AB 5962025 to 2026
bill
2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill
AB 596
Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)
Enacted Last action April 2, 2026: Published 4-3-2026
Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Sponsors 21
Status
Enacted as of April 2, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.
Referred to: Assembly Rules, Assembly Veterans and Military Affairs, Joint Finance, Senate Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 0
No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.
Timeline 44
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | Assembly | Published 4-3-2026 |
| April 2, 2026 | Assembly | Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 153 |
| April 1, 2026 | Assembly | Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026 |
| February 13, 2026 | Assembly | Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026 |
| February 12, 2026 | Assembly | Received from Senate concurred in |
| February 11, 2026 | Senate | Ordered immediately messaged |
| February 11, 2026 | Senate | Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor |
| February 11, 2026 | Senate | Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 |
| February 11, 2026 | Senate | Rules suspended to give bill its third reading |
| February 11, 2026 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| February 11, 2026 | Senate | Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15 |
| February 11, 2026 | Senate | Read a second time |
| February 11, 2026 | 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 |
| February 9, 2026 | Senate | Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) |
| February 3, 2026 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| February 3, 2026 | Senate | Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 |
| February 3, 2026 | Senate | Executive action taken |
| January 29, 2026 | Senate | Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c) |
| January 22, 2026 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| January 22, 2026 | Senate | Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 |
| January 22, 2026 | Senate | Executive action taken |
| January 13, 2026 | Senate | Public hearing held |
| November 20, 2025 | Senate | Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families |
| November 20, 2025 | Senate | Received from Assembly |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Ordered immediately messaged |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0 |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Rules suspended |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Ordered to a third reading |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 55, Noes 43 |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Decision of the Chair appealed |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sinicki |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Read a second time |
| November 19, 2025 | Assembly | Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors |
| November 13, 2025 | Assembly | Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules |
| November 13, 2025 | Assembly | Referred to committee on Rules |
| November 13, 2025 | Assembly | Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0 |
| November 13, 2025 | Assembly | Executive action taken |
| November 12, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Brown, McCarville and Tenorio |
| November 7, 2025 | Assembly | Fiscal estimate received |
| October 29, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Steffen added as a coauthor |
| October 29, 2025 | Assembly | Public hearing held |
| October 27, 2025 | Assembly | Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs |
| October 27, 2025 | Assembly | Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Moses, Hurd, Summerfield, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder, Spiros, Tucker, Wichgers and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, James, Quinn, Stafsholt 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.