AB50: Bill Text

AB50,1655,10 (5) Village of Ontario street development. 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) (fd), the department of transportation shall award a grant to the village of Ontario for residential street development. The grant under this subsection shall be in the amount of $500,000.

AB50,1655,16 (6) 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) (fd), 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 $6,000,000.

AB50,9145 Section 9145. Nonstatutory provisions; Treasurer.

AB50,9146 Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; Medical College of Wisconsin.

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

AB50,1656,5 (1) Paid sick leave for temporary employees. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, with its recommendations for adjustments to compensation and employee benefits for employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. for the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, a plan to provide paid sick leave benefits to temporary employees of the system. The plan shall provide sick leave benefits at the same rate such benefits are provided to permanent and project employees of the system.

AB50,1656,13 (2) Juneteenth holiday and Veterans Day. The administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration shall include June 19 and November 11 as paid holidays in the proposal for adjusting compensation and employee benefits for University of Wisconsin System employees for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 fiscal years that it submits to the joint committee on employee relations under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. The recommendation shall specify that the first June 19 paid holiday is June 19, 2026, and the first November 11 paid holiday is November 11, 2026.

AB50,1656,15 (3) Funding for the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project.

AB50,1656,16 (a) In this subsection:

AB50,1656,17 1. “Board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

AB50,1656,19 2. “MIA Recovery Project” means the University of Wisconsin Missing-in- Action Recovery and Identification Project.

AB50,1656,23 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the board shall provide $500,000 in funding in each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for the MIA Recovery Project to perform a mission for the recovery and identification of Wisconsin veterans who are missing in action.

AB50,1657,6 (c) The MIA Recovery Project, acting through its representative, shall submit at the conclusion of the mission for which the funds were expended, to the board, the joint committee on finance, the standing committees of each house of the legislature dealing with veterans matters, the governor, the department of veterans affairs, and the department of military affairs, a report on the mission’s findings and an accounting of expenditures for the mission.

AB50,1657,7 (4) Paid family and medical leave.

AB50,1657,8 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB50,1657,10 1. “Family leave” means leave from employment for a reason specified in s. 103.10 (3) (b).

AB50,1657,11 2. “Medical isolation” means any of the following:

AB50,1657,15 a. When a health care professional, a local health officer, or the department of health services advises that an individual seclude herself or himself from others when the individual is awaiting the result of a diagnostic test for a communicable disease or when the individual is infected with a communicable disease.

AB50,1657,17 b. When a local health officer or the department of health services advises that an individual isolate or quarantine under s. 252.06.

AB50,1657,20 c. 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.

AB50,1657,24 3. “Medical leave” means leave from employment when an employee is in medical isolation or has a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his or her employment duties, or makes the employee unable to perform the duties of any suitable employment.

AB50,1658,1 4. “Serious health condition” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (g).

AB50,1658,9 (b) Program plan. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration, with its recommendations for adjustments to compensation and employee benefits for employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. for 2025-27, a plan for a program to provide paid family and medical leave for 8 weeks annually to employees of the system. If the the joint committee on employment relations approves the program for paid family and medical leave, it shall go into effect on January 1, 2027.

AB50,1658,14 (5) Funding allocation for a statewide Parkinson’s disease registry. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall allocate in fiscal year 2025-26, at least $3,900,000, and in fiscal year 2026-27, at least $2,400,000, to establish the statewide Parkinson’s disease registry under s. 36.47.

AB50,1658,15 (6) Funding allocations for certain programs and initiatives.

AB50,1658,16 (a) In this subsection:

AB50,1658,17 1. “Board” means the Board of Regents of the system.

AB50,1658,18 2. “System” means the University of Wisconsin System.

AB50,1658,20 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the board shall allocate at least the following amounts for the following purposes:

AB50,1658,23 1. In fiscal year 2025-26, $1,209,500, and in fiscal year 2026-27, $1,612,500, to increase assistance to veterans and military personnel enrolled in the system and to their families.

AB50,1659,3 2. In each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, $1,001,500, for the program under s. 36.61, including any extension of program eligibility to additional health care providers, as defined in s. 36.61 (1) (b).

AB50,1659,5 3. In each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, $500,000, to establish or continue foster youth programming for eligible students enrolled in the system.

AB50,1659,9 4. In each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, $300,000, for the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s UniverCity Alliance program that leverages the university’s academic and research resources to address challenges faced by urban areas.

