Overview

• Gov. Tony Evers enacted the two-year spending plan in the early hours of July 3 after the Legislature approved the delayed budget on July 2.
• The law enacts $1.3 billion in income tax cuts for 1.6 million middle-class taxpayers, expands the 4.4% bracket, exempts the first $24,000 of senior income and eliminates the electricity sales tax.
• The University of Wisconsin System will receive a $256 million boost—its largest in two decades—while K-12 special education funding rises by $500 million.
• Child care programs gain $330 million in support, including direct provider payments, and over $200 million is raised for transportation projects through fee adjustments.
• A provision calls for closing the 127-year-old Green Bay Correctional Center by 2029 as part of broader corrections reforms.