Wisconsin legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin AB790: An Act to amend 25.60 and 299.97 (2); to create 13.59, 20.370 (4) (az), 20.435 (1) (s), 25.17 (1) (ymk), 25.44 and 299.87 of the statutes; Relating to: creating the water fund for our future, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Status: Failed, April 13, 2026
What the bill says
To amend 25.60 and 299.97 (2); to create 13.59, 20.370 (4) (az), 20.435 2(1) (s), 25.17 (1) (ymk), 25.44 and 299.87 of the statutes; relating to: creating 3the water fund for our future, granting rule-making authority, and making an 4appropriation. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill creates a new nonlapsible trust fund, designated as the water fund for our future, to consist of a onetime transfer of $250,000,000 from the general fund…
From the introduced text, December 23, 2025:
to amend 25.60 and 299.97 (2); to create 13.59, 20.370 (4) (az), 20.435 2(1) (s), 25.17 (1) (ymk), 25.44 and 299.87 of the statutes; relating to: creating 3the water fund for our future, granting rule-making authority, and making an 4appropriation. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill creates a new nonlapsible trust fund, designated as the water fund for our future, to consist of a onetime transfer of $250,000,000 from the general fund. Under the bill, the Joint Committee on Finance may at any time transfer any amount of the unencumbered balance from the fund to the budget stabilization fund, if the budget stabilization fund has been fully expended. The bill also creates the Joint Committee for the Oversight of the Water Fund for Our Future, composed of three majority party and two minority party senators and three majority party and two minority party representatives to the assembly, appointed as are the members of standing committees in their respective houses; the secretary of health services or his or her designee; and the secretary of natural resources or his or her designee. Under the bill, the committee receives applications for making expenditures from the fund and makes recommendations to JCF regarding use of the fund. Under the bill, the committee may also recommend to JCF an amount to transfer to …