Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 9 R cosponsors

AB 153 — Relating to: income change notifications for child support or maintenance orders.

Last action — Published 12-10-2025

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This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced April 02, 2025. It awaits signature.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to renumber and amend 767.58 (1); to amend 767.58 (2) and 767.59 (3); to create 767.58 (1g), 767.58 (1r) (cm), 767.58 (3) and 767.58 (4) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

128 added · 9 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill AB 153, the requirement for notifying changes in employer, address, and ability to pay regarding child support now applies to both the payers and payees. This change is important because it ensures that both parties involved in child support agreements have the responsibility to keep each other informed about any significant changes that could affect payment. Additionally, the bill clarifies that parties do not have to disclose certain types of income that are not considered "gross income" in child support orders, simplifying the process for those involved.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0201/1 MDE:skw ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 153 May 19, 2025 - Offered by RepresentatUSLER .
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-1546/1 MDE:emw ASSEMBLY BILL 153 April 2, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives T USLER , ARMSTRONG , BRILL, DITTRICH, K NODL , K REIBICH, O'C ONNOR , P IWOWARCZYK and B EHNKE , cosponsored by SenatorsAMES and NASS.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Children and Families.
A N A CT to renumber and amend 767.58 (1);
to amend 767.58 (2) and 767.59 (3);
to create 767.58 (1g), 767.58 (1r) (cm), 767.58 (3) and 767.58 (4) of the statutes;
relating to:
income change notifications for child support or maintenance orders.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill makes changes to the requirements for notice of a change of employer, address, and ability to pay for parties in child support and maintenance agreements.
Under current law, the requirements for a notice of a change of employer, address, or ability to pay in child support and maintenance agreements apply only to payers of child support or maintenance.
The bill extends these requirements to payees.
The bill also specifies that the type of income for which a party must notify the other party of a change is defined by rule by the Department of Children and Families.
DCF currently defines “gross income” for child support purposes to include a number of income sources, including wages and salaries, investment income, and certain benefits.
The bill establishes that in an order for child support, but not maintenance, neither party is required to disclose income that is not considered gross income under DCF rules and the payee is not required to disclose a change in employer or income if the payer is not a “shared-placement parent,” as defined by DCF.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-1546/1 MDE:emw ASSEMBLY BILL 153 S ECTION 1 The bill also removes references to “family support,” an alternative form of support that combined child support and maintenance into a single obligation.
Orders for family support in this state were eliminated by 2021 Wisconsin Act 35.
Finally, the bill allows a party to redact certain personally identifying information from an income change notice to another party, establishes the confidentiality of any information disclosed as part of an income change notice, and establishes that an individual who fails to provide an income change notice required under law may be proceeded against for contempt of court and may be required to provide damages, including reasonable attorney fees.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
767.58 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 767.58 (1r), and 767.58 (1r) (a), (b) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:
767.58 (1r) (a) Each order for child support, family support, or maintenance payments shall include an order that the payer and payee notify the county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) of any change of address within 10 business days of the change.
(b) Each order for child support, family support, or maintenance payments shall also include an order that the payer and payee notify the county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) and the payee other party, within 10 business days, of any change of employer and of any substantial change in the amount of his or her gross income, including receipt of bonus compensation as defined by rule by the department, affecting his or her ability to pay, or the amount of, child support, family support, or maintenance.
The order shall also include a statement that notification of any substantial change in the amount of the payer’s party’s income will not result in a change of the order unless a revision of the order under s.
767.59 or an annual adjustment of the child or family support amount under s.
767.553 is sought.
- 2026 Legislature - 3 - LRB-1546/1 MDE:emw ASSEMBLY BILL 153 SECTION 1 (c) Each order for family child support or maintenance payments shall include an order requiring the payee to notify the court and the payer within 10 business days of the payee’s remarriage.
S ECTION 2.
767.58 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
767.58 (1g) DEFINITIO.
In this section, “shared-placement parent” means a parent who has a court-ordered period of placement of at least 25 percent and is ordered by the court to assume the child’s basic support costs in proportion to the time that the parent has placement of the child.
S ECTION 3.
767.58 (1r) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
