Under current law, DOT provides state aid payments to local public bodies in
urban areas served by mass transit systems to assist the local public bodies with the
expenses of operating those systems. The bill increases the total amount of state aid
payments for mass transit systems serving urban areas having a population of less
than 50,000 to $5,707,800 in calendar year 2023 and thereafter.
3. Specialized transportation services
Under current law, DOT administers specialized transportation programs to
provide financial assistance for transportation services for seniors and individuals
with disabilities. One program provides funding to counties based on each county's
proportion of the state's population of seniors and individuals with disabilities. The
other program provides funds to local public bodies and nonprofit organizations
through a competitive application process to supplement federal funding under the
Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program. The bill
increases funding for both programs by 2 percent of the amount appropriated for
those purposes in fiscal year 2022-23.
Higher education
The bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
to allocate $50,000 each fiscal year for the Institute for Research on Poverty at
UW-Madison to study and provide an annual report to the public on poverty in this
state.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB557,1 1Section 1 . 13.48 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,7,72 13.48 (26m) Lead service line replacement. The legislature finds and
3determines that the prevalence of lead service lines in connections to public water
4systems poses a public health hazard and that processes for reducing lead entering
5drinking water from such pipes requires additional treatment of wastewater. It is
6therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist
7private users of public water systems in replacing lead service lines.
SB557,2 8Section 2 . 16.03 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,8,2
116.03 (2) (d) No later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, do all of the
2following:
SB557,8,83 1. Identify ways in which the departments of administration, children and
4families, health services, public instruction, workforce development, and veterans
5affairs and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority can
6increase access to services for homeless individuals and families, including
7individuals who are included in the category of homeless children and youths, as
8defined in 42 USC 11434a (2).
SB557,8,129 2. Advise each of the departments specified in subd. 1. and the Wisconsin
10Housing and Economic Development Authority to revise any policy or practice of the
11department or authority that the council determines impedes homeless individuals
12and families from obtaining services.
SB557,3 13Section 3 . 16.19 of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,8,20 1416.19 Civil legal services for the indigent. Annually, the department shall
15pay the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (7) (e) to the Wisconsin Trust Account
16Foundation, Inc., to provide civil legal services to indigent persons. The Wisconsin
17Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall distribute the amount received as grants to
18programs that provide civil legal services to indigent persons, and those programs
19may use the grant funds to match other federal and private grants. The grants may
20be used only for the purposes for which the funding was provided.
SB557,4 21Section 4. 16.306 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,9,522 16.306 (2) (a) From the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.505 (7) (fk)
23and
(fm), the department may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purpose
24of providing housing and associated supportive services to homeless individuals and
25families to facilitate their movement to independent living if the conditions under

