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WI AB150

WI AB150
Requiring the legislature to convene an extraordinary session if an executive order of the president of the United States freezes federal aid to the state.

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Introduced
03/17/2025
In Committee
03/17/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/23/2026

Introduced Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill requires the legislature to convene an extraordinary session if the president of the United States issues an executive order under which federal aid to Wisconsin that was previously authorized under an act of Congress is frozen. The extraordinary session must be called for legislative consideration of a bill that does all of the following: 1. Establishes a procedure to estimate the amounts of federal aid that each state agency, eligible local governmental unit, and eligible nonprofit organization is likely to be deprived of as a result of the executive order. Only those local governmental units and nonprofit organizations that receive federal moneys under a state appropriation qualify as eligible. 2. Provides for payments from the budget stabilization fund to state agencies, eligible local governmental units, and eligible nonprofit organizations to offset estimated deprivation amounts. 3. Prioritizes payments to offset deprivation amounts of federal aid that fund essential services. 4. Limits payments to eligible local governmental units and eligible nonprofit organizations to no more than the amounts the eligible local governmental unit or eligible nonprofit organization would have received under a state appropriation of federal moneys but for the executive order. 5. To the extent allowed under federal law, provides for reimbursement to the budget stabilization fund for the payments specified in item 2 whenever the state receives a back payment of federal aid moneys that were previously frozen by executive order of the president. 6. Provides that if, in lieu of reimbursement to the budget stabilization fund, federal aid moneys received by the state as a back payment are paid to a state agency, eligible local governmental unit, or eligible nonprofit organization, the state agency, eligible local governmental unit, or eligible nonprofit organization must remit to the state for deposit in the budget stabilization fund an amount equal to the back payment amount received.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a legislative procedure to address situations where the President of the United States freezes federal aid to Wisconsin. If such an executive order is issued, the state legislature is required to convene an extraordinary session to draft and consider a bill that addresses the frozen federal funds. The bill mandates creating a process to estimate the amount of federal aid lost by state agencies, local government units, and eligible nonprofit organizations. It provides for using the state's budget stabilization fund (essentially a rainy day fund) to make payments to these entities to offset the lost federal aid, with priority given to funding essential services. The bill sets limits on these payments, ensuring organizations can only receive amounts they would have originally gotten under federal appropriations. Additionally, the legislation includes provisions for reimbursing the budget stabilization fund when frozen federal aid is eventually restored, either by direct repayment or by requiring recipients to remit back payment amounts to the state. The bill defines eligible entities as political subdivisions, special districts, school districts, and nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation that receive federal funding through state appropriations.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (35)

Clint Anderson (D)*,  Margaret Arney (D)*,  Mike Bare (D)*,  Jill Billings (D)*,  Brienne Brown (D)*,  Ryan Clancy (D)*,  Angelina Cruz (D)*,  Karen DeSanto (D)*,  Ben DeSmidt (D)*,  Joan Fitzgerald (D)*,  Russell Goodwin (D)*,  Francesca Hong (D)*,  Andrew Hysell (D)*,  Alex Joers (D)*,  Tara Johnson (D)*,  Karen Kirsch (D)*,  Darrin Madison (D)*,  Renuka Mayadev (D)*,  Tip McGuire (D)*,  Vincent Miresse (D)*,  Supreme Moore Omokunde (D)*,  Greta Neubauer (D)*,  Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D)*,  Lori Palmeri (D)*,  Christian Phelps (D)*,  Pricilla Prado (D)*,  Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D)*,  Ann Roe (D)*,  Joe Sheehan (D)*,  Angela Stroud (D)*,  Shelia Stubbs (D)*,  Angelito Tenorio (D)*,  Randy Udell (D)*,  Chris Larson (D),  Mark Spreitzer (D), 

Last Action

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (on 03/23/2026)
(1 Companion Bills)

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