AB50,1659,12 5. In each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, $1,000,000, to support journalism programs and fellowships for students and graduates of journalism programs at system institutions.

AB50,1659,16 6. In each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, $250,000, for the system to provide education, training, research, and technical assistance to support small businesses and entrepreneurs, economic development practitioners, and communities in the development of entrepreneurial activity in rural Wisconsin.

AB50,1659,21 (7) Grant to the Institute for Healthy Aging. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall award a grant 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.

AB50,9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.

AB50,9149 Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB50,1660,12 (1) Funding for the Green Innovation Fund. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) is increased by $50,000,000 for the purpose of supporting the Green Innovation Fund as it existed on January 1, 2025. In this subsection, “Green Innovation Fund” means the green bank, known as the Green Innovation Fund, administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in collaboration with the Department of Administration based on the advice of the Governor’s Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation established by executive order 195, issued April 19, 2023.

AB50,1660,16 (2) Enterprise zone designation limit. The treatment of s. 238.399 (3) (a) may not be construed to require that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation revoke a certification for tax benefits under s. 238.399 that is in effect on the effective date of this subsection.

AB50,1661,2 (3) Accelerate Wisconsin. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) is increased by $10,000,000 for the purpose of supporting a business accelerator program to be administered in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin System and aimed at developing research, including research from the University of Wisconsin System, into new startup businesses. As part of the program, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may award grants directly to businesses to assist in their growth and development and may award grants to or in support of business incubators.

AB50,1661,8 (4) Forward agriculture support. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) is increased by $15,000,000 for the purpose of providing state matching funds related to federal funding in conjunction with WiSys’s Forward Agriculture program to promote sustainable agriculture.

AB50,1661,17 (5) Thrive Rural Wisconsin funding accessibility. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) is increased by $5,000,000 for the purpose of supporting the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s Thrive Rural Wisconsin program. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall 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.

AB50,1662,2 (6) Tribal enterprise accelerator program. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) is increased by $5,000,000 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.

AB50,1662,18 (7) Advanced manufacturing grants. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) is increased by $5,000,000 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 this subsection, and no one grant under this subsection may be for an amount that is more than one- third of the amount invested in advanced manufacturing technologies by the company. To receive a grant under this subsection, a company must commit to not reduce its employment below the level when the grant is awarded. If within 10 years after receiving a grant under this subsection the company that receives the grant fails to meet this commitment, the company shall repay the grant amount to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may provide an exemption to the repayment requirement under this subsection if it finds that the company has undergone a unique hardship.

AB50,1663,3 (8) Main street bounceback grants. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) is increased by $50,000,000 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 this subsection may use grant moneys for commercial lease and mortgage payments, business operating expenses, and commercial building repair and tenant improvements.

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

AB50,1663,9 (1) Worker’s compensation insurance; rate approval; notice. The commissioner of insurance shall submit to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register a notice of the effective date of new rates for worker’s compensation insurance first approved by the commissioner under s. 626.13 after the effective date of this subsection.

AB50,1663,18 (2) Predictable work schedules for retail, food service, and cleaning employees; transitional provisions. No later than the effective date of this subsection, an employer, as defined in s. 103.035 (1) (e), shall provide each service employee, as defined in s. 103.035 (1) (L), with a written copy of the service employee’s work schedule, as defined in s. 103.035 (1) (o). That work schedule is considered a work schedule provided to a service employee under s. 103.035 (3) (a) 2. for all purposes under s. 103.035, including that the employer shall post a copy of the work schedule as provided in s. 103.035 (3) (a) 3., and, if the employer changes that work schedule, s. 103.035 (3) (a) 2. applies to that change.

AB50,1663,22 (3) Workforce innovation grant program. Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (bw) in the 2025-26 fiscal year, the department shall allocate $15,000,000 for grants for workforce development in the area of artificial intelligence and $25,000,000 for grants for healthcare workforce development.

AB50,1663,23 (4) Minimum wage study committee.

AB50,1664,2 (a) The secretary of workforce development shall establish a minimum wage study committee under s. 15.04 (1) (c). The committee shall consist of the following:

AB50,1664,3 1. Five members appointed by the governor.

AB50,1664,4 2. One member appointed by the speaker of the assembly.

AB50,1664,5 3. One member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

AB50,1664,6 4. One member appointed by the majority leader of the senate.

