awarded for the purpose of improving a county[s services to veterans and varies in amount depending on the county[s population. A county that employs a part-time county veterans service officer is eligible to receive an annual grant not exceeding $550. DVA may also make annual grants to the governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band if the tribal governing body appoints a tribal veterans service officer and enters into an agreement with DVA regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of the tribal veterans service officer position. The bill increases the dollar amount of the veterans service officer grants awarded to counties in the following ways: 1) for counties with a population of less than 20,000, the grant is increased from $11,688 to $12,300; 2) for counties with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, the grant is increased from $13,750 to $14,400; 3) for counties with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, the grant is increased from $15,813 to $16,600; and 4) for counties with a population of 75,000 or more, the grant is increased from $17,875 to $18,800. The bill also increases the dollar amount of the grant awarded to tribal governing bodies from $20,625 to $21,700. In addition, the bill eliminates the restriction on a grant for a county employing a part-time county veterans services officer. Funding increase for the operation of Camp American Legion Under current law, DVA may annually grant up to $75,000 to the Wisconsin department of the American Legion for the operation of Camp American Legion. 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 202 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all The bill increases the amount DVA may grant for the operation of Camp American Legion to up to $100,000. Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill. Because this bill relates to public employee retirement or pensions, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill. Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report. Because the bill may increase or decrease, directly or indirectly, the cost of the development, construction, financing, purchasing, sale, ownership, or availability of housing in this state, the Department of Administration, as required by law, will prepare a report to be printed as an appendix to this bill. This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats. For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. 1.031 of the statutes is amended to read: 1.031 Retrocession of jurisdiction. The governor may accept on behalf of the state, retrocession of full or partial jurisdiction over any roads, highways or other lands in federal enclaves within the state where such retrocession has been offered by appropriate federal authority. Documents concerning such action shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state administration and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein such lands are located. SECTION 2. 5.02 (6m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: 5.02 (6m) (f) An unexpired identification card issued by a university or college in this state that is accredited, as defined in s. 39.30 (1) (d), or by a technical college in this state that is a member of and governed by the technical college system under 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 203 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 2 ch. 38, that contains the date of issuance and signature of the individual to whom it is issued and that contains an expiration date indicating that the card expires no later than 2 years after the date of issuance if the individual establishes, except that, if the identification card is expired, the individual shall establish that he or she is enrolled as a student at the university or college on the date that the card is presented. SECTION 3. 5.02 (20) of the statutes is amended to read: 5.02 (20) XSpecial primaryY means the primary held 4 weeks before the special election, except as provided in s. 8.50 (4m) and except, when the special election is held on the same day as the general election, the special primary shall be held on the same day as the general primary or, if the special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with the spring primary. SECTION 4. 5.02 (22) of the statutes is amended to read: 5.02 (22) XSpring primaryY means the nonpartisan primary held on the 3rd Tuesday in February to nominate nonpartisan candidates to be voted for at the spring election and partisan candidates to be voted for at a special election under s. 8.50 (4m). SECTION 5. 5.05 (11m) of the statutes is created to read: 5.05 (11m) AIDS TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL ELECTION COSTS. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (f), the commission shall reimburse counties and municipalities for costs incurred in the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 204 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 5 administration of special primaries for state or national office and special elections for state or national office. (b) A cost is eligible for reimbursement under par. (a) only if all of the following apply: 1. The commission determines that the cost is reasonable. 2. The cost is specified under par. (c). 3. If applicable, the commission determines that the rate paid by the county or municipality for the cost does not exceed the rate customarily paid for similar costs at a primary or election that is not a special primary or election. 4. If the special primary or election coincides with a primary or election that is not a special primary or election, the commission determines that the cost does not exceed the amount that would be incurred if the primaries or elections did not coincide. (c) Only the following costs are eligible for reimbursement under par. (a): 1. Rental payments for polling places. 2. Election day wages paid under s. 7.03 to election officials working at the polls. 3. Costs for the publication of required election notices. 4. Printing and postage costs for absentee ballots and envelopes. 5. Costs for the design and printing of ballots and poll books. 6. Purchase of ballot bags or containers, including ties or seals for chain of custody purposes. 7. Costs to program electronic voting machines. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 205 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 5 8. Purchase of memory devices for electronic voting machines. 9. Wages paid to conduct a county canvass. 10. Data entry costs for the statewide voter registration system. SECTION 6. 5.05 (19) of the statutes is created to read: 5.05 (19) NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE SAMPLE BALLOTS. If any jurisdiction provides voting materials in one or more languages other than English, the commission shall post on its website the sample ballots for that jurisdiction in each such language. SECTION 7. 5.053 of the statutes is created to read: 5.053 Office of election transparency and compliance. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, XofficeY means the office of election transparency and compliance. (2) DUTIES. The office shall do all of the following: (a) As directed by the commission by resolution, perform research and assist the commission[s legal staff in presenting information to the members of the commission concerning any of the following: 1. Sworn complaints of election law violations filed under s. 5.05 (2m), including allegations that a person provided false or misleading information to an election official during the registration or voting process. 2. Sworn complaints filed under s. 5.06 alleging noncompliance of election officials. (b) As directed by the administrator, provide assistance and research to the commission concerning the following: 1. Procedures at polling places. 2. Election processes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 206 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 7 3. Election systems and equipment, including with respect to accessibility requirements for individuals with disabilities. 4. Responding to public records requests submitted under s. 19.35. 5. Responding to inquiries and requests for assistance made by a member, committee, or house of the state legislature. 6. Responding to inquiries from the public. SECTION 8. 5.056 of the statutes is amended to read: 5.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation. The commission administrator shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. ss. 6.256 (2) and 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable information maintained by the department of transportation. Subject to s. 343.14 (2p) (b), the agreement shall provide for the electronic transfer of information under s. 6.256 (2) to the commission on a continuous basis, no less often than weekly. SECTION 9. 5.35 (6) (a) 4c. of the statutes is created to read: 5.35 (6) (a) 4c. A voter bill of rights in substantially the following form: VOTER BILL OF RIGHTS You have the following rights: ) The right to vote if you are registered and eligible to vote. You are eligible to vote if you (1) are a U.S. citizen, (2) are at least 18 years old, (3) are registered where you currently live, (4) are not currently serving any portion of a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 207 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 9 felony sentence, including probation or supervision, (5) are not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and (6) have not placed a bet or a wager on the outcome of the election. ) The right to inspect a sample ballot before voting. ) The right to cast a ballot if you are in line when your polling place closes or when your municipal clerk[s office closes if you are voting by in-person absentee ballot on the last day for which such voting is allowed. ) The right to cast a secret ballot, without anyone bothering you or telling you how to vote. ) If you have a disability, the right to get help casting your ballot from anyone you choose, except from your employer or union representative. ) The right to get help voting in a language other than English if enough voters where you live speak your language. ) The right to get a new ballot if you made a mistake. You can get up to 3 ballots in all if you make a mistake and have not already cast your ballot. ) The right to cast a provisional ballot. You are entitled to cast a provisional ballot if, when registering to vote on election day, you cannot or will not provide required proof of identification for voting or a valid driver[s license or identification card number or, while already registered to vote, you cannot or will not provide required proof of identification for voting. Your provisional ballot will be counted only if you provide the required information or proof of identification to the poll workers by 8:00 p.m. on election day or to the municipal clerk by 4:00 p.m. on the Friday following the election. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 208 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 9 ) The right to have your ballot counted accurately. ) The right to vote free from coercion or intimidation by any election official or other person. ) The right to report any illegal or fraudulent election activity to an elections official or the State of Wisconsin Elections Commission. SECTION 10. 5.45 of the statutes is created to read: 5.45 Election administration grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (bp), the commission shall award grants to municipalities for election administration expenses. SECTION 11. 5.84 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 5.84 (1) Where any municipality employs an electronic voting system which utilizes automatic tabulating equipment, either at the polling place or at a central counting location, the municipal clerk shall, on any day not more than 10 days prior to the election day on which the equipment is to be utilized in an election, have the equipment tested to ascertain that it will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures. Public notice of the time and place of the test shall be given by the clerk at least 48 hours prior to the test by publication of a class 1 notice under ch. 985 in one or more newspapers published within the municipality if a newspaper is published therein, otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation therein. The test shall be open to the public. The test shall be conducted by processing a preaudited group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each referendum. The test shall include for each office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of the number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 209 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 11 allowed by law and, for a partisan primary election, one or more ballots which have votes cast for candidates of more than one recognized political party, in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating equipment to reject such votes. If any error is detected, the municipal clerk shall ascertain the cause and correct the error. The clerk shall make an errorless count before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved by the clerk for use in the election. SECTION 12. 5.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 5.86 (1) All proceedings at each central counting location shall be under the direction of the municipal clerk or an election official designated by the clerk unless the central counting location is at the county seat and the municipal clerk delegates the responsibility to supervise the location to the county clerk, in which case the proceedings shall be under the direction of the county clerk or an election official designated by the county clerk. If for any municipality the central counting location is at the county seat and the municipal clerk authorizes the early canvassing of absentee ballots under s. 7.525, the county clerk or the county clerk[s designee shall begin the proceedings for that municipality on the day before the election consistent with that section. Unless election officials are selected under s. 7.30 (4) (c) without regard to party affiliation, the employees at each central counting location, other than any specially trained technicians who are required for the operation of the automatic tabulating equipment, shall be equally divided between members of the 2 major political parties under s. 7.30 (2) (a) and all duties performed by the employees shall be by teams consisting of an equal number of members of each political party whenever sufficient persons from each party are available. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 210 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 13 SECTION 13. 6.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.02 (1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district or ward for 28 10 consecutive days before any election where the citizen offers to vote is an eligible elector. SECTION 14. 6.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.02 (2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than 28 10 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 28- day 10-day residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may vote in the new ward or election district. SECTION 15. 6.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.10 (3) When an elector moves his or her residence from one ward or municipality to another ward or municipality within the state at least 28 10 days before the election, the elector may vote in and be considered a resident of the new ward or municipality where residing upon registering at the proper polling place or other registration location in the new ward or municipality under s. 6.55 (2) or 6.86 (3) (a) 2. If the elector moves his or her residence later than 28 10 days before an election, the elector shall vote in the elector[s former ward or municipality if otherwise qualified to vote there. SECTION 16. 6.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.10 (4) The residence of an unmarried person sleeping in one ward and boarding in another is the place where the person sleeps. The residence of an unmarried person in a transient vocation, a teacher or a student who boards at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 211 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 16 different places for part of the week, month, or year, if one of the places is the residence of the person[s parents, is the place of the parents[ residence unless through registration or similar act the person elects to establish a residence elsewhere. If the person has no parents and if the person has not registered elsewhere, the person[s residence shall be at the place that the person considered his or her residence in preference to any other for at least 28 10 consecutive days before an election. If this place is within the municipality, the person is entitled to all the privileges and subject to all the duties of other citizens having their residence there, including voting. SECTION 17. 6.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.15 (1) QUALIFICATIONS. Any person who was or who is an eligible elector under ss. 6.02 and 6.03, except that he or she has been a resident of this state for less than 28 10 consecutive days prior to the date of the presidential election, is entitled to vote for the president and vice president but for no other offices. The fact that the person was not registered to vote in the state from which he or she moved does not prevent voting in this state if the elector is otherwise qualified. SECTION 18. 6.15 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.15 (2) (a) The elector[s request for the application form may be made in person to the municipal clerk of the municipality where the person resides. Application may be made not sooner than 27 9 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election, or may be made at the proper polling place in the ward or election district in which the elector resides. If an elector makes application before election day, the application form shall be returned to the municipal clerk after the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 212 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 18 affidavit has been signed in the presence of the clerk or any officer authorized by law to administer oaths. The affidavit shall be in substantially the following form: STATE OF WISCONSIN County of .... I, ...., do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States; that prior to establishing Wisconsin residence, my legal residence was in the .... (town) (village) (city) of ...., state of ...., residing at .... (street address); that on the day of the next presidential election, I shall be at least 18 years of age and that I have been a legal resident of the state of Wisconsin since ...., .... (year), residing at .... (street address), in the [.... ward of the .... aldermanic district of] the (town) (village) (city) of ...., county of ....; that I have resided in the state less than 28 10 consecutive days, that I am qualified to vote for president and vice president at the election to be held November ...., .... (year), that I am not voting at any other place in this election and that I hereby make application for an official presidential ballot, in accordance with section 6.15 of the Wisconsin statutes. Signed .... P.O. Address .... Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., .... (year) ....(Name) ....(Title) SECTION 19. 6.15 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.15 (4) (b) During polling hours, or between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the day before the election if authorized for that election under s. 7.525, the inspectors shall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 213 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 19 open each carrier envelope, announce the elector[s name, check the affidavit for proper execution, and check the voting qualifications for the ward, if any. In municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers shall perform this function at a meeting of the board of absentee ballot canvassers. SECTION 20. 6.18 (form) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.18 (form) This form shall be returned to the municipal clerk[s office. Application must be received in sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned prior to any presidential election at which applicant wishes to vote. Complete all statements in full. APPLICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR[S ABSENTEE BALLOT (To be voted at the Presidential Election on November ...., .... (year) I, .... hereby swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, formerly residing at .... in the .... ward .... aldermanic district (city, town, village) of ...., County of .... for 28 10 consecutive days prior to leaving the State of Wisconsin. I, .... do solemnly swear or affirm that I do not qualify to register or vote under the laws of the State of ....(State you now reside in) where I am presently residing. A citizen must be a resident of: State ....(Insert time) County ....(Insert time) City, Town or Village ....(Insert time), in order to be eligible to register or vote therein. I further swear or affirm that my legal residence was established in the State of ....(the State where you now reside) on .... Month .... Day .... Year. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 214 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 20 Signed .... Address ....(Present address) ....(City) ....(State) Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of .... .... (year) ....(Notary Public, or other officer authorized to administer oaths.) ....(County) My Commission expires MAIL BALLOT TO: NAME .... ADDRESS .... CITY .... STATE .... ZIP CODE .... Penalties for Violations. Whoever swears falsely to any absent elector affidavit under this section may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Whoever intentionally votes more than once in an election may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years and 6 months or both. ....(Municipal Clerk) ....(Municipality) SECTION 21. 6.22 (7) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.22 (7) EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGE. This section applies to all military electors for 28 10 days after the date of discharge from a uniformed service or termination of services or employment of individuals specified in sub. (1) (b) 1. to 4. SECTION 22. 6.256 of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 215 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 22 6.256 Facilitating registration of electors. (1) The commission shall use all feasible means to facilitate the registration of all eligible electors of this state and the maintenance of the registration of all eligible electors for so long as they remain eligible. (2) Subject to s. 343.14 (2p) (b), for the purpose of carrying out its functions under sub. (1), the commission shall obtain the following information from the department of transportation, to the extent that the department has the information: (a) The full name of each individual who holds a current operator[s license issued to the individual under ch. 343 or a current identification card issued to the individual under s. 343.50, together with the following information pertaining to that individual: 1. The current address of the individual together with any address history and any name history maintained by the department of transportation. 2. The date of birth of the individual. 3. The number of the license or identification card issued to the individual. 4. A copy of each document that the applicant provided as proof of citizenship and a statement from the department of transportation indicating that the department verified the applicant[s citizenship. (b) For each item of information specified in par. (a), the most recent date that the item of information was provided to or obtained by the department of transportation. (3) The commission shall compare the information obtained under sub. (2) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 216 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 22 with the information in the registration list under s. 6.36 (1) (a). If the commission finds any discrepancy between the information obtained under sub. (2) regarding an elector and the information in the registration list under s. 6.36 (1) (a) regarding that elector, the commission shall attempt to contact the elector to resolve the discrepancy and update the registration list accordingly. If the commission is unable to resolve the discrepancy, the information in the registration list shall control. (4) If the commission concludes that an individual appears eligible to vote in this state but is not registered and the commission has obtained from reliable sources all the information required under s. 6.33 (1) to complete the individual[s registration, the commission shall enter the individual[s name on the registration list maintained under s. 6.36 (1) (a). If the commission has not obtained from reliable sources all the information pertaining to an individual that is required under s. 6.33 (1), the commission shall attempt to obtain from reliable sources the necessary information under s. 6.33 (1) that is required to complete the individual[s registration. If an elector[s status has been changed from eligible to ineligible under s. 6.50 and the elector[s eligibility, name, or residence has not changed, the commission may not change the individual[s name to eligible status unless the commission first verifies that the individual is eligible and wishes to change his or her status to eligible. (5) The commission shall attempt to contact an individual described in sub. (4) if necessary to obtain all the information specified in s. 6.33 (1) pertaining to the individual that is required to complete the individual[s registration. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 217 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 22 (6) The commission shall mail a notice to each individual whose name the commission enters under sub. (4) on the registration list maintained under s. 6.36 (1) (a). The notice shall be printed in English, Spanish, and other languages spoken by a significant number of state residents, as determined by the commission, and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement informing the individual that his or her name has been entered on the registration list and showing the current address for the individual based on the commission[s records. (b) A statement informing the individual that he or she may request to have his or her name deleted from the registration list and instructions for doing so. (c) Instructions for notifying the commission of a change in name or address. (d) Instructions for obtaining a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) and a description of how an individual qualifies for a confidential listing. (7) Any individual may file a request with the commission to exclude his or her name from the registration list maintained under s. 6.36 (1) (a). Any individual whose name is added to the registration list by the commission may file a request with the commission or a municipal clerk to have his or her name deleted from the list. A request for exclusion or deletion shall be filed in the manner prescribed by the commission. An individual who files an exclusion or deletion request under this subsection may revoke his or her request by the same means that an individual may request an exclusion or deletion. The commission shall ensure that the name of any individual who has filed an exclusion or deletion request under this subsection is excluded from the registration list or, if the individual[s name appears on the list, is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 218 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 22 removed from the registration list and is not added to the list at any subsequent time unless the individual files a revocation of his or her request under this subsection. (8) If the commission removes from the registration list maintained under s. 6.36 (1) (a) the name of an elector who does not request that his or her name be deleted, or changes the elector[s status from eligible to ineligible, other than to correct an entry that the commission determines to be a duplication or to change the name of an individual who is verified to be deceased to ineligible status, the commission shall mail the individual a notice of the removal or change in status by 1st class postcard at the individual[s last-known address. The notice shall provide that the individual may apply to have his or her status changed to eligible if he or she is a qualified elector. (9) The commission shall attempt to facilitate the initial registration of all eligible electors as soon as practicable. (10) The commission shall maintain the confidentiality of all information obtained from the department of transportation under sub. (2) and may use this information only for the purpose of carrying out its functions under sub. (1) and s. 6.34 (2m) and in accordance with the agreement under s. 85.61 (1). SECTION 23. 6.28 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.28 (1) (b) All applications for registration corrections and additions may be made throughout the year at the office of the city board of election commissioners, at the office of the municipal clerk, at the office of the county clerk, or at other locations provided by the board of election commissioners or the common council in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 219 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 23 cities over 500,000 population or by either or both the municipal clerk, or the common council, village or town board in all other municipalities, and may be made during the school year at any public high school by high school staff members and qualified students under sub. (2m). An elector who wishes to obtain a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) shall register at the office of the municipal clerk of the municipality where the elector resides. SECTION 24. 6.28 (2m) of the statutes is created to read: 6.28 (2m) AT HIGH SCHOOLS. (a) Public high schools shall be used for registration for enrolled students and members of the high school staff. (b) The municipal clerk of each municipality shall notify the school board of each school district in which the municipality is located that high schools shall be used for registration pursuant to par. (a). The school board and the municipal clerk shall agree upon the appointment of at least one qualified elector at each high school as a special school registration deputy. The municipal clerk shall appoint such person as a school registration deputy and explain the person[s duties and responsibilities. Students and staff may register at the high school on any day that classes are regularly held. The school registration deputies shall promptly forward properly completed registration forms to the municipal clerk of the municipality in which the registering student or staff member resides. The municipal clerk, upon receiving such registration forms, shall add all those registering electors who have met the registration requirements to the registration list. The municipal clerk may reject any registration form and shall promptly notify the person whose registration is rejected of the rejection and the reason therefor. A person whose registration is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 220 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 24 rejected may reapply for registration if he or she is qualified. The form of each high school student who is qualified and will be eligible to vote at the next election shall be filed in such a way that when a student attains the age of 18 years the student is registered to vote automatically. Each school board shall ensure that the principal of every high school communicates elector registration information to students. (c) The principal of any private high school or of any tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates high school grades that has a substantial number of students residing in a municipality may request the municipal clerk to appoint a special school registration deputy. If the clerk appoints such a deputy, students and staff may register at the high school on any day that classes are regularly held, in the manner provided under par. (b). The clerk shall appoint a special school registration deputy in the high school if the clerk determines the school to have a substantial number of students residing in the municipality. SECTION 25. 6.29 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.29 (2) (a) Any qualified elector of a municipality who has not previously filed a registration form or whose name does not appear on the registration list of the municipality may register after the close of registration but not later than 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever is later, on the Friday before an election at the office of the municipal clerk and at the office of the clerk[s agent if the clerk delegates responsibility for electronic maintenance of the registration list to an agent under s. 6.33 (5) (b). The elector shall complete, in the manner provided under s. 6.33 (2), a registration form containing all information required under s. 6.33 (1). The registration form shall also contain the following certification: XI, ...., 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 221 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 25 hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, I am a qualified elector, having resided at ... for at least 28 10 consecutive days immediately preceding this election, and I have not voted at this electionY. The elector shall also provide proof of residence under s. 6.34. SECTION 26. 6.29 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read: 6.29 (2) (e) The municipal clerk or clerk[s agent shall promptly add the names of qualified electors who register and vote under this section to the registration list maintained under s. 6.36 (1) (a). The clerk or clerk[s agent shall add the names of qualified electors who vote at their polling places in the manner prescribed in s. 6.33 (5) (a). SECTION 27. 6.33 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.33 (2) (a) All information may be recorded by any person, except that the clerk shall record the ward and aldermanic district, if any, other geographic information under sub. (1), the indication of whether the registration is received by mail, and the type of identifying document submitted by the elector as proof of residence under s. 6.34 or the indication of verification of information in lieu of proof of residence under s. 6.34 (2m). Except as provided in s. 6.30 (5), each elector shall sign his or her own name unless the elector is unable to sign his or her name due to physical disability. In such case, the elector may authorize another elector to sign the form on his or her behalf. If the elector so authorizes, the elector signing the form shall attest to a statement that the application is made upon request and by authorization of a named elector who is unable to sign the form due to physical disability. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 222 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 28 SECTION 28. 6.35 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.35 (3) Original Except for electronic registrations, original registration forms shall be maintained in the office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners at all times. The commission shall maintain records of registrations that are entered electronically under s. 6.30 (5) and make such records available for inspection by the municipal clerk, the clerk[s designated agent, or the board of election commissioners. SECTION 29. 6.55 (2) (a) (form) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.55 (2) (a) (form) XI, ...., hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, I am a qualified elector, having resided at .... for at least 28 10 consecutive days immediately preceding this election, and I have not voted at this election.Y SECTION 30. 6.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.85 (2) Any otherwise qualified elector who changes residence within this state by moving to a different ward or municipality later than 28 10 days prior to an election may vote an absentee ballot in the ward or municipality where he or she was qualified to vote before moving. SECTION 31. 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.86 (1) (b) Except as provided in this section, if application is made by mail, the application shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on the 5th day immediately preceding the election. If application is made in person, the application shall be made no earlier than 14 days preceding the election and no later than the Sunday preceding the election. No application may be received on a legal holiday. A municipality shall specify the hours in the notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e). The 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 223 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 31 municipal clerk or an election official shall witness the certificate for any in-person absentee ballot cast. Except as provided in par. (c), if the elector is making written application for an absentee ballot at the partisan primary, the general election, the presidential preference primary, or a special election for national office, and the application indicates that the elector is a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), the application shall be received by the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on election day. If the application indicates that the reason for requesting an absentee ballot is that the elector is a sequestered juror, the application shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on election day. If the application is received after 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately preceding the election, the municipal clerk or the clerk[s agent shall immediately take the ballot to the court in which the elector is serving as a juror and deposit it with the judge. The judge shall recess court, as soon as convenient, and give the elector the ballot. The judge shall then witness the voting procedure as provided in s. 6.87 and shall deliver the ballot to the clerk or agent of the clerk who shall deliver it to the polling place election inspectors of the proper ward or election district or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to the municipal clerk as required in s. 6.88. If application is made under sub. (2) or (2m), the application may be received no later than 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately preceding the election. SECTION 32. 6.86 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.86 (3) (c) An application under par. (a) 1. may be made and a registration form under par. (a) 2. may be filed in person at the office of the municipal clerk not earlier than 7 days before an election and not later than 5 p.m. on the day of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 224 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 32 election. A list of hospitalized electors applying for ballots under par. (a) 1. shall be made by the municipal clerk and used to check that the electors vote only once, and by absentee ballot. If Except as provided in s. 6.34 (2m), if the elector is registering for the election after the close of registration or if the elector registered by mail and has not voted in an election in this state, the municipal clerk shall inform the agent that proof of residence under s. 6.34 is required and the elector shall enclose proof of residence under s. 6.34 in the envelope with the ballot. The clerk shall verify that the name on any required proof of identification presented by the agent conforms to the name on the elector[s application. The clerk shall then enter his or her initials on the carrier envelope indicating that the agent presented proof of identification to the clerk. The agent is not required to enter a signature on the registration list. The ballot shall be sealed by the elector and returned to the municipal clerk either by mail or by personal delivery of the agent; but if the ballot is returned on the day of the election, the agent shall make personal delivery to the polling place serving the hospitalized elector[s residence before the closing hour or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to the municipal clerk no later than 8 p.m. on election day. SECTION 33. 6.87 (2) (form) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.87 (2) (form) [STATE OF .... County of ....] or [(name of foreign country and city or other jurisdictional unit)] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 225 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 33 I, ...., certify subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis. Stats., for false statements, that I am a resident of the [.... ward of the] (town) (village) of ...., or of the .... aldermanic district in the city of ...., residing at ....* in said city, the county of ...., state of Wisconsin, and am entitled to vote in the (ward) (election district) at the election to be held on ....; that I am not voting at any other location in this election; that I am unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place in the (ward) (election district) on election day or have changed my residence within the state from one ward or election district to another later than 28 10 days before the election. I certify that I exhibited the enclosed ballot unmarked to the witness, that I then in (his) (her) presence and in the presence of no other person marked the ballot and enclosed and sealed the same in this envelope in such a manner that no one but myself and any person rendering assistance under s. 6.87 (5), Wis. Stats., if I requested assistance, could know how I voted. Signed .... Identification serial number, if any: .... The witness shall execute the following: I, the undersigned witness, subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis. Stats., for false statements, certify that I am an adult U.S. citizen** and that the above statements are true and the voting procedure was executed as there stated. I am not a candidate for any office on the enclosed ballot (except in the case of an incumbent municipal clerk). I did not solicit or advise the elector to vote for or against any candidate or measure. ....(Printed name) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 226 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 33 ....(Address)*** Signed .... * — An elector who provides an identification serial number issued under s. 6.47 (3), Wis. Stats., need not provide a street address. ** — An individual who serves as a witness for a military elector or an overseas elector voting absentee, regardless of whether the elector qualifies as a resident of Wisconsin under s. 6.10, Wis. Stats., need not be a U.S. citizen but must be 18 years of age or older. *** — If this form is executed before 2 special voting deputies under s. 6.875 (6), Wis. Stats., both deputies shall witness and sign. SECTION 34. 6.87 (6) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.87 (6) The ballot shall be returned so it is delivered to the polling place election inspectors of the proper ward or election district no later than 8 p.m. on election day. Except in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, if the municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot on election day, the clerk shall secure the ballot and cause the ballot to be delivered to the polling place serving the elector[s residence before 8 p.m. Any ballot not mailed or delivered as provided in this subsection may not be counted. SECTION 35. 6.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.88 (1) When an absentee ballot arrives at the office of the municipal clerk, or at an alternate site under s. 6.855, if applicable, the clerk shall enclose it, unopened, in a carrier envelope which shall be securely sealed and endorsed with the name and official title of the clerk, and the words XThis envelope contains the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 227 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 35 ballot of an absent elector and must be opened in the same room where votes are being cast at the polls during polling hours on election day or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, stats., at a meeting of the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers under s. 7.52, stats only as provided by law.Y If the elector is a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), or an overseas elector, regardless of whether the elector qualifies as a resident of this state under s. 6.10, and the ballot was received by the elector by facsimile transmission or electronic mail and is accompanied by a separate certificate, the clerk shall enclose the ballot in a certificate envelope and securely append the completed certificate to the outside of the envelope before enclosing the ballot in the carrier envelope. The clerk shall keep the ballot in the clerk[s office or at the alternate site, if applicable until delivered, as required in sub. (2). SECTION 36. 6.88 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 6.88 (3) (a) Except in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, at any time between the opening and closing of the polls on election day, or between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the day before the election if authorized for that election under s. 7.525, the inspectors shall, in the same room where votes are being cast, or in the place where absentee ballots begin being canvassed early under s. 7.525, in such a manner that members of the public can hear and see the procedures, open the carrier envelope only, and announce the name of the absent elector or the identification serial number of the absent elector if the elector has a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2). When the inspectors find that the certification has been properly executed, the applicant is a qualified elector of the ward or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 228 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 36 election district, and the applicant has not voted in the election, they shall enter an indication on the poll list next to the applicant[s name indicating an absentee ballot is cast by the elector. They shall then open the envelope containing the ballot in a manner so as not to deface or destroy the certification thereon. The inspectors shall take out the ballot without unfolding it or permitting it to be unfolded or examined. Unless the ballot is cast under s. 6.95, the inspectors shall verify that the ballot has been endorsed by the issuing clerk. If the poll list indicates that proof of residence under s. 6.34 is required and proof of residence is enclosed, the inspectors shall enter both the type of identifying document submitted by the absent elector and the name of the entity or institution that issued the identifying document on the poll list in the space provided. If the poll list indicates that proof of residence under s. 6.34 is required and no proof of residence is enclosed or the name or address on the document that is provided is not the same as the name and address shown on the poll list, the inspectors shall proceed as provided under s. 6.97 (2). The inspectors shall then deposit the ballot into the proper ballot box and enter the absent elector[s name or voting number after his or her name on the poll list in the same manner as if the elector had been present and voted in person. SECTION 37. 6.94 of the statutes is amended to read: 6.94 Challenged elector oath. If the person challenged refuses to answer fully any relevant questions put to him or her by the inspector under s. 6.92, the inspectors shall reject the elector[s vote. If the challenge is not withdrawn after the person offering to vote has answered the questions, one of the inspectors shall administer to the person the following oath or affirmation: XYou do solemnly swear 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 229 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 37 (or affirm) that: you are 18 years of age; you are a citizen of the United States; you are now and for 28 10 consecutive days have been a resident of this ward except under s. 6.02 (2); you have not voted at this election; you have not made any bet or wager or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of this election; you are not on any other ground disqualified to vote at this electionY. If the person challenged refuses to take the oath or affirmation, the person[s vote shall be rejected. If the person challenged answers fully all relevant questions put to the elector by the inspector under s. 6.92, takes the oath or affirmation, and fulfills the applicable registration requirements, and if the answers to the questions given by the person indicate that the person meets the voting qualification requirements, the person[s vote shall be received. SECTION 38. 7.52 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 7.52 (1) (a) The governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance that, in lieu of canvassing absentee ballots at polling places under s. 6.88, the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers designated under s. 7.53 (2m) shall, at each election held in the municipality, canvass all absentee ballots received by the municipal clerk by 8 p.m. on election day. Prior to enacting an ordinance under this subsection, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of the municipality shall notify the elections commission in writing of the proposed enactment and shall consult with the elections commission concerning administration of this section. At every election held in the municipality following enactment of an ordinance under this subsection, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall, between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the day before the election if 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 230 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 38 authorized for that election under s. 7.525 or any time after the opening of the polls and before 10 p.m. on election day, publicly convene to count the absentee ballots for the municipality. The municipal clerk shall give at least 48 hours[ notice of any meeting under this subsection. Any member of the public has the same right of access to a meeting of the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers under this subsection that the individual would have under s. 7.41 to observe the proceedings at a polling place. The board of absentee ballot canvassers may order the removal of any individual exercising the right to observe the proceedings if the individual disrupts the meeting. SECTION 39. 7.52 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 7.52 (5) (b) For the purpose of deciding upon ballots that are challenged for any reason, the board of absentee ballot canvassers may call before it any person whose absentee ballot is challenged if the person is available to be called. If the person challenged refuses to answer fully any relevant questions put to him or her by the board of absentee ballot canvassers under s. 6.92, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall reject the person[s vote. If the challenge is not withdrawn after the person offering to vote has answered the questions, one of the members of the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall administer to the person the following oath or affirmation: XYou do solemnly swear (or affirm) that: you are 18 years of age; you are a citizen of the United States; you are now and for 28 10 consecutive days have been a resident of this ward except under s. 6.02 (2), stats.; you have not voted at this election; you have not made any bet or wager or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of this election; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 231 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 39 you are not on any other ground disqualified to vote at this election.Y If the person challenged refuses to take the oath or affirmation, the person[s vote shall be rejected. If the person challenged answers fully all relevant questions put to the elector by the board of absentee ballot canvassers under s. 6.92, takes the oath or affirmation, and fulfills the applicable registration requirements, and if the answers to the questions given by the person indicate that the person meets the voting qualification requirements, the person[s vote shall be received. SECTION 40. 7.52 (10) of the statutes is created to read: 7.52 (10) If, subject to s. 7.525, absentee ballots begin being canvassed under this section on the day before the election, no action under subs. (4) to (8) may be performed before election day. SECTION 41. 7.525 of the statutes is created to read: 7.525 Early canvassing of absentee ballots. (1) AUTHORIZING EARLY CANVASSING; REQUIREMENTS. (a) 1. The municipal clerk or municipal board of election commissioners may elect to begin the canvassing of absentee ballots received by the municipal clerk on the day before any election. 2. Prior to the canvass under subd. 1., the municipal clerk or municipal board of election commissioners shall notify the elections commission in writing and shall consult with the elections commission concerning administration of this section. (b) Ballots may be canvassed early under this section only between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the day before the election and may not be tallied until after the polls close on election day. (c) Any member of the public has the same right of access to a place where 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 232 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 41 absentee ballots are being canvassed early under this section that the individual would have under s. 7.41 to observe the proceedings at a polling place. (d) When not in use, automatic tabulating equipment used for purposes of this section and the areas where the programmed media, memory devices, and ballots are housed shall be secured with tamper-evident security seals in a double-lock location such as a locked cabinet inside a locked office. (e) No person may act in any manner that would give him or her the ability to know or to provide information on the accumulating or final results from the ballots canvassed early under this section before the close of the polls on election day. A person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a Class I felony. (2) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. Absentee ballots may not begin being canvassed early under this section for any election unless all of the following apply: (a) At least 70 days before the election, the municipal clerk or executive director of the municipal board of election commissioners notifies in writing the county clerk or executive director of the county board of election commissioners that early canvassing of absentee ballots will take place in the election. (b) The notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e) specifies the date and time during which, and each location where, the early canvassing of absentee ballots will be conducted. SECTION 42. 8.50 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 8.50 Special elections. (intro.) Unless otherwise provided, this section applies to filling vacancies in the U.S. senate and house of representatives, executive state offices except the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and district attorney, judicial and legislative state offices, county, city, village, and town 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 233 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 42 offices, and the offices of municipal judge and member of the board of school directors in school districts organized under ch. 119. State legislative offices may be filled in anticipation of the occurrence of a vacancy whenever authorized in sub. (4) (e). No Except as provided in sub. (4m), no special election may be held after February 1 preceding the spring election unless it is held on the same day as the spring election, nor after August 1 preceding the general election unless it is held on the same day as the general election, until the day after that election. If the special election is held on the day of the general election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the day of the partisan primary. If the special election is held on the day of the spring election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the day of the spring primary. SECTION 43. 8.50 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read: 8.50 (2) (a) The Except as provided in sub. (4m), the date for the special election shall be not less than 62 nor more than 77 days from the date of the order except when the special election is held to fill a vacancy in a national office or the special election is held on the day of the general election or spring election. If a special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the special election may be ordered not earlier than 92 days prior to the spring primary and not later than 49 days prior to that primary. If a special election is held concurrently with the general election or a special election is held to fill a national office, the special election may be ordered not earlier than 122 days prior to the partisan primary or special primary, respectively, and not later than 92 days prior to that primary. (b) If Except as provided in sub. (4m), if a primary is required, the primary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 234 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 43 shall be on the day 4 weeks before the day of the special election except when the special election is held on the same day as the general election the special primary shall be held on the same day as the partisan primary or if the special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with the spring primary, and except when the special election is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year, the primary shall be held on the 2nd Tuesday of August in that year. SECTION 44. 8.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 8.50 (3) (a) Nomination Except as provided in sub. (4m), nomination papers may be circulated no sooner than the day the order for the special election is filed and shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. 28 days before the day that the special primary will or would be held, if required, except when a special election is held concurrently with the spring election or general election, the deadline for filing nomination papers shall be specified in the order and the date shall be no earlier than the date provided in s. 8.10 (2) (a) or 8.15 (1), respectively, and no later than 35 days prior to the date of the spring primary or no later than June 1 preceding the partisan primary. Nomination papers may be filed in the manner specified in s. 8.10, 8.15, or 8.20. Each candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy in the manner provided in s. 8.21 no later than the latest time provided in the order for filing nomination papers. If a candidate for state or local office has not filed a registration statement under s. 11.0202 (1) (a) at the time he or she files nomination papers, the candidate shall file the statement with the papers. A candidate for state office shall also file a statement of economic interests with the ethics 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 235 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 44 commission no later than the end of the 3rd day following the last day for filing nomination papers specified in the order. SECTION 45. 8.50 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 46. 8.50 (4m) of the statutes is created to read: 8.50 (4m) SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR NATIONAL OFFICE. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress shall be filled as soon as practicable in the following manner: 1. At a special election to be held on the 3rd Tuesday in May following the first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held concurrently with the spring primary on the 3rd Tuesday in February. The first day for circulating nomination papers shall be November 1, and the papers shall be filed no later 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in December preceding the primary. 2. At a special election to be held on the 2nd Tuesday in August following the first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held on the 3rd Tuesday in May in that year. The first day for circulating nomination papers shall be February 1, and the papers shall be filed no later than 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March. 3. At a special election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following the first day of the vacancy. The special primary shall be held on the 2nd Tuesday in August in that year. Nomination papers shall be circulated and filed as provided under s. 8.15. (b) A special election shall not be held under par. (a) 3. in any year in which the general election is held for that office, but, instead, the vacancy shall be filled at the partisan primary and general election. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 236 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 46 (c) A vacancy filled under par. (a) shall be for the residue of the unexpired term. SECTION 47. 9.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: 9.01 (4) RIGHT TO COMPLETE RECOUNT. Whenever a recount petition for part of the wards within a jurisdiction or district, or for part of the municipalities within a district where there are no wards, is filed under this section, the opposing candidate a candidate, other than the candidate filing that petition, who, upon completion of the partial recount, is an aggrieved party, as determined under s. 9.01 (1) (a) 5., or any voter or other interested party including a municipality if on a referendum question, may similarly file a petition for recount in any or all of the remaining wards or municipalities in the jurisdiction or district. With respect to a petition for a partial recount on a referendum question, any voter or other interested party, including a municipality, may similarly file a petition for recount in any or all of the remaining wards or municipalities in the jurisdiction or district. The Any petition under this subsection shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. 2 days after the board of canvassers completes the first recount. The proper board of canvassers shall reconvene at 9 a.m. on the next business day following the filing of the petition and proceed to recount the ballots in all wards or municipalities specified and to otherwise review the allegations of fact contained in the petition. Any errors shall be corrected. SECTION 48. 13.09 (7) of the statutes is created to read: 13.09 (7) If a member of the committee objects to a proposed action or item during a period of passive review required by law for the purpose of reviewing the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 237 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 48 proposed action or item, the name of each objecting member, as well as the reason for each objection, shall be recorded and made publicly available. SECTION 49. 13.124 of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 50. 13.127 of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 51. 13.365 of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 52. 13.48 (20v) of the statutes is renumbered 16.095, and 16.095 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), as renumbered, are amended to read: 16.095 (1) The building commission department shall establish and operate a grant program under this subsection section to assist nonstate organizations and cities, villages, towns, counties, and tribal governments to carry out construction projects having a statewide public purpose, as determined by the building commission or as specified in subs. (6) to (14). (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.867 (3) (x) 20.505 (1) (aw), the building commission department may award a grant to any nonstate organization for a construction project that satisfies par. (a) having a statewide public purpose, as determined by the building commission under sub. (1) or as specified in sub. (7) (a), (8) (a), (9) (a), (10) (a), (11) (a), or (14) (a), if the grant is approved by the building commission. (3) Before approving each grant under sub. (2) or (6), the building commission shall determine that the nonstate organization or city, village, town, county, or tribal government carrying out the project has secured additional funding for the project from nonstate revenue sources in an amount that is equal to at least half of the total cost of the project. (4) If the building commission department awards a grant under par. (b) sub. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 238 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 52 (2), and if, for any reason, the space that is constructed or otherwise improved with funds from the grant is not used for one or more public purposes determined by the building commission under par. (a) sub. (1), or for the grants described in subs. (6) to (14), the public purposes specified in those subsections, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the constructed or otherwise improved space equal to the amount of the state[s grant. (5) The building commission department is prohibited from awarding a grant under par. (b) sub. (2) or (6) unless the department of administration has reviewed and approved plans for the construction project associated with the grant. Notwithstanding ss. 16.85 (1) and 16.855 (1m), the department of administration is prohibited from supervising any services or work or letting any contract for the project. Section 16.87 does not apply to the project. SECTION 53. 13.48 (26m) of the statutes is created to read: 13.48 (26m) LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT. The legislature finds and determines that the prevalence of lead service lines in connections to public water systems poses a public health hazard and that processes for reducing lead entering drinking water from such pipes requires additional treatment of wastewater. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist private users of public water systems in replacing lead service lines. SECTION 54. 13.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 13.56 (2) PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. The cochairpersons of the joint committee for review of administrative rules or their designated agents shall accept service made under ss. 227.40 (5) and 806.04 (11). If the committee determines that the legislature should be represented in the proceeding, it shall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 239 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 54 request the joint committee on legislative organization to intervene in designate the legislature[s representative for the proceeding as provided under s. 806.04 (11). The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d). SECTION 55. 13.75 (2) of the statutes is created to read: 13.75 (2) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund. SECTION 56. 13.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 13.90 (2) The cochairpersons of the joint committee on legislative organization or their designated agent shall accept service made under ss. s. 806.04 (11) and 893.825 (2). If the committee, the senate organization committee, or the assembly organization committee determines that the legislature should intervene be represented in the proceeding as provided under s. 803.09 (2m), the assembly shall represent the assembly, the senate shall represent the senate, and the joint committee on legislative organization shall represent the legislature, that committee shall designate the legislature[s representative for the proceeding. The costs of participation in the proceeding shall be paid equally from the appropriations under s. 20.765 (1) (a) and (b), except that such costs incurred by the department of justice shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d). SECTION 57. 13.94 (1) (zm) of the statutes is created to read: 13.94 (1) (zm) Biennially, beginning in 2027, prepare a performance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 240 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 57 evaluation audit of the program to accredit productions for purposes of ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h) by the department of tourism. SECTION 58. 14.38 (9) of the statutes is amended to read: 14.38 (9) FURNISH CERTIFIED COPIES; FEES. Make a copy of any law, resolution, deed, bond, record, document or paper deposited or kept in his or her office, upon request therefor, attach thereto his or her certificate, with the greater or lesser seal affixed, and collect therefor 50 cents per page and $5 for such certificate; if a copy is not to be certified and if the reproduction is performed by the office of the secretary of state, then collect a fee to cover the actual and necessary cost of reproduction and actual and necessary cost of transcription required to produce the copy or $2, whichever is greater; also to record any document authorized or required by law to be recorded in his or her office, and to charge therefor a fee of $1 per page. The fee for certified copies and for certificates as to results of searches of the records and files of his or her office, when a printed form is used, shall be $5, but when a an apostille or other specially prepared form is required the fee shall be $10. Telegraphic reports as to results of record searches shall be $5 plus the cost of the telegram. The secretary of state shall charge and collect for preparing any record or certificate under this subsection in an expeditious manner, an expedited service fee of $25 in addition to the fee otherwise required under this subsection. SECTION 59. 14.38 (12) of the statutes is created to read: 14.38 (12) AFFIX GREAT SEAL; AUTHENTICATIONS. Perform authentication services as the exclusive provider of such services and affix the great seal to such authentications in the manner necessary to perform such services. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 241 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 60 SECTION 60. 14.38 (13) of the statutes is created to read: 14.38 (13) AFFIX GREAT SEAL OR LESSER SEAL; APOSTILLES. Perform apostille services and affix the great seal or a lesser seal to such apostilles in the manner necessary to perform such services. SECTION 61. 14.46 of the statutes is created to read: 14.46 Deputy secretary of state. The secretary of state may appoint a deputy secretary of state who may perform and execute any duty or power of the secretary of state, except duties and powers the secretary of state performs as a member of the board of commissioners of public lands. The deputy secretary of state shall take and file the official oath and shall file an official bond in the sum and with the conditions as the secretary of state prescribes. SECTION 62. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read: 15.01 (6) XDivision,Y Xbureau,Y Xsection,Y and XunitY means the subunits of a department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department or independent agency. The office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions, the office of the inspector general in the department of children and families, the office of the inspector general in the department of health services, and the office of the public intervenor in the office of the commissioner of insurance, the office of children[s mental health in the department of health services, and the office of violence prevention in the department of administration have the meaning of XdivisionY under this subsection. The office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 242 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 62 term care and the office of educational accountability and the office of literacy in the department of public instruction have the meaning of XbureauY under this subsection. SECTION 63. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 15.02 (3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the XdivisionY. Each division shall be headed by an XadministratorY. The office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions and, the office of children[s mental health in the department of health services, and the office of violence prevention in the department of administration have the meaning of XdivisionY and the director of credit unions in the department of financial institutions and, the director of the office of children[s mental health in the department of health services, and the director of the office of violence prevention in the department of administration have the meaning of XadministratorY under this subdivision. SECTION 64. 15.03 of the statutes is amended to read: 15.03 Attachment for limited purposes. Any division, office, commission, council or board attached under this section to a department or independent agency or a specified division thereof shall be a distinct unit of that department, independent agency or specified division. Any division, office, commission, council or board so attached shall exercise its powers, duties and functions prescribed by law, including rule making, licensing and regulation, and operational planning within the area of program responsibility of the division, office, commission, council or board, independently of the head of the department or independent agency, but budgeting, program coordination and related management functions shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the head of the department or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 243 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 64 independent agency, except that with respect to the office of the commissioner of railroads, all personnel and biennial budget requests by the office of the commissioner of railroads shall be provided to the department of transportation as required under s. 189.02 (7) and shall be processed and properly forwarded by the public service commission department of transportation without change except as requested and concurred in by the office of the commissioner of railroads. SECTION 65. 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. of the statutes is created to read: 15.07 (3) (bm) 7. The prescription drug affordability review board shall meet at least 4 times each year. SECTION 66. 15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read: 15.105 (35) OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. There is created an office of violence prevention, attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03. The director of the office shall be appointed by the secretary of administration. SECTION 67. 15.145 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 15.145 (title) Same; attached boards, commissions, and councils, and offices. SECTION 68. 15.145 (7) of the statutes is created to read: 15.145 (7) OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSPERSON FOR CORRECTIONS. There is created an office of the ombudsperson for corrections, attached to the department of corrections under s. 15.03. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of an ombudsperson who shall be nominated by the governor, with the advice and consent of three-fourths of members elected to the senate appointed, and may be removed only by the governor for just cause. SECTION 69. 15.165 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 244 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 69 15.165 (title) Same; attached boards and offices. SECTION 70. 15.165 (5) of the statutes is created to read: 15.165 (5) OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT. There is created an office of internal audit that is attached to the department of employee trust funds under s. 15.03. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of an internal auditor who shall be appointed by the employee trust funds board in the classified service. The internal auditor shall report directly to the employee trust funds board. SECTION 71. 15.465 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 15.465 (title) Same; attached board and office. SECTION 72. 15.615 of the statutes is created to read: 15.615 Same; attached office. (1) OFFICE OF ELECTION TRANSPARENCY AND COMPLIANCE. There is created an office of election transparency and compliance, which is attached to the elections commission under s. 15.03. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of a director who shall be a policy initiatives advisor appointed in the classified service by the administrator or interim administrator of the elections commission. SECTION 73. 15.67 of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (36), and 15.105 (36) (title), (a) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read: 15.105 (36) (title) HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AIDS BOARD; CREATION. (a) (intro.) There is created a higher educational aids board consisting, attached to the department of administration under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the state superintendent of public instruction and the following members appointed for 3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 245 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 73 year terms, except that the members specified under pars. (a) 5. subds. 1. e. and 6. f. and (b) 3. 2. c. shall be appointed for 2-year terms: (b) If a student member under sub. (1) par. (a) loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she shall cease to be a member of the higher educational aids board upon appointment to the higher educational aids board of a qualified successor. SECTION 74. 15.675 (title) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 75. 15.675 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.105 (37), and 15.105 (37) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read: 15.105 (37) DISTANCE LEARNING AUTHORIZATION BOARD. (intro.) There is created a distance learning authorization board, for higher education, that is attached to the higher educational aids board department of administration under s. 15.03 and that consists of all of the following members: SECTION 76. 15.732 of the statutes is created to read: 15.732 Same; attached office. (1) OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC INTERVENOR. There is created an office of the public intervenor which is attached to the office of the commissioner of insurance. SECTION 77. 15.735 of the statutes is created to read: 15.735 Same; attached board. (1) There is created a prescription drug affordability review board attached to the office of the commissioner of insurance under s. 15.03. The board shall consist of the following members: (a) The commissioner of insurance or his or her designee. (b) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 246 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 77 pharmaceutical drug industry, including pharmaceutical drug manufacturers and wholesalers. At least one of the members appointed under this paragraph shall be a licensed pharmacist. (c) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the health insurance industry, including insurers and pharmacy benefit managers. (d) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the health care industry, including hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, and pharmacists. At least one of the members appointed under this paragraph shall be a licensed practitioner. (e) Two members appointed for 4-year terms who represent the interests of the public. (2) A member appointed under sub. (1), except for a member appointed under sub. (1) (b), may not be an employee of, a board member of, or a consultant to a drug manufacturer or trade association for drug manufacturers. (3) Any conflict of interest, including any financial or personal association, that has the potential to bias or has the appearance of biasing an individual[s decision in matters related to the board or the conduct of the board[s activities shall be considered and disclosed when appointing that individual to the board under sub. (1). SECTION 78. 15.79 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 15.79 (1) There is created a public service commission consisting of one chairperson and 2 commissioners. The chairperson and any commissioner may not have a financial interest in a railroad, water carrier, or public utility. If the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 247 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 78 chairperson or a commissioner voluntarily becomes so interested, the chairperson[s or commissioner[s office shall become vacant. If the chairperson or commissioner involuntarily becomes so interested, the chairperson[s or commissioner[s office shall become vacant unless the chairperson or commissioner divests himself or herself of the interest within a reasonable time. The chairperson and each commissioner shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. SECTION 79. 15.795 (title) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 80. 15.795 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 15.465 (3) and amended to read: 15.465 (3) OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS. There is created an office of the commissioner of railroads which is attached to the public service commission department of transportation under s. 15.03, provided that s. 85.02 (1) does not apply to the office of the commissioner of railroads. The commissioner of railroads shall have expertise in railroad issues and may not have a financial interest in a railroad, as defined in s. 195.02 (1), or a water carrier, as defined in s. 195.02 (5). The commissioner may not serve on or under any committee of a political party. The commissioner shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. SECTION 81. 16.004 (26) of the statutes is created to read: 16.004 (26) TRIBAL RELATIONS. The secretary shall appoint a director of Native American affairs to manage relations between the state and American Indian tribes or bands in this state. SECTION 82. 16.02 of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 248 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 82 16.02 Office of violence prevention. (1) PURPOSE. The office of violence prevention shall coordinate and expand violence prevention activities in this state. (2) DUTIES. The office of violence prevention shall do all of the following: (a) Establish a violence prevention focus across state government. (b) Collaborate with other state agencies that are interested or active in the reduction of interpersonal violence, including child abuse, elder abuse, violence against youth, domestic violence, gun violence, intimate partner violence, suicide, sexual assault, and gender-based violence. (c) Support the development and implementation of comprehensive, community-based violence prevention initiatives within local units of government across the state, including collaborating with law enforcement agencies. (d) Develop sources of funding beyond state revenues to maintain the office and expand its activities. (e) Create a directory of existing violence prevention services and activities in each county. (f) Support and provide technical assistance to local organizations that provide violence prevention services, including in seeking out and applying for grant funding in support of their initiatives and provide technical assistance and support to the organizations to maximize the organizations[ likelihood of success with their applications. (g) Develop public education campaigns to promote safer communities. (3) GRANTS. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (bs), the office of violence prevention shall award grants to support effective violence reduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 249 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 82 initiatives in communities across the state, including supporting efforts to reduce gun violence, group violence, suicides, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and gender-based violence. (b) The grants under this subsection shall be used to support, expand, and replicate evidence-based violence reduction initiatives, including hospital-based violence intervention programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused deterrence strategies, that seek to interrupt the cycles of violence, victimization, and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of firearm violence. (c) Of the grants the department awards under this section, the department shall award up to $3,000,000 in grants each fiscal year to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state and organizations affiliated with tribes relating to missing and murdered indigenous women. (d) Of the grants the department awards under this section, the department shall award up to $500,000 in suicide prevention grants each fiscal year to organizations or coalitions of organizations, which may include a city, village, town, county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state, for any of the following purposes: 1. To train staff at a firearm retailer or firearm range on how to recognize a person who may be considering suicide. 2. To provide suicide prevention materials for distribution at a firearm retailer or firearm range. 3. To provide voluntary, temporary firearm storage. SECTION 83. 16.035 of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 250 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 83 16.035 Community climate action grants. (1) The department shall establish and administer a community climate action grant program. (2) The department shall do all of the following: (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (cm), award grants to local governmental units and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state to do any of the following: 1. Conduct climate risk assessments and prepare action plans. 2. Implement emission-reducing and climate action projects. (b) Assist local governmental units and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state with the development of climate risk assessment and action plans. SECTION 84. 16.037 of the statutes is created to read: 16.037 Community climate engagement grant program. The department shall establish and administer a community climate engagement grant program under which the department shall award grants to local nongovernmental organizations in this state for the purpose of promoting local climate and clean energy community engagement. Additionally under the program, the department shall itself conduct and support outreach across the state concerning climate change, climate resilience, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. SECTION 85. 16.07 of the statutes is created to read: 16.07 Grants to support tribal programs. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ky), the department shall award a grant to each American Indian tribe or band in this state for use as the tribe or band deems necessary to support 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 251 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 85 programs to meet the needs of its members. No tribe or band may be awarded grant moneys under this section that exceed the amount awarded to any other tribe or band. No grant moneys may be used to pay gaming-related expenses. SECTION 86. 16.075 of the statutes is created to read: 16.075 Grants to tribes for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs. (1) In this section, XtribeY has the meaning given in s. 165.91 (1). (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (cb), the department shall make grants to tribes for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs that meet the criteria specified in s. 165.95 (3). (5) Grants made under sub. (2) shall be provided on a calendar year basis. (6) The department of justice shall assist the department with its duties under this section. SECTION 87. 16.08 of the statutes is created to read: 16.08 Grants to promote tribal language and cultural revitalization. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ky), the department shall award a grant to each American Indian tribe or band in this state to promote tribal language and cultural revitalization. No tribe or band may be awarded grant moneys under this section that exceed the amount awarded to any other tribe or band. No grant moneys may be used to pay gaming-related expenses. SECTION 88. 16.088 (4) to (8) of the statutes are created to read: 16.088 (4) Award grants to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to support the Menominee Indian Tribe[s transit services, in an amount up to $266,600 annually. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 252 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 88 (5) Award grants to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to conduct an inter- governmental training program, that shall be available to all tribal governments in the state, to improve consultations and communication between the tribes and the state, in an amount up to $60,000 annually. (6) Award grants to the Wisconsin Indigenous Housing and Economic Development Corporation to support tribal economic development and housing programs in this state. The department may not award more than $3,890,000 in grants under this subsection in the 2025-26 fiscal year, nor more than $2,540,000 annually thereafter. (7) Award grants to American Indian tribes or bands in this state to support strategic planning concerning cybersecurity, in an amount up to $250,000 annually. (8) Award grants to American Indian tribes or bands in this state to support home repairs that reduce energy burdens and improve health outcomes, in an amount up to $1,000,000 annually. SECTION 89. 16.095 (6) to (14) of the statutes are created to read: 16.095 (6) (a) The legislature finds and determines that providing assistance to local governments to construct facilities that provide public services to help citizens of the state is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to provide the department with the authority to award grants to any city, village, town, county, or tribal government for construction projects of public buildings. (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (r), the department may award grants to cities, villages, towns, counties, and tribal governments to assist with 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 253 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 89 construction projects, as specified in par. (a), or as specified in sub. (11) (a), (12) (a), or (13) (a), if the grant is approved by the building commission. (7) (a) The legislature finds and determines that providing assistance to local communities to provide facilities and services to help citizens of the state overcome life circumstances and to improve the ability of local communities to address homelessness is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the New Community Shelter, Inc., in the construction of a permanent supportive housing facility in Brown County. (b) The building commission may approve and the department may award a grant under sub. (2) of up to $4,000,000 to assist the New Community Shelter, Inc., in the construction of a facility, as described in par. (a). (8) (a) The legislature finds and determines that providing out-of-school care that inspires local youth to be contributing, productive, and responsible members of their communities through intentional programming that supports positive character development and unique opportunities to grow as individuals, while addressing a shortage of dental care, mental health services, and preventative health services for youth of underserved populations is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Inc., and Community Smiles Dental in carrying out renovation of the historic Wisconsin Avenue School in the city of Milwaukee for use as a health and wellness center. (b) The building commission may approve and the department may award a grant under sub. (2) of up to $6,000,000 to assist the YMCA of Metropolitan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 254 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 89 Milwaukee, Inc., and Community Smiles Dental in the renovation of the Wisconsin Avenue School, as described in par. (a). (9) (a) The legislature finds and determines that assisting local communities to provide facilities and services to help citizens of the state overcome life circumstances and to improve the ability of local communities to address food insecurity and enhance equitable access to nutritious food is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, Inc., in constructing a new facility to expand food processing, storage, and distribution. (b) The building commission may approve and the department may award a grant under sub. (2) of up to $15,000,000 to assist the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, Inc., in the construction of a facility, described in par. (a) (10) (a) The legislature finds and determines that preserving Wisconsin[s transportation heritage, expanding historical educational programs, and enhancing the state's tourism, thereby strengthening local economies is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the Colfax Railroad Museum, Inc., in constructing and renovating museum facilities in the village of Colfax to protect and display historical railroad artifacts. (b) The building commission may approve and the department may award a grant under sub. (2) of up to $860,000 to assist the Colfax Railroad Museum, Inc., in the construction and renovation of museum facilities, as described in par. (a). (11) (a) The legislature finds and determines that enhancing tourism to the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 255 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 89 state, thereby strengthening local economies is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the city of Green Bay in the construction and development of a public market. (b) The building commission may approve and the department may award a grant under sub. (6) of up to $3,000,000 to assist the city of Green Bay in the construction and development of a public market, as described in par. (a). (12) (a) The legislature finds that increasing access to learning materials in communities across the state will enhance and enrich the state's workforce, thereby strengthening the state's economy and increasing the resilience of the state's citizens. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the city of Glendale in the construction of a new library that will serve the communities of Bayside, Fox Point, Glendale, and River Hills, as well as all of Milwaukee County through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. (b) The building commission may approve and the department may award a grant under sub. (6) of up to $4,250,000 to assist the city of Glendale in the construction of a new public library, as described in par. (a). (13) (a) The legislature finds and determines that providing child care and out-of-school care that addresses provider shortages or assists meeting the demand for child care services in rural or remote areas in this state, thereby equipping the state's workforce to fully engage in the state's economy, is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to provide $2,000,000 to a nonstate organization or a city, village, town, county, or tribal government in this state for the purchase, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 256 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 89 construction, or renovation of a child care center in the southwest region of the state. (b) The building commission may approve and the department may award a grant under sub. (2) or (6) of up to $2,000,000 to assist in the construction, development, or renovation of a child care center, as described in par. (a). (14) (a) The legislature finds and determines that providing early child education and care that addresses provider shortages or assists meeting the demand for early child education services in areas of need equips the state's workforce to fully engage in the state's economy and is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to provide $2,500,000 to Wellpoint Care Network, Inc., to assist in renovating an existing facility in the city of Milwaukee to establish a child care center. (b) The building commission may approve and the department may award a grant under sub. (2) of up to $2,500,000 to Wellpoint Care Network, Inc., to assist in the renovation of a facility, as described in par. (a). SECTION 90. 