Amendment ASA2-AB50

AB50-ASA2,9144 Section 9144. Nonstatutory provisions; Transportation.

AB50-ASA2,386,13 (1) Washburn County underpass. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department of transportation shall award a grant to of $1,900,000 to Washburn County for construction of an underpass beneath STH 53 to connect the Wild Rivers State Trail to services and facilities. The grant under this subsection shall be awarded notwithstanding limitations on the amount and use of aids or eligibility requirements under s. 86.31.

AB50-ASA2,386,18 (2) Columbia County railroad bridge repairs. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (bs), the department of transportation shall make a grant of $100,000 to Columbia County, to be distributed to the appropriate local governments to conduct repairs to railroad bridges at the following locations in Columbia County:

AB50-ASA2,386,19 (a) CTH A in the town of Courtland.

AB50-ASA2,386,20 (b) Inglehart Road in the town of Scott.

AB50-ASA2,386,21 (c) Sterk Road in the town of Scott.

AB50-ASA2,387,2 (3) Noise barriers on I 894 and I 41. During the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (cq), the department of transportation shall allocate $9,100,000 for the construction of noise attenuation barriers along I 894, from 76th Street to 92nd Street, and along I 41, from 500 feet north of Beloit Road to West Howard Avenue, in Milwaukee County.

AB50-ASA2,387,8 (4) Lakeland Airport repairs and improvements. Notwithstanding s. 114.34, in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (dq), the department of transportation shall award a grant of $195,500 to Lakeland Airport in the town of Arbor Vitae in Vilas County for repair and improvement of taxiways and runways and installation of an approach lighting system at the Lakeland Airport.

AB50-ASA2,387,13 (5) Village of Warrens Zeda Street project. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fw), not later than June 30, 2027, the department of transportation shall award a grant in the amount of $25,000 to the village of Warrens for costs incurred by the village for improvements to Zeda Street in the village of Warrens.

AB50-ASA2,387,19 (6) South bridge connector rail crossing. In the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (bt), the department of transportation shall commence a project to construct a grade-separated rail crossing at the location where the south bridge connector project crosses the easternmost rail line west of the Fox River in the city of De Pere. The department may expend not more than $30,000,000 under this subsection.

AB50-ASA2,387,20 (7) Menominee harbor.

AB50-ASA2,387,23 (a) In the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (cq), the department of transportation shall expend not more than $15,000,000 for the Menominee harbor dredging project.

AB50-ASA2,388,2 (b) This subsection does not apply unless contributions to the Menominee harbor dredging project are also provided by the U.S. army corps of engineers and the state of Michigan.

AB50-ASA2,388,8 (8) Brown County port development. In the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (2) (cq) and 20.866 (2) (uv), notwithstanding the criteria under s. 85.095, the department of transportation shall award a grant under s. 85.095 (2) (a) to Brown County for port development. The amount of the grant awarded under this subsection shall be $20,000,000 or the total cost of the project, whichever is less.

AB50-ASA2,388,14 (9) Village of DeForest interchange improvement. Notwithstanding limitations on the amount and use of aids provided under s. 86.31 or eligibility requirements for receiving aids under s. 86.31, in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fq), the department of transportation shall award a grant to the village of DeForest for improvements to the I 39/CTH “V” interchange. The grant under this subsection shall be in the amount of $4,000,000.

AB50-ASA2,9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

AB50-ASA2,388,21 (1) Funding for Rising Phoenix program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (m), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall allocate $1,000,000 in the fiscal year that begins in 2025 for the Rising Phoenix Early College High School Program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

AB50-ASA2,389,4 (2) High-demand fields of study. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the joint committee on employment relations, using the process described in s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1., a proposal for use of the money appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (fa) to attract faculty in high-demand fields of study. The Board of Regents may expend money from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (fa) only for purposes approved by the joint committee on employment relations under this subsection.

AB50-ASA2,389,5 (3) Virtual mental health services pilot program.

AB50-ASA2,389,10 (a) The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall create a virtual mental health pilot program that expands the provision of student virtual mental health services at institutions, as defined in s. 36.05 (9), that have not more than 30,000 full-time enrolled undergraduate students, as such enrollment was counted on the preceding April 1.

AB50-ASA2,389,13 (b) The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall contract with a vendor for the provision of virtual mental health services in the pilot program created under par. (a).

AB50-ASA2,9150 Section 9150. Nonstatutory provisions; Workforce Development.

AB50-ASA2,389,18 (1) Wisconsin Fast Forward; health care industry training. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), in each year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, the department of workforce development shall allocate $250,000 for grants under s. 106.27 (1) to support training in the health care industry.

AB50-ASA2,390,4 (2) Emergency rules; health service fee schedule. Using the procedure under s. 227.24, the department of workforce development may promulgate rules required under s. 102.423 (5) as emergency rules. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until July 1, 2026, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. 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 peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB50-ASA2,9219 Section 9219. Fiscal changes; Health Services.

