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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 745
December 12, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
James
,
Tomczyk
,
Carpenter
and
Larson
, cosponsored by Representatives
Kitchens
,
Snyder
,
Duchow
,
Franklin
,
Novak
,
Rodriguez
,
Krug
,
Allen
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Clancy
,
Emerson
,
Goodwin
,
Hong
,
Kirsch
,
Kreibich
,
McCarville
,
Melotik
,
Mursau
,
Neubauer
,
Prado
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
and
Subeck
. Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.
SB745,1,3
1
An Act
to create
995.40 of the statutes;
relating to:
eligibility to receive
2
occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred
3
Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, federal law prohibits all but certain noncitizens from receiving any “state or local public benefit,” which is defined to include any “professional license, or commercial license provided by an agency of a state or local government.” However, federal law allows states to explicitly allow eligibility for certain public benefits. This bill allows certain individuals who are not U.S. citizens to receive credentials to practice certain occupations in this state if he or she meets all other requirements for the credential. Under the bill, an eligible individual is an individual to whom all of the following apply: 1) the individual has been granted deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; 2) the individual’s deferred action is not expired; and 3) the individual possesses an unexpired employment authorization document issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Any credential issued to an individual under the bill is only valid for the period of time during which the individual’s employment authorization document is valid.
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:
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1
Section
1
.
995.40 of the statutes is created to read:
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2
995.40 Eligibility of certain individuals who are not U.S. citizens for
3
occupational authorization. (1)
In this section:
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4
(a) “Affiliated credentialing board” has the meaning given in s. 15.01 (1g).
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(b) “Department” has the meaning given in s. 15.01 (5). “Department”
6
includes the state superintendent of public instruction.
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(c) “Division” has the meaning given in s. 15.01 (6).
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(d) “Examining board” has the meaning given in s. 15.01 (7).
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(e) “Independent agency” has the meaning given in s. 15.01 (9). “Independent
10
agency” includes the commissioner of insurance.
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(f) “Issuing authority” means the department, division, independent agency,
12
examining board, section of an examining board, or affiliated credentialing board
13
that issues an occupational authorization.
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14
(g) “Occupational authorization” means any credential, license, certificate,
15
permit, registration, or approval that is issued to an individual by any department,
16
division, independent agency, examining board, section of an examining board, or
17
affiliated credentialing board.
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(2)
Pursuant to
8 USC 1621
(d), an individual who is not a U.S. citizen is
19
eligible to receive any occupational authorization despite the individual’s
20
citizenship status if all of the following apply:
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1
(a) The individual has been granted deferred action under the deferred action
2
for childhood arrivals program of the federal department of homeland security.
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3
(b) The individual’s deferred action under the deferred action for childhood
4
arrivals program of the federal department of homeland security is not expired.
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5
(c) The individual possesses an unexpired employment authorization
6
document issued by the federal department of homeland security.
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(3)
Nothing in this section affects any requirement or qualification for an
8
applicant to obtain an occupational authorization that is not related to the
9
citizenship status of the applicant.
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10
(4)
For each individual who applies for an occupational authorization and to
11
whom this section applies, the issuing authority shall verify the individual’s
12
employment authorization document issued by the federal department of homeland
13
security through the systematic alien verification for entitlements program
14
operated by the federal department of homeland security or an equivalent program
15
designated by the federal department of homeland security prior to issuing an
16
occupational authorization.
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17
(5)
If an individual's employment authorization is withdrawn, the individual
18
shall cease practice under the individual's occupational authorization and
19
immediately notify the issuing authority.
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(6)
Any occupational authorization issued to an individual to whom this
21
section applies shall be valid only for the period of time during which the
22
individual’s employment authorization document issued by the federal department
23
of homeland security is valid. If an individual's employment authorization expires
1
prior to the renewal date specified for the occupational authorization that the
2
individual is applying for under state law, the issuing authority shall provide a
3
credential expiration date corresponding to the date that the individual's
4
employment authorization expires. An individual may renew a credential that
5
expires due to the expiration of the individual's employment authorization by
6
renewing the individual's employment authorization, notifying the issuing
7
authority that his or her employment authorization was renewed, and satisfying
8
any other requirements for renewal of the individual's occupational authorization.
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(7)
An issuing authority may adjust the fees associated with an occupational
10
authorization to correspond to the increased cost of collecting numeric identifiers
11
for verification that are required under federal law. An issuing authority may only
12
adjust fees under this subsection to recoup the exact cost of collecting numeric
13
identifiers for verification that are required under federal law.
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14
(8)
Nothing in this section may be construed to grant eligibility to an
15
individual for any public benefits other than receiving an occupational
16
authorization.
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17
(9)
This section does not apply to any individual who is granted deferred
18
action under the deferred action for childhood arrivals program of the federal
19
department of homeland security following the effective date of this subsection ....
20
[LRB insert date].
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