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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 684
November 26, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Clancy
,
Taylor
,
Anderson
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Billings
,
Brown
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Goodwin
,
Joers
,
Madison
,
McCarville
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
Palmeri
,
Prado
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Subeck
,
Tenorio
,
Udell
and
Vining
, cosponsored by Senators
Larson
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Drake
,
Hesselbein
,
L. Johnson
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AB684,1,5
1
An Act
to repeal
59.90, 62.50 (1j), 62.90, 77.70 (2) (c), 77.701 (2) (c), 77.701 (3),
2
79.039 (1) and 79.039 (1m);
to amend
62.50 (1h), 62.50 (1m), 62.50 (3) (title),
3
62.50 (3) (a), 62.50 (3) (am) and 66.1105 (2) (f) 2. e. of the statutes;
relating to:
4
eliminating and modifying certain provisions enacted under
2023 Act 1
2
5
regarding the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill eliminates or modifies the following provisions enacted under
2023 Act 12
:
County sales tax; unfunded retirement system liability
1. Current law allows a county in which a city of the first class is located (Milwaukee County) to adopt a sales tax at the rate of 0.4 percent to pay the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the county’s retirement system. Beginning in 2026, current law requires a county that imposes the tax to annually submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance containing detailed information on the county’s expenditures in the previous year from the sales tax revenues. The bill eliminates that reporting requirement.
2. In addition, the county must comply with other provisions and restrictions under current law. For example, the total amount of the county’s budgeted expenditures related to cultural or entertainment matters may not be greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted expenditures for the budget period. In addition, the county board may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that includes new program spending or increases the number of county positions only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the board. Current law also requires the county to identify all buildings that the county has authority to sell and that are not being used by the county and prepare a plan for the use or sale of these buildings. The county must then submit that plan to the Joint Committee on Finance. The bill eliminates these and similar provisions that apply only to the county.
First class city sales tax; unfunded retirement system liability
1. Current law allows a city of the first class (Milwaukee) to adopt a sales tax at the rate of 2 percent to pay the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the city’s retirement system. Current law requires the city, beginning in 2026, to annually submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance containing detailed information on the city’s expenditures in the previous year from the sales tax revenues, including expenditures and staffing levels related to law enforcement, fire protection, and other public safety measures. The bill eliminates this reporting requirement.
2. In addition, the city must comply with other provisions and restrictions under current law. For example, the total amount of the city’s budgeted expenditures related to cultural or entertainment matters may not be greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted expenditures for the budget period. In addition, the city’s common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that includes new program spending or increases the number of city positions only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the common. Current law also requires the city to maintain a level of law enforcement and fire protective and emergency medical service that is at least equivalent to that provided in the city in the previous year. Along with these restrictions and requirements, the city is prohibited from using moneys raised by levying taxes for developing, operating, or maintaining a rail fixed guideway transportation system or funding any position for which the principal duties consist of promoting individuals or groups on the basis of their race, color, ancestry, national origin, or sexual orientation. The bill eliminates these and similar provisions that apply only to the city.
Fire and police commission
This bill authorizes the fire and police commission of a first class city to prescribe general policies and standards for the police and fire departments and to prescribe rules for the government of the members of the departments. Under current law, the chief of each police and fire department has authority for the control and management of those departments. In addition, current law provides that the policies established by the chiefs for the control and management of the departments may be modified or suspended by a two-thirds vote of the city’s common council.
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:
AB684,1
1
Section
1
.
59.90 of the statutes is repealed.
AB684,2
2
Section
2
.
62.50 (1h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,4,2
3
62.50
(1h)
Organization.
In all 1st class cities, however incorporated, there
4
shall be a board of fire and police commissioners, consisting of either 7 or 9 citizens,
5
not more than 3, if the board has 7 members, or 4, if the board has 9 members, of
6
whom shall at any time belong to the same political party.
At least one member of
7
the board shall be selected from a list submitted under sub. (1j) by the employee
8
association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers and at least
9
one member shall be selected from a list submitted under sub. (1j) by the employee
10
association that represents fire fighters. For an appointment that is required to be
11
selected from a list under this subsection, the mayor shall make the appointment
12
within 45 days after receiving a list under sub. (1j).
