Amendment ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2,253,9 36.115 (9) (a) Notwithstanding s. 16.505 (2m) and (2p), the board shall continue to maintain, across the entire system, the number of positions for system employees that are funded by either general purpose revenue or program revenue at the level in effect on January 1, 2024, as set forth in, and subject to all of the terms of, the resolution adopted by the board on December 13, 2023, except that this paragraph applies through and after December 31, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,253,12 (b) The chancellor may not create or abolish any position under s. 16.505 (2m) or (2p) for any system employee assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison that would be inconsistent with par. (a).

AB50-ASA2,137 Section 137. 36.115 (10) of the statutes are created to read:

AB50-ASA2,253,17 36.115 (10) (a) In this subsection, “credit hour,” with respect to a course, means a period of not less than 50 consecutive minutes per week of instructional time for each week of the semester or session that the course is offered, excluding the week of or the week immediately preceding final examinations for the course.

AB50-ASA2,253,20 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (8) and any provision of the personnel systems under subs. (2) and (3), the provisions of this subsection apply with respect to each institution within the system, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB50-ASA2,254,2 (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2. and pars. (d) to (f), beginning on September 1, 2026, each full-time faculty member and each full-time member of the instructional academic staff shall teach no fewer than 24 credit hours per academic year and, if the faculty member or instructional academic staff member is employed on a 12-month contract, an additional 6 credit hours during the summer.

AB50-ASA2,254,9 2. Except as provided in pars. (d) to (f), beginning on September 1, 2026, each full-time faculty member and each full-time member of the instructional academic staff assigned to an institution that is classified as Research 1 by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education shall teach no fewer than 12 credit hours per academic year and, if the faculty member or instructional academic staff member is employed on a 12-month contract, an additional 3 credit hours during the summer.

AB50-ASA2,254,13 3. Beginning on September 1, 2026, an instructional employee who has less than a full-time appointment shall teach a minimum number of credit hours in the proportion that the appointment bears to the required credit hours for a full-time instructional employee.

AB50-ASA2,254,16 4. Beginning on September 1, 2026, an instructional employee employed on a 12-month contract who has the employee’s instructional time offset by other sources shall teach not fewer than one course during any semester or summer session.

AB50-ASA2,254,22 (d) 1. Each academic department in an institution may designate one individual to serve as the chairperson of the department. The duties of the chairperson shall be determined by the chancellor of the institution to which the individual is assigned. The teaching responsibilities under par. (c) may be reduced for the department chairperson commensurate with the individual’s duties as chairperson.

AB50-ASA2,255,6 2. An institution may assign administrative duties to instructional employees other than the chairperson of a department and may designate these instructional employees as having these administrative duties, but the institution may not designate more than 10 percent of either faculty or instructional academic staff as having administrative duties. The teaching responsibilities under par. (c) may be reduced for instructional employees designated as having administrative duties to the extent the reduction is approved by the joint committee on employment relations no later than January 31, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,255,8 (e) 1. In this paragraph, “buyout” means replacing general purpose revenue or program revenue funding for a position with funding from other revenue sources.

AB50-ASA2,255,14 2. The board may develop a buyout policy under which the number of credit hours that an instructional employee is required to teach under par. (c) may be reduced by reducing in the same proportion the portion of the instructional employee’s compensation, including salary and benefits, funded from general purpose revenue or program revenue and replacing it with compensation funded from other revenue sources.

AB50-ASA2,255,20 (f) 1. Subject to subds. 2. to 4., the board may adopt guidelines, consistent with the provisions of this subsection that provide additional details relevant to the requirements under this subsection, or that present exceptions for reasonably justified circumstances, but only if, no later than December 1, 2025, the board submits to the joint committee on employment relations the proposed guidelines for legislative review.

AB50-ASA2,256,2 2. In the proposed guidelines submitted under subd. 1., the board may propose exceptions to the requirements under par. (c) or other requirements under this subsection. If the joint committee on employment relations approves these exceptions prior to January 31, 2026, the board may adopt and implement the exceptions and incorporate the approved exceptions into its guidelines.

AB50-ASA2,256,7 3. In the proposed guidelines submitted under subd. 1., the board may propose exceptions to any required methodology for the buyout policy under par. (e). If the joint committee on employment relations approves these exceptions prior to January 31, 2026, the board may adopt and implement the exceptions and incorporate the approved exceptions into its guidelines.

AB50-ASA2,256,10 4. To the extent applicable, the board’s submission under subd. 1. shall include any request for a reduction in teaching responsibilities for instructional employees designated as having administrative duties under par. (d) 2.

AB50-ASA2,256,12 (g) Annually, the board shall report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) all of the following information:

AB50-ASA2,256,14 1. The total credit hours taught by faculty and instructional academic staff, grouped according to the following factors:

AB50-ASA2,256,15 a. Classification as faculty or instructional academic staff.

