Subjects

Public assistance

162 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 49 Relating to: a minor’s authority to consent to health care. Died at session end 2025
• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 70 Relating to: a minor’s authority to consent to health care. Died at session end 2025
• AB 607 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 624 Relating to: increasing the maximum penalty for certain controlled substances offenses if the violation occurs near a homeless shelter and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• AB 625 Relating to: pay for performance grant requirements. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 631 Relating to: use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 778 Relating to: eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 973 Relating to: grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 605 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 610 Relating to: increasing the maximum penalty for certain controlled substances offenses if the violation occurs near a homeless shelter and providing a penalty. Vetoed 2025
• SB 614 Relating to: pay for performance grant requirements. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 621 Relating to: use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 767 Relating to: eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 977 Relating to: grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 997 Relating to: funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1002 Relating to: funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1090 Relating to: the statewide policy regarding homelessness, an income tax credit for property taxes paid by senior citizens, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1174 Relating to: certain vacancies in public office. Died at session end 2025
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 126 Relating to: participation in the federal Public Assistance Reporting Information System. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 148 Relating to: disenrollment of ineligible individuals from and redeterminations of eligibility for the BadgerCare Plus program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 506 Relating to: legalizing the possession of marijuana; medical marijuana; regulating the production, processing, and sale of marijuana; expunging or redesignating past convictions for marijuana-related crimes; equity grants; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 513 Relating to: a Department of Children and Families program to make payments to child care programs, a child care partnership grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 585 Relating to: facilitating voter registration for applicants for public assistance. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 600 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 689 Relating to: pay for performance grant requirements, use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 729 Relating to: a minor's authority to consent to health care. Died at session end 2023
• SB 129 Relating to: participation in the federal Public Assistance Reporting Information System. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 245 Relating to: disenrollment of ineligible individuals from and redeterminations of eligibility for the BadgerCare Plus program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 486 Relating to: legalizing the possession of marijuana; medical marijuana; regulating the production, processing, and sale of marijuana; expunging or redesignating past convictions for marijuana-related crimes; equity grants; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 487 Relating to: a Department of Children and Families program to make payments to child care programs, a child care partnership grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 557 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 669 Relating to: pay for performance grant requirements, use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 704 Relating to: a minor's authority to consent to health care. Died at session end 2023
• AB 1148 Relating to: increasing state supplemental payments based on cost of living adjustments. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1090 Relating to: increasing state supplemental payments based on cost of living adjustments. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 77 Relating to: the practice of psychology, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 146 Relating to: grants to homeless individuals and families, grants to defray housing costs and for diversion programming, housing navigator grants, homeless case management services, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 537 Relating to: ratification of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. (FE) Became law 2021
• AB 604 Relating to: pay for performance grant requirements, housing navigator grants, use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 750 Relating to: school mental health and pupil wellness aid, funding for the University of Wisconsin System, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 930 Relating to: disregarding earned income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain public assistance programs. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 931 Relating to: housing authorities with waiting lists for public housing. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 942 Relating to: Requiring a biennial report to the Joint Committee on Finance on the availability of public benefits for certain groups of individuals and duties of the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health Services. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 111 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 185 Relating to: grants to homeless individuals and families, grants to defray housing costs and for diversion programming, housing navigator grants, homeless case management services, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 534 Relating to: ratification of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 731 Relating to: school mental health and pupil wellness aid, funding for the University of Wisconsin System, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 882 Relating to: disregarding earned income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain public assistance programs. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 883 Relating to: housing authorities with waiting lists for public housing. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1145 Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1168 Relating to: facilitating voter registration for applicants for public assistance. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1175 Relating to: interns employed by assembly and senate offices and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 1045 Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 52 Relating to: a minor contracting for admission to a shelter facility or transitional living program. Became law 2019
• AB 56 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Became law 2019
• AR 11 Relating to: proclaiming October 10, 2019, as World Homeless Day. Passed one chamber 2019
• SB 59 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Died at session end 2019
• SB 61 Relating to: a minor contracting for admission to a shelter facility or transitional living program. Died at session end 2019
• AB 119 Relating to: grants to homeless shelters, modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Administration, and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2019