16.17 of the statutes is created to read: 16.17 Translation services. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (cp), the department may provide assistance to state agencies for costs related to translation services that are provided to a state agency through a contract with the state. SECTION 91. 16.19 of the statutes is created to read: 16.19 Civil legal services. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (ep), the department shall award grants to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 257 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 91 Inc., to provide civil legal services. The Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall distribute the amount received as grants to programs that provide civil legal services, and those programs may use the grant funds to match other federal and private grants. The grants may be used only for the purposes for which the funding was provided. SECTION 92. 16.22 (2) (m) of the statutes is created to read: 16.22 (2) (m) Administer the scholarship program under sub. (2m). SECTION 93. 16.22 (2m) of the statutes is created to read: 16.22 (2m) STATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. There is created a scholarship program for recipients of awards disbursed under 42 USC 12604. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (fm), the board shall award scholarships annually, on a dollar-for-dollar match with the federal award, under this subsection. The board may prorate an award based on available moneys. To be eligible for a scholarship under this program, an applicant shall provide proof of all of the following: (a) Current residency in this state or completion of service with the national service program in this state. (b) Current admission to an institution of higher education in this state. SECTION 94. 16.23 of the statutes is created to read: 16.23 First class city school district audit response support. (1) Subject to sub. (2), the department shall provide payments to a 1st class city school district to implement recommendations from instructional and operational audits of the school district initiated by the governor. Moneys received under this subsection may be expended for items addressed in the audits, development and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 258 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 94 implementation of integrated financial reporting software, and facilitation of data compatibility with state and local finance systems. (2) No payment may be made under sub. (1) unless, at the time of payment, the secretary is satisfied that the school district is already making substantial progress on implementation of the audit recommendations. SECTION 95. 16.29 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.29 (title) Technical assistance and tourism promotion. SECTION 96. 16.29 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 16.29 (1) (intro.) and amended to read: 16.29 (1) (intro.) Annually, the department shall grant to the Great Lakes inter-tribal council the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (kx) to for the following purposes: (a) To partially fund a program to provide technical assistance for economic development on Indian reservations if the conditions under subs. (2) and (3) are satisfied. SECTION 97. 16.29 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read: 16.29 (1) (b) To fund tourism promotion activities under the Native American Tourism of Wisconsin program if the condition under sub. (3) is satisfied. SECTION 98. 16.29 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.29 (2) (a) As a condition of receiving a grant under sub. (1) (a), the Great Lakes inter-tribal council shall establish a technical assistance program. SECTION 99. 16.29 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.29 (3) As a condition of receiving a grant under sub. (1), the Great Lakes inter-tribal council annually shall prepare a report on the technical assistance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 259 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 99 program under sub. (2) and tourism promotion programs and submit the report to the department. SECTION 100. 16.306 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.306 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (fm), the department may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purpose of providing housing and associated supportive services to homeless individuals and families to facilitate their movement to independent living if the conditions under par. (b) are satisfied. The department shall ensure that the funds for the grants are reasonably balanced among geographic areas of the state that correspond to the geographic areas served by each continuum of care organization designated by the federal department of housing and urban development, consistent with the quality of applications submitted. SECTION 101. 16.3063 of the statutes is created to read: 16.3063 Affordable housing and workforce development grants. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, Xlocal governmental unitY means a city, village, town, county, or school district. (2) GRANTS. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (fo), the department shall establish a competitive grant program to award grants to local governmental units and businesses, whether operated for profit or not for profit, for the purpose of funding the start-up of programs that focus on the development of the skilled workforce through the building or rehabilitation of affordable housing in their communities. The department may establish eligibility requirements and other program guidelines for the grant program under this subsection. SECTION 102. 16.3066 of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 260 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 102 16.3066 Grants to incentivize eliminating zoning barriers to affordable housing. (1) In this section, Xlocal governmental unitY means a city, village, town, county, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state. (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (fq), the department shall establish a competitive grant program to award grants to local governmental units that adopt one or more of the following policy initiatives to eliminate zoning barriers for the creation or expansion of affordable housing: (a) Reduce minimum lot sizes and widths. (b) Reduce setback requirements to allow greater use of existing lots. (c) Increase allowed lot coverages to match historic patterns. (d) Adoption of a traditional neighborhood development ordinance, such as the model ordinance developed under s. 66.1027 (2). (e) Allow accessory dwelling units. (3) The department may establish eligibility requirements and other program guidelines for the grant program under this section. SECTION 103. 16.3069 of the statutes is created to read: 16.3069 Whole-home upgrade grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (fr), the department shall award one or more grants to Walnut Way Conservation Corp. for the purpose of funding home improvements in low-income households in a 1st class city that have one or more of the following goals: (a) Reducing carbon emissions. (b) Reducing energy burdens. (c) Creating cost savings. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 261 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 103 (d) Creating healthier living environments. (2) The department may establish eligibility requirements and other program guidelines for the grant program under this subsection. (3) A recipient of a grant under this subsection may use the moneys awarded for the recipient[s administrative costs, in addition to the purpose described under sub. (1). SECTION 104. 16.3077 of the statutes is created to read: 16.3077 Housing quality standards grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (bp), the department shall award grants to owners of rental housing units in this state for purposes of satisfying applicable housing quality standards. SECTION 105. 16.3085 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.3085 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (kg), the department may award up to 10 grants, of up to $50,000 $75,000 each, annually to any shelter facility. SECTION 106. 16.311 of the statutes is created to read: 16.311 Supplement for crime victim services grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (e), the secretary may supplement s. 20.455 (5) (km) if the secretary determines that the moneys received from the federal government for crime victim assistance under 34 USC 20103, together with the moneys received in each fiscal year from the crime victim services surcharge under s. 973.0452, are insufficient to provide grants to crime victim services organizations under s. 165.935. If the secretary determines under this subsection that moneys received are insufficient, the secretary shall determine the amount of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 262 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 106 the supplement, but the secretary may not determine an amount that is larger than the difference between $44,500,000 and the sum of the moneys received in each fiscal year under 34 USC 20103 plus the moneys received in each fiscal year under s. 973.0452. (2) In determining under sub. (1) whether the moneys received are insufficient, the secretary may consider any factor, including: (a) The needs of rural and urban communities. (b) The amount of funding that a crime victim services organization receives as a percentage of its operating budget from the state or federal government. (c) The degree to which the services of a crime victim services organization are coordinated with other resources in the community and state. (d) The degree to which the services of a crime victim services organization are provided either directly or through a contract, subcontract, service agreement, or collaborative agreement with other organizations, entities, or individuals. SECTION 107. 16.5185 (5) of the statutes is created to read: 16.5185 (5) Beginning on June 30, 2025, in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the transportation fund an amount equal to the amount calculated by the department approximating the marginal difference between the sales tax generated from the sale of automotive parts, accessories, tires, and repair and maintenance services in fiscal year 2019-20 and the fiscal year of the transfer. SECTION 108. 16.5186 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 16.5186 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read: 16.5186 (2) (a) (intro.) Beginning in fiscal year 2024-25 2025-26, on the 2nd 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 263 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 108 Monday in July in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local government fund 15 percent of the amount specified under s. 25.491 (1) (b) and (c). On an amount equal to the sum of all of the following: (b) Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26, on the 2nd Monday in November in each fiscal year, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local government fund 85 percent of an amount equal to the amount specified under s. 25.491 (1) (b) and (c) minus the amount transferred under par. (a). SECTION 109. 16.5186 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read: 16.5186 (2) (a) 1. An amount equal to the sum of the total payments to be made in the fiscal year under ss. 79.05, 79.095, and 79.097. SECTION 110. 16.5186 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read: 16.5186 (2) (a) 2. An amount determined as follows: a. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from the amount specified under s. 25.491 (1) (c). b. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 2. a. by 0.15. SECTION 111. 16.5186 (3) of the statutes is created to read: 16.5186 (3) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (2), in fiscal year 2026-27, on the 2nd Monday in July, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local government fund 15 percent of the sum of the following amounts: 1. The amount transferred from the general fund to the local government fund in fiscal year 2025-26. 2. An amount equal to the percentage change determined under s. 25.491 (14) (b) 1. multiplied by the sum of the amount credited to the accounts under s. 25.491 (2), (8), and (9) in fiscal year 2025-26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 264 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 111 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (2), on the 2nd Monday in November in fiscal year 2026-27, the secretary shall transfer from the general fund to the local government fund 85 percent of the sum of the amounts described in par. (a) 1. and 2. SECTION 112. 16.61 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 113. 16.75 (1p) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 114. 16.765 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.765 (1) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation shall include in all contracts executed by them a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k), or national origin and, except with respect to sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity, obligating the contractor to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. SECTION 115. 16.765 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.765 (2) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 265 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 115 Entertainment Corporation shall include the following provision in every contract executed by them: XIn connection with the performance of work under this contract, the contractor agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), sexual orientation, gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k), or national origin. This provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Except with respect to sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity, the contractor further agrees to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available for employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of the nondiscrimination clauseY. clause.Y SECTION 116. 16.84 (2m) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 117. 16.855 (1p) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 118. 16.967 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 16.967 (7) (am) 2. The minimum amount of a grant under this paragraph is determined by subtracting the amount of fees that the county retained under s. 59.72 (5) (b) in the preceding fiscal year from $100,000 $140,000. The department is not required to award a grant to a county that retained at least $100,000 $140,000 in fees under s. 59.72 (5) (b) in the preceding fiscal year. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 266 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 119 SECTION 119. 16.967 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.967 (7) (b) In addition to any other grant received awarded under this subsection, the department may award a grant to any county in an amount not less than $1,000 $5,000 per year to be used for the training and education of county employees for the design, development, and implementation of a land information system. SECTION 120. 16.967 (7m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.967 (7m) (b) If the department determines that a county has violated s. 59.72, the department shall suspend the eligibility of the county to receive grants under sub. (7) and, after June 30, 2017, the county shall be eligible to retain only $6 of the portion of each fee submitted to the department under s. 59.72 (5) (a). After not less than one year, if the department determines that the county has resolved the violation, the department may reinstate the eligibility of the county for grants under sub. (7) and for retaining $8 of the full amount allowed to be retained from the portion of each fee submitted to the department under s. 59.72 (5) (a). SECTION 121. 16.971 (2) (o) of the statutes is created to read: 16.971 (2) (o) Assist the elections commission with information technology systems development for purposes of facilitating the registration of eligible electors under s. 6.256. SECTION 122. 16.971 (2) (p) of the statutes is created to read: 16.971 (2) (p) Develop and maintain artificial intelligence tools and infrastructure for the benefit of state agencies. SECTION 123. 16.971 (18) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 267 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 123 16.971 (18) (a) The department shall conduct cybersecurity emergency incident response for agencies and authorities. (b) For the department[s cybersecurity emergency incident response under par. (a), the secretary may allocate to the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (bv) amounts, not to exceed $10,000,000 each fiscal year, previously allocated to general purpose revenue sum sufficient appropriations under ch. 20 and shall reduce the amounts allocated to such appropriations accordingly. SECTION 124. 16.997 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 16.997 (2) (d) Require an educational agency to pay the department not more than $250 per month for each data line that is provided to the educational agency under the program established under sub. (1), except that the charge may not exceed $100 per month for each data line that relies on a transport medium that operates at a speed of 1.544 100 megabits per second. SECTION 125. 17.03 (10m) of the statutes is created to read: 17.03 (10m) If the office is filled by appointment of the governor for a fixed term by and with the advice and consent of the senate, the incumbent[s term expires or, if later, the governor submits his or her nomination for the office to the senate. SECTION 126. 17.18 of the statutes is amended to read: 17.18 Vacancies, U.S. senator and representative in congress; how filled. Vacancies in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress from this state shall be filled by election, as provided in s. 8.50 (4) (b), for the residue of the unexpired term (4m). SECTION 127. 18.08 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 268 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 127 18.08 (1) (a) (intro.) All moneys resulting from the contracting of public debt or any payment to be received with respect to any agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) with respect to any such public debt and any moneys transferred under s. 20.370 (5) (hq) or (hr) shall be credited to a separate and distinct fund, established in the state treasury, designated as the capital improvement fund, except that: SECTION 128. 19.01 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 19.01 (4) (b) 1. The secretary of state and deputy secretary of state. SECTION 129. 19.35 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 19.35 (3) (c) Except as otherwise provided by law or as authorized to be prescribed by law, an authority may impose a fee upon a requester for locating a record, not exceeding the actual, necessary and direct cost of location, if the cost is $50 $100 or more. SECTION 130. 19.36 (12) of the statutes is created to read: 19.36 (12) INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. Unless access is specifically authorized or required by statute, an authority may not provide access to a record prepared or provided by an employer performing work on a project to which s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 103.50 applies, or on which the employer is otherwise required to pay prevailing wages, if that record contains the name or other personally identifiable information relating to an employee of that employer, unless the employee authorizes the authority to provide access to that information. In this subsection, Xpersonally identifiable informationY does not include an employee[s work classification, hours of work, or wage or benefit payments received for work on such a project. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 269 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 131 SECTION 131. 19.85 (1) (i) of the statutes is created to read: 19.85 (1) (i) Consideration of information technology security issues affecting information technology systems over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. SECTION 132. 19.851 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 19.851 (1) Prior to convening under this section or under s. 19.85 (1), the ethics commission and the elections commission shall vote to convene in closed session in the manner provided in s. 19.85 (1). The ethics commission shall identify the specific reason or reasons under sub. (2) and s. 19.85 (1) (a) to (h) (i) for convening in closed session. The elections commission shall identify the specific reason or reasons under s. 19.85 (1) (a) to (h) (i) for convening in closed session. No business may be conducted by the ethics commission or the elections commission at any closed session under this section except that which relates to the purposes of the session as authorized in this section or as authorized in s. 19.85 (1). SECTION 133. 20.005 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.005 (1) SUMMARY OF ALL FUNDS. The budget governing fiscal operations for the state of Wisconsin for all funds beginning on July 1, 2025, and ending on June 30, 2027, is summarized as follows: [See Figure 20.005 (1) following] Figure: 20.005 (1) GENERAL FUND SUMMARY 2025]26 2026]27 Opening Balance, July 1 $ 4,267,722,100 $ 2,275,172,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 270 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 133 2025]26 2026]27 Revenues Taxes $ 24,515,877,400 $ 24,603,990,800 Departmental Revenues Tribal Gaming Revenues 25,900 15,300 Other 650,164,600 448,435,100 Total Available $ 29,433,790,000 $ 27,327,613,800 Appropriations, Transfers, and Reserves Gross Appropriations $ 25,490,504,000 $ 24,994,296,100 Transfers to: Local Government Fund 1,686,069,800 1,620,597,000 Transportation Fund 156,557,700 166,238,600 Veterans Homes Institutional Operations Account 7,100,000 14,800,000 Winnebago Mental Health Institutional Operations Account 18,599,500 15,251,000 Compensation Reserves 222,926,800 352,564,000 Less Lapses (423,140,400) (482,465,300) Net Appropriations $ 27,158,617,400 $ 26,681,281,400 Balances Gross Balance $ 2,275,172,600 $ 646,332,400 Less Required Statutory Balance (110,000,000) (115,000,000) Net Balance, June 30 $ 2,165,172,600 $ 531,332,400 SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS — ALL FUNDS 2025]26 2026]27 General Purpose Revenue $ 25,490,504,000 $ 24,994,296,100 Federal Revenue $ 18,119,720,500 $ 18,920,092,300 Program (16,785,547,600) (17,575,969,600) Segregated (1,334,172,900) (1,344,122,700) 1 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 271 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 133 2025]26 2026]27 Program Revenue $ 8,386,466,600 $ 8,434,895,200 State (7,231,184,400) (7,280,008,700) Service (1,155,282,200) (1,154,886,500) Segregated Revenue $ 7,363,573,800 $ 7,265,641,000 State (6,985,876,000) (6,954,434,500) Local (149,326,400) (150,155,800) Service (228,371,400) (161,050,700) GRAND TOTAL $ 59,360,264,900 $ 59,614,924,600 SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION RESERVES — ALL FUNDS 2025]26 2026]27 General Purpose Revenue $ 222,926,800 $ 352,564,000 Federal Revenue 38,839,400 60,574,500 Program Revenue 63,677,200 99,311,900 Segregated Revenue 39,438,200 61,508,400 TOTAL $ 364,881,600 $ 573,958,800 LOTTERY FUND SUMMARY 2025]26 2026]27 Gross Revenue Ticket Sales $ 877,951,200 $ 877,951,200 Miscellaneous Revenue 348,600 348,600 $ 878,299,800 $ 878,299,800 1 2 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 272 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 133 2025]26 2026]27 Expenses—SEG Prizes $ 559,284,600 $ 559,284,600 Administrative Expenses 21,686,200 21,708,200 $ 580,970,800 $ 580,992,800 Expenses—GPR Administrative Expenses $ 85,355,500 $ 85,355,500 $ 85,355,500 $ 85,355,500 Net SEG Proceeds $ 297,329,000 $ 297,307,000 Total Available for Property Tax Relief Opening Balance $ 28,152,300 $ 17,566,000 Net SEG Proceeds 297,329,000 297,307,000 Interest Earnings 3,397,000 2,381,000 Gaming-Related Revenue 0 0 $ 328,878,300 $ 317,254,000 Property Tax Relief $ 311,312,300 $ 299,688,000 Gross Closing Balance $ 17,566,000 $ 17,566,000 Reserve $ 17,566,000 $ 17,566,000 Net Balance $ 0 $ 0 SECTION 134. 20.005 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.005 (2) STATE BORROWING PROGRAM SUMMARY. The following schedule sets 1 2 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 273 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 forth the state borrowing program summary: [See Figures 20.005 (2) (a) and (b) following] Figure: 20.005 (2) (a) SUMMARY OF BONDING AUTHORITY MODIFICATIONS 2025]27 FISCAL BIENNIUM GENERAL OBLIGATIONS Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Agricultural conservation easements $ 15,000,000 Soil and water 10,000,000 Natural Resources Contaminated sediment removal 9,000,000 Dam safety projects 15,000,000 Knowles-Nelson Stewardship 830,000,000 Nonpoint source 10,000,000 Urban nonpoint source cost-sharing 11,000,000 Transportation Freight rail 5,000,000 Design-build program increase 92,500,000 Harbor assistance 15,000,000 Menominee River dredging 15,000,000 Southeast Wisconsin mega-projects 185,171,300 TOTAL General Obligation Bonds $ 1,212,671,300* *Excludes $1,725,000,000 of economic refunding bonds authorized. REVENUE OBLIGATIONS Environmental Improvement Program 1 2 3 4 5 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 274 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 Clean water and safe drinking water $ 725,900,000 Transportation Transportation facilities and major highway projects 254,035,100 State highway rehabilitation 65,000,000 TOTAL Revenue Obligation Bonds $ 1,044,935,100 GRAND TOTAL $ 2,257,606,400 Figure: 20.005 (2) (b) GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE FISCAL YEARS 2025]26 AND 2026]27 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 20.115 Agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of (2) (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR $ 300 $ 300 (7) (b) Principal repayment and interest, conservation reserve enhancement GPR 869,800 840,000 (7) (br) Principal repayment and interest; agricultural conservation easements GPR 0 155,900 20.190 State fair park board (1) (c) Housing facilities principal repayment, interest and rebates GPR 123,300 124,400 (1) (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR 1,474,300 1,332,200 20.225 Educational communications board (1) (c) Principal repayment and interest GPR 1,811,300 1,744,100 20.245 Historical society 1 2 3 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 275 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 (1) (e) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates GPR 5,329,400 5,184,000 20.250 Medical College of Wisconsin (1) (c) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; biomedical research and technology incubator GPR 2,270,300 1,717,100 (1) (e) Principal repayment and interest GPR 497,300 474,300 20.255 Public instruction, department of (1) (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR 1,183,400 908,500 20.285 University of Wisconsin System (1) (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR 200,064,900 205,728,700 20.320 Environmental improvement program (1) (c) Principal repayment and interest — clean water fund program GPR 2,780,100 1,594,400 (2) (c) Principal repayment and interest — safe drinking water loan program GPR 3,384,900 2,842,600 20.370 Natural resources, department of (7) (aa) Resource acquisition and development — principal repayment and interest GPR 49,698,500 50,760,100 (7) (cb) Principal repayment and interest — pollution abatement bonds GPR 0 0 (7) (cc) Principal repayment and interest — combined sewer overflow; pollution abatement bonds GPR 117,600 109,500 (7) (cd) Principal repayment and interest — municipal clean drinking water grants GPR 1,000 1,000 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 276 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 (7) (ea) Administrative facilities — principal repayment and interest GPR 433,200 416,000 20.395 Transportation, department of (6) (ad) Principal repayment and interest, contingent funding of southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects, state funds GPR 15,995,400 15,527,400 (6) (ae) Principal repayment and interest, contingent funding of major highway and rehabilitation projects, state funds GPR 12,183,900 9,736,300 (6) (af) Principal repayment and interest, local roads for job preservation program, major highway and rehabilitation projects, southeast megaprojects, state funds GPR 38,083,600 24,753,600 20.410 Corrections, department of (1) (e) Principal repayment and interest GPR 33,715,400 31,339,600 (1) (ec) Prison industries principal, interest and rebates GPR 0 0 (3) (e) Principal repayment and interest GPR 2,577,300 2,851,800 (3) (fm) Secured residential care centers for children and youth GPR 3,334,600 4,189,100 20.435 Health services, department of (2) (ee) Principal repayment and interest GPR 28,209,800 29,362,400 20.465 Military affairs, department of (1) (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR 6,505,800 6,385,900 20.485 Veterans affairs, department of (1) (f) Principal repayment and interest GPR 1,347,400 1,438,300 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 277 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 20.505 Administration, department of (4) (es) Principal, interest, and rebates; general purpose revenue — schools GPR 155,800 156,000 (4) (et) Principal, interest, and rebates; general purpose revenue — public library boards GPR 1,100 300 (5) (c) Principal repayment and interest; Black Point Estate GPR 164,600 184,300 20.855 Miscellaneous appropriations (8) (a) Dental clinic and education facility; principal repayment, interest and rebates GPR 831,500 493,300 20.867 Building commission (1) (a) Principal repayment and interest; housing of state agencies GPR 0 0 (1) (b) Principal repayment and interest; capitol and executive residence GPR 2,112,800 1,817,600 (3) (a) Principal repayment and interest GPR 48,890,000 58,708,900 (3) (b) Principal repayment and interest GPR 2,361,900 2,061,200 (3) (bb) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; AIDS Network, Inc. GPR 24,400 22,300 (3) (bc) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Grand Opera House in Oshkosh GPR 43,700 11,400 (3) (bd) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Aldo Leopold climate change classroom and interactive laboratory GPR 19,300 70,300 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 278 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 (3) (be) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation GPR 582,500 549,000 (3) (bf) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Inc. GPR 65,100 59,500 (3) (bg) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Madison Children[s Museum GPR 20,300 18,600 (3) (bh) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Myrick Hixon EcoPark, Inc. GPR 32,400 32,000 (3) (bj) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Lac du Flambeau Indian Tribal Cultural Center GPR 15,400 21,400 (3) (bL) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; family justice center GPR 620,200 511,500 (3) (bm) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; HR Academy, Inc. GPR 3,000 9,100 (3) (bn) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Hmong cultural center GPR 20,400 20,900 (3) (bo) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; psychiatric and behavioral health treatment beds; Marathon County GPR 368,300 365,200 (3) (bq) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; children[s research institute GPR 611,200 728,600 (3) (br) Principal repayment, interest and rebates GPR 12,200 4,100 (3) (bt) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc. GPR 340,900 326,700 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 279 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 (3) (bu) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Civil War exhibit at the Kenosha Public Museum GPR 61,300 43,900 (3) (bv) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Bond Health Center GPR 27,500 113,600 (3) (bw) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc. GPR 1,024,200 862,700 (3) (bx) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Carroll University GPR 157,500 139,500 (3) (cb) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, Inc. GPR 33,600 34,500 (3) (cd) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; K I Convention Center GPR 113,700 63,200 (3) (cf) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Dane County; livestock facilities GPR 554,400 769,000 (3) (ch) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Wisconsin Maritime Center of Excellence GPR 300,000 328,600 (3) (cj) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center GPR 8,700 56,100 (3) (cq) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; La Crosse Center GPR 312,800 309,400 (3) (cr) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, Inc.; Bucyrus Campus GPR 321,100 331,000 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 280 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 (3) (cs) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Brown County innovation center GPR 322,200 319,500 (3) (cv) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Beyond Vision; VisABILITY Center GPR 357,800 359,500 (3) (cw) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; projects GPR 804,700 1,125,900 (3) (cx) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; center GPR 1,089,100 1,085,900 (3) (cz) Museum of nature and culture GPR 903,800 2,134,000 (3) (e) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; parking ramp GPR 0 0 TOTAL General Purpose Revenue Debt Service $ 475,682,200 $ 473,766,000 20.190 State fair park board (1) (j) State fair principal repayment, interest and rebates PR $ 1,503,400 $ 1,481,700 20.225 Educational communications board (1) (i) Program revenue facilities; principal repayment, interest, and rebates PR 0 0 20.245 Historical society (1) (j) Self-amortizing facilities; principal repayment, interest, and rebates PR 0 0 20.285 University of Wisconsin System (1) (gj) Self-amortizing facilities principal and interest PR 173,372,700 160,898,800 20.370 Natural resources, department of (7) (ad) Land sales — principal repayment PR 0 0 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 281 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 (7) (ag) Land acquisition — principal repayment and interest PR 0 0 (7) (cg) Principal repayment and interest — nonpoint repayments PR 0 0 20.410 Corrections, department of (1) (ko) Prison industries principal repayment, interest and rebates PR 1,700 100 20.485 Veterans affairs, department of (1) (go) Self-amortizing facilities; principal repayment and interest PR 3,600,300 3,458,800 20.505 Administration, department of (4) (ha) Principal, interest, and rebates; program revenue — schools PR 0 0 (4) (hb) Principal, interest, and rebates; program revenue — public library boards PR 0 0 (5) (g) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; parking PR 2,076,800 2,041,600 (5) (kc) Principal repayment, interest and rebates PR 24,810,700 20,600,000 20.867 Building commission (3) (g) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; program revenues PR 0 0 (3) (h) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates PR 0 0 (3) (i) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; capital equipment PR 0 0 (3) (kd) Energy conservation construction projects; principal repayment, interest and rebates PR 1,218,900 1,728,200 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 282 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 (3) (km) Aquaculture demonstration facility; principal repayment and interest PR 0 0 TOTAL Program Revenue Debt Service $ 206,584,500 $ 190,209,200 20.115 Agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of (7) (s) Principal repayment and interest; soil and water, environmental fund SEG $ 4,715,200 $ 4,674,900 20.320 Environmental improvement program (1) (t) Principal repayment and interest — clean water fund program bonds SEG 4,500,000 4,000,000 20.370 Natural resources, department of (7) (aq) Resource acquisition and development — principal repayment and interest SEG 0 0 (7) (ar) Dam repair and removal — principal repayment and interest SEG 75,000 51,400 (7) (at) Recreation development — principal repayment and interest SEG 0 0 (7) (au) State forest acquisition and development — principal repayment and interest SEG 13,500,000 13,500,000 (7) (bq) Principal repayment and interest — remedial action SEG 1,304,100 1,153,300 (7) (br) Principal repayment and interest — contaminated sediment SEG 2,461,900 2,268,300 (7) (cq) Principal repayment and interest — nonpoint source grants SEG 1,753,200 2,132,700 (7) (cr) Principal repayment and interest — nonpoint source SEG 2,913,200 3,568,900 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 283 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 (7) (cs) Principal repayment and interest — urban nonpoint source cost-sharing SEG 2,980,000 3,617,500 (7) (ct) Principal repayment and interest — pollution abatement, environmental fund SEG 634,300 468,900 (7) (eq) Administrative facilities — principal repayment and interest SEG 6,938,500 7,531,100 (7) (er) Administrative facilities — principal repayment and interest; environmental fund SEG 877,100 955,500 20.395 Transportation, department of (6) (aq) Principal repayment and interest, transportation facilities, state highway rehabilitation, major highway projects, state funds SEG 54,606,100 67,311,400 (6) (ar) Principal repayment and interest, buildings, state funds SEG 27,800 24,900 (6) (au) Principal repayment and interest, southeast rehabilitation projects, southeast megaprojects, and high-cost bridge projects, state funds SEG 102,083,800 81,764,500 (6) (av) Principal repayment and interest, contingent funding of major highway and rehabilitation projects, state funds SEG 10,786,500 13,152,200 20.485 Veterans affairs, department of (4) (qm) Repayment of principal and interest SEG 15,700 15,700 20.866 Public debt (1) (u) Principal repayment and interest SEG 0 0 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 284 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 134 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE 2025]26 2026]27 20.867 Building commission (3) (q) Principal repayment and interest; segregated revenues SEG 0 0 TOTAL Segregated Revenue Debt Service $ 210,172,400 $ 206,191,200 GRAND TOTAL All Debt Service $ 892,439,100 $ 870,166,400 SECTION 135. 20.005 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.005 (3) APPROPRIATIONS. The following schedule sets forth all annual, biennial, and sum certain continuing appropriations and anticipated expenditures from other appropriations for the programs and other purposes indicated. All appropriations are made from the general fund unless otherwise indicated. The letter abbreviations shown designating the type of appropriation apply to both fiscal years in the schedule unless otherwise indicated. [See Figure 20.005 (3) following] Figure: 20.005 (3) STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 Commerce 20.115 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of (1) FOOD SAFETY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (a) General program operations GPR A -0- -0- Food inspection GPR A 4,800,000 4,800,100 Meat and poultry inspection GPR A 7,436,900 7,299,600 Trade and consumer protection GPR A 2,501,000 2,435,400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 285 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 NET APPROPRIATION 14,737,900 14,535,100 (c) Petroleum products; storage tank inventory GPR A -0- -0- (g) Related services PR A 57,700 57,700 (gb) Food, lodging, and recreation PR A 12,519,500 12,519,500 (gc) Testing of petroleum products PR C -0- -0- (gf) Fruit and vegetable inspection PR C 651,600 651,600 (gh) Public warehouse regulation PR A 128,400 128,400 (gm) Dairy trade regulation PR A 129,900 129,900 (h) Grain inspection and certification PR C 1,299,800 1,299,800 (hm) Ozone-depleting refrigerants and products regulation PR A -0- -0- (i) Sale of supplies PR A 10,400 10,400 (im) Consumer protection; telephone solicitor fees PR A 391,600 391,600 (ip) Bisphenol A enforcement PR C -0- -0- (j) Weights and measures inspection PR A 2,558,900 2,558,900 (jb) Consumer protection, information, and education PR A 147,800 147,800 (jm) Telecommunications utility trade practices PR A 522,900 522,900 (m) Federal funds PR-F C 6,872,500 6,911,300 (q) Dairy, grain, and vegetable security SEG A 1,434,800 1,439,300 (r) Unfair sales act enforcement SEG A 320,200 322,900 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 286 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (s) Weights and measures; petroleum inspection fund SEG A 929,500 930,000 (t) Petroleum products; petroleum inspection fund SEG A 5,397,600 5,399,100 (u) Recyclable and nonrecyclable products regulation SEG A -0- -0- (v) Agricultural producer security; contingent financial backing SEG S -0- -0- (w) Agricultural producer security; payments SEG S 200,000 200,000 (wb) Agricultural producer security; proceeds of contingent financial backing SEG C -0- -0- (wc) Agricultural producer security; repayment of contingent financial backing SEG S -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 14,737,900 14,535,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 25,291,000 25,329,800 FEDERAL (6,872,500) (6,911,300) OTHER (18,418,500) (18,418,500) SEGREGATED REVENUE 8,282,100 8,291,300 OTHER (8,282,100) (8,291,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 48,311,000 48,156,200 (2) ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 4,102,100 4,272,300 (b) Animal disease indemnities GPR S 108,600 108,600 (c) Financial assistance for paratuberculosis testing GPR A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 287 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 300 300 (e) Livestock premises registration GPR A 350,000 350,000 (g) Related services PR C -0- -0- (h) Sale of supplies PR A 28,400 28,400 (ha) Inspection, testing and enforcement PR C 730,300 730,700 (j) Dog licenses, rabies control, and related services PR C 350,800 350,800 (jm) Veterinary examining board, dog licensing, rabies control program, and humane officers PR C 672,800 697,900 (m) Federal funds PR-F C 355,800 355,800 (q) Animal health inspection, testing, administration of the livestock premises registration program, and enforcement SEG A 518,000 518,000 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 4,561,000 4,731,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,138,100 2,163,600 FEDERAL (355,800) (355,800) OTHER (1,782,300) (1,807,800) SEGREGATED REVENUE 518,000 518,000 OTHER (518,000) (518,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 7,217,100 7,412,800 (3) AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 3,323,300 3,457,800 (at) Farm to school program administration GPR A 119,500 119,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 288 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (b) Agricultural exports GPR C 2,073,400 2,097,900 (c) Farmer mental health assistance GPR A 200,000 200,000 (e) Food waste reduction grants GPR A 100,000 100,000 (f) Meat processing tuition and curriculum development grants GPR A -0- 810,000 (g) Related services PR A -0- -0- (h) Loans and grants for rural development and dairy exports promotion PR C 58,700 58,700 (i) Marketing orders and agreements PR C 129,400 129,400 (j) Stray voltage program PR A 273,400 273,400 (ja) Agricultural development services and materials PR C 97,600 97,600 (jm) Stray voltage program; rural electric cooperatives PR A 28,800 28,800 (L) Something special from Wisconsin promotion PR A 257,700 257,700 (m) Federal funds PR-F C 693,200 693,200 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 5,816,200 6,785,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,538,800 1,538,800 FEDERAL (693,200) (693,200) OTHER (845,600) (845,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 7,355,000 8,324,000 (4) AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE (a) Aid to Wisconsin livestock breeders association GPR A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 289 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (am) Buy local grants GPR B 500,000 500,000 (aq) Food security and Wisconsin products grants GPR C 30,000,000 -0- (ar) Value-added agricultural practices GPR B 400,000 400,000 (as) Farm to school grants GPR A -0- -0- (at) Farm to fork program GPR B 200,000 200,000 (b) Aids to county and district fairs GPR A 650,000 650,000 (c) Agricultural investment aids GPR B -0- -0- (d) Dairy industry promotion GPR A -0- -0- (dm) Dairy processing plant grant program GPR A 800,000 800,000 (ds) Dairy agriculture resilience investment now grant pilot program GPR A -0- 1,500,000 (e) Aids to World Dairy Expo, Inc. GPR A 20,100 20,100 (f) Grants for meat processing facilities GPR B 1,000,000 1,000,000 (k) Tribal elder community food box program PR-S A 2,000,000 2,000,000 (q) Grants for agriculture in the classroom program SEG A 143,900 143,900 (r) Agricultural investment aids, agrichemical management fund SEG B -0- -0- (t) Transition to grass pilot program SEG A 500,000 500,000 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 33,570,100 5,070,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 290 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,000,000 2,000,000 SERVICE (2,000,000) (2,000,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 643,900 643,900 OTHER (643,900) (643,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 36,214,000 7,714,000 (7) AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (a) General program operations GPR A 1,006,500 1,006,500 (ac) Sandhill crane damage reimbursements GPR C 1,875,000 1,875,000 (b) Principal repayment and interest, conservation reserve enhancement GPR S 869,800 840,000 (br) Principal repayment and interest; agricultural conservation easements GPR S -0- 155,900 (c) Soil and water resource management program GPR C 5,786,200 6,017,200 (da) Biodigester operator certification grants GPR A 50,000 50,000 (dm) Farmland preservation planning grants GPR A 210,000 210,000 (g) Agricultural impact statements PR C 196,400 196,400 (ga) Related services PR C 676,400 676,400 (gc) Industrial hemp and marijuana PR C 232,200 289,600 (ge) Marijuana producers and processors; official logotype PR C -0- -0- (gm) Seed testing and labeling PR C 208,500 208,500 (h) Fertilizer research assessments PR C 255,600 255,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 291 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ha) Liming material research funds PR C 21,100 21,100 (i) Agricultural conservation easements; gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (ja) Plant protection PR C 217,500 217,500 (k) Agricultural resource management services PR-S C 369,700 369,700 (m) Federal funds PR-F C 1,636,000 1,636,000 (qc) Plant protection; conservation fund SEG A 1,909,300 1,909,500 (qd) Soil and water administration; environmental fund SEG A 2,899,300 2,919,800 (qe) Soil and water management; local assistance SEG A 9,309,000 9,591,300 (qf) Soil and water management; aids SEG A 5,725,000 5,725,000 (qm) Commercial nitrogen optimization program SEG B 1,600,000 1,600,000 (r) General program operations; agrichemical management SEG A 8,154,300 8,154,900 (s) Principal repayment and interest; soil and water, environmental fund SEG S 4,715,200 4,674,900 (tb) Principal and interest; agricultural conservation easements SEG A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 292 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (tg) Agricultural conservation easements SEG A -0- -0- (tm) Farmland preservation planning grants, working lands fund SEG A -0- -0- (ts) Working lands programs SEG A 12,000 12,000 (u) Planning grants for regional biodigesters SEG A 250,000 250,000 (va) Clean sweep grants SEG A 1,000,000 1,000,000 (wm) Agricultural chemical cleanup reimbursement SEG C 900,000 900,000 (7) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 9,797,500 10,154,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 3,813,400 3,870,800 FEDERAL (1,636,000) (1,636,000) OTHER (1,807,700) (1,865,100) SERVICE (369,700) (369,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 36,474,100 36,737,400 OTHER (36,474,100) (36,737,400) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 50,085,000 50,762,800 (8) CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 7,521,700 7,598,500 (g) Gifts and grants PR C 718,200 718,200 (gm) Enforcement cost recovery PR A 11,000 11,000 (h) Sale of material and supplies PR C 9,600 9,600 (ha) General laboratory related services PR C 44,200 44,200 (hm) Restitution PR C -0- -0- (i) Related services PR A 15,200 15,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 293 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (j) Electronic processing PR C -0- -0- (jm) Telephone solicitation regulation PR C 1,079,300 1,104,900 (k) Computer system equipment, staff and services PR-S A 4,093,600 4,093,600 (kL) Central services PR-S C 722,900 722,900 (km) General laboratory services PR-S B 4,600,600 4,611,600 (ks) State services PR-S C 220,300 220,300 (m) Federal funds PR-F C 561,500 429,700 (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 2,082,400 2,082,400 (8) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 7,521,700 7,598,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 14,158,800 14,063,600 FEDERAL (2,643,900) (2,512,100) OTHER (1,877,500) (1,903,100) SERVICE (9,637,400) (9,648,400) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 21,680,500 21,662,100 20.115 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 76,004,400 48,874,700 PROGRAM REVENUE 48,940,100 48,966,600 FEDERAL (12,201,400) (12,108,400) OTHER (24,731,600) (24,840,100) SERVICE (12,007,100) (12,018,100) SEGREGATED REVENUE 45,918,100 46,190,600 OTHER (45,918,100) (46,190,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 170,862,600 144,031,900 20.144 Financial Institutions, Department of (1) SUPERVISION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SECURITIES REGULATION AND OTHER FUNCTIONS (a) Losses on public deposits GPR S -0- -0- (g) General program operations PR A 22,295,000 22,833,400 (h) Gifts, grants, settlements, and publications PR C 58,500 58,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 294 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (i) Investor education and training fund PR A 84,500 84,500 (j) Payday loan database and financial literacy PR C 900,000 900,000 (m) Credit union examinations, federal funds PR-F C -0- -0- (u) State deposit fund SEG S -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 23,338,000 23,876,400 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (23,338,000) (23,876,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 23,338,000 23,876,400 (3) COLLEGE TUITION AND EXPENSES AND COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAMS (tb) Payment of qualified higher education expenses and refunds; college tuition and expenses program SEG S -0- -0- (td) Administrative expenses; college tuition and expenses program SEG A 118,300 118,300 (tf) Payment of qualified higher education expenses and refunds; college savings program trust fund SEG S -0- -0- (th) Administrative expenses; college savings program trust fund SEG A 879,000 874,800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 295 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (tj) Payment of qualified higher education expenses and refunds; college savings program bank deposit trust fund SEG S -0- -0- (tL) Administrative expenses; college savings program bank deposit trust fund SEG A -0- -0- (tn) Payment of qualified higher education expenses and refunds; college savings program credit union deposit trust fund SEG S -0- -0- (tp) Administrative expenses; college savings program credit union deposit trust fund SEG A -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE 997,300 993,100 OTHER (997,300) (993,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 997,300 993,100 20.144 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 23,338,000 23,876,400 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (23,338,000) (23,876,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE 997,300 993,100 OTHER (997,300) (993,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 24,335,300 24,869,500 20.145 Insurance, Office of the Commissioner of (1) SUPERVISION OF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY (a) State operations GPR A 975,000 1,255,000 (g) General program operations PR A 28,851,300 31,984,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 296 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gm) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (h) Holding company restructuring expenses PR C -0- -0- (km) Interagency and intraagency operations PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal funds PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 975,000 1,255,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 28,851,300 31,984,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (28,851,300) (31,984,100) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 29,826,300 33,239,100 (2) INJURED PATIENTS AND FAMILIES COMPENSATION FUND (a) Supplement for claims payable GPR S -0- -0- (q) Interest earned on future medical expenses SEG S -0- -0- (u) Administration SEG A 3,078,900 3,078,900 (um) Peer review council SEG A 163,900 163,900 (v) Specified responsibilities, investment board payments, and future medical expenses SEG C 54,150,400 54,150,400 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE 57,393,200 57,393,200 OTHER (57,393,200) (57,393,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 57,393,200 57,393,200 (3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY INSURANCE FUND (u) Administration SEG A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 297 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (v) Specified payments, fire dues and reinsurance SEG C 500,000 500,000 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE 500,000 500,000 OTHER (500,000) (500,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 500,000 500,000 (4) STATE LIFE INSURANCE FUND (u) Administration SEG A 695,500 695,500 (v) Specified payments and losses SEG C 4,493,000 4,493,000 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE 5,188,500 5,188,500 OTHER (5,188,500) (5,188,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 5,188,500 5,188,500 (5) WISCONSIN HEALTHCARE STABILITY PLAN (b) Reinsurance plan; state subsidy GPR S 30,851,300 30,851,300 (m) Federal funds; reinsurance plan PR-F C 199,148,700 199,148,700 (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 30,851,300 30,851,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 199,148,700 199,148,700 FEDERAL (199,148,700) (199,148,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 230,000,000 230,000,000 20.145 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 31,826,300 32,106,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 228,000,000 231,132,800 FEDERAL (199,148,700) (199,148,700) OTHER (28,851,300) (31,984,100) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 63,081,700 63,081,700 OTHER (63,081,700) (63,081,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 322,908,000 326,320,800 20.155 Public Service Commission (1) REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES (g) Utility regulation PR A 18,987,200 19,195,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 298 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (h) Holding company and nonutility affiliate regulation PR C 902,900 916,600 (i) Relay service PR A 2,865,400 2,865,400 (j) Intervenor financing and grants PR B 750,000 750,000 (L) Stray voltage program PR A 318,100 318,100 (Lb) Gifts for stray voltage program PR C -0- -0- (Lm) Consumer education and awareness PR C -0- -0- (m) Federal funds PR-F C 6,463,400 5,977,600 (n) Indirect costs reimbursement PR-F C 50,000 50,000 (q) Universal telecommunications service; broadband service SEG A 5,940,000 5,940,000 (r) Nuclear waste escrow fund SEG S -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 30,337,000 30,073,300 FEDERAL (6,513,400) (6,027,600) OTHER (23,823,600) (24,045,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 5,940,000 5,940,000 OTHER (5,940,000) (5,940,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 36,277,000 36,013,300 (3) AFFILIATED GRANT PROGRAMS (a) Broadband expansion grants; general purpose revenue GPR C 400,000,000 -0- (b) Brownfield renewable energy generation grants GPR B 1,000,000 -0- (c) Nuclear energy feasibility study GPR B 1,000,000 -0- (e) Energy innovation grant program GPR B 20,000,000 -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 299 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (r) Broadband expansion grants; transfers SEG-S C 2,000,000 2,000,000 (rm) Broadband grants; other funding SEG C -0- -0- (s) Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs SEG A 542,500 542,500 (t) 911 fee administration SEG A 164,700 164,700 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 422,000,000 -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE 2,707,200 2,707,200 OTHER (707,200) (707,200) SERVICE (2,000,000) (2,000,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 424,707,200 2,707,200 20.155 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 422,000,000 -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 30,337,000 30,073,300 FEDERAL (6,513,400) (6,027,600) OTHER (23,823,600) (24,045,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 8,647,200 8,647,200 OTHER (6,647,200) (6,647,200) SERVICE (2,000,000) (2,000,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 460,984,200 38,720,500 20.165 Safety and Professional Services, Department of (1) PROFESSIONAL REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (a) General program operations - executive and administrative services GPR A -0- -0- (e) Statewide clinician wellness program GPR A 800,000 800,000 (g) General program operations PR A 20,786,700 21,120,700 (gm) Applicant investigation reimbursement PR C 113,000 113,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 300 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (h) Technical assistance; nonstate agencies and organizations PR C -0- -0- (i) Examinations; general program operations PR C 1,482,700 1,482,700 (im) Boxing and unarmed combat sports; enforcement PR C -0- -0- (jm) Nursing workforce survey administration PR B 9,000 9,000 (k) Technical assistance; state agencies PR-S C -0- -0- (ka) Sale of materials and services - local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (kb) Sale of materials and services - individuals and organizations PR-S C -0- -0- (kc) Sale of materials or services PR-S C 35,600 35,600 (ke) Transfer of unappropriated balances PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal funds PR-F C 107,400 107,400 (n) Federal aid, local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- (o) Federal aid, individuals and organizations PR-F C -0- -0- (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C -0- -0- (s) Wholesale drug distributor bonding SEG C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 800,000 800,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 22,534,400 22,868,400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 301 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 FEDERAL (107,400) (107,400) OTHER (22,391,400) (22,725,400) SERVICE (35,600) (35,600) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 23,334,400 23,668,400 (2) REGULATION OF INDUSTRY, SAFETY AND BUILDINGS (a) General program operations GPR A -0- -0- (b) Cost offsets for 3rd-party administered trade examinations GPR A 181,900 181,900 (g) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (ga) Publications and seminars PR C 21,000 21,000 (gb) Local agreements PR C -0- -0- (h) Local energy resource system fees PR A -0- -0- (j) Safety and building operations PR A 26,527,800 26,498,600 (ka) Interagency agreements PR-S C 108,300 108,300 (kf) Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement and rehabilitation PR-S C 840,000 840,000 (ks) Data processing PR-S C -0- -0- (L) Fire dues distribution PR C 29,603,000 29,603,000 (La) Fire prevention and fire dues administration PR A 901,200 901,200 (m) Federal funds PR-F C 473,300 473,300 (ma) Federal aid - program administration PR-F C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 302 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (q) Groundwater - standards; implementation SEG A -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 181,900 181,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 58,474,600 58,445,400 FEDERAL (473,300) (473,300) OTHER (57,053,000) (57,023,800) SERVICE (948,300) (948,300) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 58,656,500 58,627,300 20.165 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 981,900 981,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 81,009,000 81,313,800 FEDERAL (580,700) (580,700) OTHER (79,444,400) (79,749,200) SERVICE (983,900) (983,900) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 81,990,900 82,295,700 20.190 State Fair Park Board (1) STATE FAIR PARK (c) Housing facilities principal repayment, interest and rebates GPR S 123,300 124,400 (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 1,474,300 1,332,200 (h) State fair operations PR C 37,553,800 40,553,800 (i) State fair capital expenses PR C 180,000 180,000 (j) State fair principal repayment, interest and rebates PR S 1,503,400 1,481,700 (jm) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (m) Federal funds PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,597,600 1,456,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 39,237,200 42,215,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 303 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (39,237,200) (42,215,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 40,834,800 43,672,100 20.190 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,597,600 1,456,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 39,237,200 42,215,500 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (39,237,200) (42,215,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 40,834,800 43,672,100 20.192 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (1) PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (a) Operations and programs GPR S 140,000,000 -0- (b) Talent attraction and retention initiatives GPR C -0- -0- (bd) Opportunity attraction and promotion GPR C 5,000,000 -0- (bn) Child care fund GPR C -0- -0- (c) Branch campus redevelopment grants GPR C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid; programs PR-F C -0- -0- (r) Economic development fund; operations and programs SEG C 45,995,000 45,845,000 (s) Brownfield site assessment grants SEG B 1,000,000 1,000,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 145,000,000 -0- PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 46,995,000 46,845,000 OTHER (46,995,000) (46,845,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 191,995,000 46,845,000 20.192 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 145,000,000 -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 304 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 46,995,000 46,845,000 OTHER (46,995,000) (46,845,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 191,995,000 46,845,000 Commerce FUNCTIONAL AREA TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 677,410,200 83,419,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 450,861,300 457,578,400 FEDERAL (218,444,200) (217,865,400) OTHER (219,426,100) (226,711,000) SERVICE (12,991,000) (13,002,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 165,639,300 165,757,600 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (163,639,300) (163,757,600) SERVICE (2,000,000) (2,000,000) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,293,910,800 706,755,500 Education 20.220 Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation (1) SUPPORT OF THE ARTS (a) Education and marketing GPR C -0- -0- (q) General program operations SEG A -0- -0- (r) Support of the arts SEG C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.220 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.225 Educational Communications Board (1) INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 305 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (a) General program operations GPR A 3,592,600 3,592,900 (b) Energy costs; energy-related assessments GPR A 857,900 887,400 (c) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 1,811,300 1,744,100 (d) Emergency weather warning system operation GPR A 161,300 161,700 (eg) Transmitter construction GPR C -0- -0- (er) Transmitter operation GPR A 16,800 16,800 (g) Gifts, grants, contracts, leases, instructional material, and copyrights PR C 15,612,200 15,623,700 (i) Program revenue facilities; principal repayment, interest, and rebates PR S -0- -0- (k) Funds received from other state agencies PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal grants PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 6,439,900 6,402,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 15,612,200 15,623,700 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (15,612,200) (15,623,700) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 22,052,100 22,026,600 20.225 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 6,439,900 6,402,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 15,612,200 15,623,700 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (15,612,200) (15,623,700) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 22,052,100 22,026,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 306 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 20.235 Higher Educational Aids Board (1) STUDENT SUPPORT ACTIVITIES (a) Private institution grants for veterans and dependents GPR B 2,500,000 2,500,000 (b) Wisconsin grants; private, nonprofit college students GPR B 34,205,600 34,205,600 (c) Dual enrollment credential grants GPR A 500,000 500,000 (cg) Nursing student loans GPR A -0- -0- (cm) Nursing student loan program GPR A 445,500 445,500 (co) Nurse educators GPR C 7,000,000 7,000,000 (cr) Minority teacher loans GPR A 259,500 259,500 (ct) Teacher loan program GPR A 272,200 272,200 (cu) School leadership loan program GPR C -0- -0- (cx) Loan program for teachers and orientation and mobility instructors of visually impaired pupils GPR A 99,000 99,000 (d) Dental education contract GPR A 1,733,000 1,733,000 (dg) Scholarship program; scholarships GPR A 800,000 800,000 (e) Minnesota-Wisconsin public vocational school student reciprocity agreement GPR S -0- -0- (fc) Independent student grants program GPR B -0- -0- (fd) Talent incentive grants GPR B 4,458,800 4,458,800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 307 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (fe) Wisconsin grants; University of Wisconsin System students GPR B 74,273,000 74,273,000 (ff) Wisconsin grants; technical college students GPR B 33,771,700 33,771,700 (fg) Minority undergraduate retention grants program GPR B 819,000 819,000 (fj) Impaired student grants GPR B 122,600 122,600 (fm) Wisconsin covenant scholars grants GPR S -0- -0- (fp) Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program GPR C -0- -0- (fw) Technical excellence higher education scholarships GPR S 1,100,000 1,100,000 (fy) Academic excellence higher education scholarships GPR S 3,022,000 3,022,000 (fz) Remission of fees and reimbursement for veterans and dependents GPR B 6,496,700 6,496,700 (g) Student loans PR A -0- -0- (gg) Nursing student loan repayments PR C -0- -0- (gm) Indian student assistance; contributions PR C -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (k) Indian student assistance PR-S B 779,700 779,700 (kc) Tribal college payments PR-S A 405,000 405,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 308 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (km) Wisconsin grants; tribal college students PR-S B 578,200 578,200 (no) Federal aid; aids to individuals and organizations PR-F C 150,000 150,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 171,878,600 171,878,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,912,900 1,912,900 FEDERAL (150,000) (150,000) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (1,762,900) (1,762,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 173,791,500 173,791,500 (2) ADMINISTRATION (aa) General program operations GPR A 1,878,500 1,864,500 (bb) Student loan interest, loans sold or conveyed GPR S -0- -0- (bc) Write-off of uncollectible student loans GPR A -0- -0- (bd) Purchase of defective student loans GPR S -0- -0- (ga) Student interest payments PR C 900 900 (gb) Student interest payments, loans sold or conveyed PR C -0- -0- (ia) Student loans; collection and administration PR C -0- -0- (ja) Write-off of defaulted student loans PR A -0- -0- (n) Federal aid; state operations PR-F C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 309 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (qa) Student loan revenue obligation repayment SEG C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,878,500 1,864,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 900 900 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (900) (900) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,879,400 1,865,400 20.235 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 173,757,100 173,743,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,913,800 1,913,800 FEDERAL (150,000) (150,000) OTHER (900) (900) SERVICE (1,762,900) (1,762,900) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 175,670,900 175,656,900 20.245 Historical Society (1) HISTORY SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 20,341,500 20,263,500 (b) Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum GPR A 2,084,500 84,500 (c) Energy costs; energy-related assessments GPR A 1,023,300 1,229,300 (d) Wisconsin History Center GPR B 2,000,000 230,900 (e) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates GPR S 5,329,400 5,184,000 (h) Gifts, grants, and membership sales PR C 3,731,100 3,891,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 310 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (j) Self-amortizing facilities; principal repayment, interest, and rebates PR S -0- -0- (k) Storage facility PR-S B 361,000 361,000 (km) Northern Great Lakes Center PR-S A 253,500 253,600 (ks) General program operations - service funds PR-S C 2,083,100 2,084,800 (kw) Records management - service funds PR-S C 371,900 371,900 (m) General program operations; federal funds PR-F C 2,299,800 2,193,500 (n) Federal aids PR-F C -0- -0- (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 515,000 515,000 (q) Endowment SEG C 1,002,800 1,002,800 (r) History preservation partnership trust fund SEG C 5,092,200 5,279,000 (y) Northern great lakes center; operational support and interpretive programming SEG A 119,700 120,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 30,778,700 26,992,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 9,615,400 9,670,900 FEDERAL (2,814,800) (2,708,500) OTHER (3,731,100) (3,891,100) SERVICE (3,069,500) (3,071,300) SEGREGATED REVENUE 6,214,700 6,401,800 OTHER (6,214,700) (6,401,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 46,608,800 43,064,900 20.245 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 30,778,700 26,992,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 311 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE 9,615,400 9,670,900 FEDERAL (2,814,800) (2,708,500) OTHER (3,731,100) (3,891,100) SERVICE (3,069,500) (3,071,300) SEGREGATED REVENUE 6,214,700 6,401,800 OTHER (6,214,700) (6,401,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 46,608,800 43,064,900 20.250 Medical College of Wisconsin (1) TRAINING OF HEALTH PERSONNEL (a) Medical student tuition assistance GPR A 1,926,600 1,926,600 (b) Family medicine education GPR A 7,461,400 7,461,400 (c) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; biomedical research and technology incubator GPR S 2,270,300 1,717,100 (e) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 497,300 474,300 (f) Psychiatry and behavioral health residency program GPR A 3,500,000 3,500,000 (k) Tobacco-related illnesses PR-S C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 15,655,600 15,079,400 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 15,655,600 15,079,400 (2) RESEARCH (g) Cancer research PR C 247,500 247,500 (h) Prostate cancer research PR C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 247,500 247,500 OTHER (247,500) (247,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 247,500 247,500 20.250 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 15,655,600 15,079,400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 312 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE 247,500 247,500 OTHER (247,500) (247,500) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 15,903,100 15,326,900 20.255 Public Instruction, Department of (1) EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (a) General program operations GPR A 15,055,300 15,062,600 (ac) Farm to School program GPR A 250,000 250,000 (b) General program operations; Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired GPR A 14,887,500 14,887,500 (be) Early childhood special education; coaches GPR A 600,000 600,000 (c) Energy costs; Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired; energy- related assessments GPR A 566,400 594,600 (cm) Electric energy derived from renewable resources GPR A 1,900 1,900 (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 1,183,400 908,500 (dw) Pupil assessment GPR A 15,958,400 16,008,400 (e) Student information system, data collection and maintenance GPR C 3,400,000 3,400,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 313 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ee) Educator effectiveness evaluation system GPR A 973,300 973,300 (eg) Rural school teacher talent pilot program GPR A 1,500,000 1,500,000 (ek) Longitudinal data system, data collection and maintenance GPR A 3,038,100 3,038,100 (eL) WISElearn GPR A 1,159,000 1,159,000 (em) Academic and career planning GPR C 1,118,300 1,313,300 (en) Information technology systems modernization GPR C 1,000,000 500,000 (ep) Mental health training program GPR A 800,000 800,000 (er) Educators Rising; grants for local chapters GPR A 250,000 250,000 (f) Assessments of reading readiness GPR A 3,601,000 3,601,000 (fc) Office of literacy; literacy program GPR C 57,045,200 13,643,500 (fd) General educational development test fee payments GPR S 194,500 408,500 (fm) Value-Added Research Center GPR A -0- -0- (g) Student activity therapy PR A 100 100 (gb) Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired; nonresident fees PR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 314 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ge) Educator effectiveness evaluation system; fees PR C 4,309,500 4,309,500 (gL) Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired; leasing of space PR C 12,000 12,000 (gs) Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired; services PR C 7,000 7,000 (gt) Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired; pupil transportation PR A 1,210,000 1,210,000 (he) Student information system; fees PR C -0- -0- (hg) Personnel licensure, teacher supply, information and analysis and teacher improvement PR C 5,874,600 5,874,600 (hj) General educational development and high school graduation equivalency PR C 131,500 131,500 (hm) Services for drivers PR-S A 174,400 174,400 (i) Publications PR C 136,000 136,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 315 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (im) Library products and services PR C 141,100 141,100 (j) Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the parental choice program for eligible school districts and other school districts; financial audits PR C 159,700 159,700 (jg) School lunch handling charges PR A 9,999,200 9,999,200 (jm) Professional services center charges PR A 100,000 100,000 (jr) Gifts, grants and trust funds PR C 1,504,300 1,504,300 (jz) School district boundary appeal proceedings PR C 10,000 10,000 (kd) Alcohol and other drug abuse program PR-S A 700,800 700,800 (ke) Funds transferred from other state agencies; program operations PR-S C 3,151,900 3,151,900 (km) State agency library processing center PR-S A -0- -0- (ks) Data processing PR-S C 12,000,000 12,000,000 (me) Federal aids; program operations PR-F C 57,832,400 57,200,200 (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 6,110,900 6,110,900 (q) Digital learning collaborative SEG A 1,105,500 1,105,500 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 122,582,300 78,900,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 103,565,400 102,933,200 FEDERAL (63,943,300) (63,311,100) OTHER (23,595,000) (23,595,000) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 316 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 SERVICE (16,027,100) (16,027,100) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,105,500 1,105,500 OTHER (1,105,500) (1,105,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 227,253,200 182,938,900 (2) AIDS FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING (ac) General equalization aids GPR A 6,074,990,000 6,281,090,000 (ad) Supplemental aid GPR A 100,000 100,000 (ae) Sparsity aid GPR A 38,630,800 38,850,800 (af) Belmont school library aid GPR A -0- -0- (aq) Per pupil aid GPR S 676,394,300 711,244,300 (ar) Low revenue adjustment aid GPR A -0- -0- (aw) Personal electronic computing devices; grant program GPR A -0- -0- (az) Special Needs Scholarship Program GPR S 52,589,900 53,636,500 (b) Aids for special education and school age parents programs GPR S 1,117,726,800 1,162,435,900 (bb) Aid for high poverty school districts GPR A -0- -0- (bc) Aid for children-at-risk programs GPR A -0- -0- (bd) Additional special education aid GPR S 23,269,000 24,200,000 (bf) Aid for special education transition grants GPR A 3,600,000 3,600,000 (bg) Special education transition readiness grants GPR A 2,000,000 2,000,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 317 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (bh) Aid to county children with disabilities education boards GPR A 4,067,300 4,067,300 (bp) Health emergencies in learning places; grants GPR B 10,000,000 -0- (br) School district consolidation aid GPR S -0- -0- (bs) School district consolidation grants GPR A -0- -0- (cc) Bilingual-bicultural education aids GPR A 10,089,800 10,089,800 (ce) Aid for English language acquisition GPR S 26,750,000 26,750,000 (cg) Tuition payments; full-time open enrollment transfer payments GPR A 8,242,900 8,242,900 (ck) Supplemental nutrition aid GPR S -0- 147,720,000 (cm) Reimbursement for school breakfast programs GPR C 5,537,900 5,592,600 (cn) Aids for school lunches and nutritional improvement GPR A 4,218,100 4,218,100 (cp) Wisconsin school day milk program GPR A 1,211,100 1,247,800 (cq) High cost transportation aid GPR A 22,800,000 22,800,000 (cr) Aid for pupil transportation GPR A 24,000,000 24,000,000 (cs) Aid for debt service GPR A 133,700 133,700 (cu) Achievement gap reduction contracts GPR A 109,184,500 109,184,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 318 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cy) Aid for transportation; open enrollment and early college credit program GPR A 454,200 454,200 (da) Aid for school mental health programs; pupil services professionals GPR A 74,752,000 79,237,000 (dj) Summer school programs; grants GPR A 1,400,000 1,400,000 (dk) Aid for career and technical education GPR B 10,000,000 -0- (dp) Four-year-old kindergarten grants GPR A 1,350,000 1,350,000 (dr) Robotics league participation grants GPR A 1,000,000 1,000,000 (ds) Computer science education grants GPR A 5,000,000 5,000,000 (dt) Aid for comprehensive school mental health services GPR C 93,888,000 93,888,000 (du) Peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs; grants GPR A 500,000 500,000 (dv) Aid for period products GPR A 500,000 500,000 (dw) Water bottle filling stations; grants GPR A -0- 250,000 (eb) Grants for information technology education GPR A 875,000 875,000 (ef) Personal financial literacy grants GPR B 2,500,000 2,500,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 319 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ek) Educator effectiveness evaluation system; grants to school districts GPR A 5,746,000 5,746,000 (fg) Aid for cooperative educational service agencies GPR A -0- -0- (fj) Grow your own programs; teacher pipeline capacity building GPR A -0- 5,000,000 (fk) Grant program for peer review and mentoring GPR A 2,410,000 2,410,000 (fm) Charter schools GPR S 125,731,300 133,962,900 (fp) Charter schools; office of educational opportunity GPR S 27,396,500 29,900,600 (fq) Charter schools; office of educational opportunity recovery charter schools GPR S -0- -0- (fr) Parental choice program for eligible school districts and other school districts GPR S 309,215,400 322,405,300 (fs) Opportunity schools and partnership programs GPR S -0- -0- (fu) Milwaukee parental choice program GPR S 334,381,200 347,906,400 (fv) Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the parental choice program for eligible school districts and other school districts; transfer pupils GPR S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 320 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (fy) Grants to support gifted and talented pupils GPR A 474,400 474,400 (k) Funds transferred from other state agencies; local aids PR-S C 16,000,000 16,000,000 (kd) Aid for alcohol and other drug abuse programs PR-S A 1,284,700 1,284,700 (kg) Grants to replace certain race- based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names PR-S A 200,000 200,000 (km) Tribal language revitalization grants PR-S A 500,000 500,000 (m) Federal aids; local aid PR-F C 760,633,500 760,633,500 (s) School library aids SEG C 70,000,000 70,000,000 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 9,213,110,100 9,675,964,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 778,618,200 778,618,200 FEDERAL (760,633,500) (760,633,500) SERVICE (17,984,700) (17,984,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 70,000,000 70,000,000 OTHER (70,000,000) (70,000,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 10,061,728,300 10,524,582,200 (3) AIDS TO LIBRARIES, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS (b) Adult literacy grants GPR A 800,000 800,000 (c) Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure GPR S 2,910,000 2,910,000 (cj) Student teacher stipends GPR S -0- 9,000,000 (ck) Cooperating teacher stipends GPR S -0- 3,800,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 321 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cL) Library intern stipend payments GPR S -0- 62,500 (cm) Career and technical student organizations; grants GPR A 1,500,000 1,500,000 (d) Elks and Easter Seals Center for Respite and Recreation GPR A 73,900 73,900 (dn) Project Lead the Way grants GPR A -0- -0- (eb) Grants for bullying prevention GPR A 150,000 150,000 (ef) Recovery high schools; grants GPR A 500,000 500,000 (eg) Milwaukee Public Museum GPR A 42,200 42,200 (eh) Holocaust education resource center GPR A 200,000 200,000 (f) Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children GPR S 900 900 (fa) Arts for All GPR A 200,000 200,000 (fc) College Possible, Inc. GPR A 500,000 500,000 (fg) Special Olympics GPR A 500,000 500,000 (fr) Wisconsin Reading Corps GPR A 2,000,000 2,000,000 (fs) The Literacy Lab GPR A 1,092,500 1,125,300 (ft) Early literacy tutoring; grants GPR A 3,000,000 3,000,000 (fv) Graduation Alliance GPR A 3,000,000 3,000,000 (fw) Mentor Greater Milwaukee GPR B 150,000 150,000 (fz) Precollege scholarships GPR A 1,931,500 1,931,500 (ge) Special Olympics Wisconsin PR C -0- -0- (mm) Federal funds; local assistance PR-F C 1,300,000 1,300,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 322 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ms) Federal funds; individuals and organizations PR-F C 62,868,500 62,868,500 (q) Periodical and reference information databases; Newsline for the Blind SEG A 3,486,300 3,582,900 (qm) Aid to public library systems SEG A 26,013,100 28,013,100 (r) Library service contracts SEG A 2,016,700 2,064,100 (s) Recollection Wisconsin SEG A 300,000 300,000 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 18,551,000 31,446,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 64,168,500 64,168,500 FEDERAL (64,168,500) (64,168,500) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 31,816,100 33,960,100 OTHER (31,816,100) (33,960,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 114,535,600 129,574,900 20.255 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 9,354,243,400 9,786,310,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 946,352,100 945,719,900 FEDERAL (888,745,300) (888,113,100) OTHER (23,595,000) (23,595,000) SERVICE (34,011,800) (34,011,800) SEGREGATED REVENUE 102,921,600 105,065,600 OTHER (102,921,600) (105,065,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 10,403,517,100 10,837,096,000 20.285 University of Wisconsin System (1) UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE (a) General program operations GPR B 1,463,591,900 1,457,008,600 (am) Electric energy derived from renewable resources GPR A 4,367,000 4,367,000 (ar) Freshwater collaborative GPR C 2,631,100 2,631,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 323 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (b) Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership GPR A 1,604,500 1,604,500 (c) Graduate psychiatric nursing education GPR A 272,600 272,600 (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 200,064,900 205,728,700 (e) Grants to meet emergency financial need GPR C 130,000 130,000 (fd) State laboratory of hygiene; general program operations GPR A 13,610,100 13,610,100 (fj) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory GPR A 6,596,400 6,596,400 (gb) General program operations PR C 3,409,101,800 3,409,101,800 (ge) Gifts and nonfederal grants and contracts PR C 981,702,300 981,702,300 (gj) Self-amortizing facilities principal and interest PR S 173,372,700 160,898,800 (i) State laboratory of hygiene PR C 37,775,000 37,775,000 (ia) State laboratory of hygiene, drivers PR-S C 3,369,200 3,369,200 (je) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; fees PR C 9,446,700 9,446,700 (k) Funds transferred from other state agencies PR-S C 56,898,100 56,898,100 (kg) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; state agencies PR-S C 796,000 796,000 (Li) General fund interest PR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 324 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (m) Federal aid PR-F C 1,892,814,000 1,892,814,000 (mc) Veterinary diagnostic laboratory; federal funds PR-F C 309,900 309,900 (q) Telecommunications services SEG A 1,107,500 1,107,500 (qe) Rural physician residency assistance program SEG B 887,600 887,600 (qj) Physician and dentist and health care provider loan assistance programs; critical access hospital assessment fund SEG B 310,000 310,000 (qm) Grants for forestry programs SEG A 145,600 145,600 (qr) Discovery farm grants SEG A 272,000 272,000 (rm) Environmental program grants and scholarships; Wisconsin Merit scholarships SEG C 317,300 317,300 (sp) Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology SEG A -0- -0- (u) Trust fund income SEG C 38,775,700 38,775,700 (w) Trust fund operations SEG C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,692,868,500 1,691,949,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 6,565,585,700 6,553,111,800 FEDERAL (1,893,123,900) (1,893,123,900) OTHER (4,611,398,500) (4,598,924,600) SERVICE (61,063,300) (61,063,300) SEGREGATED REVENUE 41,815,700 41,815,700 OTHER (41,815,700) (41,815,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 8,300,269,900 8,286,876,500 20.285 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,692,868,500 1,691,949,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 325 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE 6,565,585,700 6,553,111,800 FEDERAL (1,893,123,900) (1,893,123,900) OTHER (4,611,398,500) (4,598,924,600) SERVICE (61,063,300) (61,063,300) SEGREGATED REVENUE 41,815,700 41,815,700 OTHER (41,815,700) (41,815,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 8,300,269,900 8,286,876,500 20.292 Technical College System Board (1) TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM (a) General program operations GPR A 3,959,700 3,959,700 (am) Fee remissions GPR A 14,200 14,200 (d) State aid for technical colleges; statewide guide GPR A 129,574,900 134,574,900 (dp) Property tax relief aid GPR S 449,000,000 449,000,000 (e) Grants to meet emergency financial need GPR C 320,000 320,000 (f) Grants to district boards GPR C 36,124,200 27,124,200 (g) Text materials PR A 121,200 121,200 (ga) Auxiliary services PR C 15,200 15,200 (gm) Fire schools; state operations PR A 497,300 497,300 (gr) Fire schools; local assistance PR A 600,000 600,000 (h) Gifts and grants PR C 20,600 20,600 (hm) Truck driver training PR-S C 150,000 150,000 (i) Conferences PR C 72,600 72,600 (j) Personnel certification PR A 288,700 288,700 (k) Gifts and grants PR C 30,200 30,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 326 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ka) Interagency projects; local assistance PR-S A 2,000,000 2,000,000 (kb) Interagency projects; state operations PR-S A 263,600 263,600 (kd) Transfer of Indian gaming receipts; work-based learning programs PR-S A 594,000 594,000 (km) Master logger apprenticeship grants PR-S C -0- -0- (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 57,900 57,900 (L) Services for district boards PR A 51,300 51,300 (m) Federal aid, state operations PR-F C 3,431,500 3,431,500 (n) Federal aid, local assistance PR-F C 28,424,300 28,424,300 (o) Federal aid, aids to individuals and organizations PR-F C 800,000 800,000 (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 196,000 196,000 (q) Agricultural education consultant GPR A 87,600 87,600 (r) Veteran grant jobs pilot program SEG A -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 619,080,600 615,080,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 37,614,400 37,614,400 FEDERAL (32,851,800) (32,851,800) OTHER (1,697,100) (1,697,100) SERVICE (3,065,500) (3,065,500) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 656,695,000 652,695,000 20.292 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 619,080,600 615,080,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 327 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE 37,614,400 37,614,400 FEDERAL (32,851,800) (32,851,800) OTHER (1,697,100) (1,697,100) SERVICE (3,065,500) (3,065,500) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 656,695,000 652,695,000 Education FUNCTIONAL AREA TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 11,892,823,800 12,315,557,700 PROGRAM REVENUE 7,576,941,100 7,563,902,000 FEDERAL (2,817,685,800) (2,816,947,300) OTHER (4,656,282,300) (4,643,979,900) SERVICE (102,973,000) (102,974,800) SEGREGATED REVENUE 150,952,000 153,283,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (150,952,000) (153,283,100) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 19,620,716,900 20,032,742,800 Environmental Resources 20.320 Environmental Improvement Program (1) CLEAN WATER FUND PROGRAM OPERATIONS (a) Environmental aids - clean water fund program GPR A -0- -0- (c) Principal repayment and interest - clean water fund program GPR S 2,780,100 1,594,400 (r) Clean water fund program repayment of revenue obligations SEG S -0- -0- (s) Clean water fund program financial assistance SEG S -0- -0- (t) Principal repayment and interest - clean water fund program bonds SEG A 4,500,000 4,000,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 328 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (u) Principal repayment and interest - clean water fund program revenue obligation repayment SEG C -0- -0- (x) Clean water fund program financial assistance; federal SEG-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,780,100 1,594,400 SEGREGATED REVENUE 4,500,000 4,000,000 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (4,500,000) (4,000,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 7,280,100 5,594,400 (2) SAFE DRINKING WATER LOAN PROGRAM OPERATIONS (a) Lead service line replacement GPR C 200,000,000 -0- (c) Principal repayment and interest - safe drinking water loan program GPR S 3,384,900 2,842,600 (r) Safe drinking water loan program repayment of revenue obligations SEG S -0- -0- (s) Safe drinking water loan programs financial assistance SEG S -0- -0- (u) Principal repayment and interest - safe drinking water loan program revenue obligation repayment SEG C -0- -0- (x) Safe drinking water loan programs financial assistance; federal SEG-F C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 203,384,900 2,842,600 SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 329 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 203,384,900 2,842,600 20.320 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 206,165,000 4,437,000 SEGREGATED REVENUE 4,500,000 4,000,000 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (4,500,000) (4,000,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 210,665,000 8,437,000 20.360 Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board (1) CONTROL OF LAND DEVELOPMENT AND USE IN THE LOWER WISCONSIN STATE RIVERWAY (g) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (q) General program operations - conservation fund SEG A 284,000 284,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 284,000 284,000 OTHER (284,000) (284,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 284,000 284,000 20.360 DEPARTMENT TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 284,000 284,000 OTHER (284,000) (284,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 284,000 284,000 20.370 Natural Resources, Department of (1) FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS (ea) Parks - general program operations GPR A -0- -0- (eq) Parks and forests - operation and maintenance SEG S -0- -0- (er) Parks - fees for campground reservations and online sales SEG C 1,495,000 1,495,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 330 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (es) Parks and forests - interpretive programs SEG C -0- -0- (fb) Endangered resources - general program operations GPR A -0- -0- (fc) Endangered resources - Wisconsin stewardship program GPR A -0- -0- (fd) Endangered resources - natural heritage inventory program GPR A 387,300 387,300 (fe) Endangered resources - general fund GPR S 950,000 950,000 (fs) Endangered resources - voluntary payments; sales, leases, and fees SEG C 1,302,900 1,302,900 (ft) Endangered resources - application fees SEG C -0- -0- (fu) Endangered resources program - gifts and grants; sale of state- owned lands SEG C -0- -0- (ga) Kenosha Dunes restoration GPR C 6,000,000 -0- (gb) Education programs - program fees PR C 112,200 112,200 (gh) Horicon Marsh education and visitor center - program fees PR C -0- -0- (gt) Habitat conservation plan fees SEG C 9,900 9,900 (hc) Indemnification agreements GPR S -0- -0- (hk) Elk management PR-S A 111,100 111,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 331 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (hq) Elk hunting fees SEG C -0- -0- (hr) Pheasant restoration SEG C 237,300 237,300 (hs) Chronic wasting disease management SEG A -0- -0- (ht) Wild turkey restoration SEG C 779,100 779,100 (hu) Wetlands habitat improvement SEG C 532,600 532,600 (hv) Aquatic and terrestrial resources inventory SEG A 121,600 121,600 (hw) Pheasant stocking and propagation SEG C 530,100 530,100 (hx) Bonus deer permit fees; chronic wasting disease SEG C -0- -0- (iu) Gravel pit reclamation SEG C -0- -0- (jr) Rental property and equipment - maintenance and replacement SEG C 272,400 272,400 (kb) Walleye production; contracts GPR A 500,000 500,000 (kc) Sea lamprey control GPR C -0- -0- (kf) Wild rice stewardship in ceded territory waters GPR A 262,300 283,100 (kg) Walleye production; revenue PR C -0- -0- (kk) Fishery resources for ceded territories PR-S A 307,300 