1par. (b) are satisfied. The department shall ensure that the funds for the grants are
2reasonably balanced among geographic areas of the state that correspond to the
3geographic areas served by each continuum of care organization designated by the
4federal department of housing and urban development, consistent with the quality
5of applications submitted
award grants under this paragraph on a competitive basis.
SB557,5 6Section 5. 16.3065 of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,9,8 716.3065 Emergency rental assistance. (1) In this section, “eligible
8applicant” has the meaning given in s. 16.306 (1).
SB557,9,14 9(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (bq), the department shall
10award grants to eligible applicants to provide tenant-based rental assistance to
11individuals and families. All grant funds shall be used to provide tenant-based
12rental assistance to individuals and families who have suffered an economic
13hardship and whose annual household income does not exceed 80 percent of the
14median household income for the county in which the individual or family resides.
SB557,6 15Section 6 . 16.3085 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,9,2016 16.3085 (2) (b) 2. Employment-related services, including connecting parents
17who are job training graduates or who have a recent work history with their local
18workforce development board established under 29 USC 2832 3122 and assisting
19them with using the job center website maintained by the department of workforce
20development.
SB557,7 21Section 7. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
22the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
SB557,8 1Section 8. 20.320 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,11,3
120.320 (2) (a) Lead service line replacement. As a continuing appropriation, the
2amounts in the schedule for lead service line replacement loans under s. 281.61 (8)
3(b).
SB557,9 4Section 9. 20.435 (5) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,11,75 20.435 (5) (em) Sober living residences. Biennially, the amounts in the
6schedule to support sober living residences or sober living residence networks under
7s. 46.483.
SB557,10 8Section 10. 20.437 (2) (cs) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,11,129 20.437 (2) (cs) Community services block grant; state match. A sum sufficient
10to match 25 percent of the amounts received under 42 USC 9903 for the federal
11community services block grant for the purposes for which the federal community
12services block grant funds are received.
SB557,11 13Section 11 . 20.437 (2) (eg) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,11,1514 20.437 (2) (eg) Internet assistance program. The amounts in the schedule for
15the Internet assistance program under s. 49.168.
SB557,12 16Section 12. 20.445 (1) (fc) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,11,1917 20.445 (1) (fc) Job and employment services; pilot program. The amounts in the
18schedule for the pilot program established under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act),
19section 69 (1).
SB557,13 20Section 13 . 20.445 (1) (fc) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
21(this act), is repealed.
SB557,14 22Section 14 . 20.505 (7) (bq) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,11,2523 20.505 (7) (bq) Emergency rental assistance. As a continuing appropriation,
24the amounts in the schedule for emergency rental assistance grants under s.
2516.3065.
SB557,15
1Section 15. 20.505 (7) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,12,42 20.505 (7) (e) Indigent civil legal services. The amounts in the schedule to
3provide grants for the provision of civil legal services to indigent persons under s.
416.19.
SB557,16 5Section 16. 20.505 (7) (fk) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,12,76 20.505 (7) (fk) Housing grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in
7the schedule for housing grants under s. 16.306.
SB557,17 8Section 17. 36.25 (56) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,12,139 36.25 (56) Annual poverty study. Of the moneys appropriated to the Board
10of Regents under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the board shall, beginning in fiscal year 2023-24,
11allocate $50,000 in each fiscal year for the Institute for Research on Poverty at the
12University of Wisconsin-Madison to study and provide an annual report to the public
13on poverty in this state.
SB557,18 14Section 18 . 38.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,12,1815 38.40 (2) Interagency assistance. The council on workforce investment
16established under 29 USC 2821 3111 and the department of public instruction shall
17assist the board in providing the technical preparation, school-to-work, and
18work-based learning programs under sub. (1m).
SB557,19 19Section 19. 46.483 of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,12,24 2046.483 Sober living residences. (1) Definition. In this section, “sober living
21residence" means a residential dwelling unit or other form of group housing that is
22offered or advertised by a person as a residence that provides a peer-supported,
23alcohol-free, and drug-free living environment where no treatment services are
24provided on-site and that would qualify for a loan under 42 USC 300x-25.
SB557,13,4
1(2) Requirement; funding support. The department shall encourage the
2development, expansion, and quality control of networks of sober living residences.
3From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (5) (em), the department shall allocate
4moneys for any of the following purposes:
SB557,13,65 (a) Creating a revolving loan fund for establishing a sober living residence or
6a network of sober living residences.
SB557,13,87 (b) Awarding grants to train and supervise field workers to provide technical
8assistance to sober living residences.
SB557,13,119 (c) Awarding grants to entities that establish sober living residences or to sober
10living residences to support the development, expansion, and quality operation of
11sober living residences.
SB557,20 12Section 20 . 46.56 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,14,613 46.56 (14) (a) In order to support the development of a comprehensive service
14system of coordinated care for children who are involved in 2 or more systems of care
15and their families, the department shall establish a state advisory committee with
16representatives of county departments and tribal governing bodies, the department
17of public instruction, educational agencies, the department of children and families,
18the department of corrections, the juvenile correctional system, professionals
19experienced in the provision of services to children who are involved in 2 or more
20systems of care and their families, advocates for such families and their children, the
21subunit of the department of workforce development that administers vocational
22rehabilitation, a representative of the local workforce development board
23established under 29 USC 2832 3122, a representative of the philanthropy
24community, the technical college system, health care providers, courts assigned to
25exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938, child welfare officials, and other

1appropriate persons as selected by the department. The department may use an
2existing committee for this purpose if it has representatives from the listed groups
3and is willing to perform the required functions. This committee shall establish
4principles and core values for administering initiatives, monitor the development of
5initiatives throughout the state, and support communication and mutual assistance
6among operating initiatives as well as those that are being developed.
SB557,21 7Section 21 . 49.143 (2) (a) 4m. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,14,108 49.143 (2) (a) 4m. e. Coordinate with local workforce development boards
9established under 29 USC 2832 3122 to ensure compatibility of purpose and no
10duplication of effort.
SB557,22 11Section 22 . 49.163 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,14,1712 49.163 (4) Contract for administration. (intro.) The department may
13contract with any person to administer the program under this section, including a
14Wisconsin Works agency; county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23; local
15workforce development board established under 29 USC 2832 3122; or community
16action agency under s. 49.265. The department, or the agency or agencies with which
17the department contracts under this subsection, shall do all of the following:
SB557,23 18Section 23 . 49.1635 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB557,24 19Section 24 . 49.1635 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB557,25 20Section 25 . 49.1635 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB557,26 21Section 26 . 49.1635 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB557,27 22Section 27 . 49.1635 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (1m) and
23amended to read:
SB557,15,324 49.1635 (1m) From the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (j), the department shall
25make a grant of $500,000 $1,000,000 in each fiscal year to Wisconsin Trust Account