AB50-ASA2,256,16 b. Institution to which the employee is assigned.

AB50-ASA2,256,18 c. Whether the employee has a full-time appointment and, if not, the extent of the part-time appointment.

AB50-ASA2,256,19 d. Each funding source and the amount of funding from each source.

AB50-ASA2,256,21 2. The percentage of teaching staff at each institution meeting the full workload requirements under this subsection.

AB50-ASA2,256,23 (h) In its report under s. 13.94 (1) (t), the legislative audit bureau shall evaluate the board’s compliance with the requirements under this subsection.

AB50-ASA2,138 Section 138. 36.31 (2m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,257,3 36.31 (2m) (d) Notwithstanding pars. (am) 1. and (b), no agreement under this subsection may limit the transfer of credits for core general education courses between institutions within the system.

AB50-ASA2,139 Section 139. 38.12 (15) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,257,9 38.12 (15) Teaching requirements. (a) In this subsection, “credit hour,” with respect to a course, means a period of not less than 50 consecutive minutes per week of instructional time for each week of the semester or session that the course is offered, excluding the week of or the week immediately preceding final examinations for the course.

AB50-ASA2,257,13 (b) Except as provided in and pars. (c) and (d), beginning on September 1, 2026, each full-time instructor shall teach no fewer than 24 credit hours per academic year and, if the instructor is employed on a 12-month contract, an additional 6 credit hours during the summer.

AB50-ASA2,257,18 (c) 1. Each academic department in a district school may designate one individual to serve as the chairperson of the department. The duties of the chairperson shall be determined by the district director. The teaching responsibilities under par. (b) may be reduced for the department chairperson commensurate with the individual’s duties as chairperson.

AB50-ASA2,258,2 2. A district board may assign administrative duties to instructional employees other than the chairperson of a department and may designate these instructional employees as having these administrative duties, but the district board may not designate more than 10 percent of instructional employees as having administrative duties. The teaching responsibilities under par. (b) may be reduced for instructional employees designated as having administrative duties to the extent the reduction is approved by the joint committee on employment relations no later than January 31, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,258,5 (d) 1. In this paragraph, “buyout” means replacing position funding that derives from state revenue or property tax revenue with position funding that derives from other revenue sources.

AB50-ASA2,258,11 2. The district board may develop a buyout policy under which the number of credit hours that an instructional employee is required to teach under par. (b) may be reduced by reducing in the same proportion the portion of the instructional employee’s compensation, including salary and benefits, funded from state revenues or property tax revenues and replacing it with compensation funded from other revenue sources.

AB50-ASA2,258,17 (e) 1. Subject to subds. 2. to 4., the district board may adopt guidelines, consistent with the provisions of this subsection that provide additional details relevant to the requirements under this subsection, or that present exceptions for reasonably justified circumstances, but only if, no later than December 1, 2025, the district board submits to the joint committee on employment relations the proposed guidelines for legislative review.

AB50-ASA2,258,22 2. In the proposed guidelines submitted under subd. 1., the district board may propose exceptions to the requirements under par. (b) or other requirements under this subsection. If the joint committee on employment relations approves these exceptions prior to January 31, 2026, the district board may adopt and implement the exceptions and incorporate the approved exceptions into its guidelines.

AB50-ASA2,259,3 3. In the proposed guidelines submitted under subd. 1., the district board may propose exceptions to any required methodology for the buyout policy under par. (d). If the joint committee on employment relations approves these exceptions prior to January 31, 2026, the district board may adopt and implement the exceptions and incorporate the approved exceptions into its guidelines.

AB50-ASA2,259,7 4. To the extent applicable, the district board’s submission under subd. 1. shall include any request for a reduction in teaching responsibilities for instructional employees designated as having administrative duties under par. (c) 2.

AB50-ASA2,259,9 (f) Annually, the district board shall report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) all of the following information:

AB50-ASA2,259,11 1. The total credit hours taught by instructors, grouped according to the following factors:

AB50-ASA2,259,12 a. Classification, as applicable.

AB50-ASA2,259,14 b. Whether the employee has a full-time appointment and, if not, the extent of the part-time appointment.

AB50-ASA2,259,15 c. Each funding source and the amount of funding from each source.

AB50-ASA2,259,17 2. The percentage of teaching staff at district schools meeting the full workload requirements under this subsection.

AB50-ASA2,140 Section 140. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,259,22 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. “Revenue” means the sum of the tax levy, property tax relief aid under subs. (4) and (5), amounts under s. 79.0965, and payments received under s. 79.096, not including a payment received under s. 79.096 (3) or 79.0965 (3) for a tax incremental district that has been terminated.

AB50-ASA2,141 Section 141. 41.152 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,260,4 41.152 Film production tax credits. (1) The state film office shall implement a program to accredit productions and certify expenses for purposes of ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h). Application for accreditation or certification shall be made to the office in each taxable year for which accreditation or certification is desired.

