Local guaranteed income programs, the official text

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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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.

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. “Guaranteed income program” 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 “guaranteed income programs” 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. “Guaranteed income program” means a program under which individuals are provided with regular periodic cash payments that are unearned and that may
be used for any purpose. “Guaranteed income program” does not include a program under which an individual is required to perform work or attend training.
b. “Political subdivision” 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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