Amendment AA6-ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2-AA6,150,19 234.662 (5) (b) 4. An identification of the eligible political subdivision governmental unit with respect to which the loan was awarded.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,150,20 51. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,150,21 “Section 331. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,151,2 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in ss. 49.155 (1g) and 49.257, $16,683,700 $48,185,300 in each fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such activities, $28,518,700. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such activities, $46,018,700.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,9206 Section 9206. Fiscal changes; Children and Families.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,151,10 (1) Quality care for quality kids; child care foundational training. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (md), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $2,166,600 to subsidize workforce training for child care providers. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (md), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $2,166,600 to subsidize workforce training for child care providers.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,151,11 52. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,151,12 “Section 332. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,151,16 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality improvement activities specified in ss. 49.155 (1g) and 49.257, $16,683,700 $46,518,700 in each fiscal year 2022-23. In fiscal year 2023-24, for such activities, $28,518,700. In fiscal year 2024-25, for such activities, $46,018,700.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,9206 Section 9206. Fiscal changes; Children and Families.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,152,2 (1) Quality care for quality kids; child care foundational training. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (md), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $500,000 to increase funding for tribal training and technical assistance. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s. 20.437 (1) (md), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $500,000 to increase funding for tribal training and technical assistance.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,152,3 53. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,152,4 “Section 9251. Fiscal changes; Other.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,152,6 (1) Board on aging and long-term care; ombudsman and administrative staff.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,152,14 (a) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the board on aging and long-term care under s. 20.432 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $181,900 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the board on aging and long-term care by 3.15 GPR positions to assist with the ombudsman program to reduce caseloads and to perform administrative functions. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the board on aging and long-term care under s. 20.432 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $229,700 for the positions authorized under this subsection.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,152,22 (b) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the board on aging and long-term care under s. 20.432 (1) (k), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $107,200 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the board on aging and long-term care by 1.85 PR positions to assist with the ombudsman program to reduce caseloads and to perform administrative functions. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the board on aging and long-term care under s. 20.432 (1) (k), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $135,400 for the positions authorized under this subsection.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,3 (c) One of the FTE positions authorized under this subsection shall be assigned as 1.0 executive assistant, one of the FTE positions authorized under this subsection shall be assigned as 1.0 communications specialist, and 3 of the FTE positions authorized under this subsection shall be assigned to the ombudsman program.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,4 54. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,5 “Section 9108. Nonstatutory provisions; Corrections.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,6 (1) Information systems technical services.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,9 (a) Position authorizations. The authorized FTE positions for the department of corrections are increased by 3.0 GPR information systems technical services senior positions.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,16 (b) Incumbent contractors. Notwithstanding any requirement of competitive hiring procedures under subch. II of ch. 230, the department of corrections shall place 3 incumbent bureau of technology management contractors in the information systems technical services senior positions authorized under par. (a). The 3 individuals placed in the information systems technical services senior positions under this paragraph are not required to serve a probationary period under s. 230.28.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,21 (c) Funding allocation. The department of corrections shall allocate $163,900 for fiscal year 2025-26 and $218,400 for fiscal year 2026-27 from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (1) (a) and $36,800 for fiscal year 2025-26 and $49,100 for fiscal year 2026-27 from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (1) (b) to fund the information systems technical services senior positions authorized under par. (a).”.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,22 55. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,153,23 “Section 9201. Fiscal changes; Administration.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,154,2 (1) Human resources administration; general programs operations appropriation.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,154,10 (a) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kz), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $223,000 to increase the number of authorized FTE positions in the department of administration by 3.0 PR-S positions for the purpose of addressing workload issues associated with an increase in human resources transactions. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kz), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $297,600 for the positions authorized under this paragraph.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,154,17 (b) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kz), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $27,000 for supplies and services involved in human resources transactions. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kz), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $36,600 for supplies and services involved in human resources transactions.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,154,21 (c) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kz), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $159,000 for the purpose of one-time financing associated with human resources.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,154,23 (2) Human resources administration; legal services and relocation assistance appropriation.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,155,7 (a) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kr), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $79,600 to increase the authorized FTE positions by 1.0 PR-S position in the department of administration for the purpose of addressing workload issues associated with an increase in human resources transactions. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kr), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $106,100 for the position authorized under this paragraph.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,155,14 (b) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kr), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $9,000 for supplies and services involved in human resources transactions. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kr), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $12,000 for supplies and services involved in human resources transactions.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,155,18 (c) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s. 20.505 (1) (kr), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $3,000 for the purpose of one-time financing associated with human resources.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,155,20 (3) Human resources administration; uses of new positions and one- time funding.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,156,4 (a) Three positions authorized under subs. (1) (a) and (2) (a) shall be allocated to the division of personnel management within the department of administration as follows: 2.0 FTE executive human resources-specialist-senior positions assigned to the bureau of classification and compensation, 1.0 FTE Information Services business automation specialist assigned to the bureau of human resources information system administration and management. One FTE position shall be allocated as 1.0 attorney position to the Division of Legal Services to support human resources compliance efforts.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,156,7 (b) The department of administration shall allocate at least $150,000 of the amounts provided under subs. (1) (c) and (2) (c) to contract with an external vendor to analyze the personnel recruitment strategies and needs of the state.”.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,156,8 56. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,156,15 “Section 333. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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AB50-ASA2-AA6,334 Section 334. 20.445 (1) (aL) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,335 Section 335. 20.445 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,156,20 20.445 (1) (am) Unemployment insurance; general administration. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for administration of ch. 108.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,336 Section 336. 49.791 (4) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,157,5 49.791 (4) (f) Accepting test results from other programs. (intro.) For purposes of this section, an administering agency may use results of a drug test performed by the administering agency for the purpose of eligibility for another state program, including a work experience program under s. 49.162, or 49.36, or 108.133, performed at the request of the department of corrections, or performed by other drug testing providers as approved by the department to determine whether to refer an able-bodied adult to treatment if all of the following apply:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,337 Section 337. 102.43 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,157,10 102.43 (9) (e) The employee’s employment with the employer has been suspended or terminated due to misconduct, as defined in s. 108.04 (5), or substantial fault, as defined in s. 108.04 (5g) (a), by the employee connected with the employee’s work.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,338 Section 338. 108.02 (26m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,339 Section 339. 108.022 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,157,17 108.022 Electronic payments and filings; good cause. For purposes of requirements to use electronic filing, payment, or interchange methods specified under ss. 108.14 (2e), 108.17 (2b) and (7) (a), 108.185, and 108.205 (2), good cause for not using such method includes all of the following, as determined by the department:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,157,18 (1) Having limited or no Internet access.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,157,19 (2) Having digital literacy limitations.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,157,22 (3) Having communication barriers, such as having a vision or other disability that prevents the ease of using the electronic method or having limited or no English proficiency.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,157,24 (4) The presence of other circumstances that make use of the electronic method unusually difficult for the person, as determined by the department.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,340 Section 340. 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,158,4 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. par. (b) to (bd), sub. (16) (am) and (b), and s. 108.062 (10) and (10m) and as otherwise expressly provided, a claimant is eligible for benefits as to any given week only if all of the following apply:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,341 Section 341. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,158,19 108.04 (2) (a) 3. The claimant conducts a reasonable search for suitable work during that week and provides verification of that search to the department. The search for suitable work must include at least 4 actions per week that constitute a reasonable search as prescribed by rule of the department. In addition, the department may, by rule, require a claimant to take more than 4 reasonable work search actions in any week. The department shall require a uniform number of reasonable work search actions for similar types of claimants. This subdivision does not apply to a claimant if the department determines that the claimant is currently laid off from employment with an employer but there is a reasonable expectation of reemployment of the individual by that employer. In determining whether the claimant has a reasonable expectation of reemployment by an employer, the department shall request the employer to verify the claimant’s employment status and shall consider all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,158,20 a. The history of layoffs and reemployments by the employer.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,158,22 b. Any information that the employer furnished to the claimant or the department concerning the claimant’s anticipated reemployment date.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,159,2 c. Whether the claimant has recall rights with the employer under the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,342 Section 342. 108.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,159,6 108.04 (2) (b) 1. The department may, by rule, establish waivers from the registration for work requirement under par. (a) 2. and the work search requirement under par. (a) 3.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,159,16 2. a. The department may promulgate rules under subd. 1. as emergency rules, using the procedure under s. 227.24, if the secretary of workforce development determines that the waiver is needed only on a temporary basis or that permanent rules are not warranted. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subd. 2. a. 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 subd. 2. a. Except as provided under subd. 2. b., a rule promulgated under this subd. 2. a. remains in effect only for 150 days.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,159,23 b. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (2), the secretary of workforce development may extend the effective period of an emergency rule promulgated under subd. 2. a. for a period specified by the secretary not to exceed 60 days. Any number of extensions may be granted under this subd. 2. b. Whenever the secretary extends an emergency rule under this subd. 2. b., it shall file a statement of its action with the legislative reference bureau. The statement shall identify the specific emergency rule to which it relates.