AB50-ASA2,390,8 (1) Institutional operations and charges transfer. There is transferred from the general fund to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (2) (gk) $15,800,000 in fiscal year 2025-26.

AB50-ASA2,9223 Section 9223. Fiscal changes; Insurance.

AB50-ASA2,390,14 (1) Health insurance risk-sharing plan balance transfer. Any balance of moneys that was credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.145 (5) (g), 2013 stats., or s. 20.145 (5) (k), 2013 stats., and that was not lapsed as a result of 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 is transferred in fiscal year 2025-26 to the appropriation account under s. 20.145 (1) (g).

AB50-ASA2,9232 Section 9232. Fiscal changes; Natural Resources.

AB50-ASA2,390,19 (1) 5r processors cleanup funding lapse. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c), the unencumbered balance of s. 20.370 (4) (hs) on the effective date of this subsection is lapsed to the environmental fund and credited to the environmental management account of the environmental fund.

AB50-ASA2,390,22 (2) Forestry account transfer. There is transferred from the forestry account in the conservation fund to the fish and wildlife account in the conservation fund $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2026-27.

AB50-ASA2,9238 Section 9238. Fiscal changes; Safety and Professional Services.

AB50-ASA2,391,3 (1) Credential fee revenue lapse. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), from the appropriation account to the department of safety and professional services under s. 20.165 (1) (g), there is lapsed to the general fund $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26.

AB50-ASA2,9244 Section 9244. Fiscal changes; Transportation.

AB50-ASA2,391,7 (1) Transfer from general fund to transportation fund. In fiscal year 2025-26, there is transferred from the general fund to the transportation fund $565,000,000.

AB50-ASA2,9248 Section 9248. Fiscal changes; Veterans Affairs.

AB50-ASA2,391,11 (1) Veterans homes institutional operations. There is transferred from the general fund to the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 for the institutional operations of the state veterans homes.

AB50-ASA2,391,16 (2) Flagpole installation for veterans homes. There is transferred from the general fund to the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) $100,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to support the department of veterans affairs’ installation of flagpole-related infrastructure at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove.

AB50-ASA2,9251 Section 9251. Fiscal changes; Other.

AB50-ASA2,391,20 (1) Transfer to the capital improvement fund. In fiscal year 2025-26, there is transferred from the general fund to the capital improvement fund $326,500,000.

AB50-ASA2,391,23 (2) Transfer to the state building trust fund. In fiscal year 2025-26, there is transferred from the general fund to the state building trust fund $32,000,000.

AB50-ASA2,392,3 (3) Interest earnings transfer; grants for local construction projects. In fiscal year 2025-26, from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (mb), of the interest earnings in that appropriation, there is transferred to s. 20.867 (3) (kr) $50,000,000.

AB50-ASA2,9334 Section 9334. Initial applicability; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2,392,6 (1) High cost transportation aid. The treatment of s. 121.59 (2) (a) first applies to aid paid in the 2025-26 school year.

AB50-ASA2,392,9 (2) School district revenue limits; definition of state aid. The treatment of s. 121.90 (2) (am) 2. first applies to the calculation of revenue limits for the 2025-26 school year.

AB50-ASA2,9337 Section 9337. Initial applicability; Revenue.

AB50-ASA2,392,13 (1) Property tax exemption for telecommunication towers. The treatment of s. 70.11 (48) first applies to the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,392,16 (2) Telephone company tax exemption for telecommunication towers. The treatment of s. 76.81 (1) first applies to the telephone company tax assessments as of January 1, 2027.

AB50-ASA2,9342 Section 9342. Initial applicability; Technical College System.

AB50-ASA2,392,20 (1) Technical college district board revenue limits; definition of revenue. The treatment of s. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. first applies to the calculation of district boards’ allowable revenue for the 2025-26 school year.

AB50-ASA2,9400 Section 9400. Effective dates; general. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9401 to 9451 of this act, this act takes effect immediately upon the governor’s signature.

AB50-ASA2,9401 Section 9401. Effective dates; Administration.

AB50-ASA2,393,2 (1) Grant to Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Inc. The repeal of s. 20.505 (1) (aj) takes effect on July 1, 2027.

AB50-ASA2,393,4 (2) Cash payment for compensatory time off prohibited. The treatment of s. 230.125 takes effect on January 1, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,9406 Section 9406. Effective dates; Children and Families.

AB50-ASA2,393,8 (1) Foster care and kinship care rates. The treatment of ss. 48.57 (3m) (am) (intro.) and (3n) (am) (intro.) and 48.62 (4) (a) takes effect on January 1, 2026, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.

AB50-ASA2,393,10 (2) Grant for child care facility. The repeal of s. 20.437 (1) (br) takes effect on July 1, 2027.

