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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1017
February 6, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Joers
,
Phelps
,
Snodgrass
,
Roe
,
Anderson
,
Andraca
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Billings
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Hong
,
J. Jacobson
,
Johnson
,
Kirsch
,
Madison
,
Mayadev
,
McCarville
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
Palmeri
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Sheehan
,
Sinicki
,
Spaude
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Tenorio
,
Udell
,
Vining
,
DeSanto
,
Goodwin
,
Subeck
and
Taylor
, cosponsored by Senators
Dassler-Alfheim
,
L. Johnson
,
Drake
,
Hesselbein
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
,
Spreitzer
,
Roys
and
Habush Sinykin
. Referred to Committee on Children and Families.
AB1017,1,5
1
An Act
to amend
49.155 (1m) (intro.), 49.155 (1m) (a) 6., 49.155 (1m) (c) 1.
2
(intro.) and 49.155 (1m) (cr) (intro.);
to create
20.437 (2) (cp), 49.155 (1m) (a)
3
5m., 49.155 (1m) (c) 4., 49.155 (1m) (cm) 4. and 49.155 (2s) of the statutes;
4
relating to:
child care subsidies for custodial parents who are child care
5
employees and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill extends Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy eligibility to custodial parents who are employees of a child care provider.
Under current law, the Wisconsin Shares program provides child care subsidies as part of Wisconsin Works (W-2), which provides work experience and benefits for low-income custodial parents and is administered by the Department of Children and Families. Under this bill, if a custodial parent meets all other requirements established in law and is an employee of a child care provider, the custodial parent may be eligible for the child care subsidy even if the custodial parent does not meet the income restrictions. The bill creates a sum sufficient GPR appropriation for the purpose of paying child care subsidies to custodial parents who are employees of a child care provider and who do not meet all of the income restrictions.
For further information see the state 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:
AB1017,1
1
Section
1
.
20.437 (2) (cp) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1017,2,4
2
20.437
(2)
(cp)
Wisconsin works child care for child care employees.
A sum
3
sufficient for paying child care subsidies for child care employees under s. 49.155
4
(2s).
AB1017,2
5
Section
2
.
49.155 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1017,2,14
6
49.155
(1m)
Eligibility.
(intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3g), the
7
department shall determine, contract with a county department or agency to
8
determine, or contract with a county department or agency to share determination
9
of the eligibility of individuals residing in a particular geographic region or who are
10
members of a particular Indian tribal unit for child care subsidies under this
11
section. Under this section, and subject to
sub.
subs.
(2)
and (2s)
, an individual may
12
receive a subsidy for child care for a child who has not attained the age of 13 or, if
13
the child is disabled, who has not attained the age of 19, if the individual meets all
14
of the following conditions:
AB1017,3
15
Section
3
.
49.155 (1m) (a) 5m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1017,2,16
16
49.155
(1m)
(a) 5m. Being employed by a child care provider.
AB1017,4
17
Section
4
.
49.155 (1m) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1017,2,19
18
49.155
(1m)
(a) 6. Taking a temporary break from an authorized activity
19
specified in subds. 1. to
5.
5m.
AB1017,5
20
Section
5
.
49.155 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1017,3,9
1
49.155
(1m)
(c) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1d., 1g., 1h., 1m., 2.,
2
and
3.,
and 4.,
the gross income of the individual’s family is at or below 200 percent
3
of the poverty line for a family the size of the individual’s family. In calculating the
4
gross income of the family, the department or county department or agency
5
determining eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support
6
payments received by the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per
7
month, and income described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3., except that, in
8
calculating farm and self-employment income, the department or county
9
department or agency determining eligibility shall include the sum of the following:
AB1017,6
10
Section
6
.
49.155 (1m) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1017,3,12
11
49.155
(1m)
(c) 4. This paragraph does not apply if the individual is eligible
12
for subsidies under sub. (2s).
AB1017,7
13
Section
7
.
49.155 (1m) (cm) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1017,3,14
14
49.155
(1m)
(cm) 4. An employee of a child care provider.
AB1017,8
15
Section
8
.
49.155 (1m) (cr) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1017,3,17
16
49.155
(1m)
(cr) (intro.) Except as provided under
sub.
subs.
(2m)
and (2s)
, the
17
individual’s family meets all of the following asset restrictions:
AB1017,9
18
Section
9
.
49.155 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1017,3,24
19
49.155
(2s)
Eligibility for child care employees.
Notwithstanding sub.
20
(1m) (c), (cm), and (cr), an individual is eligible for subsidies under this section from
21
the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (2) (cp) if the individual does not meet all
22
of the conditions under sub. (1m) (c), (cm), and (cr) but does meet the conditions
23
under sub. (1m) (a), (b), (bm), (br), and (d) and is an employee of a child care
24
provider.
AB1017,10
1
Section
10
. Fiscal changes.
AB1017,4,5
2
(
1
)
In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department
3
of children and families under s. 20.437 (2) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year
4
2025-26 is increased by $1,200,000 for administrative costs associated with
5
providing child care subsidies to child care employees under this act.
AB1017,4,6
6
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