How SB 574 changes current law

Compared against current U.S. Code AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

The bill adds temporary state funding for the WIC program during a federal government shutdown and repeals the newly created funding provision after a year.

• Wis. Stat. § 20.435 (1) (en)

  WIC program benefits; federal appropriation lapse. A sum sufficient for benefits under s. 253.06 as required under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 3 (1).

  Creates a new appropriation for WIC program benefits during the federal funding lapse.

• Wis. Stat. § 20.435 (1) (en)

  WIC program benefits; federal appropriation lapse. A sum sufficient for benefits under s. 253.06 as required under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 3 (1).

  Repeals the appropriation for WIC program benefits after one year.

• Wis. Stat. § 253.06 (2)

  continue to provide benefits to participants in the supplemental food program for women, infants and children under s. 253.06 at the level the department provided the benefits immediately prior to the federal lapse in appropriations that began on October 1, 2025.

  Mandates the Department of Health Services to maintain WIC benefits at previous levels during the federal funding gap.