307,300 (kq) Taxes and assessments; conservation fund SEG A 297,000 297,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 332 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kr) Commercial fish protection and Great Lakes resource surcharges SEG C 25,000 25,000 (kt) Great Lakes vessel rental costs SEG C -0- -0- (ku) Great Lakes trout and salmon SEG C 1,691,300 1,691,300 (kv) Trout habitat improvement SEG C 1,576,200 1,576,200 (kw) Sturgeon stock and habitat SEG C 197,500 197,500 (ky) Sturgeon stock and habitat - inland waters SEG C 58,600 58,600 (Lk) Reintroduction of whooping cranes PR-S A 75,600 75,600 (Lq) Trapper education program SEG C 48,800 48,800 (Lr) Beaver control; fish and wildlife account SEG C 36,200 36,200 (Ls) Control of wild animals SEG C 338,400 338,400 (Lt) Wildlife management SEG A -0- -0- (Lu) Fish and wildlife habitat SEG S -0- -0- (Lv) Deer management assistance program SEG C -0- -0- (ma) General program operations - state funds GPR A 5,631,100 1,581,100 (mi) General program operations - private and public sources PR C 782,600 782,600 (mk) General program operations - service funds PR-S C 194,200 194,200 (mm) General program operations - federal funds PR-F C 335,600 335,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 333 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mq) General program operations - state snowmobile trails and areas SEG A 211,500 211,500 (mr) General program operations - forestry funds SEG A 2,927,600 2,750,500 (ms) General program operations - state all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle projects SEG A 606,300 606,300 (mt) Land preservation and management - endowment fund SEG S -0- -0- (mu) General program operations - state funds SEG A -0- -0- Wildlife management SEG A 14,651,200 15,151,200 Southern forests SEG A 7,392,400 7,353,700 Parks and recreation SEG A 23,136,500 22,686,300 Natural Heritage Conservation SEG A 1,468,100 1,468,100 Fisheries management SEG A 20,009,900 20,030,700 Recreation and property management SEG A 6,664,000 6,664,000 Fish, wildlife and parks program management SEG A 1,122,600 1,122,600 NET APPROPRIATION 74,444,700 74,476,600 (my) General program operations - federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- Wildlife management SEG-F C 10,206,100 10,206,100 Southern forests SEG-F C 179,400 179,400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 334 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 Parks and recreation SEG-F C 851,300 851,300 Natural Heritage Conservation SEG-F C 3,223,900 3,057,500 Fisheries management SEG-F C 7,520,300 7,520,300 Recreation and property management SEG-F C 1,563,300 1,563,300 NET APPROPRIATION 23,544,300 23,377,900 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 13,730,700 3,701,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,918,600 1,918,600 FEDERAL (335,600) (335,600) OTHER (894,800) (894,800) SERVICE (688,200) (688,200) SEGREGATED REVENUE 111,284,300 110,972,700 FEDERAL (23,544,300) (23,377,900) OTHER (87,740,000) (87,594,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 126,933,600 116,592,800 (2) FORESTRY (cq) Forestry - reforestation SEG C 100,500 100,500 (cr) Forestry - recording fees SEG C 202,200 202,200 (cs) Forestry - forest fire emergencies SEG C -0- -0- (ct) Timber sales contracts - repair and reimbursement costs SEG C -0- -0- (cu) Forestry - forestry education curriculum SEG A 850,000 850,000 (cv) Forestry - forestry emergency reserve SEG C -0- -0- (cw) Forestry - Pattison communications tower SEG C -0- -0- (cx) Forestry - management plans SEG C 316,800 316,800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 335 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cy) Forestry - cooperating foresters and private contractors SEG C -0- -0- (cz) Forestry - management of national forest land SEG C -0- -0- (jq) Forestry-industry-wide strategic plan SEG C 775,000 -0- (jr) Rental property and equipment - maintenance and replacement SEG C 245,500 245,500 (mi) General program operations - private and public sources PR C 183,000 183,000 (mk) General program operations - service funds PR-S C 405,200 405,200 (mv) General program operations - state funds; forestry SEG A 63,526,100 63,330,000 (mz) Forest fire emergencies - federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (nz) General program operations - federal funds SEG-F C 2,089,400 2,024,300 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 588,200 588,200 OTHER (183,000) (183,000) SERVICE (405,200) (405,200) SEGREGATED REVENUE 68,105,500 67,069,300 FEDERAL (2,089,400) (2,024,300) OTHER (66,016,100) (65,045,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 68,693,700 67,657,500 (3) PUBLIC SAFETY (aq) Law enforcement - snowmobile enforcement and safety training SEG A 1,521,600 1,555,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 336 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ar) Law enforcement - boat enforcement and safety training SEG A 4,529,700 4,543,600 (as) Law enforcement - all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle enforcement SEG A 1,950,900 1,948,900 (at) Education and safety programs SEG C 337,600 337,600 (au) Law enforcement-all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle enforcement communications technology SEG C 1,080,000 80,000 (ax) Law enforcement - water resources enforcement SEG A 327,100 318,500 (ay) Off-highway motorcycle safety certification program SEG C -0- -0- (bg) Enforcement - stationary sources PR A -0- -0- (ca) Law enforcement - technology; state funds GPR B -0- -0- (cq) Law enforcement - technology; environmental fund SEG B -0- -0- (cr) Law enforcement - technology; conservation fund SEG B -0- -0- (ma) General program operations - state funds GPR A 2,329,300 2,076,200 (mi) General program operations - private and public sources PR C 4,200 4,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 337 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mk) General program operations - service funds PR-S C -0- -0- (mm) General program operations - federal funds PR-F C 921,200 926,200 (mq) General program operations - environmental fund SEG A 2,655,200 2,643,000 (mu) General program operations - state funds SEG A 32,170,300 31,511,600 (my) General program operations - federal funds SEG-F C 4,146,300 4,150,500 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,329,300 2,076,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 925,400 930,400 FEDERAL (921,200) (926,200) OTHER (4,200) (4,200) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 48,718,700 47,088,800 FEDERAL (4,146,300) (4,150,500) OTHER (44,572,400) (42,938,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 51,973,400 50,095,400 (4) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (aa) Kewaunee Marsh remediation GPR C 18,000,000 -0- (ac) Wisconsin River monitoring and study GPR A -0- -0- (ad) Great Lakes contaminated sediment removal GPR C -0- -0- (af) Water resources - remedial action GPR C 50,000 50,000 (ag) Water resources - pollution credits PR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 338 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ah) Water resources - Great Lakes protection fund PR C 214,900 214,900 (ai) Water resources - water use fees PR C 892,400 892,400 (aj) Water resources - commercial vessel arrival fees PR C 353,300 353,300 (aq) Water resources management - lake, river, and invasive species management SEG A 2,585,500 2,585,500 (ar) Water resources - groundwater management SEG B 91,900 91,900 (at) Amcast superfund site SEG C 2,000,000 2,000,000 (au) Cooperative remedial action; contributions SEG C -0- -0- (av) Cooperative remedial action; interest on contributions SEG S -0- -0- (bL) Wastewater management - fees PR C 205,100 205,100 (bn) Air management - emission analysis PR C -0- -0- (bo) Air management - permit review and enforcement PR A 1,292,700 1,292,700 (bp) Air waste management - incinerator operator certification PR C -0- -0- (bt) Air management - mobile sources SEG A 1,610,300 1,610,300 (cg) Groundwater quantity administration PR A 733,300 733,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 339 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ch) Groundwater quantity research PR B 84,500 84,500 (cL) Air management - recovery of ozone-depleting refrigerants PR A 163,600 163,600 (cm) Air management - state permit sources PR A 1,581,400 1,581,400 (cn) Air management - asbestos management PR C 754,300 754,300 (co) Air management - stationary sources PR A 5,861,200 5,861,200 (cq) River and stream monitoring and study SEG A -0- -0- (cr) Hydrologic evaluation and modeling SEG C -0- -0- (cv) Air quality monitoring stations SEG B 30,000 30,000 (cw) Air management - motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, petroleum inspection fund SEG A 24,500 24,500 (dg) Solid waste management - solid and hazardous waste disposal administration PR C 2,966,000 2,966,000 (dh) Solid waste management - remediated property PR C 1,122,100 1,122,100 (dq) Solid waste management - waste management fund SEG C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 340 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (dr) Solid waste management - department action on corrective action, closure, and long-term care SEG C -0- -0- (dt) Solid waste management - closure and long-term care SEG C -0- -0- (du) Solid waste management - site- specific remediation SEG C -0- -0- (dv) Solid waste management - environmental repair; spills; abandoned containers SEG C 2,292,700 2,292,700 (dw) Solid waste management - environmental repair; petroleum spills; administration SEG A 4,350,900 4,350,900 (dy) Solid waste management - corrective action; proofs of financial responsibility SEG C -0- -0- (dz) Solid waste management - corrective action; moneys recovered from assessments and legal action SEG C -0- -0- (eg) Solid waste facility siting board fee PR C -0- -0- (eh) Solid waste management - source reduction review PR C -0- -0- (eq) Solid waste management - dry cleaner environmental response SEG A -0- -0- (fq) Indemnification agreements SEG S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 341 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gr) Solid waste management - mining programs SEG C -0- -0- (hq) Recycling; administration SEG A 1,373,400 1,373,400 (hr) Electronic waste recycling SEG C 175,000 175,000 (hs) Electronic waste cleanup SEG C -0- -0- (ja) Dam safety projects GPR B -0- -0- (jb) Sheboygan River dam grant GPR C -0- -0- (jd) Steve Creek dam grant GPR C -0- -0- (je) Mill Pond dam grant GPR C -0- -0- (jf) Lake Mallalieu grant GPR C -0- -0- (ks) Aquatic invasive species control; voluntary contributions SEG C 68,700 68,700 (ma) General program operations - state funds GPR A -0- -0- Drinking water and groundwater GPR A 3,515,400 3,583,800 Water quality GPR A 8,565,800 8,941,800 Air management GPR A 67,300 88,100 Waste and materials management GPR A 639,500 660,300 Remediation and redevelopment GPR A 1,440,200 1,502,600 Environmental management program management GPR A 761,300 761,300 NET APPROPRIATION 14,989,500 15,537,900 (mi) General program operations - private and public sources PR C 93,900 93,900 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 342 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mk) General program operations - service funds PR-S C 52,800 68,700 (mm) General program operations - federal funds PR-F C -0- -0- Drinking water and groundwater PR-F C 6,236,200 6,236,200 Water quality PR-F C 10,847,900 10,477,900 Air management PR-F C 3,037,800 3,037,800 Waste and materials management PR-F C 2,065,800 2,012,500 Remediation and redevelopment PR-F C 3,614,100 3,422,300 NET APPROPRIATION 25,801,800 25,186,700 (mq) General program operations - environmental fund SEG A -0- -0- Drinking water and groundwater SEG A 3,446,600 3,467,400 Water quality SEG A 1,933,000 1,978,800 Air management SEG A 1,614,500 1,614,500 Waste and materials management SEG A 2,297,400 2,547,400 Remediation and redevelopment SEG A 2,927,000 2,947,800 Environmental management program management SEG A 651,300 651,300 NET APPROPRIATION 12,869,800 13,207,200 (mr) General program operations - nonpoint source SEG A 310,700 310,700 (ms) General program operations - environmental fund; federal funds SEG-F C 1,470,700 1,470,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 343 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mt) General program operations - environmental improvement programs; state funds SEG A 695,600 695,600 (mv) General program operations - brownfields SEG A 425,200 425,200 (mw) General program operations - PFAS SEG C 118,730,000 10,280,000 (mx) General program operations - clean water fund program; federal funds SEG-F C 2,022,400 1,500,200 (my) General program operations - environmental fund; federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (nz) General program operations - safe drinking water loan programs; federal funds SEG-F C 4,291,900 3,510,400 (pf) General program operations - PFAS; general fund GPR C 4,000,000 -0- (pq) General program operations - PFAS innocent landowner remediation SEG C 5,000,000 -0- (ps) Fire fighting foam SEG C -0- -0- (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 37,039,500 15,587,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 42,173,300 41,574,100 FEDERAL (25,801,800) (25,186,700) OTHER (16,318,700) (16,318,700) SERVICE (52,800) (68,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 160,419,200 46,002,900 FEDERAL (7,785,000) (6,481,300) OTHER (152,634,200) (39,521,600) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 344 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 239,632,000 103,164,900 (5) CONSERVATION AIDS (aa) Resource aids - nonprofit conservation organizations GPR A 415,000 415,000 (af) Resource aids - walleye production; grants GPR B -0- -0- (aq) Resource aids - Canadian agencies migratory waterfowl aids SEG C 254,000 254,000 (ar) Resource aids - county conservation aids SEG C 148,500 148,500 (as) Recreation aids - fish, wildlife and forestry recreation aids SEG C 242,200 242,200 (at) Ice age trail area grants SEG A 74,200 74,200 (au) Resource aids - Ducks Unlimited, Inc., payments SEG C -0- -0- (av) Resource aids - forest grants SEG B 1,397,900 1,397,900 (aw) Resource aids - nonprofit conservation organizations SEG C 76,600 76,600 (ax) Resource aids - forestry SEG A 148,500 148,500 (ay) Resource aids - urban land conservation SEG A 74,200 74,200 (az) Resource aids - urban forestry grants SEG B 699,600 699,600 (bq) Resource aids - county forest loans; severance share payments SEG C 100,000 100,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 345 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (br) Resource aids - forest croplands and managed forest land aids SEG A 1,237,500 1,237,500 (bs) Resource aids - county forest loans SEG A 616,200 616,200 (bt) Resource aids - county forest project loans SEG C 396,000 396,000 (bu) Resource aids - county forest project loans; severance share payments SEG C 350,000 350,000 (bv) Resource aids - county forests, forest croplands and managed forest land aids SEG S 2,230,000 2,230,000 (bw) Resource aids - county sustainable forestry and county forest administration grants SEG B 2,363,900 2,363,900 (bx) Resource aids - national forest income aids SEG-F C 782,200 782,200 (by) Resource aids - fire suppression grants SEG B 448,000 448,000 (bz) Resource aids - forestry outdoor activity grants SEG C -0- -0- (cb) Recreation aids - snowmobile trail and area aids; general fund GPR A -0- -0- (cq) Recreation aids - recreational boating and other projects SEG C 400,000 400,000 (cr) Recreation aids - county snowmobile trail and area aids SEG C 5,675,400 5,675,400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 346 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cs) Recreation aids - snowmobile trail areas SEG C 5,319,500 5,319,500 (ct) Recreation aids - all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle project aids; gas tax payment SEG C 3,097,700 3,097,700 (cu) Recreation aids - all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle project aids SEG C 2,874,600 2,874,600 (cv) Recreation aids - Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission SEG C 100,000 100,000 (cw) Recreation aids - supplemental snowmobile trail aids SEG C 1,117,500 1,117,500 (cx) Recreation aids - all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle safety enhancement program SEG S 320,800 320,800 (cy) Recreation and resource aids, federal funds SEG-F C 3,162,100 3,162,100 (cz) Resource aids - interpretive center SEG A 27,000 27,000 (da) Aids in lieu of taxes - general fund GPR S 9,872,100 9,872,100 (dq) Aids in lieu of taxes - lands acquired before a specified date SEG S 780,000 780,000 (dr) Aids in lieu of taxes - lands acquired after a specified date SEG S 6,570,100 6,570,100 (dx) Resource aids - payment in lieu of taxes; federal SEG-F C 440,000 440,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 347 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (dy) Resource aids - distribution of closed acreage fees SEG A -0- -0- (ea) Enforcement aids - spearfishing enforcement GPR C -0- -0- (eq) Enforcement aids - boating enforcement SEG A 2,316,600 2,316,600 (er) Enforcement aids - all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle enforcement SEG A 1,300,000 1,300,000 (es) Enforcement aids - snowmobiling enforcement SEG A 596,000 596,000 (ex) Enforcement aids - federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (fc) Summer tribal youth program GPR A 250,000 250,000 (fq) Wildlife damage claims and abatement SEG C 2,950,000 2,950,000 (fr) Wildlife abatement and control grants SEG B 24,700 24,700 (fs) Venison and wild turkey processing SEG B 300,000 300,000 (ft) Venison and wild turkey processing; voluntary contributions SEG C 14,800 14,800 (fu) Deer carcass disposal sites SEG C 1,000,000 -0- (fv) Wolf depredation program SEG C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 348 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (fw) Resource Aids - Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin payments SEG C 20,000 20,000 (fy) Resource aids - wildfire suppression reimbursement SEG S 246,200 246,200 (ha) Grants to nonprofit conservation organizations GPR C -0- 5,000,000 (hb) Tribal co-management program GPR C -0- 3,000,000 (hk) Fish hatcheries operated by tribes PR-S A 1,000,000 1,000,000 (hq) Department land acquisition SEG C 5,000,000 6,000,000 (hr) County forest grants SEG C 3,000,000 3,000,000 (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 10,537,100 18,537,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,000,000 1,000,000 SERVICE (1,000,000) (1,000,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 58,292,500 58,292,500 FEDERAL (4,384,300) (4,384,300) OTHER (53,908,200) (53,908,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 69,829,600 77,829,600 (6) ENVIRONMENTAL AIDS (aa) Environmental aids - winter road safety improvement GPR C 5,000,000 -0- (ag) Environmental aids - nonpoint source; general fund GPR B -0- -0- (aq) Environmental aids; nonpoint source SEG B 300,000 300,000 (ar) Environmental aids - lake protection SEG C 2,252,600 2,252,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 349 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (as) Environmental aids - invasive aquatic species and lake monitoring and protection SEG B 4,029,100 4,029,100 (au) Environmental aids - river protection; environmental fund SEG A -0- -0- (av) Environmental aids - river protection; lake monitoring and protection contracts; conservation fund SEG B 289,500 289,500 (aw) Environmental aids - river protection, nonprofit organization contracts SEG C -0- -0- (bu) Financial assistance for responsible units SEG A 19,000,000 19,000,000 (bw) Recycling consolidation grants SEG A 1,000,000 1,000,000 (cf) Environmental aids - compensation for well contamination and abandonment - general fund GPR A -0- -0- (cm) Environmental aids - federal funds PR-F C 800,000 800,000 (cr) Environmental aids - compensation for well contamination and abandonment SEG C 2,632,800 2,612,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 350 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cs) Environmental aids - assistance for private well owners; PFAS fund SEG C -0- -0- (da) Environmental planning aids - local water quality planning GPR A 196,400 196,400 (dg) Environmental aids - urban nonpoint source; general fund GPR B -0- -0- (dm) Environmental planning aids - federal funds PR-F C 150,000 150,000 (dq) Environmental aids - urban nonpoint source SEG B 500,000 500,000 (ed) Environmental aids - PFAS municipal grant program - general fund GPR C -0- -0- (ef) Brownfields revolving loan repayments PR C -0- -0- (eg) Groundwater mitigation and local assistance PR C -0- -0- (eh) Brownfields revolving loan funds administered for other entity PR C -0- -0- (em) Federal brownfields revolving loan funds PR-F C 1,000,000 1,000,000 (eq) Environmental aids - dry cleaner environmental response SEG B -0- -0- (er) Vapor control system removal grants SEG B -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 351 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (es) Environmental aids - PFAS municipal grant program - environmental fund SEG C -0- -0- (et) Environmental aids - Revitalize Wisconsin program SEG B 3,000,000 3,000,000 (eu) Environmental aids - waste removal and sampling SEG B 971,800 1,971,800 (ev) Reimbursement for disposal of contaminated sediment SEG A -0- -0- (ew) Environmental aids - county well testing grant program SEG C 2,000,000 2,000,000 (fr) Petroleum storage environmental remedial action; awards SEG B -0- -0- (fv) Removal of underground petroleum storage tanks SEG A 100,000 100,000 (6) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 5,196,400 196,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,950,000 1,950,000 FEDERAL (1,950,000) (1,950,000) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 36,075,800 37,055,000 OTHER (36,075,800) (37,055,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 43,222,200 39,201,400 (7) DEBT SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT (aa) Resource acquisition and development - principal repayment and interest GPR S 49,698,500 50,760,100 (ad) Land sales - principal repayment PR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 352 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ag) Land acquisition - principal repayment and interest PR C -0- -0- (aq) Resource acquisition and development - principal repayment and interest SEG S -0- -0- (ar) Dam repair and removal - principal repayment and interest SEG S 75,000 51,400 (at) Recreation development - principal repayment and interest SEG S -0- -0- (au) State forest acquisition and development - principal repayment and interest SEG A 13,500,000 13,500,000 (bd) Building demolition GPR C 500,000 -0- (bq) Principal repayment and interest - remedial action SEG S 1,304,100 1,153,300 (br) Principal repayment and interest - contaminated sediment SEG S 2,461,900 2,268,300 (cb) Principal repayment and interest - pollution abatement bonds GPR S -0- -0- (cc) Principal repayment and interest - combined sewer overflow; pollution abatement bonds GPR S 117,600 109,500 (cd) Principal repayment and interest - municipal clean drinking water grants GPR S 1,000 1,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 353 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cg) Principal repayment and interest - nonpoint repayments PR C -0- -0- (cq) Principal repayment and interest - nonpoint source grants SEG S 1,753,200 2,132,700 (cr) Principal repayment and interest - nonpoint source SEG S 2,913,200 3,568,900 (cs) Principal repayment and interest - urban nonpoint source cost- sharing SEG S 2,980,000 3,617,500 (ct) Principal and interest - pollution abatement, environmental fund SEG S 634,300 468,900 (dr) Petroleum inspection fund - revenue obligation repayment SEG S -0- -0- (ea) Administrative facilities - principal repayment and interest GPR S 433,200 416,000 (eq) Administrative facilities - principal repayment and interest SEG S 6,938,500 7,531,100 (er) Administrative facilities - principal repayment and interest; environmental fund SEG S 877,100 955,500 (fa) Resource maintenance and development - state funds GPR C 1,903,000 1,903,000 (fk) Resource acquisition and development - service funds; transportation moneys PR-S C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 354 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (fr) Resource acquisition and development - boating access to southeastern lakes SEG C 92,400 92,400 (fs) Resource acquisition and development - state funds SEG C 1,109,900 1,109,900 (ft) Resource acquisition and development - boating access SEG C 184,800 184,800 (fu) Resource acquisition and development - nonmotorized boating improvements SEG C -0- -0- (fw) Resource acquisition and development - Mississippi and St. Croix rivers management SEG C 57,700 57,700 (fy) Resource acquisition and development - federal funds SEG-F C 9,112,800 9,112,800 (gg) Ice age trail - gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (gq) State trails - gifts and grants SEG C -0- -0- (ha) Facilities acquisition, development and maintenance GPR C 372,600 372,600 (hq) Facilities acquisition, development and maintenance - conservation fund SEG C 586,200 586,200 (ht) Property development - conservation fund SEG C 1,660,600 1,660,600 (hu) Parks and trails development - conservation fund SEG C 929,000 929,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 355 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (jr) Rental property and equipment - maintenance and replacement SEG C 180,000 180,000 (mc) Resource maintenance and development - state park, forest, and riverway roads; general fund GPR C -0- -0- (mi) General program operations - private and public sources PR C -0- -0- (mk) General program operations - service funds PR-S C -0- -0- (mr) Resource maintenance and development - state park, forest, and riverway roads; conservation fund SEG C 6,109,500 6,109,500 (7) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 53,025,900 53,562,200 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 53,460,200 55,270,500 FEDERAL (9,112,800) (9,112,800) OTHER (44,347,400) (46,157,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 106,486,100 108,832,700 (8) INTERNAL SERVICES (ir) Promotional activities and publications SEG C 82,200 82,200 (iw) Statewide recycling administration SEG A 453,900 456,000 (ma) General program operations - state funds GPR A 3,584,900 3,587,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 356 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mg) General program operations - stationary sources PR A -0- -0- (mi) General program operations - private and public sources PR C -0- -0- (mk) General program operations - service funds PR-S C 3,947,600 3,947,600 (mq) General program operations - mobile sources SEG A 1,074,500 1,079,800 (mr) General program operations - environmental improvement fund SEG A 372,000 374,000 (mt) Equipment and services SEG-S C -0- -0- (mu) General program operations - state funds SEG A 29,831,800 28,368,900 (mv) General program operations - environmental fund SEG A 2,460,600 2,466,600 (my) Land and property management - federal funds SEG-F C 1,590,600 1,590,600 (mz) Indirect cost reimbursements SEG-F C 9,076,600 9,087,000 (ni) Geographic information systems, general program operations - other funds PR C 32,700 32,700 (nk) Geographic information systems, general program operations - service funds PR-S C 1,446,000 1,446,000 (zq) Gifts and donations SEG C -0- -0- (8) PROGRAM TOTALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 357 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 3,584,900 3,587,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 5,426,300 5,426,300 OTHER (32,700) (32,700) SERVICE (5,393,600) (5,393,600) SEGREGATED REVENUE 44,942,200 43,505,100 FEDERAL (10,667,200) (10,677,600) OTHER (34,275,000) (32,827,500) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 53,953,400 52,518,600 (9) EXTERNAL SERVICES (ag) Animal feeding operations - fees PR C 122,800 122,800 (ap) Animal feeding operations SEG A 1,853,700 1,909,300 (aq) Water resources management - lake, river, and invasive species management SEG A 919,900 919,900 (as) Water resources - trading water pollution credits SEG C -0- -0- (at) Watershed - nonpoint source contracts SEG B 1,129,600 1,129,600 (aw) Water resources-public health SEG A 24,700 24,700 (bg) Water regulation and zoning - computer access fees PR C -0- -0- (bi) Water regulation and zoning - fees PR C 1,702,000 1,702,000 (bj) Storm water management - fees PR C 2,369,100 2,369,100 (bm) Wetland restoration - fees; payments PR C -0- -0- (br) Water regulation and zoning - dam safety and wetland mapping; conservation fund SEG A 929,300 929,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 358 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (dh) Environmental impact - power projects PR C -0- -0- (di) Environmental consulting costs - federal power projects PR A -0- -0- (fj) Environmental quality - laboratory certification PR A 758,800 758,800 (fL) Operator certification - fees PR A 185,800 185,800 (gh) Nonferrous metallic mining regulation and administration PR A 76,300 76,300 (gi) Ferrous metallic mining operations PR C -0- -0- (hk) Approval fees to Lac du Flambeau band - service funds PR-S A 84,500 84,500 (hs) Approval fees from Lac du Flambeau band SEG C -0- -0- (ht) Approval fees to Lac du Flambeau band SEG S -0- -0- (hu) Handling and other fees SEG C 235,600 235,600 (hv) Fee amounts for statewide automated issuing system SEG C 2,863,100 2,863,100 (hw) Credit card handling fees SEG C 670,000 670,000 (iq) Natural resources magazine SEG C 522,400 522,400 (is) Statewide recycling administration SEG A 150,400 150,400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 359 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (jq) Off-highway motorcycle administration SEG C 80,000 80,000 (ma) General program operations - state funds GPR A 11,856,400 11,856,400 (mh) General program operations - stationary sources PR A -0- -0- (mi) General program operations - private and public sources PR C 420,900 420,900 (mk) General program operations - service funds PR-S C 3,451,200 3,451,200 (mm) General program operations - federal funds PR-F C 4,812,700 4,626,700 (mq) General program operations - mobile sources SEG A 435,500 435,500 (mr) General program operations - nonpoint source SEG A 307,700 307,700 (ms) General program operations - pollution prevention SEG A -0- -0- (mt) Aids administration - environmental improvement programs; state funds SEG A -0- -0- (mu) General program operations - state funds SEG A 10,093,000 10,113,700 (mv) General program operations - environmental fund SEG A 4,674,800 4,189,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 360 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mw) Aids administration - snowmobile recreation SEG A 255,200 255,200 (mx) Aids administration - clean water fund program; federal funds SEG-F C 2,394,100 2,084,300 (my) General program operations - federal funds SEG-F C 884,300 884,300 (mz) Indirect cost reimbursements SEG-F C 1,207,000 1,207,000 (nq) Aids administration - dry cleaner environmental response SEG A -0- -0- (ny) Aids administration - safe drinking water loan programs; federal funds SEG-F C 1,163,400 748,500 (pq) Great Lakes and Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan programs SEG C 7,000,000 -0- (9) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 11,856,400 11,856,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 13,984,100 13,798,100 FEDERAL (4,812,700) (4,626,700) OTHER (5,635,700) (5,635,700) SERVICE (3,535,700) (3,535,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 37,793,700 29,660,100 FEDERAL (5,648,800) (4,924,100) OTHER (32,144,900) (24,736,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 63,634,200 55,314,600 20.370 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 137,300,200 109,104,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 67,965,900 67,185,700 FEDERAL (33,821,300) (33,025,200) OTHER (23,069,100) (23,069,100) SERVICE (11,075,500) (11,091,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE 619,092,100 494,916,900 FEDERAL (67,378,100) (65,132,800) OTHER (551,714,000) (429,784,100) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 361 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 824,358,200 671,207,500 20.373 Fox River Navigational System Authority (1) INITIAL COSTS (g) Administration, operation, repair, and rehabilitation PR C -0- -0- (r) Establishment and operation SEG C 131,700 131,700 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 131,700 131,700 OTHER (131,700) (131,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 131,700 131,700 20.373 DEPARTMENT TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 131,700 131,700 OTHER (131,700) (131,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 131,700 131,700 20.375 Lower Fox River Remediation Authority (1) INITIAL COSTS (a) Initial costs GPR B -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.375 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.380 Tourism, Department of (1) TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION (a) General program operations GPR A 4,444,000 4,518,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 362 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (b) Tourism marketing; general purpose revenue GPR B 42,138,200 17,731,900 (bt) Tourism marketing; additional general purpose revenue GPR C -0- -0- (g) Gifts, grants and proceeds PR C 100 100 (h) Tourism promotion; sale of surplus property receipts PR C -0- -0- (ig) Golf promotion PR C -0- -0- (ir) Payments to the WPGA Junior Foundation PR C -0- -0- (j) Tourism promotion - private and public sources PR C 99,000 99,000 (k) Sale of materials or services PR-S C -0- -0- (ka) Sale of materials and services - local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (kb) Sale of materials and services - individuals and organizations PR-S C -0- -0- (km) Grants for regional tourist information centers PR-S A 160,000 160,000 (m) Federal aid, state operations PR-F C -0- -0- (n) Federal aid, local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- (o) Federal aid, individuals and organizations PR-F C -0- -0- (q) Administrative services- conservation fund SEG A 12,100 12,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 363 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (w) Tourism marketing; transportation fund SEG B 1,591,400 1,591,400 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 46,582,200 22,250,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 259,100 259,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (99,100) (99,100) SERVICE (160,000) (160,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,603,500 1,603,500 OTHER (1,603,500) (1,603,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 48,444,800 24,112,800 (3) SUPPORT OF ARTS PROJECTS (a) General program operations GPR A 3,282,000 3,282,000 (b) State aid for the arts GPR A 652,700 697,800 (c) Portraits of governors GPR A -0- -0- (d) Challenge grant program GPR A -0- -0- (e) High Point fund GPR A -0- -0- (f) Wisconsin regranting program GPR A 116,700 116,700 (g) Gifts and grants; state operations PR C 20,000 20,000 (h) Gifts and grants; aids to individuals and organizations PR C -0- -0- (j) Support of arts programs PR C -0- -0- (km) State aid for the arts; Indian gaming receipts PR-S A 24,900 24,900 (m) Federal grants; state operations PR-F C 308,700 308,700 (o) Federal grants; aids to individuals and organizations PR-F C 524,500 524,500 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 4,051,400 4,096,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 878,100 878,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 364 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 FEDERAL (833,200) (833,200) OTHER (20,000) (20,000) SERVICE (24,900) (24,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,929,500 4,974,600 20.380 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 50,633,600 26,346,700 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,137,200 1,137,200 FEDERAL (833,200) (833,200) OTHER (119,100) (119,100) SERVICE (184,900) (184,900) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,603,500 1,603,500 OTHER (1,603,500) (1,603,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 53,374,300 29,087,400 20.385 Kickapoo Reserve Management Board (1) KICKAPOO VALLEY RESERVE (g) Kickapoo reserve management board; program services PR C 196,100 207,400 (h) Kickapoo reserve management board; gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (k) Kickapoo valley reserve; law enforcement services PR-S A 68,700 68,700 (m) Kickapoo reserve management board; federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (q) Kickapoo reserve management board; general program operations SEG A 485,000 496,300 (r) Kickapoo valley reserve; aids in lieu of taxes SEG S 400,000 400,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 264,800 276,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (196,100) (207,400) SERVICE (68,700) (68,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 885,000 896,300 OTHER (885,000) (896,300) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 365 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,149,800 1,172,400 20.385 DEPARTMENT TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 264,800 276,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (196,100) (207,400) SERVICE (68,700) (68,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 885,000 896,300 OTHER (885,000) (896,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,149,800 1,172,400 20.395 Transportation, Department of (1) AIDS (ar) Corrections of transportation aid payments SEG S -0- -0- (as) Transportation aids to counties, state funds SEG A 133,268,800 137,266,900 (at) Transportation aids to municipalities, state funds SEG A 421,343,000 433,983,300 (av) Supplemental transportation aids to towns, state funds SEG A -0- -0- (aw) Adjustments for certain transportation aid limitations SEG A 1,000,000 1,000,000 (ba) Transit capital assistance grants GPR C 20,000,000 -0- (bq) Intercity bus assistance program, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (bs) Transportation employment and mobility, state funds SEG C 999,100 1,198,900 (bv) Transit and other transportation- related aids, local funds SEG-L C 110,000 110,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 366 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (bx) Transit and other transportation- related aids, federal funds SEG-F C 20,538,800 20,538,800 (ck) Tribal elderly transportation grants PR-S A 479,200 527,100 (cq) Seniors and individuals with disabilities specialized transportation aids, state funds SEG C 1,166,400 1,176,000 (cr) Seniors and individuals with disabilities specialized transportation county aids, state funds SEG A 17,569,600 19,333,200 (cv) Seniors and individuals with disabilities specialized transportation aids, local funds SEG-L C 605,500 605,500 (cx) Seniors and individuals with disabilities specialized transportation aids, federal funds SEG-F C 2,996,900 2,996,900 (ex) Highway safety, local assistance, federal funds SEG-F C 6,869,400 6,869,400 (fq) Connecting highways aids, state funds SEG A 17,035,200 17,035,200 (fs) Disaster damage aids, state funds SEG S 1,000,000 1,000,000 (ft) Lift bridge aids, state funds SEG B 2,659,200 2,659,200 (fu) County forest road aids, state funds SEG A 330,700 341,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 367 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gq) Expressway policing aids, state funds SEG A 8,711,900 9,610,300 (gt) Soo Locks improvements, state funds SEG A -0- -0- (hb) Tier B transit operating aids, state funds GPR A 25,730,700 26,759,900 (hc) Tier C transit operating aids, state funds GPR A 6,499,100 9,898,600 (hd) Tier A-1 transit operating aids, state funds GPR A 67,455,300 70,153,500 (he) Tier A-2 transit operating aids, state funds GPR A 17,725,000 18,434,000 (hf) Tier A-3 transit operating aids, state funds GPR A -0- -0- (hq) Paratransit aids SEG A 4,125,100 4,262,600 (hr) Tier B transit operating aids, state funds SEG A -0- -0- (hs) Tier C transit operating aids, state funds SEG A -0- -0- (ht) Tier A-1 transit operating aids, state funds SEG A -0- -0- (hu) Tier A-2 transit operating aids, state funds SEG A -0- -0- (hw) Tier A-3 transit operating aids, state funds SEG A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 368 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ig) Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs, state funds PR C 450,000 450,000 (ih) Child abuse and neglect prevention, state funds PR C 125,000 125,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 137,410,100 125,246,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,054,200 1,102,100 OTHER (575,000) (575,000) SERVICE (479,200) (527,100) SEGREGATED REVENUE 640,329,600 659,987,400 FEDERAL (30,405,100) (30,405,100) OTHER (609,209,000) (628,866,800) LOCAL (715,500) (715,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 778,793,900 786,335,500 (2) LOCAL TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE (aq) Accelerated local bridge improvement assistance, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (av) Accelerated local bridge improvement assistance, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (ax) Accelerated local bridge improvement assistance, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (az) Assessment of local bridges and culverts, state funds SEG B -0- -0- (bq) Rail service assistance, state funds SEG C 1,326,800 1,326,800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 369 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (br) Passenger rail development, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (bt) Freight rail preservation SEG C -0- -0- (bu) Freight rail infrastructure improvements and intermodal freight facilities grants, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (bv) Rail service assistance, local funds SEG-L C 500,000 500,000 (bw) Freight rail assistance loan repayments, local funds SEG-L C 4,000,000 4,000,000 (bx) Rail service assistance, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (cq) Harbor assistance, state funds SEG C 3,651,000 651,000 (cr) Rail passenger service, state funds SEG C 12,443,800 17,398,800 (cs) Harbor assistance, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (ct) Passenger railroad station improvement and commuter rail transit system grants, state funds SEG B -0- -0- (cu) Passenger railroad station improvement and commuter rail transit system grants, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (cv) Rail passenger service, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (cw) Harbor assistance, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (cx) Rail passenger service, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 370 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (dq) Aeronautics assistance, state funds SEG C 14,365,900 14,365,900 (ds) Aviation career education, state funds SEG A 240,800 240,800 (dv) Aeronautics assistance, local funds SEG-L C 42,000,000 42,000,000 (dx) Aeronautics assistance, federal funds SEG-F C 95,625,200 95,622,300 (eq) Highway and local bridge improvement assistance, state funds SEG C 28,470,600 28,470,600 (ev) Local bridge improvement assistance, local funds SEG-L C 19,907,600 19,907,600 (ex) Local bridge improvement assistance, federal funds SEG-F C 59,685,600 59,685,600 (fb) Local roads for job preservation, state funds GPR C -0- -0- (fc) Local roads improvement program; agricultural roads, general fund GPR C 25,000,000 -0- (fd) Local roads improvement discretionary supplement GPR C 100,000,000 -0- (fr) Local roads improvement program, state funds SEG C 19,903,100 19,920,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 371 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ft) Local roads improvement program; discretionary grants, state funds SEG C 16,897,300 16,912,000 (fu) Local roads improvement program; agricultural roads, state funds SEG C -0- 25,000,000 (fv) Local transportation facility improvement assistance, local funds SEG-L C 64,404,900 65,177,800 (fx) Local transportation facility improvement assistance, federal funds SEG-F C 154,676,300 157,767,800 (fz) Local roads for job preservation, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (gj) Railroad crossing protection installation and maintenance, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (gq) Railroad crossing improvement and protection maintenance, state funds SEG A 2,112,000 2,112,000 (gr) Railroad crossing improvement and protection installation, state funds SEG C 1,595,700 1,595,700 (gs) Railroad crossing repair assistance, state funds SEG C 467,300 467,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 372 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gv) Railroad crossing improvement, local funds SEG-L C 765,400 797,200 (gx) Railroad crossing improvement, federal funds SEG-F C 6,353,400 6,480,500 (hq) Multimodal transportation studies, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (hx) Multimodal transportation studies, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (iq) Transportation facilities economic assistance and development, state funds SEG C 3,402,600 3,402,600 (iv) Transportation facilities economic assistance and development, local funds SEG-L C 3,588,700 3,588,700 (iw) Transportation facility improvement loans, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (ix) Transportation facilities economic assistance and development, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (ja) Local traffic calming grants GPR C 60,000,000 -0- (js) Transportation alternatives program, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (jv) Transportation alternatives program, local funds SEG-L C 5,024,200 5,119,700 (jx) Transportation alternatives program, federal funds SEG-F C 19,096,800 19,478,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 373 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kv) Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, local funds SEG-L C 4,365,300 4,390,100 (kx) Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, federal funds SEG-F C 15,681,300 15,780,500 (mq) Astronautics assistance, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (mv) Astronautics assistance, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (mx) Astronautics assistance, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (ph) Transportation infrastructure loans, gifts and grants SEG C -0- -0- (pq) Transportation infrastructure loans, state funds SEG C 4,600 4,600 (pu) Transportation infrastructure loans, service funds SEG-S C -0- -0- (pv) Transportation infrastructure loans, local funds SEG-L C 95,600 -0- (px) Transportation infrastructure loans, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 185,000,000 -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE 600,651,800 632,165,100 FEDERAL (351,118,600) (354,815,400) OTHER (104,881,500) (131,868,600) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) LOCAL (144,651,700) (145,481,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 785,651,800 632,165,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 374 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (3) STATE HIGHWAY FACILITIES (aq) Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects, state funds SEG C 8,286,600 8,286,600 (av) Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (ax) Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects, federal funds SEG-F C 49,460,700 49,460,700 (bq) Major highway development, state funds SEG C 37,884,700 37,884,700 (br) Major highway development, service funds SEG-S C 123,422,800 121,112,400 (bv) Major highway development, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (bx) Major highway development, federal funds SEG-F C 230,994,500 239,626,800 (cq) State highway rehabilitation, state funds SEG C 655,655,900 824,482,800 (cr) Southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (cs) State highway rehabilitation, service funds SEG-S C 65,000,000 -0- (ct) Owner controlled insurance program, service funds SEG-S C -0- -0- (cv) State highway rehabilitation, local funds SEG-L C 2,059,200 2,059,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 375 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cw) Southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (cx) State highway rehabilitation, federal funds SEG-F C 542,122,500 542,122,500 (cy) Southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (dq) Major interstate bridge construction, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (dr) High-cost state highway bridge projects, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (dv) Major interstate bridge construction, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (dw) High-cost state highway bridge projects, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (dx) Major interstate bridge construction, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (dy) High-cost state highway bridge projects, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (eg) Supplement from sponsorship agreements, state funds PR C 10,500 10,500 (eq) Highway system management and operations, state funds SEG C 121,659,500 126,659,500 (er) State-owned lift bridge operations and maintenance, state funds SEG A 2,380,100 2,380,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 376 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (es) Routine maintenance activities, state funds SEG C 198,915,100 205,715,100 (et) Intelligent transportation systems and traffic control signals, state funds SEG C 9,818,200 9,818,200 (eu) Intelligent transportation systems and traffic control signals, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (ev) Highway system management and operations, local funds SEG-L C 1,900,000 1,900,000 (ew) Routine maintenance activities, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (ex) Highway system management and operations, federal funds SEG-F C 9,381,700 9,373,700 (ey) Routine maintenance activities, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (ez) Intelligent transportation systems and traffic control signals, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (iq) Administration and planning, state funds SEG A 15,899,000 15,899,000 (ir) Disadvantaged business mobilization assistance, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (iv) Administration and planning, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 377 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ix) Administration and planning, federal funds SEG-F C 5,870,200 5,857,200 (jg) Surveying reference station system PR C 590,000 590,000 (jh) Utility facilities within highway rights-of-way, state funds PR C 279,700 279,700 (jj) Damage claims PR C 4,087,200 4,087,200 (js) Telecommunications services, service funds SEG-S C -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 4,967,400 4,967,400 OTHER (4,967,400) (4,967,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE 2,080,710,700 2,202,638,500 FEDERAL (837,829,600) (846,440,900) OTHER (1,050,499,100) (1,231,126,000) SERVICE (188,422,800) (121,112,400) LOCAL (3,959,200) (3,959,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 2,085,678,100 2,207,605,900 (4) GENERAL TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS (aq) Departmental management and operations, state funds SEG A 84,891,100 83,202,200 (ar) Minor construction projects, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (as) Transit safety oversight, state funds SEG C 72,700 72,700 (at) Capital building projects, service funds SEG-S C 4,750,000 4,750,000 (av) Departmental management and operations, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 378 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ax) Departmental management and operations, federal funds SEG-F C 12,595,400 12,534,800 (ay) Transit safety oversight, federal funds SEG-F C 305,000 305,000 (ch) Gifts and grants SEG C -0- -0- (dq) Demand management SEG A 480,100 480,100 (eq) Data processing services, service funds SEG-S C 15,060,800 15,060,800 (er) Fleet operations, service funds SEG-S C 12,685,600 12,675,300 (es) Other department services, operations, service funds SEG-S C 5,139,000 5,139,000 (et) Equipment acquisition SEG A -0- -0- (ew) Operating budget supplements, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (fq) Electric vehicle infrastructure, state funds SEG C -0- -0- (fv) Electric vehicle infrastructure, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (fx) Electric vehicle infrastructure, federal funds SEG-F C 16,753,200 16,753,200 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE 152,732,900 150,973,100 FEDERAL (29,653,600) (29,593,000) OTHER (85,443,900) (83,755,000) SERVICE (37,635,400) (37,625,100) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 152,732,900 150,973,100 (5) MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICES AND ENFORCEMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 379 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cg) Convenience fees, state funds PR C 8,650,000 8,650,000 (ch) Repaired salvage vehicle examinations, state funds PR C 145,900 145,900 (ci) Breath screening instruments, state funds PR-S C 419,400 419,400 (cj) Vehicle registration, special group plates, state funds PR C -0- -0- (cL) Football plate licensing fees, state funds PR C -0- -0- (cq) Vehicle registration, inspection and maintenance, driver licensing and aircraft registration, state funds SEG A 115,505,800 116,828,600 (cx) Vehicle registration and driver licensing, federal funds SEG-F C 1,237,300 1,237,300 (da) State traffic patrol equipment, general fund GPR A 6,417,500 -0- (dg) Escort, security and traffic enforcement services, state funds PR C 1,124,600 1,124,600 (dh) Traffic academy tuition payments, state funds PR C 655,400 655,400 (di) Chemical testing training and services, state funds PR-S A 1,915,600 1,915,600 (dk) Public safety radio management, service funds PR-S C 1,037,500 1,037,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 380 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (dL) Public safety radio management, state funds PR C 174,200 174,400 (dq) Vehicle inspection, traffic enforcement and radio management, state funds SEG A 96,735,800 93,180,100 (dr) Transportation safety, state funds SEG A 2,192,800 2,192,800 (dx) Vehicle inspection and traffic enforcement, federal funds SEG-F C 8,655,000 8,655,000 (dy) Transportation safety, federal funds SEG-F C 5,277,500 5,277,500 (eg) Payments to the Wisconsin Lions Foundation PR C 7,000 7,000 (eh) Motorcycle safety program supplement, state funds PR C 38,300 38,300 (ei) Payments to Wisconsin Trout Unlimited PR C 21,000 21,000 (ej) Baseball plate licensing fees, state funds PR C 290,000 290,000 (ek) Safe-ride grant program; state funds PR-S C 161,400 161,400 (eL) Payments resulting from the issuance of certain special plates PR C 1,060,000 1,060,000 (ep) Driver education grants, state funds PR C 6,000,000 6,000,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 381 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (fg) Payments to the Boy Scouts of America National Foundation PR C 10,400 10,400 (fh) Payments to Whitetails Unlimited PR C 43,000 43,000 (fi) Payments to the Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation PR C 18,000 18,000 (fj) Payments to Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives PR C 36,500 36,500 (gg) Basketball plate payments to the Milwaukee Bucks Foundation PR C 20,000 20,000 (gh) Payment to Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer PR C 18,000 18,000 (gi) Payments to the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation PR C 8,500 8,500 (gj) Payments to Donate Life Wisconsin PR C 300,000 300,000 (hi) Payments to Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial, Inc. PR C 25,000 25,000 (hj) Payments to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund PR C 25,000 25,000 (hq) Motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program; contractor costs; state funds SEG A 3,523,000 3,523,000 (hx) Motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance programs, federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 382 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ij) Baseball plate deposits to district maintenance and capital improvements fund PR C -0- -0- (iv) Municipal and county registration fee, local funds SEG-L C -0- -0- (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 6,417,500 -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 22,204,700 22,204,900 OTHER (18,670,800) (18,671,000) SERVICE (3,533,900) (3,533,900) SEGREGATED REVENUE 233,127,200 230,894,300 FEDERAL (15,169,800) (15,169,800) OTHER (217,957,400) (215,724,500) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 261,749,400 253,099,200 (6) DEBT SERVICES (ad) Principal repayment and interest, contingent funding of southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects, state funds GPR S 15,995,400 15,527,400 (ae) Principal repayment and interest, contingent funding of major highway and rehabilitation projects, state funds GPR S 12,183,900 9,736,300 (af) Principal repayment and interest, local roads for job preservation program, major highway and rehabilitation projects, southeast megaprojects, state funds GPR S 38,083,600 24,753,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 383 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (aq) Principal repayment and interest, transportation facilities, state highway rehabilitation, major highway projects, state funds SEG S 54,606,100 67,311,400 (ar) Principal repayment and interest, buildings, state funds SEG S 27,800 24,900 (au) Principal repayment and interest, southeast rehabilitation projects, southeast megaprojects, and high- cost bridge projects, state funds SEG S 102,083,800 81,764,500 (av) Principal repayment and interest, contingent funding of major highway and rehabilitation projects, state funds SEG S 10,786,500 13,152,200 (6) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 66,262,900 50,017,300 SEGREGATED REVENUE 167,504,200 162,253,000 OTHER (167,504,200) (162,253,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 233,767,100 212,270,300 (7) OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS (ag) Railroad and water carrier regulation and general program operations PR A 972,100 1,040,700 (am) Railroad and water carrier regulation; federal funds PR-F C -0- -0- (7) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 972,100 1,040,700 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (972,100) (1,040,700) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 384 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 972,100 1,040,700 (9) GENERAL PROVISIONS (qd) Freeway land disposal reimbursement clearing account SEG C -0- -0- (qh) Highways, bridges and local transportation assistance clearing account SEG C -0- -0- (qj) Highways, bridges and local transportation assistance clearing account, federally funded positions SEG-F C -0- -0- (qn) Motor vehicle financial responsibility SEG C -0- -0- (th) Temporary funding of projects financed by revenue bonds SEG S -0- -0- (9) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.395 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 395,090,500 175,263,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 29,198,400 29,315,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (25,185,300) (25,254,100) SERVICE (4,013,100) (4,061,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 3,875,056,400 4,038,911,400 FEDERAL (1,264,176,700) (1,276,424,200) OTHER (2,235,495,100) (2,453,593,900) SERVICE (226,058,200) (158,737,500) LOCAL (149,326,400) (150,155,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,299,345,300 4,243,489,800 Environmental Resources FUNCTIONAL AREA TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 789,189,300 315,151,900 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 385 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE 98,566,300 97,914,100 FEDERAL (34,654,500) (33,858,400) OTHER (48,569,600) (48,649,700) SERVICE (15,342,200) (15,406,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 4,501,552,700 4,540,743,800 FEDERAL (1,331,554,800) (1,341,557,000) OTHER (2,794,613,300) (2,890,293,500) SERVICE (226,058,200) (158,737,500) LOCAL (149,326,400) (150,155,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 5,389,308,300 4,953,809,800 Human Relations and Resources 20.410 Corrections, Department of (1) ADULT CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 1,369,854,600 1,425,513,900 (aa) Institutional repair and maintenance GPR A 6,608,900 7,101,300 (ab) Corrections contracts and agreements GPR A 28,631,900 29,858,300 (b) Services for community corrections GPR A 198,250,500 198,437,300 (bd) Services for drunken driving offenders GPR A 5,374,300 5,374,300 (bm) Pharmacological treatment for certain child sex offenders GPR A 58,900 58,900 (bn) Reimbursing counties for probation, extended supervision and parole holds GPR A 4,885,700 4,885,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 386 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (c) Reimbursement claims of counties or municipalities containing state prisons GPR S 166,700 166,700 (cw) Mother-young child care program GPR A 198,000 198,000 (d) Purchased services for offenders GPR A 39,100,100 45,044,000 (df) Community reentry centers GPR A 2,000,000 2,000,000 (ds) Becky Young community corrections; recidivism reduction community services GPR A 16,695,200 17,422,600 (e) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 33,715,400 31,339,600 (ec) Prison industries principal, interest and rebates GPR S -0- -0- (ed) Correctional facilities rental GPR A -0- -0- (ef) Lease rental payments GPR S -0- -0- (f) Energy costs; energy-related assessments GPR A 31,503,800 33,501,900 (fm) Electric energy derived from renewable resources GPR A 460,800 460,800 (gb) Drug testing PR C -0- -0- (gc) Sex offender honesty testing PR C 340,800 340,800 (gd) Sex offender management PR A 1,509,100 1,509,100 (gf) Probation, parole, and extended supervision PR A 11,328,500 11,328,500 (gh) Supervision of persons on lifetime supervision PR A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 387 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gi) General operations PR A 8,415,900 8,415,900 (gk) Global positioning system tracking devices for certain sex offenders PR C 500,000 508,500 (gL) Global positioning system tracking devices for certain violators of restraining orders PR C 139,400 139,400 (gm) Sale of fuel and utility service PR A -0- -0- (gn) Interstate compact for adult offender supervision PR A 375,900 375,900 (gr) Home detention services; supervision PR A 11,100 11,100 (gt) Telephone company commissions PR A 5,404,600 5,404,600 (h) Administration of restitution PR A 667,300 667,300 (hm) Private business employment of inmates and residents PR A -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C 33,400 33,400 (jz) Operations and maintenance PR C -0- -0- (kc) Correctional institution enterprises; inmate activities and employment PR-S C 2,819,800 2,819,800 (kd) Victim notification PR-S A 682,300 682,300 (ke) American Indian reintegration program PR-S A 50,000 50,000 (kf) Correctional farms PR-S A 10,682,300 10,683,800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 388 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kh) Victim services and programs PR-S A 339,700 339,700 (kk) Institutional operations and charges PR-S A 17,512,700 17,512,800 (km) Prison industries PR-S A 29,329,500 29,333,400 (ko) Prison industries principal repayment, interest and rebates PR-S S 1,700 100 (kp) Correctional officer training PR-S A 2,694,100 2,694,100 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 2,746,800 2,746,800 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C 1,427,700 1,427,700 (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C 2,725,500 2,725,500 (n) Federal program operations PR-F C 86,800 86,800 (qm) Computer recycling SEG A -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,737,504,800 1,801,363,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 99,824,900 99,837,300 FEDERAL (2,812,300) (2,812,300) OTHER (28,726,000) (28,734,500) SERVICE (68,286,600) (68,290,500) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,837,329,700 1,901,200,600 (2) PAROLE COMMISSION (a) General program operations GPR A 724,500 724,500 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 389 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 724,500 724,500 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 724,500 724,500 (3) JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 37,605,000 24,660,000 (ab) Contract payments for placement of juveniles GPR S -0- -0- (ba) Mendota juvenile treatment center GPR A 1,365,500 1,365,500 (c) Reimbursement claims of counties or municipalities containing juvenile correctional facilities GPR S 95,000 95,000 (cg) Serious juvenile offenders GPR B 28,325,100 22,801,600 (dm) Interstate compact for juveniles assessments GPR A -0- -0- (e) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 2,577,300 2,851,800 (f) Operating loss reimbursement program GPR S -0- -0- (fm) Secured residential care centers for children and youth GPR S 3,334,600 4,189,100 (g) Legal services collections PR C -0- -0- (gg) Collection remittances to local units of government PR C -0- -0- (hm) Juvenile correctional services PR A 58,297,200 17,022,600 (ho) Juvenile alternate care services PR A 3,737,300 3,914,100 (hr) Juvenile community supervision PR A 6,084,800 6,090,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 390 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 7,700 7,700 (jr) Institutional operations and charges PR A 180,100 180,100 (jv) Secure detention services PR C 200,000 -0- (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 940,600 940,600 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C -0- -0- (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C 56,700 56,700 (n) Federal program operations PR-F C 30,000 30,000 (q) Girls school benevolent trust fund SEG C -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 73,302,500 55,963,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 69,534,400 28,242,300 FEDERAL (86,700) (86,700) OTHER (68,507,100) (27,215,000) SERVICE (940,600) (940,600) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 142,836,900 84,205,300 (4) OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSPERSON FOR CORRECTIONS (a) General program operations GPR A 901,300 1,201,700 (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (k) Interagency and intra-agency assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 901,300 1,201,700 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 391 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 901,300 1,201,700 20.410 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,812,433,100 1,859,252,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 169,359,300 128,079,600 FEDERAL (2,899,000) (2,899,000) OTHER (97,233,100) (55,949,500) SERVICE (69,227,200) (69,231,100) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,981,792,400 1,987,332,100 20.425 Employment Relations Commission (1) LABOR RELATIONS (a) General program operations GPR A 982,200 2,354,400 (i) Fees, collective bargaining training, publications, and appeals PR A 145,600 145,600 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 982,200 2,354,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 145,600 145,600 OTHER (145,600) (145,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,127,800 2,500,000 20.425 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 982,200 2,354,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 145,600 145,600 OTHER (145,600) (145,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,127,800 2,500,000 20.427 Labor and Industry Review Commission (1) REVIEW COMMISSION (a) General program operations, review commission GPR A 165,800 165,800 (k) Unemployment administration PR-S C 2,070,400 2,070,400 (km) Equal rights; other moneys PR-S C 215,700 215,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 392 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (m) Federal moneys PR-F C -0- -0- (ra) Worker's compensation operations fund; worker's compensation activities SEG A 760,600 760,600 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 165,800 165,800 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,286,100 2,286,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (2,286,100) (2,286,100) SEGREGATED REVENUE 760,600 760,600 OTHER (760,600) (760,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 3,212,500 3,212,500 20.427 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 165,800 165,800 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,286,100 2,286,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (2,286,100) (2,286,100) SEGREGATED REVENUE 760,600 760,600 OTHER (760,600) (760,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 3,212,500 3,212,500 20.432 Aging and Long-Term Care, Board on (1) IDENTIFICATION OF THE NEEDS OF THE AGED AND DISABLED (a) General program operations GPR A 2,379,100 2,430,600 (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (k) Contracts with other state agencies PR-S C 2,062,300 2,059,200 (kb) Insurance and other information, counseling and assistance PR-S A 629,600 636,400 (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,379,100 2,430,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,691,900 2,695,600 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 393 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 SERVICE (2,691,900) (2,695,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 5,071,000 5,126,200 20.432 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,379,100 2,430,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,691,900 2,695,600 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (2,691,900) (2,695,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 5,071,000 5,126,200 20.433 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board (1) PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (b) Grants to organizations GPR A 6,870,000 6,870,000 (g) General program operations PR A 944,900 944,900 (h) Grants to organizations PR C 750,600 750,600 (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (jb) Fees for administrative services PR C 15,000 15,000 (k) Interagency programs PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C 206,200 206,200 (ma) Federal project aids PR-F C 450,000 450,000 (q) Children's trust fund; gifts and grants SEG C 15,000 15,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 6,870,000 6,870,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,366,700 2,366,700 FEDERAL (656,200) (656,200) OTHER (1,710,500) (1,710,500) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 15,000 15,000 OTHER (15,000) (15,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 9,251,700 9,251,700 20.433 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 6,870,000 6,870,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,366,700 2,366,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 394 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 FEDERAL (656,200) (656,200) OTHER (1,710,500) (1,710,500) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 15,000 15,000 OTHER (15,000) (15,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 9,251,700 9,251,700 20.435 Health Services, Department of (1) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PLANNING, REGULATION AND DELIVERY (a) General program operations GPR A 12,728,900 12,867,100 (am) Services, reimbursement, and payment related to human immunodeficiency virus GPR A 8,470,900 8,470,900 (b) General aids and local assistance GPR A 4,764,800 8,832,000 (bd) Hospital services grants GPR B 15,000,000 -0- (bg) Alzheimer's disease; training and information grants GPR A 181,400 181,400 (bm) Purchased services for clients GPR A 93,900 93,900 (bn) Workplace wellness program grants GPR S -0- -0- (br) Respite care GPR A 550,000 550,000 (c) Public health emergency quarantine costs GPR S -0- -0- (cb) Well-woman program GPR A 2,428,200 2,428,200 (cc) Cancer control and prevention GPR A 333,900 333,900 (ce) Primary health for homeless individuals GPR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 395 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cf) Communicable disease control and prevention GPR C 500,000 500,000 (cg) Guardianship grant program GPR A 200,000 200,000 (cj) Emergency dispatcher cardiopulmonary resuscitation training GPR B 75,900 75,900 (ck) Emergency medical services grants GPR A 25,000,000 25,000,000 (cm) Immunization GPR S -0- -0- (cr) Minority health grants GPR A 383,600 383,600 (cx) Independent living centers GPR A 1,119,500 1,119,500 (da) Interpreter services and telecommunication aid for the hearing impaired GPR A 278,200 278,200 (de) Dental services GPR A 8,854,300 3,854,300 (dg) Clinic aids GPR B 66,800 66,800 (dh) Programs for senior citizens; elder abuse services; benefit specialist program GPR A 28,908,400 32,181,600 (dk) Low-income dental clinics GPR A 3,500,000 3,500,000 (dm) Rural health dental clinics GPR A 895,500 895,500 (dn) Food distribution grants GPR A 476,000 476,000 (ds) Statewide poison control program GPR A 482,500 482,500 (dx) Early literacy program grants; Reach Out and Read Wisconsin GPR B 500,000 500,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 396 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (e) Public health dispensaries and drugs GPR B 661,000 661,000 (ed) Radon aids GPR A 26,700 26,700 (ef) Lead-poisoning or lead-exposure services GPR C 103,203,100 5,341,800 (eg) Pregnancy counseling GPR A 69,100 69,100 (em) Supplemental food program for women, infants and children benefits GPR C 411,400 411,400 (eu) Reducing fetal and infant mortality and morbidity GPR B 222,700 222,700 (ev) Pregnancy outreach and infant health GPR A 1,883,200 1,883,200 (f) Women's health block grant GPR A 1,935,600 1,935,600 (fe) Referral system for community- based services GPR A 210,000 210,000 (fh) Community health services GPR A 14,940,000 14,940,000 (fk) Grants to establish health care provider training programs GPR B 3,500,000 3,500,000 (fm) Tobacco use control GPR C 5,315,000 5,315,000 (fn) Health care information organization GPR A -0- -0- (gm) Licensing, review and certifying activities; fees; supplies and services PR A 14,525,600 14,525,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 397 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gp) Cancer information PR C 100,000 100,000 (gr) Supplemental food program for women, infants and children administration PR C 48,200 48,200 (hg) General program operations; health care information PR A 1,023,300 1,023,300 (hi) Compilations and special reports; health care information PR C -0- -0- (hs) Interpreter services for hearing impaired PR A 49,900 49,900 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 18,168,500 18,168,500 (ja) Congenital disorders; diagnosis, special dietary treatment and counseling PR A 5,350,000 5,350,000 (jb) Congenital disorders; operations PR A 1,266,600 1,266,600 (jd) Fees for administrative services PR C 118,500 118,500 (kc) Independent living center grants PR-S A 660,000 660,000 (ke) American Indian health projects PR-S A 106,900 106,900 (kf) American Indian diabetes prevention and control PR-S A 22,500 22,500 (kn) Elderly nutrition; home-delivered and congregate meals PR-S A 500,000 500,000 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 8,873,400 8,853,300 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C 1,829,700 1,829,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 398 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C 109,534,900 109,531,500 (ma) Federal project aids PR-F C 88,227,000 88,227,000 (mc) Federal block grant operations PR-F C 8,956,900 8,956,900 (md) Federal block grant aids PR-F C 9,865,000 9,865,000 (n) Federal program operations PR-F C 21,828,500 21,828,500 (na) Federal program aids PR-F C 134,871,300 134,871,300 (q) Groundwater and air quality standards SEG A 218,800 217,100 (r) Emergency medical services; aids; local government fund SEG A 25,000,000 25,000,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 248,170,500 137,787,800 PROGRAM REVENUE 425,926,700 425,903,200 FEDERAL (373,283,600) (373,280,200) OTHER (40,650,600) (40,650,600) SERVICE (11,992,500) (11,972,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE 25,218,800 25,217,100 OTHER (25,218,800) (25,217,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 699,316,000 588,908,100 (2) MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES; FACILITIES (a) General program operations GPR A 183,650,100 191,645,500 (aa) Institutional repair and maintenance GPR A 751,000 751,000 (bj) Competency examinations and treatment, and conditional release, supervised release, and community supervision services GPR B 29,626,600 32,187,400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 399 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (bm) Secure mental health units or facilities GPR A 197,689,900 203,747,600 (cm) Grant program; mental health beds GPR A 50,000 50,000 (ee) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 28,209,800 29,362,400 (ef) Lease rental payments GPR S -0- -0- (f) Energy costs; energy-related assessments GPR A 6,803,400 7,155,000 (fm) Electric energy derived from renewable resources GPR A 241,400 241,400 (g) Alternative services of institutes and centers PR C 16,960,200 16,976,100 (gk) Institutional operations and charges PR A 297,331,100 307,567,400 (gs) Sex offender honesty testing PR C -0- -0- (gz) Costs of housing persons on supervised release PR C -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C 225,000 225,000 (km) Indian mental health placement PR-S A 250,000 250,000 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 29,907,200 31,265,400 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C -0- -0- (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 400 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 447,022,200 465,140,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 344,673,500 356,283,900 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (314,516,300) (324,768,500) SERVICE (30,157,200) (31,515,400) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 791,695,700 821,424,200 (4) MEDICAID SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 47,467,900 48,032,700 (b) Medical Assistance program benefits GPR B 3,686,074,500 4,038,122,900 (bd) Long-term care programs GPR A 11,200,000 11,200,000 (bf) Graduate medical training support grants GPR C 3,679,900 3,679,900 (bm) Medical Assistance, food stamps, and Badger Care administration; contract costs, insurer reports, and resource centers GPR B 144,330,900 140,174,700 (bn) Income maintenance GPR B 16,632,000 16,964,100 (bp) Food stamp employment and training program administration GPR C 9,853,300 19,258,300 (br) Cemetery, funeral, and burial expenses program GPR B 7,413,200 7,622,000 (bt) Healthy food incentive program GPR C 425,000 425,000 (bu) Payment processing program for farmers GPR B 367,500 367,500 (bv) Prescription drug assistance for elderly; aids GPR B 19,047,000 21,803,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 401 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (e) Disease aids GPR B 2,686,000 2,744,200 (ed) State supplement to federal supplemental security income program GPR S 161,112,300 175,331,700 (g) Family care benefit; cost sharing PR C -0- -0- (gm) Medical assistance; provider refunds and collections PR C 1,244,171,600 1,324,025,800 (gr) Income maintenance; county payments PR C -0- -0- (h) County contributions PR C 52,025,700 52,025,700 (hp) Disabled children's long-term support waivers PR C 1,567,300 1,567,300 (i) Gifts, grants, and payments; health care financing PR C 3,385,900 3,385,900 (iL) Medical assistance provider assessments; health services regulation PR C 186,800 186,800 (im) Medical assistance; correct payment recovery; collections; community services; other recoveries PR C 68,918,100 68,918,100 (in) Community options program; family care; recovery of costs administration PR A 290,100 290,100 (j) Prescription drug assistance for elderly; manufacturer rebates PR C 72,267,800 75,334,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 402 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (jb) Prescription drug assistance for elderly; enrollment fees PR C 3,216,300 3,216,300 (jc) Fees for administrative services PR C 30,000 30,000 (jd) Electronic benefit transfer card replacement costs PR C 455,000 455,000 (je) Disease aids; drug manufacturer rebates PR C 490,800 503,900 (jt) Care management organization; insolvency assistance PR C -0- -0- (jw) BadgerCare Plus and hospital assessment PR C 2,030,200 2,030,200 (jz) Medical Assistance and Badger Care cost sharing, and employer penalty assessments PR C 9,000,000 9,000,000 (kb) Relief block grants to tribal governing bodies PR-S A 712,800 712,800 (kt) Medical assistance outreach and reimbursements for tribes PR-S B 961,700 961,700 (kv) Care management organization; oversight PR-S C -0- -0- (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 9,587,500 9,460,300 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C 44,503,400 44,357,400 (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C 1,000,000 1,000,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 403 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (L) Fraud and error reduction PR C 817,300 817,300 (m) Federal project operations PR-F C 6,226,700 6,226,700 (ma) Federal project aids PR-F C 2,700,000 2,700,000 (md) Federal block grant aids PR-F C -0- -0- (n) Federal program operations PR-F C 90,896,300 90,906,300 (na) Federal program aids PR-F C 12,485,000 12,485,000 (nn) Federal aid; income maintenance PR-F C 63,372,400 63,884,700 (np) Federal aid; food stamp employment and training program PR-F C 25,512,500 26,069,300 (o) Federal aid; medical assistance PR-F C 10,996,475,500 11,721,913,200 (p) Federal aid; Badger Care health care program PR-F C -0- -0- (pa) Federal aid; Medical Assistance and food stamp contracts administration PR-F C 306,800,400 323,977,400 (pg) Federal aid; prescription drug assistance for elderly PR-F C 23,263,300 23,193,900 (w) Medical Assistance trust fund SEG B 822,406,900 773,085,600 (wa) Ambulance service provider trust fund; ambulance payments SEG C -0- -0- (wm) Medical assistance trust fund; nursing homes SEG S -0- -0- (wp) Medical Assistance trust fund; county reimbursement SEG S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 404 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (x) Medical Assistance trust fund; Badger Care health care program SEG C -0- -0- (xc) Hospital assessment fund; hospital payments SEG C 703,392,100 701,890,000 (xe) Critical access hospital assessment fund; hospital payments SEG C 16,137,600 16,118,300 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 4,110,289,500 4,485,726,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 13,043,350,400 13,869,635,100 FEDERAL (11,527,732,100) (12,271,356,500) OTHER (1,458,852,900) (1,541,786,400) SERVICE (56,765,400) (56,492,200) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,541,936,600 1,491,093,900 OTHER (1,541,936,600) (1,491,093,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 18,695,576,500 19,846,455,300 (5) CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 5,416,400 5,392,000 (bc) Grants for community programs GPR A 13,303,300 15,262,900 (bd) Nonnarcotic drug treatment grants GPR B 750,000 750,000 (be) Mental health treatment services GPR A 1,551,500 1,551,500 (bf) Brighter futures initiative GPR A 865,000 865,000 (bg) Treatment program grants GPR A 2,252,500 2,252,500 (bw) Mental health consultation program GPR B 4,000,000 4,000,000 (bx) Addiction medicine consultation program GPR B 500,000 500,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 405 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cd) Crisis intervention training grants GPR B 500,000 500,000 (cf) Crisis program enhancement grants GPR B 1,125,000 1,125,000 (ch) Suicide and crisis lifeline grants GPR A 4,217,900 7,979,800 (ck) Crisis urgent care and observation facilities GPR C 20,161,400 -0- (co) Initiatives for coordinated services GPR A 2,599,100 2,599,100 (da) Reimbursements to local units of government GPR S 1,000,000 1,000,000 (dg) Grants for crisis stabilization facilities GPR A 3,760,000 3,839,000 (fr) Mental health for homeless individuals GPR A 41,900 41,900 (gb) Alcohol and drug abuse initiatives PR C 506,700 506,700 (gg) Collection remittances to local units of government PR C 4,400 4,400 (hx) Services related to drivers, receipts PR A -0- -0- (hy) Services for drivers, local assistance PR-S A 1,000,000 1,000,000 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 196,500 196,500 (jb) Fees for administrative services PR C 23,900 23,900 (kc) Severely emotionally disturbed children PR-S C 724,500 724,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 406 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kg) Compulsive gambling awareness campaigns PR-S A 396,000 396,000 (kL) Indian aids PR-S A 242,000 242,000 (km) Indian drug abuse prevention and education PR-S A 445,500 445,500 (kp) Center PR-S C 1,245,500 1,245,500 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 6,219,300 6,219,300 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C -0- -0- (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C 1,582,200 1,582,200 (ma) Federal project aids PR-F C 16,693,000 16,693,000 (mb) Federal project local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- (mc) Federal block grant operations PR-F C 8,293,800 8,269,500 (md) Federal block grant aids PR-F C 11,679,300 11,679,300 (me) Federal block grant local assistance PR-F C 60,274,000 60,274,000 (n) Federal program operations PR-F C 1,331,200 1,331,200 (na) Federal program aids PR-F C 847,000 847,000 (nL) Federal program local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- (o) Federal aid; community aids PR-F C 12,610,700 12,610,700 (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 62,044,000 47,658,700 PROGRAM REVENUE 124,315,500 124,291,200 FEDERAL (113,311,200) (113,286,900) OTHER (731,500) (731,500) SERVICE (10,272,800) (10,272,800) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 407 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 186,359,500 171,949,900 (6) QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES PLANNING, REGULATION AND DELIVERY (a) General program operations GPR A 6,892,000 6,841,500 (dm) Nursing home monitoring and receivership supplement GPR S -0- -0- (g) Nursing facility resident protection PR C 2,000,000 2,000,000 (ga) Community-based residential facility monitoring and receivership operations PR C -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (jb) Fees for administrative services PR C 248,700 248,700 (jm) Licensing and support services PR A 10,086,200 10,328,700 (k) Nursing home monitoring and receivership operations PR C -0- -0- (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C -0- -0- (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C -0- -0- (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C -0- -0- (mc) Federal block grant operations PR-F C -0- -0- (n) Federal program operations PR-F C 21,607,300 21,711,700 (na) Federal program aids PR-F C -0- -0- (nL) Federal program local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 408 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (6) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 6,892,000 6,841,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 33,942,200 34,289,100 FEDERAL (21,607,300) (21,711,700) OTHER (12,334,900) (12,577,400) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 40,834,200 41,130,600 (7) DISABILITY AND ELDER SERVICES (b) Community aids and medical assistance payments GPR A 219,611,900 224,691,600 (bc) Grants for community programs GPR A 131,200 131,200 (bt) Early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities GPR C 6,914,000 6,914,000 (d) Complex patient pilot program GPR B 15,000,000 -0- (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C -0- -0- (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C 1,257,800 1,257,800 (ma) Federal project aids PR-F C 10,500,000 10,500,000 (mb) Federal project local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- (md) Federal block grant aids PR-F C -0- -0- (me) Federal block grant local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- (na) Federal program aids PR-F C 1,000,000 1,000,000 (nL) Federal program local assistance PR-F C 9,500,000 9,500,000 (o) Federal aid; community aids PR-F C 42,586,700 42,586,700 (7) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 241,657,100 231,736,800 PROGRAM REVENUE 64,844,500 64,844,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 409 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 FEDERAL (63,586,700) (63,586,700) SERVICE (1,257,800) (1,257,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 306,501,600 296,581,300 (8) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (a) General program operations GPR A 21,521,300 21,399,600 (b) Inspector general; general operations GPR A 5,730,100 5,715,000 (c) Inspector general; local assistance GPR A 1,500,000 1,500,000 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 572,700 572,700 (k) Administrative and support services PR-S A 50,959,300 50,959,300 (kw) Inspector general; interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 1,185,200 1,185,200 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 571,400 571,400 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C 2,000,000 2,000,000 (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C -0- -0- (ma) Federal project aids PR-F C -0- -0- (mb) Income augmentation services receipts PR-F C 376,100 376,100 (mc) Federal block grant operations PR-F C 1,757,800 1,757,800 (mm) Reimbursements from federal government PR-F C -0- -0- (n) Federal program operations PR-F C 4,920,200 4,266,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 410 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (o) Inspector general; federal program local assistance PR-F C 2,447,000 2,447,000 (p) Inspector general; federal program operations PR-F C 10,244,100 10,244,100 (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 8,794,100 8,203,700 (8) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 28,751,400 28,614,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 83,827,900 82,583,400 FEDERAL (28,539,300) (27,294,800) OTHER (572,700) (572,700) SERVICE (54,715,900) (54,715,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 112,579,300 111,198,000 20.435 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 5,144,826,700 5,403,506,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 14,120,880,700 14,957,830,400 FEDERAL (12,128,060,200) (12,870,516,800) OTHER (1,827,658,900) (1,921,087,100) SERVICE (165,161,600) (166,226,500) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,567,155,400 1,516,311,000 OTHER (1,567,155,400) (1,516,311,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 20,832,862,800 21,877,647,400 20.437 Children and Families, Department of (1) CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 13,645,900 16,704,600 (ab) Child abuse and neglect prevention grants GPR A 3,185,700 5,881,700 (ac) Child abuse and neglect prevention technical assistance GPR A -0- -0- (b) Children and family aids payments GPR A 49,086,800 54,211,900 (bc) Youth support programs GPR A 9,585,300 9,613,900 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 411 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (bd) Tribal family services grants GPR A 98,900 173,500 (bf) Family and juvenile treatment court grants GPR A 250,000 250,000 (bg) Grants to support foster parents and children GPR A 400,000 400,000 (bn) Tribal placements GPR A 3,729,900 3,729,900 (cd) Domestic abuse grants GPR A 12,434,600 12,434,600 (cf) Foster parent insurance and liability GPR A 59,400 59,400 (cj) Community youth and family aids GPR A 49,829,900 53,351,400 (ck) Community youth and family aids; bonus for county facilities GPR A 750,000 750,000 (cL) Seventeen-year-old juvenile justice aids GPR S 5,000,000 5,000,000 (cm) Youth justice system improvement program GPR A 3,015,300 3,015,300 (cw) Milwaukee child welfare services; general program operations GPR A 22,650,200 22,742,700 (cx) Child welfare services; aids GPR A 85,315,200 84,773,600 (dd) State out-of-home care, adoption services, subsidized guardianships, and kinship care GPR A 57,895,800 58,374,100 (dg) State adoption information exchange and state adoption center GPR A 169,600 169,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 412 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (e) Services for sex-trafficking victims GPR B 3,000,000 3,000,000 (eg) Brighter futures initiative GPR A 864,900 864,900 (em) National reading program grants GPR A 500,000 500,000 (er) Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth GPR A 400,000 400,000 (f) Second-chance homes GPR A -0- -0- (gg) Collection remittances to local units of government PR C -0- -0- (gx) Milwaukee child welfare services; collections PR C 2,679,000 2,679,000 (hh) Domestic abuse surcharge grants PR C 600,000 600,000 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 5,000 5,000 (j) Statewide automated child welfare information system receipts PR C 581,300 581,300 (jb) Fees for administrative services PR C 78,000 78,000 (jj) Searches for birth parents and adoption record information; foreign adoptions PR A 120,700 120,700 (jm) Licensing activities PR C 101,800 101,800 (js) Tribal family services grants PR-S A 1,867,500 1,867,500 (kb) Interagency aids; brighter futures initiative PR-S C 865,000 865,000 (kj) Interagency and intra-agency aids; Menominee child welfare services PR-S A 507,000 507,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 413 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kL) Interagency and intra-agency aids; tribal subsidized guardianships PR-S A 282,600 282,600 (km) Interagency and intra-agency aids; children and family aids; local assistance PR-S C 7,256,100 7,256,100 (kp) Youth aids funding for the youth justice system improvement program PR-S C -0- -0- (kw) Interagency and intra-agency aids; Milwaukee child welfare services PR-S A 20,101,300 20,101,300 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 3,727,100 3,727,100 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C 3,290,100 3,290,100 (kz) Interagency and intra-agency aids; tribal placements PR-S A 717,500 717,500 (m) Federal project operations PR-F C 1,242,500 1,242,500 (ma) Federal project aids PR-F C 4,024,800 4,024,800 (mb) Federal project local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- (mc) Federal block grant operations PR-F C -0- -0- (md) Federal block grant aids PR-F C -0- -0- (mw) Federal aid; Milwaukee child welfare services general program operations PR-F C 5,537,700 5,550,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 414 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mx) Federal aid; Milwaukee child welfare services aids PR-F C 19,293,900 19,098,600 (n) Federal program operations PR-F C 13,539,900 13,622,600 (na) Federal program aids PR-F C 12,968,700 12,968,700 (nL) Federal program local assistance PR-F C 18,645,900 18,749,900 (o) Federal aid; children, youth, and family aids PR-F C 50,802,400 51,577,000 (pd) Federal aid; state out-of-home care, adoption services, and subsidized guardianships PR-F C 56,457,200 56,673,900 (pm) Federal aid; adoption incentive payments PR-F C 400,000 400,000 (q) Community youth and family aids; local government fund SEG A 46,652,900 46,652,900 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 321,867,400 336,401,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 225,693,000 226,688,500 FEDERAL (182,913,000) (183,908,500) OTHER (4,165,800) (4,165,800) SERVICE (38,614,200) (38,614,200) SEGREGATED REVENUE 46,652,900 46,652,900 OTHER (46,652,900) (46,652,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 594,213,300 609,742,500 (2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT (a) General program operations GPR A 12,355,200 15,888,900 (bc) Child support local assistance GPR C 16,410,000 16,410,000 (bp) Child care access program GPR A 10,000,000 -0- (c) Child care quality improvement program GPR A 220,000,000 220,000,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 415 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cm) Wisconsin works child care GPR A 28,849,400 28,849,400 (d) Child care partnership grant program GPR A -0- 5,000,000 (dz) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs; maintenance of effort GPR A 131,077,000 131,077,000 (e) Incentive payments for identifying children with health insurance GPR A 300,000 300,000 (eh) Head start supplement GPR A 6,264,100 6,264,100 (ej) Child