AB50-ASA2,393,12 (3) Child care bridge payments. The repeal of s. 20.437 (2) (mf) takes effect on July 1, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,393,15 (4) Licensed child care required ratios. Notwithstanding s. 227.265, the treatment of administrative rules by Sections 362 and 361 of this act takes effect on the effective date of this subsection.

AB50-ASA2,393,18 (5) Large family child care centers. Notwithstanding s. 227.265, the treatment of s. SPS 361.02 (3) (g), Wis. Adm. Code, takes effect on the day after publication.

AB50-ASA2,9419 Section 9419. Effective dates; Health Services.

AB50-ASA2,393,24 (1) Disproportionate Share Hospital Program. The treatment of s. 49.45 (3m) and (3p) (a) and Section 9119 (2) of this act takes effect on the day after any request submitted to the federal department of health and human services for a state plan amendment, waiver of federal Medicaid law, or other approval under Section 9119 (2) (a) of this act is approved.

AB50-ASA2,394,6 (2) Hospital assessments. The treatment of ss. 20.285 (1) (qe) and (qj), 20.435 (4) (w), (xc), and (xe), 25.17 (1) (cg), 25.77 (11) and (12), 25.772, 25.774, 49.45 (3) (e) 11. and 12. and (59) (a), 50.38 (1) (d), (2) (a) and (b), (3), (3m), (5), (6) (a) 1., (b), and (c), (6m), (7) (intro.), (7m), (8), and (10) and Section 9119 (5) of this act take effect on the date that the notice under Section 9119 (4) (b) of this act is published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register.

AB50-ASA2,9427 Section 9427. Effective dates; Justice.

AB50-ASA2,394,9 (1) Community-oriented policing-house grant program appropriation. The treatment of Section 9127 (1) of this act takes effect on June 30, 2025.

AB50-ASA2,9430 Section 9430. Effective dates; Local government.

AB50-ASA2,394,13 (1) Premier resort area tax. The treatment of ss. 66.0602 (2m) (c) and 66.1113 (2) (a), (b), and (k) takes effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning at least 120 days after publication.

AB50-ASA2,9431 Section 9431. Effective dates; Military Affairs.

AB50-ASA2,394,16 (1) Training facility grant. The repeal of s. 20.465 (3) (qw) takes effect on July 1, 2027.

AB50-ASA2,9434 Section 9434. Effective dates; Public Instruction.

AB50-ASA2,394,19 (1) Grants to Lakeland STAR Academy. The repeal of s. 20.255 (2) (ag) takes effect on July 1, 2027.

AB50-ASA2,9437 Section 9437. Effective dates; Revenue.

AB50-ASA2,394,22 (1) Insurer information products. The treatment of s. 77.54 (75) takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after publication.

AB50-ASA2,395,2 (2) Sales tax exemption for residential electricity and natural gas. The treatment of s. 77.54 (30) (a) 2. takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after publication.

AB50-ASA2,9444 Section 9444. Effective dates; Transportation.

AB50-ASA2,395,5 (1) Heavy vehicle registration fees. The treatment of s. 341.25 (2) (c) to (q) takes effect on October 1, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,395,7 (2) Operator’s license fee. The treatment of s. 343.21 (1) (a) takes effect on October 1, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,395,9 (3) Registration plate issuance fees. The treatment of ss. 341.135 (2m) and 341.16 (1) (a), (2), and (2s) takes effect on October 1, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,395,11 (4) Title fees. The treatment of s. 342.14 (1) and (3) takes effect on October 1, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,9448 Section 9448. Effective dates; Veterans Affairs.

AB50-ASA2,395,14 (1) Veterans Community Project of Milwaukee grant. The repeal of s. 20.485 (2) (a) takes effect on July 1, 2026.

AB50-ASA2,9450 Section 9450. Effective dates; Workforce Development.

AB50-ASA2,395,18 (1) Applications for commercial driving training grants. The treatment of s. 106.276 (1) (c) 4. and 2023 Wisconsin Act 153, section 8 (1), take effect on the day after publication or retroactively to July 1, 2025, whichever occurs first.

AB50-ASA2,396,4 (2) Health service fee schedule. The treatment of ss. 16.705 (1b) (g), 102.03 (4), 102.16 (1m) (a) and (2) (e) 2. and 3., 102.18 (1) (bg) 1., and 102.423, the renumbering and amendment of s. 102.16 (2) (c), (d) and (h) and 102.44 (2), the creation of s. 102.16 (2) (c) 2. and (d) 2. and 102.44 (2) (a) 2., 3., and 4., and Section 9150 (2) take effect on the day after the notice from the department of health services under Section 9119 (4) (b) 1. of this act is published by the legislative reference bureau in the Wisconsin Administrative Register. If the notice specified in this subsection is not published by the legislative reference bureau before the first day of the 25th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the treatments in this act are void.

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