2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 983

Relating to: the definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits.

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 4

Prime sponsors

Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Marklein, Testin

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 7

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
March 19, 2026	Senate	Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
March 12, 2026	Senate	Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
February 17, 2026	Senate	Representative Melotik added as a cosponsor
February 16, 2026	Senate	Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
February 6, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
February 6, 2026	Senate	Introduced by Senators Testin, Marklein, Carpenter and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Kurtz, Franklin, Tucker, Behnke, Brown, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, Kaufert, Knodl, Murphy, Novak, Sinicki, Stubbs and Wichgers

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.