care water safety grant program GPR C 7,100,000 -0- (em) Drug testing and treatment costs GPR A 250,000 250,000 (f) Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley GPR A 50,000 50,000 (fg) Grants for out-of-school time programs GPR A -0- 11,500,000 (fn) Expanded Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program GPR A 1,000,000 1,000,000 (fr) Skills enhancement grants GPR A 500,000 500,000 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 2,500 2,500 (ja) Child support state operations - fees, reimbursements, and collections PR C 19,904,800 20,069,200 (jb) Fees for administrative services PR C 725,000 725,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 416 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (jL) Job access loan repayments PR C 610,200 610,200 (jm) Child care worker background check PR C 2,000,000 2,000,000 (jn) Child care licensing and certification activities PR C 1,500,000 1,500,000 (k) Child support transfers PR-S C 7,141,000 7,141,000 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 4,226,500 4,286,800 (L) Public assistance overpayment recovery, fraud investigation, and error reduction PR C 160,600 160,600 (ma) Federal project activities and administration PR-F C 1,257,000 1,237,100 (mc) Federal block grant operations PR-F A 75,598,700 76,787,500 (md) Federal block grant aids PR-F A 631,208,000 663,386,100 (me) Child care and temporary assistance overpayment recovery PR-F C 4,287,600 4,287,600 (mg) Community services block grant; federal funds PR-F C 9,314,700 9,314,700 (mm) Reimbursements from federal government PR-F C -0- -0- (n) Child support state operations; federal funds PR-F C 32,068,500 38,673,100 (nL) Child support local assistance; federal funds PR-F C 85,693,300 85,693,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 417 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (om) Refugee assistance; federal funds PR-F C 8,435,400 8,435,400 (q) Centralized support receipt and disbursement; interest SEG S 35,000 35,000 (qm) Child support state operations and reimbursement for claims and expenses; unclaimed payments SEG S 100,000 100,000 (s) Economic support - public benefits SEG A 9,139,700 9,139,700 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 434,155,700 437,089,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 884,133,800 924,310,100 FEDERAL (847,863,200) (887,814,800) OTHER (24,903,100) (25,067,500) SERVICE (11,367,500) (11,427,800) SEGREGATED REVENUE 9,274,700 9,274,700 OTHER (9,274,700) (9,274,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,327,564,200 1,370,674,200 (3) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (a) General program operations GPR A 2,301,200 2,301,600 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 4,400 4,400 (jb) Fees for administrative services PR C -0- -0- (k) Administrative and support services PR-S A 30,950,000 29,954,700 (kp) Interagency and intra-agency aids; income augmentation services receipts PR-S C -0- -0- (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C 19,986,400 20,386,400 (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 418 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (mc) Federal block grant operations PR-F C -0- -0- (md) Federal block grant aids PR-F C -0- -0- (mf) Federal economic stimulus funds PR-F C -0- -0- (mm) Reimbursements from federal government PR-F C -0- -0- (n) Federal project activities PR-F C -0- -0- (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,301,200 2,301,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 50,940,800 50,345,500 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (4,400) (4,400) SERVICE (50,936,400) (50,341,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 53,242,000 52,647,100 20.437 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 758,324,300 775,792,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,160,767,600 1,201,344,100 FEDERAL (1,030,776,200) (1,071,723,300) OTHER (29,073,300) (29,237,700) SERVICE (100,918,100) (100,383,100) SEGREGATED REVENUE 55,927,600 55,927,600 OTHER (55,927,600) (55,927,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,975,019,500 2,033,063,800 20.438 People with Developmental Disabilities, Board for (1) DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (a) General program operations GPR A 114,200 114,200 (h) Program services PR C -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (mc) Federal project operations PR-F C 1,227,700 1,138,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 419 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (md) Federal project aids PR-F C 543,600 543,600 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 114,200 114,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,771,300 1,682,200 FEDERAL (1,771,300) (1,682,200) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,885,500 1,796,400 20.438 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 114,200 114,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,771,300 1,682,200 FEDERAL (1,771,300) (1,682,200) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,885,500 1,796,400 20.440 Health and Educational Facilities Authority (1) CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES (a) General program operations GPR C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (2) RURAL HOSPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE (a) Rural assistance loan fund GPR C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.440 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.445 Workforce Development, Department of (1) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (a) General program operations GPR A 14,003,200 14,472,400 (aa) Special death benefit GPR S 525,000 525,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 420 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (am) Unemployment insurance; general administration GPR C -0- -0- (b) Workforce training; programs, grants, services, and contracts GPR C 8,750,000 6,750,000 (bg) Worker training and employment program GPR C -0- -0- (bm) Workforce training; administration GPR B 3,775,600 3,775,600 (bt) Workforce development; grants for teacher training and recruitment GPR B 500,000 500,000 (bw) Workforce innovation grants GPR C 140,000,000 -0- (bz) Career and technical education incentive grants GPR A 8,000,000 8,000,000 (c) Career and technical education completion awards GPR S 51,500 51,500 (cg) Technical education equipment grants GPR A 1,200,000 1,200,000 (cm) Wisconsin worker advancement program GPR C 15,000,000 5,000,000 (cr) State supplement to employment opportunity demonstration projects GPR A 200,600 200,600 (d) Reimbursement for tuition payments GPR A 802,000 926,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 421 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (dg) Teacher development program grants GPR A -0- -0- (dr) Apprenticeship programs GPR A 500,000 500,000 (e) Local youth apprenticeship grants GPR S 13,689,200 17,600,000 (em) Youth-to-registered apprenticeship grant program GPR C 250,000 250,000 (er) On-the-job learning grant program GPR C 2,250,000 1,500,000 (f) Death and disability benefit payments; public insurrections GPR S -0- -0- (fg) Employment transit assistance grants GPR A 464,800 464,800 (fm) Youth summer jobs programs GPR A 422,400 422,400 (g) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (ga) Auxiliary services PR C 394,700 394,700 (gb) Local agreements PR C 267,100 267,100 (gc) Unemployment administration PR C -0- -0- (gd) Unemployment interest and penalty payments PR C 1,803,100 1,803,100 (gg) Unemployment information technology systems; interest and penalties PR C -0- -0- (gh) Unemployment information technology systems; assessments PR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 422 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gk) Permit system for employment of minors; fees PR A 164,500 164,500 (gm) Unemployment insurance handbook PR C -0- -0- (gr) Agricultural education and workforce development council, gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (ka) Interagency and intra-agency agreements PR-S C 36,378,600 36,378,600 (kc) Administrative services PR-S A 41,082,700 41,082,700 (km) Nursing workforce survey and grants PR-S C 155,600 155,600 (m) Workforce investment and assistance; federal moneys PR-F C 65,271,100 62,195,200 (n) Employment assistance and unemployment insurance administration; federal moneys PR-F C 71,465,900 68,378,400 (na) Employment security buildings and equipment PR-F C -0- -0- (nb) Unemployment administration; information technology systems PR-F C -0- -0- (nd) Unemployment administration; apprenticeship and other employment services PR-F A 523,000 523,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 423 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ne) Unemployment insurance administration and bank service costs PR-F C -0- -0- (o) Equal rights; federal moneys PR-F C 1,274,700 1,250,000 (p) Worker's compensation; federal moneys PR-F C -0- -0- (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 25,300 25,300 (ra) Worker's compensation operations fund; administration SEG S 17,186,000 17,520,600 (rb) Worker's compensation operations fund; contracts SEG C 93,900 93,900 (rr) Worker's compensation operations fund; special assessment insurer reimbursements SEG A 5,000,000 5,000,000 (s) Self-insured employers liability fund SEG C -0- -0- (sm) Uninsured employers fund; payments SEG S 5,500,000 5,500,000 (t) Work injury supplemental benefit fund SEG C 5,360,000 5,360,000 (u) Unemployment interest payments and transfers SEG C -0- -0- (v) Unemployment program integrity SEG C 1,027,400 1,027,400 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 210,384,300 62,138,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 218,806,300 212,618,200 FEDERAL (138,560,000) (132,371,900) OTHER (2,629,400) (2,629,400) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 424 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 SERVICE (77,616,900) (77,616,900) SEGREGATED REVENUE 34,167,300 34,501,900 OTHER (34,167,300) (34,501,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 463,357,900 309,258,400 (5) VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (a) General program operations; purchased services for clients GPR C 29,060,400 33,189,900 (gg) Contractual services PR C -0- -0- (gp) Contractual aids PR C -0- -0- (h) Enterprises and services for blind and visually impaired PR C 149,100 149,100 (he) Supervised business enterprise PR C 125,000 125,000 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 1,000 1,000 (kg) Vocational rehabilitation services for tribes PR-S A 314,900 314,900 (kx) Interagency and intra-agency programs PR-S C -0- -0- (ky) Interagency and intra-agency aids PR-S C -0- -0- (kz) Interagency and intra-agency local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal project operations PR-F C 50,000 50,000 (ma) Federal project aids PR-F C 5,730,200 1,661,000 (n) Federal program aids and operations PR-F C 92,431,700 117,982,100 (nL) Federal program local assistance PR-F C -0- -0- (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 29,060,400 33,189,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 98,801,900 120,283,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 425 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 FEDERAL (98,211,900) (119,693,100) OTHER (275,100) (275,100) SERVICE (314,900) (314,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 127,862,300 153,473,000 20.445 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 239,444,700 95,328,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 317,608,200 332,901,300 FEDERAL (236,771,900) (252,065,000) OTHER (2,904,500) (2,904,500) SERVICE (77,931,800) (77,931,800) SEGREGATED REVENUE 34,167,300 34,501,900 OTHER (34,167,300) (34,501,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 591,220,200 462,731,400 20.455 Justice, Department of (1) LEGAL SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 20,786,000 20,342,600 (d) Legal expenses GPR B 734,400 734,400 (gh) Investigation and prosecution PR C 200,000 200,000 (gs) Delinquent obligation collection PR A 25,000 25,000 (hm) Restitution PR C 1,000,000 1,000,000 (hn) Payments to relators PR C -0- -0- (k) Environment litigation project PR-S C 801,900 818,600 (km) Interagency and intra-agency assistance PR-S C 2,969,600 3,019,700 (m) Federal aid PR-F C 1,668,200 1,743,900 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 21,520,400 21,077,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 6,664,700 6,807,200 FEDERAL (1,668,200) (1,743,900) OTHER (1,225,000) (1,225,000) SERVICE (3,771,500) (3,838,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 28,185,100 27,884,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 426 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 38,393,100 37,256,400 (am) Officer training reimbursement GPR S 150,000 150,000 (b) Investigations and operations GPR A -0- -0- (bm) Law enforcement officer supplement grants - state funds GPR A 1,000,000 1,000,000 (c) Crime laboratory equipment GPR B -0- -0- (cm) Law enforcement agency drug trafficking response grants GPR B 1,000,000 1,000,000 (cp) Community-oriented policing- house grant program GPR B -0- -0- (cv) Shot Spotter Program GPR A 175,000 175,000 (d) Grants for body cameras GPR C -0- -0- (dg) Weed and seed and law enforcement technology GPR A -0- -0- (eg) Drug courts GPR A 500,000 250,000 (em) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs; presentencing assessments GPR A 10,150,000 5,075,000 (f) School safety GPR C -0- -0- (fw) Elder abuse hotline and grant program GPR A 135,000 135,000 (g) Gaming law enforcement; racing revenues PR A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 427 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gb) Gifts and grants PR C 164,500 100,000 (gc) Gaming law enforcement; Indian gaming PR A 221,200 221,200 (gm) Criminal history searches; fingerprint identification PR C 4,983,500 5,170,000 (gp) Crime information alerts PR C -0- -0- (gr) Firearm purchaser record check; checks for licenses or certifications to carry concealed weapons PR C 4,788,000 4,807,500 (gu) Sobriety programs PR A -0- -0- (h) Terminal charges PR A 2,282,300 2,282,300 (hd) Internet crimes against children PR C 875,000 875,000 (i) Penalty surcharge, receipts PR A -0- -0- (im) Training to school staff PR C -0- -0- (ja) Law enforcement training fund, state operations PR-S A 3,421,100 3,522,000 (jb) Crime laboratory equipment and supplies PR-S A 900,000 900,000 (jc) Law enforcement overtime grants PR A 190,800 -0- (jd) Alternatives to incarceration grant program PR A -0- -0- (k) Interagency and intra-agency assistance PR-S C 2,106,900 2,106,900 (kb) Law enforcement officer supplement grants PR-S A 224,900 224,900 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 428 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kc) Transaction information management of enforcement system PR-S A 1,734,500 1,734,500 (kd) Drug law enforcement, crime laboratories, and genetic evidence activities PR-S A 11,103,100 11,859,300 (ke) Drug enforcement intelligence operations PR-S A 2,392,800 2,392,800 (kg) Interagency and intra-agency assistance; fingerprint identification PR-S A -0- -0- (kj) Youth diversion program PR-S A 672,400 672,400 (km) Lottery background investigations PR-S A -0- -0- (kn) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs; justice information fee PR-S A 268,800 157,900 (ko) Wisconsin justice information sharing program PR-S A 941,700 966,700 (kp) Drug crimes enforcement; local grants PR-S A 717,900 717,900 (kq) County law enforcement services PR-S A 490,000 490,000 (kt) County-tribal programs, local assistance PR-S A 631,200 631,200 (ku) County-tribal programs, state operations PR-S A 134,500 134,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 429 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kv) Grants for substance abuse treatment programs for criminal offenders PR C -0- -0- (kw) Tribal law enforcement assistance PR-S A 2,000,000 2,000,000 (ky) Law enforcement programs and youth diversion - administration PR-S A 160,400 135,200 (Lm) Crime laboratories; deoxyribonucleic acid analysis PR-S C 6,194,300 6,498,800 (Lp) Crime laboratories; deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharges PR C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid, state operations PR-F C 4,729,200 4,645,600 (n) Federal aid, local assistance PR-F C 5,755,000 5,755,000 (q) Law enforcement training fund; local government fund SEG A 8,800,000 8,800,000 (r) Gaming law enforcement; lottery revenues SEG A 512,200 512,500 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 51,503,100 45,041,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 58,084,000 59,001,600 FEDERAL (10,484,200) (10,400,600) OTHER (13,505,300) (13,456,000) SERVICE (34,094,500) (35,145,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 9,312,200 9,312,500 OTHER (9,312,200) (9,312,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 118,899,300 113,355,500 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 9,085,500 8,856,400 (g) Gifts, grants and proceeds PR C 525,000 525,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 430 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (m) Federal aid, state operations PR-F C -0- -0- (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 923,300 923,300 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 9,085,500 8,856,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,448,300 1,448,300 FEDERAL (923,300) (923,300) OTHER (525,000) (525,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 10,533,800 10,304,700 (5) VICTIMS AND WITNESSES (a) General program operations GPR A 2,547,300 2,354,400 (b) Awards for victims of crimes GPR A 2,388,100 2,388,100 (br) Global positioning system tracking GPR A -0- -0- (d) Reimbursement for forensic examinations GPR S 1,120,000 1,120,000 (e) Sexual assault victim services GPR A 2,249,000 2,249,000 (es) Court appointed special advocates GPR A 250,000 250,000 (f) Reimbursement to counties for victim-witness services GPR A 4,131,900 4,619,200 (g) Crime victim and witness assistance surcharge, general services PR A 5,158,000 5,158,000 (gj) General operations; child pornography surcharge PR C 287,300 287,300 (gL) Grants for crime victim services PR C -0- -0- (h) Crime victim compensation services PR-S A 101,000 102,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 431 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (hh) Crime victim restitution PR C 267,300 267,300 (i) Victim compensation, inmate payments PR C -0- -0- (k) Interagency and intra-agency assistance; reimbursement to counties PR-S A -0- -0- (ke) Child advocacy centers PR-S A 255,000 255,000 (km) Grants for crime victim services supplement - state funds PR-S C -0- -0- (kp) Reimbursement to counties for victim-witness services PR-S A 748,900 748,900 (m) Federal aid; victim compensation PR-F C 1,880,700 1,880,700 (ma) Federal aid; state operations relating to crime victim services PR-F C 1,623,500 1,588,300 (mh) Federal aid; victim assistance PR-F C 8,377,900 5,179,300 (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 12,686,300 12,980,700 PROGRAM REVENUE 18,699,600 15,466,800 FEDERAL (11,882,100) (8,648,300) OTHER (5,712,600) (5,712,600) SERVICE (1,104,900) (1,105,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 31,385,900 28,447,500 20.455 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 94,795,300 87,955,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 84,896,600 82,723,900 FEDERAL (24,957,800) (21,716,100) OTHER (20,967,900) (20,918,600) SERVICE (38,970,900) (40,089,200) SEGREGATED REVENUE 9,312,200 9,312,500 OTHER (9,312,200) (9,312,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 189,004,100 179,991,900 20.465 Military Affairs, Department of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 432 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (1) NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS (a) General program operations GPR A 9,579,100 9,798,500 (b) Repair and maintenance GPR A 970,200 970,200 (c) Public emergencies GPR S 4,250,000 4,250,000 (d) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 6,505,800 6,385,900 (dm) Death gratuity GPR S -0- -0- (e) State flags GPR A 400 400 (em) Conservation of memorials and markers related to Wisconsin GPR A -0- -0- (f) Energy costs; energy-related assessments GPR A 2,944,700 3,095,700 (g) Military property PR A 2,079,100 2,079,100 (h) Intergovernmental services PR C -0- -0- (i) Distance learning centers PR C -0- -0- (km) Agency services PR-S A 60,800 60,800 (Li) Gifts and grants PR C 156,800 156,800 (m) Federal aid PR-F C 81,425,200 81,428,300 (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 1,630,000 1,630,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 24,250,200 24,500,700 PROGRAM REVENUE 85,351,900 85,355,000 FEDERAL (83,055,200) (83,058,300) OTHER (2,235,900) (2,235,900) SERVICE (60,800) (60,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 109,602,100 109,855,700 (2) GUARD MEMBERS' BENEFITS (a) Educational grants GPR S 5,800,000 5,800,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 433 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (r) Military family relief SEG C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 5,800,000 5,800,000 SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 5,800,000 5,800,000 (3) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES (a) General program operations GPR A 4,952,700 5,011,000 (am) Worker's compensation for local unit of government volunteers GPR S 30,000 30,000 (b) State disaster assistance GPR A -0- -0- (bm) Statewide public safety interoperable communication system GPR C 79,746,400 -0- (c) Grant program for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades GPR A 10,000,000 -0- (dd) Regional emergency response teams GPR A 1,247,400 1,247,400 (df) Regional emergency response grants GPR C -0- -0- (dm) Mobile field force grants GPR C -0- -0- (dn) Division of emergency management; pre-disaster flood resilience grants GPR B 1,000,000 1,000,000 (dp) Emergency response equipment GPR A 417,000 417,000 (dr) Emergency response supplement GPR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 434 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (dt) Emergency response training GPR B 57,900 57,900 (dv) Urban search and rescue task force GPR C 1,000,000 500,000 (e) Disaster recovery aid; public health emergency quarantine costs GPR S 4,500,000 4,500,000 (f) Civil air patrol aids GPR A 16,900 16,900 (g) Program services PR C 2,879,500 2,879,500 (h) Interstate emergency assistance PR A -0- -0- (hm) Urban search and rescue task force supplement PR C -0- -0- (i) Emergency planning and reporting; administration PR A 1,660,300 1,660,300 (j) Division of emergency management; gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (jm) Division of emergency management; emergency planning grants PR C 1,043,800 1,043,800 (jt) Regional emergency response reimbursement PR C -0- -0- (ke) Interagency and intra-agency assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (km) Interoperable communications system PR-S A 1,377,300 1,377,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 435 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ks) Public safety interoperable communication system; state fees PR-S A 50,000 50,000 (L) Public safety interoperable communication system; general usage fees PR A 50,000 50,000 (m) Federal aid, state operations PR-F C 6,143,800 6,143,800 (mb) Federal aid, homeland security PR-F C 17,265,500 17,265,500 (n) Federal aid, local assistance PR-F C 28,291,700 28,291,700 (o) Federal aid, individuals and organizations PR-F C 4,908,300 4,908,300 (q) Interoperability council SEG A 362,000 362,000 (qm) Next Generation 911 SEG B 35,627,100 35,627,100 (qs) Grant program for incumbent local exchange carriers SEG B 6,000,000 6,000,000 (r) Division of emergency management; petroleum inspection fund SEG A 462,100 462,100 (s) State disaster assistance; petroleum inspection fund SEG C 1,688,600 1,620,500 (t) Emergency response training - environmental fund SEG B 7,600 7,600 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 102,968,300 12,780,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 63,670,200 63,670,200 FEDERAL (56,609,300) (56,609,300) OTHER (5,633,600) (5,633,600) SERVICE (1,427,300) (1,427,300) SEGREGATED REVENUE 44,147,400 44,079,300 OTHER (44,147,400) (44,079,300) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 436 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 210,785,900 120,529,700 (4) NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH PROGRAMS (h) Gifts and grants PR C 1,700 1,700 (ka) Challenge academy program; public instruction funds PR-S C 1,372,100 1,372,100 (m) Federal aid PR-F C 4,117,100 4,117,100 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 5,490,900 5,490,900 FEDERAL (4,117,100) (4,117,100) OTHER (1,700) (1,700) SERVICE (1,372,100) (1,372,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 5,490,900 5,490,900 20.465 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 133,018,500 43,080,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 154,513,000 154,516,100 FEDERAL (143,781,600) (143,784,700) OTHER (7,871,200) (7,871,200) SERVICE (2,860,200) (2,860,200) SEGREGATED REVENUE 44,147,400 44,079,300 OTHER (44,147,400) (44,079,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 331,678,900 241,676,300 20.475 District Attorneys (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEYS (d) Salaries and fringe benefits GPR A 79,974,300 81,417,300 (em) Salary adjustments GPR A 2,947,300 5,841,600 (h) Gifts and grants PR C 3,240,500 3,230,200 (i) Other employees PR A 305,000 305,000 (k) Interagency and intra-agency assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (km) Deoxyribonucleic acid evidence activities PR-S A 126,600 126,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 437 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 82,921,600 87,258,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 3,672,100 3,661,800 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (3,545,500) (3,535,200) SERVICE (126,600) (126,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 86,593,700 90,920,700 20.475 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 82,921,600 87,258,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 3,672,100 3,661,800 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (3,545,500) (3,535,200) SERVICE (126,600) (126,600) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 86,593,700 90,920,700 20.485 Veterans Affairs, Department of (1) VETERANS HOMES (a) Aids to indigent veterans GPR A 178,200 178,200 (e) Lease rental payments GPR S -0- -0- (f) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 1,347,400 1,438,300 (g) Home exchange PR C 207,000 207,000 (gd) Veterans home cemetery operations PR C 5,000 5,000 (gf) Veterans home member care PR C -0- -0- (gk) Institutional operations PR A 138,966,900 138,966,900 (go) Self-amortizing facilities; principal repayment and interest PR S 3,600,300 3,458,800 (h) Gifts and bequests PR C 263,400 263,400 (i) State-owned housing maintenance PR C 15,700 15,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 438 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kc) Electric energy derived from renewable resources PR-S A 54,000 54,000 (kj) Grants for fire and emergency medical services PR-S B 300,000 300,000 (ks) Emergency mitigation PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid; care at veterans homes PR-F C 1,300 1,300 (mn) Federal projects PR-F C 12,500 12,500 (t) Veterans homes member accounts SEG C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,525,600 1,616,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 143,426,100 143,284,600 FEDERAL (13,800) (13,800) OTHER (143,058,300) (142,916,800) SERVICE (354,000) (354,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 144,951,700 144,901,100 (2) LOANS AND AIDS TO VETERANS (g) Consumer reporting agency fees PR C -0- -0- (h) Public and private receipts PR C 18,200 18,200 (kg) American Indian services coordinator PR-S A 126,700 126,700 (km) American Indian grants PR-S A 61,200 61,200 (m) Federal payments; veterans assistance PR-F C 467,300 467,300 (qm) Veterans employment and entrepreneurship grants SEG A 500,000 500,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 439 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (qs) Veterans outreach and recovery program SEG B 2,302,600 2,392,500 (qw) Veterans mental health services SEG B 5,000,000 -0- (rm) Veterans assistance programs SEG B 1,711,900 1,861,900 (rn) Fish and game vouchers SEG B 15,000 15,000 (rp) Veterans assistance program receipts SEG C 115,500 115,500 (s) Transportation payment SEG A 400,000 400,000 (sm) Military funeral honors SEG S 304,500 304,500 (tf) Veterans tuition reimbursement program SEG B 300,000 300,000 (th) Grants to nonprofit organizations SEG B 250,000 250,000 (tj) Retraining assistance program SEG A 200,000 200,000 (tm) Facilities SEG C 50,000 50,000 (u) Administration of loans and aids to veterans SEG A 11,745,300 12,990,500 (vm) Veterans assistance grants SEG A 600,000 600,000 (vs) Grants to Camp American Legion SEG A 100,000 100,000 (vu) Grants to American Indian tribes and bands SEG A 177,500 177,500 (vw) Payments to veterans organizations for claims service SEG A 348,000 348,000 (vx) County grants SEG A 1,103,300 1,103,300 (x) Federal per diem payments SEG-F C 1,343,600 1,343,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 440 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (yn) Veterans trust fund loans and expenses SEG B 20,000 20,000 (yo) Debt payment SEG S -0- -0- (z) Gifts SEG C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 673,400 673,400 FEDERAL (467,300) (467,300) OTHER (18,200) (18,200) SERVICE (187,900) (187,900) SEGREGATED REVENUE 26,587,200 23,072,300 FEDERAL (1,343,600) (1,343,600) OTHER (25,243,600) (21,728,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 27,260,600 23,745,700 (4) VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERIES (a) Cemetery maintenance and beautification GPR A 22,200 22,200 (g) Cemetery operations PR C 393,500 393,500 (h) Gifts, grants and bequests PR C 100,000 100,000 (m) Federal aid; cemetery operations and burials PR-F C 1,371,800 1,371,800 (q) Cemetery administration and maintenance SEG A 1,569,600 1,608,600 (qm) Repayment of principal and interest SEG S 15,700 15,700 (r) Cemetery energy costs; energy- related assessments SEG A 85,000 85,000 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 22,200 22,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,865,300 1,865,300 FEDERAL (1,371,800) (1,371,800) OTHER (493,500) (493,500) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,670,300 1,709,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 441 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 OTHER (1,670,300) (1,709,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 3,557,800 3,596,800 (5) WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM (c) Operation of Wisconsin Veterans Museum GPR A 337,200 337,200 (mn) Federal projects; museum acquisitions and operations PR-F C -0- -0- (tm) Museum facilities SEG C 50,000 50,000 (v) Museum sales receipts SEG C 140,900 140,900 (vo) Veterans of World War I SEG A 2,500 2,500 (wd) Operation of Wisconsin Veterans Museum SEG A 3,619,100 3,645,400 (zm) Museum gifts and bequests SEG C -0- -0- (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 337,200 337,200 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 3,812,500 3,838,800 OTHER (3,812,500) (3,838,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,149,700 4,176,000 (6) ADMINISTRATION (k) Funds received from other state agencies PR-S C -0- -0- (6) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.485 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,885,000 1,975,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 145,964,800 145,823,300 FEDERAL (1,852,900) (1,852,900) OTHER (143,570,000) (143,428,500) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 442 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 SERVICE (541,900) (541,900) SEGREGATED REVENUE 32,070,000 28,620,400 FEDERAL (1,343,600) (1,343,600) OTHER (30,726,400) (27,276,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 179,919,800 176,419,600 20.490 Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (1) FACILITATION OF CONSTRUCTION (a) Capital reserve fund deficiency GPR C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (2) HOUSING REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM (a) General program operations GPR C -0- -0- (q) Loan loss reserve fund SEG C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (3) HOMEOWNERSHIP MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE (a) Homeowner eviction lien protection program GPR C -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (4) DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS MOBILIZATION ASSISTANCE (g) Disadvantaged business mobilization loan guarantee PR C -0- -0- (4) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 443 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (5) WISCONSIN DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES (a) Wisconsin development reserve fund GPR C -0- -0- (q) Environmental fund transfer to Wisconsin development reserve fund SEG C -0- -0- (r) Agrichemical management fund transfer to Wisconsin development reserve fund SEG C -0- -0- (s) Petroleum inspection fund transfer to Wisconsin development reserve fund SEG A -0- -0- (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (6) FUNDS (am) Residential housing infrastructure revolving loan fund GPR C -0- -0- (b) Main street housing rehabilitation revolving loan fund GPR C -0- -0- (c) Commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan fund GPR C -0- -0- (d) Housing rehabilitation GPR C -0- -0- (6) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.490 DEPARTMENT TOTALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 444 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- Human Relations and Resources FUNCTIONAL AREA TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 8,278,160,500 8,366,085,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 16,166,923,900 17,016,056,700 FEDERAL (13,571,527,100) (14,366,896,200) OTHER (2,134,680,500) (2,186,788,400) SERVICE (460,716,300) (462,372,100) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,743,555,500 1,689,528,300 FEDERAL (1,343,600) (1,343,600) OTHER (1,742,211,900) (1,688,184,700) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 26,188,639,900 27,071,670,000 General Executive Functions 20.505 Administration, Department of (1) SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT (a) General program operations GPR A 6,903,700 7,341,000 (au) Grant to local professional baseball park district GPR S 13,400,000 13,400,000 (av) Loans to local professional baseball park district GPR S -0- -0- (aw) Grants for local projects GPR C 125,000,000 -0- (b) Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact; loan from general fund GPR C -0- -0- (bp) Office of violence prevention; general program operations GPR A 597,200 694,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 445 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (bq) Appropriation obligations repayment; tobacco settlement revenues GPR A 106,715,300 101,319,800 (br) Appropriation obligations repayment; unfunded liabilities under the Wisconsin Retirement System GPR A 216,734,200 158,782,500 (bs) Office of violence prevention; violence reduction initiative grants GPR A 3,500,000 8,500,000 (bv) Cybersecurity emergency incident response GPR S -0- -0- (cb) Grants to tribes for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs GPR A -0- 142,500 (cm) Comprehensive planning grants; general purpose revenue GPR A -0- -0- (cn) Comprehensive planning; administrative support GPR A -0- -0- (cp) Translation services GPR A 500,000 500,000 (cv) First class city school district audit response support GPR B 5,000,000 -0- (d) Special counsel GPR S 611,900 611,900 (dm) Justice information systems; general purpose revenue GPR A 3,705,000 3,465,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 446 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (e) Supplement to crime victim services grant program GPR S -0- -0- (em) Cybersecurity activities GPR A 414,400 532,500 (ep) Civil legal services GPR C 43,000,000 -0- (fm) Fund of funds investment program GPR A -0- -0- (fn) Artificial intelligence tools and infrastructure GPR A 193,200 249,600 (fo) Federal resource acquisition support grants GPR A -0- -0- (fp) Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center GPR A -0- -0- (fr) Grants for local government expenditures GPR C -0- -0- (fy) Harbor commission of the town of La Pointe GPR A -0- -0- (g) Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact; membership and costs PR A -0- -0- (gc) Processing services PR A 194,900 194,900 (ge) High-voltage transmission line annual impact fee distributions PR C -0- -0- (gm) Federal resource acquisition PR A 278,100 278,100 (gr) Disabled veteran-owned, woman- owned, and minority business certification fees PR C 31,500 31,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 447 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gs) High-voltage transmission line environmental impact fee distributions PR C -0- -0- (ic) Services to nonstate governmental units PR A 153,900 153,900 (id) Justice information fee receipts PR C -0- -0- (im) Services to nonstate governmental units; entity contract PR A 1,357,000 1,356,800 (ip) Information technology and communication services; self- funded portal PR A 8,034,000 8,034,000 (is) Information technology and communications services; nonstate entities PR A 12,522,700 12,522,700 (it) Appropriation obligations; agreements and ancillary arrangements PR C -0- -0- (iu) Plat and proposed incorporation and annexation review PR C 429,300 429,300 (iv) Enterprise resource planning system; nonstate entities PR C -0- -0- (j) Gifts, grants, and bequests PR C -0- -0- (jc) Employee development and training services PR A 154,700 154,700 (ka) Materials and services to state agencies and certain districts PR-S A 7,461,900 7,560,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 448 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kb) Transportation and records PR-S A 27,599,900 20,167,500 (kc) Capital planning and building construction services PR-S A 19,597,700 20,190,200 (kd) Enterprise resource planning system PR-S C 10,960,800 10,960,100 (kf) Procurement services PR-S C 5,472,100 5,474,100 (kg) Federal resource acquisition PR-S C -0- -0- (kh) Justice information systems PR-S A 4,583,200 4,582,500 (ki) Postage costs PR-S C 15,710,100 15,710,100 (kj) Financial services PR-S A 10,583,700 10,582,500 (kL) Printing, mail, communication, document sales, and information technology services; state agencies; veterans services PR-S A 111,679,900 111,652,400 (km) University of Wisconsin-Green Bay programming PR-S A 356,800 356,800 (kn) Publications PR A 102,100 102,100 (ko) Pay for success contracts PR-S C -0- -0- (kp) Youth wellness center PR-S A 1,500,000 1,500,000 (kq) Justice information systems development, operation and maintenance PR-S A -0- -0- (kr) Legal services; relocation assistance PR-S A 1,842,900 1,895,600 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 449 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ks) Collective bargaining grievance arbitrations PR-S A 30,000 30,000 (kt) Tribal grants; other PR-S A 6,010,800 4,660,800 (ku) Management assistance grants to counties PR-S A 563,200 563,200 (kx) American Indian economic development; technical assistance and tourism promotion PR-S A 1,159,000 1,159,000 (ky) Tribal grants PR-S A 24,310,000 28,150,000 (kz) General program operations PR-S A 45,204,800 46,464,400 (mb) Federal aid PR-F C 7,583,700 4,565,000 (n) Federal aid; local assistance PR-F C 90,000,000 90,000,000 (ng) Sale of forest products; funds for public schools and public roads PR C -0- -0- (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C 50,100 50,100 (r) Local construction project grants SEG C 23,400,000 16,700,000 (s) Diesel truck idling reduction grant administration SEG A -0- -0- (sa) Diesel truck idling reduction grants SEG A -0- -0- (ub) Land information program, state operations; reviews of municipal incorporations and annexations; planning grants SEG A 828,200 828,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 450 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (uc) Land information program; local aids SEG C 15,239,400 15,239,400 (ud) Comprehensive planning grants; land information fund SEG A -0- -0- (v) General program operations - environmental improvement programs; state funds SEG A 881,000 880,800 (x) General program operations - clean water fund program; federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (y) General program operations - safe drinking water loan program; federal funds SEG-F C -0- -0- (z) Transportation planning grants to local governmental units SEG-S B -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 526,274,900 295,538,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 415,518,800 409,532,900 FEDERAL (97,633,800) (94,615,100) OTHER (23,258,200) (23,258,000) SERVICE (294,626,800) (291,659,800) SEGREGATED REVENUE 40,348,600 33,648,200 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (40,348,600) (33,648,200) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 982,142,300 738,720,000 (2) RISK MANAGEMENT (a) General fund supplement - risk management claims GPR S -0- -0- (am) Costs and judgments GPR S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 451 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (k) Risk management costs PR-S C 35,406,200 35,406,200 (ki) Risk management administration PR-S A 23,738,600 26,291,300 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 59,144,800 61,697,500 SERVICE (59,144,800) (61,697,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 59,144,800 61,697,500 (3) UTILITY PUBLIC BENEFITS AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (q) General program operations; utility public benefits SEG A 12,247,700 12,247,600 (r) Low-income assistance grants SEG S 19,447,300 19,447,300 (rr) Air quality improvement grants SEG S -0- -0- (s) Transfer to air quality improvement fund SEG S -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE 31,695,000 31,694,900 OTHER (31,695,000) (31,694,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 31,695,000 31,694,900 (4) ATTACHED DIVISIONS AND OTHER BODIES (a) Adjudication of tax appeals GPR A 912,600 640,000 (b) Adjudication of equalization appeals GPR S -0- -0- (c) Telecommunications access for educational agencies; general fund GPR B 5,527,400 7,671,400 (cm) Community climate action grants GPR B 10,066,200 84,200 (cp) Community climate engagement grant program GPR B 607,800 715,800 (d) Claims awards GPR S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 452 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ea) Women's council operations GPR A 216,100 213,100 (ec) Service award program; general program operations GPR A 17,200 17,200 (er) Service award program; state awards GPR S 2,993,000 2,993,000 (es) Principal, interest, and rebates; general purpose revenue - schools GPR S 155,800 156,000 (et) Principal, interest, and rebates; general purpose revenue - public library boards GPR S 1,100 300 (f) Interagency council on homelessness operations GPR A 117,000 117,000 (fm) National and community service board; state scholarship program GPR B 1,600,000 1,600,000 (g) Distance learning authorization board; general operations PR C -0- -0- (h) Program services PR A 29,100 29,000 (ha) Principal, interest, and rebates; program revenue - schools PR C -0- -0- (hb) Principal, interest, and rebates; program revenue - public library boards PR C -0- -0- (j) National and community service board; gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 453 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (js) Educational technology block grants; Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation assessments PR C -0- -0- (k) Waste facility siting board; general program operations PR-S A 45,500 45,500 (ka) State use board - general program operations PR-S A 184,000 183,900 (kb) National and community service board; administrative support PR-S A 453,700 473,100 (kp) Hearings and appeals fees PR-S A 12,875,600 12,871,900 (L) Equipment purchases and leases PR C -0- -0- (Lm) Educational telecommunications; additional services PR C -0- -0- (mp) Federal e-rate aid PR-F C 5,771,600 5,771,500 (o) National and community service board; federal aid for administration PR-F C 1,309,400 1,309,200 (p) National and community service board; federal aid for grants PR-F C 3,354,300 3,354,300 (r) State capitol and executive residence board; gifts and grants SEG C -0- -0- (s) Telecommunications access for educational agencies SEG B 9,505,900 7,361,900 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 22,214,200 14,208,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 24,023,200 24,038,400 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 454 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 FEDERAL (10,435,300) (10,435,000) OTHER (29,100) (29,000) SERVICE (13,558,800) (13,574,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE 9,505,900 7,361,900 OTHER (9,505,900) (7,361,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 55,743,300 45,608,300 (5) FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (c) Principal repayment and interest; Black Point Estate GPR S 164,600 184,300 (g) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; parking PR-S S 2,076,800 2,041,600 (ka) Facility operations and maintenance; police and protection functions PR-S A 52,828,100 53,911,800 (kb) Parking PR A 1,779,700 1,779,700 (kc) Principal repayment, interest and rebates PR-S C 24,810,700 20,600,000 (ke) Additional energy conservation construction projects PR-S C -0- -0- (kg) Electric energy derived from renewable resources PR-S A 325,400 325,400 (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 164,600 184,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 81,820,700 78,658,500 OTHER (1,779,700) (1,779,700) SERVICE (80,041,000) (76,878,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 81,985,300 78,842,800 (7) HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (a) General program operations GPR A 1,220,700 1,259,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 455 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (b) Housing grants and loans; general purpose revenue GPR B 4,097,800 4,097,800 (bp) Housing quality standards grants GPR A 2,000,000 2,000,000 (c) Payments to designated agents GPR A -0- -0- (fe) Grants for Milwaukee County Housing First GPR A 100,000 100,000 (fm) Shelter for homeless and housing grants GPR B 10,813,600 10,813,600 (fo) Affordable housing and workforce development grants GPR B 1,000,000 -0- (fq) Grants to incentivize eliminating zoning barriers to affordable housing GPR B 20,000,000 -0- (fr) Whole-home upgrade grants GPR C 7,200,000 -0- (ft) Employment grants GPR A 75,000 75,000 (gg) Housing program services; other entities PR C 168,900 168,900 (h) Funding for the homeless PR C 422,400 422,400 (k) Sale of materials or services PR-S C -0- -0- (kg) Housing program services PR-S C 1,492,800 1,512,200 (m) Federal aid; state operations PR-F C 2,143,700 2,112,100 (n) Federal aid; local assistance PR-F C 10,000,000 10,000,000 (o) Federal aid; individuals and organizations PR-F C 22,164,000 22,164,000 (7) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 46,507,100 18,345,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 456 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE 36,391,800 36,379,600 FEDERAL (34,307,700) (34,276,100) OTHER (591,300) (591,300) SERVICE (1,492,800) (1,512,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 82,898,900 54,725,300 (8) DIVISION OF GAMING (am) Interest on racing and bingo moneys GPR S -0- -0- (g) General program operations; racing PR A -0- -0- (h) General program operations; Indian gaming PR A 2,111,200 2,110,500 (hm) Indian gaming receipts PR C -0- -0- (jn) General program operations; raffles and bingo PR A 625,500 800,300 (8) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 2,736,700 2,910,800 OTHER (2,736,700) (2,910,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 2,736,700 2,910,800 20.505 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 595,160,800 328,276,900 PROGRAM REVENUE 619,636,000 613,217,700 FEDERAL (142,376,800) (139,326,200) OTHER (28,395,000) (28,568,800) SERVICE (448,864,200) (445,322,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 81,549,500 72,705,000 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (81,549,500) (72,705,000) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,296,346,300 1,014,199,600 20.507 Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of (1) TRUST LANDS AND INVESTMENTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 457 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (a) General program operations GPR A 1,991,000 2,009,400 (c) Payments in lieu of taxes GPR S 35,000 40,000 (h) Trust lands and investments - general program operations PR-S A -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (j) Payments to American Indian tribes or bands for raised sunken logs PR C -0- -0- (k) Trust lands and investments - interagency and intra-agency assistance PR-S A -0- -0- (mg) Federal aid - flood control PR-F C 52,700 52,700 (q) Forest land and timber management SEG-S A 313,200 313,200 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,026,000 2,049,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 52,700 52,700 FEDERAL (52,700) (52,700) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 2,391,900 2,415,300 20.507 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,026,000 2,049,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 52,700 52,700 FEDERAL (52,700) (52,700) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 2,391,900 2,415,300 20.510 Elections Commission (1) ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 458 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue GPR B 6,670,700 6,776,800 (be) Investigations GPR A 25,000 25,000 (bm) Training of chief inspectors GPR B -0- -0- (bp) Election administration; local aids GPR B 900,000 500,000 (br) Special counsel GPR A -0- -0- (c) County and municipal clerk training GPR A 82,600 82,600 (d) Election administration transfer GPR A -0- -0- (e) Elections administration GPR A -0- -0- (f) Local aids for special elections GPR S -0- -0- (g) Recount fees PR C -0- -0- (h) Materials and services PR A 9,000 9,000 (jm) Gifts and grants PR A -0- -0- (jn) Election security and maintenance PR C 424,600 424,600 (m) Federal aid PR-F A -0- -0- (t) Election administration SEG A 100 100 (x) Federal aid; election administration fund SEG-F C 1,274,500 1,222,100 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 7,678,300 7,384,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 433,600 433,600 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (433,600) (433,600) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,274,600 1,222,200 FEDERAL (1,274,500) (1,222,100) OTHER (100) (100) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 459 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 9,386,500 9,040,200 20.510 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 7,678,300 7,384,400 PROGRAM REVENUE 433,600 433,600 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (433,600) (433,600) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,274,600 1,222,200 FEDERAL (1,274,500) (1,222,100) OTHER (100) (100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 9,386,500 9,040,200 20.515 Employee Trust Funds, Department of (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (a) Annuity supplements and payments GPR S 12,200 8,000 (c) Contingencies GPR S -0- -0- (t) Automated operating system SEG C 30,048,100 30,048,100 (tm) Health savings account plan SEG C -0- -0- (u) Employee-funded reimbursement account plan SEG C -0- -0- (w) Administration SEG A 48,902,700 49,012,600 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 12,200 8,000 SEGREGATED REVENUE 78,950,800 79,060,700 OTHER (78,950,800) (79,060,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 78,963,000 79,068,700 20.515 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 12,200 8,000 SEGREGATED REVENUE 78,950,800 79,060,700 OTHER (78,950,800) (79,060,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 78,963,000 79,068,700 20.521 Ethics Commission (1) ETHICS, CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND LOBBYING REGULATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 460 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue GPR A 4,195,200 3,850,200 (be) Investigations GPR A 225,000 225,000 (br) Special counsel GPR A -0- -0- (g) General program operations; program revenue PR A 31,700 31,700 (h) Gifts and grants PR A -0- -0- (i) Materials and services PR A 4,500 4,500 (j) Electronic filing software PR A -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 4,420,200 4,075,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 36,200 36,200 OTHER (36,200) (36,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,456,400 4,111,400 20.521 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 4,420,200 4,075,200 PROGRAM REVENUE 36,200 36,200 OTHER (36,200) (36,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,456,400 4,111,400 20.525 Governor, Office of the (1) EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION (a) General program operations GPR S 4,309,000 4,309,000 (b) Contingent fund GPR S 20,400 20,400 (c) Membership in national associations GPR S 140,700 140,700 (d) Disability board GPR S -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 461 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 4,470,100 4,470,100 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,470,100 4,470,100 (2) EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE (a) General program operations GPR S 364,300 364,300 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 364,300 364,300 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 364,300 364,300 20.525 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 4,834,400 4,834,400 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,834,400 4,834,400 20.536 Investment Board (1) INVESTMENT OF FUNDS (k) General program operations PR C 102,814,700 102,814,700 (ka) General program operations; environmental improvement fund PR-S C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 102,814,700 102,814,700 OTHER (102,814,700) (102,814,700) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 102,814,700 102,814,700 20.536 DEPARTMENT TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 102,814,700 102,814,700 OTHER (102,814,700) (102,814,700) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 102,814,700 102,814,700 20.540 Lieutenant Governor, Office of the (1) EXECUTIVE COORDINATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 462 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (a) General program operations GPR A 492,800 492,800 (g) Gifts, grants and proceeds PR C -0- -0- (k) Grants from state agencies PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 492,800 492,800 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 492,800 492,800 20.540 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 492,800 492,800 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 492,800 492,800 20.550 Public Defender Board (1) LEGAL ASSISTANCE (a) Program operation GPR B 138,999,100 141,780,600 (fb) Payments from clients; administrative costs PR A 334,400 334,600 (g) Gifts, grants, and proceeds PR C -0- -0- (h) Contractual agreements PR-S A -0- -0- (i) Tuition payments PR C -0- -0- (kj) Conferences and training PR-S A 263,000 263,500 (L) Private bar and investigator reimbursement; payments for legal representation PR C 913,000 913,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 463 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 138,999,100 141,780,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,510,400 1,511,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (1,247,400) (1,247,600) SERVICE (263,000) (263,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 140,509,500 143,291,700 20.550 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 138,999,100 141,780,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,510,400 1,511,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (1,247,400) (1,247,600) SERVICE (263,000) (263,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 140,509,500 143,291,700 20.566 Revenue, Department of (1) COLLECTION OF TAXES (a) General program operations GPR A 74,909,400 74,909,400 (bn) Administration and enforcement of marijuana tax and regulation GPR A 3,357,600 2,171,400 (g) Administration of county sales and use taxes PR A 3,603,700 3,604,500 (ga) Cigarette tax stamps PR A 249,300 249,300 (gb) Business tax registration PR A 2,044,500 2,044,500 (gc) Administration of transit authority taxes PR A -0- -0- (gf) Administration of resort tax PR-S A 72,000 72,000 (gg) Administration of local taxes PR A 182,200 182,200 (gh) Administration of regional transit authority fees PR A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 464 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (gi) Administration of municipality taxes of 1st class cities PR-S A 1,100,700 1,100,700 (gj) Administration of municipality taxes; generally PR-S A 140,300 171,700 (h) Debt collection PR A 4,861,700 4,989,200 (hb) Collections by the department PR A 1,484,400 1,484,400 (hc) Collections from the financial record matching program PR A 655,800 655,800 (hm) Collections under contracts PR S -0- -0- (hn) Collections under the multistate tax commission audit program PR S -0- -0- (ho) Collections under multistate streamlined sales tax project PR S 41,000 41,000 (hp) Administration of income tax checkoff voluntary payments PR A 27,300 27,300 (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (m) Federal funds; state operations PR-F C -0- -0- (q) Economic development surcharge administration SEG A 308,900 308,900 (qm) Administration of rental vehicle fee SEG A 84,900 84,900 (r) Administration of dry cleaner fees SEG A 18,900 18,900 (s) Petroleum inspection fee collection SEG A 100,900 100,900 (t) Farmland preservation credit, 2010 and beyond SEG A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 465 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (u) Motor fuel tax administration SEG A 2,050,400 2,054,500 (v) Cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product enforcement SEG A 659,900 659,900 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 78,267,000 77,080,800 PROGRAM REVENUE 14,462,900 14,622,600 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (13,149,900) (13,278,200) SERVICE (1,313,000) (1,344,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE 3,223,900 3,228,000 OTHER (3,223,900) (3,228,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 95,953,800 94,931,400 (2) STATE AND LOCAL FINANCE (a) General program operations GPR A 10,170,400 10,199,000 (b) Valuation error loans GPR S -0- -0- (bm) Integrated property assessment system technology GPR A 2,545,300 2,545,300 (g) County assessment studies PR C -0- -0- (ga) Commercial property assessment PR C -0- -0- (gb) Manufacturing property assessment PR A 1,575,100 1,603,700 (gi) Municipal finance report compliance PR A 32,800 32,800 (h) Reassessments PR A 273,500 273,500 (hm) Administration of tax incremental, and environmental remediation tax incremental, financing programs PR C 207,400 207,400 (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 466 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (m) Federal funds; state operations PR-F C -0- -0- (q) Railroad and air carrier tax administration SEG A 288,500 289,500 (r) Lottery and gaming credit administration SEG A 357,500 357,600 (s) Shared revenue and innovation grant administration SEG A 376,700 376,700 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 12,715,700 12,744,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,088,800 2,117,400 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (2,088,800) (2,117,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,022,700 1,023,800 OTHER (1,022,700) (1,023,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 15,827,200 15,885,500 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SPACE RENTAL (a) General program operations GPR A 35,445,300 35,416,200 (b) Integrated tax system technology GPR A 4,087,100 4,087,100 (c) Expert professional services GPR B 63,300 63,300 (g) Services PR A 81,300 81,300 (gm) Reciprocity agreement and publications PR A 36,000 36,000 (go) Reciprocity agreement, Illinois PR A -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (k) Internal services PR-S A 2,938,000 2,903,000 (km) Gaming regulation and enforcement PR A 493,400 631,100 (m) Federal funds; state operations PR-F C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 467 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 39,595,700 39,566,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 3,548,700 3,651,400 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (610,700) (748,400) SERVICE (2,938,000) (2,903,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 43,144,400 43,218,000 (4) UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM (a) Unclaimed property; contingency appropriation GPR S -0- -0- (j) Unclaimed property; claims PR C -0- -0- (k) Unclaimed property; administrative expenses PR-S A 4,189,000 4,237,500 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 4,189,000 4,237,500 OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (4,189,000) (4,237,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,189,000 4,237,500 (7) INVESTMENT AND LOCAL IMPACT FUND (e) Investment and local impact fund supplement GPR A -0- -0- (g) Investment and local impact fund administrative expenses PR A -0- -0- (n) Federal mining revenue PR-F C -0- -0- (v) Investment and local impact fund SEG C -0- -0- (7) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 468 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (8) LOTTERY (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue GPR A -0- -0- (b) Retailer compensation GPR A 61,875,100 61,875,100 (c) Vendor fees; general purpose revenue GPR A 23,480,300 23,480,300 (q) General program operations SEG A 21,997,400 22,019,500 (r) Retailer compensation SEG S -0- -0- (s) Prizes SEG S -0- -0- (v) Vendor fees SEG S -0- -0- (8) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 85,355,400 85,355,400 SEGREGATED REVENUE 21,997,400 22,019,500 OTHER (21,997,400) (22,019,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 107,352,800 107,374,900 (9) DIVISION OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES (g) General program operations PR A 3,475,800 3,636,800 (9) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 3,475,800 3,636,800 OTHER (3,475,800) (3,636,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 3,475,800 3,636,800 20.566 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 215,933,800 214,747,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 27,765,200 28,265,700 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (19,325,200) (19,780,800) SERVICE (8,440,000) (8,484,900) SEGREGATED REVENUE 26,244,000 26,271,300 OTHER (26,244,000) (26,271,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 269,943,000 269,284,100 20.575 Secretary of State 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 469 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (1) MANAGING AND OPERATING PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES (g) General program operations PR A 486,100 528,700 (i) Gifts and grants PR C 20,000 20,000 (ka) Program fees PR C 178,800 229,200 (m) Federal aid PR-F C 20,000 20,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 704,900 797,900 FEDERAL (20,000) (20,000) OTHER (684,900) (777,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 704,900 797,900 20.575 DEPARTMENT TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 704,900 797,900 FEDERAL (20,000) (20,000) OTHER (684,900) (777,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 704,900 797,900 20.585 Treasurer, State (1) CUSTODIAN OF STATE FUNDS (b) Insurance GPR A -0- -0- (h) Training conferences PR C -0- -0- (i) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (k) Administrative expenses PR-S A 225,300 245,300 (kb) General program operations PR-S A -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 225,300 245,300 OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (225,300) (245,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 225,300 245,300 20.585 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE 225,300 245,300 OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (225,300) (245,300) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 470 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 225,300 245,300 General Executive Functions FUNCTIONAL AREA TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 969,557,600 703,648,800 PROGRAM REVENUE 753,179,000 747,374,900 FEDERAL (142,449,500) (139,398,900) OTHER (152,937,000) (153,659,600) SERVICE (457,792,500) (454,316,400) SEGREGATED REVENUE 188,332,100 179,572,400 FEDERAL (1,274,500) (1,222,100) OTHER (186,744,400) (178,037,100) SERVICE (313,200) (313,200) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,911,068,700 1,630,596,100 Judicial 20.625 Circuit Courts (1) COURT OPERATIONS (a) Circuit courts GPR S 93,385,500 93,968,800 (b) Permanent reserve judges GPR A -0- -0- (cg) Circuit court costs GPR B 28,392,900 28,612,300 (d) Circuit court costs supplement GPR B 24,596,100 70,000,000 (g) Sale of materials and services PR C -0- -0- (h) Certificates of qualification for employment PR C -0- -0- (jd) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration program PR A -0- -0- (k) Court interpreters PR-S A 232,700 232,700 (kn) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration; justice information fee PR-S A -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 471 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (kv) Programs for criminal offenders PR C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 146,374,500 192,581,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 232,700 232,700 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (232,700) (232,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 146,607,200 192,813,800 20.625 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 146,374,500 192,581,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 232,700 232,700 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (232,700) (232,700) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 146,607,200 192,813,800 20.660 Court of Appeals (1) APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS (a) General program operations GPR S 12,936,600 12,946,900 (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 12,936,600 12,946,900 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 12,936,600 12,946,900 20.660 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 12,936,600 12,946,900 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 12,936,600 12,946,900 20.665 Judicial Commission (1) JUDICIAL CONDUCT (a) General program operations GPR A 363,100 363,400 (cm) Contractual agreements GPR B 16,200 16,200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 472 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mm) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 379,300 379,600 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 379,300 379,600 20.665 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 379,300 379,600 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 379,300 379,600 20.670 Judicial Council (1) ADVISORY SERVICES TO THE COURTS AND THE LEGISLATURE (a) General program operations GPR A -0- -0- (k) Director of state courts and law library transfer PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.670 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.680 Supreme Court (1) SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS (a) General program operations GPR S 6,606,200 6,618,400 (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 473 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 6,606,200 6,618,400 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 6,606,200 6,618,400 (2) DIRECTOR OF STATE COURTS AND LAW LIBRARY (a) General program operations GPR B 13,994,600 13,994,600 (g) Gifts and grants PR C 708,500 708,500 (ga) Court commissioner training PR C 64,700 64,700 (gc) Court interpreter training and certification PR C 45,100 45,100 (h) Materials and services PR C 60,300 60,300 (i) Municipal judge training PR C 182,600 182,600 (j) Court information systems PR C 12,597,800 12,679,400 (kc) Central services PR-S A 396,400 584,000 (ke) Interagency and intra-agency automation assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (kf) Interagency and intra-agency assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (L) Library collections and services PR C 79,400 79,400 (m) Federal aid PR-F C 529,000 529,500 (qm) Mediation fund SEG C 338,800 339,100 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 13,994,600 13,994,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 14,663,800 14,933,500 FEDERAL (529,000) (529,500) OTHER (13,738,400) (13,820,000) SERVICE (396,400) (584,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 338,800 339,100 OTHER (338,800) (339,100) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 474 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 28,997,200 29,267,200 (3) BAR EXAMINERS AND RESPONSIBILITY (g) Board of bar examiners PR C 810,800 810,800 (h) Office of lawyer regulation PR C 3,708,300 3,708,300 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE 4,519,100 4,519,100 OTHER (4,519,100) (4,519,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,519,100 4,519,100 (4) OFFICE OF THE MARSHALS OF THE SUPREME COURT (a) General program operations GPR A 1,332,700 1,241,000 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,332,700 1,241,000 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,332,700 1,241,000 20.680 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 21,933,500 21,854,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 19,182,900 19,452,600 FEDERAL (529,000) (529,500) OTHER (18,257,500) (18,339,100) SERVICE (396,400) (584,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 338,800 339,100 OTHER (338,800) (339,100) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 41,455,200 41,645,700 Judicial FUNCTIONAL AREA TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 181,623,900 227,761,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 19,415,600 19,685,300 FEDERAL (529,000) (529,500) OTHER (18,257,500) (18,339,100) SERVICE (629,100) (816,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 338,800 339,100 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (338,800) (339,100) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 201,378,300 247,786,000 Legislative 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 475 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 20.765 Legislature (1) ENACTMENT OF STATE LAWS (a) General program operations- assembly GPR S 34,374,000 34,374,000 (b) General program operations- senate GPR S 26,756,700 26,756,700 (d) Legislative documents GPR S 4,219,100 4,219,100 (e) Gifts, grants, and bequests PR C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 65,349,800 65,349,800 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 65,349,800 65,349,800 (3) SERVICE AGENCIES AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (b) Legislative reference bureau GPR B 7,251,700 7,251,700 (c) Legislative audit bureau GPR B 8,225,700 8,225,700 (cm) Legislative human resources office GPR B 1,564,100 1,564,100 (d) Legislative fiscal bureau GPR B 5,001,300 5,001,300 (e) Joint legislative council; execution of functions, conduct of research, development of studies, and the provision of assistance to committees GPR B 4,749,700 4,749,700 (ec) Joint legislative council; contractual studies GPR B 25,000 -0- (em) Legislative technology services bureau GPR B 6,378,400 6,450,700 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 476 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (f) Joint committee on legislative organization GPR B -0- -0- (fa) Membership in national associations GPR S 326,800 338,100 (fm) WisconsinEye grants GPR B -0- -0- (g) Gifts and grants to service agencies PR C 20,000 20,000 (ka) Audit bureau reimbursable audits PR-S A 2,711,400 2,711,800 (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 33,522,700 33,581,300 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,731,400 2,731,800 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (20,000) (20,000) SERVICE (2,711,400) (2,711,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 36,254,100 36,313,100 (4) CAPITOL OFFICES RELOCATION (a) Capitol offices relocation costs GPR B -0- -0- (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.765 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 98,872,500 98,931,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,731,400 2,731,800 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (20,000) (20,000) SERVICE (2,711,400) (2,711,800) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 101,603,900 101,662,900 Legislative FUNCTIONAL AREA TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 98,872,500 98,931,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 2,731,400 2,731,800 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (20,000) (20,000) SERVICE (2,711,400) (2,711,800) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 477 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 101,603,900 101,662,900 General Appropriations 20.835 Shared Revenue and Tax Relief (1) SHARED REVENUE PAYMENTS (a) Property tax freeze incentive payments GPR S 111,800,000 226,954,000 (b) Refunds of certain tax payments made for nontaxable tribal land GPR S 1,000,000 -0- (c) County and municipal aid for nontaxable tribal land GPR A 566,700 566,700 (d) State aid, state assessed pipelines GPR S -0- 1,000,000 (dm) Public utility distribution account GPR S 103,799,400 112,391,800 (k) State aid; nontaxable tribal land PR-S A -0- -0- (s) Expenditure restraint incentive program account SEG S 58,145,700 58,145,700 (t) County and municipal aid account SEG S 771,396,000 800,968,300 (u) State aid, local government fund; tax exempt property SEG A 196,094,200 98,047,100 (v) State aid, local government fund; repeal of personal property taxes SEG A 173,800,000 173,800,000 (w) State aid, local government fund; personal property tax exemption SEG A 75,622,100 75,622,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 478 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (x) State aid, local government fund; video service provider fee SEG A 10,008,200 10,008,200 (y) Supplemental county and municipal aid account SEG S 281,189,200 292,346,500 (za) Innovation account SEG C -0- -0- (zb) Innovation planning grants SEG C -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 217,166,100 340,912,500 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,566,255,400 1,508,937,900 OTHER (1,566,255,400) (1,508,937,900) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,783,421,500 1,849,850,400 (2) TAX RELIEF (b) Claim of right credit GPR S 147,000 147,000 (bb) Jobs tax credit GPR S -0- -0- (bg) Business development credit GPR S 15,400,000 16,500,000 (bm) Film production services credit GPR S -0- -0- (br) Interest payments on overassessments of manufacturing property GPR S 10,000 10,000 (c) Property tax and rent rebate GPR S 105,530,000 107,300,000 (cc) Qualified child sales and use tax rebate for 2018 GPR S -0- -0- (co) Enterprise zone jobs credit GPR S 48,000,000 29,200,000 (cp) Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone credit GPR S 8,743,000 17,690,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 479 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (d) Research credit GPR S 27,500,000 30,000,000 (dm) Farmland preservation credit GPR S -0- -0- (do) Farmland preservation credit, 2010 and beyond GPR S 21,250,000 21,250,000 (em) Veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit GPR S 117,800,000 131,100,000 (ep) Cigarette and tobacco product tax refunds GPR S 25,100,000 24,000,000 (eq) Marijuana tax refunds GPR S -0- 2,900,000 (f) Earned income tax credit GPR S 49,822,200 49,530,500 (ff) Earned income tax credit; periodic payments GPR S -0- -0- (kf) Earned income tax credit; temporary assistance for needy families PR-S A 100,907,800 101,558,500 (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 419,302,200 429,627,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 100,907,800 101,558,500 SERVICE (100,907,800) (101,558,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 520,210,000 531,186,000 (3) STATE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF (b) School levy tax credit and first dollar credit GPR S 1,546,962,000 1,672,067,100 (ef) Transfer to conservation fund; forestry GPR S 137,528,200 143,420,500 (q) Lottery and gaming credit SEG S 310,229,200 298,604,900 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 480 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (s) Lottery and gaming credit; late applications SEG S 1,083,100 1,083,100 (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,684,490,200 1,815,487,600 SEGREGATED REVENUE 311,312,300 299,688,000 OTHER (311,312,300) (299,688,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 1,995,802,500 2,115,175,600 (4) COUNTY AND LOCAL TAXES (g) County taxes PR C -0- -0- (gb) Special district taxes PR C -0- -0- (gc) Transit authority taxes PR C -0- -0- (gd) Premier resort area tax PR C -0- -0- (ge) Local professional football stadium district taxes PR C -0- -0- (gg) Local taxes PR C -0- -0- (gh) Regional transit authority fees PR C -0- -0- (gi) Municipality taxes of 1st class cities PR C -0- -0- (gj) Municipality taxes; generally PR C -0- -0- (k) Baseball park facilities improvement fund PR-S C -0- -0- (4) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (5) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (r) Payments for municipal services SEG A 35,584,200 36,996,300 (5) PROGRAM TOTALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 481 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 SEGREGATED REVENUE 35,584,200 36,996,300 OTHER (35,584,200) (36,996,300) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 35,584,200 36,996,300 20.835 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,320,958,500 2,586,027,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 100,907,800 101,558,500 OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (100,907,800) (101,558,500) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,913,151,900 1,845,622,200 OTHER (1,913,151,900) (1,845,622,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,335,018,200 4,533,208,300 20.855 Miscellaneous Appropriations (1) CASH MANAGEMENT EXPENSES; INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT (a) Obligation on operating notes GPR S -0- -0- (b) Operating note expenses GPR S -0- -0- (bm) Payment of canceled drafts GPR S 4,700,000 4,700,000 (c) Interest payments to program revenue accounts GPR S -0- -0- (d) Interest payments to segregated funds GPR S -0- -0- (dm) Interest reimbursements to federal government GPR S -0- -0- (e) Interest on prorated local government payments GPR S -0- -0- (f) Payment of fees to financial institutions GPR S -0- -0- (gm) Payment of canceled drafts; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (q) Redemption of operating notes SEG S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 482 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (r) Interest payments to general fund SEG S -0- -0- (rm) Payment of canceled drafts; segregated revenues SEG S 450,000 450,000 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 4,700,000 4,700,000 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 450,000 450,000 OTHER (450,000) (450,000) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 5,150,000 5,150,000 (3) CAPITOL RENOVATION EXPENSES (b) Capitol restoration and relocation planning GPR B -0- -0- (c) Historically significant furnishings GPR B -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (4) TAX, ASSISTANCE AND TRANSFER PAYMENTS (a) Interest on overpayment of taxes GPR S 5,000,000 5,000,000 (am) Great Lakes protection fund contribution GPR C -0- -0- (be) Study of engineering GPR A -0- -0- (bm) Oil pipeline terminal tax distribution GPR S 9,092,200 9,416,400 (bv) General fund supplement to veterans trust fund GPR S 24,975,000 22,325,000 (c) Minnesota income tax reciprocity GPR S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 483 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ca) Minnesota income tax reciprocity bench mark GPR A -0- -0- (cm) Illinois income tax reciprocity GPR S 155,800,000 162,100,000 (cn) Illinois income tax reciprocity bench mark GPR A -0- -0- (cr) Transfer to local exposition district GPR A 4,000,000 4,000,000 (dr) Transfer to local exposition district GPR A 4,000,000 4,000,000 (dt) Transfer for an endowment fund for WisconsinEye GPR B -0- -0- (e) Transfer to conservation fund; land acquisition reimbursement GPR S -0- -0- (em) Transfer to conservation fund; off- highway motorcycle fees GPR S 112,400 112,400 (f) Transfer to environmental fund; nonpoint sources GPR A 7,991,100 7,991,100 (fc) Aids for certain local purchases and projects GPR A -0- -0- (fm) Transfer to transportation fund; hub facility exemptions GPR S -0- -0- (fr) Transfer to transportation fund; disaster damage aids GPR S 1,000,000 1,000,000 (gd) American Red Cross, Badger Chapter PR C -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 484 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (ge) Feeding America; Second Harvest food banks PR C -0- -0- (h) Volkswagen settlement funds PR C -0- -0- (q) Terminal tax distribution SEG S 2,200,000 2,200,000 (r) Petroleum allowance SEG S 150,000 150,000 (s) Transfer to conservation fund; motorboat formula SEG S 13,166,900 12,959,300 (t) Transfer to conservation fund; snowmobile formula SEG S 5,205,300 5,203,700 (u) Transfer to conservation fund; all- terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle formula SEG S 3,167,600 3,316,200 (w) Transfer to transportation fund; petroleum inspection fund SEG A 6,258,500 6,258,500 (wc) Petroleum inspection fund supplement to environmental fund; environmental management SEG A 1,704,800 1,704,800 (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 211,970,700 215,944,900 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 31,853,100 31,792,500 OTHER (31,853,100) (31,792,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 243,823,800 247,737,400 (5) STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY RESERVE FUND (a) Enhancement of credit of authority debt GPR A -0- -0- (5) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 485 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (6) MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS (g) Gifts and grants PR C -0- -0- (h) Vehicle and aircraft receipts PR A -0- -0- (i) Miscellaneous program revenue PR A -0- -0- (j) Custody accounts PR C -0- -0- (k) Aids to individuals and organizations PR-S C -0- -0- (ka) Local assistance PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal aid PR-F C -0- -0- (pz) Indirect cost reimbursements PR-F C -0- -0- (6) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (8) MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY (a) Dental clinic and education facility; principal repayment, interest and rebates GPR S 831,500 493,300 (8) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 831,500 493,300 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 831,500 493,300 (9) STATE CAPITOL RENOVATION AND RESTORATION (a) South wing renovation and restoration GPR C -0- -0- (9) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 486 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.855 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 217,502,200 221,138,200 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 32,303,100 32,242,500 OTHER (32,303,100) (32,242,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 249,805,300 253,380,700 20.865 Program Supplements (1) EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND SUPPORT (a) Judgments and legal expenses GPR S -0- -0- (c) Compensation and related adjustments GPR S -0- -0- (ci) University pay adjustments GPR S -0- -0- (cj) Pay adjustments for certain university employees GPR A -0- -0- (d) Employer fringe benefit costs GPR S -0- -0- (dm) Discretionary merit compensation program GPR A -0- -0- (e) Additional biweekly payroll GPR A -0- -0- (em) Financial and procurement services GPR A -0- -0- (fm) Risk management GPR A -0- -0- (fn) Physically handicapped supplements GPR A 5,800 5,800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 487 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (fo) Salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings; general purpose revenue GPR A 1,537,000 2,828,000 (g) Judgments and legal expenses; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (gm) Salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings; program revenue PR S 1,011,400 1,861,000 (i) Compensation and related adjustments; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (ic) University pay adjustments PR S -0- -0- (j) Employer fringe benefit costs; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (jm) Additional biweekly payroll; nonfederal program revenues PR S -0- -0- (js) Financial and procurement services; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (kr) Risk management; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (Ln) Physically handicapped supplements; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (m) Additional biweekly payroll; federal program revenues PR-F S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 488 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (mz) Salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings; federal funds PR-F S 257,500 473,900 (q) Judgments and legal expenses; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (s) Compensation and related adjustments; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (si) University pay adjustments SEG S -0- -0- (t) Employer fringe benefit costs; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (tm) Additional biweekly payroll; nonfederal segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (ts) Financial and procurement services; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (tz) Salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings; segregated revenues SEG S 897,100 1,650,500 (ur) Risk management; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (vn) Physically handicapped supplements; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (x) Additional biweekly payroll; federal segregated revenues SEG-F S -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,542,800 2,833,800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 489 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,268,900 2,334,900 FEDERAL (257,500) (473,900) OTHER (1,011,400) (1,861,000) SEGREGATED REVENUE 897,100 1,650,500 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (897,100) (1,650,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 3,708,800 6,819,200 (2) STATE PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES (a) Private facility rental increases GPR A -0- -0- (ag) State-owned office rent supplement GPR A -0- -0- (am) Space management GPR A -0- -0- (d) State deposit fund GPR S -0- -0- (e) Maintenance of capitol and executive residence GPR A -0- -0- (eb) Executive residence furnishings replacement GPR C 10,200 10,200 (em) Groundwater survey and analysis GPR A 182,500 182,500 (g) Private facility rental increases; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (gg) State-owned office rent supplement; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (gm) Space management; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (i) Enterprise resource planning system; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (j) State deposit fund; program revenues PR S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 490 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (L) Data processing and telecommunications study; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (q) Private facility rental increases; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (qg) State-owned office rent supplement; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (qm) Space management; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (r) Enterprise resource planning system; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (t) State deposit fund; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 192,700 192,700 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 192,700 192,700 (3) TAXES AND SPECIAL CHARGES (a) Property taxes GPR S -0- -0- (g) Property taxes; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (i) Payments for municipal services; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (q) Property taxes; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 491 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (s) Payments for municipal services; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (4) JOINT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS (a) General purpose revenue funds general program supplementation GPR B 133,600 133,600 (g) Program revenue funds general program supplementation PR S -0- -0- (k) Public assistance programs supplementation PR-S C -0- -0- (m) Federal funds general program supplementation PR-F C -0- -0- (u) Segregated funds general program supplementation SEG S -0- -0- (4) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 133,600 133,600 PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 133,600 133,600 (8) SUPPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM REVENUE AND PROGRAM REVENUE - SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 492 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (g) Supplementation of program revenue and program revenue - service appropriations PR S -0- -0- (8) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.865 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 1,869,100 3,160,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,268,900 2,334,900 FEDERAL (257,500) (473,900) OTHER (1,011,400) (1,861,000) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) SEGREGATED REVENUE 897,100 1,650,500 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (897,100) (1,650,500) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,035,100 7,145,500 20.866 Public Debt (1) BOND SECURITY AND REDEMPTION FUND (u) Principal repayment and interest SEG S -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.866 DEPARTMENT TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.867 Building Commission (1) STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS (a) Principal repayment and interest; housing of state agencies GPR S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 493 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (b) Principal repayment and interest; capitol and executive residence GPR S 2,112,800 1,817,600 (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,112,800 1,817,600 TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 2,112,800 1,817,600 (2) ALL STATE-OWNED FACILITIES (b) Asbestos removal GPR A -0- -0- (c) Hazardous materials removal GPR A -0- -0- (d) Long-range building program; general purpose revenues GPR A -0- -0- (f) Facilities preventive maintenance GPR A -0- -0- (q) Building trust fund SEG C -0- -0- (r) Planning and design SEG C -0- -0- (u) Aids for buildings SEG C -0- -0- (v) Building program funding contingency SEG C -0- -0- (w) Building program funding SEG C -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (3) STATE BUILDING PROGRAM (a) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 48,890,000 58,708,900 (b) Principal repayment and interest GPR S 2,361,900 2,061,200 (bb) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; AIDS Network, Inc. GPR S 24,400 22,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 494 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (bc) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Grand Opera House in Oshkosh GPR S 43,700 11,400 (bd) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Aldo Leopold climate change classroom and interactive laboratory GPR S 19,300 70,300 (be) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation GPR S 582,500 549,000 (bf) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Inc. GPR S 65,100 59,500 (bg) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Madison Children's Museum GPR S 20,300 18,600 (bh) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Myrick Hixon EcoPark, Inc. GPR S 32,400 32,000 (bj) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Lac du Flambeau Indian Tribal Cultural Center GPR S 15,400 21,400 (bL) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; family justice center GPR S 620,200 511,500 (bm) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; HR Academy, Inc. GPR S 3,000 9,100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 495 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (bn) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Hmong cultural center GPR S 20,400 20,900 (bo) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; psychiatric and behavioral health treatment beds; Marathon County GPR S 368,300 365,200 (bq) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; children's research institute GPR S 611,200 728,600 (br) Principal repayment, interest and rebates GPR S 12,200 4,100 (bt) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc. GPR S 340,900 326,700 (bu) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Civil War exhibit at the Kenosha Public Museums GPR S 61,300 43,900 (bv) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Bond Health Center GPR S 27,500 113,600 (bw) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc. GPR S 1,024,200 862,700 (bx) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Carroll University GPR S 157,500 139,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 496 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cb) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, Inc. GPR S 33,600 34,500 (cd) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; K I Convention Center GPR S 113,700 63,200 (cf) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Dane County; livestock facilities GPR S 554,400 769,000 (ch) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Wisconsin Maritime Center of Excellence GPR S 300,000 328,600 (cj) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center GPR S 8,700 56,100 (cq) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; La Crosse Center GPR S 312,800 309,400 (cr) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, Inc.; Bucyrus Campus GPR S 321,100 331,000 (cs) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Brown County innovation center GPR S 322,200 319,500 (cv) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; Beyond Vision; VisABILITY Center GPR S 357,800 359,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 497 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (cw) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; projects GPR S 804,700 1,125,900 (cx) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates; center GPR S 1,089,100 1,085,900 (cz) Museum of nature and culture GPR S 903,800 2,134,000 (d) Interest rebates on obligation proceeds; general fund GPR S -0- -0- (e) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; parking ramp GPR S -0- -0- (g) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; program revenues PR S -0- -0- (h) Principal repayment, interest, and rebates PR S -0- -0- (i) Principal repayment, interest and rebates; capital equipment PR S -0- -0- (k) Interest rebates on obligation proceeds; program revenues PR-S C -0- -0- (kd) Energy conservation construction projects; principal repayment, interest and rebates PR-S C 1,218,900 1,728,200 (km) Aquaculture demonstration facility; principal repayment and interest PR-S A -0- -0- (q) Principal repayment and interest; segregated revenues SEG S -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 498 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 (r) Interest rebates on obligation proceeds; conservation fund SEG S -0- -0- (s) Interest rebates on obligation proceeds; transportation fund SEG S -0- -0- (t) Interest rebates on obligation proceeds; veterans trust fund SEG S -0- -0- (w) Bonding services SEG S 1,024,200 1,024,200 (x) Segregated revenue supported building program projects; inflationary project cost overruns SEG C -0- -0- (3) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 60,423,600 71,597,000 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,218,900 1,728,200 OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (1,218,900) (1,728,200) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,024,200 1,024,200 OTHER (1,024,200) (1,024,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 62,666,700 74,349,400 (4) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND INTEREST EARNINGS (q) Funding in lieu of borrowing SEG C -0- -0- (r) Interest on veterans obligations SEG C -0- -0- (4) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (5) SERVICES TO NONSTATE GOVERNMENTAL UNITS (g) Financial consulting services PR C -0- -0- (5) PROGRAM TOTALS PROGRAM REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 499 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 20.867 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 62,536,400 73,414,600 PROGRAM REVENUE 1,218,900 1,728,200 OTHER (-0-) (-0-) SERVICE (1,218,900) (1,728,200) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,024,200 1,024,200 OTHER (1,024,200) (1,024,200) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 64,779,500 76,167,000 20.875 Budget Stabilization Fund (1) TRANSFERS TO FUND (a) General fund transfer GPR S -0- -0- (1) PROGRAM TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- (2) TRANSFERS FROM FUND (q) Budget stabilization fund transfer SEG A -0- -0- (2) PROGRAM TOTALS SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- 20.875 DEPARTMENT TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE -0- -0- SEGREGATED REVENUE -0- -0- OTHER (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES -0- -0- General Appropriations FUNCTIONAL AREA TOTALS GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 2,602,866,200 2,883,740,500 PROGRAM REVENUE 103,395,600 105,621,600 FEDERAL (257,500) (473,900) OTHER (1,011,400) (1,861,000) SERVICE (102,126,700) (103,286,700) SEGREGATED REVENUE 1,947,376,300 1,880,539,400 FEDERAL (-0-) (-0-) OTHER (1,947,376,300) (1,880,539,400) SERVICE (-0-) (-0-) LOCAL (-0-) (-0-) TOTAL-ALL SOURCES 4,653,638,100 4,869,901,500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 500 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 135 STATUTE, AGENCY AND PURPOSE SOURCE TYPE 2025-2026 2026-2027 STATE TOTALS 59,360,264,900 59,614,924,600 GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUE 25,490,504,000 24,994,296,100 PROGRAM REVENUE 25,172,014,200 26,010,864,800 FEDERAL (16,785,547,600) (17,575,969,600) OTHER (7,231,184,400) (7,280,008,700) SERVICE (1,155,282,200) (1,154,886,500) SEGREGATED REVENUE 8,697,746,700 8,609,763,700 FEDERAL (1,334,172,900) (1,344,122,700) OTHER (6,985,876,000) (6,954,434,500) SERVICE (228,371,400) (161,050,700) LOCAL (149,326,400) (150,155,800) SECTION 136. 