AB50-ASA2,260,16 (2) If the state film office 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 state film office shall not issue an accreditation or certification 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 tax 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 amount of expenditures, if any, it anticipates spending in another state on the same production.

AB50-ASA2,261,2 (3) The state film office shall notify the department of revenue of every production accredited under sub. (1), the amount of the production’s production expenditures, as defined in s. 71.07 (5f) (a) 4., every certification issued under sub. (1), and the amount of the tax credits under ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h) allocated to the applicant for the taxable year for which the applicant’s claim relates. The state film office shall notify the department of revenue under this subsection no later than 30 days after allocating tax credits to an applicant.

AB50-ASA2,261,6 (4) The state film office may not allocate more than $5,000,000 in tax credits under ss. 71.07 (5f) and (5h), 71.28 (5f) and (5h), and 71.47 (5f) and (5h) in each fiscal year and no more than $1,000,000 in tax credits to any single applicant in each fiscal year.

AB50-ASA2,261,11 (5) Each applicant who produces an accredited production, as defined in s. 71.07 (5f) (a) 1., that is eligible for a tax credit under s. 71.07 (5f), 71.28 (5f), or 71.47 (5f) shall include in the finished production an acknowledgment to the state of Wisconsin and the state film office as designed by the state film office, including a logo designed by the state film office.

AB50-ASA2,261,18 (6) Annually, beginning in 2027, the state film office shall prepare a report specifying the number of persons who submitted tax credit applications in the previous year and the amount of the tax 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.

AB50-ASA2,261,19 (7) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section.

AB50-ASA2,142 Section 142. 45.41 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,261,23 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.

AB50-ASA2,143 Section 143. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,262,13 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.

AB50-ASA2,144 Section 144. 45.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50-ASA2,145 Section 145. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50-ASA2,263,2 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.

AB50-ASA2,146 Section 146. 46.533 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,263,7 46.533 Suicide and crisis lifeline; grants. (1) In this section, “national crisis hotline” means the telephone or text access number “988,” or its successor, that is maintained under the federally administered program under 42 USC 290bb- 36c.

AB50-ASA2,263,10 (2) 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.

AB50-ASA2,147 Section 147. 46.548 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,263,14 46.548 Regional referral hospital support payment; Waukesha County. (1) Definition. In this section, “eligible hospital” means a hospital that meets all of the following criteria:

AB50-ASA2,263,15 (a) The hospital is located in Waukesha County.

AB50-ASA2,263,16 (b) The hospital is certified under s. 50.35.

AB50-ASA2,263,17 (c) The hospital has 300 or more licensed acute care beds.

AB50-ASA2,263,18 (d) The hospital is privately owned and operated as a nonprofit.

AB50-ASA2,263,20 (e) The hospital serves as a regional referral center providing tertiary-level care to residents of multiple counties.

AB50-ASA2,263,22 (f) The hospital provides specialized services in at least 3 of the following areas:

AB50-ASA2,263,23 1. Cardiology.

AB50-ASA2,263,24 2. Oncology.

AB50-ASA2,264,1 3. Orthopedic surgery.

AB50-ASA2,264,2 4. Obstetrics with neonatal intensive care.

AB50-ASA2,264,3 5. Behavioral health.

AB50-ASA2,264,7 (2) State supplemental payment. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26 and annually thereafter, the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (be), make a payment in the amount appropriated under s. 20.435 (1) (be) for the fiscal year in which the payment is made to each eligible hospital under this section.

AB50-ASA2,264,9 (3) Use of funds. A hospital receiving a payment under this section may use the funds for any of the following expenses:

AB50-ASA2,264,10 (a) Staffing and equipment for specialty services with high regional demand.

AB50-ASA2,264,11 (b) Capital upgrades that expand access to intensive or specialty care.

AB50-ASA2,264,13 (c) Support for complex patient discharge planning and community care coordination.

AB50-ASA2,264,15 (d) Programs that improve outcomes for patients with dementia, chronic disease, or behavioral health conditions.

AB50-ASA2,264,18 (4) Reporting requirements. Each hospital receiving a payment under this section shall submit an annual report to the department that includes all of the following information:

AB50-ASA2,264,19 (a) A summary of how funds were used.

AB50-ASA2,264,21 (b) The number and type of patients served through services supported by the use of funds under sub. (3).

AB50-ASA2,264,23 (c) An attestation that funds were not used to supplant other public or private reimbursements.

AB50-ASA2,148 Section 148. 46.68 of the statutes is created to read:

AB50-ASA2,265,4 46.68 Trauma care hospital supplement grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (bf), the department shall award grants to support hospitals that satisfy the criteria established by the American College of Surgeons for classification as a Level I adult trauma center.