The staff and members of the
13
board shall receive the salary or other compensation for their services fixed by the
14
common council. The salary shall be fixed at the same time and in the same
15
manner as the salary of other city officials and employees. Except as otherwise
16
provided in this subsection, a majority of the members-elect, as that term is used in
17
s. 59.001 (2m), of the board shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction
18
of business. A 3-member panel of the board may conduct, and decide by majority
19
vote, a trial described under sub. (12) or may hear and decide, by majority vote,
1
charges filed by an aggrieved person under sub. (19). It shall be the duty of the
2
mayor of the city, on or before the 2nd Monday in July, to appoint 7, or 9, members
3
of the board, designating the term of office of each, one to hold one year, 2 to hold 2
4
years, 2 to hold 3 years, one to hold 4 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to
5
hold 4 years if the board has 9 members, and one to hold 5 years if the board has 7
6
members, and 2 to hold 5 years if the board has 9 members, and until their
7
respective successors shall be appointed and qualified. Thereafter the terms of
8
office shall be 5 years from the 2nd Monday in July, and until a successor is
9
appointed and qualified. The mayor may reduce the size of the board from 9 to 7
10
members by failing to appoint 2 successors for individuals whose terms expire at
11
the same time. Every person appointed a member of the board shall be subject to
12
confirmation by the common council and every appointed member shall, before
13
entering upon the duties of the office take and subscribe the oath of office
14
prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the constitution, and file the same duly
15
certified by the officer administering it, with the clerk of the city.
A member of the
16
board may not continue in office after the expiration of his or her term unless the
17
member is reappointed to the board and confirmed by the common council.
Not
18
later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after a member appointed by the
19
mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall enroll in a training
20
class that is related to the mission of the board and, not later than the first day of
21
the 13th month beginning after a member appointed by the mayor is confirmed by
22
the common council, the member shall complete the class. The training class shall
23
be conducted by the city. Appointments made prior to the time this subchapter first
1
applies to a 1st class city shall not be subject to confirmation by the common
2
council.
AB684,3
3
Section
3
.
62.50 (1j) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684,4
4
Section
4
.
62.50 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,4,10
5
62.50
(1m)
Policy review.
The board shall conduct at least once each year a
6
policy review of all aspects of the operations of the police and fire departments of
7
the city
and may advise the common council regarding any recommended policy
8
changes
. The board may
prescribe general policies and standards for the
9
department and
inspect any property of the departments, including but not limited
10
to books and records, required for a review under this section.
AB684,5
11
Section
5
.
62.50 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,4,12
12
62.50
(3)
(title)
Regulation of the departments
Rules
.
AB684,6
13
Section
6
.
62.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,4,19
14
62.50
(3)
(a) The
chief of each department shall establish policies relating to
15
the control and management
board may prescribe rules for the government of the
16
members
of each department
and may delegate its rule-making authority to the
17
chief of each department. The board shall prescribe a procedure for review,
18
modification and suspension of any rule which is prescribed by the chief, including
19
any rule which is in effect on March 28, 1984
.
AB684,7
20
Section
7
.
62.50 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,4,23
21
62.50
(3)
(am) The common council may suspend
or modify any policy
22
established
any rule prescribed by the board
under par. (a)
only upon a two-thirds
23
vote of all of the members of the common council
.
AB684,8
1
Section
8
.
62.90 of the statutes is repealed.
AB684,9
2
Section
9
.
66.1105 (2) (f) 2. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB684,5,8
3
66.1105
(2)
(f) 2. e. For a tax incremental district in the city of Milwaukee,
4
direct or indirect expenses related to
developing, constructing, or
operating a rail
5
fixed guideway transportation system, as defined in s. 85.066 (1), in the city of
6
Milwaukee.
This subd. 2. e. does not apply to the development or construction of a
7
rail fixed guideway transportation system route traversing Clybourn Street and
8
Michigan Street, referred to as the “Lakefront Line.”
AB684,10
9
Section
10
.
77.70 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684,11
10
Section
11
.
77.701 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684,12
11
Section
12
.
77.701 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684,13
12
Section
13
.
79.039 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684,14
13
Section
14
.
79.039 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB684,5,14
14
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