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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 165
April 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives PIWOWARCZYK, MAXEY, ALLEN,
BEHNKE, BROOKS, DITTRICH, DUCHOW, GREEN, B. JACOBSON, KREIBICH,
MURPHY, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators
NASS and WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 66.0601 (1) (d) of the statutes; relating to: local guaranteed
income programs.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a political subdivision from expending moneys of the
political subdivision for the purpose of making payments to individuals under a
guaranteed income program. XGuaranteed income programY is defined under the
bill to mean a program under which individuals are provided with regular periodic
cash payments that are unearned and that may be used for any purpose. Programs
under which an individual is required to perform work or attend training are not
Xguaranteed income programsY under the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 66.0601 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
66.0601 (1) (d) Guaranteed income program. 1. In this paragraph:
a. XGuaranteed income programY means a program under which individuals
are provided with regular periodic cash payments that are unearned and that may
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be used for any purpose. XGuaranteed income programY does not include a program
under which an individual is required to perform work or attend training.
b. XPolitical subdivisionY means a city, village, town, or county.
2. No political subdivision may expend moneys of the political subdivision,
including shared revenue payments under subch. I of ch. 79, moneys raised by
levying taxes, or fee revenues, for the purpose of making payments to individuals
under a guaranteed income program.
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