Evers calls Legislature to special session

Gov. Tony Evers has signed Executive Order No. 156, calling the state Legislature to meet in a special session on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The governor is calling the special session to take up his plan to use a portion of the state’s $3.8 billion projected surplus to provide a $150 surplus refund to every Wisconsin resident, provide targeted relief for child care and caregiver costs, and invest in education while holding the line on property taxes. Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released new projections indicating the state general fund balance will have a $3.8 billion surplus at the end of the 2021–23 biennium — nearly $2.9 billion more than was expected in June 2021. The special session calls upon the legislature to act on bills related to the additional child and dependent care tax credit, a rebate for individual residents, and a family caregiver tax credit among other measures.