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AB793 • 2025

creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds

creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representatives Franklin, Born, Behnke, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Knodl, Moses, Murphy, O'Connor and Wichgers, cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
A - Veto Sustained
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds

creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds Status: A - Veto Sustained

What This Bill Does

  • creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds Status: A - Veto Sustained

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Asm.

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

  2. 2026-05-12 Asm.

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  3. 2026-04-08 Asm.

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026

  4. 2026-04-02 Asm.

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  5. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026

  6. 2026-03-18 Asm.

    Received from Senate concurred in

  7. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Read a second time

  8. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  9. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Read a third time and concurred in

  11. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. 2026-03-16 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. 2026-03-11 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  14. 2026-03-11 Sen.

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development , Ayes 3, Noes 2

  15. 2026-03-11 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  16. 2026-03-03 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  17. 2026-02-20 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  18. 2026-02-18 Sen.

    Received from Assembly

  19. 2026-02-17 Asm.

    Read a second time

  20. 2026-02-17 Asm.

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. 2026-02-17 Asm.

    Rules suspended

  22. 2026-02-17 Asm.

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 56, Noes 43

  23. 2026-02-17 Asm.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. 2026-02-13 Asm.

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  25. 2026-02-12 Asm.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs , Ayes 7, Noes 3

  26. 2026-02-12 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  27. 2026-02-11 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  28. 2026-02-11 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  29. 2026-01-14 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  30. 2025-12-23 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Franklin , Born , Behnke , Dittrich , Duchow , Gundrum , Knodl , Moses , Murphy , O'Connor and Wichgers ; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard

  31. 2025-12-23 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

Official Summary Text

creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds
Status: A - Veto Sustained

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Wisconsin Legislature: AB793: Text as Enrolled

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2025 Assembly Bill 793

Date of publication*:
2025 WISCONSIN ACT
An Act

to amend
15.165 (title), 16.50 (3) (b), 16.505 (1) (intro.), 20.923 (7) (intro.) and 20.923 (7) (a);
to create
15.165 (5), 16.505 (2d), 40.03 (1) (dm), 40.03 (4m) and 230.08 (2) (pb) of the statutes;
relating to:
creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB793,1
Section
1
.
15.165 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.165
(title)
Same; attached boards
and offices
.
AB793,2
Section
2
.
15.165 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
15.165
(5)

Office of internal audit.
There is created an office of internal audit that is attached to the department of employee trust funds under s. 15.03. The office shall be under the direction and supervision of an internal auditor who shall be appointed by the employee trust funds board and serve outside the classified service. The internal auditor shall report directly to the employee trust funds board.
AB793,3
Section
3
.
16.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.50
(3)
(b) No change in the number of full-time equivalent positions authorized through the biennial budget process or other legislative act may be made without the approval of the joint committee on finance, except for position changes made by the governor under s. 16.505 (1) (c), (2), or (2j), by the investment board under s. 16.505 (2g),
by the employee trust funds board under s. 16.505 (2d),
or by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 16.505 (2m) or (2p).
AB793,4
Section
4
.
16.505 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.505
(1)
(intro.) Except as provided in subs. (2),
(2d),
(2g), (2j), (2m), and (2p), no position, as defined in s. 230.03 (11), regardless of funding source or type, may be created or abolished unless authorized by one of the following:
AB793,5
Section
5
.
16.505 (2d) of the statutes is created to read:
16.505
(2d)

The employee trust funds board may create or abolish a full-time equivalent internal auditor position or portion thereof funded from revenues appropriated under s. 20.515 (1) (w).
AB793,6
Section

6
.
20.923 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923
(7)

General senior executive positions.
(intro.) The salary ranges for the director and the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System and for the secretary, deputy secretary,
and
assistant deputy secretary
, and internal auditor
of the department of employee trust funds shall be contained in the recommendations of the administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of administration under s. 230.12 (3) (e). The board of the Wisconsin Technical College System shall set the salaries for the director and executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System within the range to which the positions are assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The employee trust funds board shall set the
salary

salaries
for the secretary
and the internal auditor
of the department of employee trust funds within the range to which
the

each
position is assigned to recognize merit, to permit orderly salary progression, and to recognize competitive factors. The salary of the deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds and the salary of the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds shall be set in accordance with subs. (8) and (9), respectively. The salary of any incumbent in the positions identified in pars. (a) and (b) may not exceed the maximum of the salary range for the group to which the position is assigned. The positions are assigned as follows:
AB793,7
Section

7
.
20.923 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923
(7)
(a) The positions assigned to general senior executive group 1 are the executive assistant of the Wisconsin Technical College System
and
,
the assistant deputy secretary of the department of employee trust funds
, and the internal auditor of the department of employee trust funds
.
AB793,8
Section
8
.
40.03 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
40.03
(1)
(dm) Shall develop and implement policies, principles, and directives for the office of internal audit and fix the compensation of the internal auditor provided for under s. 15.165 (5).
AB793,9
Section
9
.
40.03 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
40.03
(4m)

Office of internal audit.
(a) The office of internal audit shall provide independent assurance that the public employee trust fund assets under the control of the department are safeguarded for the purpose of ensuring the fulfillment of the benefit commitments to individuals under this chapter.
(b) The internal auditor may review any activity, information, or record of the department that relates to the administration of the fund.
(c) The internal auditor shall plan and conduct audit activities, including external audits, risk assessments, research projects, and management reviews, under the direction of the board and in accordance with policies, principles, and directives determined by the board.
(d) The internal auditor shall monitor the department’s compliance with applicable legal requirements and contracts entered into by the department and the board.
(e) Notwithstanding s. 230.08 (2) (pb), if an employee of the department holding the position of internal auditor in the classified service has achieved permanent status in class before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], and is appointed by the employee trust funds board under s. 15.165 (5) while serving in that position in the unclassified service, that employee shall retain reinstatement privileges as set forth in s. 230.33 (1m). An employee of the department holding the position of internal auditor in the classified service on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], who has not achieved permanent status in class in any position at the department on that date, shall have reinstatement privileges as set forth in s. 230.33 (1m) if the employee successfully completes service equivalent to the probationary period required in the classified service for the position that such an employee holds on that date.
AB793,10
Section
10
.
230.08 (2) (pb) of the statutes is created to read:
230.08
(2)
(pb)

The internal auditor appointed under s. 15.165 (5).
AB793,13
Section
13
. Nonstatutory provisions.
(
1
)
Incumbent internal auditor
. The individual holding the position of internal auditor in the department of employee trust funds on the day before the effective date of this subsection shall continue to serve in that position until an internal auditor is appointed under s. 15.165 (5)
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