WI AB726

Establishes a minimum wage of $2.33 per hour (the state's tipped worker rate) for all inmates and residents performing labor in state correctional institutions and county jails

Requires existing Bureau of Correctional Enterprises wage rates to increase by $2.33 per hour upon the bill's effective date

Removes current law provision prohibiting wages from being set at rates that would cause operational deficits

Appropriates $58,933,600 in FY 2025-26 and $88,400,400 in FY 2026-27 for state correctional institution inmate wages

Appropriates $873,300 in FY 2025-26 and $1,310,000 in FY 2026-27 for wages of inmates working under the Bureau of Correctional Enterprises