2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 326

Relating to: local grant writing and compliance assistance. (FE)

Vetoed Last action May 13, 2026: Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

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

Sponsors 20

Prime sponsors

Armstrong, B. Jacobson, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Goeben, Green, Johnson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Steffen, Swearingen, Tranel

Status

Vetoed as of May 13, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Local Government, Assembly Rules, Senate Organization (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 36

Date	Chamber	Action
May 13, 2026	Assembly	Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
May 12, 2026	Assembly	Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
April 3, 2026	Assembly	Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026
April 2, 2026	Assembly	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
March 25, 2026	Assembly	Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026
March 18, 2026	Assembly	Received from Senate concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
March 17, 2026	Senate	Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in
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	Read a second time
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
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
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 11:15 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
November 13, 2025	Assembly	Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
October 16, 2025	Assembly	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 3
October 16, 2025	Assembly	Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0
October 16, 2025	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
October 8, 2025	Assembly	Executive action taken
October 7, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Anderson
October 2, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz
September 23, 2025	Assembly	Fiscal estimate received
September 10, 2025	Assembly	Public hearing held
July 16, 2025	Assembly	Fiscal estimate received
July 8, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
July 8, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Swearingen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Johnson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Steffen and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Pfaff, Spreitzer and James

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.