1Foundation, Inc., for distribution of annual awards of not more than $75,000 per year
2per program
to programs that provide legal services to persons who are eligible under
3par. (b) 2. sub. (2m) (b) if all of the following apply:
SB557,15,74 (a) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., submits a plan to the
5department detailing the proposed use of the grant; the proposed use of the grant
6conforms to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m); and the secretary of the
7department, or his or her designee, approves the plan.
SB557,15,118 (b) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., enters into an agreement with
9the department that specifies the conditions for the use of the grant proceeds, and
10the conditions conform to the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m) and include
11training, reporting, and auditing requirements.
SB557,15,1412 (c) Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., agrees in writing to submit to the
13department the reports required under par. (c) sub. (3m) by the times required under
14par. (c) sub. (3m).
SB557,28 15Section 28 . 49.1635 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (2m), and
1649.1635 (2m) (a), (b) and (c), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB557,15,1917 49.1635 (2m) (a) Subject to subd. 3. par. (c), the grant may be used only to
18provide legal services in civil matters related to eviction, domestic abuse, or sexual
19abuse, or to restraining orders or injunctions for individuals at risk under s. 813.123.
SB557,16,320 (b) The recipients of the legal services under a grant under this subsection
21section shall be individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy
22families under 42 USC 601 et seq. and whose gross incomes are at or below 200
23percent of the poverty line. For purposes of this subdivision paragraph, gross income
24shall be determined in the same way as gross income is determined for purposes of
25eligibility for a Wisconsin Works employment position, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (r),

1including the exclusion of any payments or benefits made under any federal law that
2exempts those payments or benefits from consideration in determining eligibility for
3any federal means-tested program.
SB557,16,64 (c) The legal services provided by a grant under this subsection section shall
5be provided only in matters for which federal temporary assistance for needy families
6block grant funds under 42 USC 601 et seq. may be used.
SB557,29 7Section 29 . 49.1635 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 49.1635 (3m) and
8amended to read:
SB557,16,179 49.1635 (3m) For each fiscal year in which the department makes a grant
10under this subsection sub. (1m), Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., shall
11submit to the department, within 3 months after spending the full amount of that
12grant, a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used. The department may not
13make a grant in a subsequent fiscal year unless Wisconsin Trust Account
14Foundation, Inc., submits the report under this paragraph subsection within the
15time required and the department determines that the grant proceeds were used in
16accordance with the approved plan under par. (a) 1. sub. (1m) (a), the agreement
17under par. (a) 2. sub. (1m) (b), and the requirements under par. (b) sub. (2m).
SB557,30 18Section 30 . 49.168 of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,17,2 1949.168 Internet assistance program. (1) The department shall establish
20an Internet assistance program under which it shall, from the appropriation under
21s. 20.437 (2) (eg) and the allocation under s. 49.175 (1) (x), make payments to Internet
22service providers on behalf of low-income individuals to assist with paying for
23Internet service. Assistance under this program may be provided only after other
24assistance program options have been exhausted. The department may contract

1with a community action agency under s. 49.265 for the administration of the
2program.
SB557,17,5 3(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the program under
4this section and shall include a financial eligibility requirement that the family
5income of a recipient not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line.
SB557,31 6Section 31. 49.175 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,17,107 49.175 (1) (j) Grants for providing civil legal services. For the grants under s.
849.1635 (5) (1m) to Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., for distribution to
9programs that provide civil legal services to low-income families, $500,000
10$1,000,000 in each fiscal year.
SB557,32 11Section 32. 49.175 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,17,1412 49.175 (1) (k) Transform Milwaukee and Transitional Jobs programs. For
13contract costs under the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional
14Jobs program under s. 49.163, $9,500,000 $10,500,000 in each fiscal year.
SB557,33 15Section 33 . 49.175 (1) (x) of the statutes is created to read:
SB557,17,1716 49.175 (1) (x) Internet assistance program. For the Internet assistance
17program under s. 49.168, $10,000,000 in each fiscal year.
SB557,34 18Section 34. 49.265 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,17,2119 49.265 (1) (b) “Poor person" means a resident of a community served by a
20community action agency whose income is at or below 125 200 percent of the poverty
21line.
SB557,35 22Section 35. 49.265 (3) (b) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,18,223 49.265 (3) (b) 11. Provide, to individuals who work at least 20 hours per week
24and whose earned income is at or below 150 200 percent of the poverty line, a program
25of skills enhancement that shall include access to transportation, child care, career

1counseling, job placement assistance, and financial support for education and
2training.
SB557,36 3Section 36. 49.265 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB557,18,84 49.265 (4) (a) The department shall distribute the federal community services
5block grant funds received under 42 USC 9903 and credited to the appropriation
6account under s. 20.437 (2) (mg). From the appropriation account under s. 20.437
7(2) (cs), the department shall distribute funds in an amount equal to 25 percent of
8the amounts received under 42 USC 9903.
SB557,37 9Section 37 . 49.265 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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