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WI SB149

WI SB149
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
03/21/2025
In Committee
03/21/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

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 LRB-2379/1 MPG:wlj/cjs/skw 2025 - 2026 Legislature SENATE BILL 149 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 mandatory legislative procedure to respond to a presidential executive order that freezes federal aid to Wisconsin. If such an executive order is issued, the state legislature must convene an extraordinary session to draft and consider a bill with specific provisions. The bill requires creating a method to estimate the amount of federal aid that would be lost by state agencies, local governments, and nonprofit organizations, and then authorizes payments from the state's budget stabilization fund to offset those losses. The legislation prioritizes funding for essential services and limits reimbursements to the amount of federal aid that would have been originally received. Additionally, the bill mandates that when frozen federal funds are eventually restored, the budget stabilization fund must be reimbursed, either directly by the state or through remittance by the receiving agencies, local governments, or nonprofits. The bill defines "eligible local governmental units" and "eligible nonprofit organizations" as those receiving federal funding through state appropriations, and specifies that state agencies, local governments, and nonprofits must return any back payments to replenish the budget stabilization fund.

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Business and Industry

Sponsors (33)

Last Action

Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor (on 04/30/2025)
(1 Companion Bills)

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