| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-1549/1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 165 |
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| 5 | 5 | | April 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives PIWOWARCZYK, MAXEY, ALLEN, |
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| 6 | 6 | | BEHNKE, BROOKS, DITTRICH, DUCHOW, GREEN, B. JACOBSON, KREIBICH, |
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| 7 | 7 | | MURPHY, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators |
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| 8 | 8 | | NASS and WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform. |
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| 10 | 10 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to create 66.0601 (1) (d) of the statutes; relating to: local guaranteed |
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| 12 | 12 | | income programs. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill prohibits a political subdivision from expending moneys of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | political subdivision for the purpose of making payments to individuals under a |
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| 16 | 16 | | guaranteed income program. XGuaranteed income programY is defined under the |
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| 17 | 17 | | bill to mean a program under which individuals are provided with regular periodic |
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| 18 | 18 | | cash payments that are unearned and that may be used for any purpose. Programs |
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| 19 | 19 | | under which an individual is required to perform work or attend training are not |
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| 20 | 20 | | Xguaranteed income programsY under the bill. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 22 | 22 | | enact as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. 66.0601 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 66.0601 (1) (d) Guaranteed income program. 1. In this paragraph: |
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| 25 | 25 | | a. XGuaranteed income programY means a program under which individuals |
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| 26 | 26 | | are provided with regular periodic cash payments that are unearned and that may |
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| 32 | 32 | | 6 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 33 | 33 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 165 |
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| 34 | 34 | | - 2 - LRB-1549/1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | EVM:cjs |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | be used for any purpose. XGuaranteed income programY does not include a program |
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| 38 | 38 | | under which an individual is required to perform work or attend training. |
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| 39 | 39 | | b. XPolitical subdivisionY means a city, village, town, or county. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2. No political subdivision may expend moneys of the political subdivision, |
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| 41 | 41 | | including shared revenue payments under subch. I of ch. 79, moneys raised by |
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| 42 | 42 | | levying taxes, or fee revenues, for the purpose of making payments to individuals |
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| 43 | 43 | | under a guaranteed income program. |
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