AB50,1664,7 5. One member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

AB50,1664,10 (b) The committee created under par. (a) shall study options to increase the minimum wage for workers in this state to ensure that all Wisconsin workers earn a living wage.

AB50,1664,15 (c) No later than October 1, 2026, the committee created under par. (a) shall submit to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3) a report that includes recommendations regarding the options for achieving a minimum wage and other means of increasing worker compensation in this state that allow a worker to earn a living wage.

AB50,1664,17 (d) The minimum wage study committee terminates upon submission of the report under par. (c).

AB50,1664,22 (5) Unemployment insurance; electronic communications. The department of workforce development shall submit to the legislative reference bureau for publication in the Wisconsin administrative register a notice indicating the date upon which the department is able to implement the treatment of s. 108.14 (2e).

AB50,1664,23 (6) Wisconsin Fast Forward allocations.

AB50,1665,5 (a) Green jobs training. From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b), in fiscal year 2025-26, the department of workforce development shall allocate $2,000,000 for grants under s. 106.27 (1) to public or private organizations for the development and implementation of green jobs training programs in this state. In this paragraph, “green jobs” means jobs that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources.

AB50,1665,9 (b) Teacher apprentice incentives. 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 $1,000,000 to provide grants under s. 106.27 (1) to support costs of sponsoring teacher apprentices under subch. I of ch. 106.

AB50,1665,13 (c) 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 $500,000 for grants under s. 106.27 (1) to support training in the health care industry.

AB50,1665,17 (d) Artificial intelligence. 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 $200,000 for grants under s. 106.27 (1) to help school districts to prepare students for a future that includes artificial intelligence.

AB50,9151 Section 9151. Nonstatutory provisions; Other.

AB50,1667,15 (1) Legislative intent. The legislature intends the repeal of ss. 49.141 (1) (j) 2., 115.76 (12) (a) 2. and 3., and 769.401 (2) (g), the renumbering and amendment of ss. 891.40 (1) and 891.41 (1) (b), the amendment of ss. 29.219 (4), 29.228 (5) and (6), 29.229 (2) (i), 29.2295 (2) (i), 29.607 (3), 45.01 (6) (c), 45.51 (3) (c) 2. and (5) (a) 1. b. and c., 45.55, 46.10 (2), 48.02 (13), 48.025 (title), (2) (b), and (3) (c), 48.27 (3) (b) 1. a. and b. and (5), 48.299 (6) (intro.) and (e) 1., 2., 3., and 4. and (7), 48.355 (4g) (a) 1., 48.396 (2) (dm), 48.42 (1g) (a) 4., (b), and (c) and (2) (b) 1. and 2. and (bm) 1., 48.422 (6) (a) and (7) (bm) and (br), 48.423 (2) (d), 48.432 (1) (am) 2. b., 48.63 (3) (b) 4. and 5., 48.82 (1) (a), 48.837 (1r) (d) and (e) and (6) (b) and (br), 48.913 (1) (a), (b), and (h), (2) (intro.), (b), and (c) (intro.), (3), (4), and (7), 48.9795 (1) (a) 1. c. and (b), 49.141 (1) (j) 1., 49.155 (1m) (c) 1g. and 1h., 49.163 (2) (am) 2., 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. and (4) (d) (intro.), 1., 2., 3., 4., and 5., 49.345 (2), 49.43 (12), 49.471 (1) (b) 2., 49.90 (4), 54.01 (36) (a), 54.960 (1), 69.03 (15), 69.11 (4) (b), 69.12 (5), 69.13 (2) (b) 4., 69.14 (1) (c) 4., (e) (title) and 1., (f) 1., and (g) and (2) (b) 2. d., 69.15 (1), (3) (title), (a) (intro.), 1., 2., and 3., (b) 1., 2., 3., and 4. (intro.), a., and b., and (d), and (3m) (title), (a) (intro.) and 3., and (b), 71.03 (2) (d) (title), 1., 2., and 3., (g), and (m) 2. and (4) (a) (as it relates to gendered references), 71.05 (22) (a) (title), 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. and (9e) (b), 71.09 (13) (a) 2., 71.52 (4), 71.83 (1) (a) 8. and (b) 5., 77.25 (8m), 77.54 (7) (b) 1., 101.91 (5m), 102.07 (5) (b) and (c), 103.10 (1) (h), 103.165 (3) (a) 3., 111.32 (12), 115.76 (12) (a) 1. and (13), 146.34 (1) (f), 157.05, 182.004 (6), 250.04 (3) (a), 301.50 (1), 700.19 (2), 705.01 (4) and (4m), 706.09 (1) (e), 765.001 (2), 765.01, 765.03 (1), 765.16 (1m) (intro.) and (c), 765.23, 765.24, 765.30 (3) (a), 766.587 (7) (form) 9., 766.588 (9) (form) 13., 766.589 (10) (form) 14., 767.215 (2) (b) and (5) (a) 2., 767.323, 767.80 (1) (intro.) and (c) and (2), 767.803, 767.804 (1) (a) 4., 767.805 (title), (1), (1m), (2) (a) and (b), (3) (title) and (a), (4) (intro.) and (d), (5) (a) and (b), and (6) (a) (intro.), 767.855, 767.863 (1m), 767.87 (1m) (intro.), (8), and (9), 767.883 (1), 769.316 (9), 769.401 (2) (a), 815.20 (1), 822.40 (4), 851.30 (2) (a), 852.01 (1) (f) 1., 2., and 3., 854.03 (3), 891.39 (title), (1) (a) and (b), and (3), 891.40 (2), 891.405, 891.407, 891.41 (title), (1) (intro.) and (a), and (2), 905.05 (title), 938.02 (13), 938.396 (2g) (g), 943.20 (2) (c), 943.201 (1) (b) 8., and 943.205 (2) (b), and the creation of ss. 69.15 (3) (b) 3m., 765.02 (3), 891.40 (1) (b) and (3), 891.41 (3), and 990.01 (22h), (39), and (40m), and the repeal and recreation of s. 29.563 (3) (a) 3. (as it relates to gendered references) to harmonize the language of the Wisconsin statutes relating to marriage and the determination of parentage with the provision of s. 990.001 (2), which specifies that words importing one gender extend and may be applied to any gender. The legislature intends that by amending the statutes relating to marriage and the determination of parentage with respect to married couples to use gender neutral language where appropriate so as to clarify that the same statutory rights and responsibilities apply between married persons of the same sex as between married persons of different sexes and to extend some of the presumptions of paternity to either parent, the Wisconsin statutes will be better aligned 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.

