Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB485 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 485
5	5	October 12, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives HAYWOOD, J. ANDERSON, STUBBS,
6	6	BARE, RATCLIFF, GOYKE, MYERS, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, SHELTON, ANDRACA and
7	7	DRAKE, cosponsored by Senators L. JOHNSON, SMITH and SPREITZER. Referred
8	8	to Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities.
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10	10	AN ACT to create 20.445 (1) (bn) and 106.135 of the statutes; relating to: an
11	11	intern placement program administered by the Department of Workforce
12	12	Development and making an appropriation.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a
15	15	program for the placement of paid interns with Wisconsin businesses. Under the bill,
16	16	each intern must be at least 18 years old, be enrolled in an institution of higher
17	17	education, and come from a household whose income does not exceed 300 percent of
18	18	the federal poverty line based on family size. Each intern must be paid a stipend of
19	19	at least $15 per hour, which may be paid for up to 20 hours per week of work for work
20	20	performed during certain periods set forth in the bill that correspond to the academic
21	21	school year. The bill requires that the stipend be disregarded in establishing
22	22	household income for purposes of obtaining public benefits under any state program.
23	23	Additionally, the bill requires DWD to seek to coordinate with the private sector to
24	24	administer the intern placement program and to provide matching funds for
25	25	purposes of paying intern stipends. The bill appropriates $500,000 to DWD for the
26	26	program.
27	27	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
28	28	an appendix to this bill.
29	29	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
30	30	enact as follows:
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35	35	SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 485
36	36	SECTION 1. 20.445 (1) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	20.445 (1) (bn) Intern placement program. A sum sufficient for the intern
38	38	stipend paid under s. 106.135 (2) (b). No more than $500,000 may be expended from
39	39	this appropriation.
40	40	SECTION 2. 106.135 of the statutes is created to read:
41	41	106.135 Equal opportunity intern program. (1) In this section,
42	42	“low-income household” means a household having an income that does not exceed
43	43	300 percent of the federal poverty line based on family size.
44	44	(2) The department shall establish a program under which it attempts to place
45	45	interns with businesses in this state, subject to all of the following requirements:
46	46	(a) Each intern shall be at least 18 years old, be enrolled in an institution of
47	47	higher education, and come from a low-income household.
48	48	(b) Each intern shall be paid a stipend of at least $15 per hour for services
49	49	provided to the business. The stipend may be paid for up to 20 hours per week of work
50	50	under par. (e). The stipend shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1)
51	51	(bn) and any matching funds provided under par. (d).
52	52	(c) The stipend an intern receives under par. (b) shall be disregarded in
53	53	establishing household income for purposes of obtaining public benefits under any
54	54	state program.
55	55	(d) The department shall seek to coordinate with private entities to administer
56	56	the intern placement program under this section and shall seek matching funds from
57	57	nonstate sources for purposes of paying stipends under par. (b).
58	58	(e) A stipend may be paid to an intern under this section only for work
59	59	performed during a 16-week spring term beginning on the 2nd Monday in January,
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87	87	ASSEMBLY BILL 485
88	88	a 10-week summer term beginning on the first Monday in June, and a 16-week fall
89	89	term beginning on the day after Labor Day.
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