Assembly Bill 50

State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)

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Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

Introduced, passed

Feb 18, 2025
Committee, passed

Approved
Assembly vote, stopped here

Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
Senate vote, not reached
Governor, not reached
Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 45. That version became law.

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Committee

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

INTRODUCTION This bill is the executive budget bill under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes. It contains the governor’s recommendations for appropriations for the 2025–27 fiscal biennium.

The bill sets the appropriation levels in chapter 20 of the statutes for the 2025–27 fiscal biennium. The descriptions that follow in this analysis relate to the most significant changes in the law that are proposed in the bill.

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For additional information concerning the bill, see the Department of Administration’s publication Budget in Brief and the executive budget books, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s summary document, and the Legislative Reference Bureau’s drafting files, which contain separate drafts on each policy item.

__________________________________________________________________ GUIDE TO THE BILL The budget bill is organized like other bills. First, treatments of statutes appear in ascending numerical order of the statute affected. Next, any treatments of prior session laws appear ordered by the year of original enactment and then by act number (for instance, a treatment of 2021 Wisconsin Act 15 would precede a treatment of 2023 Wisconsin Act 6 ). Next, any treatments of the Administrative Rules appear.

The remaining sections of the budget bill are organized by type of provision and, within each type, alphabetically by state agency. The first two digits of the four-digit section number indicate the type of provision:

91XX Nonstatutory provisions.

92XX Fiscal changes.

93XX Initial applicability.

94XX Effective dates.

The remaining two digits indicate the state agency or subject area to which the provision relates:

XX01 Administration.

XX02 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

XX03 Arts Board.

XX04 Building Commission.

XX05 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.

XX06 Children and Families.

XX07 Circuit Courts.

XX08 Corrections.

XX09 Court of Appeals.

XX10 District Attorneys.

XX11 Educational Communications Board.

XX12 Elections Commission.

XX13 Employee Trust Funds.

XX14 Employment Relations Commission.

XX15 Ethics Commission.

XX16 Financial Institutions.

XX17 Governor.

XX18 Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

XX19 Health Services.

XX20 Higher Educational Aids Board.

XX21 Historical Society.

XX22 Housing and Economic Development Authority.

XX23 Insurance.

XX24 Investment Board.

XX25 Joint Committee on Finance.

XX26 Judicial Commission.

XX27 Justice.

XX28 Legislature.

XX29 Lieutenant Governor.

XX30 Local Government.

Who's behind it

The Joint Committee on Finance introduced it at the governor's request.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

Amendment Histories