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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
January 21, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Jacque and Felzkowski, cosponsored
by Representatives Krug, Armstrong, Moses, Brandtjen, Allen, Wichgers
and Subeck. Referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and
Families.
SB882,1,2 1An Act to create 49.821 of the statutes; relating to: disregarding earned income
2for purposes of determining eligibility for certain public assistance programs.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Health Services, the Department of
Children and Families, the Department of Administration, and the Wisconsin
Housing and Economic Development Authority to develop for any public assistance
program administered by it a method to disregard income earned from employment
for purposes of determining eligibility. The method must disregard for a period of
time specified in the bill a certain percentage of the increase in earned income from
employment as specified in the bill. The disregard in the bill applies if the increase
in earned income is the result of becoming employed after being unemployed or is the
result of a documented increase in work hours or pay rate. The earned income
disregard applies to the following public assistance programs: the Wisconsin Works
program, the FoodShare program, the housing cost grant or loan programs, the
housing rehabilitation loan program, the homeownership mortgage loan program,
the emergency heating assistance loan guarantee program, and the property tax
deferral loan program. The bill excludes from the earned income disregard any
individual whose household income equals or exceeds the applicable Department of
Workforce Development self-sufficiency standard.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB882,1 1Section 1. 49.821 of the statutes is created to read:
SB882,2,8 249.821 Income disregard; public assistance programs. (1) In this
3section, “public assistance program” means the Wisconsin Works program under ss.
449.141 to 49.161, the food stamp program under s. 49.79, the housing cost grant or
5loan programs under s. 16.303 (1), the housing rehabilitation loan program under s.
6234.49, the homeownership mortgage loan program under s. 234.59, the emergency
7heating assistance loan guarantee program under s. 234.88, and the property tax
8deferral loan program under ss. 234.621 to 234.626.
SB882,2,14 9(2) Except as provided in sub. (4), the department of health services, the
10department of children and families, the department of administration, and the
11Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority shall each develop for any
12public assistance program administered by it a method to disregard income earned
13from employment for purposes of determining eligibility that satisfies all of the
14following:
SB882,2,1815 (a) For the first 60 days after an individual increases his or her earned income
16through employment, the department or authority shall disregard 100 percent of
17that increase in earned income when determining eligibility for a public assistance
18program.
SB882,3,219 (b) For the 61st day through the 90th day after an individual increases his or
20her earned income through employment, the department or authority shall

1disregard 75 percent of that increase in earned income when determining eligibility
2for a public assistance program.
SB882,3,63 (c) For the 91st day through the 120th day after an individual increases his or
4her earned income through employment, the department or authority shall
5disregard 50 percent of that increase in earned income when determining eligibility
6for a public assistance program.
SB882,3,107 (d) On and after the 121st day after an individual increases his or her earned
8income through employment, the department or authority shall apply all of the
9increase in earned income toward determining eligibility for a public assistance
10program.
SB882,3,13 11(3) An individual qualifies for the earned income disregard under sub. (2)
12through employment if the increase in income results from becoming employed after
13being unemployed or from a documented increase in work hours or pay rate.
SB882,3,17 14(4) The earned income disregard under sub. (2) does not apply to an individual
15whose household income equals or exceeds the applicable self-sufficiency standard
16as determined by the department of workforce development for the household size
17and county of residence of the individual.
SB882,3,1818 (End)
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