767.58 (1r) (cm) If a payer is ordered to provide only child support payments, all of the following apply:
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Neither party is required to disclose income that is not considered gross income by the department.
delete Xfamily child support orY and substitute Xfamily support orY.
2.
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The payee is not required to notify the payer of the payee’s change in employer or income if the payer is not a shared-placement parent.
S ECTION 4.
767.58 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.58 (2) INFORMATION FOR CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY .
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When an order is entered under sub.
(1) (1r), each party shall provide to the county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) his or her social security number, residential and mailing addresses, telephone number, operator’s license number and the name, address and telephone number of his or her employer.
A party shall advise the county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) of any change in the information provided under this subsection within 10 business days after the change.
S ECTION 5.
767.58 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
- 2026 Legislature - 4 - LRB-1546/1 MDE:emw ASSEMBLY BILL 153 S ECTION 5 767.58 (3) REDACTING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION .
A party may redact or remove the following personally identifying information from documents provided under sub.
(1r) (b) to another party unless otherwise ordered by the court:
(a) The party’s home or work address if the party is participating in the program under s.
165.68 or if the party’s address is otherwise protected or sealed.
(b) The name, date of birth, and address of the party’s spouse.
(c) The name, date of birth, and other personally identifying information of a minor child not related to the other party.
(d) Any social security number.
(e) An identification number assigned by an employer.
(f) A taxpayer identification number assigned by the department of revenue or federal internal revenue service.
(g) Any depository account number, investment account number, or other personally identifying number related to any investment tool.
(h) A military identification number.
(i) Any other personally identifying information that is intended to be used to access services, funds, or benefits of any kind to which an individual is entitled.
(j) Any other personally identifying information that is not required to determine the income or financial status of the party.
SECTION 6.
767.58 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
767.58 (4) CONFIDENTIALITY ;FAILURE TO DISCLOSE .
Information disclosed under this section is subject to s.
767.127 (3).
A party who fails to furnish information required by the court under this section may be proceeded against for contempt of court under ch.
785.
If the court finds that a party has failed to furnish - 2026 Legislature - 5 - LRB-1546/1 MDE:emw ASSEMBLY BILL 153 SECTION 6 information required under this section, the court may award to the party bringing the action costs and, notwithstanding s.
814.04 (1), reasonable attorney fees.
S ECTION 7.
767.59 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
767.59 (3) REMARRIAGE ;
VACATING MAINTENANCE ORDER .
After a final judgment requiring maintenance payments has been rendered and the payee has remarried, the court shall, on application of the payer with notice to the payee and upon proof of the payee’s remarriage, or upon receiving notice from the payee of the payee’s remarriage, as required under s.
767.58 (1) (1r) (c), vacate the order requiring the maintenance payments.
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Action History

  1. Published 12-10-2025

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 82

  3. Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 10-17-2025

  5. Received from Senate concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in

  8. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Read a second time

  11. Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  13. Available for scheduling

  14. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  15. Executive action taken

  16. Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  17. Received from Assembly

  18. Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Read a third time and passed

  20. Rules suspended

  21. Ordered to a third reading

  22. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Read a second time

  24. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  25. Referred to committee on Rules

  26. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  27. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  28. Executive action taken

  29. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler

  30. Public hearing held

  31. Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  32. Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Armstrong, Brill, Dittrich, Knodl, Kreibich, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators James and Nass

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 153 do?
An Act to renumber and amend 767.58 (1); to amend 767.58 (2) and 767.59 (3); to create 767.58 (1g), 767.58 (1r) (cm), 767.58 (3) and 767.58 (4) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 153?
AB 153 is sponsored by James, Nass, Tusler, Ron (Republican), Armstrong, David (Republican), Brill, Lindee (Republican), Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Knodl, Daniel (Republican), Kreibich, Rob (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Piwowarczyk, Jim (Republican), and Behnke, Elijah (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 153?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced April 02, 2025. It awaits signature.
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