20.115 (2) (jm) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.115 (2) (jm) Veterinary examining board, dog licensing, rabies control program, and humane officers. All moneys received from issuing and renewing credentials under ch. 89 for the licensing, rule-making, and regulatory functions of the veterinary examining board and to provide dog license tags and forms under s. 174.07 (2), to perform other program responsibilities under ch. 174, to administer the rabies control program under s. 95.21, to help administer the rabies control media campaign, and to carry out activities under s. 93.07 (11) and ch. 173. SECTION 137. 20.115 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (3) (e) Food waste reduction grants. The amounts in the schedule for providing food waste reduction grants under s. 93.53. SECTION 138. 20.115 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (3) (f) Meat processing tuition and curriculum development grants. The amounts in the schedule for providing meat processing tuition grants and curriculum development grants under s. 93.525. SECTION 139. 20.115 (4) (aq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (4) (aq) Food security and Wisconsin products grants. As a continuing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 501 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 139 appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for food security and Wisconsin products grants under s. 93.62. SECTION 140. 20.115 (4) (ar) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (4) (ar) Value-added agricultural practices. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for value-added agricultural practices under s. 93.61. SECTION 141. 20.115 (4) (at) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (4) (at) Farm to fork program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for farm to fork grants under s. 93.63. SECTION 142. 20.115 (4) (ds) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (4) (ds) Dairy agriculture resilience investment now grant pilot program. Annually, the amounts in the schedule for providing grants under, and the administration of, the dairy agriculture resilience investment now grant pilot program under s. 93.54. SECTION 143. 20.115 (4) (t) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (4) (t) Transition to grass pilot program. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for the transition to grass pilot program under s. 93.60. SECTION 144. 20.115 (7) (ac) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (7) (ac) Sandhill crane damage reimbursements. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the sandhill crane damage reimbursement program under s. 93.67. SECTION 145. 20.115 (7) (br) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (7) (br) Principal repayment and interest; agricultural conservation easements. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the principal and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 502 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 145 interest costs incurred in purchasing agricultural conservation easements under s. 93.73, to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred to purchase agricultural conservation easements under s. 93.73, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a). SECTION 146. 20.115 (7) (da) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (7) (da) Biodigester operator certification grants. The amounts in the schedule for biodigester operator certification grants under s. 93.75. SECTION 147. 20.115 (7) (gc) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.115 (7) (gc) Industrial hemp and marijuana. All moneys received under s. 94.55 for regulation of activities relating to industrial hemp under s. 94.55 and to marijuana under s. 94.56. SECTION 148. 20.115 (7) (ge) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (7) (ge) Marijuana producers and processors; official logotype. All moneys received under s. 94.56 for regulation of activities relating to marijuana under s. 94.56, for conducting public awareness campaigns under s. 94.56, and for the creation of a logotype under s. 100.145. SECTION 149. 20.115 (7) (qf) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.115 (7) (qf) Soil and water management; aids. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for cost-sharing grants and contracts under the soil and water resource management program under s. 92.14, but not for the support of local land conservation personnel, and for producer-led watershed protection grants under s. 93.59. Prior to fiscal year 2021-22, the department shall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 503 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 149 allocate funds, in an amount that does not exceed $750,000 in each fiscal year, for the producer-led watershed protection grants. Beginning in In fiscal year years 2021-22 to 2024-25, the department shall allocate funds, in an amount that does not exceed $1,000,000 in each fiscal year, for the producer-led watershed protection grants. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26, the department shall allocate funds, in an amount that does not exceed $1,250,000 in each fiscal year, for the producer-led watershed protection grants. SECTION 150. 20.115 (7) (qm) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (7) (qm) Commercial nitrogen optimization program. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for the commercial nitrogen optimization program under s. 92.14 (16). SECTION 151. 20.115 (7) (tb) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (7) (tb) Principal and interest; agricultural conservation easements. From the working lands fund, the amounts in the schedule to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the principal and interest costs incurred in purchasing agricultural conservation easements under s. 93.73, to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred to purchase agricultural conservation easements under s. 93.73, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary agreement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a). SECTION 152. 20.115 (7) (tm) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.115 (7) (tm) Farmland preservation planning grants, working lands fund. From the working lands fund, the amounts in the schedule for farmland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 504 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 152 preservation planning grants under s. 91.10 (6) and for farmland preservation implementation grants under s. 91.10 (7). SECTION 153. 20.115 (7) (u) of the statutes is created to read: 20.115 (7) (u) Planning grants for regional biodigesters. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for providing planning grants for establishing regional biodigesters under s. 93.74. SECTION 154. 20.144 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.144 (1) (g) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the department of financial institutions. Except as provided in pars. (a), (h), (i), (j), and (u) and sub. (3), all moneys received by the department, other than by the office of credit unions and the division of banking, and 88 percent of all moneys received by the office of credit unions and the department[s division of banking shall be credited to this appropriation, but any balance at the close of a fiscal year under this appropriation shall lapse to the general fund. Annually, $150,000 $555,400 of the amounts received under this appropriation account shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.575 (1) (g). SECTION 155. 20.145 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read: 20.145 (1) (a) State operations. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations. SECTION 156. 20.145 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.145 (1) (g) General program operations. (intro.) The amounts in the schedule for general program operations, including organizational support services 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 505 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 156 and, oversight of care management organizations, development of a public option health insurance plan, and operation of a state-based exchange under s. 601.59, and for transferring to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (kv) the amount allocated by the commissioner of insurance. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of each fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in this appropriation account that exceeds 10 percent of that fiscal year[s expenditure under this appropriation shall lapse to the general fund. All of the following shall be credited to this appropriation account: SECTION 157. 20.145 (1) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 20.145 (1) (g) 1. All moneys received under ss. 601.25 (2), 601.31, 601.32, 601.42 (7), 601.45, and 601.47 and by the commissioner for expenses related to insurance company restructurings, except for restructurings specified in par. (h). SECTION 158. 20.145 (1) (g) 4. of the statutes is created to read: 20.145 (1) (g) 4. All moneys received under s. 601.59. SECTION 159. 20.145 (1) (g) 5. of the statutes is created to read: 20.145 (1) (g) 5. All moneys received from the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacy benefit management brokers, pharmacy benefit management consultants, pharmacy services administration organizations, and pharmaceutical representatives. SECTION 160. 20.155 (2) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 20.395 (7) (title). SECTION 161. 20.155 (2) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 20.395 (7) (ag). SECTION 162. 20.155 (2) (m) of the statutes is renumbered 20.395 (7) (am). SECTION 163. 20.155 (3) (a) of the statutes is created to read: 20.155 (3) (a) Broadband expansion grants; general purpose revenue. As a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 506 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 163 continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for broadband expansion grants under s. 196.504 (2). SECTION 164. 20.155 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read: 20.155 (3) (b) Brownfield renewable energy generation grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for brownfield renewable energy generation grants under s. 196.94. SECTION 165. 20.155 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read: 20.155 (3) (c) Nuclear energy feasibility study. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to conduct a nuclear power plant feasibility study. SECTION 166. 20.155 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read: 20.155 (3) (e) Energy innovation grant program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the energy innovation grant program under s. 196.379. SECTION 167. 20.165 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read: 20.165 (1) (e) Statewide clinician wellness program The amounts in the schedule for the statewide clinician wellness program under s. 440.03 (18). SECTION 168. 20.165 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.165 (1) (g) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the licensing, rule making, and regulatory functions of the department, other than the licensing, rule-making, and credentialing functions of the medical examining board and the affiliated credentialing boards attached to the medical examining board and except for preparing, administering, and grading examinations; for any costs associated with the interstate medical licensure compact under s. 448.980, including payment of assessments under s. 448.980 (13) (a); for the examination and approval of proprietary school programs under s. 440.52; for indemnifying 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 507 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 168 students, parents, or sponsors under s. 440.52 (10) (a) and for preserving under s. 440.52 (11) the students records of schools, as defined in s. 440.52 (11) (a) 2., that have discontinued their operations; for administrative costs of taking possession of, preserving, and providing copies of student records of schools, as defined in s. 440.52 (11) (a) 2., that have discontinued their operations; and for the controlled substances board[s operation of the prescription drug monitoring program under s. 961.385. Ninety percent of all moneys received under chs. 440 to 480, except ch. 448 and ss. 440.03 (13), 440.05 (1) (b), 458.21, and 458.365, less $10 of each renewal fee received under s. 452.12 (5); 90 percent of all moneys received from the issuance of solicitor[s permits under s. 440.52 (8) and from the fees under s. 440.52 (10) and all moneys received from the fees under s. 440.52 (13) (d); all moneys transferred from the appropriation under par. (i); and all moneys received under s. 440.055 (2); all moneys received from fees received under s. 440.52 (10) (c) 4.; all moneys received from fees collected under s. 440.52 (11) (d); and all moneys received from the interstate medical licensure compact commission under s. 448.980, shall be credited to this appropriation. SECTION 169. 20.165 (1) (hg) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 170. 20.165 (1) (jm) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.165 (1) (jm) Nursing workforce survey administration. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for administrative expenses related to distributing a nursing workforce survey to applicants for renewal of credentials nurse licensees under s. 441.01 (7). All moneys received from the fee under s. 441.01 (7) (a) 2. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Annually, there is transferred from this appropriation account to the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (km) all 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 508 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 170 moneys received from the fee under s. 441.01 (7) (a) 2. that are not appropriated to this appropriation account. SECTION 171. 20.165 (1) (jr) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 172. 20.165 (1) (jt) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 173. 20.165 (1) (jv) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 174. 20.165 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read: 20.165 (2) (b) Cost offsets for 3rd-party administered trade examinations. The amounts in the schedule to reduce the cost of examinations required to obtain an occupational license, as defined in s. 101.02 (1) (a) 2., that are administered by a 3rd party. SECTION 175. 20.165 (2) (j) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 331, section 2, is amended to read: 20.165 (2) (j) Safety and building operations. The amounts in the schedule for the purposes of chs. 101 and 145 and ss. 167.35, 236.12 (2) (ap), 236.13 (1) (d) and (2m), and 236.335, for administrative and support services for programs administered by the department relating to the regulation of industry, buildings, and safety and for the purpose of transferring the amounts in the schedule under par. (kf) to the appropriation account under par. (kf). All moneys received under ch. 145 and ss. 101.178, 101.19, 101.63 (9), 101.654 (3), 101.73 (12), 101.82 (4), 101.955 (2), 167.35 (2) (f), and 236.12 (7) and all moneys received by the department under this subsection as payment for administrative and support services for programs administered by the department, except for moneys directed to be deposited under par. (ks), shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 176. 20.165 (2) (ka) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 509 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 176 20.165 (2) (ka) Interagency agreements. All moneys received through contracts or financial agreements for provision of services to other state agencies relating to the regulation of industry, buildings, and safety, except moneys appropriated under par. (kd) (j) or (ks), for the purpose of providing the services. SECTION 177. 20.165 (2) (kd) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 178. 20.165 (2) (kf) of the statutes is created to read: 20.165 (2) (kf) Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement and rehabilitation. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for financial assistance under the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement and rehabilitation program under s. 145.246. All moneys transferred from par. (j) shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 179. 20.192 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.192 (1) (a) Operations and programs. A sum sufficient in each fiscal year equal to the amount obtained by subtracting from $41,550,700 $46,000,000 an amount equal to the sum of the amounts expended in that fiscal year from the appropriations under pars. (r) and (s), for the operations of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and for funding economic development programs developed and implemented under s. 238.03. No more than $16,512,500 may be expended from this appropriation in any fiscal year, and moneys may be expended from this appropriation only if there are no unencumbered moneys available in the appropriation account under par. (r). SECTION 180. 20.225 (1) (kb) of the statutes is renumbered 20.225 (1) (d) and amended to read: 20.225 (1) (d) Emergency weather warning system operation. From the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 510 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 180 moneys received by the department of administration for the provision of state telecommunications to state agencies, the The amounts in the schedule for the operation of the emergency weather warning system under s. 39.11 (21). SECTION 181. 20.235 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 182. 20.235 (3) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 20.505 (4) (g), and 20.505 (4) (g) (title), as renumbered, is amended to read: 20.505 (4) (g) (title) General Distance learning authorization board; general operations. SECTION 183. 20.245 (1) (y) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.245 (1) (y) Northern great lakes center; operational support and interpretive programming. From the conservation fund, the amounts in the schedule for operational support of, and interpretive programming at, the Northern Great Lakes Center. SECTION 184. 20.255 (1) (ac) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (1) (ac) Farm to School program. The amounts in the schedule to provide matching funds for grants under 42 USC 1769 (g) (3), the federal Farm to School Program. SECTION 185. 20.255 (1) (be) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (1) (be) Early childhood special education; coaches. The amounts in the schedule for regional child care collaboration coaches under s. 115.887. SECTION 186. 20.255 (1) (en) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (1) (en) Information technology systems modernization. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of modernizing information technology systems used by the department. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 511 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 187 SECTION 187. 20.255 (1) (er) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (1) (er) Educators Rising; grants for local chapters. The amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 115.407. SECTION 188. 20.255 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (1) (fd) General educational development test fee payments. A sum sufficient for payments to GED Testing Service LLC, or its successor, under s. 115.28 (67) (a). SECTION 189. 20.255 (1) (hg) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (1) (hg) Personnel licensure, teacher supply, information and analysis, and teacher improvement. The amounts in the schedule All moneys received from the licensure of school and public library personnel under s. 115.28 (7) (d) and all moneys received under s. 115.41 to fund licensure administrative costs under s. ss. 115.28 (7) (d) and 118.19 (10), teacher supply, information and analysis costs under s. 115.29 (5), and teacher improvement under s. 115.41. Ninety percent of all moneys received from the licensure of school and public library personnel under s. 115.28 (7) (d), and all moneys received under s. 115.41, shall be credited to this appropriation. SECTION 190. 20.255 (2) (az) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (2) (az) Special Needs Scholarship Program. A sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a), (cm), and (e) and (4p). SECTION 191. 20.255 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (2) (b) Aids for special education and school age parents programs. The amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for the payment of the full cost of special 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 512 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 191 education for children in hospitals and convalescent homes under s. 115.88 (4) and for the payment of aids for special education and school age parents programs under ss. 115.88, 115.93 and 118.255 as provided under s. 115.882. SECTION 192. 20.255 (2) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (2) (bd) Additional special education aid. The amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for aid under s. 115.881. SECTION 193. 20.255 (2) (bp) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (2) (bp) Health emergencies in learning places; grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 115.28 (68) to school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a program under s. 115.7915, 118.60, or 119.23. SECTION 194. 20.255 (2) (cc) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (2) (cc) Bilingual-bicultural education aids. The amounts in the schedule for bilingual-bicultural education programs aid under subch. VII of ch. 115 s. 115.995. SECTION 195. 20.255 (2) (ce) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (2) (ce) Aid for English language acquisition. A sum sufficient for aid under s. 115.9955. SECTION 196. 20.255 (2) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (2) (cg) Tuition payments; full-time open enrollment transfer payments. The amounts in the schedule for payment of tuition under subch. V of ch. 121 and full-time open enrollment transfer payments under s. 118.51 (16) (b) 2. and (17) (c) 2. and (cm) 2. SECTION 197. 20.255 (2) (ck) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 513 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 197 20.255 (2) (ck) Supplemental nutrition aid. A sum sufficient for payments under s. 115.3415. SECTION 198. 20.255 (2) (da) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (2) (da) Aid for school mental health programs; pupil services professionals. The amounts in the schedule for aid to school districts and independent charter schools employ, hire, and retain pupil services professionals under s. 115.364. SECTION 199. 20.255 (2) (dk) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (2) (dk) Aid for career and technical education. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for payments to school boards and independent charter schools under s. 115.433. SECTION 200. 20.255 (2) (ds) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.255 (2) (ds) Computer science education grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to school boards under s. 115.28 (29). SECTION 201. 20.255 (2) (dt) (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (2) (dt) (title) School-based Aid for comprehensive school mental health services grants. SECTION 202. 20.255 (2) (dv) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (2) (dv) Aid for period products. The amounts in the schedule for aid to schools for the provision of period products under s. 115.351 (2). SECTION 203. 20.255 (2) (dw) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (2) (dw) Water bottle filling station; grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to school districts and independent charter schools under s. 115.335. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 514 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 204 SECTION 204. 20.255 (2) (eb) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (2) (eb) Grant Grants for information technology education. The amounts in the schedule for the grant grants for information technology under s. 115.455. SECTION 205. 20.255 (2) (ef) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (2) (ef) Personal financial literacy grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for financial literacy curriculum grants under s. 115.28 (72). SECTION 206. 20.255 (2) (eh) of the statutes is renumbered 20.437 (2) (eh) and amended to read: 20.437 (2) (eh) Head start supplement. The amounts in the schedule for the head start supplement under s. 115.3615 49.39. SECTION 207. 20.255 (2) (fj) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (2) (fj) Grow your own programs; teacher pipeline capacity building. The amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 115.422 to school districts and operators of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x). SECTION 208. 20.255 (2) (kg) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (2) (kg) Grants to replace certain race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names. The amounts in the schedule for grants to school boards under s. 118.134 (6). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 26. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm). SECTION 209. 20.255 (3) (cj) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 515 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 209 20.255 (3) (cj) Student teacher stipends. A sum sufficient for payments to student teachers under s. 115.421. SECTION 210. 20.255 (3) (ck) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (3) (ck) Cooperating teacher stipends. A sum sufficient for payments to teachers under s. 115.424. SECTION 211. 20.255 (3) (cL) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (3) (cL) Library intern stipend payments. A sum sufficient for library intern stipend payments under s. 43.05 (12m). SECTION 212. 20.255 (3) (ct) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (3) (ct) Career and technical student organizations; grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to career and technical student organizations under s. 115.28 (30) (f). SECTION 213. 20.255 (3) (fa) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.255 (3) (fa) Very special arts Arts for All. The amounts in the schedule for very special arts Arts for All Wisconsin, incorporated. SECTION 214. 20.255 (3) (fs) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (3) (fs) The Literacy Lab. The amounts in the schedule for payments to The Literacy Lab under s. 115.28 (71). SECTION 215. 20.255 (3) (ft) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (3) (ft) Early literacy tutoring; grants. The amounts in the schedule for early literacy tutoring grants under s. 115.395. SECTION 216. 20.255 (3) (fv) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (3) (fv) Graduation Alliance. The amounts in the schedule for payments to Graduation Alliance, Inc., under s. 115.28 (70). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 516 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 217 SECTION 217. 20.255 (3) (fw) of the statutes is created to read: 20.255 (3) (fw) Mentor Greater Milwaukee. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to Mentor Greater Milwaukee, Inc., under s. 115.28 (69). SECTION 218. 20.292 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.292 (1) (f) Grants to district boards. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for aids and grants to technical college districts under ss. 38.04 (13) (a), (20), (25), (28), and (32) (a), 38.26, 38.27, 38.272, 38.28 (4), 38.29, 38.32, 38.33, 38.38, 38.40 (4m), and 38.41. SECTION 219. 20.320 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read: 20.320 (2) (a) Lead service line replacement. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for lead service line replacement loans under s. 281.61 (8) (b). SECTION 220. 20.370 (1) (es) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (1) (es) Parks and forests — interpretive programs. All moneys received from fees authorized under s. 27.01 (9) (a) 4. for educational and interpretive programs in state parks or state forests to be used for costs associated with those programs. SECTION 221. 20.370 (1) (fe) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (1) (fe) Endangered resources — general fund. From the general fund, a sum sufficient in fiscal year 1993-94 and in each fiscal year thereafter that equals the sum of the amount certified in that fiscal year under s. 71.10 (5) (h) 3. for the previous fiscal year and the amounts received under par. (fu) in that fiscal year for the purposes of the endangered resources program, as defined in s. 71.10 (5) (a) 2. The amount appropriated under this subdivision may not exceed $500,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 517 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 221 $950,000 in a fiscal year, except that the amount appropriated under this subdivision in fiscal year 2005-06 may not exceed $364,000 and the amount appropriated under this subdivision in fiscal year 2006-07 may not exceed $364,000. SECTION 222. 20.370 (1) (ga) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (1) (ga) Kenosha Dunes restoration. As a continuing appropriation from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for erosion control projects in the Kenosha Dunes unit of the Chiwaukee Prairie state natural area in Kenosha County. SECTION 223. 20.370 (1) (kf) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (1) (kf) Wild rice stewardship in ceded territory waters. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for wild rice stewardship efforts conducted, in consultation with federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands domiciled in this state, within the waters of areas where the American Indian tribes or bands hold treaty-based rights to harvest wild rice. Of the amounts in the schedule for each fiscal year, not less than $50,000 shall be allocated for public education and outreach pertaining to wild rice harvesting. SECTION 224. 20.370 (1) (mr) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (1) (mr) General program operations - forestry funds. From the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for the operation of fish, wildlife, and parks programs. SECTION 225. 20.370 (1) (mu) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (1) (mu) General program operations — state funds. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations that are conducted under ss. 23.09 to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 518 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 225 23.11, 27.01, 30.203, 30.277, and 90.21, and chs. 29 and 169, for activities conducted under the ecological inventory and monitoring program of the endangered resources program, for the aquatic and terrestrial resources inventory under s. 23.09 (2) (km), and for providing the signage required under s. 23.118, and for payments of $53,700 in each fiscal year, to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (k), to the University of Wisconsin System for outdoor skills training under s. 29.598. SECTION 226. 20.370 (2) (cr) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (2) (cr) Forestry — recording fees. From the conservation fund, all moneys received under ss. 77.82 (2m) (d) and (4) and 77.88 (1) (c), (2) (ac) 1., 2., and 3., (am), and (c), (3), (3j) (c), and (3m) for the payment of fees to the registers of deeds under s. 77.91 (5). SECTION 227. 20.370 (2) (jq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (2) (jq) Forestry-industry-wide strategic plan. From the conservation fund, from the moneys received for forestry activities, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the forestry-industry-wide strategic plan and road map under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9132 (4). SECTION 228. 20.370 (3) (ak) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 229. 20.370 (3) (mu) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (3) (mu) General program operations — state funds. The amounts in the schedule for law enforcement operations under ss. 23.09 to 23.11, 90.21, and 323.12 (2) (c) and chs. 29, 30, and 169, and for payments of $53,700 in each fiscal year, to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (k), to the University of Wisconsin System for outdoor skills training under s. 29.598. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 519 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 230 SECTION 230. 20.370 (4) (aa) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (aa) Kewaunee Marsh remediation. As a continuing appropriation from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for development of a remedial action plan and for the remediation of arsenic contamination in the Kewaunee Marsh in Kewaunee County. SECTION 231. 20.370 (4) (aj) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (4) (aj) Water resources—ballast water discharge permits commercial vessel arrival fees. From the general fund, all moneys received from fees collected under s. 283.35 (1m) to administer and enforce the ballast water discharge permit program under s. 283.35 (1m) and for grants under 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, section 9137 (3w) s. 299.65 for management, administration, inspection, monitoring, and enforcement activities relating to incidental discharges, including ballast water discharges. SECTION 232. 20.370 (4) (at) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (at) Amcast superfund site. From the environmental fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for remedial action relating to the Amcast superfund site in Cedarburg. SECTION 233. 20.370 (4) (pf) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (pf) General program operations — PFAS; general fund. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for addressing and preventing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in this state. SECTION 234. 20.370 (4) (pq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (4) (pq) General program operations — PFAS innocent landowner 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 520 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 234 remediation. As a continuing appropriation, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for actions taken under s. 292.31 to address and prevent perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in this state. SECTION 235. 20.370 (5) (aa) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (5) (aa) Resource aids — nonprofit conservation organizations. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for grants to nonprofit conservation organizations under ss. 23.0955, 23.0956, 281.69 (1r), and 281.72 and for grants under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9132 (1). SECTION 236. 20.370 (5) (fu) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (5) (fu) Deer carcass disposal sites. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide financial assistance under s. 29.063 (7). SECTION 237. 20.370 (5) (fy) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (5) (fy) Resource aids — wildfire suppression reimbursement. From the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, a sum sufficient to reimburse local fire departments under the fire suppression aids program under s. 26.145. SECTION 238. 20.370 (5) (ha) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (5) (ha) Grants to nonprofit conservation organizations. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for grants to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.0961. SECTION 239. 20.370 (5) (hb) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (5) (hb) Tribal co-management program. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for the tribal co- management program under s. 23.0966. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 521 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 240 SECTION 240. 20.370 (5) (hk) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (5) (hk) Fish hatcheries operated by tribes. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for providing grants to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands for maintenance and repair of fish hatcheries operated by the tribe or band. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 8m. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm). SECTION 241. 20.370 (5) (hq) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (5) (hq) Department land acquisition. From As a continuing appropriation, from the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for transfer to the capital improvement fund the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d). SECTION 242. 20.370 (5) (hr) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (5) (hr) County forest grants. From As a continuing appropriation, from the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for transfer to the capital improvement fund grants to counties under s. 23.0953. SECTION 243. 20.370 (6) (aa) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (6) (aa) Environmental aids ] winter road safety improvement. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants under the winter road safety improvement grants program under s. 281.73. SECTION 244. 20.370 (6) (et) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (6) (et) Environmental aids — Revitalize Wisconsin program. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 522 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 244 Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for aid awards under s. 292.66. SECTION 245. 20.370 (6) (eu) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (6) (eu) Environmental aids — waste removal and sampling. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule to provide financial assistance for the purpose of removing waste materials that have accumulated or been dumped on abandoned properties and to conduct sampling and testing to determine if those properties pose a risk to public health and safety or the environment. SECTION 246. 20.370 (6) (ew) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (6) (ew) Environmental aids — county well testing grant program. From the PFAS fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the county well testing grant program under s. 281.54. SECTION 247. 20.370 (7) (bd) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (7) (bd) Building demolition. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for demolition of buildings on property owned by the department. SECTION 248. 20.370 (9) (bj) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (9) (bj) Storm water management — fees. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule all moneys received under s. 283.33 (9) and under 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, section 9110 (11f), for the administration, including enforcement, of the storm water discharge permit program under s. 283.33. All moneys received 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 523 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 248 under s. 283.33 (9) and under 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, section 9110 (11f) shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 249. 20.370 (9) (hk) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (9) (hk) Approval fees to Lac du Flambeau band-service funds. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of making payments to the Lac du Flambeau band of the Lake Superior Chippewa under s. 29.2295 (4) (a). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 8r. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each odd-numbered year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm). SECTION 250. 20.370 (9) (hw) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (9) (hw) Credit card handling fees. As a continuing appropriation, all moneys received by the department as provided under s. 27.01 (19) for fees associated with using a credit card for vehicle admission receipt and camping fees. SECTION 251. 20.370 (9) (jq) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.370 (9) (jq) Off-highway motorcycle administration. As a continuing appropriation, an amount equal to the amount determined under s. 23.335 (20) (a) in that fiscal year for the purposes specified under s. 23.335 (20) (b) and (d), for issuing and renewing off-highway motorcycle registration under s. 23.335 (3), (4), and (5), for grants under the safety grant program under s. 23.335 (15), and for state and local law enforcement operations related to off-highway motorcycles. All moneys received under s. 23.335 (6) shall be credited to this appropriation account. All moneys attributable to off-highway motorcycles and deposited in the conservation fund under s. 25.29 (1) (b) are credited to this appropriation account. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 524 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 252 SECTION 252. 20.370 (9) (pq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.370 (9) (pq) Great Lakes and Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan programs. As a continuing appropriation, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for the Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program under s. 23.1991 and the Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program under s. 23.1993. All moneys received as loan origination fees and repayments of loan principal and interest under ss. 23.1991 and 23.1993 shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 253. 20.380 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.380 (1) (b) Tourism marketing; general purpose revenue. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for tourism marketing service expenses and the execution of the functions under ss. 41.11 (4) and 41.17. In each fiscal year, the department shall expend for tourism marketing service expenses and the execution of the functions under ss. 41.11 (4) and 41.17 an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount in the schedule for the fiscal year as the amount expended under par. (kg) in that fiscal year bears to the amount in the schedule for par. (kg) for that fiscal year. Of the amounts under this paragraph, not more than 50 percent shall be used to match funds allocated under s. 41.17 by private or public organizations for the joint effort marketing of tourism with the state. SECTION 254. 20.380 (1) (kg) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 255. 20.395 (1) (ba) of the statutes is created to read: 20.395 (1) (ba) Transit capital assistance grants. From the general fund, as a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 525 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 255 continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for transit capital assistance grants under s. 85.203. SECTION 256. 20.395 (2) (cq) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.395 (2) (cq) Harbor assistance, state funds. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for harbor assistance under s. 85.095 (2) (a), for administration of the harbor assistance program under s. 85.095 and for grants under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9150 (4f), 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9145 (4i) and (4u), 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, section 9145 (1c), 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9145 (4d), and 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, section 9144 (2), and 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9144 (3). SECTION 257. 20.395 (2) (fc) of the statutes is created to read: 20.395 (2) (fc) Local roads improvement program; agricultural roads, general fund. From the general fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for improvements to local agricultural roads under s. 86.31 (3o). SECTION 258. 20.395 (2) (fq) of the statutes is renumbered 20.395 (2) (fd) and amended to read: 20.395 (2) (fd) Local roads improvement discretionary supplement. As a continuing appropriation from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for the local roads improvement discretionary supplemental grant program under s. 86.31 (3s) and for the grants under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9144 (5) and (6). SECTION 259. 20.395 (2) (ja) of the statutes is created to read: 20.395 (2) (ja) Local traffic calming grants. From the general fund, as a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 526 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 259 continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the local traffic calming grant program under s. 85.024. SECTION 260. 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.395 (3) (cq) State highway rehabilitation, state funds. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for improvement of existing state trunk and connecting highways; for improvement of bridges on state trunk or connecting highways and other bridges for which improvement is a state responsibility, for necessary approach work for such bridges and for replacement of such bridges with at-grade crossing improvements; for the construction and rehabilitation of the national system of interstate and defense highways and bridges and related appurtenances; for activities under s. 84.04 on roadside improvements; for bridges under s. 84.10; for the bridge project under s. 84.115; for payment to a local unit of government for a jurisdictional transfer under s. 84.02 (8); for the disadvantaged business demonstration and training program under s. 84.076; for the purpose specified in s. 84.017 (3); for the transfers required under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9250 (1) and 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9153 (4q); and for the purposes described under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9150 (8g), 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9152 (4e), 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9148 (9i) (b) and (9x), 2021 Wisconsin Act 58, section 9144 (5), and 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, section 9144 (8), and 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9144 (1). This paragraph does not apply to any southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, to any southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects under s. 84.014 that also qualify as major highway projects under s. 84.013, or to the installation, replacement, rehabilitation, or maintenance of highway signs, traffic control signals, highway lighting, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 527 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 260 pavement markings, or intelligent transportation systems, unless incidental to the improvement of existing state trunk and connecting highways. SECTION 261. 20.395 (3) (cs) of the statutes is created to read: 20.395 (3) (cs) State highway rehabilitation, service funds. All moneys received from the fund created under s. 18.57 (1) as reimbursement for the temporary financing under sub. (9) (th) of state highway rehabilitation projects for the purposes specified under sub. (3) (cq) that are financed under s. 84.59, for the purpose of financing such projects. SECTION 262. 20.395 (4) (jq) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.395 (4) (jq) Transportation facilities and highway projects revenue obligation funding. As a continuing appropriation, all proceeds from revenue obligations issued under s. 84.59 and deposited into the fund created under s. 18.57 (1), for the transportation administrative facilities purposes of s. 84.01 (28) and, for major highway projects as defined under s. 84.013 (1) (a) for the purposes of ss. 84.06 and 84.09, and for state highway rehabilitation projects for the purposes specified in sub. (3) (cq), providing for reserves and for expenses of issuance and management of the revenue obligations. Estimated disbursements under this paragraph shall not be included in the schedule under s. 20.005. SECTION 263. 20.395 (5) (eq) of the statutes is renumbered 20.395 (5) (ep) and amended to read: 20.395 (5) (ep) Driver education grants, state funds. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for driver education grants. All moneys lapsed to the general fund under s. 20.145 (1) (g), but 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 528 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 263 not to exceed to $6,000,000 in a fiscal year, shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 264. 20.395 (9) (th) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.395 (9) (th) Temporary funding of projects financed by revenue bonds. A sum sufficient to provide initial, temporary funding for any project to be financed under s. 84.59 which is a major highway project enumerated under s. 84.013 (3) or a project under s. 84.01 (28) approved under s. 13.48 (10) or authorized under s. 84.01 (30) or a state highway rehabilitation project for a purpose specified in sub. (3) (cq). The department shall keep a separate account of expenditures under this paragraph for each such project. As soon as moneys become available from the proceeds of the obligation issued under s. 84.59 to finance that project, an amount equal to the amounts expended under this paragraph shall be paid from those proceeds into the transportation fund and credited to the appropriation account under sub. (3) (br) or (cs) or (4) (at). SECTION 265. 20.410 (3) (ab) of the statutes is created to read: 20.410 (3) (ab) Contract payments for placement of juveniles. A sum sufficient, not to exceed $20,000,000 in each fiscal year, for payments made in accordance with contracts for placement of juveniles who are under the supervision of the department of corrections under ch. 938. SECTION 266. 20.410 (3) (ab) of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act ... (this act), is repealed. SECTION 267. 20.410 (4) of the statutes is created to read: 20.410 (4) OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSPERSON FOR CORRECTIONS. (a) General 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 529 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 267 program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the office of the ombudsperson for corrections. (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts and grants to carry out the purposes for which made. (k) Interagency and intra-agency assistance. All moneys received from the department or any other state agency to carry out the purposes for which received. (m) Federal aid. All moneys received as federal aid as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 to carry out the purposes for which received. SECTION 268. 20.425 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.425 (1) (i) Fees, collective bargaining training, publications, and appeals. The amounts in the schedule for the performance of fact-finding, mediation, certification, and arbitration functions, for the provision of copies of transcripts, for the cost of operating training programs under ss. 111.09 (3), 111.71 (5m), and 111.94 (3), for the preparation of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied material, and for costs related to conducting appeals under s. 230.45. All moneys received under ss. 111.09 (1) and (2), 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b., 111.71 (1) and (2), 111.83 (3) (b), 111.94 (1) and (2), and 230.45 (3), all moneys received from arbitrators and arbitration panel members, and individuals who are interested in serving in such positions, and from individuals and organizations who participate in other collective bargaining training programs conducted by the commission, and all moneys received from the sale of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied material shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 269. 20.427 (1) (ra) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.427 (1) (ra) Worker[s compensation operations fund; worker[s compensation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 530 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 269 activities. From the worker[s compensation operations fund, the amounts in the schedule for the worker[s compensation activities of the labor and industry review commission. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (ra) shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 270. 20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes is created to read: 20.435 (1) (ck) Emergency medical services grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to municipalities to improve or expand emergency medical services under s. 256.42. SECTION 271. 20.435 (1) (ef) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (1) (ef) Lead-poisoning or lead-exposure services. The As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the purposes of providing grants under s. 254.151. SECTION 272. 20.435 (1) (fi) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 273. 20.435 (1) (fk) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (1) (fk) Grants to establish advanced practice clinician health care provider training programs. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants to hospitals, health systems, clinics, and educational entities that form health care education and training consortia under s. 146.615. SECTION 274. 20.435 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (2) (g) Alternative services of institutes and centers. All moneys received as payments for services under ss. 46.043 and 51.06 (1r) and (5) for provision of alternative services by mental health institutes under s. 46.043 and by centers for the developmentally disabled under s. 51.06 (1r). SECTION 275. 20.435 (2) (gk) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 531 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 275 20.435 (2) (gk) Institutional operations and charges. The amounts in the schedule for care, other than under s. 51.06 (1r), provided by the centers for the developmentally disabled, to reimburse the cost of providing the services and to remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and after July 1, 1978, in accordance with s. 51.437 (4rm) (c); for care, other than under s. 46.043, provided by the mental health institutes, to reimburse the cost of providing the services and to remit any credit balances to county departments that occur on and after January 1, 1979, in accordance with s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2.; for care of juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center for whom counties are financially responsible under s. 938.357 (3) (d), to reimburse the cost of providing that care; for maintenance of state-owned housing at centers for the developmentally disabled and mental health institutes; for repair or replacement of property damaged at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; for reimbursing the total cost of using, producing, and providing services, products, and care; and to transfer to the appropriation account under sub. (5) (kp) for funding centers. All moneys received as payments from medical assistance on and after August 1, 1978; as payments from all other sources including other payments under s. 46.10 and payments under s. 51.437 (4rm) (c) received on and after July 1, 1978; as medical assistance payments, other payments under s. 46.10, and payments under s. 51.42 (3) (as) 2. received on and after January 1, 1979; as payments from counties for the care of juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center; as payments for the rental of state-owned housing and other institutional facilities at centers for the developmentally disabled and mental health institutes; for the sale of electricity, steam, or chilled 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 532 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 275 water; as payments in restitution of property damaged at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; for the sale of surplus property, including vehicles, at the mental health institutes or at centers for the developmentally disabled; and for other services, products, and care shall be credited to this appropriation, except that any payment under s. 46.10 received for the care or treatment of patients admitted under s. 51.10, 51.15, or 51.20 for which the state is liable under s. 51.05 (3), of forensic patients committed under ch. 971 or 975, admitted under ch. 975, or transferred under s. 51.35 (3), or of patients transferred from a state prison under s. 51.37 (5), to the Mendota Mental Health Institute or the Winnebago Mental Health Institute shall be treated as general purpose revenue — earned, as defined under s. 20.001 (4); and except that moneys received under s. 51.06 (6) may be expended only as provided in s. 13.101 (17). All moneys transferred under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9219 (2), shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 276. 20.435 (2) (gL) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 277. 20.435 (2) (km) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (2) (km) Indian mental health placement. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 25. The amounts in the schedule to reimburse an Indian tribe or band in this state or a county department for placements by a tribal court of a member of the Indian tribe or band that are unexpected or that result in cumulative costs of placements to the tribe or county department exceeding $50,000 annually. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 25. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 533 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 277 balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm). SECTION 278. 20.435 (4) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (4) (bm) Medical Assistance, food stamps, and Badger Care administration; contract costs, insurer reports, and resource centers. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to provide a portion of the state share of administrative contract costs for the Medical Assistance program under subch. IV of ch. 49 and the Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665 and to provide the state share of administrative costs for the food stamp program under s. 49.79, other than payments under s. 49.78 (8), to develop and implement a registry of recipient immunizations, to reimburse 3rd parties for their costs under s. 49.475, for costs associated with outreach activities, for state administration of state supplemental grants to supplemental security income recipients under s. 49.77, for grants under ss. 46.73 and 46.74, and for services of resource centers under s. 46.283. No state positions may be funded in the department of health services from this appropriation, except positions for the performance of duties under a contract in effect before January 1, 1987, related to the administration of the Medical Assistance program between the subunit of the department primarily responsible for administering the Medical Assistance program and another subunit of the department. Total administrative funding authorized for the program under s. 49.665 may not exceed 10 percent of the amounts budgeted under pars. (p) and (x). SECTION 279. 20.435 (4) (bq) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 280. 20.435 (4) (bu) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 534 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 280 20.435 (4) (bu) Payment processing program for farmers. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to provide electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit card processing equipment and services to farmers[ markets and farmers who sell directly to consumers under s. 49.79 (7s). SECTION 281. 20.435 (4) (jw) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (4) (jw) BadgerCare Plus and hospital assessment. All moneys received from payment of enrollment fees under the program under s. 49.45 (23), all moneys transferred under s. 50.38 (9), all moneys transferred under s. 256.23 (6), all moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par. (jz), and 10 percent of all moneys received from penalty assessments under s. 49.471 (9) (c), for administration of the program under s. 49.45 (23), to provide a portion of the state share of administrative costs for the BadgerCare Plus Medical Assistance program under s. 49.471, for administration of the hospital assessment under s. 50.38, and for administration of the ambulance service provider fee under s. 256.23. SECTION 282. 20.435 (4) (pa) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (4) (pa) Federal aid; Medical Assistance and food stamp contracts administration. All federal moneys received for the federal share of the cost of contracting for payment and services administration and reporting, other than moneys received under pars. (nn) and (np), to reimburse 3rd parties for their costs under s. 49.475, for administrative contract costs for the food stamp program under s. 49.79, for grants under ss. 46.73 and 46.74, and for services of resource centers under s. 46.283. SECTION 283. 20.435 (5) (bw) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (5) (bw) Child psychiatry and addiction medicine consultation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 535 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 283 programs Mental health consultation program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for operating the child psychiatry consultation program under s. 51.442 and the addiction medicine consultation program under s. 51.448 mental health consultation program under s. 51.443. SECTION 284. 20.435 (5) (bx) of the statutes is created to read: 20.435 (5) (bx) Addiction medicine consultation program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for operating the addiction medicine consultation program under s. 51.448. SECTION 285. 20.435 (5) (ch) of the statutes is created to read: 20.435 (5) (ch) Suicide and crisis lifeline grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 46.533. SECTION 286. 20.435 (5) (ck) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.435 (5) (ck) Crisis urgent care and observation facilities. Biennially As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants to support crisis urgent care and observation facilities. SECTION 287. 20.435 (5) (ct) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 288. 20.435 (5) (dg) of the statutes is created to read: 20.435 (5) (dg) Grants for crisis stabilization facilities. The amounts in the schedule for grants to facilities that provide crisis stabilization services under s. 51.03 (7). SECTION 289. 20.437 (1) (bc) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.437 (1) (bc) Grants for children[s community Youth support programs. The amounts in the schedule for grants for children[s community youth support programs under s. 48.481. Notwithstanding ss. 20.001 (3) (a) and 20.002 (1), the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 536 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 289 department may transfer funds between fiscal years under this paragraph. All moneys under this appropriation account that are distributed under s. 48.481 but are not encumbered by December 31 of each year lapse to the general fund on the next January 1 unless carried forward to the next calendar year by the joint committee on finance. SECTION 290. 20.437 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (1) (bd) Tribal family services grants. The amounts in the schedule for tribal family services grants under s. 48.487. SECTION 291. 20.437 (1) (bn) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (1) (bn) Tribal placements. The amounts in the schedule to be used for unexpected or unusually high-cost out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal courts, including placements of Indian juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent. SECTION 292. 20.437 (1) (cj) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.437 (1) (cj) Community youth and family aids. The amounts in the schedule for the improvement and provision of community-based juvenile delinquency-related services under s. 48.526 and juvenile correctional services under s. 301.26 and for reimbursement to counties having a population of less than 750,000 for the cost of court attached intake services as provided in s. 938.06 (4). Disbursements may be made from this appropriation account under s. 49.32 (2). Refunds received relating to payments made under s. 49.32 (2) shall be returned to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding ss. 20.001 (3) (a) and 20.002 (1), the department of children and families may transfer moneys under this paragraph between fiscal years. Except for moneys authorized to be carried forward under s. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 537 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 292 48.526 (3) (dm) or for transfer under s. 48.526 (3) (e), all moneys from this paragraph allocated under s. 48.526 (3) and not spent or encumbered by counties by December 31 of each year shall lapse into the general fund on the succeeding January 1. The joint committee on finance may transfer additional moneys to the next calendar year. SECTION 293. 20.437 (1) (cL) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (1) (cL) Seventeen-year-old juvenile justice aids. A sum sufficient for the purposes under s. 48.5275. SECTION 294. 20.437 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.437 (1) (cm) Community intervention program Youth justice system improvement program. The amounts in the schedule for the community intervention program youth justice system improvement program under s. 48.528. SECTION 295. 20.437 (1) (cx) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.437 (1) (cx) Child welfare services; aids. The amounts in the schedule for providing services to children and families under s. 48.48 (17) in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, for the cost of subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (1) (1r) or (6), and, to the extent that a demonstration project authorized under 42 USC 1320a-9 reduces the cost of providing out-of-home care for children in that county, for services for children and families under s. 48.563 (4) in counties having a population of less than 750,000. SECTION 296. 20.437 (1) (dd) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.437 (1) (dd) State out-of-home care, adoption services, and subsidized guardianships, and kinship care. The amounts in the schedule for foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 538 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 296 the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), for the cost of placements of children 18 years of age or over in residential care centers for children and youth under voluntary agreements under s. 48.366 (3) or under orders that terminate as provided in s. 48.355 (4) (b) 4., 48.357 (6) (a) 4., or 48.365 (5) (b) 4., for the cost of the foster care monitoring system, for the cost of reimbursing counties county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 for subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (3) (a), for the cost of specialized services to children with high acuity needs in congregate care facilities under s. 48.48 (8x), for the cost of services to children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to prepare those children for adoption, and for the cost of postadoption services to children with special needs, for kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) made on behalf of a juvenile who meets the criteria specified in s. 938.12 or is at risk of meeting that criteria, for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for kinship care payments made on behalf of a juvenile who meets the criteria specified in s. 938.12 or is at risk of meeting that criteria under an agreement with a governing body of an Indian tribe under s. 48.57 (3t) for the administration of the kinship care programs within the boundaries of that tribe. SECTION 297. 20.437 (1) (kp) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (1) (kp) Youth aids funding for the youth justice system improvement program. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par. (cj), as provided under s. 48.526 (3) (e), for the youth justice system improvement program under s. 48.528. SECTION 298. 20.437 (1) (mx) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.437 (1) (mx) Federal aid; Milwaukee child welfare services aids. All federal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 539 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 298 moneys received for providing services to children and families under s. 48.48 (17), to carry out the purposes for which received and for the cost of subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (1) (1r) or (6). SECTION 299. 20.437 (1) (pd) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.437 (1) (pd) Federal aid; state out-of-home care, adoption services, and subsidized guardianships. All federal moneys received for meeting the costs of providing foster care, institutional child care, and subsidized adoptions under ss. 48.48 (12) and 48.52, the cost of care for children under s. 49.19 (10) (d), the cost of placements of children 18 years of age or over in residential care centers for children and youth under voluntary agreements under s. 48.366 (3) or under orders that terminate as provided in s. 48.355 (4) (b) 4., 48.357 (6) (a) 4., or 48.365 (5) (b) 4., the cost of reimbursing counties county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23 and Indian tribes for subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (3) (a), the cost of specialized services to children with high acuity needs in congregate care facilities under s. 48.48 (8x), the cost of services to children with special needs who are under the guardianship of the department to prepare those children for adoption, and the cost of postadoption services to children with special needs, and for kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) made on behalf of a juvenile who meets the criteria specified in s. 938.12 or is at risk of meeting that criteria, for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for kinship care payments made on behalf of a juvenile who meets the criteria specified in s. 938.12 or is at risk of meeting that criteria under an agreement with a governing body of an Indian tribe under s. 48.57 (3t) for the administration of the kinship care programs within the boundaries of that tribe. Disbursements for foster care under 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 540 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 299 s. 49.32 (2) and for the purposes described under s. 48.627 may be made from this appropriation. SECTION 300. 20.437 (2) (bp) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (2) (bp) Child care access program. The amounts in the schedule for the program under s. 49.1335. SECTION 301. 20.437 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (2) (c) Child care quality improvement program. The amounts in the schedule for the program under s. 49.133. SECTION 302. 20.437 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (2) (d) Child care partnership grant program. The amounts in the schedule for the grants under s. 49.132. SECTION 303. 20.437 (2) (ej) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (2) (ej) Child care water safety grant program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the grants under s. 49.1337. SECTION 304. 20.437 (2) (fg) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (2) (fg) Grants for out-of-school time programs. The amounts in the schedule for grants to out-of-school time programs under s. 48.483. SECTION 305. 20.437 (2) (fn) of the statutes is created to read: 20.437 (2) (fn) Expanded Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program. The amounts in the schedule for the program under s. 49.1632. SECTION 306. 20.437 (2) (r) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.437 (2) (r) Support receipt and disbursement program; payments. From the support collections trust fund, except as provided in par. (qm), all moneys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 541 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 306 received under s. 49.854, except for moneys received under s. 49.854 (11) (b), all moneys received under ss. 767.57 and 767.75 for child or family support, maintenance, spousal support, health care expenses, or birth expenses, all other moneys received under judgments or orders in actions affecting the family, as defined in s. 767.001 (1), and all moneys received under s. 49.855 (4) from the department of revenue or the department of administration that were withheld by the department of revenue or the internal revenue service for delinquent child support, family support, or maintenance or outstanding court-ordered amounts for past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses, for disbursement to the persons for whom the payments are awarded, and, if assigned under s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or (3n) (b) 2., 48.645 (3), 49.145 (2) (s), 49.19 (4) (h) 1. b., or 49.775 (2) (bm), for transfer to the appropriation account under par. (k). Estimated disbursements under this paragraph shall not be included in the schedule under s. 20.005. SECTION 307. 20.445 (1) (aL) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 308. 20.445 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read: 20.445 (1) (am) Unemployment insurance; general administration. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for administration of ch. 108. SECTION 309. 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.445 (1) (b) Workforce training; programs, grants, services, and contracts. The As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the workforce training programs, grants, and services under s. 106.27 (1), (1g), (1j), (1r), and (1u) and for the costs associated with contracts entered into under s. 47.07. SECTION 310. 20.445 (1) (bw) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 542 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 310 20.445 (1) (bw) Workforce innovation grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for workforce innovation grants under s. 106.29. SECTION 311. 20.445 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read: 20.445 (1) (cm) Wisconsin worker advancement program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the Wisconsin worker advancement program under s. 106.145. SECTION 312. 20.445 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.445 (1) (e) Local youth apprenticeship grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for local youth apprenticeship grants under s. 106.13 (3m). SECTION 313. 20.445 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read: 20.445 (1) (em) Youth-to-registered apprenticeship grant program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for youth-to-registered apprenticeship grants under s. 106.135. SECTION 314. 20.445 (1) (er) of the statutes is created to read: 20.445 (1) (er) On-the-job learning grant program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for on-the-job learning grants under s. 106.136. SECTION 315. 20.445 (1) (ga) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.445 (1) (ga) Auxiliary services. All moneys received from fees collected under ss. 102.16 (2m) (d), 103.005 (15), 103.91 (3), 103.92 (1) (a), and 106.09 (7) for the delivery of services under ss. 102.16 (2m) (f), 103.005 (15), and 106.09 and ch. 108, and for administrative services under ss. 103.905 to 103.97. SECTION 316. 20.445 (1) (ra) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 543 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 316 20.445 (1) (ra) Worker[s compensation operations fund; administration. From the worker[s compensation operations fund, the amounts in the schedule a sum sufficient for the administration of the worker[s compensation program by the department, for assistance to the department of justice in investigating and prosecuting fraudulent activity related to worker[s compensation, and for transfer to the uninsured employers fund under s. 102.81 (1) (c), and for transfer to the appropriation accounts under par. (rp) and s. 20.427 (1) (ra). All moneys received under ss. 102.28 (2) (b) and 102.75 (1) shall be credited to this appropriation account. From this appropriation, an amount not to exceed $5,000 may be expended each fiscal year for payment of expenses for travel and research by the council on worker[s compensation, and an amount not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred in each fiscal year to the uninsured employers fund under s. 102.81 (1) (c), the amount in the schedule under par. (rp) shall be transferred to the appropriation account under par. (rp), and the amount in the schedule under s. 20.427 (1) (ra) shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.427 (1) (ra). SECTION 317. 20.445 (1) (rp) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 318. 20.445 (1) (rr) of the statutes is created to read: 20.445 (1) (rr) Worker[s compensation operations fund; special assessment insurer reimbursements. From the worker[s compensation operations fund, the amounts in the schedule for providing reimbursement to insurance carriers paying supplemental benefits under s. 102.44 (1) (c). All moneys received under s. 102.75 (1g) shall be credited to this appropriation account. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 544 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 319 SECTION 319. 20.455 (1) (hm) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.455 (1) (hm) Restitution. All moneys received by the department to provide restitution to victims when ordered by the court as the result of prosecutions under s. 49.49 and chs. 100, 133, 281 to 285 and 289 to 299 and, under a federal antitrust law for the purpose of providing restitution to victims of the violation when ordered by the court, or under any other court order or settlement agreement for the purpose of providing restitution to victims. SECTION 320. 20.455 (1) (hn) of the statutes is created to read: 20.455 (1) (hn) Payments to relators. All moneys received by the department that are owed to a relator, to provide payments owed to a relator. SECTION 321. 20.455 (2) (eg) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 322. 20.455 (2) (em) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 323. 20.455 (2) (gb) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.455 (2) (gb) Gifts and grants. The amounts in the schedule to carry out the purposes for which gifts and grants are made and received. All moneys received from gifts and grants, other than moneys received for and credited to another appropriation account under this subsection, shall be credited to this appropriation account to carry out the purposes for which made and received. SECTION 324. 20.455 (2) (gr) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 240, is repealed and recreated to read: 20.455 (2) (gr) Handgun purchaser record check; checks for licenses or certifications to carry concealed weapons. All moneys received as fee payments under ss. 175.35 (2i), 175.49 (5m), and 175.60 (7) (c) and (d), (13), and (15) (b) 4. a. and b. to provide services under ss. 165.28, 175.35, 175.49, and 175.60. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 545 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 325 SECTION 325. 20.455 (2) (gr) of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read: 20.455 (2) (gr) Handgun Firearm purchaser record check; checks for licenses or certifications to carry concealed weapons. All moneys received as fee payments under ss. 175.35 (2i) (a), 175.49 (5m), and 175.60 (7) (c) and (d), (13), and (15) (b) 4. a. and b. to provide services under ss. 165.28, 175.35, 175.49, and 175.60. SECTION 326. 20.455 (2) (jd) of the statutes is renumbered 20.625 (1) (jd) and amended to read: 20.625 (1) (jd) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program. The amounts in the schedule to provide grants under s. 165.95 (2) payments to counties that are not a recipient of a grant under the for the county to establish and operate alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program on September 23, 2017 that comply with the criteria specified in s. 165.95 (3). All moneys transferred under 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, section 9228 (15t), and 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, section 9227 (1), shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 327. 20.455 (2) (kn) of the statutes is renumbered 20.625 (1) (kn) and amended to read: 20.625 (1) (kn) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs; justice information fee. The amounts in the schedule for administering and making grants payments to counties and tribes under that comply with the criteria specified in s. 165.95 (2) (3). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (id) 5. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 546 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 327 balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (id). SECTION 328. 20.455 (2) (kv) of the statutes is renumbered 20.625 (1) (kv) and amended to read: 20.625 (1) (kv) Grants for substance abuse treatment programs Programs for criminal offenders. All moneys received under s. 961.41 (5) (c) 2. or 973.043 for the purpose of making grants payments to counties and tribes under that comply with the criteria specified in s. 165.95 (2) (3). SECTION 329. 20.455 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.455 (3) (g) Gifts, grants and proceeds. The amounts in the schedule to carry out the purposes for which gifts and grants are made and collected. All moneys received from gifts and grants and all proceeds from services, conferences, and sales of publications and promotional materials to carry out the purposes for which made or collected, except as provided in sub. (2) (gm) and (gp) and to transfer to s. 20.505 (1) (kg), at the discretion of the attorney general, an amount not to exceed $98,300 annually, shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 330. 20.455 (5) (gL) of the statutes is created to read: 20.455 (5) (gL) Grants for crime victim services. All moneys received from the crime victim services surcharge imposed under s. 973.0452 for the purpose of awarding grants under s. 165.935. SECTION 331. 20.455 (5) (km) of the statutes is created to read: 20.455 (5) (km) Grants for crime victim services supplement — state funds. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (e) for the purposes of awarding grants under s. 165.935. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 547 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 332 SECTION 332. 20.465 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.465 (2) (a) Tuition Educational grants. A sum sufficient for the payment of tuition educational grants to members of the Wisconsin national guard under s. 321.40 (3). SECTION 333. 20.465 (3) (qs) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.465 (3) (qs) Grant program for incumbent local exchange carriers. Biennially, from the 911 fund, the amounts in the schedule for the department to provide grants under s. 256.35 (3s) (bx). No moneys may be encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2027. SECTION 334. 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.485 (1) (gk) Institutional operations. The amounts in the schedule for the care of the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50, for the payment of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (ky) for payment of the state share of the medical assistance costs related to the provision of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43 to allow them to reside at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation accounts under pars. (kc) and (kj), for the transfer of moneys in an amount up to $10,000,000 to the appropriation account under par. (ks), and for the payment of grants under s. 45.82. Not more than 1 percent of the moneys credited to this appropriation account may be used for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43. All moneys received under par. (m) and s. 45.51 (7) (b) and (8) and all moneys received for the care of members under medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8), shall be credited to this appropriation account. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 548 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 334 All moneys transferred under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9248 (1), shall be credited to this appropriation account. Except for the moneys transferred under this paragraph to the appropriation account under par. (kc), no moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (kc). SECTION 335. 20.485 (2) (qw) of the statutes is created to read: 20.485 (2) (qw) Veterans mental health services. Biennially, from the veterans trust fund, the amounts in the schedule for the promotion and assistance of access to, and grants for, veterans[ mental health services under s. 45.49. SECTION 336. 20.485 (2) (vm) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.485 (2) (vm) (title) Veterans assistance grants. SECTION 337. 20.505 (1) (aw) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (aw) Grants for local projects. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants awarded under s. 16.095 to assist nonstate organizations to carry out construction projects having a statewide public purpose. SECTION 338. 20.505 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (bp) Office of violence prevention; general program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the office of violence prevention. SECTION 339. 20.505 (1) (bs) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (bs) Office of violence prevention; violence reduction initiative grants. The amounts in the schedule for violence reduction initiative grants awarded under s. 16.02 (3). SECTION 340. 20.505 (1) (bv) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 549 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 340 20.505 (1) (bv) Cybersecurity emergency incident response. A sum sufficient, not to exceed the amounts allocated under s. 16.971 (18) (b), for cybersecurity emergency incident response under s. 16.971 (18) (a). SECTION 341. 20.505 (1) (cb) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (cb) Grants to tribes for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs. The amounts in the schedule for grants to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state under s. 16.075 (2). SECTION 342. 20.505 (1) (cp) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (cp) Translation services. The amounts in the schedule for assistance under s. 16.17. SECTION 343. 20.505 (1) (cv) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (cv) First class city school district audit response support. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for payments under s. 16.23 to a 1st class city school district to implement audit recommendations. SECTION 344. 20.505 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (e) Supplement to crime victim services grant program. A sum sufficient not to exceed in each fiscal year the amount determined under s. 16.311 (1) to supplement the crime victim services grant program under s. 165.935 as provided in s. 16.311. SECTION 345. 20.505 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (em) Cybersecurity activities. The amounts in the schedule for the department of administration[s cybersecurity activities. SECTION 346. 20.505 (1) (ep) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (ep) Civil legal services. As a continuing appropriation, the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 550 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 346 amounts in the schedule to provide grants under s. 16.19 to the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for the provision of civil legal services. SECTION 347. 20.505 (1) (fn) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (fn) Artificial intelligence tools and infrastructure. The amounts in the schedule to support the development and maintenance of artificial intelligence tools and infrastructure for the benefit of state agencies under s. 16.971 (2) (p). SECTION 348. 20.505 (1) (id) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (1) (id) 5. The amount transferred to s. 20.455 (2) 20.625 (1) (kn) shall be the amount in the schedule under s. 20.455 (2) 20.625 (1) (kn). SECTION 349. 20.505 (1) (kL) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (1) (kL) Printing, mail, communication, document sales, and information technology services; state agencies; veterans services. The amounts in the schedule to provide document sales, printing, mail processing, electronic communications, information technology development, management, and processing services, but not enterprise resource planning system services under s. 16.971 (2) (cf), to state agencies and veterans services under s. 16.973 (9). All moneys received for the provision of document sales services and services under ss. 16.971, 16.972, 16.973, 16.974 (3), and 16.997 (2) (d), other than moneys received and disbursed under par. (ip) and s. 20.225 (1) (kb), shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 350. 20.505 (1) (ks) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (1) (ks) Collective bargaining grievance arbitrations. The amounts in the schedule for the payment of the state[s share of costs related to collective bargaining grievance arbitrations under s. 111.86. All moneys received from state 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 551 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 350 agencies or authorities for the purpose of reimbursing the state[s share of the costs related to grievance arbitrations under s. 111.86 and to reimburse the state[s share of costs for training related to grievance arbitrations shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 351. 20.505 (1) (kx) (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (1) (kx) (title) American Indian economic development; technical assistance and tourism promotion. SECTION 352. 20.505 (1) (ky) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (1) (ky) Tribal grants. The amounts in the schedule for grants to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state under 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, section 9101 (2), and under ss. 16.07 and 16.08. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under sub. (8) (hm) 16a. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under sub. (8) (hm). SECTION 353. 20.505 (1) (r) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (1) (r) Local construction project grants. From the local government fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants awarded under s. 16.095 (6) to assist cities, villages, towns, counties, and tribal governments to carry out construction projects having a statewide public purpose. SECTION 354. 20.505 (1) (uc) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (1) (uc) Land information program; local aids. From the land information fund, all moneys received by the department under s. 59.72 (5) (a), 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 552 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 354 except moneys appropriated and expended by June 30 under par. (ub), for aids to counties under s. 16.967 (7). SECTION 355. 20.505 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (4) (c) Telecommunications access for educational agencies; general fund. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971 (13), (14), and (15) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under sub. (1) (is), and to make payments to telecommunications providers under contracts under s. 16.971 (16) to the extent that the amounts due are not paid from the appropriation under sub. (1) (kL). SECTION 356. 20.505 (4) (cm) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (4) (cm) Community climate action grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 16.035 (2). SECTION 357. 20.505 (4) (cp) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (4) (cp) Community climate engagement grant program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the community climate engagement grant program under s. 16.037. SECTION 358. 20.505 (4) (fm) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (4) (fm) National and community service board; state scholarship program. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the state scholarship program under s. 16.22 (2m). SECTION 359. 20.505 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (4) (h) Program services. The amounts in the schedule to carry out the responsibilities of divisions, commissions, and boards attached to the department of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 553 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 359 administration, other than the board on aging and long-term care, the board for people with developmental disabilities, the distance learning authorization board, and the public records board, and to carry out the responsibilities of special and executive committees. All moneys received from fees which are authorized by law or administrative rule to be collected by any division, board or commission attached to the department, other than the board on aging and long-term care, the board for people with developmental disabilities, the distance learning authorization board, and the public records board, and all moneys received from fees that are authorized by law or executive order to be collected by any special or executive committee shall be credited to this appropriation account and used to carry out the purposes for which collected. SECTION 360. 