AB43,724,65 49.163 (2) (am) 5. Be ineligible Have not filed for unemployment insurance
6benefits or have filed but is not eligible
to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
AB43,1032 7Section 1032. 49.1635 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1033 8Section 1033. 49.1635 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1034 9Section 1034. 49.1635 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1035 10Section 1035. 49.1635 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1036 11Section 1036. 49.1635 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (1m) and
12amended to read:
AB43,724,1713 49.1635 (1m) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (j), the department shall
14make a grant of $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year to Wisconsin Trust Account
15Foundation, Inc., for distribution of annual awards of not more than $75,000 per year
16per program
to programs that provide legal services to persons who are eligible under
17par. (b) 2. sub. (2m) (b) if all of the following apply:
AB43,724,2118 (a) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., submits a plan to the
19department detailing the proposed use of the grant; the proposed use of the grant
20conforms to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m); and the secretary of the
21department, or his or her designee, approves the plan.
AB43,724,2522 (b) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., enters into an agreement with
23the department that specifies the conditions for the use of the grant proceeds, and
24the conditions conform to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m) and include
25training, reporting, and auditing requirements.
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1(c) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., agrees in writing to submit to the
2department the reports required under par. (c) sub. (3m) by the times required under
3par. (c) sub. (3m).
AB43,1037 4Section 1037. 49.1635 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (2m), and
549.1635 (2m) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB43,725,86 49.1635 (2m) (a) Subject to subd. 3. par. (c), the grant may be used only to
7provide legal services in civil matters related to eviction, domestic abuse, or sexual
8abuse, or to restraining orders or injunctions for individuals at risk under s. 813.123.
AB43,1038 9Section 1038. 49.1635 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (3m) and
10amended to read:
AB43,725,1911 49.1635 (3m) For each fiscal year in which the department makes a grant
12under this subsection section, Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall
13submit to the department, within 3 months after spending the full amount of that
14grant, a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used. The department may not
15make a grant in a subsequent fiscal year unless Wisconsin Trust Account
16Foundation, Inc., submits the report under this paragraph subsection within the
17time required and the department determines that the grant proceeds were used in
18accordance with the approved plan under par. (a) 1. sub. (1m) (a), the agreement
19under par. (a) 2. sub. (1m) (b), and the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m).
AB43,1039 20Section 1039. 49.166 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,726,2 2149.166 Living independently through financial empowerment. From
22the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (ce), the department may allocate no more than
23$14,000,000 in each fiscal year to establish and administer the living independently
24through financial empowerment program. Under that program, the department
25may provide short-term assistance to individuals who are survivors of domestic

1abuse. The department may contract with a Wisconsin works agency to administer
2the program under this section.
AB43,1040 3Section 1040. 49.170 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,726,6 449.170 Boys and Girls Clubs of Wisconsin. From the appropriation account
5under s. 20.437 (2) (er), the department shall provide funding annually to the Boys
6and Girls Clubs of Wisconsin.
AB43,1041 7Section 1041. 49.175 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,726,148 49.175 (1) Allocation of funds. (intro.) In this section, with respect to any
9of the following that fund a contract for services, “allocate” means to designate an
10amount of money equal to the amount under the contract that the department is
11obligated to pay.
Except as provided in sub. (2), within the limits of the
12appropriations under s. 20.437 (2) (a), (cm), (dz), (k), (kx), (L), (mc), (md), (me), and
13(s) and (3) (kp), the department shall allocate the following amounts for the following
14purposes:
AB43,1042 15Section 1042. 49.175 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,726,1816 49.175 (1) (a) Wisconsin Works benefits. For Wisconsin Works benefits,
17$37,000,000 $30,717,200 in fiscal year 2021-22 2023-24 and $34,000,000
18$32,913,100 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1043 19Section 1043. 49.175 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,726,2320 49.175 (1) (b) Wisconsin Works agency contracts; job access loans. For contracts
21with Wisconsin Works agencies under s. 49.143 and for job access loans under s.
2249.147 (6), $54,009,700 $52,580,300 in fiscal year 2021-22 2023-24 and $57,071,200
23$59,854,900 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1044 24Section 1044. 49.175 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,4
149.175 (1) (d) Families and Schools Together. For the families and schools
2together program in 5 Milwaukee elementary schools to be chosen by the
3department, $250,000 in each fiscal year and an additional $250,000 in each fiscal
4year for this purpose to be distributed only if the recipient provides matching funds
.
