2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 717

Relating to: Veterans Benefits Education Week.

In committee Last action June 1, 2026: Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

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

Sponsors 12

Prime sponsors

Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wirch

Status

In committee as of June 1, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Senate Natural Resources, Veteran 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
June 1, 2026	Senate	Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
March 19, 2026	Senate	Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
January 27, 2026	Senate	Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
January 26, 2026	Senate	Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
December 2, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
December 2, 2025	Senate	Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, Roys, L. Johnson, Wirch, Dassler-Alfheim, Smith, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives McCarville, Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Miresse, Prado, Joers, Subeck, Madison, Palmeri, Stubbs, Phelps, Udell, Roe, Bare, Arney, Neubauer and Stroud

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.