20.505 (4) (o) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (4) (o) National and community service board; federal aid for administration. From the All moneys received from the corporation for national and community service under 42 USC 12542 (a) and 12571 (a), as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule that are designated for administering the national and community service program, for the administration of the national and community service program under s. 16.22. SECTION 361. 20.505 (4) (p) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (4) (p) National and community service board; federal aid for grants. From the All moneys received from the corporation for national and community service under 42 USC 12542 (a) and 12571 (a), all moneys not appropriated under par. (o) that are designated for the purpose of national service program grants, for national service program grants under s. 16.22 (2) (h). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 554 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 362 SECTION 362. 20.505 (5) (ka) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (5) (ka) Facility operations and maintenance; police and protection functions. The amounts in the schedule for the purpose of financing the costs of operation of state-owned or operated facilities that are not funded from other appropriations, including custodial and maintenance services; for minor projects; for utilities, fuel, heat, and air conditioning; for assessments levied by the department under s. 16.847 (3) for costs incurred and savings generated at departmental facilities; for facility design services provided to agencies under s. 16.849; and for costs incurred under ss. 16.858 and 16.895 by or on behalf of the department; and for police and protection functions under s. 16.84 (2) and (3), including to provide security services at multitenant state buildings or multitenant state facilities. All moneys received from state agencies for the operation of such facilities, from parking rental fees established under s. 16.843 (2) (bm) and miscellaneous other sources, from assessments under s. 16.895, from the performance of gaming protection functions under s. 16.84 (3), from charges to state agencies for security services under s. 16.84 (2), and from the fees assessed under s. 16.849, and all moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (2) (e) for this purpose shall be credited to this appropriation account. No moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (kg). SECTION 363. 20.505 (5) (ks) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 364. 20.505 (7) (bp) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (7) (bp) Housing quality standards grants. The amounts in the schedule for housing quality standards grants under s. 16.3077. SECTION 365. 20.505 (7) (fe) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 555 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 365 20.505 (7) (fe) Grants for Milwaukee County Housing First. The amounts in the schedule for payments under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9101 (1). SECTION 366. 20.505 (7) (fe) of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed. SECTION 367. 20.505 (7) (fo) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (7) (fo) Affordable housing and workforce development grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 16.3063. SECTION 368. 20.505 (7) (fq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (7) (fq) Grants to incentivize eliminating zoning barriers to affordable housing. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 16.3066. SECTION 369. 20.505 (7) (fr) of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (7) (fr) Whole-home upgrade grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 16.3069. SECTION 370. 20.505 (8) (hm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (8) (hm) Indian gaming receipts. (intro.) All moneys required to be credited to this appropriation under s. 569.06, all moneys transferred under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, sections 9201 (5mk), 9205 (1mk), 9210 (3mk), 9223 (5mk), 9224 (1mk), 9225 (1mk), 9231 (1mk), 9237 (4mk), 9240 (1mk), 9251 (1mk), 9256 (1mk), 9257 (2mk), and 9258 (2mk), and all moneys that revert to this appropriation account from the appropriation accounts specified in subds. 1c. to 19., 22., and 23. 26., less the amounts appropriated under par. (h) and s. 20.455 (2) (gc), for the purpose of annually transferring the following amounts: SECTION 371. 20.505 (8) (hm) 6. of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 372. 20.505 (8) (hm) 8k. of the statutes is repealed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 556 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 373 SECTION 373. 20.505 (8) (hm) 8m. of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (8) (hm) 8m. The amount transferred to s. 20.370 (5) (hk) shall be the amount in the schedule under s. 20.370 (5) (hk). SECTION 374. 20.505 (8) (hm) 16. of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (8) (hm) 16. The amount transferred to s. 20.566 (3) (km) shall be the amount in the schedule under s. 20.566 (3) (km). SECTION 375. 20.505 (8) (hm) 25. of the statutes is amended to read: 20.505 (8) (hm) 25. The amount transferred to s. 20.435 (2) (km) shall be $250,000 or the amount remaining in this appropriation after all other transfers under subds. 1c. to 24. are made, whichever is less the amount in the schedule under s. 20.435 (2) (km). SECTION 376. 20.505 (8) (hm) 26. of the statutes is created to read: 20.505 (8) (hm) 26. The amount transferred to s. 20.255 (2) (kg) shall be the amount in the schedule under s. 20.255 (2) (kg). SECTION 377. 20.507 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.507 (1) (c) Payments in lieu of taxes. The amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for payments in lieu of property taxes under s. 24.62 (3). SECTION 378. 20.510 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read: 20.510 (1) (bp) Election administration; local aids. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for election administration grants under s. 5.45 and 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9112 (1). SECTION 379. 20.510 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.510 (1) (c) Voter identification County and municipal clerk training. The amounts in the schedule for training of county and municipal clerks concerning the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 557 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 379 administration of elections as provided in chs. 5 to 10 and 12, including voter identification requirements provided in 2011 Wisconsin Act 23. SECTION 380. 20.510 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read: 20.510 (1) (f) Local aids for special elections. A sum sufficient to reimburse counties and municipalities for certain special primary or election costs under s. 5.05 (11m). SECTION 381. 20.510 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.510 (1) (g) Recount fees. The amounts in the schedule All moneys received on account of recount petitions filed with the commission, to be apportioned to the commission and the county clerks or county board of election commissioners as prescribed in s. 9.01 (1) (ag). All moneys received on account of recount petitions filed with the commission shall be credited to this appropriation account. SECTION 382. 20.521 (1) (im) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 383. 20.566 (1) (bn) of the statutes is created to read: 20.566 (1) (bn) Administration and enforcement of marijuana tax and regulation. The amounts in the schedule for the purposes of administering the marijuana tax imposed under subch. IV of ch. 139 and for the costs incurred in enforcing the taxing and regulation of marijuana producers, marijuana processors, and marijuana retailers under subch. IV of ch. 139. SECTION 384. 20.566 (1) (gc) of the statutes is created to read: 20.566 (1) (gc) Administration of transit authority taxes. From the moneys received from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gc), the amounts in the schedule for the purpose of administering the transit authority taxes imposed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 558 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 384 under s. 77.708. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of the fiscal year the unencumbered balance in this appropriation account shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gc). SECTION 385. 20.566 (1) (gh) of the statutes is created to read: 20.566 (1) (gh) Administration of regional transit authority fees. The amounts in the schedule for administering the fees imposed under subch. XIV of ch. 77. An amount equal to 2.55 percent of all moneys received from the fees imposed under subch. XIV of ch. 77 shall be credited to this appropriation. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of each fiscal year the unencumbered balance in this appropriation account that exceeds 10 percent of the expenditures from this appropriation during the fiscal year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gh). SECTION 386. 20.566 (1) (gi) (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.566 (1) (gi) (title) Administration of municipality taxes of 1st class cities. SECTION 387. 20.566 (1) (gj) of the statutes is created to read: 20.566 (1) (gj) Administration of municipality taxes; generally. From the moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gj), the amounts in the schedule for administering the municipality taxes imposed under s. 77.702. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of the fiscal year the unencumbered balance of this appropriation account lapses to the general fund. SECTION 388. 20.566 (1) (ha) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 389. 20.566 (1) (hd) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 390. 20.566 (3) (km) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 559 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 390 20.566 (3) (km) Gaming regulation and enforcement. The amounts in the schedule to support the department of revenue[s gaming regulation and enforcement activities. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm) 16. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall revert to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (hm). SECTION 391. 20.566 (9) of the statutes is created to read: 20.566 (9) DIVISION OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES. (g) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for alcohol beverages regulation and enforcement under ch. 125 and general program operations of the division of alcohol beverages. All moneys received by the division of alcohol beverages, including all moneys transferred under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9237 (1), shall be credited to this appropriation account. All moneys received from the administration fee under s. 139.06 (1) (a) shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of each fiscal year, the unencumbered balance of this appropriation account shall lapse to the general fund. SECTION 392. 20.575 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.575 (1) (g) Program fees General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the purpose of carrying out general program operations. Except as provided under par. (ka), all amounts received by the secretary of state, including all All moneys transferred from the appropriation under s. 20.144 (1) (g), shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), any at the end of each fiscal year, the unencumbered balance at the close of a fiscal year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 560 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 392 exceeding 10 percent of that fiscal year[s expenditures under of this appropriation account shall lapse to the general fund. SECTION 393. 20.575 (1) (i) of the statutes is created to read: 20.575 (1) (i) Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants, bequests, and devises to carry out the purposes for which made and received. SECTION 394. 20.575 (1) (ka) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.575 (1) (ka) Agency collections Program fees. The amounts in the schedule for photocopying and microfilm copying of documents, generation of copies of documents from optical disc or electronic storage, publication of books, and other services provided in carrying out the functions of the office. All moneys received by the office as fees or other charges for photocopying, microfilm copying, generation of copies of documents from optical disc or electronic storage, sales of books, provision of apostille and authentication services, and other services provided in carrying out the functions of the office shall be credited to this appropriation, for photocopying and microfilm copying of documents, generation of copies of documents from optical disc or electronic storage, publication of books, provision of apostille and authentication services, and other services provided in carrying out the functions of the office. SECTION 395. 20.575 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read: 20.575 (1) (m) Federal aid. All moneys received from the federal government as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 to carry out the purposes for which received. SECTION 396. 20.625 (1) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 561 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 396 20.625 (1) (cg) Circuit court costs. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to make payments to counties for circuit court costs under s. 758.19 (5) (b). SECTION 397. 20.625 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read: 20.625 (1) (d) Circuit court costs supplement. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to make payments to counties for circuit court costs under s. 758.19 (5) (bf), (bm), and (bn). SECTION 398. 20.680 (4) of the statutes is created to read: 20.680 (4) OFFICE OF THE MARSHALS OF THE SUPREME COURT. (a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the office of the marshals of the supreme court. SECTION 399. 20.835 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read: 20.835 (1) (a) Property tax freeze incentive payments. A sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 79.06. SECTION 400. 20.835 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read: 20.835 (1) (b) Refunds of certain tax payments made for nontaxable tribal land. A sum sufficient to make the payments under 2025 Act .... (this act), section 9137 (2). SECTION 401. 20.835 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read: 20.835 (1) (c) County and municipal aid for nontaxable tribal land. The amounts in the schedule to make the payments under s. 79.07. SECTION 402. 20.835 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read: 20.835 (1) (d) State aid, state assessed pipelines. A sum sufficient to make payments as provided under s. 79.098. SECTION 403. 20.835 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 562 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 403 20.835 (2) (bm) Film production services credit. A sum sufficient to make the payments under ss. 71.07 (5f) (d) 2., 71.28 (5f) (d) 2., and 71.47 (5f) (d) 2. SECTION 404. 20.835 (2) (c) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 20.835 (2) (c) (title) Property tax and rent rebate. SECTION 405. 20.835 (2) (eq) of the statutes is created to read: 20.835 (2) (eq) Marijuana tax refunds. A sum sufficient to pay refunds under subch. IV of ch. 139. SECTION 406. 20.835 (4) (gc) of the statutes is created to read: 20.835 (4) (gc) Transit authority taxes. All moneys received from the taxes imposed under s. 77.708, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gc), for the purpose of distribution to the transit authorities that adopt a resolution imposing taxes under subch. V of ch. 77, except that 1.5 percent of those tax revenues collected under subch. V of ch. 77 shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gc). SECTION 407. 20.835 (4) (gh) of the statutes is created to read: 20.835 (4) (gh) Regional transit authority fees. All moneys received from the fees imposed under subch. XIV of ch. 77, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gh), for distribution to regional transit authorities created under s. 66.1039 (2), except that 2.55 percent of the moneys received from the fees imposed under subch. XIV of ch. 77 shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gh). SECTION 408. 20.835 (4) (gi) (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 563 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 408 20.835 (4) (gi) (title) Municipality taxes of 1st class cities. SECTION 409. 20.835 (4) (gj) of the statutes is created to read: 20.835 (4) (gj) Municipality taxes; generally. All moneys received from the taxes imposed under s. 77.702 for distribution to the municipalities that enact an ordinance imposing taxes under that section and for interest payments on refunds under s. 77.76 (3t), except that 0.75 percent of those tax revenues collected under that section shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gj). SECTION 410. 20.865 (1) (fo) of the statutes is created to read: 20.865 (1) (fo) Salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings; general purpose revenue. The amounts in the schedule to supplement the appropriations to state agencies for enterprise assessments and billings that are increased because of compensation and related adjustments that are approved by the legislature under s. 111.92 for represented employees and by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12. In this paragraph, Xenterprise assessments and billingsY means charges from the department of administration for services provided directly to state agencies by employees of the department of administration. SECTION 411. 20.865 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read: 20.865 (1) (gm) Salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings; program revenue. From the appropriate program revenue and program revenue — service accounts, a sum sufficient to supplement the appropriations to state agencies for enterprise assessments and billings that are increased because of compensation and related adjustments that are approved by the legislature under s. 111.92 for represented employees and by the joint 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 564 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 411 committee on employment relations under s. 230.12. In this paragraph, Xenterprise assessments and billingsY means charges from the department of administration for services provided directly to state agencies by employees of the department of administration. SECTION 412. 20.865 (1) (mz) of the statutes is created to read: 20.865 (1) (mz) Salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings; federal funds. From the appropriate federal program revenue accounts, a sum sufficient to supplement the appropriations to state agencies for enterprise assessments and billings that are increased because of compensation and related adjustments that are approved by the legislature under s. 111.92 for represented employees and by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12. In this paragraph, Xenterprise assessments and billingsY means charges from the department of administration for services provided directly to state agencies by employees of the department of administration. SECTION 413. 20.865 (1) (tz) of the statutes is created to read: 20.865 (1) (tz) Salary and fringe benefit costs incurred in enterprise assessments and billings; segregated revenues. From the appropriate segregated funds, a sum sufficient to supplement the appropriations to state agencies for enterprise assessments and billings that are increased because of compensation and related adjustments that are approved by the legislature under s. 111.92 for represented employees and by the joint committee on employment relations under s. 230.12. In this paragraph, Xenterprise assessments and billingsY means charges from the department of administration for services provided directly to state agencies by employees of the department of administration. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 565 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 414 SECTION 414. 20.866 (1) (u) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (1) (u) Principal repayment and interest. A sum sufficient from moneys appropriated under sub. (2) (zp) and ss. 20.115 (2) (d) and (7) (b) and, (br), (s), and (tb), 20.190 (1) (c), (d), (i), and (j), 20.225 (1) (c) and (i), 20.245 (1) (e) and (j), 20.250 (1) (c) and (e), 20.255 (1) (d), 20.285 (1) (d), (gj), and (je), 20.320 (1) (c) and (t) and (2) (c), 20.370 (7) (aa), (ad), (ag), (aq), (ar), (at), (au), (bq), (br), (cb), (cc), (cd), (cg), (cq), (cr), (cs), (ct), (ea), (eq), and (er), 20.395 (6) (af), (aq), (ar), and (au), 20.410 (1) (e), (ec), and (ko) and (3) (e) and (fm), 20.435 (2) (ee), 20.465 (1) (d), 20.485 (1) (f) and (go) and (4) (qm), 20.505 (4) (es), (et), (ha), and (hb) and (5) (c), (g), and (kc), 20.855 (8) (a), and 20.867 (1) (a) and (b) and (3) (a), (b), (bb), (bc), (bd), (be), (bf), (bg), (bh), (bj), (bL), (bm), (bn), (bo), (bq), (br), (bt), (bu), (bv), (bw), (bx), (cb), (cd), (cf), (ch), (cj), (cq), (cr), (cs), (cv), (cw), (cx), (cz), (g), (h), (i), (kd), and (q) for the payment of principal, interest, premium due, if any, and payment due, if any, under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) relating to any public debt contracted under subchs. I and IV of ch. 18. SECTION 415. 20.866 (2) (ta) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (ta) Natural resources; Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program. From the capital improvement fund a sum sufficient for the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program under s. 23.0917. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $1,046,250,000 $1,876,250,000 for this program. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $42,600,000 for this program. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $90,000,000. Except as provided in s. 23.0917 (4g) (b), (4m) (k), (5), (5g), and (5m), the amounts obligated, as defined 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 566 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 415 in s. 23.0917 (1) (e), under this paragraph may not exceed $46,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-01, may not exceed $46,000,000 in fiscal year 2001-02, may not exceed $60,000,000 in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, may not exceed $86,000,000 in fiscal year 2010-11, may not exceed $60,000,000 in fiscal year 2011-12, may not exceed $60,000,000 in fiscal year 2012-13, may not exceed $47,500,000 in fiscal year 2013-14, may not exceed $54,500,000 in fiscal year 2014-15, and may not exceed $33,250,000 in each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22. Except as provided in s. 23.0917 (4g) (b), (4m) (f) and (k), (5g), and (5m), the amounts obligated, as defined in s. 23.0917 (1) (e), under this paragraph cannot exceed $33,250,000 in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26. Except as provided in s. 23.0917 (4g) (b), (4m) (f) and (k), (5g), and (5m), the amounts obligated, as defined in s. 23.0917 (1) (e), under this paragraph may not exceed $83,000,000 in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2035-36. SECTION 416. 20.866 (2) (tf) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (tf) Natural resources; nonpoint source. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to fund nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects under s. 281.65 (4c) and (4e). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $44,050,000 $67,050,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $6,500,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $6,500,000 for this purpose. SECTION 417. 20.866 (2) (th) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 567 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 417 20.866 (2) (th) Natural resources; urban nonpoint source cost-sharing. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to provide cost-sharing grants for urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement and storm water management projects under s. 281.66, to provide municipal flood control and riparian restoration cost-sharing grants under s. 281.665, and to make the grant under 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9135 (1i). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $53,600,000 $72,600,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. Of those amounts, $500,000 is allocated in fiscal biennium 2001-03 for dam rehabilitation grants under s. 31.387. SECTION 418. 20.866 (2) (ti) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (ti) Natural resources; contaminated sediment removal. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to fund removal of contaminated sediment under s. 281.87. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $32,000,000 $49,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. SECTION 419. 20.866 (2) (tx) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (tx) Natural resources; dam safety projects. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of natural resources to provide financial assistance to counties, cities, villages, towns, and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts for dam safety projects under s. 31.385. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 568 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 419 The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $25,500,000 $54,500,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $4,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $10,000,000 for this purpose. SECTION 420. 20.866 (2) (uup) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (uup) 1. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund the Marquette interchange reconstruction project under s. 84.014, as provided under s. 84.555, the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor and the zoo interchange, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), the reconstruction of the I 94 east-west corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), and high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $704,750,000 for these purposes. In addition, the state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $107,000,000 for the reconstruction of the Zoo interchange and I 94 north-south corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, in an amount not to exceed $216,800,000 for high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), in an amount not to exceed $95,000,000 for the reconstruction of the Zoo interchange, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as a southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject under s. 84.0145, and in an amount up to $40,000,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 569 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 420 $225,171,300 for the reconstruction of the I 94 east-west corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m), as a southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject under s. 84.0145. SECTION 421. 20.866 (2) (uuv) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (uuv) Transportation; design-build projects. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to fund design-build projects under s. 84.062 that are state highway rehabilitation projects, major highway projects, or southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects. The state may contract public debt in an amount up to $20,000,000 $112,500,000 for this purpose. SECTION 422. 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (uv) Transportation, harbor improvements. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to provide grants for harbor improvements. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $120,000,000 $197,300,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $32,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $15,300,000 for this purpose. SECTION 423. 20.866 (2) (uw) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (uw) Transportation; rail acquisitions and improvements and intermodal freight facilities. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to acquire railroad property under ss. 85.08 (2) (L) and 85.09; to provide grants and loans for rail property acquisitions and improvements under s. 85.08 (4m) (c) and (d); and to provide intermodal freight facilities grants under s. 85.093. The state may contract public debt in an amount 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 570 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 423 not to exceed $250,300,000 $305,300,000 for these purposes. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $30,000,000 for these purposes. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $20,000,000 for these purposes. SECTION 424. 20.866 (2) (we) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (we) Agriculture; soil and water. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to provide for soil and water resource management under s. 92.14. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $68,075,000 $92,075,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $7,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $7,000,000 for this purpose. SECTION 425. 20.866 (2) (wg) of the statutes is created to read: 20.866 (2) (wg) Agricultural conservation easements. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to purchase agricultural conservation easements under s. 93.73. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for this purpose. SECTION 426. 20.866 (2) (xm) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.866 (2) (xm) Building commission; refunding tax-supported and self- amortizing general obligation debt. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient to refund the whole or any part of any unpaid indebtedness used to finance tax-supported or self-amortizing facilities. In addition to the amount that may be contracted under par. (xe), the state may contract public debt in an amount 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 571 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 426 not to exceed $7,510,000,000 $12,835,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $2,000,000,000 for this purpose. The state may contract additional public debt in an amount up to $1,725,000,000 for this purpose. Such indebtedness shall be construed to include any premium and interest payable with respect thereto. Debt incurred by this paragraph shall be repaid under the appropriations providing for the retirement of public debt incurred for tax-supported and self-amortizing facilities in proportional amounts to the purposes for which the debt was refinanced. No moneys may be expended under this paragraph unless the true interest costs to the state can be reduced by the expenditure. SECTION 427. 20.921 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 20.921 (1) (a) 2. If the state employee is a public safety employee under s. 111.81 (15r) or is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker under s. 111.81 (9b), payment of dues to employee organizations. SECTION 428. 20.923 (4) (c) 8. of the statutes is created to read: 20.923 (4) (c) 8. Administration, department of: director of Native American affairs. SECTION 429. 20.923 (6) (as) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.923 (6) (as) Each elective executive officer other than the state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction: a deputy or assistant. SECTION 430. 20.923 (6) (bn) of the statutes is created to read: 20.923 (6) (bn) Corrections, department of: ombudsperson of the office of the ombudsperson for corrections. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 572 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 431 SECTION 431. 20.923 (8) of the statutes is amended to read: 20.923 (8) DEPUTIES. Salaries for deputies appointed pursuant to ss. 13.94 (3) (b), 15.04 (2), and 551.601 (1) shall be set by the appointing authority. The salary, other than the salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds, shall not exceed the maximum of the salary range one range below the salary range of the executive salary group to which the department or agency head is assigned. The deputy secretary of state and associate director of the historical society shall be treated as an unclassified deputy deputies for pay purposes under this subsection. The salary of the deputy director of the office of business development in the department of administration is assigned to executive salary group 2. SECTION 432. 20.9315 of the statutes is created to read: 20.9315 False claims; actions by or on behalf of state. (1) In this section: (a) 1. XClaimY means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money or property, whether the state has title to the money or property, that is any of the following: a. Presented to an officer, employee, agent, or other representative of the state. b. Made to a contractor, grantee, or other person if the money or property is to be spent or used on the state[s behalf or to advance a state program or interest and if the state provides any portion of the money or property that is requested or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 573 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 demanded or will reimburse directly or indirectly the contractor, grantee, or other person for any portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded. 2. XClaimY includes a request or demand for services from a state agency or as part of a state program. 3. XClaimY does not include requests or demands for money or property that the state has paid to an individual as compensation for state employment or as an income subsidy with no restriction on that individual[s use of the money or property. (b) XKnowinglyY means, with respect to information, having actual knowledge of the information, acting in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information, or acting in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information. XKnowinglyY does not mean specifically intending to defraud. (c) XMaterialY means having a natural tendency to influence, or be capable of influencing, the payment or receipt of money or property or the receipt of services. (d) XMedical assistanceY has the meaning given under s. 49.43 (8). (e) XObligationY has the meaning given in 31 USC 3729 (b) (3). (f) XOriginal sourceY has the meaning given in 31 USC 3730 (e) (4) (B). (g) XProceedsY includes damages, civil penalties, surcharges, payments for costs of compliance, and any other economic benefit realized by this state as a result of an action or settlement of a claim. (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), any person who does any of the following is liable to this state for 3 times the amount of the damages that were sustained by the state or would have been sustained by the state,whichever is greater, because of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 574 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 actions of the person and shall forfeit, for each violation, an amount within the range specified under 31 USC 3729 (a): (a) Knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim to a state agency, including a false or fraudulent claim for medical assistance. (b) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim to a state agency, including a false or fraudulent claim for medical assistance. (c) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the Medical Assistance program, or knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the Medical Assistance program. (d) Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to a state agency or knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to a state agency. (e) Conspires to commit a violation under par. (a), (b), (c), or (d). (3) The court may assess against a person who violates sub. (2) not less than 2 nor more than 3 times the amount of the damages sustained by the state because of the acts of the person, and shall not assess any forfeiture, if the court finds all of the following: (a) The person who commits the acts furnished the attorney general with all 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 575 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 information known to the person about the acts within 30 days after the date on which the person obtained the information. (b) The person fully cooperated with any investigation by this state of the acts. (c) At the time that the person furnished the attorney general with information concerning the acts, no criminal prosecution or civil or administrative enforcement action had been commenced with respect to any such act, and the person did not have actual knowledge of the existence of any investigation into any such act. (5) (a) Except as provided in subs. (10) and (12), any person may bring a civil action as a qui tam plaintiff against a person who commits an act in violation of sub. (2) for the person and the state in the name of the state. (b) The plaintiff under par. (a) shall serve upon the attorney general a copy of the complaint and documents disclosing substantially all material evidence and information that the plaintiff possesses. The plaintiff shall file a copy of the complaint with the court for inspection in camera. Except as provided in par. (c), the complaint shall remain under seal for a period of 60 days from the date of filing and shall not be served upon the defendant until the court so orders. Within 60 days from the date of service upon the attorney general of the complaint, evidence, and information under this paragraph, the attorney general may intervene in the action. (bm) Any complaint filed by the state in intervention, whether filed separately or as an amendment to the qui tam plaintiff[s complaint, shall relate back to the filing date of the qui tam plaintiff[s complaint to the extent that the state[s claim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 576 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 arises out of the conduct, transactions, or occurrences set forth, or attempted to be set forth, in the qui tam plaintiff[s complaint. (c) The attorney general may, for good cause shown, move the court for one or more extensions of the period during which a complaint in an action under this subsection remains under seal. (d) Before the expiration of the period during which the complaint remains under seal, the attorney general shall do one of the following: 1. Proceed with the action or an alternate remedy under sub. (10), in which case the action or proceeding under sub. (10) shall be prosecuted by the state. 2. Notify the court that he or she declines to proceed with the action, in which case the person bringing the action may proceed with the action. (e) If a person brings a valid action under this subsection, no person other than the state may intervene or bring a related action based upon the same facts underlying the original action while the original action is pending. (f) In any action brought under this subsection or other proceeding under sub. (10), the plaintiff is required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action or complaint, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence. (6) If the state proceeds with an action under sub. (5) or an alternate remedy under sub. (10), the state has primary responsibility for prosecuting the action under sub. (5) or proceeding under sub. (10). The state is not bound by any act of the person bringing the action, but that person has the right to continue as a party to the action. (7) (b) With the approval of the governor, the attorney general may 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 577 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 compromise and settle an action under sub. (5) or an administrative proceeding under sub. (10) to which the state is a party, notwithstanding objection of the person bringing the action, if the court determines, after affording to the person bringing the action the right to a hearing at which the person is afforded the opportunity to present evidence in opposition to the proposed settlement, that the proposed settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable considering the relevant circumstances pertaining to the violation. (c) Upon a showing by the state that unrestricted participation in the prosecution of an action under sub. (5) or an alternate proceeding under sub. (10) to which the state is a party by the person bringing the action would interfere with or unduly delay the prosecution of the action or proceeding, or would result in consideration of repetitious or irrelevant evidence or evidence presented for purposes of harassment, the court may limit the person[s participation in the prosecution, such as: 1. Limiting the number of witnesses that the person may call. 2. Limiting the length of the testimony of the witnesses. 3. Limiting the cross-examination of witnesses by the person. 4. Otherwise limiting the participation by the person in the prosecution of the action or proceeding. (d) Upon a showing by a defendant that unrestricted participation in the prosecution of an action under sub. (5) or alternate proceeding under sub. (10) to which the state is a party by the person bringing the action would result in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 578 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 harassment or would cause the defendant undue burden or unnecessary expense, the court may limit the person[s participation in the prosecution. (8) Except as provided in sub. (7), if the state elects not to participate in an action filed under sub. (5), the person bringing the action may prosecute the action. If the attorney general so requests, the attorney general shall, at the state[s expense, be served with copies of all pleadings and deposition transcripts in the action. If the person bringing the action initiates prosecution of the action, the court, without limiting the status and rights of that person, may permit the state to intervene at a later date upon a showing by the state of good cause for the proposed intervention. (9) Whether or not the state participates in an action under sub. (5), upon a showing in camera by the attorney general that discovery by the person bringing the action would interfere with the state[s ongoing investigation or prosecution of a criminal or civil matter arising out of the same facts as the facts upon which the action is based, the court may stay such discovery in whole or in part for a period of not more than 60 days. The court may extend the period of any such stay upon a further showing in camera by the attorney general that the state has pursued the criminal or civil investigation of the matter with reasonable diligence and the proposed discovery in the action brought under sub. (5) will interfere with the ongoing criminal or civil investigation or prosecution. (10) The attorney general may pursue a claim relating to an alleged violation of sub. (2) through an alternate remedy available to the state or any state agency, including an administrative proceeding to assess a civil forfeiture. If the attorney 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 579 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 general elects any such alternate remedy, the attorney general shall serve timely notice of his or her election upon the person bringing the action under sub. (5), and that person has the same rights in the alternate venue as the person would have had if the action had continued under sub. (5). Any finding of fact or conclusion of law made by a court or by a state agency in the alternate venue that has become final is conclusive upon all parties named in an action under sub. (5). For purposes of this subsection, a finding or conclusion is final if it has been finally determined on appeal, if all time for filing an appeal or petition for review with respect to the finding or conclusion has expired, or if the finding or conclusion is not subject to judicial review. (11) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (e), if the state proceeds with an action brought by a person under sub. (5) or the state pursues an alternate remedy relating to the same acts under sub. (10), the person who brings the action shall receive at least 15 percent but not more than 25 percent of the proceeds of the action or settlement of the claim, depending upon the extent to which the person contributed to the prosecution of the action or claim. (b) Except as provided in par. (e), if an action or claim is one that the court or other adjudicator finds to be based primarily upon disclosures of specific information not provided by the person who brings the action or claim under sub. (5) relating to allegations or transactions specifically disclosed in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing; legislative or administrative report, hearing, audit, or investigation; or report made by the news media, the court or other adjudicator may award an amount to the person as it considers appropriate, but not more than 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 580 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 percent of the proceeds of the action or settlement of the claim, depending upon the significance of the information and the role of the person bringing the action in advancing the prosecution of the action or claim. (c) Except as provided in par. (e), in addition to any amount received under par. (a) or (b), a person bringing an action under sub. (5) shall be awarded his or her reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in bringing the action together with the person[s costs and reasonable actual attorney fees. The court or other adjudicator shall assess any award under this paragraph against the defendant. (d) Except as provided in par. (e), if the state does not proceed with an action under sub. (5) or an alternate proceeding under sub. (10), the person bringing the action shall receive an amount that the court decides is reasonable for collection of the civil penalty and damages. The amount shall be not less than 25 percent and not more than 30 percent of the proceeds of the action and shall be paid from the proceeds. In addition, the person shall be paid his or her expenses, costs, and fees under par. (c). (e) Whether or not the state proceeds with an action under sub. (5) or an alternate proceeding under sub. (10), if the court or other adjudicator finds that an action under sub. (5) was brought by a person who planned or initiated the violation upon which the action or proceeding is based, then the court may, to the extent that the court considers appropriate, reduce the share of the proceeds of the action that the person would otherwise receive under par. (a), (b), or (d), taking into account the role of that person in advancing the prosecution of the action or claim and any other relevant circumstance pertaining to the violation, except that if the person bringing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 581 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 the action is convicted of criminal conduct arising from his or her role in a violation of sub. (2), the court or other adjudicator shall dismiss the person as a party and the person shall not receive any share of the proceeds of the action or claim or any expenses, costs, or fees under par. (c). (12) Except if the action is brought by the attorney general or the person bringing the action is an original source of the information, the court shall dismiss an action or claim under this section, unless opposed by the state, if substantially the same allegations or transactions as alleged in the action or claim were publicly disclosed in any of the following ways: (a) In a federal criminal, civil, or administrative hearing in which the state or its agent is a party. (b) In a congressional, government accountability office, or other federal report, hearing, audit, or investigation. (c) From the news media. (13) The state is not liable for any expenses incurred by a private person in bringing an action under sub. (5). (14) Any employee, contractor, or agent who is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment because of lawful actions taken by the employee, contractor, or agent or by others in furtherance of an action or claim filed under this section or on behalf of the employee, contractor, or agent, including investigation for, initiation of, testimony for, or assistance in an action or claim filed or to be filed under sub. (5), is entitled to all necessary relief to make the employee, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 582 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 432 contractor, or agent whole. Such relief shall in each case include reinstatement with the same seniority status that the employee, contractor, or agent would have had but for the discrimination, 2 times the amount of back pay, interest on the back pay at the legal rate, and compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, including costs and reasonable attorney fees. An employee, contractor, or agent may bring an action to obtain the relief to which the employee, contractor, or agent is entitled under this subsection within 3 years after the date the retaliation occurred. (15) A civil action may be brought under sub. (5) based upon acts occurring prior to the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], if the action is brought within the period specified in s. 893.9815. (16) A judgment of guilty entered against a defendant in a criminal action in which the defendant is charged with fraud or making false statements estops the defendant from denying the essential elements of the offense in any action under sub. (5) that involves the same elements as in the criminal action. (17) The remedies provided for under this section are in addition to any other remedies provided for under any other law or available under the common law. (18) This section shall be liberally construed and applied to promote the public interest and to effect the congressional intent in enacting 31 USC 3729 to 3733, as reflected in the federal False Claims Act and the legislative history of the act. SECTION 433. 20.940 of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 434. 23.0917 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 583 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 434 23.0917 (2) (a) 2. A subprogram for state property development and local assistance parks and recreation. SECTION 435. 23.0917 (2) (a) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (2) (a) 3m. A subprogram for recreational boating aids local recreation boat facilities. SECTION 436. 23.0917 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (3) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26 2035-36, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition to acquire land for the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d) and grants for these purposes under s. 23.096, except as provided under ss. 23.197 (2m), (3m) (b), (7m), and (8) and 23.198 (1) (a). SECTION 437. 23.0917 (3) (br) 3. of the statutes is created to read: 23.0917 (3) (br) 3. For each fiscal year beginning with 2026-27 and ending with 2035-36, $14,000,000. SECTION 438. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 4. of the statutes is created to read: 23.0917 (3) (bt) 4. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2035-36, $1,000,000. SECTION 439. 23.0917 (3) (bw) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (3) (bw) 2. In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, the department shall set aside the amount transferred to the capital improvement fund under s. 20.370 (5) (hr), 2023 stats., in that fiscal year to be obligated only to provide grants to counties under s. 23.0953. SECTION 440. 23.0917 (3) (c) 8. of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 584 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 440 23.0917 (3) (c) 8. Grants under s. 23.0952 to acquire land for recreational vehicle trails. SECTION 441. 23.0917 (3) (dm) 9. of the statutes is created to read: 23.0917 (3) (dm) 9. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2035-36, $15,000,000. SECTION 442. 23.0917 (4) (title), (a) and (b) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read: 23.0917 (4) (title) PROPERTY STATE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE PARKS AND RECREATION SUBPROGRAM. (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26 2035-36, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for state property development and local assistance parks and recreation. Moneys obligated under this subprogram may be only used for nature-based outdoor recreation, except as provided under par. (cm). (b) (intro.) The purposes for which moneys may be obligated for local assistance under the subprogram for state property development and local assistance parks and recreation are the following: SECTION 443. 23.0917 (4) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read: 23.0917 (4) (b) 5. Grants under s. 23.0952 for construction of recreational vehicle trail crossings for interchange projects. SECTION 444. 23.0917 (4) (c) (intro.) and (cm) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read: 23.0917 (4) (c) (intro.) The purposes for which moneys may be obligated for property development under the subprogram for state property development and local assistance parks and recreation are the following: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 585 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 444 (cm) (intro.) Notwithstanding the purposes for which the department is authorized to obligate moneys under pars. (a), (b), and (c), the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for state property development and local assistance parks and recreation for any of the following purposes: SECTION 445. 23.0917 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (4) (d) (intro.) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for state property development and local assistance parks and recreation, all of the following shall apply: SECTION 446. 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. g. of the statutes is created to read: 23.0917 (4) (d) 1m. g. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2035-36, $51,500,000. SECTION 447. 23.0917 (4) (d) 2m. c. of the statutes is created to read: 23.0917 (4) (d) 2m. c. Beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2035-36, the department shall obligate $36,050,000 in each fiscal year for local assistance. SECTION 448. 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. d. of the statutes is created to read: 23.0917 (4) (d) 3. d. Beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2035-36, $15,450,000. SECTION 449. 23.0917 (4) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (4) (e) (intro.) Beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26 2035-36, of the amounts obligated for property development, the department shall set aside the following amounts for the following purposes: SECTION 450. 23.0917 (4) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 586 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 450 23.0917 (4) (e) 1. For grants under s. 23.098, $500,000 $2,500,000 in each fiscal year. SECTION 451. 23.0917 (4j) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 23.0917 (4j) (title) LOCAL RECREATION BOAT FACILITIES. SECTION 452. 23.0917 (4j) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (4j) (b) For fiscal year 2007-08, the department may not obligate more than $1,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2008-09 and ending with fiscal year 2021-22, the department may not obligate more than $2,500,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2022-23 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, the department cannot obligate more than $3,000,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2035-36, the department may not obligate more than $9,000,000 for cost-sharing with local governmental units for recreational boating projects under s. 30.92. SECTION 453. 23.0917 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (5g) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (j), if for a given fiscal year, the department obligates an amount from the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a subprogram under sub. (3) or (4) that is less than the annual bonding authority under that subprogram for that given fiscal year, the department may not obligate the unobligated amount in subsequent fiscal years. This subsection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 587 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 453 applies beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26 2035-36. SECTION 454. 23.0917 (7) (e) 3. of the statutes is created to read: 23.0917 (7) (e) 3. Subdivision 1. does not apply beginning with fiscal year 2026-27. SECTION 455. 23.0917 (8) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (8) (f) 2. Beginning with fiscal year 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, of the amount set aside for a given fiscal year under sub. (3) (bt), not more than one-third of that amount may be obligated for the purpose of the acquisition of land by the department. SECTION 456. 23.0917 (12) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.0917 (12) EXPENDITURES AFTER 2026. No moneys may be obligated from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) after June 30, 2026 2036. SECTION 457. 23.0952 of the statutes is created to read: 23.0952 Motorized recreation grants. (1) In this section: (a) XAll-terrain vehicle trailY has the meaning given in s. 23.33 (1) (d). (b) XLandY means land in fee simple or an easement. (c) XOff-highway motorcycle trailY has the meaning given in s. 23.335 (1) (v). (d) XRecreational vehicle clubY means an all-terrain vehicle club, as defined under s. 23.33 (1) (bc), a utility terrain vehicle club, as defined under s. 23.33 (1) (nh), an off-highway motorcycle association, as defined under s. 23.335 (1) (qm), or a snowmobile club, as defined under s. 350.12 (3j) (bg) 1. (e) XSnowmobile trailY has the meaning given in s. 350.01 (17). (2) Beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 and ending with fiscal year 2035-36, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 588 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 457 the department shall establish a grant program under which the department may award a grant to a county, city, village, town, or recreational vehicle club for any of the following purposes: (a) To acquire land for the purpose of establishing an all-terrain vehicle trail, off-highway motorcycle trail, or snowmobile trail. (b) To construct a trail crossing for an all-terrain vehicle trail, off-highway motorcycle trail, or snowmobile trail as part of an interchange project. (3) Grants under this section shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), and the department shall allocate a total of $5,000,000 in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2026-27 for these grants. For purposes of s. 23.0917, grants awarded under sub. (2) (a) to acquire land shall be treated as moneys obligated from the subprogram under s. 23.0917 (3) and grants awarded under sub. (2) (b) for the construction of trail crossings shall be treated as moneys obligated from the subprogram under s. 23.0917 (4). (4) A grant recipient may not convert the land, or any rights in the land, acquired with grant moneys awarded under this section to a use that is inconsistent with the type of trail for which the grant was awarded unless the natural resources board approves the conversion. SECTION 458. 23.096 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.096 (title) Grants Stewardship grants to nonprofit conservation organizations. SECTION 459. 23.096 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.096 (2m) (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b), in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26 2035-36, the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 589 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 459 department may award grants under this section that equal up to 75 percent of the acquisition costs of the property if the natural resources board determines that all of the following apply: SECTION 460. 23.0961 of the statutes is created to read: 23.0961 Grants to nonprofit conservation organizations. The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (ha) to nonprofit conservation organizations to support wildlife and habitat management. SECTION 461. 23.0966 of the statutes is created to read: 23.0966 Tribal co-management program. The department shall establish a program under which it coordinates with the federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands domiciled in this state in the management of education infrastructure, land management activities, and other activities on department land, as defined under s. 23.0917 (1) (c). SECTION 462. 23.098 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.098 (2) The department shall establish a program to make grants from the appropriations under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) and (tz) to friends groups and nonprofit conservation organizations for projects for property development activities on department properties. The department may not encumber more than $500,000 $2,500,000 in each fiscal year for these grants. SECTION 463. 23.098 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 23.098 (4) (b) The department may not encumber more than $20,000 $50,000 for grants under this section for a department property in each fiscal year. SECTION 464. 23.197 (15) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 465. 23.1987 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 590 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 465 23.1987 (1) From the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the department shall set aside $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 that may be obligated only for infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. For purposes of s. 23.0917, moneys obligated under this subsection shall be treated as moneys obligated under the property development and local assistance subprogram under s. 23.0917 (4). Section 23.0917 (5g) does not apply with respect to amounts obligated before July 1, 2018, under this subsection. SECTION 466. 23.1991 of the statutes is created to read: 23.1991 Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program. (1) The department shall administer a revolving loan program to assist municipalities and owners of homes located on the shore of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior where the structural integrity of municipal buildings or homes is threatened by erosion of the shoreline. (2) The department shall make loans under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (pq). (3) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section, including rules establishing eligibility criteria and income limitations for loans under this section. SECTION 467. 23.1993 of the statutes is created to read: 23.1993 Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program. (1) The department shall administer a revolving loan program to assist municipalities and owners of homes located on the shore of the Mississippi River where the structural integrity of municipal buildings or homes is threatened by erosion of the shoreline. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 591 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 467 (2) The department shall make loans under this section from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (9) (pq). (3) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section, including rules establishing eligibility criteria and income limitations for loans under this section. SECTION 468. 23.33 (1) (nh) of the statutes is created to read: 23.33 (1) (nh) XUtility terrain vehicle clubY means a club consisting of individuals that promotes the recreational use of utility terrain vehicles. SECTION 469. 23.405 of the statutes is created to read: 23.405 Report on environmental impacts to covered communities. (1) In this section: (a) XCovered communityY means a census tract that is at or above the 65th percentile for share of households with a household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level and is any of the following: 1. At or above the 90th percentile for share of households that are both earning less than 80 percent of area median family income, as determined by the federal department of housing and urban development, and are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs. 2. At or above the 90th percentile for share of homes built before 1960. 3. At or above the 90th percentile for having hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities or large quantity generators located within 3.1 miles. 4. At or above the 90th percentile for number of proposed or listed sites 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 592 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 469 identified by the federal environmental protection agency as superfund or national priorities list sites located within 3.1 miles. 5. At or above the 90th percentile for mixture of particles in diesel exhaust in the air, measured as pounds per cubic foot. 6. At or above the 90th percentile for number of vehicles, based on average annual daily traffic, at major roads within 1,640 feet, divided by distance in feet. 7. At or above the 90th percentile for risk-screening environmental indicators modeled toxic concentrations at stream segments within 1,640 feet, divided by distance in feet. 8. Occupied by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band. (b) XCumulative impactsY means the combined past, present, and foreseeable future emissions and discharges occurring in a specific geographical area that are assessed based upon guidance issued by the department for exposure, public health or environmental risk, or other effects to the geographical area. (c) XFacilityY means any facility, the operation of which requires a permit issued by the department under ch. 283, 285, 289, or 291. (2) The department shall identify and maintain a list of covered communities in the state. The department shall update the list as necessary to reflect the most recent data on household income and the most recent federal decennial census. (3) The department may not issue a permit under ch. 283, 285, 289, or 291 for the operation of a facility that is located wholly or partly within a covered community unless the permit applicant does all of the following: (a) Prepares a report assessing the environmental impact of the facility, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 593 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 469 including any cumulative impacts on the covered community, any adverse environmental effects that could not be avoided if the permit were issued, and the public health impact on the covered community. (b) Makes the report available to the public and provides the report to the department and the governing body and municipal clerk for the municipality in which the covered community is located. (c) Not less than 30 days after providing the report to the department and the governing body and municipal clerk under par. (b), conducts a public hearing in the municipality in which the covered community is located. The permit applicant shall conduct the public hearing in a manner that provides clear, accurate, and complete information about the facility and that provides the opportunity for meaningful public participation by residents of the covered community. Not less than 21 days prior to the hearing, the permit applicant shall publish public notices of the hearing in no fewer than 2 newspapers circulating within the covered community. Not less than 14 days prior to the hearing, the permit applicant shall provide a copy of the public notice to the department and the governing body and the municipal clerk of the municipality in which the covered community is located. (4) If a permit applicant is applying for more than one permit for a proposed new or expanded facility that is subject to sub. (3), the permit applicant is not required to comply with sub. (3) more than once for permits applicable to that facility. (5) Following a public hearing conducted under sub. (3) (c), the department shall consider community support and any testimony presented in its decision to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 594 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 469 grant or deny a permit and shall evaluate any revisions or conditions to the permit that may be necessary to reduce the adverse impact to public health or to the environment in the covered community. (6) The department shall issue a decision on a permit application that is subject to sub. (3) not less than 60 days following the public hearing held as required by sub. (3) (c). The department may deny an application for a permit for the operation of a facility that is located wholly or partly within a covered community if the department finds that the cumulative impact of the facility, in addition to the existing conditions in the covered community, constitute an unreasonable risk to the environment and the health of the residents in the covered community. (7) The department may promulgate any rules necessary to administer this section. SECTION 470. 25.29 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 25.29 (1) (b) One percent of all sales and use taxes under s. 77.61 (1) on all- terrain vehicles, utility terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, boats, and snowmobiles collected under ss. 23.33, 23.335, 30.52 (4), 350.12, and 350.122. SECTION 471. 25.40 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 25.40 (1) (f) 1. Moneys received from the federal government, for the regulation of railroads and water carriers, that are deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.155 (2) (m) 20.395 (7) (am). SECTION 472. 25.491 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 25.491 (1) (c) 2. The percentage change in the estimated amount of revenues received from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 for the previous fiscal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 595 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 472 year from the immediately preceding fiscal year, as specified for that fiscal year as outlined in the summary of estimated general fund taxes under the biennial budget act prepared by the legislative fiscal bureau, multiplied by the sum of the amounts credited to the accounts under subs. (2) (a) and (9) in the previous fiscal year. SECTION 473. 25.491 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read: 25.491 (1) (c) 3. The percentage change in the estimated amount of revenues received from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 for the previous fiscal year from the immediately preceding fiscal year, as specified for that fiscal year as outlined in the summary of estimated general fund taxes under the biennial budget act prepared by the legislative fiscal bureau, multiplied by the amount credited to the account under sub. (8) in the previous fiscal year. SECTION 474. 25.491 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 25.491 (2) (a) and amended to read: 25.491 (2) (a) There is established in the local government fund a separate account that is designated the Xcounty and municipal aid accountY to make the payments under s. 79.036. In fiscal year 2024-25, the total amount of the payments made in the previous fiscal year under s. 79.035 shall be credited to this account. In fiscal year 2025-26, and in each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the amount credited to this account in the previous fiscal year, excluding any amount credited to this account under par. (b), increased by the percentage change in the amount of revenues received from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 for the previous fiscal year from the immediately preceding fiscal year as determined under sub. (1), shall be credited to this account. SECTION 475. 25.491 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 596 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 475 25.491 (2) (b) In fiscal year 2025-26, the amount credited to the county and municipal aid account shall be the amount determined under par. (a), plus $1,000,000 for the additional amount to be distributed to the city of Green Bay under s. 79.036 (5). SECTION 476. 25.491 (8) of the statutes is amended to read: 25.491 (8) There is established in the local government fund a separate account that is designated Xmunicipal servicesY to make payments as determined under s. 70.119 (7). In fiscal year 2025-26, an amount equal to the total amount of the payments made in the previous fiscal year under s. 70.119 (7) shall be credited to this account. In fiscal year 2026-27, and in each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the amount credited to this account in the previous fiscal year, increased by the percentage change in the amount of revenues received from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 for the previous fiscal year from the immediately preceding fiscal year as determined under sub. (1), shall be credited to this account. SECTION 477. 25.491 (13) of the statutes is created to read: 25.491 (13) There is established in the local government fund a separate account that is designated the Xlocal construction project grants account" to make the payments under s. 16.095 (6). All interest earnings of the local government fund shall be credited to this account. SECTION 478. 25.491 (14) of the statutes is created to read: 25.491 (14) (a) No later than July 1, 2026, the department of revenue shall determine the amount that revenues from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 decreased in fiscal year 2025-26 due to the exemption under s. 77.54 (14) (g) and the exemption under s. 77.54 (30) (a) 2. for electricity and natural gas sold 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 597 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 478 during the months of May, June, July, August, September, and October for residential use. (b) 1. Notwithstanding subs. (1) (c) 2., (2), (8), and (9) (a) and (b), the department of revenue shall add the amount determined under par. (a) to the amount of revenues received from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 for fiscal year 2025-26, as specified for that fiscal year as outlined in the summary of estimated general fund taxes under the biennial budget act prepared by the legislative fiscal bureau, and that amount shall be used to determine the percentage change in the amount of revenues received from the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 for fiscal year 2025-26 from fiscal year 2024-25 for purposes of subs. (1) (c) 2., (2), (8), and (9) (a) and (b). 2. a. Notwithstanding sub. (2), in fiscal year 2026-27, an amount equal to the amount credited to the county and municipal aid account under sub. (2) in fiscal year 2025-26, increased by the percentage change determined under subd. 1., shall be credited to the county and municipal aid account under sub. (2). b. Notwithstanding sub. (8), in fiscal year 2026-27, an amount equal to the amount credited to the municipal services account under sub. (8) in fiscal year 2025-26, increased by the percentage change determined under subd. 1., shall be credited to the municipal services account under sub. (8). c. Notwithstanding sub. (9) (a), in fiscal year 2026-27, an amount equal to the amount credited to the supplemental county and municipal aid account under sub. (9) (a) in fiscal year 2025-26, increased by the percentage change determined under subd. 1., shall be credited to the supplemental county and municipal aid account under sub. (9) (a). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 598 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 478 d. Notwithstanding sub. (9) (b), in fiscal year 2026-27, an amount equal to the amount credited to the supplemental county and municipal aid account under sub. (9) (b) in fiscal year 2025-26, increased by the percentage change determined under subd. 1., shall be credited to the supplemental county and municipal aid account under sub. (9) (b). SECTION 479. 27.01 (9) (bg) of the statutes is created to read: 27.01 (9) (bg) Annual 4th grade pass. 1. In this paragraph: a. XFourth grade pupilY means a child receiving a 4th grade level of instruction in a school or a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g). b. XGuardianY has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (8). c. XParentY has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (13). 2. The parent or guardian of a child may apply for an annual vehicle admission receipt fee waiver by submitting an application to the department. An application may not be submitted to a regional office of the department or to a person who is subject to an appointment or a contract as authorized under s. 29.024 (6) (a) 2. to 4. but must be submitted directly to the main office of the department. An application shall be submitted on a form provided by the department and shall include all of the following information: a. The child[s name. b. The child[s date of birth. c. The name of the school the child is or will be attending or a certification that the child is in a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 599 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 479 d. A certification that the child is, was, or will be a 4th grade pupil on the first day of January of the calendar year for which the waiver is issued. This certification may be satisfied with dated report cards, dated and signed enrollment forms, a dated letter from the child[s school on official letterhead, or any other proof deemed acceptable by the department. 3. Subject to subd. 4., the department shall provide to an individual whose application submitted under subd. 2. is approved an annual vehicle admission receipt fee waiver that is valid for the calendar year in which the waiver is issued. 4. A parent or guardian may receive only one fee waiver under this paragraph in his or her lifetime. If a parent or guardian receives a fee waiver under this paragraph, the department may not issue a fee waiver under this paragraph for any other member of the parent[s or guardian[s household. 5. The department shall waive the fee, including the issuing fee, imposed under sub. (7) for an annual vehicle admission receipt for a single vehicle, except a motor bus, that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is operated by a person who holds a valid fee waiver issued under this paragraph. SECTION 480. 27.01 (9) (bt) of the statutes is created to read: 27.01 (9) (bt) Annual vehicle admission receipt fee waiver; tribes and bands. The department shall waive all fees imposed under sub. (7) for an annual vehicle admission receipt for any vehicle, except a motor bus, that has Wisconsin registration plates or a registration plate showing valid registration by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band and that is owned by a person who 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 600 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 480 produces evidence that he or she is a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band located in this state. SECTION 481. 27.01 (10) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 27.01 (10) (f) 1. SECTION 482. 27.01 (10) (f) 2. of the statutes is created to read: 27.01 (10) (f) 2. The department shall waive the camping fee, including any additional fee under par. (g) or sub. (11) (c), for a person who applies for a reservation under sub. (11) and who produces evidence that he or she is a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band located in this state. SECTION 483. 27.01 (19) of the statutes is created to read: 27.01 (19) CREDIT CARD HANDLING FEE. (a) In this subsection, Xcredit card handling feeY means the costs associated with collecting fees that are paid for by using a credit card. (b) In addition to any other fee imposed under this section, the department may collect a credit card handling fee to cover credit card transaction costs incurred in collecting fees for vehicle admission receipt and camping fees that are paid for by using a credit card. (c) If the department collects a handling fee under par. (b), it shall promulgate rules establishing the amount of the fee. (d) If the department has appointed an agent to collect a fee to which this subsection applies, the department may allow the agent to collect any applicable credit card handling fee. The department may allow the agent to retain all or a portion of each credit card handling fee. (e) A credit card handling fee may not be more than the amount necessary to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 601 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 483 cover the costs of using a credit card to collect the fee to which the credit card handling fee applies. (f) Any fee collected under this subsection by the department shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hw). SECTION 484. 29.063 (7) of the statutes is created to read: 29.063 (7) The department shall provide financial assistance to cities, villages, towns, and counties; individuals; businesses; and nonprofit conservation organizations for the purchase of large metal containers in which hunters may dispose of deer carcasses. SECTION 485. 29.193 (1m) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.193 (1m) (a) 2. (intro.) Has a permanent substantial loss of function in one or both arms or one or both hands and fails to meet the minimum standards of any one of the following standard tests, administered under the direction of a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, a licensed chiropractor, or a certified licensed advanced practice registered nurse prescriber: SECTION 486. 29.193 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.193 (2) (b) 2. An applicant shall submit an application on a form prepared and furnished by the department, which shall include a written statement or report prepared and signed by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, a licensed chiropractor, a licensed podiatrist, or a certified licensed advanced practice registered nurse prescriber prepared no more than 6 months preceding the application and verifying that the applicant is physically disabled. SECTION 487. 29.193 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 602 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 487 29.193 (2) (c) 3. The department may issue a Class B permit to an applicant who is ineligible for a permit under subd. 1., 2. or 2m. or who is denied a permit under subd. 1., 2. or 2m. if, upon review and after considering the physical condition of the applicant and the recommendation of a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, a licensed chiropractor, a licensed podiatrist, or a certified licensed advanced practice registered nurse prescriber selected by the applicant from a list of licensed physicians, licensed physician assistants, licensed chiropractors, licensed podiatrists, and certified licensed advanced practice nurse prescribers registered nurses compiled by the department, the department finds that issuance of a permit complies with the intent of this subsection. The use of this review procedure is discretionary with the department and all costs of the review procedure shall be paid by the applicant. SECTION 488. 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. b. The person has a permanent substantial loss of function in one or both arms and fails to meet the minimum standards of the standard upper extremity pinch test, the standard grip test, or the standard nine-hole peg test, administered under the direction of a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, a licensed chiropractor, or a certified licensed advanced practice registered nurse prescriber. SECTION 489. 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. c. The person has a permanent substantial loss of function in one or both shoulders and fails to meet the minimum standards of the standard shoulder strength test, administered under the direction of a licensed physician, a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 603 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 489 licensed physician assistant, a licensed chiropractor, or a certified licensed advanced practice registered nurse prescriber. SECTION 490. 29.193 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.193 (2) (e) Review of decisions. An applicant denied a permit under this subsection, except a permit under par. (c) 3., may obtain a review of that decision by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, a licensed chiropractor, a licensed podiatrist, or a certified licensed advanced practice registered nurse prescriber designated by the department and with an office located in the department district in which the applicant resides. The department shall pay for the cost of a review under this paragraph unless the denied application on its face fails to meet the standards set forth in par. (c) 1. or 2. A review under this paragraph is the only method of review of a decision to deny a permit under this subsection and is not subject to further review under ch. 227. SECTION 491. 29.193 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.193 (3) (a) Produces a certificate from a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, a licensed optometrist, or a certified licensed advanced practice registered nurse prescriber stating that his or her sight is impaired to the degree that he or she cannot read ordinary newspaper print with or without corrective glasses. SECTION 492. 29.219 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.219 (4) HUSBAND AND WIFE SPOUSES RESIDENT LICENSES. A combined husband and wife spouses resident fishing license shall be issued subject to s. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 604 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 492 29.024 by the department to residents applying for this license. This license confers upon both husband and wife spouses the privileges of resident fishing licenses. SECTION 493. 29.228 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.228 (5) ANNUAL FAMILY FISHING LICENSE. The department shall issue a nonresident annual family fishing license, subject to s. 29.024, to any nonresident who applies for this license. This license entitles the husband, wife spouses and any minor children to fish under this license. SECTION 494. 29.228 (6) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.228 (6) FIFTEEN-DAY FAMILY FISHING LICENSE. The department shall issue a nonresident 15-day family fishing license, subject to s. 29.024, to any nonresident who applies for this license. This license entitles the husband, wife spouses and any minor children to fish under this license. SECTION 495. 29.229 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.229 (2) (i) Husband and wife Spouses fishing licenses. SECTION 496. 29.2295 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.2295 (2) (i) Husband and wife Spouses fishing licenses. SECTION 497. 29.563 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 1. Small game: $15.25 $35.25. SECTION 498. 29.563 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 2. Small game issued to a resident senior citizen: $6.25 $16.25. SECTION 499. 29.563 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 4. Small game issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $6.25 $16.25. SECTION 500. 29.563 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 605 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 500 29.563 (2) (a) 5. Deer: $21.25 $41.25. SECTION 501. 29.563 (2) (a) 5g. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 5g. Deer issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $17.25 $27.25. SECTION 502. 29.563 (2) (a) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 5m. Elk: $46.25 $66.25. SECTION 503. 29.563 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 6. Class A bear: $46.25 $86.25. SECTION 504. 29.563 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 8. Archer: $21.25 $41.25. SECTION 505. 29.563 (2) (a) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 8m. Archer issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $17.25 $27.25. SECTION 506. 29.563 (2) (a) 8r. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 8r. Crossbow: $21.25 $41.25. SECTION 507. 29.563 (2) (a) 8t. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 8t. Crossbow issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $17.25 $27.25. SECTION 508. 29.563 (2) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (a) 9. Wild turkey: $12.25 $22.25. SECTION 509. 29.563 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 1. Annual small game: $87.25 $107.25. SECTION 510. 29.563 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 2. Five-day small game: $57.25 $67.25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 606 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 511 SECTION 511. 29.563 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 3. Deer: $197.25 $217.25. SECTION 512. 29.563 (2) (b) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 3m. Elk: $248.25 $268.25. SECTION 513. 29.563 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 4. Class A bear: $248.25 $288.25. SECTION 514. 29.563 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 6. Archer: $197.25 $217.25. SECTION 515. 29.563 (2) (b) 6m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 6m. Crossbow: $197.25 $217.25. SECTION 516. 29.563 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 7. Fur-bearing animal: $162.25 $182.25. SECTION 517. 29.563 (2) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (b) 8. Wild turkey: $62.25 $72.25. SECTION 518. 29.563 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (c) 1. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 1.: $11.25 $21.25. SECTION 519. 29.563 (2) (c) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (c) 1m. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 2.: $5.75 $15.75 or, if a fee is established by rule under s. 29.181 (4), the fee established by rule. SECTION 520. 29.563 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (d) 1. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 1.: $19.25 $29.25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 607 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 521 SECTION 521. 29.563 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (d) 2. Bonus deer issued for the purpose specified in s. 29.181 (2) (a) 2.: $5.75 $15.75 or, if a fee is established by rule under s. 29.181 (4), the fee established by rule. SECTION 522. 29.563 (2) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (e) 1. Wild turkey: $5 $12.75. SECTION 523. 29.563 (2) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (e) 2. Pheasant: $9.75 $15.75. SECTION 524. 29.563 (2) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (e) 3. Waterfowl: $6.75. Beginning on July 10, 2021, the amount is $11.75 $13.75. SECTION 525. 29.563 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (f) Resident authorizations. Each additional wild turkey hunting authorization issued to a resident under s. 29.164 (4) (b): $9.75 $19.75. SECTION 526. 29.563 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2) (g) Nonresident authorizations. Each additional wild turkey hunting authorization issued to a nonresident under s. 29.164 (4) (b): $14.75 $24.75. SECTION 527. 29.563 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (2g) REDUCED FEES FOR CERTAIN ARCHER AND CROSSBOW LICENSES. (intro.) Notwithstanding the fees under sub. (2) (a) 8. and 8r. and (b) 6. and 6m., the fee is $2.25 $12.25 for any of the following licenses: SECTION 528. 29.563 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 1. Annual: $19.25 $29.25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 608 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 529 SECTION 529. 29.563 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 2. Annual fishing issued to a resident senior citizen: $6.25 $16.25. SECTION 530. 29.563 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 3. Spouses: $40.25. SECTION 531. 29.563 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 4. Annual fishing license issued to 16-year-olds and 17-year- olds: $6.25 $16.25. SECTION 532. 29.563 (3) (a) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 4m. One-day fishing: $7.25 $17.25. SECTION 533. 29.563 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 5. Two-day sports fishing: $13.25 $23.25. SECTION 534. 29.563 (3) (a) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 5m. Two-day inland lake trout fishing: $13.25 $23.25. SECTION 535. 29.563 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 7. Annual or temporary fishing issued to a disabled person under s. 29.193 (3) (a) or (b) or (3m): $6.25 $16.25. SECTION 536. 29.563 (3) (a) 7m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 7m. One-day group fishing issued under s. 29.193 (5): $24.25 $34.25. SECTION 537. 29.563 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 9. Annual or temporary fishing issued to a disabled veteran under s. 29.193 (3) (c) or (3m): $2.25 $12.25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 609 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 538 SECTION 538. 29.563 (3) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (a) 10. Sturgeon spearing: $19.25 $34.25. SECTION 539. 29.563 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (b) 1. Annual: $54.25 $64.25. SECTION 540. 29.563 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (b) 2. Annual family: $69.25 $79.25. SECTION 541. 29.563 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (b) 3. Fifteen-day: $32.25 $42.25. SECTION 542. 29.563 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (b) 4. Fifteen-day family: $44.25 $54.25. SECTION 543. 29.563 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (b) 5. Four-day: $28.25 $38.25. SECTION 544. 29.563 (3) (b) 5m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (b) 5m. One-day: $14.25 $24.25. SECTION 545. 29.563 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (b) 6. Two-day sports: $9.25 $19.25. SECTION 546. 29.563 (3) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (b) 7. Sturgeon spearing: $64.25 $103.25. SECTION 547. 29.563 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (c) 1. Inland waters trout: $9.75 $15.75. SECTION 548. 29.563 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (c) 2. Great Lakes trout and salmon: $9.75 $16.75. SECTION 549. 29.563 (3) (cm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (cm) 1. Sturgeon hook and line issued to a resident: $19.75 $31.75. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 610 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 550 SECTION 550. 29.563 (3) (cm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (3) (cm) 2. Sturgeon hook and line issued to nonresident: $49.75 $79.75. SECTION 551. 29.563 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (a) 1. Sports: $57.25 $77.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 552. 29.563 (4) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (a) 1m. Sports issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $32.25 $42.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 553. 29.563 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (a) 2. Conservation patron: $160.25 $200.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 554. 29.563 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (a) 2m. Conservation patron issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $70.25 $80.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 555. 29.563 (4) (a) 2s. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (a) 2s. Conservation patron issued under s. 29.235 (3m) to a recipient of the purple heart medal: $9.25 $19.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 556. 29.563 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (a) 3. Wolf harvesting: $48.25 $88.25. SECTION 557. 29.563 (4) (a) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (a) 3m. Annual disabled veteran recreation: $7 $17.25. SECTION 558. 29.563 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 611 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 558 29.563 (4) (b) 1. Sports: $292.25 $332.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 559. 