AB43,1045 5Section 1045. 49.175 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,96 49.175 (1) (f) Homeless case management services grants. For grants to shelter
7facilities under s. 16.3085, $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year. All moneys
8allocated under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under
9s. 20.505 (7) (kg).
AB43,1046 10Section 1046. 49.175 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,1411 49.175 (1) (g) State administration of public assistance programs and
12overpayment collections.
For state administration of public assistance programs and
13the collection of public assistance overpayments, $17,231,100 $19,160,100 in fiscal
14year 2021-22 2023-24 and $17,482,300 $19,569,100 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1047 15Section 1047. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,1916 49.175 (1) (j) Grants for providing civil legal services. For the grants under s.
1749.1635 (5) to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution to
18programs that provide civil legal services to low-income families, $500,000
19$1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
AB43,1048 20Section 1048. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,727,2321 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For
22contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional
23Jobs program under s. 49.163, $9,500,000 $11,200,000 in each fiscal year.
AB43,1049 24Section 1049. 49.175 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,728,4
149.175 (1) (Lm) Jobs for America's Graduates. For grants to the Jobs for
2America's Graduates-Wisconsin to fund programs that improve social, academic,
3and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for
4needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
AB43,1050 5Section 1050 . 49.175 (1) (ms) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,728,86 49.175 (1) (ms) Child support debt reduction. For the child support debt
7reduction program for low-income noncustodial parents under s. 49.226, $3,472,000
8in fiscal year 2023-24 and $6,944,000 in fiscal year 2024-25.
AB43,1051 9Section 1051 . 49.175 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,728,1210 49.175 (1) (o) Evidence-based substance abuse prevention grants Grants for
11youth services
. For grants awarded under s. 48.545 (2) (c) 48.481, $500,000 in each
12fiscal year.
AB43,1052 13Section 1052. 49.175 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,728,1614 49.175 (1) (p) Direct child care services. For direct child care services under s.
1549.155 or 49.257, $376,700,400 $385,628,800 in fiscal year 2021-22 2023-24 and
16$383,900,400 $403,573,700 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1053 17Section 1053. 49.175 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,728,2118 49.175 (1) (q) Child care state administration and licensing activities. For state
19administration of child care programs under s. 49.155 and for child care licensing
20activities, $42,117,800 $45,957,600 in fiscal year 2021-22 2023-24 and $41,803,100
21$46,043,900 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1054 22Section 1054. 49.175 (1) (qm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,729,223 49.175 (1) (qm) Quality care for quality kids. For the child care quality
24improvement activities specified in ss. 49.155 (1g) and 49.257, $16,683,700 in each
25fiscal year
and the establishment of an early childhood education center under 2023

1Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9106 (3 ), $42,850,900 in fiscal year 2023-24 and
2$42,647,700 in fiscal year 2024-25
.
AB43,1055 3Section 1055. 49.175 (1) (r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,729,74 49.175 (1) (r) Children of recipients of supplemental security income. For
5payments made under s. 49.775 for the support of the dependent children of
6recipients of supplemental security income, $18,564,700 $12,762,400 in fiscal year
72021-22 2023-24 and $18,145,000 $12,188,900 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1056 8Section 1056. 49.175 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,729,159 49.175 (1) (s) Kinship care and long-term kinship care assistance. For kinship
10care and long-term kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) (am) and (3n) (am),
11for assessments to determine eligibility for those payments, and for agreements
12under s. 48.57 (3t) with the governing bodies of Indian tribes for the administration
13of the kinship care and long-term kinship care programs within the boundaries of
14the reservations of those tribes, $28,727,100 $43,574,100 in fiscal year 2021-22
152023-24 and $31,441,800 $53,719,500 in fiscal year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1057 16Section 1057. 49.175 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,729,2417 49.175 (1) (t) Safety and out-of-home placement services. For services provided
18to ensure the safety of children who the department or a county determines may
19remain at home if appropriate services are provided, and for services provided to
20families with children placed in out-of-home care, $10,314,300 $6,282,400 in each
21fiscal year. To receive funding under this paragraph, a county shall match a
22percentage of the amount received that is equal to the percentage the county is
23required to match for a distribution under s. 48.563 (2) as specified by the schedule
24established by the department under s. 48.569 (1) (d).
