2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 1006

Relating to: the definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits.

In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 18

Prime sponsors

Behnke, Brown, Dittrich, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, Kaufert, Knodl, Kurtz, Maxey, Murphy, Novak, Sinicki, Stubbs, Tucker, Wichgers

Status

In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Veterans and Military Affairs (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 7

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Assembly	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
March 19, 2026	Assembly	Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
March 12, 2026	Assembly	Representative Joers added as a coauthor
February 16, 2026	Assembly	Representative Melotik added as a coauthor
February 16, 2026	Assembly	Representative Udell added as a coauthor
February 6, 2026	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
February 6, 2026	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Kurtz, Franklin, Tucker, Behnke, Brown, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, Kaufert, Knodl, Murphy, Novak, Sinicki, Stubbs and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Marklein, Carpenter and Dassler-Alfheim

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.