29.563 (4) (b) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (b) 1m. Sports issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $33.25 $72.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 560. 29.563 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (b) 2. Conservation patron: $615.25 $655.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 561. 29.563 (4) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (b) 2m. Conservation patron issued to persons who are under 18 years of age: $72.25 $112.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 562. 29.563 (4) (b) 2s. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (b) 2s. Conservation patron issued under s. 29.235 (3m) to a recipient of the purple heart medal: $160.25 $170.25 or a greater amount at the applicant[s option. SECTION 563. 29.563 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (4) (b) 3. Wolf harvesting: $250.25 $290.25. SECTION 564. 29.563 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (5) (a) 1. Guide: $39.25 $79.25. SECTION 565. 29.563 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (5) (a) 2. Sport trolling: $100 $140.25. SECTION 566. 29.563 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (5) (b) 1. Guide: $99.25 $139.25. SECTION 567. 29.563 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 612 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 567 29.563 (5) (b) 2. Lake Michigan and Green Bay sport trolling: $400 $440. SECTION 568. 29.563 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (5) (b) 3. Lake Superior sport trolling: $400 $440. SECTION 569. 29.563 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (a) 1. Trapping: $19.25 $39.25. SECTION 570. 29.563 (6) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (a) 1m. Trapping issued to persons who are under 16 years of age: $9.25 $19.25. SECTION 571. 29.563 (6) (a) 1s. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (a) 1s. Mentored trapping license: $9.25 $19.25. SECTION 572. 29.563 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (a) 2. Class A fur dealer: $25 $45. SECTION 573. 29.563 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (a) 3. Class B fur dealer: $10 $30. SECTION 574. 29.563 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (am) Nonresident license. Trapping: $149.25 $169.25. SECTION 575. 29.563 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (b) 1. Itinerant fur buyer: $200 $220. SECTION 576. 29.563 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (b) 2. Fur dresser or dyer: $25 $45. SECTION 577. 29.563 (6) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (b) 3. Fur auctioneer: $250 $270. SECTION 578. 29.563 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (c) Resident permit. Taxidermist: $50 $70. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 613 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 579 SECTION 579. 29.563 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (6) (d) Nonresident permit. Taxidermist: $100 $120. SECTION 580. 29.563 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (a) 1. Outlying waters: $899.25 $919.25 for the first boat and $899.25 $919.25 for each additional boat that is listed on a license issued under s. 29.519 (1m). SECTION 581. 29.563 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (a) 2. Outlying waters without boat: $899.25 $919.25. SECTION 582. 29.563 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (a) 3. Rough fish harvest under contract under s. 29.417 or 29.421: $25 $35 for the first licensed boat and $25 $35 for each additional licensed boat. SECTION 583. 29.563 (7) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (a) 4. Rough fish harvest under contract under s. 29.417 or 29.421 without a boat: $25 $35. SECTION 584. 29.563 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (b) 1. Outlying waters: $6,499.25 $6,519.25 for the first boat and $6,499.25 $6,519.25 for each additional boat that is listed on a license issued under s. 29.519 (1m). SECTION 585. 29.563 (7) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (b) 2. Outlying waters without boat: $6,499.25 $6,519.25. SECTION 586. 29.563 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 1. Outlying waters license transfers under s. 29.519 (2) (d): $50 $60. SECTION 587. 29.563 (7) (c) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 614 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 587 29.563 (7) (c) 3. a. Seine nets: $20 $30 for the first 500 lineal feet of net, $10 $20 for the 2nd 500 lineal feet and $2 $12 for each additional 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof, plus 25 cents for each tag for each 500 lineal feet of net or fraction thereof. SECTION 588. 29.563 (7) (c) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 3. b. Gill nets: $10 $20 for the first 2,000 lineal feet of net and $1 $11 for each additional 100 lineal feet or fraction thereof, plus 25 cents for each tag for each 2,000 lineal feet of net or fraction thereof. SECTION 589. 29.563 (7) (c) 3. c. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 3. c. Bait nets: $20 $30, plus the tag for each bait net is 25 cents each. SECTION 590. 29.563 (7) (c) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 3. d. Buffalo and frame nets: $10 $20, plus the tag for each buffalo or frame net is 50 cents each. SECTION 591. 29.563 (7) (c) 3. e. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 3. e. Slat nets: $20 $30, plus the tag for each slat net is 50 cents each, not to exceed 50 slat nets per licensee. SECTION 592. 29.563 (7) (c) 3. f. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 3. f. Trammel nets: $20 $30 for each net, not to exceed 300 lineal feet, including one tag. SECTION 593. 29.563 (7) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 4. Inland waters set or bank pole: $2.25 $12.25 including 5 tags, one for each set or bank pole allowed. SECTION 594. 29.563 (7) (c) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 615 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 594 29.563 (7) (c) 5. Inland waters setline: $10 $20, plus 25 cents for the tag for each setline. SECTION 595. 29.563 (7) (c) 5g. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 5g. Shovelnose sturgeon permit: $50 $60. SECTION 596. 29.563 (7) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 6. Wholesale fish dealer: $100 $110. SECTION 597. 29.563 (7) (c) 7. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 7. Clam buyer: $300 $310. SECTION 598. 29.563 (7) (c) 10. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (7) (c) 10. Clam sheller: $30 $40. SECTION 599. 29.563 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (8) (a) Class A bait dealer: $49.25 $59.25. SECTION 600. 29.563 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (8) (b) Class B bait dealer: $9.25 $19.25. SECTION 601. 29.563 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (a) 1. Wild rice harvest: $7.50 $17.50. SECTION 602. 29.563 (10) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (a) 3. Class A wild rice dealer: $15 $25. SECTION 603. 29.563 (10) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (a) 4. Class B wild rice dealer: $50 $60. SECTION 604. 29.563 (10) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (a) 5. Class C wild rice dealer: $100 $110. SECTION 605. 29.563 (10) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (a) 6. Class D wild rice dealer: $150 $160. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 616 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 606 SECTION 606. 29.563 (10) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (b) 1. Wild ginseng harvest issued to a resident: $15 $25. SECTION 607. 29.563 (10) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (b) 2. Wild ginseng harvest issued to a nonresident: $30 $40. SECTION 608. 29.563 (10) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (b) 3. Class A resident wild ginseng dealer: $100 $110. SECTION 609. 29.563 (10) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (b) 4. Class B resident wild ginseng dealer: $500 $510. SECTION 610. 29.563 (10) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (b) 5. Class C resident wild ginseng dealer: $1,000 $1,010. SECTION 611. 29.563 (10) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (10) (b) 6. Nonresident wild ginseng dealer: $1,000 $1,010. SECTION 612. 29.563 (11) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 29.563 (11) (a) 2. Endangered species: $100 $110. SECTION 613. 29.607 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 29.607 (3) LICENSE REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS; WILD RICE IDENTIFICATION CARD. Every person over the age of 16 and under the age of 65 shall obtain the appropriate wild rice license to harvest or deal in wild rice but no license to harvest is required of the members of the immediate family of a licensee or of a recipient of old-age assistance or members of their immediate families. The department, subject to s. 29.024 (2g) and (2r), shall issue a wild rice identification card to each member of a licensee[s immediate family, to a recipient of old-age assistance and to each member of the recipient[s family. The term Ximmediate familyY includes husband and wife 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 617 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 613 spouses and minor children having their abode and domicile with the parent or legal guardian. SECTION 614. 30.92 (2) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 615. 30.92 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 30.92 (3) (b) 5. Projects underway in a state of readiness. SECTION 616. 30.92 (4) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read: 30.92 (4) (b) 2. a. The department may cost-share, with the approval of the commission, with a qualified lake association or an affected governmental unit, including itself, at a rate of up to 50 percent of any construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, feasibility study or other project costs or any combination of these costs, for the recreational boating project if the costs are the type that qualify for funding under this section. SECTION 617. 30.92 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 618. 30.92 (4) (b) 6m. of the statutes is amended to read: 30.92 (4) (b) 6m. Notwithstanding subd. 6., the department, with the approval of the commission, may reallocate for expenditure for recreational boating aids without complying with the percentages under subd. 6. any state funds that are not encumbered for expenditure for a fiscal year before the first day of the 4th 3rd quarter of that fiscal year. SECTION 619. 32.02 (11) of the statutes is amended to read: 32.02 (11) Any housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211; redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333; community development authority created under s. 66.1335; local cultural arts district created under subch. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 618 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 619 V of ch. 229, subject to s. 229.844 (4) (c); or local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229; or transit authority created under s. 66.1039. SECTION 620. 32.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 32.05 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), a county board of supervisors or a county highway committee when so authorized by the county board of supervisors, a city council, a village board, a town board, a sewerage commission governing a metropolitan sewerage district created by ss. 200.05 or 200.21 to 200.65, the secretary of transportation, a commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, a joint local water authority created by contract under s. 66.0823, a transit authority created under s. 66.1039, a housing authority under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211, a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, a redevelopment authority under s. 66.1333 or a community development authority under s. 66.1335 shall make an order providing for the laying out, relocation and improvement of the public highway, street, alley, storm and sanitary sewers, watercourses, water transmission and distribution facilities, mass transit facilities, airport, or other transportation facilities, gas or leachate extraction systems to remedy environmental pollution from a solid waste disposal facility, housing project, redevelopment project, cultural arts facilities, exposition center or exposition center facilities which shall be known as the relocation order. This order shall include a map or plat showing the old and new locations and the lands and interests required. A copy of the order shall, within 20 days after its issue, be filed with the county clerk of the county wherein 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 619 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 620 the lands are located or, in lieu of filing a copy of the order, a plat may be filed or recorded in accordance with s. 84.095. SECTION 621. 32.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 32.07 (2) The petitioner shall determine necessity if application is by the state or any commission, department, board or other branch of state government or by a city, village, town, county, school district, board, commission, public officer, commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, joint local water authority under s. 66.0823, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 or for the right-of-way of a railroad up to 100 feet in width, for a telegraph, telephone or other electric line, for the right-of-way for a gas pipeline, main or service or for easements for the construction of any elevated structure or subway for railroad purposes. SECTION 622. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read: 36.09 (1) (e) Subject to par. (em), the board shall appoint a president of the system; a chancellor for each institution; a dean for each college campus; the state geologist; the director of the laboratory of hygiene; the director of the psychiatric institute; the state cartographer; and the requisite number of officers, other than the vice presidents, associate vice presidents, and assistant vice presidents of the system; faculty; academic staff; and other employees and fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and s. 230.12 (3) (e), the duties and the term of office for each. The board shall fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 620 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 622 and s. 230.12 (3) (e), and the duties for each chancellor, vice president, associate vice president, and assistant vice president of the system. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), or gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k), shall ever be allowed or exercised in the appointment of the employees of the system. SECTION 623. 36.27 (2) (ar) of the statutes is created to read: 36.27 (2) (ar) A student is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if all of the following apply: 1. The student is a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state or is a member of a federally recognized tribe in Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, or Michigan. 2. The student has resided in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, or Michigan, or in any combination of these states, for at least 12 months immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session in which the student enrolls in an institution. SECTION 624. 36.27 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read: 36.27 (2) (b) 5. A person who is a resident of and living in this state at the time of registering at an institution and who is a veteran described under s. 45.01 (12) (fm) is entitled to the exemption under par. (a). SECTION 625. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is created to read: 36.27 (2) (cr) A person who is not a citizen of the United States is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if that person meets all of the following requirements: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 621 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 625 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation from this state. 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least 3 years following the first day of attending a high school in this state or immediately preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation. 3. The person enrolls in an institution and provides that institution with proof that the person has filed or will file an application for lawful permanent resident status with the U.S. citizenship and immigration services as soon as the person is eligible to do so. SECTION 626. 36.27 (3g) of the statutes is created to read: 36.27 (3g) FEE REMISSION FOR CERTAIN TRIBAL MEMBERS. (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees to any student enrolled in the system who is all of the following: 1. A bona fide resident of this state, as determined under sub. (2). 2. An enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe in this state. (b) A student is eligible for remission of fees under par. (a) for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer. (c) A student is eligible for remission of fees under par. (a) only if the student maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0. SECTION 627. 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g. of the statutes is created to read: 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described under s. 45.01 (12) (fm). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 622 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 628 SECTION 628. 36.27 (3q) of the statutes is created to read: 36.27 (3q) FEE REMISSION FOR STUDENT TEACHERS. (a) In this subsection, Xstudent teacherY means an individual enrolled in the system who is a bona fide resident of this state, as determined under sub. (2), and who is participating in the student teaching component of an educator preparatory program approved by the state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.28 (7) (a). (b) The board shall grant full remission of academic fees to student teachers during their semester of student teaching. SECTION 629. 36.325 of the statutes is created to read: 36.325 Voter identification. Each institution shall issue student identification cards that qualify as identification under s. 5.02 (6m) (f). SECTION 630. 36.47 of the statutes is created to read: 36.47 Parkinson[s disease registry. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) XDepartmentY means the Population Health Institute, or its successor, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. (a) XHealth care facilityY has the meaning given in s. 155.01 (6). (b) XHealth care providerY means a physician, surgeon, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner. (c) XParkinsonismY means a condition that causes a combination of the movement abnormalities seen in Parkinson[s disease, including tremor at rest, slow movements, muscle rigidity, stooped posture, or unsteady or shuffling gait, which often overlap with and can evolve from what appears to be Parkinson[s disease. XParkinsonismY includes multiple system atrophy, dementia with Lewy bodies, corticobasal degeneration, and progressive supranuclear palsy. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 623 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 630 (d) XParkinson[s diseaseY means a chronic and progressive neurologic disorder resulting from deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine as the consequence of specific degenerative changes in the basal ganglia, which is characterized by tremor at rest, slow movements, muscle rigidity, stooped posture, and unsteady or shuffling gait. (2) CONSULTATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES. The department of health services may do all of the following: (a) Assist the department in the establishment and maintenance of a Parkinson[s disease registry, as provided under sub. (3). (b) Make recommendations to the department on the data to be collected in the Parkinson[s disease registry. (c) Advise the department on the Parkinson[s disease registry. (d) Make recommendations to the department on the best practices for the establishment of the Parkinson[s disease registry under sub. (3). (3) PARKINSON[S DISEASE REGISTRY. (a) By no later than the first day of the 19th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the department shall, after consultation with the department of health services, establish and maintain a Parkinson[s disease registry for the collection, storage, and dissemination of information about the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson[s disease and parkinsonisms in this state. (b) The department shall collect and store in the Parkinson[s disease registry data reported under s. 255.18 (2) by health care providers and health care facilities. (c) The department shall prescribe the format for reporting information to the department under s. 255.18 (2). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 624 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 630 (d) The department shall create, and regularly review and revise, a list of information that health care providers and health care facilities must report, subject to s. 255.18 (2) (d), to the department under s. 255.18 (2). The list shall include the incident of a patient[s Parkinson[s disease or parkinsonism; necessary triggering diagnostic conditions, consistent with the latest version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems; resulting case data on issues including diagnosis, treatment, and survival; and patient demographic information, including age, gender, and race. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may promulgate rules to implement and administer this paragraph. (e) The University of Wisconsin-Madison may enter into agreements in order for the department to securely and confidentially receive information from data reporting entities and their associated electronic medical records vendors related to Parkinson[s disease testing, diagnosis, and treatment. (f) 1. The University of Wisconsin-Madison may enter into agreements in order for the department to disclose data collected in the Parkinson[s disease registry to another state[s Parkinson[s disease registry, a federal Parkinson[s disease control agency, a local health officer, or a researcher who proposes to conduct research on Parkinson[s disease. 2. Before disclosing data containing confidential information to an entity under subd. 1., the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall require the entity to specify the purpose for the requested disclosure, agree in writing to maintain the confidentiality of the information and, if the entity is a researcher, provide all of the following to the University of Wisconsin-Madison: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 625 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 630 a. A written protocol to perform research. b. Documentation of approval of the research protocol by an institutional review board of a domestic institution that has a federalwide assurance approved by the office for human research protections of the federal department of health and human services. c. Documentation that demonstrates to the University of Wisconsin- Madison[s satisfaction that the researcher has established procedures and has the capability to maintain the confidentiality of the information. (4) WEBSITE. (a) By no later than the first day of the 19th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the department shall establish and maintain a public website dedicated to the Parkinson[s disease registry under sub. (3). The department shall include on the website all of the following: 1. Downloadable annual reports on the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson[s disease in this state. 2. Relevant data, as determined by the department, about Parkinson[s disease and parkinsonisms for the 5-year period prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date]. 3. Other helpful resources about Parkinson[s disease, as determined by the department. (b) By no later than January 1 of each year, the department shall update the information specified in par. (a) 1. on the website maintained under par. (a). (c) The department shall publish on its website notice of the reporting 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 626 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 630 requirement under s. 255.18 no fewer than 90 days before the reporting requirement takes effect. (5) CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Any information reported to the department under s. 255.18 (2) that could identify an individual who is the subject of the report or a health care provider submitting the report is confidential. (b) To ensure privacy, the department shall use a coding system for the data stored in the Parkinson[s disease registry that removes any identifying information about an individual who is the subject of a report under s. 255.18. (c) 1. If the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the department discloses confidential information as authorized under sub. (3) (f), the University of Wisconsin-Madison or department may include in the disclosure only the information necessary for the purpose specified under sub. (3) (f) 2. 2. A person who obtains confidential information from the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the department under sub. (3) (f) may use the information only for the purpose specified under sub. (3) (f) 2. and may not redisclose the information. (d) The department shall maintain an accurate record of all persons given access to confidential information under this section. The record shall include all of the following: 1. The name of the person authorizing access. 2. The title, address, and organizational affiliation of any person given access. 3. The dates of access. 4. The specific purpose for which the information is to be used. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 627 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 630 (e) The department shall make the records maintained under par. (d) available for public inspection during the department[s normal operating hours. (f) Confidential information under this section is not available for subpoena and may not be disclosed, discoverable, or compelled to be produced in any civil, criminal, administrative, or other proceeding. Confidential information under this section is not admissible as evidence in any civil, criminal, administrative, or other tribunal or court for any reason. SECTION 631. 36.61 (1) (ab) of the statutes is created to read: 36.61 (1) (ab) XBehavioral health providerY means an individual who, under ch. 457, is certified as a social worker or licensed as a clinical social worker, a marriage and family therapist, or a professional counselor. SECTION 632. 36.61 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read: 36.61 (1) (ae) XDental assistantY means an individual who holds a certified dental assistant credential issued by a national credentialing organization. SECTION 633. 36.61 (1) (af) of the statutes is created to read: 36.61 (1) (af) XDental auxiliaryY means an expanded function dental auxiliary holding a certification under s. 447.04 (3). SECTION 634. 36.61 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read: 36.61 (1) (am) XEligible practice areaY has the meaning given in s. 36.60 (1) (ag), except that, with respect to a dental hygienist, dental assistant, dental auxiliary, or dental therapist, Xeligible practice areaY means a dental health shortage area or a free or charitable clinic. SECTION 635. 36.61 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.61 (1) (b) (intro.) and amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 628 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 635 36.61 (1) (b) (intro.) XHealth care providerY means a any of the following: 1. A dental therapist,. 2. A dental hygienist,. 3. A physician assistant,. 4. A nurse-midwife, or. 5. A nurse practitioner. SECTION 636. 36.61 (1) (b) 6., 7., 8., 9. and 10. of the statutes are created to read: 36.61 (1) (b) 6. A medical assistant. 7. A dental assistant. 8. A dental auxiliary. 9. A behavioral health provider. 10. A substance abuse treatment provider. SECTION 637. 36.61 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read: 36.61 (1) (c) XMedical assistantY means an individual who has received a medical assistant technical diploma from a technical college under ch. 38 or who has successfully completed the national certification examination for medical assistants. SECTION 638. 36.61 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read: 36.61 (1) (f) XSubstance abuse treatment providerY means an individual who is certified as a substance abuse counselor, clinical supervisor, or prevention specialist under s. 440.88. SECTION 639. 36.61 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 36.61 (2) (a) and amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 629 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 639 36.61 (2) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the board may repay, on behalf of a health care provider, up to $25,000 in educational loans obtained by the health care provider from a public or private lending institution for education related to the health care provider[s field of practice, as determined by the board with the advice of the council. SECTION 640. 36.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read: 36.61 (2) (b) For a health care provider that is a medical assistant, the board[s repayment under par. (a) may not exceed $12,500. SECTION 641. 36.61 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 36.61 (3) (a) The board shall enter into a written agreement with the health care provider. In the agreement, the health care provider shall agree to practice at least 32 clinic hours per week for 3 years in one or more eligible practice areas in this state or in a rural area, except that a health care provider in the expanded loan assistance program under sub. (8) who is not a dental therapist, dental assistant, dental auxiliary, or dental hygienist may only agree to practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area. SECTION 642. 36.61 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 36.61 (4) (am), and 36.61 (4) (am) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read: 36.61 (4) (am) (intro.) Principal Except as provided in par. (bm), principal and interest due on loans, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at the following rate: SECTION 643. 36.61 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read: 36.61 (4) (bm) For a health care provider that is a medical assistant, principal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 630 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 643 and interest due on loans, exclusive of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at the following rate: 1. Up to 40 percent of the principal of the loan or $5,000, whichever is less, during the first year of participation in the program under this section. 2. Up to an additional 40 percent of the principal of the loan or $5,000, whichever is less, during the 2nd year of participation in the program under this section. 3. Up to an additional 20 percent of the principal of the loan or $2,500, whichever is less, during the 3rd year of participation in the program under this section. SECTION 644. 36.61 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 36.61 (5) (b) 1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for medical care in the eligible practice area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant who is not a dental therapist, dental assistant, dental auxiliary, or dental hygienist desires to practice and the degree to which there is an extremely high need for dental care in the dental health shortage area or rural area in which an eligible applicant who is a dental therapist, dental assistant, dental auxiliary, or dental hygienist desires to practice. SECTION 645. 36.61 (8) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 36.61 (8) (c) 3. Practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area, if the health care provider is not a dental therapist, dental assistant, dental auxiliary, or dental hygienist, or in a dental health shortage area, if the health care provider is a dental therapist, dental assistant, dental auxiliary, or dental hygienist. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 631 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 646 SECTION 646. 36.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 36.62 (2) Advise the board on the amount, up to $25,000 for health care providers other than medical assistants and up to $12,500 for medical assistants, to be repaid on behalf of each health care provider who participates in the health care provider loan assistance program under s. 36.61. SECTION 647. 38.04 (25) of the statutes is created to read: 38.04 (25) ADOPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (f), the board may award grants to district boards to support the district boards with the adoption and use of artificial intelligence in areas including the following: (a) Educator recruitment, retention, and upskilling. (b) Curriculum and resource development to meet employer demand. (c) Stackable credential development. (d) Infrastructure development. SECTION 648. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read: 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. XRevenueY means the sum of the tax levy, property tax relief aid under subs. (4) and (5), and payments received under s. ss. 79.096, 79.0965, and 79.098, not including a payment received under s. 79.096 (3), 79.0965 (3), or 79.098 (3) for a tax incremental district that has been terminated. SECTION 649. 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read: 38.22 (6) (e) Any person who is not a citizen of the United States if that person meets all of the following requirements: 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation from this state. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 632 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 649 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least 3 years following the first day of attending a high school in this state or immediately preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation. 3. The person enrolls in a district school and provides the district board with proof that the person has filed or will file an application for lawful permanent resident status with the U.S. citizenship and immigration services as soon as the person is eligible to do so. SECTION 650. 38.22 (6) (g) of the statutes is created to read: 38.22 (6) (g) Any person who meets all of the following requirements: 1. The person is a member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state or is a member of a federally recognized tribe in Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, or Michigan. 2. The person has resided in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, or Michigan, or in any combination of these states, for at least 12 months immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session in which the person enrolls in a district school. SECTION 651. 38.24 (5m) of the statutes is created to read: 38.24 (5m) FEE REMISSION FOR CERTAIN TRIBAL MEMBERS. (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), the district board shall grant full remission of program fees under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) and incidental fees under s. 38.14 (9) to any student enrolled in a district school who is all of the following: 1. A resident of this state, as determined according to the procedures established under s. 38.22 (4) (a). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 633 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 651 2. An enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe in this state. (b) A student is eligible for remission of fees under par. (a) for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer. (c) A student is eligible for remission of fees under par. (a) only if the student maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0. SECTION 652. 38.24 (5r) of the statutes is created to read: 38.24 (5r) FEE REMISSION FOR STUDENT TEACHERS. (a) In this subsection, Xstudent teacherY means an individual enrolled in a district school who is a resident of this state, as determined according to the procedures established under s. 38.22 (4) (a), and who is participating in the student teaching component of an educator preparatory program approved by the state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.28 (7) (a). (b) The district board shall grant full remission of program fees under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to student teachers during their semester or session of student teaching. SECTION 653. 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. of the statutes is created to read: 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described under s. 45.01 (12) (fm). SECTION 654. 38.43 of the statutes is created to read: 38.43 Voter identification. Each technical college shall issue student identification cards that qualify as identification under s. 5.02 (6m) (f). SECTION 655. 39.395 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 634 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 655 39.395 (title) Financial assistance for educators in nursing, allied health, behavioral health, and dentistry. SECTION 656. 39.395 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 39.395 (1) (intro.) and amended to read: 39.395 (1) (intro.) In this section, Xinstitution: (e) XInstitution of higher educationY means an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college within the technical college system, or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state. SECTION 657. 39.395 (1) (a) to (e) of the statutes are created to read: 39.395 (1) (a) XAllied health professionalY has the meaning given in s. 146.615 (1) (ag). (b) XBehavioral health providerY has the meaning given in s. 257.01 (1). (c) XDental assistantY means an individual who holds a certified dental assistant credential issued by a national credentialing organization. (d) XDentistry professionalY means a dental assistant, a dental hygienist licensed under s. 447.04 (2), a dental therapist licensed under s. 447.04 (1m), or a dentist as defined in s. 447.01 (7). (e) XFacultyY means individuals that are employed as faculty in either a full- time or a part-time capacity at an institution of higher education. SECTION 658. 39.395 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read: 39.395 (2) (am) Fellowships for students who enroll in an institution of higher education[s masters or doctoral program that trains students for practice as an allied health professional, a behavioral health provider, or a dentistry professional. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 635 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 659 SECTION 659. 39.395 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read: 39.395 (2) (bm) Postdoctoral fellowships to recruit institution of higher education faculty for programs that train students to be allied health professionals, behavioral health providers, or dentistry professionals. SECTION 660. 39.395 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read: 39.395 (2) (cm) Educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain institution of higher education faculty for programs that train students to be allied health professionals, behavioral health providers, or dentistry professionals. SECTION 661. 39.395 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 39.395 (3) The program established under sub. (2) shall require individuals who receive fellowships under sub. (2) (a) or, (am), (b), or (bm) or assistance under sub. (2) (c) or (cm) to make a commitment to teach for at least 3 consecutive years in a nursing program at an institution of higher education or in an institution of higher education[s program that trains students to be allied health professionals, behavioral health providers, or dentistry professionals. SECTION 662. 39.465 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read: 39.465 (1) (f) XStudentY means an individual enrolled in the school or an individual who is a dental general practice resident at the school. SECTION 663. 39.465 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 39.465 (2) SCHOLARSHIPS. In consultation with the department of health services, the board shall establish a program for awarding to no more than 15 students at the school an annual scholarship, including a stipend, equal to $30,000 for each year of a student[s enrollment or dental general practice residency but not exceeding 4 years. The board shall pay the scholarships from the appropriation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 636 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 663 account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg). From the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg), the board shall also provide the school $350,000 annually for the development and operation of programs to support the recruitment and training of students in rural dentistry. SECTION 664. 39.86 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: 39.86 (5) FEES. The board may establish reasonable fees to be imposed in connection with any function or service provided by the board under this section, including fees for authorizing eligible institutions for the offering of distance education programs. All fees collected by the board shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (3) (g) 20.505 (4) (g). SECTION 665. 40.02 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 666. 40.02 (17) (o) of the statutes is created to read: 40.02 (17) (o) Notwithstanding par. (d), each participant who is a marshal of the supreme court and who is classified as a protective occupation participant shall be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for all covered service while a marshal of the supreme court that was earned on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], but may not be granted creditable service as a protective occupation participant for any covered service as an employee of the supreme court that was not as a protective occupation participant and that was earned before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]. SECTION 667. 40.02 (21d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.02 (21d) (intro.) XDomestic partnershipY means a relationship between 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 637 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 667 individuals, who submitted an affidavit of domestic partnership to the department before September 23, 2017, that satisfies all of the following: SECTION 668. 40.02 (28) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.02 (28) XEmployerY means the state, including each state agency, any county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19 whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 750,000 or more, a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority created under s. 66.1039, and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895, except as provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3). XEmployerY does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall be a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes. SECTION 669. 40.02 (48) (am) 24. of the statutes is created to read: 40.02 (48) (am) 24. A marshal of the supreme court. SECTION 670. 40.02 (48) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read: 40.02 (48) (b) 6. A Xmarshal of the supreme courtY is an individual employed by the office of the marshals of the supreme court under s. 758.195 and whose principal duties are detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances of this state. SECTION 671. 40.02 (48) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.02 (48) (c) In s. 40.65, Xprotective occupation participantY means a participating employee who is a police officer, fire fighter, an individual determined 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 638 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 671 by a participating employer under par. (a) or (bm) to be a protective occupation participant, county undersheriff, deputy sheriff, county jailer who is certified as a protective occupation participant, state probation and parole officer, county traffic police officer, conservation warden, state forest ranger, field conservation employee of the department of natural resources who is subject to call for forest fire control or warden duty, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, University of Wisconsin System full-time police officer, guard or any other employee whose principal duties are supervision and discipline of inmates at a state penal institution, special agent employed by the department of revenue who is authorized to act under s. 73.031, person employed under s. 60.553 (1), 61.66 (1), or 62.13 (2e) (a), or special criminal investigation agent employed by the department of justice, or marshal of the supreme court. SECTION 672. 40.03 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read: 40.03 (1) (dm) Shall develop and implement policies, principles, and directives for the office of internal audit and determine the qualifications of and appoint, in the classified service, staff for the office of internal audit. Staff appointed under this paragraph shall report directly to the board. SECTION 673. 40.03 (2) (vm) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 674. 40.03 (2) (vt) of the statutes is created to read: 40.03 (2) (vt) Shall, when submitting the department[s biennial budget request under s. 16.42, include a report that includes all of the following: 1. Details of expenditures incurred under s. 20.515 (1) (t) through the most recent fiscal year. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 639 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 674 2. Details of expenditures anticipated under s. 20.515 (1) (t) during the upcoming fiscal biennium. 3. The estimated impact on required contribution rates under s. 40.05 and sick leave conversion rates due to the base year expenditure authority and additional funding requests under s. 20.515 (1) (t) during the upcoming fiscal biennium. 4. An updated progress report and timelines of the department[s anticipated progress on modernizing its business processes and integrating its information technology systems. SECTION 675. 40.03 (4m) of the statutes is created to read: 40.03 (4m) OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT. (a) The office of internal audit shall provide independent assurance that the public employee trust fund assets under the control of the department are safeguarded for the purpose of ensuring the fulfillment of the benefit commitments to individuals under this chapter. (b) The internal auditor may review any activity, information, or record of the department that relates to the administration of the fund. (c) The internal auditor shall plan and conduct audit activities, including external audits, risk assessments, research projects, and management reviews, under the direction of the board and in accordance with policies, principles, and directives determined by the board. (d) The internal auditor shall monitor the department[s compliance with applicable legal requirements and contracts entered into by the department and the board. SECTION 676. 40.05 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 640 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 676 40.05 (4) (a) 2. For an insured employee who is an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m. or 2c., the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the date on which the employee becomes insured. For an insured state employee who is currently employed, but who is not a limited term appointment under s. 230.26 or an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (a) 2. or (b) 1m. or 2c., the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the first day of the 3rd 2nd month beginning after the date on which the employee begins employment with the state, not including any leave of absence. For an insured employee who has a limited term appointment under s. 230.26, the employer shall pay required employer contributions toward the health insurance premium of the insured employee beginning on the first day of the 7th month beginning after the date on which the employee first becomes a participating employee. SECTION 677. 40.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.22 (1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) and s. 40.26 (6), each employee currently in the service of, and receiving earnings from, a state agency or other participating employer shall be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system as a participating employee of that state agency or participating employer. SECTION 678. 40.22 (2) (L) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.22 (2) (L) The employee is employed by a participating employer after the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 641 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 678 person becomes an annuitant, unless the service is after the annuity is suspended by the election of the employee under s. 40.26. SECTION 679. 40.22 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.22 (2m) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), an employee who was a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work at least one-third of what is considered full-time employment by the department, as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for either of the following periods: SECTION 680. 40.22 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.22 (2r) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), an employee who was not a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by the department, as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for either of the following periods: SECTION 681. 40.22 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.22 (3) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6), a person who qualifies as a participating employee shall be included within, and shall be subject to, the Wisconsin retirement system effective on one of the following dates: SECTION 682. 40.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 642 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 682 40.26 (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) and ss. 40.05 (2) (g) 2. and 40.23 (1) (am), if a participant receiving a retirement annuity, or a disability annuitant who has attained his or her normal retirement date, receives earnings that are subject to s. 40.05 (1) or that would be subject to s. 40.05 (1) except for the exclusion specified in s. 40.22 (2) (L), the annuity shall be suspended, including any amount provided by additional contributions, and no annuity payment shall be payable after the month in which the participant files with the department a written election to be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system as a participating employee. SECTION 683. 40.26 (1m) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 684. 40.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.26 (2) (intro.) Upon suspension of an annuity under sub. (1) or (1m), the retirement account of the participant whose annuity is so suspended shall be established on the following basis: SECTION 685. 40.26 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.26 (5) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5m), if If a participant applies for an annuity or lump sum payment during the period in which less than 75 30 days have elapsed between the termination of employment with a participating employer and becoming a participating employee with any participating employer, all of the following shall apply: SECTION 686. 40.26 (5m) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 687. 40.26 (6) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 688. 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is repealed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 643 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 689 SECTION 689. 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 40.51 (2m) and amended to read: 40.51 (2m) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6 months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership. SECTION 690. 40.51 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.51 (7) (a) Any employer, other than the state, including an employer that is not a participating employer, may offer to all of its employees a health care coverage plan through a program offered by the group insurance board. Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss. 40.05 (4) and 40.52 (1), the department may by rule establish different eligibility standards or contribution requirements for such employees and employers. Beginning on January 1, 2012, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111 that covers public safety employees, transit employees, or frontline workers and except as provided in par. (b), an employer may not offer a health care coverage plan to its employees under this subsection if the employer pays more than 88 percent of the average premium cost of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost under this subsection. SECTION 691. 40.51 (8) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6) shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.722, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 644 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 691 632.729, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.7498, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.848, 632.85, 632.851, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (3) to (6) (8), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.891, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (17), and 632.896. SECTION 692. 40.51 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.722, 632.729, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.7498, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.848, 632.85, 632.851, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4e), (7), and (8), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.891, and 632.895 (11) to (17). SECTION 693. 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.513 (3) (b) The employee[s spouse or domestic partner is receiving health care coverage under s. 40.51 (6). SECTION 694. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated, with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled. Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 645 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 694 are not eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal health insurance. SECTION 695. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse, domestic partner, or parent. SECTION 696. 40.65 (4y) of the statutes is created to read: 40.65 (4y) A marshal of the supreme court under s. 758.195 who becomes a protective occupation participant on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], is not entitled to a duty disability benefit under this section for an injury or disease occurring before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date]. SECTION 697. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership on the date that the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 646 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 697 participant was disabled under sub. (4), 50 percent of the participant[s monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. SECTION 698. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 699. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 700. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 40.65 (7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1., 1g., 1m., and 2. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant[s monthly salary at the time of death reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant[s work record. SECTION 701. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read: 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or the surviving domestic partner until the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new domestic partnership or marries, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), 70 percent of the participant[s monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. SECTION 702. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 703. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 704. 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 647 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 704 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. Relates to a marriage or domestic partnership that terminated after December 1, 2001. SECTION 705. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant[s accumulated assets held in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a family support or marital property obligation. SECTION 706. 41.152 of the statutes is created to read: 41.152 Film production tax credits. (1) The department shall implement a program to accredit productions for purposes of ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h). Application for accreditation shall be made to the office in each taxable year for which accreditation is desired. (2) If the department accredits a production under sub. (1), the office shall determine the amount of the production[s production expenditures, as defined in s. 71.07 (5f) (a) 4. The department shall not issue an accreditation under sub. (1) without first receiving written confirmation from the applicant that the applicant has retained a certified public accountant located in this state to conduct periodic audits to ensure compliance with this section and ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h), as prescribed by rule by the office. An entity applying for a credit under s. 71.07 (5f), 71.28 (5f), or 71.47 (5f) that does not have its commercial domicile in this state shall indicate that on its application along with the amount of production expenditures it anticipates spending in this state and the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 648 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 706 amount of expenditures, if any, it anticipates spending in another state on the same production. (3) The department shall notify the department of revenue of every production accredited under sub. (1), the amount of the production[s production expenditures, and the amount of the credits allocated to the applicant for the taxable year for which the applicant[s claim relates. (4) The department may not allocate more than $10,000,000 in tax credits in each fiscal year and no more than $1,000,000 in tax credits to any single applicant in each fiscal year. (5) Each applicant who produces an accredited production, as defined in s. 71.07 (5f) (a) 1., that is eligible for a credit under s. 71.07 (5f), 71.28 (5f), or 71.42 (5f) shall include in the finished production an acknowledgment to the state of Wisconsin and the department as designed by the department, including a logo designed by the department. (6) Annually, beginning in 2027, the department shall prepare a report specifying the number of persons who submitted credit applications in the previous year and the amount of the credits allocated to each such applicant. The report shall also provide recommendations and suggestions on improving the efficiency of the program implemented under this section. The office shall submit the report to the legislature, in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2), no later than April 30 each year. (7) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section. SECTION 707. 41.17 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 649 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 707 41.17 (5) FUNDING SOURCE. Subject to the 50 percent limitation under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and the proportional expenditure requirements under s. 20.380 (1) (b) and (kg), the department shall expend, from the appropriations under s. 20.380 (1) (b), (kg), and (w), at least $1,130,000 in the aggregate in each fiscal year in joint effort marketing funds under this section. SECTION 708. 43.05 (12m) of the statutes is created to read: 43.05 (12m) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (cL), beginning in the 2026-27 school year, provide payments, in the amount of $2,500 per student per semester, to students who are enrolled in a program leading to a master[s degree in library and information sciences and are placed as an intern in a public library or school library. The division may promulgate rules to implement this subsection. SECTION 709. 44.02 (5s) of the statutes is amended to read: 44.02 (5s) Except as provided in s. 16.84 (2), have responsibility for security at the Wisconsin Historical Museum located at 30 N. Carroll Street in Madison and at any subsequent museum located on N. Carroll Street in Madison. SECTION 710. 45.01 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.01 (6) (c) The biological natural or adoptive parent or a person who acts in the place of a parent and who has so acted for not less than 12 months prior to the veteran[s entrance into active service. SECTION 711. 45.01 (12) (fm) of the statutes is created to read: 45.01 (12) (fm) A person who resides in this state, if any of the following applies: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 650 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 711 1. The person was naturalized pursuant to section 2 (1) of the federal Hmong Veterans[ Naturalization Act of 2000, P.L. 106-207. 2. The person is a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States and the secretary has determined that the person served honorably with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the armed forces of the United States at any time during the period beginning February 28, 1961, and ending September 18, 1978. SECTION 712. 45.01 (12) (k) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 713. 45.40 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 45.40 (title) Veterans assistance grants. SECTION 714. 45.40 (1g) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 45.40 (1g) and amended to read: 45.40 (1g) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) XHealth, Xhealth care providerY means an advanced practice nurse prescriber who is certified under s. 441.16 (2), an audiologist who is licensed under subch. II of ch. 459 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. III of ch. 459, a dentist who is licensed under subch. I of ch. 447 or who holds a compact privilege under subch. II of ch. 447, an optometrist who is licensed under ch. 449, a physician who is licensed under s. 448.02, or a podiatrist who is licensed under s. 448.63 has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1) and includes an ambulatory surgery center. SECTION 715. 45.40 (1g) (b) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 716. 45.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.40 (1m) (a) The department may provide subsistence payments to a veteran on a month-to-month basis or for a 3-month period. The department may 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 651 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 716 pay subsistence aid for a 3-month period if the veteran will be incapacitated for more than 3 months and if earned or unearned income or aid from sources other than those listed in the application will not be available in the 3-month period. The department may provide subsistence payments only to a veteran who has suffered a loss of income due to illness, injury, or natural disaster. The department may grant subsistence aid under this subsection to a veteran whose loss of income is the result of abuse of alcohol or other drugs only if the veteran is participating in an alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program that is approved by the department. No payment may be made under this subsection if the veteran has other assets or income available to meet basic subsistence needs or if the veteran is eligible to receive aid from other sources to meet those needs. When determining the assets available to the veteran, the department may not include the first $50,000 of cash surrender value of any life insurance. SECTION 717. 45.40 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.40 (1m) (b) The maximum amount that any veteran may receive under this subsection per occurrence during a consecutive 12-month period may not exceed $3,000 $5,000. SECTION 718. 45.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.40 (2) (a) The department may provide health care aid to a veteran for dental care, including dentures; vision care, including eyeglass frames and lenses; and hearing care, including hearing aids; and any other medical device prescribed by a health care provider. SECTION 719. 45.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 652 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 719 45.40 (2m) (a) The unremarried spouse and dependent children of a veteran who died on active duty, or in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, in the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces are eligible to receive payments under subs. (1m) and (2) if the household income of those persons does not exceed the income limitations established under sub. (3m). SECTION 720. 45.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.40 (3) LIMITATIONS. The total cumulative amount that any veteran may receive under this section may not exceed $7,500 $10,000. SECTION 721. 45.41 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.41 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vs), the department may annually grant up to $75,000 $100,000 to the Wisconsin department of the American Legion for the operation of Camp American Legion. SECTION 722. 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f) (fm), or one of the following: SECTION 723. 45.49 of the statutes is created to read: 45.49 Veterans mental health grant program. (1) The department shall promote and assist veterans[ access to, and provide grants to organizations that provide to veterans, community-based and emergency crisis mental health services. (2) The department may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 as necessary to administer this section. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 653 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 723 peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection. SECTION 724. 45.51 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 45.51 (2) (a) 1. A veteran, other than a veteran described under s. 45.01 (12) (fm). SECTION 725. 45.51 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 45.51 (3) (c) 2. The department may deviate from this sequence upon order of the board to prevent the separation of a husband and wife spouses. SECTION 726. 45.51 (5) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read: 45.51 (5) (a) 1. b. Was married to the person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. at the time the person entered the service and who became a widow or widower surviving spouse by the death of the person while in the service or as a result of physical disability of the person incurred during the service. SECTION 727. 45.51 (5) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read: 45.51 (5) (a) 1. c. The period during which the surviving spouse was married to and lived with the deceased person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. plus the period of widowhood or widowerhood after the death of the deceased person is 6 months or more. SECTION 728. 45.55 of the statutes is amended to read: 45.55 Notes and mortgages of minor veterans. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, any minor who served in the active armed forces of the United States at any time after August 27, 1940, and the husband or wife spouse of such a minor may execute, in his or her own right, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 654 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 728 notes or mortgages, as defined in s. 851.15, the payment of which is guaranteed or insured by the U.S. department of veterans affairs or the federal housing administrator under the servicemen[s readjustment act of 1944, the national housing act, or any acts supplementing or amending these acts. In connection with these transactions, the minors may sell, release, or convey the mortgaged property and litigate or settle controversies arising therefrom, including the execution of releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments. The notes, mortgages, releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments when so executed are not subject to avoidance by the minor or the husband or wife spouse of the minor upon either or both of them attaining the age of 18 because of the minority of either or both of them at the time of the execution thereof. SECTION 729. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is elected or appointed under s. 45.80 (1). A grant for $11,688 $12,300 shall be awarded for a county with a population of less than 20,000, a grant for $13,750 $14,400 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, a grant for $15,813 $16,600 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and a grant for $17,875 $18,800 shall be awarded for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 655 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 730 SECTION 730. 45.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 731. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make in an amount not to exceed $20,625 $21,700 per grant annual grants under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection. SECTION 732. 46.03 (44) of the statutes is amended to read: 46.03 (44) SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE TREATMENT INFORMATION. Prepare and keep current an information sheet to be distributed to a patient by a physician, a physician assistant, or certified an advanced practice registered nurse prescriber who may issue prescription orders under s. 441.09 (2) providing expedited partner therapy to that patient under s. 441.092, 448.035, or 448.9725. The information sheet shall include information about sexually transmitted diseases and their treatment and about the risk of drug allergies. The information sheet shall also include a statement advising a person with questions about the information to contact his or her physician, advanced practice registered nurse, pharmacist, or local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4). SECTION 733. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 656 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 733 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba) or (hm), the department of corrections shall reimburse the department of health services for the cost of providing services for juveniles who are under the supervision of the department of corrections and are placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center at a per person daily cost specified by the department of health services. The department of health services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of providing those services. SECTION 734. 46.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 46.10 (1) Liability and the collection and enforcement of such liability for the care, maintenance, services, and supplies specified in this section is governed exclusively by this section, except in cases of child support ordered by a court under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4. or (4g) (a), 48.357 (5m) (a), or 48.363 (2) or ch. 767 or s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 2023 stats., or s. 48.357 (5m) (a), 2023 stats. SECTION 735. 46.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 46.10 (2) Except as provided in subs. (2m) and (14) (b) and (c), any person, including but not limited to a person admitted, committed, protected, or placed under s. 975.01, 1977 stats., s. 975.02, 1977 stats., s. 975.17, 1977 stats., s. 55.05 (5), 2003 stats., and s. 55.06, 2003 stats., and ss. 51.10, 51.13, 51.15, 51.20, 51.35 (3), 51.37 (5), 51.45 (10), (11), (12) and (13), 55.05, 55.055, 55.12, 55.13, 55.135, 971.14 (2) and (5), 971.17 (1), 975.06 and 980.06, receiving care, maintenance, services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state including University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person[s care, maintenance, services, and supplies, any person receiving care and services from a county department established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 or from 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 657 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 735 a facility established under s. 49.73, and any person receiving treatment and services from a public or private agency under s. 980.06 (2) (c), 1997 stats., s. 980.08 (5), 2003 stats., or s. 971.17 (3) (d) or (4) (e) or 980.08 (4) (g) and the person[s property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse[s property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 46.03 (18). If a spouse, widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt thereof is not a condition of liability. SECTION 736. 46.10 (14) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 46.10 (14) (e) 1. An order issued under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4. or (4g) (a), 48.357 (5m) (a), or 48.363 (2) or s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4., 2023 stats., or s. 48.357 (5m) (a), 2023 stats., for support determined under this subsection constitutes an assignment of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 658 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 736 all commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, pension benefits, income continuation insurance benefits under s. 40.62, duty disability benefits under s. 40.65, benefits under ch. 102 or 108, and other money due or to be due in the future to the county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 in the county where the order was entered or to the department, depending upon the placement of the child as specified by rules promulgated under subd. 5. The assignment shall be for an amount sufficient to ensure payment under the order. SECTION 737. 46.275 (5) (e) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 738. 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. If the long-term care district offers employment to any individual who was previously employed by a county, which participated in creating the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the district under sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is offered employment by the district and whose wages were established in who was covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the county under subch. IV of ch. 111 that is in effect on the date that the individual commences employment with the district, with respect to that individual, abide by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement concerning the individual[s wages until the time of the expiration of that collective bargaining agreement or adoption of a collective bargaining agreement with the district under subch. IV of ch. 111 covering the individual as an employee of the district, whichever occurs first. SECTION 739. 46.40 (8) of the statutes is amended to read: 46.40 (8) ALZHEIMER[S FAMILY AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT ALLOCATION. Subject 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 659 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 739 to sub. (9), the department cannot distribute more than $3,058,900 $3,558,900 in each fiscal year for services to persons with Alzheimer[s disease and their caregivers under s. 46.87. SECTION 740. 46.47 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 46.47 (1) (b) The county or tribe has an established drug court, as defined alternatives to prosecution and incarceration program, as described in s. 165.955 (1) 165.95 (3). SECTION 741. 46.48 (16) of the statutes is created to read: 46.48 (16) ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY. The department may distribute not more than $250,000 in each fiscal year for grants to provide assistive technology services. SECTION 742. 46.48 (21) of the statutes is created to read: 46.48 (21) TRAUMA RESILIENCE GRANT. The department may distribute not more than $250,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and not more than $250,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 as a grant to an organization in the city of Milwaukee to support the needs of individuals impacted by trauma and to develop the capacity of organizations to treat and prevent trauma. SECTION 743. 46.48 (21) of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed. SECTION 744. 46.48 (24) of the statutes is created to read: 46.48 (24) PEDIATRIC HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS. The department may distribute not more than $600,000 in each fiscal year as grants to support pediatric health psychology residency and fellowship training programs. SECTION 745. 46.48 (27) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 660 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 745 46.48 (27) COMMUNITY-BASED WITHDRAWAL MANAGEMENT CENTERS. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (bc), the department shall distribute not more than $500,000 in each fiscal year for grants to community-based withdrawal centers, including those certified as an adult residential integrated behavioral health stabilization service, residential intoxication monitoring service, or residential withdrawal management service, as those terms are defined under s. 49.45 (30p) (a) 1., 4., and 5. SECTION 746. 46.48 (33) of the statutes is created to read: 46.48 (33) DIAPER BANK GRANTS. The department may distribute not more than $500,000 in each fiscal year as grants to diaper banks to provide diapers to families in need. SECTION 747. 46.48 (34) of the statutes is created to read: 46.48 (34) MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH. The department may distribute not more than $800,000 in each fiscal year as grants to local and community-based organizations whose mission is to improve maternal and child health in this state. SECTION 748. 46.48 (35) of the statutes is created to read: 46.48 (35) PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. The department may distribute not more than $1,790,000 in each fiscal year to support psychiatric residential treatment facilities under s. 51.044. SECTION 749. 46.482 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 46.482 (1) (bm). SECTION 750. 46.482 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read: 46.482 (1) (am) XCertified peer specialistY means an individual described under s. 49.45 (30j) (a) 1m. who has met the certification requirements established by the department. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 661 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 751 SECTION 751. 46.482 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 46.482 (1) (c) and amended to read: 46.482 (1) (c) XPeer recovery coachY means an individual described under s. 49.45 (30j) (a) 2. 3. who has completed the training requirements specified under s. 49.45 (30j) (b) 4. SECTION 752. 46.482 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 46.482 (2) (a) Use peer recovery coaches and certified peer specialists to encourage individuals to seek treatment for a substance use disorder following an overdose. SECTION 753. 46.482 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: 46.482 (2) (f) Collect and evaluate data on the outcomes of patients receiving peer recovery coach or certified peer specialist services and coordination and continuation of care services under this section. SECTION 754. 46.533 of the statutes is created to read: 46.533 Suicide and crisis lifeline; grants. (1) In this section, Xnational crisis hotlineY means the telephone or text access number X988,Y or its successor, that is maintained under the federally administered program under 42 USC 290bb- 36c. (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (ch), the department shall award grants to organizations that provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals who contact the national crisis hotline from anywhere within this state. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 662 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 755 SECTION 755. 46.536 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.536 (1) (intro.) and amended to read: 46.536 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (cf), the department shall award all of the following grants in the: (a) A total amount of $250,000 in each fiscal biennium to counties or regions comprised of multiple counties to establish or enhance crisis programs to serve individuals having crises in rural areas or counties, municipalities, or regions comprised of multiple counties or municipalities to establish and enhance law enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration programs. Grant recipients under this section paragraph shall match at least 25 percent of the grant amount awarded for the purpose that the grant is received. The department may not award any single grant in an amount greater than $100,000. SECTION 756. 46.536 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read: 46.536 (1) (b) A total amount of $2,000,000 in each fiscal biennium to counties, regions comprised of multiple counties, or municipalities to establish and enhance law enforcement and behavioral health services emergency response collaboration programs. Grant recipients under this paragraph shall match at least 25 percent of the grant amount awarded for the purpose that the grant is received. SECTION 757. 46.73 of the statutes is created to read: 46.73 Community dental health coordinators. From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (4) (bm) and (pa), the department shall award grants to support community dental health coordinators in rural regions of the state. SECTION 758. 46.74 of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 663 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 758 46.74 Grants for mobile dental clinics. The department shall award grants to community health centers, as defined in s. 250.15 (1) (a), to procure and operate mobile dental clinics. SECTION 759. 46.995 (4) of the statutes is created to read: 46.995 (4) The department shall ensure that any child who is eligible and who applies for the disabled children[s long-term support program that is operating under a waiver of federal law receives services under the disabled children[s long‑term support program that is operating under a waiver of federal law. SECTION 760. 47.02 (3m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: 47.02 (3m) (f) Assure that eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services under this chapter is determined without regard to the sex, race, age, creed, color, or national origin, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), or gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k), of the individual applying for services, that no class of individuals is found ineligible solely on the basis of type of disability, and that no age limitations for eligibility exist which that, by themselves, would result in ineligibility for vocational rehabilitation services. SECTION 761. 48.02 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.02 (1d) XAdultY means a person who is 18 years of age or older, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, XadultY means a person who has attained 17 years of age. SECTION 762. 48.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 664 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 762 48.02 (2) XChild,Y when used without further qualification, means a person who is less than 18 years of age, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, XchildY does not include a person who has attained 17 years of age. SECTION 763. 48.02 (13) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.02 (13) XParentY means a biological natural parent, a husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40, or a parent by adoption. If the child is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, XparentY includes a person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 or, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805 or a substantially similar law of another state to be a natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father a natural parent. XParentY does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated. For purposes of the application of s. 48.028 and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to 1963, XparentY means a biological natural parent of an Indian child, an Indian husband spouse who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife or her spouse under s. 891.40, or an Indian person who has lawfully adopted an Indian child, including an adoption under tribal law or custom, and includes, in the case of a nonmarital Indian child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803, a person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804, a person acknowledged under s. 767.805, a substantially similar law of another 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 665 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 763 state, or tribal law or custom to be the biological father natural parent, or a person adjudicated to be the biological father natural parent, but does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated. SECTION 764. 48.025 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.025 (title) Declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting children. SECTION 765. 48.025 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.025 (2) (b) A declaration under sub. (1) may be filed at any time before the birth of the child or within 14 days after the birth of the child, except that a man person who receives a notice under s. 48.42 (1g) (b) may file a declaration within 21 days after the date on which the notice was mailed. This paragraph does not apply to a declaration filed before July 1, 2006. SECTION 766. 48.025 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.025 (3) (c) A court in a proceeding under s. 48.13, 48.133, 48.14, or 938.13 or under a substantially similar law of another state or a person authorized to file a petition under s. 48.25, 48.42, 48.837, or 938.25 or under a substantially similar law of another state may request the department to search its files to determine whether a person who may be the father parent of the child who is the subject of the proceeding has filed a declaration under this section. If the department has on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the department shall issue to the requester a copy of the declaration. If the department does not have on file a declaration of paternal parental interest in matters affecting the child, the department shall issue to the requester a statement that no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 666 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 766 declaration could be located. The department may require a person who requests a search under this paragraph to pay a reasonable fee that is sufficient to defray the costs to the department of maintaining its file of declarations and publicizing information relating to declarations of paternal parental interest under this section. SECTION 767. 48.233 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.233 (2) This section does not apply to a proceeding commenced on or after June 2025 January 1, 2027 under s. 48.13. SECTION 768. 48.233 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.233 (3) The state public defender may promulgate rules necessary to implement the pilot program established under sub. (1). The state public defender may promulgate the rules under this subsection as emergency rules under s. 227.24. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the state public defender is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until four years after June 30, 2021 January 1, 2027. SECTION 769. 48.233 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.233 (4) By January 1, 2025 2027, the department and the state public defender shall each submit a report to the joint committee on finance, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 667 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 769 standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), regarding costs and data from implementing the pilot program under sub. (1). SECTION 770. 48.27 (3) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.27 (3) (b) 1. a. A person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025. SECTION 771. 48.27 (3) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.27 (3) (b) 1. b. A person alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the father a parent of the child. SECTION 772. 48.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.27 (5) Subject to sub. (3) (b), the court shall make every reasonable effort to identify and notify any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025, any person conclusively determined from genetic test results to be the father under s. 767.804 (1), any person who has acknowledged paternity parentage of the child under s. 767.805 (1), and any person who has been adjudged to be the father parent of the child in a judicial proceeding unless the person[s parental rights have been terminated. SECTION 773. 48.299 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.299 (6) (intro.) If a man person who has been given notice under s. 48.27 (3) (b) 1., 48.977 (4) (c) 1., 48.978 (2) (c) 1., or 48.9795 (4) (c) 1. appears at any hearing for which he or she received the notice, alleges that he or she is the father a parent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 668 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 773 of the child, and states that he or she wishes to establish the paternity parentage of the child, all of the following apply: SECTION 774. 48.299 (6) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.299 (6) (e) 1. In this paragraph, Xgenetic testY means a test that examines genetic markers present on blood cells, skin cells, tissue cells, bodily fluid cells or cells of another body material for the purpose of determining the statistical probability that a man person who is alleged to be a child[s father parent is the child[s biological father parent. SECTION 775. 48.299 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.299 (6) (e) 2. The court shall, at the hearing, orally inform any man person specified in sub. (6) (intro.) that he or she may be required to pay for any testing ordered by the court under this paragraph or under s. 885.23. SECTION 776. 48.299 (6) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.299 (6) (e) 3. In addition to ordering testing as provided under s. 885.23, if the court determines that it would be in the best interests of the child, the court may order any man person specified in sub. (6) (intro.) to submit to one or more genetic tests which shall be performed by an expert qualified as an examiner of genetic markers present on the cells and of the specific body material to be used for the tests, as appointed by the court. A report completed and certified by the court- appointed expert stating genetic test results and the statistical probability that the man person alleged to be the child[s father parent is the child[s biological father parent based upon the genetic tests is admissible as evidence without expert testimony and may be entered into the record at any hearing. The court, upon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 669 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 776 request by a party, may order that independent tests be performed by other experts qualified as examiners of genetic markers present on the cells of the specific body materials to be used for the tests. SECTION 777. 48.299 (6) (e) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.299 (6) (e) 4. If the genetic tests show that an alleged father parent is not excluded and that the statistical probability that the alleged father parent is the child[s biological father parent is 99.0 percent or higher, the court may determine that for purposes of a proceeding under this chapter, other than a proceeding under subch. VIII, the man person is the child[s biological parent. SECTION 778. 48.299 (7) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.299 (7) If a man person who has been given notice under s. 48.27 (3) (b) 1., 48.977 (4) (c) 1., 48.978 (2) (c) 1., or 48.9795 (4) (c) 1. appears at any hearing for which he or she received the notice but does not allege that he or she is the father a parent of the child and state that he or she wishes to establish the paternity parentage of the child or if no man person to whom such notice was given appears at a hearing, the court may refer the matter to the state or to the attorney responsible for support enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) for a determination, under s. 767.80, of whether an action should be brought for the purpose of determining the paternity parentage of the child. SECTION 779. 48.33 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 780. 48.33 (4m) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 781. 48.335 (3r) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 782. 48.355 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 670 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 783 SECTION 783. 48.355 (4g) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.355 (4g) (a) 1. The child[s parents are parties to a pending action for divorce, annulment, or legal separation, a man person determined under s. 48.299 (6) (e) 4. to be the biological father parent of the child for purposes of a proceeding under this chapter is a party to a pending action to determine paternity of the child under ch. 767, or the child is the subject of a pending independent action under s. 767.41 or 767.43 to determine legal custody of the child or visitation rights with respect to the child. SECTION 784. 48.357 (5m) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 785. 48.36 (4) of the statutes is created to read: 48.36 (4) (a) The county department or the department may, based on criteria established by the department by rule, refer to the attorney responsible for support enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a child for whom an out-of-home care placement has been ordered under s. 48.355 or 48.357. (b) The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for when it is appropriate for a child support referral to be made under par. (a). SECTION 786. 48.363 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.363 (2) If the court revises a dispositional order entered prior to July 1, 2026, with respect to the amount of child support to be paid by a parent for the care and maintenance of the parent[s minor child who has been placed by a court order under this chapter in a residential, nonmedical facility, the court shall determine the liability of the parent in the manner provided in s. 49.345 (14). SECTION 787. 48.38 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.38 (2) (f) The child[s care would be paid for under s. 49.19 but for s. 49.19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 671 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 787 (20), except that this paragraph does not apply to a child whose care is being paid for under s. 48.623 (1) (1r). SECTION 788. 48.38 (4) (j) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.38 (4) (j) (intro.) If the child is placed in the home of a relative or other person described in s. 48.623 (1) (1r) (b) 1. who will be receiving subsidized guardianship payments, a description of all of the following: SECTION 789. 48.38 (4) (j) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.38 (4) (j) 3. The reasons why a permanent placement with a fit and willing relative or other person described in s. 48.623 (1) (1r) (b) 1. through a subsidized guardianship arrangement is in the best interests of the child. In the case of an Indian child, the best interests of the Indian child shall be determined in accordance with s. 48.01 (2). SECTION 790. 