• AB 120 Relating to: homelessness case management services and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 121 Relating to: housing navigator grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 122 Relating to: employment and training activities for homeless populations, the Council on Workforce Investment, and local workforce development boards. Died at session end 2019
• AB 123 Relating to: housing grants to homeless individuals and families and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 220 Relating to: marijuana possession, regulation of marijuana distribution and cultivation, medical marijuana, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of marijuana, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 508 Relating to: housing and homelessness; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; public assistance advisory committee; economic security; adverse childhood experiences reports; creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for household and dependent care services; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 526 Relating to: requiring continuing education on suicide prevention for physicians, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and substance abuse counselors and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 996 Relating to: child care provider rates under Wisconsin Shares, funding for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidies, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 119 Relating to: housing grants to homeless individuals and families and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 120 Relating to: housing navigator grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 122 Relating to: grants to homeless shelters, modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Administration, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 124 Relating to: employment and training activities for homeless populations, the Council on Workforce Investment, and local workforce development boards. Died at session end 2019
• SB 145 Relating to: homelessness case management services and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 155 Relating to: participation in the Volunteer Health Care Provider program by agencies serving homeless individuals. (FE) Became law 2019
• SB 377 Relating to: marijuana possession, regulation of marijuana distribution and cultivation, medical marijuana, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of marijuana, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 467 Relating to: housing and homelessness; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; public assistance advisory committee; economic security; adverse childhood experiences reports; creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for household and dependent care services; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 520 Relating to: requiring continuing education on suicide prevention for physicians, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and substance abuse counselors and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 889 Relating to: child care provider rates under Wisconsin Shares, funding for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidies, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 932 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 1038 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Became law 2019
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• SB 30 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Died at session end 2017
• AB 127 Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing a resident of this state to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 234 Relating to: creating an Interagency Council on Homelessness and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 235 Relating to: housing grants. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 236 Relating to: waiting lists for housing choice vouchers. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 237 Relating to: grants to municipalities to connect homeless individuals with permanent employment and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 327 Relating to: surplus retention limitations for providers of rate-based services purchased by certain state and county departments and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 377 Relating to: transitional housing grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 379 Relating to: case management services for recipients of federal housing choice vouchers. Died at session end 2017
• AB 380 Relating to: providing housing vouchers to individuals and families on a waiting list under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program. Died at session end 2017
• AB 785 Relating to: funding for child abuse and neglect prevention grants. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 969 Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance. Died at session end 2017
• AB 973 Relating to: universal basic income program and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 979 Relating to: requiring department review of public benefit databases. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 204 Relating to: waiting lists for housing choice vouchers. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 205 Relating to: housing grants. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 206 Relating to: grants to municipalities to connect homeless individuals with permanent employment and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 207 Relating to: creating an Interagency Council on Homelessness and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 255 Relating to: surplus retention limitations for providers of rate-based services purchased by certain state and county departments and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 313 Relating to: providing housing vouchers to individuals and families on a waiting list under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program. Died at session end 2017
• SB 314 Relating to: case management services for recipients of federal housing choice vouchers. Died at session end 2017
• SB 317 Relating to: transitional housing grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 658 Relating to: funding for child abuse and neglect prevention grants. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 797 Relating to: requiring department review of public benefit databases. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 805 Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance. Died at session end 2017
• SB 870 Relating to: public assistance advisory committee. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 886 Relating to: federal government waivers and other requests for federal approval; public assistance programs; waivers from work search and registration requirements for certain unemployment insurance benefit claimants; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 887 Relating to: legislative power and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, administrative rule-making process, federal government waivers and approvals, unemployment insurance work search and registration requirements, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1044 Relating to: public assistance advisory committee. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1072 Relating to: federal government waivers and other requests for federal approval; public assistance programs; waivers from work search and registration requirements for certain unemployment insurance benefit claimants; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1073 Relating to: legislative power and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, administrative rule-making process, federal government waivers and approvals, unemployment insurance work search and registration requirements, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• AB 140 Relating to: annual statements showing total public assistance and unemployment insurance benefits received. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 385 Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records. Died at session end 2015
