WI AB596 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 26)
Status: Passed on April 2 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-02 - Published 4-3-2026
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 26)
Status: Passed on April 2 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-02 - Published 4-3-2026
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
An Act to create 20.485 (2) (vv) of the statutes; Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)
Title
A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Read a third time and concurred in (Y: 32 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Senate Amendment 1 rejected (Y: 18 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-19 - House - Assembly: Read a third time and passed (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-19 - House - Assembly: Decision of the Chair upheld (Y: 55 N: 43 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Senate Amendment 1 rejected (Y: 18 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-19 - House - Assembly: Read a third time and passed (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-19 - House - Assembly: Decision of the Chair upheld (Y: 55 N: 43 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | House | Published 4-3-2026 |
| 2026-04-02 | House | Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 153 |
| 2026-04-01 | House | Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026 |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026 |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Received from Senate concurred in |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Ordered immediately messaged |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Rules suspended to give bill its third reading |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15 |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Read a second time |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Wall, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch |
| 2026-02-09 | Senate | Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Executive action taken |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c) |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Executive action taken |
| 2026-01-13 | Senate | Public hearing held |
| 2025-11-20 | Senate | Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families |
| 2025-11-20 | Senate | Received from Assembly |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Ordered immediately messaged |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0 |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Ordered to a third reading |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 55, Noes 43 |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Decision of the Chair appealed |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sinicki |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Read a second time |
| 2025-11-19 | House | Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors |
| 2025-11-13 | House | Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules |
| 2025-11-13 | House | Referred to committee on Rules |
| 2025-11-13 | House | Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0 |
| 2025-11-13 | House | Executive action taken |
| 2025-11-12 | House | Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Brown, McCarville and Tenorio |
| 2025-11-07 | House | Fiscal estimate received |
| 2025-10-29 | House | Representative Steffen added as a coauthor |
| 2025-10-29 | House | Public hearing held |
| 2025-10-27 | House | Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs |
| 2025-10-27 | House | Introduced |
Same As/Similar To
SB608 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