48.38 (4) (j) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.38 (4) (j) 4. The ways in which the child and the relative or other person described in s. 48.623 (1) (1r) (b) 1. meet the eligibility requirements specified in s. 48.623 (1) (1r) for the receipt of subsidized guardianship payments. SECTION 791. 48.38 (4) (j) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.38 (4) (j) 5. The efforts the agency has made to discuss adoption of the child by the relative or other person described in s. 48.623 (1) (1r) (b) 1. as a more permanent alternative to guardianship and, if that relative or other person has chosen not to pursue adoption, documentation of the reasons for not pursuing adoption. SECTION 792. 48.396 (2) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.396 (2) (dm) Upon request of a court having jurisdiction over actions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 672 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 792 affecting the family, an attorney responsible for support enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) or a party to a paternity proceeding under subch. IX of ch. 767, the party[s attorney or the guardian ad litem for the child who is the subject of that proceeding to review or be provided with information from the records of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 relating to the paternity of a child for the purpose of determining the paternity of the child or for the purpose of rebutting the presumption of paternity parentage under s. 891.405, 891.407, or 891.41 (1), the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 shall open for inspection by the requester its records relating to the paternity of the child or disclose to the requester those records. SECTION 793. 48.42 (1g) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.42 (1g) (a) 4. A statement identifying any man person who has lived in a familial relationship with the child and who may be the father a parent of the child. SECTION 794. 48.42 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.42 (1g) (b) The petitioner shall notify any man person identified in the affidavit under par. (a) as an alleged father parent of his the right to file a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025 before the birth of the child, within 14 days after the birth of the child, or within 21 days after the date on which the notice is mailed, whichever is later; of the birth date or anticipated birth date of the child; and of the consequences of filing or not filing a declaration of paternal parental interest. The petitioner shall include with the notice a copy of the form required to file a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 673 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 794 The notice shall be sent by certified mail to the last-known address of the alleged father parent. SECTION 795. 48.42 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.42 (1g) (c) If an affidavit under par. (a) is not filed with the petition, notice shall be given to an alleged father parent under sub. (2). SECTION 796. 48.42 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.42 (2) (b) 1. A person who has filed an unrevoked declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025 before the birth of the child or within 14 days after the birth of the child. SECTION 797. 48.42 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.42 (2) (b) 2. A person or persons alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based upon the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child unless that person has waived the right to notice under s. 48.41 (2) (c). SECTION 798. 48.42 (2) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.42 (2) (bm) 1. A person who has filed an unrevoked declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025 before the birth of the child, within 14 days after the birth of the child, or within 21 days after a notice under sub. (1g) (b) is mailed, whichever is later. SECTION 799. 48.422 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.422 (6) (a) In the case of a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.803 and for whom paternity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 674 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 799 has not been established, or for whom a declaration of paternal parental interest has not been filed under s. 48.025 within 14 days after the date of birth of the child or, if s. 48.42 (1g) (b) applies, within 21 days after the date on which the notice under s. 48.42 (1g) (b) is mailed, the court shall hear testimony concerning the paternity parentage of the child. Based on the testimony, the court shall determine whether all interested parties who are known have been notified under s. 48.42 (2) and (2g) (ag). If not, the court shall adjourn the hearing and order appropriate notice to be given. SECTION 800. 48.422 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.422 (7) (bm) Establish whether a proposed adoptive parent of the child has been identified. If a proposed adoptive parent of the child has been identified and the proposed adoptive parent is not a relative of the child, the court shall order the petitioner to submit a report to the court containing the information specified in s. 48.913 (7). The court shall review the report to determine whether any payments or agreement to make payments set forth in the report are coercive to the birth parent of the child or to an alleged to or presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making any payment to or on behalf of the any birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petition or amend the agreement to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a finding that payments which that are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 675 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 800 impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1). This paragraph does not apply if the petition was filed with a petition for adoptive placement under s. 48.837 (2). SECTION 801. 48.422 (7) (br) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.422 (7) (br) Establish whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child in violation of s. 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Upon a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petition. SECTION 802. 48.423 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.423 (2) (d) That the person has complied with the requirements of the state where the mother birth parent previously resided or was located to protect and preserve his paternal or her parental interests in matters affecting the child. SECTION 803. 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b. If there is no adjudicated father, the husband spouse of the mother at the time the individual or adoptee is conceived or born, or when the parents intermarry under s. 767.803. SECTION 804. Subchapter IX (title) of chapter 48 [precedes 48.44] of the statutes is amended to read: CHAPTER 48 SUBCHAPTER IX JURISDICTION OVER PERSON 17 OR OLDER ADULTS SECTION 805. 48.44 of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 676 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 805 48.44 Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older adults. The court has jurisdiction over persons 17 years of age or older adults as provided under ss. 48.133, 48.355 (4), 48.357 (6), 48.365 (5), and 48.45 and as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter. SECTION 806. 48.45 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.45 (1) (a) If in the hearing of a case of a child alleged to be in a condition described in s. 48.13 it appears that any person 17 years of age or older adult has been guilty of contributing to, encouraging, or tending to cause by any act or omission, such that condition of the child, the judge may make orders with respect to the conduct of such that person in his or her relationship to the child, including orders determining the ability of the person to provide for the maintenance or care of the child and directing when, how, and from where funds for the maintenance or care shall be paid. SECTION 807. 48.45 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.45 (1) (am) If in the hearing of a case of an unborn child and the unborn child[s expectant mother alleged to be in a condition described in s. 48.133 it appears that any person 17 years of age or over adult has been guilty of contributing to, encouraging, or tending to cause by any act or omission, such that condition of the unborn child and expectant mother, the judge may make orders with respect to the conduct of such that person in his or her relationship to the unborn child and expectant mother. SECTION 808. 48.45 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.45 (3) If it appears at a court hearing that any person 17 years of age or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 677 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 808 older adult has violated s. 948.40, the judge shall refer the record to the district attorney for criminal proceedings as may be warranted in the district attorney[s judgment. This subsection does not prevent prosecution of violations of s. 948.40 without the prior reference by the judge to the district attorney, as in other criminal cases. SECTION 809. 48.48 (8p) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.48 (8p) To reimburse tribes and county departments, from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (bn) and (kz), for unexpected or unusually high-cost out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal courts, other than placements to which s. 938.485 (4) applies. In this subsection, Xunusually high-cost out-of-home care placementsY means the amount by which the cost to a tribe or to a county department of out-of-home care placements of Indian children by tribal courts, other than placements to which s. 938.485 (4) applies, exceeds $50,000 in a fiscal year. SECTION 810. 48.48 (8r) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.48 (8r) To reimburse county departments, the county department under s. 46.215, and Indian tribes, from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd), (kL), and (pd), for subsidized guardianship payments made under s. 48.623 (1) (1r) or (6), including guardianships of children ordered by tribal courts. SECTION 811. 48.48 (8x) of the statutes is created to read: 48.48 (8x) To pay for specialized services to children with high acuity needs in congregate care facilities, as defined under s. 48.685 (1) (ao), from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd) and (pd). SECTION 812. 48.481 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 678 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 812 48.481 (title) Grants for children[s community Youth support programs. SECTION 813. 48.481 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 48.481 (2) (b) and amended to read: 48.481 (2) (b) The From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (bc), the department shall distribute at least $231,700 in each fiscal year funds for the purpose of assisting any of the following individuals who attain, if the individual is under the age of 23, to make the transition from out-of-home care to a successful adulthood: 1. An individual who attained the age of 18 while residing in a foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, in the home of a relative other than a parent, or in a supervised independent living arrangement to make the transition from out-of-home care to a successful adulthood out-of-home care. (c) Public or private agencies or organizations are eligible for funding under this subsection. No county department or Indian tribe may use funds provided under this subsection to replace funds previously used by the county department or Indian tribe for this purpose. SECTION 814. 48.481 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read: 48.481 (2) (a) In this subsection, Xout-of-home careY means the placement and care of a child by the department, a county department, or a tribal child welfare agency in a foster home, group home, or residential care center for children and youth, in the home of a relative other than a parent, in the home of like-kin, in the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 679 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 814 home of a person who is not a relative or like-kin, or in a supervised independent living arrangement. SECTION 815. 48.481 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read: 48.481 (2) (b) 2. An individual who resided in out-of-home care for at least 6 months after his or her 16th birthday. SECTION 816. 48.481 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read: 48.481 (2) (b) 3. An individual who was placed under a guardianship under s. 48.977 on or after his or her 16th birthday. SECTION 817. 48.481 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read: 48.481 (2) (b) 4. An individual who was adopted on or after his or her 16th birthday following time spent in out-of-home care. SECTION 818. 48.483 of the statutes is created to read: 48.483 Grants for out-of-school time programs. (1) In this section, Xout- of-school time programY means a structured program or activity that meets all of the following conditions: (a) To the extent practicable, the program or activity is led by adult mentors using evidence-based or evidence-informed practices and is provided to school-age children before school, after school, or during the summer. (b) The program or activity does not supplant instructional services provided by a school or result in academic credit for students. (c) The program or activity relates to one or more of the following topics: 1. Improving social, emotional, academic, or career readiness competencies. 2. Reducing negative behaviors, including violence and crime, tobacco use, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 680 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 818 alcohol and substance abuse, disengagement from school, school suspension, truancy, and health-compromising behaviors. 3. Providing a safe out-of-school time environment. 4. Engaging in career exploration or formal or informal work-based learning. (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (fg), the department shall award grants to out-of-school time programs for the purpose of expanding opportunities for school-age children. (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. SECTION 819. 48.487 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.487 (1m) TRIBAL FAMILY SERVICES GRANTS. From the appropriation account appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (bd) and (js), the department may distribute tribal family services grants to the elected governing bodies of the Indian tribes in this state. An elected governing body that receives a grant under this subsection may expend the grant moneys received for any of the purposes specified in subs. (2), (3) (b), (4m) (b), (5) (b), (6), and (7) as determined by that body. SECTION 820. 48.49 of the statutes is created to read: 48.49 Benefits eligibility screening. (1) The department and each county department shall periodically screen each child under the placement and care of the department or county department under this chapter or ch. 938, other than children placed with kinship care providers receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n), to determine whether the child is eligible for federal or state benefits. (2) If a child in out-of-home care is found to be eligible for federal or state benefits under sub. (1), the department or county department shall do all the following: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 681 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 820 (a) Apply for the benefits on behalf of the child following the procedures established by the department by rule, unless doing so would be contrary to the best interest of the child. (b) Ensure that the child, the child[s attorney or guardian ad litem, and the child[s parent, guardian, or Indian custodian receive proper and timely notice of any application for benefits, the results of an application for benefits, and any appeal of a denial of benefits that could be or is filed on behalf of the child. (c) Provide the child with training covering financial literacy and maintaining benefit eligibility prior to the child aging out of out-of-home care. (3) If the department or county department is appointed as representative payee for a child in out-of-home care who receives benefits under sub. (2), the department or county department shall do all the following: (a) Consistent with the best interests of the child, conserve the child[s benefits in protected accounts that avoid asset limitations for federal and state programs. (b) Provide a periodic accounting to the child, the child[s attorney or guardian ad litem, and the child[s parent, guardian, or Indian custodian regarding the conservation and use of the child[s benefits while the child is in the department or county department[s care. (c) Work with the child and the appropriate federal agency to return remaining funds to the child or another fiduciary once the child exits out-of-home care. (4) The department may take any necessary steps to facilitate statewide compliance with this section. (5) The department or a county department may contract with a public or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 682 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 820 private agency to fulfill the requirements of this section. The department may contract with a public or private agency to fulfill the requirements of this section on behalf of a county department. (6) State or federal benefits received by the department or a county department on behalf of a child may not be used by the department or a county department to pay for the costs of caring for the child in out-of-home care. The department or a county department may use the child[s federal benefits for the child[s unmet needs beyond what the agency is obligated to, is required to, or has agreed to provide as permitted by rules promulgated under sub. (7). (7) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. SECTION 821. 48.526 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.526 (3) (e) The department may carry forward $500,000 or transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kp) 10 percent of its funds allocated under this subsection and not encumbered expended or carried forward under par. (dm) by counties by December 31, whichever is greater, to the next 2 calendar years. The department may transfer moneys from or within s. 20.437 (1) (cj) or (q) to accomplish this purpose. The department may allocate these transferred moneys to counties with persistently high rates of juvenile arrests for serious offenses during the next 2 calendar years to improve community-based juvenile delinquency-related services, as defined in s. 46.011 (1c). The allocation does not affect a county[s base allocation. SECTION 822. 48.526 (3) (em) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 823. 48.526 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.526 (7) ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS. (intro.) Within the limits of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 683 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 823 availability of the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cj), (o), and (q), the department shall allocate funds for community youth and family aids for the period beginning on July 1, 2021 2025, and ending on June 30, 2023 and for the 2023 fiscal biennium 2027, as provided in this subsection to county departments under ss. 46.215, 46.22, and 46.23 as follows: SECTION 824. 48.526 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.526 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $47,740,750 $48,089,350 for the last 6 months of 2023, $95,481,500 2025, $101,138,500 for 2024 2026, and $47,740,750 $51,610,850 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027. SECTION 825. 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.526 (7) (b) (intro.) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $4,000,000 for 2024 2026, and $2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027 to counties based on each of the following factors weighted equally: SECTION 826. 48.526 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.526 (7) (bm) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $6,250,000 for the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $12,500,000 for 2024 2026, and $6,250,000 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027 to counties based on each county[s proportion of the number of juveniles statewide who are placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth during the most recent 3-year period for which that information is available. SECTION 827. 48.526 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.526 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 684 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 827 allocate $1,053,200 for the last 6 months of 2023 2025, $2,106,500 for 2024 2026, and $1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2025 2027 to counties based on each of the factors specified in par. (b) 1. to 3. weighted equally, except that no county may receive an allocation under this paragraph that is less than 93 percent nor more than 115 percent of the amount that the county would have received under this paragraph if the allocation had been distributed only on the basis of the factor specified in par. (b) 3. SECTION 828. 48.526 (7) (e) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 829. 48.526 (7) (h) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 830. 48.526 (8) of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 831. 48.5275 of the statutes is created to read: 48.5275 Seventeen-year-old juvenile justice aids. Notwithstanding s. 48.526, from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (cL), beginning on January 1, 2026, the department shall reimburse counties for the costs under s. 48.526 (2) (c) associated with juveniles who were alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance at age 17. SECTION 832. 48.528 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 48.528 Youth justice system improvement program. From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cm) and (kp), in each fiscal year, the department may expend funds for the following purposes: (1) To fund programs that enhance diversion, prevention, or early intervention to reduce the number of justice-involved youth, as well as programs that promote successful outcomes for all justice-involved youth. To determine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 685 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 832 eligibility for a payment under this subsection, the department shall require a county or other provider to submit a plan for the expenditure of the payment. (2) To address emergencies related to community youth and family aids under s. 48.526. (3) To fund activities required of the department under s. 48.526 (1). SECTION 833. 48.563 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.563 (2) COUNTY ALLOCATION. For children and family services under s. 48.569 (1) (d), the department shall distribute not more than $101,154,200 $104,969,500 in fiscal year 2021-22 2025-26 and $101,162,800 $110,869,200 in fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, the department shall distribute $101,551,400. In fiscal year 2024-25, the department shall distribute $101,939,600 2026-27. SECTION 834. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read: 48.57 (3m) (a) 1m. XCounty departmentY means a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23. SECTION 835. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 119, is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd) and (2) (dz), (md), (me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. In a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department shall make payments under this subsection or shall reimburse a county department for payments made under this subsection from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 686 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 835 (dd) and (pd). Subject to par. (ap), and if all of the following conditions are met, beginning on January 1, 2026, a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department shall make monthly payments per month to a kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child in the amount of $375 beginning on January 1, 2024, to a kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child if all of the following conditions are met $463 for a child under 5 years of age; $507 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $575 for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $601 for a child 15 years of age or over: SECTION 836. 48.57 (3m) (am) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3m) (am) 2. (intro.) and amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (am) 2. (intro.) The county department or department determines that the child meets one or more of the following conditions: a. The child meets one or more of the criteria specified in s. 48.13, 938.12, or 938.13, that the. b. The child would be at risk of meeting one or more of those the criteria specified in s. 48.13 or 938.13 if the child were to remain in his or her home or, if. c. If the child is 18 years of age or over, that the child would meet or be at risk of meeting one or more of those the criteria as specified in this subdivision in s. 48.13 or 938.13 if the child were under 18 years of age. SECTION 837. 48.57 (3m) (am) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (am) 4m. Subject to sub. (3p) (fm) 1. and 2., the kinship care provider states that he or she does not have any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the kinship care provider[s ability to care for the child 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 687 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 837 and that no adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a) 1., and no employee or prospective employee of the kinship care provider who would have regular contact with the child has any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the kinship care provider[s ability to care for the child. SECTION 838. 48.57 (3m) (an) of the statutes is created to read: 48.57 (3m) (an) In addition to the monthly payments for kinship care under par. (am), the department or the county department may make payments for exceptional circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside together and for initial clothing allowances to a kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child residing in the home of the kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am), commensurate with the needs of the child, according to the rules promulgated by the department under par. (i) 3. SECTION 839. 48.57 (3m) (ap) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (ap) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may make payments under par. (am) to a kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child who is placed in the home of the kinship care provider under a court order for no more than 60 days after the date on which the county department or department received under par. (am) 1. the completed application of the kinship care provider for a license to operate a foster home or, if the application is approved or denied or the kinship care provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 60 days, until the date on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 688 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 839 which the application is approved or denied or the kinship care provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure. SECTION 840. 48.57 (3m) (ap) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (ap) 3. Notwithstanding that an application of a kinship care provider specified in subd. 1. is denied or the kinship care provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure, the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may make payments under par. (am) to the kinship care provider for as long as the conditions specified in par. (am) 1. to 6. continue to apply if the county department or department submits to the court information relating to the background investigation specified in par. (am) 4., an assessment of the safety of the kinship care provider[s home and the ability of the kinship care provider to care for the child, and a recommendation that the child remain in the home of the kinship care provider and the court, after considering that information, assessment, and recommendation, orders the child to remain in the kinship care provider[s home. If the court does not order the child to remain in the kinship care provider[s home, the court shall order the county department or department to request a change in placement under s. 48.357 (1) (am) or 938.357 (1) (am). Any person specified in s. 48.357 (2m) (a) or 938.357 (2m) (a) may also request a change in placement. SECTION 841. 48.57 (3m) (ar) and (at) of the statutes are created to read: 48.57 (3m) (ar) In addition to the monthly payments for kinship care under par. (ap), the department or, with the department[s approval, the county department may make emergency payments for kinship care to kinship care providers who are providing care and maintenance for children residing in the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 689 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 841 home of kinship care providers under a court order if any of the following conditions are met: 1. The governor has declared a state of emergency pursuant to s. 323.10, or the federal government has declared a major disaster under 42 USC 68, that covers the locality of the home of the kinship care provider. 2. This state has received federal funding to be used for child welfare purposes due to an emergency or disaster declared for the locality of the home of the kinship care provider. 3. The department has determined that conditions in this state or in the locality of the home of the kinship care provider have resulted in a temporary increase in the costs borne by kinship care providers. Those conditions may include any of the following: a. A pandemic or other public health threat. b. A natural disaster. c. Unplanned school closures of 5 consecutive days or more. (at) The department shall determine the amount of emergency payments under par. (ar) based on available funding. SECTION 842. 48.57 (3m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (b) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department if the county department is making the payments shall refer to the attorney responsible for support enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a child for whom a payment is made under par. (am). This subdivision does not apply to a child 18 years of age or over for whom a payment is made under par. (am). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 690 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 843 SECTION 843. 48.57 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (c) The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department if the county department is making the payments shall require the parent or parents of a child for whom a payment is made under par. (am) to initiate or continue health care insurance coverage for the child. SECTION 844. 48.57 (3m) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (cm) A kinship care provider who receives a payment under par. (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child is not eligible to receive a payment under sub. (3n) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) (1r) or (6) for that child. SECTION 845. 48.57 (3m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (d) A county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department if the county department is making the payments shall review a placement of a child for which the county department or department makes payments under par. (am) not less than every 12 months after the county department or department begins making those payments to determine whether the conditions specified in par. (am) continue to exist. If those conditions do not continue to exist, the county department or department shall discontinue making those payments. SECTION 846. 48.57 (3m) (g) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (g) 2. (intro.) If a recipient requests a hearing within 10 days after the date of notice that his or her payments under par. (am) are being discontinued, those payments may not be discontinued until a decision is rendered after the hearing but payments made pending the hearing decision may be recovered by the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 691 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 846 department if the contested action or failure to act is upheld. The department shall promptly notify the county department of the county in which the recipient resides or, if the recipient resides in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the subunit of the department administering of the kinship care program in that county or the county department that the recipient has requested a hearing. Payments under par. (am) shall be discontinued if any of the following applies: SECTION 847. 48.57 (3m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3m) (h) A county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department may recover an overpayment made under par. (am) from a kinship care provider who continues to receive payments under par. (am) by reducing the amount of the kinship care provider[s monthly payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for recovering overpayments made under par. (am). A county department that recovers an overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule. SECTION 848. 48.57 (3m) (i) 3. of the statutes is created to read: 48.57 (3m) (i) 3. Rules governing the provision of payments for exceptional circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside together and for initial clothing allowances for a child residing in the home of a kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am). SECTION 849. 48.57 (3m) (j) of the statutes is created to read: 48.57 (3m) (j) The department may promulgate rules governing the provision of emergency payments under par. (ar). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 692 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 850 SECTION 850. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read: 48.57 (3n) (a) 1m. XCounty departmentY means a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23. SECTION 851. 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 119, is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (am) (intro.) From the appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (dz), (md), (me), and (s), the department shall reimburse counties having populations of less than 750,000 for payments made under this subsection and shall make payments under this subsection in a county having a population of 750,000 or more. In a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department shall make payments under this subsection or shall reimburse a county department for payments made under this subsection from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd) and (pd). Subject to par. (ap), and if all of the following conditions are met, beginning on January 1, 2026, a county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department shall make monthly payments to a long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for each a child per month in the amount of $375 beginning on January 1, 2024, to a long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for that child if all of the following conditions are met $463 for a child under 5 years of age; $507 for a child 5 to 11 years of age; $557 for a child 12 to 14 years of age; and $601 for a child 15 years of age or over: SECTION 852. 48.57 (3n) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (am) 4. The county department or department conducts a background investigation under sub. (3p) of the long-term kinship care provider, the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 693 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 852 employees and prospective employees of the long-term kinship care provider who have or would have regular contact with the child for whom the payments would be made and any other adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a) 1., of the long-term kinship care provider[s home to determine if the long-term kinship care provider, employee, prospective employee or adult resident has any arrests or convictions that are likely to adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care provider[s ability to care for the child. SECTION 853. 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (am) 4m. Subject to sub. (3p) (fm) 1m. and 2m., the long-term kinship care provider states that he or she does not have any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care provider[s ability to care for the child and that, to the best of the long-term kinship care provider[s knowledge, no adult resident, as defined in sub. (3p) (a) 1., and no employee or prospective employee of the long-term kinship care provider who would have regular contact with the child has any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the long-term kinship care provider[s ability to care for the child. SECTION 854. 48.57 (3n) (an) of the statutes is created to read: 48.57 (3n) (an) In addition to the monthly payments for long-term kinship care under par. (am), the department or the county department may make payments for exceptional circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside together and for initial clothing allowances to a long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child residing in the home of the long-term kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 694 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 854 under par. (am), commensurate with the needs of the child, according to the rules promulgated by the department under par. (i) 2. SECTION 855. 48.57 (3n) (ap) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (ap) 1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may make payments under par. (am) to a long-term kinship care provider who is providing care and maintenance for a child who is placed in the home of the long-term kinship care provider for no more than 60 days after the date on which the county department or department received under par. (am) 1. the completed application of the long-term kinship care provider for a license to operate a foster home or, if the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure within those 60 days, until the date on which the application is approved or denied or the long-term kinship care provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure. SECTION 856. 48.57 (3n) (ap) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (ap) 3. Notwithstanding that an application of a long-term kinship care provider specified in subd. 1. is denied or the long-term kinship care provider is otherwise determined to be ineligible for licensure, the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may make payments under par. (am) to the long-term kinship care provider until an event specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. occurs if the county department or department submits to the court information relating to the background investigation specified in par. (am) 4., an assessment of the safety of the long-term kinship care provider[s home and the ability of the long-term kinship 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 695 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 856 care provider to care for the child, and a recommendation that the child remain in the home of the long-term kinship care provider and the court, after considering that information, assessment, and recommendation, orders the child to remain in the long-term kinship care provider[s home. If the court does not order the child to remain in the kinship care provider[s home, the court shall order the county department or department to request a change in placement under s. 48.357 (1) (am) or 938.357 (1) (am) or to request a termination of the guardianship order under s. 48.977 (7). Any person specified in s. 48.357 (2m) (a) or 938.357 (2m) (a) may also request a change in placement and any person who is authorized to file a petition for the appointment of a guardian for the child may also request a termination of the guardianship order. SECTION 857. 48.57 (3n) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (b) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department if the county department is making the payments shall refer to the attorney responsible for support enforcement under s. 59.53 (6) (a) the name of the parent or parents of a child for whom a payment is made under par. (am). This subdivision does not apply to a child 18 years of age or over for whom a payment is made under par. (am). SECTION 858. 48.57 (3n) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (c) The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department if the county department is making the payments shall require the parent or parents of a child for whom a payment is made under par. (am) to initiate or continue health care insurance coverage for the child. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 696 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 859 SECTION 859. 48.57 (3n) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (cm) A long-term kinship care provider who receives a payment under par. (am) for providing care and maintenance for a child is not eligible to receive a payment under sub. (3m) or s. 48.62 (4) or 48.623 (1) (1r) or (6) for that child. SECTION 860. 48.57 (3n) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (d) The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department if the county department is making the payments shall, at least once every 12 months after the county department or department begins making payments under this subsection, determine whether any of the events specified in par. (am) 6. a. to f. have occurred. If any such events have occurred, the county department or department shall discontinue making those payments. SECTION 861. 48.57 (3n) (g) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (g) 2. (intro.) If a recipient requests a hearing within 10 days after the date of notice that his or her payments under par. (am) are being discontinued, those payments may not be discontinued until a decision is rendered after the hearing but payments made pending the hearing decision may be recovered by the department if the contested action or failure to act is upheld. The department shall promptly notify the county department of the county in which the recipient resides or, if the recipient resides in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the subunit of the department administering of the long-term kinship care program in that county or the county department that the recipient has requested a hearing. Payments under par. (am) shall be discontinued if any of the following applies: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 697 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 862 SECTION 862. 48.57 (3n) (h) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (h) A county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department may recover an overpayment made under par. (am) from a long-term kinship care provider who continues to receive payments under par. (am) by reducing the amount of the long- term kinship care provider[s monthly payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for recovering overpayments made under par. (am). A county department that recovers an overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule. SECTION 863. 48.57 (3n) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3n) (i) (intro.) and amended to read: 48.57 (3n) (i) (intro.) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection. Those rules shall include rules all of the following: 1. Rules governing the provision of long-term kinship care payments for the care and maintenance of a child after the child attains 18 years of age. SECTION 864. 48.57 (3n) (i) 2. of the statutes is created to read: 48.57 (3n) (i) 2. Rules governing the provision of payments for exceptional circumstances to enable siblings or a minor parent and minor children to reside together and for initial clothing allowances for children residing in a home of a long- term kinship care provider who is receiving a monthly rate under par. (am). SECTION 865. 48.57 (3p) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 48.57 (3p) (a) (intro.) and amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, Xadult: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 698 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 865 1. XAdult residentY means a person 18 years of age or over who lives at the home of a person who has applied for or is receiving payments under sub. (3m) or (3n) with the intent of making that home his or her home or who lives for more than 30 days cumulative in any 6-month period at the home of a person who has applied for or is receiving payments under sub. (3m) or (3n). SECTION 866. 48.57 (3p) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read: 48.57 (3p) (a) 2. XCounty departmentY means a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23. SECTION 867. 48.57 (3p) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (b) 1. After receipt of an application for payments under sub. (3m) or (3n), the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall conduct a background investigation of the applicant. SECTION 868. 48.57 (3p) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (b) 2. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department, with the assistance of the department of justice, may conduct a background investigation of any person who is receiving payments under sub. (3m) at the time of review under sub. (3m) (d) or at any other time that the county department or department considers to be appropriate. SECTION 869. 48.57 (3p) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (b) 3. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department, with the assistance of the department of justice, may conduct a background investigation of any person 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 699 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 869 who is receiving payments under sub. (3n) at any time that the county department or department considers to be appropriate. SECTION 870. 48.57 (3p) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (c) 1. After receipt of an application for payments under sub. (3m) or (3n), the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall, in addition to the investigation under par. (b) 1., conduct a background investigation of all employees and prospective employees of the applicant who have or would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made and of each adult resident. SECTION 871. 48.57 (3p) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (c) 2. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department, with the assistance of the department of justice, may conduct a background investigation of any of the employees or prospective employees of any person who is receiving payments under sub. (3m) who have or would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made and of each adult resident at the time of review under sub. (3m) (d) or at any other time that the county department or department considers to be appropriate. SECTION 872. 48.57 (3p) (c) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (c) 2m. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department, with the assistance of the department of justice, may conduct a background investigation of any of the employees or prospective employees of any person who is receiving payments under 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 700 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 872 sub. (3n) who have or would have regular contact with the child for whom payments are being made and of each adult resident at any time that the county department or department considers to be appropriate. SECTION 873. 48.57 (3p) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (c) 3. Before a person who is receiving payments under sub. (3m) or (3n) may employ any person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or permit any person to be an adult resident, the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department, with the assistance of the department of justice, shall conduct a background investigation of the prospective employee or prospective adult resident unless that person has already been investigated under subd. 1., 2. or 2m. SECTION 874. 48.57 (3p) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (d) If the person being investigated under par. (b) or (c) is a nonresident, or at any time within the 5 years preceding the date of the application has been a nonresident, or if the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department determines that the person[s employment, licensing or state court records provide a reasonable basis for further investigation, the county department or department shall require the person to be fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete set of the person[s fingerprints, or by other technologies approved by law enforcement agencies. The department of justice may provide for the submission of the fingerprint cards or fingerprints by other technologies to the federal bureau of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 701 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 874 investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrest and conviction. SECTION 875. 48.57 (3p) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (e) (intro.) Upon request, a person being investigated under par. (b) or (c) shall provide the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department with all of the following information: SECTION 876. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may provisionally approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) based on the applicant[s statement under sub. (3m) (am) 4m. The county department or department may not finally approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) unless the county department or department receives information from the department of justice indicating that the conviction record of the applicant under the law of this state is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3. or payment is approved under par. (h) 4. The county department or department may make payments under sub. (3m) conditioned on the receipt of information from the federal bureau of investigation indicating that the person[s conviction record under the law of any other state or under federal law is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3. SECTION 877. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (fm) 1m. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may not 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 702 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 877 enter into the agreement under sub. (3n) (am) 6. unless the county department or department receives information from the department of justice relating to the conviction record of the applicant under the law of this state and that record indicates either that the applicant has not been arrested or convicted or that the applicant has been arrested or convicted but the director of the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the director of the county department or the person designated by the secretary to review conviction records under this subdivision determines that the conviction record is satisfactory because it does not include any arrest or conviction that the director or person designated by the secretary determines is likely to adversely affect the child or the applicant[s ability to care for the child. The county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may make payments under sub. (3n) conditioned on the receipt of information from the federal bureau of investigation indicating that the person[s conviction record under the law of any other state or under federal law is satisfactory because the conviction record does not include any arrest or conviction that the director of the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the director of the county department or the person designated by the secretary to review conviction records under this subdivision determines is likely to adversely affect the child or the applicant[s ability to care for the child. SECTION 878. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2. A person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may provisionally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or provisionally 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 703 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 878 permit a person to be an adult resident if the person receiving those payments states to the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department that the employee or adult resident does not have any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the ability of the person receiving payments to care for the child. A person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may not finally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or finally permit a person to be an adult resident until the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department receives information from the department of justice indicating that the person[s conviction record under the law of this state is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3. and the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department so advises the person receiving payments under sub. (3m) or until a decision is made under par. (h) 4. to permit a person who is receiving payments under sub. (3m) to employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom payments are being made or to permit a person to be an adult resident and the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department so advises the person receiving payments under sub. (3m). A person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may finally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or finally permit a person to be an adult resident conditioned on the receipt of information from the county department or, in a county having a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 704 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 878 population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department that the federal bureau of investigation indicates that the person[s conviction record under the law of any other state or under federal law is satisfactory according to the criteria specified in par. (g) 1. to 3. SECTION 879. 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (fm) 2m. A person receiving payments under sub. (3n) may provisionally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or provisionally permit a person to be an adult resident if the person receiving those payments states to the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the employee or adult resident does not have any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or the ability of the person receiving payments to care for the child. A person receiving payment under sub. (3n) may not finally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or finally permit a person to be an adult resident until the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department receives information from the department of justice relating to the person[s conviction record under the law of this state and that record indicates either that the person has not been arrested or convicted or that the person has been arrested or convicted but the director of the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the director of the county department or the person designated by the secretary to review conviction records under this subdivision determines that the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 705 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 879 conviction record is satisfactory because it does not include any arrest or conviction that is likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the person receiving payments to care for the child and the county department or department so advises the person receiving payments under sub. (3n). A person receiving payments under sub. (3n) may finally employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or finally permit a person to be an adult resident conditioned on the receipt of information from the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department that the federal bureau of investigation indicates that the person[s conviction record under the law of any other state or under federal law is satisfactory because the conviction record does not include any arrest or conviction that the director of the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the director of the county department or the person designated by the secretary to review conviction records under this subdivision determines is likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the person receiving payments to care for the child. SECTION 880. 48.57 (3p) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (g) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (h), the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may not make payments to a person applying for payments under sub. (3m) and a person receiving payments under sub. (3m) may not employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom those payments are being made or permit a person to be an adult resident if any of the following applies: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 706 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 881 SECTION 881. 48.57 (3p) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (h) 2. The request for review shall be filed with the director of the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, with the director of the county department or the person designated by the secretary to receive requests for review filed under this subdivision. If the governing body of an Indian tribe has entered into an agreement under sub. (3t) to administer the program under this subsection and sub. (3m), the request for review shall be filed with the person designated by that governing body to receive requests for review filed under this subdivision. SECTION 882. 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (h) 3. (intro.) The director of the county department, the person designated by the governing body of an Indian tribe or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the director of the county department or the person designated by the secretary shall review the denial of payments or the prohibition on employment or being an adult resident to determine if the conviction record on which the denial or prohibition is based includes any arrests, convictions, or penalties that are likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the kinship care provider to care for the child. In reviewing the denial or prohibition, the director of the county department, the person designated by the governing body of the Indian tribe or the person designated by the secretary shall consider all of the following factors: SECTION 883. 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (h) 4. If the director of the county department, the person designated by the governing body of the Indian tribe or, in a county having a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 707 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 883 population of 750,000 or more, the director of the county department or the person designated by the secretary determines that the conviction record on which the denial of payments or the prohibition on employment or being an adult resident is based does not include any arrests, convictions, or penalties that are likely to adversely affect the child or the ability of the kinship care provider to care for the child, the director of the county department, the person designated by the governing body of the Indian tribe, or the person designated by the secretary may approve the making of payments under sub. (3m) or may permit a person receiving payments under sub. (3m) to employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom payments are being made or permit a person to be an adult resident. SECTION 884. 48.57 (3p) (hm) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (hm) A county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or the county department may not make payments to a person under sub. (3n) and a person receiving payments under sub. (3n) may not employ a person in a position in which that person would have regular contact with the child for whom payments are being made or permit a person to be an adult resident if the director of the county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the director of the county department or the person designated by the secretary to review conviction records under this paragraph determines that the person has any arrest or conviction that is likely to adversely affect the child or the person[s ability to care for the child. A person who is aggrieved by a decision under this paragraph may obtain a hearing on that decision under sub. (3n) (g) as provided in sub. (3n) (f). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 708 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 885 SECTION 885. 48.57 (3p) (i) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (i) A county department and, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department shall keep confidential all information received under this subsection from the department of justice or the federal bureau of investigation. Such information is not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35. SECTION 886. 48.57 (3p) (j) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.57 (3p) (j) A county department or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, the department or a county department may charge a fee for conducting a background investigation under this subsection. The fee may not exceed the reasonable cost of conducting the investigation. SECTION 887. 48.62 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.62 (4) (a) Monthly payments in foster care shall be provided according to the rates specified in this subsection. Beginning on January 1, 2024, the rates for care and maintenance provided for a child of any age by a foster home that is certified to provide level one care, as defined in the rules promulgated under sub. (8) (a), are $375 and 2026, for care and maintenance provided by a foster home that is certified to provide care at a any level of care that is higher than level one care, the rates are all of the following: 1. $441 $463 for a child under 5 years of age. 2. $483 $507 for a child 5 to 11 years of age. 3. $548 $575 for a child 12 to 14 years of age. 4. $572 $601 for a child 15 years of age or over. SECTION 888. 48.62 (5) of the statutes is created to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 709 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 888 48.62 (5) (a) In addition to the grants for basic maintenance and supplemental payments for foster care under sub. (4), the department or, with the department[s approval, the county department or licensed child welfare agency may make emergency payments for foster care to foster homes that are receiving payments under sub. (4) if any of the following conditions are met: 1. The governor has declared a state of emergency pursuant to s. 323.10, or the federal government has declared a major disaster under 42 USC 68, that covers the locality of the foster home. 2. This state has received federal funding to be used for child welfare purposes due to an emergency or disaster declared for the locality of the foster home. 3. The department has determined that conditions in this state or in the locality of the foster home have resulted in a temporary increase in the costs borne by foster homes. Those conditions may include any of the following: a. A pandemic or other public health threat. b. A natural disaster. c. Unplanned school closures of 5 consecutive days or more. (b) The department shall determine the amount of emergency payments under par. (a) based on available funding. SECTION 889. 48.62 (8m) of the statutes is created to read: 48.62 (8m) The department may promulgate rules governing the provision of emergency payments to foster homes under sub. (5). SECTION 890. 48.623 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.623 (1r), and 48.623 (1r) (c), as renumbered, is amended to read: 48.623 (1r) (c) An order under s. 48.345, 48.357, 48.363, 48.365, 938.34, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 710 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 890 938.345, 938.357, 938.363, or 938.365 or a tribal court order under a substantially similar tribal law placing the child, or continuing the placement of the child, outside of the child[s home has been terminated, or any proceeding specified in s. 48.977 (2) (a) in which the child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services specified in s. 48.977 (2) (a) or delinquent has been dismissed, as provided in s. 48.977 (3r) (a). SECTION 891. 48.623 (1g) of the statutes is created to read: 48.623 (1g) In this section, Xcounty departmentY means a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23. SECTION 892. 48.623 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (1m) DURATION OF ELIGIBILITY. (intro.) Subsidized guardianship payments under sub. (1) (1r) or (6) may be continued after the child attains 18 years of age if any of the following applies: SECTION 893. 48.623 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (2) SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP AGREEMENT. (intro.) Before a county department, an Indian tribe, or the department may approve the provision of subsidized guardianship payments under sub. (1) (1r) to a proposed guardian, the county department, Indian tribe, or department shall negotiate and enter into a written, binding subsidized guardianship agreement with the proposed guardian and provide the proposed guardian with a copy of the agreement. A subsidized guardianship agreement or an amended subsidized guardianship agreement may also name a prospective successor guardian of the child to assume the duty and authority of guardianship on the death or incapacity of the guardian. A successor guardian is eligible for monthly subsidized guardianship payments under this 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 711 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 893 section only if the successor guardian is named as a prospective successor guardian of the child in a subsidized guardianship agreement or amended subsidized guardianship agreement that was entered into before the death or incapacity of the guardian, the conditions specified in sub. (6) (bm) are met, and the court appoints the successor guardian to assume the duty and authority of guardianship as provided in s. 48.977 (5m). A subsidized guardianship agreement shall specify all of the following: SECTION 894. 48.623 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (2) (e) That, in determining eligibility for adoption assistance under s. 48.975 and 42 USC 673 for the care of the child, the placement of the child in the home of the guardian and any payments made under sub. (1) (1r) shall be considered never to have been made. SECTION 895. 48.623 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (3) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, the county department shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) (1r) or (6). An Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement with the department under sub. (8) shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) (1r) or (6) for guardianships of children ordered by the tribal court, or a county department may provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) (1r) or (6) for guardianships of children ordered by the tribal court if the county department has entered into an agreement with the governing body of an Indian tribe to provide those payments. The county department or Indian tribe shall provide those payments from moneys received under s. 48.48 (8r). The department shall reimburse county departments and Indian tribes for the cost of subsidized guardianship payments, including payments made by county 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 712 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 895 departments for guardianships of children ordered by tribal courts, from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd), (kL), and (pd). In a county having a population of 750,000 or more or in the circumstances specified in s. 48.43 (7) (a) or 48.485 (1), the department shall provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) (1r) or (6). The department shall provide those payments from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (cx) and (mx) or the county department shall provide those payments from moneys received under s. 48.48 (8r). The department shall reimburse county departments and Indian tribes for the cost of subsidized guardianship payments, including payments made by county departments for guardianships of children ordered by tribal courts, from the appropriations under s. 20.437 (1) (dd), (kL), and (pd). SECTION 896. 48.623 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (3) (b) The county department or, as provided in par. (a), an Indian tribe or the department shall determine the initial amount of a monthly payment under sub. (1) (1r) or (6) for the care of a child based on the circumstances of the guardian and the needs of the child. That amount may not exceed the amount received under s. 48.62 (4) or a substantially similar tribal law by the guardian of the child for the month immediately preceding the month in which the guardianship order was granted. A guardian or an interim caretaker who receives a monthly payment under sub. (1) (1r) or (6) for the care of a child is not eligible to receive a payment under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n) or 48.62 (4) for the care of that child. SECTION 897. 48.623 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (3) (c) 2. Annually, a county department, Indian tribe, or the department shall review an agreement that has been amended under subd. 1. to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 713 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 897 determine whether the substantial change in circumstances that was the basis for amending the agreement continues to exist. If that substantial change in circumstances continues to exist, the agreement, as amended, shall remain in effect. If that substantial change in circumstances no longer exists, the county department, Indian tribe, or department shall offer to decrease the amount of the monthly subsidized guardianship payments provided under sub. (1) (1r) based on criteria established by the department under sub. (7) (c). If the decreased amount of those payments is agreed to by the person receiving those payments, the county department, Indian tribe, or department shall amend the agreement in writing to specify the decreased amount of those payments. If the decreased amount of those payments is not agreed to by the person receiving those payments, that person may appeal the decision of the county department, Indian tribe, or department regarding the decrease under sub. (5). SECTION 898. 48.623 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (3) (d) The department, an Indian tribe, or a county department may recover an overpayment made under sub. (1) (1r) or (6) from a guardian or interim caretaker who continues to receive those payments by reducing the amount of the person[s monthly payment. The department may by rule specify other methods for recovering those overpayments. A county department or Indian tribe that recovers an overpayment under this paragraph due to the efforts of its officers and employees may retain a portion of the amount recovered, as provided by the department by rule. SECTION 899. 48.623 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (4) ANNUAL REVIEW. A county department, an Indian tribe, or the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 714 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 899 department shall review a placement of a child for which the county department, Indian tribe, or department makes payments under sub. (1) (1r) not less than every 12 months after the county department, Indian tribe, or department begins making those payments to determine whether the child and the guardian remain eligible for those payments. If the child or the guardian is no longer eligible for those payments, the county department, Indian tribe, or department shall discontinue making those payments. SECTION 900. 48.623 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (5) (a) Any person whose application for payments under sub. (1) (1r) is not acted on promptly or is denied on the grounds that a condition specified in sub. (1) (1r) has not been met and any person whose payments under sub. (1) (1r) are decreased under sub. (3) (c) 2. or discontinued under sub. (4) may petition the department under par. (b) for a review of that action or failure to act. Review is unavailable if the action or failure to act arose more than 45 days before submission of the petition for review. SECTION 901. 48.623 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (5) (b) 2. If a recipient requests a hearing within 10 days after the date of notice that his or her payments under sub. (1) (1r) are being decreased or discontinued, those payments may not be decreased or discontinued until a decision is rendered after the hearing but payments made pending the hearing decision may be recovered by the department if the contested action or failure to act is upheld. The department shall promptly notify the county department, Indian tribe, or subunit of the department whose action is the subject of the hearing that the recipient has requested a hearing. Payments under sub. (1) (1r) shall be decreased 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 715 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 901 or discontinued if the recipient is contesting a state law or a change in state law and not the determination of the payment made on the recipient[s behalf. SECTION 902. 48.623 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (5) (b) 3. The recipient shall be promptly informed in writing if his or her payments under sub. (1) (1r) are to be decreased or discontinued pending the hearing decision. SECTION 903. 48.623 (6) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (6) (am) (intro.) On the death, incapacity, resignation, or removal of a guardian receiving payments under sub. (1) (1r), the county department, Indian tribe, or department providing those payments shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments in the amount specified in sub. (3) (b) for a period of up to 12 months to an interim caretaker if all of the following conditions are met: SECTION 904. 48.623 (6) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (6) (bm) (intro.) On the death or incapacity of a guardian receiving payments under sub. (1) (1r), the county department, an Indian tribe, or the department providing those payments shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments in the amount specified in sub. (3) (b) to a person named as a prospective successor guardian of the child in a subsidized guardianship agreement or amended subsidized guardianship agreement that was entered into before the death or incapacity of the guardian if all of the following conditions are met and the court appoints the person as successor guardian to assume the duty and authority of guardianship as provided in s. 48.977 (5m): SECTION 905. 48.623 (6) (bm) 6. of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 716 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 905 48.623 (6) (bm) 6. Any order under s. 48.345, 48.357, 48.363, 48.365, 938.34, 938.345, 938.357, 938.363, or 938.365 or a tribal court order under a substantially similar tribal law placing the child, or continuing the placement of the child, outside of the child[s home has been terminated, or any proceeding specified in s. 48.977 (2) (a) in which the child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services specified in s. 48.977 (2) (a) or delinquent has been dismissed, as provided in s. 48.977 (3r) (b). SECTION 906. 48.623 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (7) (a) A rule defining the substantial change in circumstances under which a person receiving monthly subsidized guardianship payments under sub. (1) (1r) may request that an agreement made under sub. (2) be amended to increase the amount of those payments. SECTION 907. 48.623 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (7) (c) Rules establishing the criteria for determining the amount of the decrease in monthly subsidized guardianship payments that the department shall offer under sub. (3) (c) 2. if a substantial change in circumstances no longer exists. The criteria shall provide that the amount of the decrease offered by the department under sub. (3) (c) 2. may not result in a monthly subsidized guardianship payment that is less than the initial monthly subsidized guardianship payment provided for the child under sub. (1) (1r). SECTION 908. 48.623 (7) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (7) (dm) Rules establishing the conditions that must be met in order for a person specified in sub. (1) (1r) (b) 1. c. to be eligible for monthly subsidized guardianship payments under sub. (1) (1r). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 717 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 909 SECTION 909. 48.623 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.623 (8) (b) A county department may provide the monthly payments under sub. (1) (1r) or (6) for guardianships of children ordered by the tribal court if the county department has entered into an agreement with the governing body of an Indian tribe to provide those payments. SECTION 910. 48.63 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.63 (3) (b) 4. Before a child may be placed under subd. 1., the department, county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs. SECTION 911. 48.63 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.63 (3) (b) 5. Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise his or her parental rights to the child. SECTION 912. 48.645 (3) of the statutes is repealed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 718 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 913 SECTION 913. 48.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.82 (1) (a) A husband and wife Spouses jointly, or either the husband or wife if the other spouse is of a parent of the minor. SECTION 914. 48.837 (1r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.837 (1r) (d) Before a child may be placed under par. (a), the department, county department, or child welfare agency making the placement and the proposed adoptive parent or parents shall enter into a written agreement that specifies who is financially responsible for the cost of providing care for the child prior to the finalization of the adoption and for the cost of returning the child to the parent who has custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized. Under the agreement, the department, county department, or child welfare agency or the proposed adoptive parent or parents, but not the any birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child, shall be financially responsible for those costs. SECTION 915. 48.837 (1r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.837 (1r) (e) Prior to termination of parental rights to the child, no person may coerce a birth parent of the child or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child into refraining from exercising his or her right to withdraw consent to the transfer or surrender of the child or to termination of his or her parental rights to the child, to have reasonable visitation or contact with the child, or to otherwise exercise his or her parental rights to the child. SECTION 916. 48.837 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.837 (6) (b) At the beginning of the hearing held under sub. (2), the court 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 719 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 916 shall review the report that is submitted under s. 48.913 (6). The court shall determine whether any payments or the conditions specified in any agreement to make payments are coercive to the any birth parent of the child or to an alleged or presumed father parent of the child or are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4). Making any payment to or on behalf of the a birth parent of the child, an, alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child conditional in any part upon transfer or surrender of the child or the termination of parental rights or the finalization of the adoption creates a rebuttable presumption of coercion. Upon a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3) or amend the agreement to delete any coercive conditions, if the parties agree to the amendment. Upon a finding that payments which that are impermissible under s. 48.913 (4) have been made, the court may dismiss the petition and may refer the matter to the district attorney for prosecution under s. 948.24 (1). SECTION 917. 48.837 (6) (br) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.837 (6) (br) At the hearing on the petition under sub. (2), the court shall determine whether any person has coerced a birth parent or any alleged or presumed father parent of the child in violation of sub. (1r) (e). Upon a finding of coercion, the court shall dismiss the petitions under subs. (2) and (3). SECTION 918. 48.913 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.913 (1) (a) Preadoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed father parent of the child. SECTION 919. 48.913 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 720 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 919 48.913 (1) (b) Post-adoptive counseling for a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed father parent of the child. SECTION 920. 48.913 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.913 (1) (h) Legal and other services received by a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child in connection with the adoption. SECTION 921. 48.913 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.913 (2) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES WHEN BIRTH PARENT IS RESIDING IN ANOTHER STATE. (intro.) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the proposed adoptive parents of a child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents of a child may pay for an expense of a birth parent of the child or an alleged or presumed father parent of the child if the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing in another state when the payment was made and when the expense was incurred and if all of the following apply: SECTION 922. 48.913 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.913 (2) (b) The state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing when the payment was made permits the payment of that expense by the proposed adoptive parents of the child. SECTION 923. 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.913 (2) (c) (intro.) A listing of all payments made under this subsection, a copy of the statutory provisions of the state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that permit those payments to be made by the proposed adoptive parents of the child, and a copy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 721 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 923 of all orders entered in the state in which the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent was residing when the payments were made that relate to the payment of expenses of the birth parent or the alleged or presumed father parent by the proposed adoptive parents of the child is submitted to the court as follows: SECTION 924. 48.913 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.913 (3) METHOD OF PAYMENT. Any payment under sub. (1) or (2) shall be made directly to the provider of a good or service except that a payment under sub. (1) or (2) may be made to a birth parent of the child or to an alleged or presumed father parent of the child as reimbursement of an amount previously paid by the birth parent or by the alleged or presumed father parent if documentation is provided showing that the birth parent or alleged or presumed father parent has made the previous payment. SECTION 925. 48.913 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.913 (4) OTHER PAYMENTS PROHIBITED. The proposed adoptive parents of a child or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents may not make any payments to or on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child except as provided in subs. (1) and (2). SECTION 926. 48.913 (7) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.913 (7) REPORT TO THE COURT; CONTENTS REQUIRED. The report required under sub. (6) shall include a list of all transfers of anything of value made or agreed to be made by the proposed adoptive parents or by a person acting on their behalf to a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 722 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 926 child, or the child, on behalf of a birth parent of the child, an alleged or presumed father parent of the child, or the child, or to any other person in connection with the pregnancy, the birth of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. The report shall be itemized and shall show the goods or services for which payment was made or agreed to be made. The report shall include the dates of each payment, the names and addresses of each attorney, doctor, hospital, agency, or other person or organization receiving any payment from the proposed adoptive parents or a person acting on behalf of the proposed adoptive parents in connection with the pregnancy, the birth of the child, the placement of the child with the proposed adoptive parents, or the adoption of the child by the proposed adoptive parents. SECTION 927. 48.977 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.977 (title) Appointment of guardians for certain children or juveniles in need of protection or services or juveniles adjudged delinquent. SECTION 928. 48.977 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.977 (2) (a) That the child has been adjudged to be in need of protection or services under s. 48.13 (1), (2), (3), (3m), (4), (4m), (5), (8), (9), (10), (10m), (11), or (11m) or 938.13 (4) and been placed, or continued in a placement, outside of his or her home pursuant to one or more court orders under s. 48.345, 48.357, 48.363, 48.365, 938.345, 938.357, 938.363, or 938.365 or that the child has been so adjudged and placement of the child in the home of a guardian under this section has been recommended under s. 48.33 (1) or 938.33 (1), or that the child has been adjudged to be delinquent under s. 938.12 and has been placed, or continued in a placement, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 723 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 928 outside his or her home pursuant to one or more court orders under s. 938.34, 938.357, 938.363, or 938.365 or that the child has been so adjudged and placement of the child in the home of a guardian under this section has been recommended under s. 938.33 (1). SECTION 929. 48.977 (3r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.977 (3r) (a) Guardian. Subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (1) (1r) may not be made to a guardian of a child unless a subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2) is entered into before the guardianship order is granted and the court either terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which the child has been adjudicated in need of protection or services or has been adjudged delinquent as specified in sub. (2) (a). If a child[s permanency plan calls for placement of the child in the home of a guardian and the provision of monthly subsidized guardianship payments to the guardian, the petitioner under sub. (4) (a) shall include in the petition under sub. (4) (b) a statement of the determinations made under s. 48.623 (1) (1r) and a request for the court to include in the court[s findings under sub. (4) (d) a finding confirming those determinations. If the court confirms those determinations, appoints a guardian for the child under sub. (2), and either terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which the child is adjudicated to be in need of protection or services or is adjudged delinquent as specified in sub. (2) (a), the county department or, as provided in s. 48.623 (3) (a), an Indian tribe or the department shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments to the guardian under s. 48.623 (1) (1r). SECTION 930. 48.977 (3r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 724 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 930 48.977 (3r) (b) Successor guardian. Subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623 (6) (bm) may not be made to a successor guardian of a child unless the court makes a finding confirming that the successor guardian is named as a prospective successor guardian of the child in a subsidized guardianship agreement or amended subsidized guardianship agreement under s. 48.623 (2) that was entered into before the death or incapacity of the guardian and that the conditions specified in s. 48.623 (6) (bm) have been met, appoints the successor guardian to assume the duty and authority of guardianship as provided in sub. (5m), and either terminates any order specified in sub. (2) (a) or dismisses any proceeding in which the child has been adjudicated in need of protection or services or adjudged delinquent as specified in sub. (2) (a). If the court makes that finding and appointment and either terminates such an order or dismisses such a proceeding, the county department or, as provided in s. 48.623 (3) (a), an Indian tribe or the department shall provide monthly subsidized guardianship payments to the successor guardian under s. 48.623 (6) (bm). SECTION 931. 48.977 (4) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.977 (4) (a) 8. The person representing the interests of the public under s. 48.09, or, if the child has been placed pursuant to an order under ch. 938 or the child[s placement with the guardian is recommended under ch. 938, the person representing the interests of the public under s. 938.09. SECTION 932. 48.977 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.977 (4) (b) 3. The date on which the child was adjudged in need of protection or services under s. 48.13 (1), (2), (3), (3m), (4), (4m), (5), (8), (9), (10), (10m), (11), or (11m) or 938.13 (4) and the dates on which the child has been placed, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 725 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 932 or continued in a placement, outside of his or her home pursuant to one or more court orders under s. 48.345, 48.357, 48.363, 48.365, 938.345, 938.357, 938.363, or 938.365 or, if the child has been so adjudged, but not so placed, the date of the report under s. 48.33 (1) or 938.33 (1) in which placement of the child in the home of the person is recommended, or, if the child has been adjudged delinquent under s. 938.12, the date on which the child was adjudged delinquent, and the dates on which the child has been placed, or continued in a placement, outside his or her home pursuant to one or more court orders under s. 938.34, 938.357, 938.363, or 938.365 or, if the child has been so adjudged but not so placed, the date of the report under s. 938.33 (1). SECTION 933. 48.977 (4) (c) 1. h. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.977 (4) (c) 1. h. The person representing the interests of the public under s. 48.09, or, if the child has been placed pursuant to an order under ch. 938, the person representing the interests of the public under s. 938.09. SECTION 934. 48.977 (4) (i) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.977 (4) (i) Effect of disposition on permanency review process. After a disposition under par. (h), the child[s permanency plan shall continue to be reviewed under s. ss. 48.38 (5) and 938.38 (5), if applicable. SECTION 935. 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. Any person who has filed a declaration of paternal parental interest under s. 48.025, who is alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child, or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 726 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 936 SECTION 936. 48.9795 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 48.9795 (1) (b) XPartyY means the person petitioning for the appointment of a guardian for a child or any interested person other than a person who is alleged to the court to be the father a parent of the child or who may, based on the statements of the mother parent who gave birth to the child or other information presented to the court, be the father parent of the child. SECTION 937. 49.132 of the statutes is created to read: 49.132 Child care partnership grant program. (1) In this section, XbusinessY means a governmental entity, an organization or enterprise operated for profit, or a nonprofit corporation. (2) The department may establish a grant program to award funding to businesses that provide or wish to provide child care services for their employees. A grant awarded under this program may be used to reserve child care placements for local business employees, pay child care tuition, and other costs related to child care. (3) A business awarded a grant under this section shall provide matching funds equal to 10 percent or more of the amount awarded if the business has 50 or fewer employees and 15 percent or more of the amount awarded if the business has more than 50 employees. (4) The department may promulgate rules to administer this section, including to determine eligibility for a grant. SECTION 938. 49.133 of the statutes is created to read: 49.133 Child care quality improvement program. (1) The department 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 727 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 938 may establish a program under which it may, from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (c) and the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), make monthly payments and monthly per-child payments to child care providers certified under s. 48.651, child care centers licensed under s. 48.65, and child care programs established or contracted for by a school board under s. 120.13 (14). The department may investigate and recover from payment recipients under this section amounts overpaid or obtained through fraud. (2) If the department establishes the program under sub. (1), the department shall promulgate rules to implement the program, including establishing eligibility requirements and payment amounts and setting requirements for how recipients may use the payments. SECTION 939. 49.1335 of the statutes is created to read: 49.1335 Child care access program. (1) In this section, Xfamily child care centerY has the meaning given in s. 49.136 (1) (j). (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (bp), the department shall enter into contracts with all of the following organizations, at the following amounts, to increase access to high-quality child care in this state: (a) Wonderschool, Inc., or a successor organization, at $4,500,000, to do any of the following: 1. Increase the child care workforce in this state by launching an online software platform that is linked to the department[s website to connect child care providers with child care workers and a pool of substitute child care workers. 2. Build child care capacity in this state. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2025 - 2026 Legislature ASSEMBLY BILL 50 - 728 - LRB-2080/1 ALL:all SECTION 939