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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 817
January 14, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Keyeski
,
Spreitzer
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Drake
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Hesselbein
,
Larson
,
Pfaff
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
,
Smith
,
L. Johnson
,
Carpenter
and
Wirch
, cosponsored by Representatives
Joers
,
Arney
,
Anderson
,
Andraca
,
Bare
,
Billings
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSanto
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Hong
,
Hysell
,
J. Jacobson
,
Johnson
,
Kirsch
,
Madison
,
McCarville
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
Phelps
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Snodgrass
,
Tenorio
,
Udell
,
Vining
,
Mayadev
,
Prado
,
Sheehan
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
and
Subeck
. Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.
SB817,1,3
1
An Act
to create
20.435 (4) (bu) and 49.79 (7s) of the statutes;
relating to:
2
healthy food incentive program funding, payment processing equipment and
3
services for farmers’ markets and farmers, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 for the healthy food incentive program. The bill also requires the Department of Health Services to provide electronic benefit transfer (EBT) and credit and debit card processing equipment and services to farmers’ markets and farmers who sell directly to consumers as a payment processing program. The bill specifies that the EBT processing equipment and services must include equipment and services for the food stamp program, which is known as FoodShare. Under the bill, the vendor that processes the EBT and credit and debit card transactions must also process any local purchasing incentives. The bill provides $735,000 for this payment processing program, and included in that amount is funding for a portion of a full-time employee position for DHS to coordinate and provide other services for the payment processing program.
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:
SB817,1
1
Section
1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
2
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
See PDF for table
SB817,2
8
Section
2
.
20.435 (4) (bu) of the statutes is created to read:
SB817,2,12
9
20.435
(4)
(bu)
Payment processing program for farmers.
Biennially, the
10
amounts in the schedule to provide electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit
11
card processing equipment and services to farmers’ markets and farmers who sell
12
directly to consumers under s. 49.79 (7s).
SB817,3
13
Section
3
.
49.79 (7s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB817,2,21
14
49.79
(7s)
Payment processing program.
The department shall administer
15
a payment processing program to provide to farmers’ markets and farmers who sell
16
directly to consumers electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit card
17
processing equipment and services, including electronic benefit transfer for the food
18
stamp program. To participate in the payment processing program, the vendor that
19
is under contract to process the electronic benefit transfer and credit and debit card
20
transactions shall also process any local purchasing incentives, even if those local
21
purchasing incentives are funded by a local third-party entity.
SB817,4
22
Section
4
. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB817,3,5
1
(
1
)
Payment processing program; position.
The authorized FTE positions
2
for the department of health services are increased by 0.625 GPR position, to be
3
funded from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (4) (bu), for the purpose of
4
coordinating the payment processing program and providing other services under s.
5
49.79 (7s).
SB817,5
6
Section
5
. Fiscal changes.
SB817,3,11
7
(
1
)
Healthy food incentive program.
In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
8
for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (4) (bt),
9
the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $1,000,000 and the dollar
10
amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $1,000,000 to support the healthy
11
food incentive program under s. 49.79 (7w).
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12
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