-Date 2026of LEGISLATUREenactment: LRB-1549/1 EVM:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 165 April 8, 2025 - Introduced by RepresentativesIWOWARCZYK , MAXEY , ALLEN, B EHNKE, BROOKS , DITTRICH, DUCHOW , G REEN, B.

JACOBSONAssembly ,Bill KREIBICH,165 MDate URPHY,of O'CONNORpublication*: , ENTERMAN and W ICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators N ASSand W ANGGAARD .

ReferredWISCONSIN ACT A N A CT to Committeecreate on66.0601 Public(1) Benefit(d) Reform.of the statutes;

A N A CT to create 66.0601 (1) (d) of the statutes;

AnalysisThe bypeople of the Legislativestate Referenceof BureauWisconsin, Thisrepresented billin prohibitssen- adoes politicalnot subdivisioninclude froma expendingprogram moneysunder ofwhich thean politicalindividual subdivisionis forate theand purposeassembly, ofdo makingenact paymentsas tofollows: individuals under a guaranteed income program.

“Guaranteedrequired income program” is defined under the bill to meanperform awork programor underattend whichtraining. individuals are provided with regular periodic cash payments that are unearned and that may be used for any purpose.

ProgramsS underECTION which1. an individual is required to perform work or attend training are not “guaranteed income programs” under the bill.

The66.0601 people(1) (d) of the statestatutes ofis Wisconsin,created representedb. in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION“Political 1.subdivision” means a city, village, to read:

66.0601town, (1)or (d)county. of the statutes is created to read:

In this2. paragraph:

a.No political subdivision may expend moneys of this paragraph:

“Guaranteedthe incomepolitical program”subdivision, meansincluding ashared programrevenue underpay- whicha. individuals are provided with regular periodic cash payments that are unearned and that may - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-1549/1 EVM:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 165 S ECTION 1 be used for any purpose.

“Guaranteed income program” doesmeans not include a program ments under whichsubch. an individual is required to perform work or attend training.

b.

“Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

2.

No political subdivision may expend moneys of the political subdivision, including shared revenue payments under subch.

79, moneys raised by levying under which individuals are provided with regular peri- taxes, or fee revenues, for the purpose of making pay- odic cash payments that are unearned and that may be ments to individuals under a guaranteed income program.used for any purpose.

END“Guaranteed )income program” program.

* Section 991.11,ISCONSINSTATUTES :

Effective date of acts.

“Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the gov- ernor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”