AB50,1667,19 (2) Delayed penalty application for violating prohibition. Notwithstanding s. 941.285, no person may be subject to a penalty for violating s. 941.285 (1) with regard to the possession of any device prohibited under that section for the first 180 days after the effective date of this subsection.

AB50,1668,3 (3) Real estate condition reports; disclosures related to flooding. Notwithstanding s. 709.035, the treatment of ss. 709.03 (form) F4., G1., and G1m. and 709.033 (form) E3., F3m., and F3n. does not require a property owner that has furnished to a prospective buyer of the property an original or amended report before the effective date of this subsection to submit an amended report with respect to the information required by ss. 709.03 (form) F4., G1., and G1m. and 709.033 (form) E3., F3m., and F3n.

AB50,9201 Section 9201. Fiscal changes; Administration.

AB50,9202 Section 9202. Fiscal changes; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

AB50,9203 Section 9203. Fiscal changes; Arts Board.

AB50,9204 Section 9204. Fiscal changes; Building Commission.

AB50,9205 Section 9205. Fiscal changes; Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.

AB50,9206 Section 9206. Fiscal changes; Children and Families.

AB50,9207 Section 9207. Fiscal changes; Circuit Courts.

AB50,9208 Section 9208. Fiscal changes; Corrections.

AB50,9209 Section 9209. Fiscal changes; Court of Appeals.

AB50,9210 Section 9210. Fiscal changes; District Attorneys.

AB50,9211 Section 9211. Fiscal changes; Educational Communications Board.

AB50,9212 Section 9212. Fiscal changes; Elections Commission.

AB50,9213 Section 9213. Fiscal changes; Employee Trust Funds.

AB50,9214 Section 9214. Fiscal changes; Employment Relations Commission.

AB50,9215 Section 9215. Fiscal changes; Ethics Commission.

AB50,9216 Section 9216. Fiscal changes; Financial Institutions.

AB50,1669,2 (1) Appropriation transfer to the office of the secretary of state. Notwithstanding s. 20.144 (1) (g), in the 2025-26 fiscal year, the amount transferred under that appropriation to the appropriation account under s. 20.575 (1) (g) shall be $502,900.

AB50,9217 Section 9217. Fiscal changes; Governor.

AB50,9218 Section 9218. Fiscal changes; Health and Educational Facilities Authority.