2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 718

Relating to: free state park admission for veterans and gold star families. (FE)

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 10

Prime sponsors

Carpenter, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Jacque, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith, Spreitzer

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: 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 10

Date	Chamber	Action
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 28, 2026	Senate	Public hearing held
January 27, 2026	Senate	Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
January 26, 2026	Senate	Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
January 20, 2026	Senate	Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
January 5, 2026	Senate	Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
January 5, 2026	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
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, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Smith, Jacque, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Miresse, Prado, Joers, DeSanto, Subeck, Palmeri, Stubbs, Udell, Sheehan, Kaufert, Roe, McCarville, Snodgrass, Bare, Tenorio, Arney, Behnke, 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.