• AB 386 Relating to: requiring verification from court orders for eligibility for public assistance programs. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 414 Relating to: eligibility for and premiums under the Medical Assistance purchase plan and disregarding assets in an independence account and retirement benefits for purposes of determining eligibility and cost-sharing requirements under a number of Medical Assistance and long-term care programs. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 440 Relating to: child support income withholding orders, deferred prosecution agreements, determining the amount of a home visitation program grant, modifications to the references to Milwaukee County by population, modifications to certain appropriations, and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 484 Relating to: providing additional funding for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 492 Relating to: local ordinances and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 656 Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance. Died at session end 2015
• AB 723 Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 749 Relating to: surplus retention limitations for providers of rate-based services purchased by the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Health Services, or a county department of human services, social services, community programs, or developmental disabilities services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 852 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 935 Relating to: duties and powers of the Department of Safety and Professional Services concerning certain credentialing and occupational licensing functions; mandatory meeting requirements for various boards and councils; membership and rules procedures of certain boards; discipline and examination and other licensure requirements for certain professionals; plumbing and fire protection systems and swimming pool plan review; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 290 Relating to: requiring verification from court orders for eligibility for public assistance programs. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 304 Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records. Became law 2015
• SB 317 Relating to: child support income withholding orders, deferred prosecution agreements, determining the amount of a home visitation program grant, modifications to the references to Milwaukee County by population, modifications to certain appropriations, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 356 Relating to: providing additional funding for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 533 Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 617 Relating to: surplus retention limitations for providers of rate-based services purchased by the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Health Services, or a county department of human services, social services, community programs, or developmental disabilities services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 688 Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance. Died at session end 2015
• SB 698 Relating to: duties and powers of the Department of Safety and Professional Services concerning certain credentialing and occupational licensing functions; mandatory meeting requirements for various boards and councils; membership and rules procedures of certain boards; discipline and examination and other licensure requirements for certain professionals; plumbing and fire protection systems and swimming pool plan review; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 737 Relating to: increasing funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services, modifying eligibility requirements for receiving services funded by those grants, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AJR 109 Relating to: requesting the department of health services and the department of children and families to seek waiver approval to create a sliding scale for eligibility for public benefit programs. Died at session end 2015
• SJR 102 Relating to: requesting the department of health services and the department of children and families to seek waiver approval to create a sliding scale for eligibility for public benefit programs. Died at session end 2015
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 49 Relating to: increasing the funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 25 Relating to: increasing the funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 270 Relating to: additional providers in the volunteer health care provider program and proof of financial responsibility and malpractice insurance requirements for certain advanced practice nurses serving as volunteer health care providers. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 437 Relating to: disabled offender recidivism reduction pilot programs, and making an appropriation. Died at session end 2013
• AB 490 Relating to: the laws of trusts, the Uniform Trust Code, the Uniform Principal and Income Act, powers of appointment, and changes to estate recovery and divestment provisions relating to public assistance programs. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 677 Relating to: rule-making procedures; amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records and the transitional jobs demonstration project. Died at session end 2013
• AB 754 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 770 Relating to: emergency heating assistance loan guarantees. Became law 2013
• AB 820 Relating to: using force against a certified or licensed social worker, school social worker, mental health worker, human services or social services worker, or public health worker. Died at session end 2013
• AB 840 Relating to: grants for homeless youths, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 903 Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance. Died at session end 2013
• AB 904 Relating to: eligibility for and premiums under the Medical Assistance purchase plan and disregarding assets in an independence account and retirement benefits for purposes of determining eligibility and cost-sharing requirements under a number of Medical Assistance and long-term care programs. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 125 Relating to: disabled offender recidivism reduction pilot programs, and making an appropriation. Died at session end 2013
• SB 245 Relating to: applications for public assistance programs, offenses in public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 384 Relating to: the laws of trusts, the Uniform Trust Code, the Uniform Principal and Income Act, powers of appointment, and changes to estate recovery and divestment provisions relating to public assistance programs. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 546 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 600 Relating to: using force against a certified or licensed social worker, school social worker, mental health worker, human services or social services worker, or public health worker. Died at session end 2013
• SB 612 Relating to: emergency heating assistance loan guarantees. Died at session end 2013
• SB 676 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) Died at session end 2013
• SB 699 Relating to: heating assistance for propane used for home heating. (FE) Died at session end 2013