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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 555
October 17, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Kapenga
,
Hutton
,
Bradley
,
Jacque
,
Nass
,
Tomczyk
and
Quinn
, cosponsored by Representatives
Brill
,
Nedweski
,
Knodl
,
Allen
,
Armstrong
,
Behnke
,
Brooks
,
Dittrich
,
Goeben
,
Green
,
Kreibich
,
Melotik
,
Murphy
,
O'Connor
and
Wichgers
. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB555,1,3
1
An Act
to amend
16.42 (1) (intro.), 16.423 (3) (a), 16.423 (3m) and 16.46 (5g);
to
2
create
16.42 (5) and 16.423 (3) (f) of the statutes;
relating to:
zero−based
3
biennial budget requests by executive branch agencies.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that the Department of Administration, beginning with the 2027−29 fiscal biennium, must require 20 percent of executive branch agencies to submit their biennial budget requests prepared using the principles of zero−based budgeting for each of their activities, units, and programs. In each subsequent fiscal biennium, DOA must require a different 20 percent of executive branch agencies to submit their budget requests prepared using zero−based budgeting principles, with each agency required to do so at least once during any five consecutive fiscal biennia. The bill defines “zero−based budgeting” as the compilation of an agency’s budget in which each component is justified on the basis of cost, need, and relation to the statutory responsibilities of the agency.
The bill also requires that agency budget base reports, which all agencies must submit each fiscal biennium under current law, identify the intended goal of each appropriation and analyze whether each appropriation completely succeeded in meeting its intended goal and, if not, an explanation as to why not. The bill also requires that DOA post the reports on its website.
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:
SB555,1
1
Section
1
.
16.42 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB555,2,6
2
16.42
(1)
(intro.) All agencies, other than the legislature and the courts, no
3
later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, in the form and content
4
prescribed by the department,
but subject to the requirements of sub. (5),
shall
5
prepare and forward to the department and to the legislative fiscal bureau the
6
following program and financial information:
SB555,2
7
Section
2
.
16.42 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB555,2,11
8
16.42
(5)
(a) In this subsection, “zero−based budgeting” means the
9
compilation of a budget in which each component is justified on the basis of cost,
10
need, and relation to the statutory responsibilities of the state agency for which the
11
budget is made.
SB555,2,17
12
(b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning with the 2027-29 fiscal
13
biennium, the department shall require 20 percent of agencies under sub. (1) to
14
submit their biennial budget requests prepared using the principles of zero−based
15
budgeting for each of the agency’s activities, units, and programs. In each fiscal
16
biennium thereafter, the department shall require a different 20 percent of the
17
agencies to submit their biennial budget requests in this form.
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18
2. The department shall require each agency to submit its biennial budget
19
request prepared using the principles of zero−based budgeting for each of its
20
activities, units, and programs at least once during any 5 consecutive fiscal biennia.
SB555,3
1
Section
3
.
16.423 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB555,3,3
2
16.423
(3)
(a) A description of each appropriation of the state agency
and a
3
statement identifying the intended goal of the appropriation
.
SB555,4
4
Section
4
.
16.423 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB555,3,8
5
16.423
(3)
(f) For each appropriation of the state agency, an analysis of
6
whether the appropriation 100 percent succeeded in meeting the intended goal
7
identified under par. (a) and, if not, an explanation as to why the appropriation did
8
not 100 percent succeed in meeting the intended goal.
SB555,5
9
Section
5
.
16.423 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB555,3,15
10
16.423
(3m)
A report filed under this section shall be in a form that is
11
consistent with the form used by a state agency that filed a base budget review
12
report under s. 16.423, 2007 stats
., and modified to capture the additional
13
information required to be reported under sub. (3), including the information
14
reported under sub. (3) (f). The agency shall make the reports available on its
15
website
.
SB555,6
16
Section
6
.
16.46 (5g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB555,3,19
17
16.46
(5g)
A summary of the information submitted to the department by
18
state agencies under s. 16.423
, and the hyperlink to the agency's website where the
19
the reports submitted by state agencies are available under s. 16.423 (3m)
.
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20
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