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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 132
March 13, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives STEFFEN, SORTWELL, ARMSTRONG,
CALLAHAN, DITTRICH, GREEN, KNODL, KREIBICH, MURPHY, MURSAU,
O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, SNYDER, SUBECK and TUSLER, cosponsored by
Senators BRADLEY, FEYEN and QUINN. Referred to Committee on Jobs and
Economy.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to repeal 15.77, 20.192 (1) (e) and 238.157; to create 15.77, 20.192 (1)
(e) and 238.157 of the statutes; relating to: creating a board to organize,
promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit and making an
appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a State of Wisconsin Nuclear Power Summit Board to
organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit in the city of
Madison to advance nuclear power and fusion energy technology and development
and to showcase Wisconsin[s leadership and innovation in the nuclear industry.
The bill specifies that the board must hold the summit no later than one month
after instruction commences at the new college of engineering building at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and shall ensure that summit participants have
access to the new building. The bill creates an appropriation for the Wisconsin
Economic Development Corporation and requires WEDC to expend any moneys
appropriated at the direction of and in support of the board[s efforts. Under the bill,
the board is exempt from state requirements for public notice of proposed contracts,
competitive bidding, and contractual service procurement procedures.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 15.77 of the statutes is created to read:
15.77 Nuclear power summit board. (1) There is created a nuclear power
summit board. The board consists of the voting members described in sub. (2) and
the nonvoting members appointed under sub. (3) who shall serve for the duration of
the board[s existence.
(2) The board shall include as voting members all of the following:
(a) Two senators, one appointed by the majority leader of the senate and one
appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
(b) Two representatives to the assembly, one appointed by the speaker of the
assembly and one appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
(c) The chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development
Corporation or the chief executive officer[s designee.
(d) One member appointed by the governor.
(3) In addition to the voting members specified in sub. (2), the board shall
include as nonvoting members all of the following appointed by the chief executive
officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation:
(a) One member who is a representative of the Nuclear Energy Institute, or its
successor.
(b) One member who is a representative of the Fusion Industry Association, or
its successor.
(c) One member who is a faculty member of the department of nuclear
engineering and engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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(d) Any other members appointed by the chief executive officer in the chief
executive officer[s discretion.
(4) At its first meeting, the board shall elect a chairperson as the board[s only
officer.
(5) The board shall meet at least one time in 2025 and at least 3 times each
year thereafter.
SECTION 2. 15.77 of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this
act), is repealed.
SECTION 3. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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20.192 Wisconsin Economic Development
Corporation
(1) PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(e) Nuclear power summit board;
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SECTION 4. 20.192 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
20.192 (1) (e) Nuclear power summit board; support. As a continuing
appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to support the nuclear power summit
board[s work under s. 238.157.
SECTION 5. 20.192 (1) (e) of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act ....
(this act), is repealed.
SECTION 6. 238.157 of the statutes is created to read:
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238.157 Organizing and hosting a Wisconsin nuclear power summit.
(1) In this section, XboardY means the nuclear power summit board.
(2) The board shall organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power
summit in the city of Madison to provide participants with education and
information sharing opportunities designed to advance nuclear power and fusion
energy technology and development and to showcase Wisconsin[s leadership and
innovation in the nuclear industry. The board shall hold the summit no later than
one month after instruction commences at the college of engineering building at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison enumerated under 2023 Wisconsin Act 19, section
9104 (1) (i) 3. ed. and 4g. a., as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act 102, sections 4 and 6,
and shall ensure that summit participants have access to the building. The board
may establish registration fees for the summit that vary based on admittance level
and may allow attendees who are residents of this state to attend the summit
without paying registration fees.
(3) From the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (e), the corporation shall
expend moneys at the direction of the board and in support of the board[s work
under this section and may expend moneys to provide administrative support to the
board.
(4) Sections 16.705 and 16.75 (1) to (5) do not apply to the board.
(5) The board[s meetings shall be open and all records of such meetings and of
all proceedings of the board shall be open to inspection in accordance with subchs.
II and V of ch. 19. The corporation shall advise and assist the board in complying
with the board[s obligations under subchs. II and V of ch. 19.
(6) The board shall complete its duties and cease to exist no later than 180
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days after the completion of the summit described under sub. (2). Upon its
termination, the board shall disburse any remaining property to the department of
nuclear engineering and engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison for the benefit of the nuclear engineering program.
SECTION 7. 238.157 of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this
act), is repealed.
SECTION 8. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after
publication, or on the 2nd day after publication of 2025 biennial budget act,
whichever is later, except as follows:
(1) The repeal of ss. 15.77, 20.192 (1) (e), and 238.157 takes effect on July 1,
2030.
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