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,343 Section 343. 108.04 (2) (bb) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,344 Section 344. 108.04 (2) (bd) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,345 Section 345. 108.04 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,160,10 108.04 (2) (bm) A claimant is ineligible to receive benefits for any week for which there is a determination that the claimant failed to comply with the registration for work and work search requirements under par. (a) 2. or 3. or failed to provide verification to the department that the claimant complied with those requirements, unless the department has waived those requirements under par. (b), (bb), or (bd) or s. 108.062 (10m). If the department has paid benefits to a claimant for any such week, the department may recover the overpayment under s. 108.22.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,346 Section 346. 108.04 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,160,18 108.04 (2) (h) A claimant shall, when the claimant first files a claim for benefits under this chapter and during each subsequent week the claimant files for benefits under this chapter, inform the department whether he or she is receiving social security disability insurance payments, as defined in sub. (12) (f) 2m s. 108.05 (7m) (b). If the claimant is receiving social security disability insurance payments, the claimant shall, in the manner prescribed by the department, report to the department the amount of the social security disability insurance payments.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,347 Section 347. 108.04 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,348 Section 348. 108.04 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 108.04 (5) (cm) and amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,161,18 108.04 (5) (cm) An employee whose work is terminated by an employing unit for misconduct by the employee connected with the employee’s work is ineligible to receive benefits until 7 weeks have elapsed since the end of the week in which the discharge occurs and the employee earns wages after the week in which the discharge occurs equal to at least 14 times the employee’s weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee’s weekly benefit rate shall be the rate that would have been paid had the discharge not occurred. The wages paid to an employee by an employer which terminates employment of the employee for misconduct connected with the employee’s employment shall be excluded from the employee’s base period wages under s. 108.06 (1) for purposes of benefit entitlement. This subsection paragraph does not preclude an employee who has employment with an employer other than the employer which terminated the employee for misconduct from establishing a benefit year using the base period wages excluded under this subsection paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a). The department shall charge to the fund’s balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18 from which base period wages are excluded under this subsection paragraph.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,162,2 (am) For purposes of this subsection, “misconduct” means one or more actions or conduct evincing such willful or wanton disregard of an employer’s interests as is found in deliberate violations or disregard of standards of behavior which an employer has a right to expect of his or her employees, or in carelessness or negligence of such degree or recurrence as to manifest culpability, wrongful intent, or evil design of equal severity to such disregard, or to show an intentional and substantial disregard of an employer’s interests, or of an employee’s duties and obligations to his or her employer.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,162,4 (bm) In addition to the conduct described in par. (am), “misconduct” includes all of the following:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,349 Section 349. 108.04 (5) (a) to (g) of the statutes are renumbered 108.04 (5) (bm) 1. to 7., and 108.04 (5) (bm) 5. and 7., as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,162,15 108.04 (5) (bm) 5. Absenteeism by an employee on more than 2 occasions within the 120-day period before the date of the employee’s termination, unless otherwise specified by his or her employer in an employment manual of which the employee has acknowledged receipt with his or her signature, or excessive tardiness by an employee in violation of a policy of the employer that has been communicated to the employee, if the employee does not provide to his or her employer both notice and one or more valid reasons for the absenteeism or tardiness. For purposes of this subdivision, an employee’s notice and reason for an occasion of absenteeism or tardiness shall be analyzed under the standard specified in par. (am).

AB50-ASA2-AA6,162,22 7. Unless directed by the employer, a willful and deliberate violation of a written and uniformly applied standard or regulation of the federal government or a state or Indian tribal government by an employee of an employer that is licensed or certified by a governmental agency, which standard or regulation has been communicated by the employer to the employee and which violation would cause the employer to be sanctioned or to have its license or certification suspended by the agency.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,350 Section 350. 108.04 (5g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,351 Section 351. 108.04 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,163,10 108.04 (7) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that the employee accepted work that the employee could have failed to accept under sub. (8) and terminated the work on the same grounds and within the first 30 calendar days 10 weeks after starting the work, or that the employee accepted work that the employee could have refused under sub. (9) and terminated the work within the first 30 calendar days 10 weeks after starting the work. For purposes of this paragraph, an employee has the same grounds for voluntarily terminating work if the employee could have failed to accept the work under sub. (8) (d) to (em) when it was offered, regardless of the reason articulated by the employee for the termination.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,352 Section 352. 108.04 (7) (t) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,353 Section 353. 108.04 (7) (t) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,163,15 108.04 (7) (t) 2. The employee’s spouse was required by the U.S. armed forces his or her employing unit to relocate to a place to which it is impractical for the employee to commute.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,354 Section 354. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,164,8 108.04 (8) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if If an employee fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs equal to at least 6 times the employee’s weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee’s weekly benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a). Except as provided in par. (b), the The department shall charge to the fund’s balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18 whenever an employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable work offered by that employer.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,355 Section 355. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2-AA6,356 Section 356. 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2-AA6,164,13 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) With respect to the first 6 10 weeks after the employee became unemployed, “suitable work,” for purposes of par. (a), means work to which all of the following apply: