AB50: Bill Text

AB50,330,3 20.437 (1) (mx) Federal aid; Milwaukee child welfare services aids. All federal 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).

AB50,299 Section 299. 20.437 (1) (pd) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,331,2 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 s. 49.32 (2) and for the purposes described under s. 48.627 may be made from this appropriation.

AB50,300 Section 300. 20.437 (2) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,331,5 20.437 (2) (bp) Child care access program. The amounts in the schedule for the program under s. 49.1335.

AB50,301 Section 301. 20.437 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,331,8 20.437 (2) (c) Child care quality improvement program. The amounts in the schedule for the program under s. 49.133.

AB50,302 Section 302. 20.437 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,331,11 20.437 (2) (d) Child care partnership grant program. The amounts in the schedule for the grants under s. 49.132.

AB50,303 Section 303. 20.437 (2) (ej) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,331,14 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.

AB50,304 Section 304. 20.437 (2) (fg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,331,17 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.

AB50,305 Section 305. 20.437 (2) (fn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,331,21 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.

AB50,306 Section 306. 20.437 (2) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,332,13 20.437 (2) (r) Support receipt and disbursement program; payments. From the support collections trust fund, except as provided in par. (qm), all moneys 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.

AB50,307 Section 307. 20.445 (1) (aL) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,308 Section 308. 20.445 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,332,18 20.445 (1) (am) Unemployment insurance; general administration. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for administration of ch. 108.

AB50,309 Section 309. 20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,332,23 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.

AB50,310 Section 310. 20.445 (1) (bw) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,333,2 20.445 (1) (bw) Workforce innovation grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for workforce innovation grants under s. 106.29.

AB50,311 Section 311. 20.445 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,333,6 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.

AB50,312 Section 312. 20.445 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,333,10 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).

AB50,313 Section 313. 20.445 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,333,14 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.

AB50,314 Section 314. 20.445 (1) (er) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,333,18 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.

AB50,315 Section 315. 20.445 (1) (ga) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,333,23 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.

AB50,316 Section 316. 20.445 (1) (ra) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,334,16 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).

AB50,317 Section 317. 20.445 (1) (rp) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,318 Section 318. 20.445 (1) (rr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,334,23 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.

AB50,319 Section 319. 20.455 (1) (hm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,335,7 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.

AB50,320 Section 320. 20.455 (1) (hn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,335,10 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.

AB50,321 Section 321. 20.455 (2) (eg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,322 Section 322. 20.455 (2) (em) of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,323 Section 323. 20.455 (2) (gb) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,335,18 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.

AB50,324 Section 324. 20.455 (2) (gr) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 240, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50,335,24 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.

AB50,325 Section 325. 20.455 (2) (gr) of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB50,336,6 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.

AB50,326 Section 326. 20.455 (2) (jd) of the statutes is renumbered 20.625 (1) (jd) and amended to read:

AB50,336,15 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.

AB50,327 Section 327. 20.455 (2) (kn) of the statutes is renumbered 20.625 (1) (kn) and amended to read:

AB50,337,2 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 balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (id).

AB50,328 Section 328. 20.455 (2) (kv) of the statutes is renumbered 20.625 (1) (kv) and amended to read:

AB50,337,8 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).

AB50,329 Section 329. 20.455 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,337,16 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.

AB50,330 Section 330. 20.455 (5) (gL) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,337,20 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.

AB50,331 Section 331. 20.455 (5) (km) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,337,24 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.

AB50,332 Section 332. 20.465 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,338,4 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).

AB50,333 Section 333. 20.465 (3) (qs) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,338,9 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.

AB50,334 Section 334. 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,339,4 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. 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).

AB50,335 Section 335. 20.485 (2) (qw) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,339,8 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.

AB50,336 Section 336. 20.485 (2) (vm) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB50,339,11 20.485 (2) (vm) (title) Veterans assistance grants.

AB50,337 Section 337. 20.505 (1) (aw) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,339,15 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.

AB50,338 Section 338. 20.505 (1) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,339,19 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.

AB50,339 Section 339. 20.505 (1) (bs) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,339,23 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).

AB50,340 Section 340. 20.505 (1) (bv) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,340,3 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).

AB50,341 Section 341. 20.505 (1) (cb) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,340,7 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).

AB50,342 Section 342. 20.505 (1) (cp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,340,10 20.505 (1) (cp) Translation services. The amounts in the schedule for assistance under s. 16.17.

AB50,343 Section 343. 20.505 (1) (cv) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,340,14 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.

AB50,344 Section 344. 20.505 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,340,19 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.