AB 1802025 to 2026
bill
2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill
AB 180
Relating to: requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)
Enacted Last action March 24, 2026: Published 3-24-2026
Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Sponsors 17
Status
Enacted as of March 24, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.
Referred to: Assembly Public Benefit Reform, Assembly Rules, Joint Finance, Senate Organization (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 0
No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.
Timeline 43
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2026 | Assembly | Published 3-24-2026 |
| March 24, 2026 | Assembly | Report approved by the Governor on 3-23-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 116 |
| March 18, 2026 | Assembly | Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026 |
| March 18, 2026 | Assembly | Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026 |
| March 18, 2026 | Assembly | LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2) |
| March 18, 2026 | Assembly | Received from Senate concurred in |
| March 17, 2026 | Senate | Ordered immediately messaged |
| March 17, 2026 | Senate | Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8 |
| March 17, 2026 | Senate | Rules suspended to give bill its third reading |
| March 17, 2026 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| March 17, 2026 | Senate | Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15 |
| March 17, 2026 | Senate | Read a second time |
| March 17, 2026 | Senate | Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall |
| March 16, 2026 | Senate | Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) |
| March 16, 2026 | Senate | Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 |
| March 11, 2026 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| March 11, 2026 | Senate | Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 2 |
| March 11, 2026 | Senate | Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 |
| March 11, 2026 | Senate | Executive action taken |
| March 10, 2026 | Senate | Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c) |
| February 25, 2026 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| February 25, 2026 | Senate | Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization |
| February 23, 2026 | Senate | Received from Assembly |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Ordered immediately messaged |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Read a third time and passed, Ayes 71, Noes 22 |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Rules suspended |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Ordered to a third reading |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Moses |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Read a second time |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers |
| February 18, 2026 | Assembly | Made a special order of business at 11:07 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14 |
| November 13, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Moses |
| November 13, 2025 | Assembly | Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules |
| May 29, 2025 | Assembly | Referred to committee on Rules |
| May 29, 2025 | Assembly | Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 4, Noes 2 |
| May 28, 2025 | Assembly | Executive action taken |
| May 15, 2025 | Assembly | Public hearing held |
| May 12, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Brill added as a coauthor |
| May 8, 2025 | Assembly | Fiscal estimate received |
| April 16, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor |
| April 15, 2025 | Assembly | Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform |
| April 15, 2025 | Assembly | Introduced by Representatives Moses, Knodl, Kaufert, Allen, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Nass and Tomczyk |
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.