Wisconsin Senate Bill 676 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Failed on April 8 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-06 - Fiscal estimate received
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 20.235 (1) (b), 20.235 (1) (fd), 20.235 (1) (fe), 20.235 (1) (ff), 20.235 (1) (fg), 20.235 (1) (fj), 20.235 (1) (gm), 20.235 (1) (k), 20.235 (1) (ke), 20.235 (1) (km), 20.505 (8) (hm) 4i., 20.505 (8) (hm) 10., 36.11 (6) (c), 38.04 (7m), 39.285, 39.30, 39.31, 39.38, 39.435 and 39.44; to renumber and amend 49.147 (1m) (a); to amend 5.02 (6m) (f), 16.27 (2) (a), 16.27 (5) (intro.), 16.27 (5) (b), 16.303 (1) (a), 16.306 (2) (a), 20.285 (1) (gb), 36.25 (49), 39.39 (2) (b), 39.45 (1) (a), 39.45 (1) (b), 49.147 (1m) (title), 49.147 (4) (am), 49.147 (4) (as), 49.147 (4) (av), 49.147 (5) (bm), 49.147 (5) (bs), 49.147 (5m) (a) (intro.), 49.147 (5m) (bL), 49.148 (1) (intro.), 49.148 (1) (b) 1., 49.148 (1) (b) 1m. d., 49.148 (1) (b) 3., 49.148 (1) (c), 49.148 (1m) (a) (intro.), 49.155 (5) (a), 49.155 (6g) (a) 2., 49.155 (6g) (a) 3., 66.1201 (9) (a), 71.53 (2) (c), 118.60 (2) (a) 1. b., 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b., 234.03 (intro.), 234.04 (1), 234.04 (2), 234.04 (3), 234.06 (1), 234.06 (3), 234.49 (2) (a) (intro.), 234.59 (2) (intro.), 234.592 (2) (intro.), 944.21 (8) (b) 4. and 948.11 (4) (b) 4.; and to create 16.27 (5m), 16.3025, 16.305 (2) (d), 16.306 (2) (c), 36.11 (59), 39.28 (7), 49.143 (4m), 49.147 (1m) (a) 2., 49.147 (1m) (a) 3., 49.148 (2), 49.148 (5), 49.155 (1m) (c) 4., 49.155 (6g) (a) 5., 49.79 (1m), 49.79 (7c), 49.79 (7h), 49.79 (11), 49.823, 49.97, 66.1204, 71.07 (9e) (h), 71.53 (2) (g), 115.34 (3) and 234.038 of the statutes; Relating to: education and training under Wisconsin Works; reducing Wisconsin Works benefits; a minimum copayment, maximum child care hours, and reducing income based on marriage for eligibility under Wisconsin Shares; changes to the food stamp program relating to financial eligibility for benefits, allowing an election to reduce benefits, recouping unused benefits, and prohibiting supplier discounts; prohibiting advertising concerning means-tested public assistance on radio or television; requiring consideration of the income and assets of all individuals in a household for purposes of eligibility for any means-tested public assistance; eligibility requirements for persons or families of low and moderate income to receive certain housing, housing assistance, grants, loans, or benefits from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Department of Administration, and local housing authorities; reducing the authority of local housing authorities; eligibility requirement for purposes of receiving low-income energy assistance; prohibiting new claims under the earned income tax credit; limiting eligibility for the homestead tax credit; elimination of certain grant programs administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and transfer of the unencumbered balances in the appropriations for those programs to the University of Wisconsin System for the purpose of tuition reduction; consideration of the income and assets of both parents of a student under 22 years of age for purposes of awarding a grant or scholarship to such a student and the permissible uses of grant or scholarship moneys awarded; income eligibility requirements for enrollment in a private school participating in a parental choice program; the school lunch program; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Education and training under Wisconsin Works; reducing Wisconsin Works benefits; a minimum copayment, maximum child care hours, and reducing income based on marriage for eligibility under Wisconsin Shares; changes to the food stamp program relating to financial eligibility for benefits, allowing an election to reduce benefits, recouping unused benefits, and prohibiting supplier discounts; prohibiting advertising concerning means-tested public assistance on radio or television; requiring consideration of the income and assets of all individuals in a household for purposes of eligibility for any means-tested public assistance; eligibility requirements for persons or families of low and moderate income to receive certain housing, housing assistance, grants, loans, or benefits from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Department of Administration, and local housing authorities; reducing the authority of local housing authorities; eligibility requirement for purposes of receiving low-income energy assistance; prohibiting new claims under the earned income tax credit; limiting eligibility for the homestead tax credit; elimination of certain grant programs administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and transfer of the unencumbered balances in the appropriations for those programs to the University of Wisconsin System for the purpose of tuition reduction; consideration of the income and assets of both parents of a student under 22 years of age for purposes of awarding a grant or scholarship to such a student and the permissible uses of grant or scholarship moneys awarded; income eligibility requirements for enrollment in a private school participating in a parental choice program; the school lunch program; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Sen. Glenn Grothman [R]

Sen. David Craig [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-06	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2014-04-08	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2014-04-08	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2014-04-03	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2014-03-31	Senate	Representative Craig withdrawn as a cosponsor
2014-03-31	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2014-03-31	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2014-03-28	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2014-03-28	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2014-03-13	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2014-03-13	Senate	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb676
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2013/REG/SB676.pdf