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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 24,
TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 50
July 2, 2025 - Offered by Representatives J. Jacobson, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Vining.
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1At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment, as follows:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,1,221. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,1,43Section 9149. Nonstatutory provisions; Wisconsin Economic
4Development Corporation.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,2,35(1) Accelerate Wisconsin. Notwithstanding the cap on expenditures
6specified in s. 20.192 (1) (a), in fiscal year 2025-26, the amount the Wisconsin
7Economic Development Corporation may expend from the appropriation under s.
820.192 (1) (a) is increased by $10,000,000 for the purpose of supporting a business
9accelerator program to be administered in cooperation with the University of
10Wisconsin System and aimed at developing research, including research from the
11University of Wisconsin System, into new startup businesses. As part of the

1program, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may award grants
2directly to businesses to assist in their growth and development and may award
3grants to or in support of business incubators..
AB50-ASA2-AA24,2,442. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,2,125Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
6insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,213Section 2. 20.115 (4) (aq) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,2,161420.115 (4) (aq) Food security and Wisconsin products grants. As a continuing
15appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for food security and Wisconsin
16products grants under s. 93.62.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,317Section 3. 93.62 of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,2,221893.62 Food security and Wisconsin products grant program. The
19department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (aq) to
20nonprofit food banks, nonprofit food pantries, and other nonprofit organizations
21that provide food assistance for the purpose of purchasing food products that are
22made or grown in this state..
AB50-ASA2-AA24,2,23233. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,3,8
1Section 4. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
2insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,59Section 5. 20.115 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,3,121020.115 (3) (f) Meat processing tuition and curriculum development grants.
11The amounts in the schedule for providing meat processing tuition grants and
12curriculum development grants under s. 93.525.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,613Section 6. 93.525 of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,3,191493.525 Meat processing tuition and curriculum development grants.
15(1) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (f), the department shall provide
16grants to universities, colleges, and technical colleges located in this state that have
17programs in meat processing to reimburse tuition costs of students enrolled in a
18meat processing program and for curriculum development for the meat processing
19program.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,3,2220(2) Each tuition reimbursement made with a grant received under this
21section shall reimburse a student for not more than 80 percent of the first $9,375 of
22the tuition cost for enrolling in a meat processing program..
AB50-ASA2-AA24,3,23234. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,4,8
1Section 7. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
2insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,89Section 8. 20.395 (2) (fc) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,4,121020.395 (2) (fc) Local roads improvement program; agricultural roads, general
11fund. From the general fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the
12schedule for improvements to local agricultural roads under s. 86.31 (3o).
AB50-ASA2-AA24,913Section 9. 86.31 (3o) (m) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 86.31 (3o) (m) 1m.
14a. and amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,4,171586.31 (3o) (m) 1m. a. After June 23, 2026, the The department may not award
16a grant under this subsection from moneys appropriated in the 2023-25 fiscal
17biennium after June 23, 2026.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,1018Section 10. 86.31 (3o) (m) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 86.31 (3o) (m) 1m.
19b. and amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,4,222086.31 (3o) (m) 1m. b. After June 23, 2028, the The department may not
21reimburse any costs incurred under this subsection after June 23, 2028, with
22moneys appropriated in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,1123Section 11. 86.31 (3o) (m) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,5,22486.31 (3o) (m) 2m. a. The department may not award a grant under this

1subsection from moneys appropriated in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium after 3 years
2after the effective date of this subd. 2m. a. .... [LRB inserts date].
AB50-ASA2-AA24,5,53b. The department may not reimburse any costs incurred under this
4subsection after 5 years after the effective date of this subd. 2m. b. .... [LRB inserts
5date], with moneys appropriated in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,126Section 12. 86.31 (3o) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,5,9786.31 (3o) (n) Except as provided in pars. (k) and (m) 2., this subsection does
8not apply after June 23, 2028 5 years after the effective date of this paragraph ....
9[LRB inserts date]..
AB50-ASA2-AA24,5,10105. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,5,1711Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
12insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,218Section 2. 20.435 (4) (bu) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,5,221920.435 (4) (bu) Payment processing program for farmers. Biennially, the
20amounts in the schedule to provide electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit
21card processing equipment and services to farmers markets and farmers who sell
22directly to consumers under s. 49.79 (7s).
AB50-ASA2-AA24,323Section 3. 49.79 (7s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,6,8
149.79 (7s) Payment processing program. The department shall administer
2a payment processing program to provide to farmers markets and farmers who sell
3directly to consumers electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit card
4processing equipment and services, including electronic benefit transfer for the food
5stamp program. To participate in the payment processing program, the vendor that
6is under contract to process the electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit card
7transactions shall also process any local purchasing incentives, even if those local
8purchasing incentives are funded by a local 3rd-party entity..
AB50-ASA2-AA24,6,996. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,6,1110Section 9202. Fiscal changes; Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
11Protection.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,6,1712(1) Agricultural economist position authority. In the schedule under s.
1320.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of agriculture, trade and
14consumer protection under s. 20.115 (8) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-
1526 is increased by $73,400 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is
16increased by $97,900 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department
17by 1.0 GPR position for an agricultural economist..
AB50-ASA2-AA24,6,18187. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,6,1919Section 13. 20.115 (4) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,6,212020.115 (4) (ar) Value-added agricultural practices. Biennially, the amounts in
21the schedule for value-added agricultural practices under s. 93.61.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,1422Section 14. 93.61 of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,7,22393.61 Value-added agricultural practices. (1) Definition. In this

1section, value-added agricultural product means a farm product that satisfies any
2of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA24,7,33(a) The product has undergone a change in physical state.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,7,44(b) The product is produced in a manner that enhances its value.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,7,55(c) The product is physically segregated in a manner that enhances its value.
AB50-ASA2-AA24,7,66(d) The product is a source of farm-based or ranch-based renewable energy.
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