AB43,1058 25Section 1058. 49.175 (1) (u) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,730,1
149.175 (1) (u) (title) Prevention Child welfare prevention services.
AB43,1059 2Section 1059. 49.175 (1) (y) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,1060 3Section 1060. 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,730,164 49.175 (1) (z) Grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. For grants to the
5Wisconsin Chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to fund programs that
6improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive
7temporary assistance for needy families under 42 USC 601 et seq., focusing on study
8habits, intensive tutoring in math and English, and exposure to career options and
9role models, $2,807,000 $3,307,000 in each fiscal year. Grants provided under this
10paragraph may not be used by the grant recipient to replace funding for programs
11that are being funded, when the grant proceeds are received, with moneys other than
12those from the appropriations specified in sub. (1) (intro.). The total amount of the
13grants includes funds for the BE GREAT: Graduate program in the amount of
14matching funds that the program provides, up to $1,532,000 in each fiscal year, to
15be used only for activities for which federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
16block grant moneys may be used.
AB43,1061 17Section 1061. 49.175 (1) (zh) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,730,2218 49.175 (1) (zh) Earned income tax credit supplement. For the transfer of
19moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (md) to the appropriation
20account under s. 20.835 (2) (kf) for the earned income tax credit, $63,600,000
21$109,020,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 2023-24 and $66,600,000 $111,260,000 in fiscal
22year 2022-23 2024-25.
AB43,1062 23Section 1062 . 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,731,924 49.19 (1) (a) 2. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of
25half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding

1generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather,
2stepmother
stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the
3child or is the adoptive parent of the child's parent, a natural or legally adopted child
4of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named
5in this subparagraph subd. 2. a. even if the marriage is terminated by death or
6divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as
7the child's or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of
8these relatives as the child's or their own home because the parents of the child have
9been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or
AB43,1063 10Section 1063 . 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,731,1311 49.19 (4) (d) (intro.) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother parent
12or stepparent
of a dependent child if he or she is without a husband spouse or if he
13or
she:
AB43,1064 14Section 1064 . 49.19 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,731,1615 49.19 (4) (d) 1. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incapacitated for
16gainful work by mental or physical disability; or
AB43,1065 17Section 1065 . 49.19 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,731,2118 49.19 (4) (d) 2. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who is incarcerated or
19who is a convicted offender permitted to live at home but precluded from earning a
20wage because the husband person is required by a court imposed sentence to perform
21unpaid public work or unpaid community service; or
AB43,1066 22Section 1066 . 49.19 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,731,2523 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
24to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
25commitment; or
AB43,1067
1Section 1067. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,732,42 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
3abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
4against the husband person under ch. 769; or
AB43,1068 5Section 1068 . 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,732,96 49.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
7separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
8of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
9for whom aid is sought; or
AB43,1069 10Section 1069 . 49.226 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,732,14 1149.226 Child support debt reduction. (1) The department shall establish
12a program to provide a noncustodial child support debt reduction. A noncustodial
13parent qualifies to receive $1,500 in debt reduction under this section if all of the
14following apply:
AB43,732,1615 (a) The noncustodial parent completes an eligible employment program, as
16defined by the department in rules promulgated under sub. (3).
AB43,732,1817 (b) The custodial parent agrees to reducing child support debt owed up to the
18amount of the benefit paid.
AB43,732,20 19(2) A noncustodial parent may not receive debt reduction under sub. (1) more
20than once in any 12-month period.
AB43,732,23 21(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section,
22including rules to determine how debt reduction provided under sub. (1) is
23apportioned among multiple child support orders.
AB43,1070 24Section 1070 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,733,21
149.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
2person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
3938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
4services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
5chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
6and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
7person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
8case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
9including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
10(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
11order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
12the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
13adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
14be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
15with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
16widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
17dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
18part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
19the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable
20persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
21the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
AB43,1071 22Section 1071 . 49.37 of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
23act), is repealed.
AB43,1072 24Section 1072. 49.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,734,3
149.37 (2) Upon completion of the demonstration project under sub. (1) and by
2June 30, 2023 2024, the department of children and families shall conduct an
3evaluation of the demonstration project.
AB43,1073 4Section 1073 . 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,734,75 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
6beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
7assistance.
AB43,1074 8Section 1074. 49.45 (2p) of the statutes is repealed.
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