WI AB 180
enactedRelating to: requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 180 pass?
Yes. WI AB 180 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-24. Latest recorded action (2026-03-24): Published 3-24-2026
What is WI AB 180 about?
WI AB 180 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 180?
Wichgers, Snyder, Penterman and 14 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 180.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-15
- Latest action
- 2026-03-24 — Published 3-24-2026
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Wichgersprimary
- Snyderprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Neylonprimary
- Nedweskiprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Goebenprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Callahanprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Allenprimary
- Kaufertprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Mosesprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-04-15
Introduced by Representatives Moses, Knodl, Kaufert, Allen, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Nass and Tomczyk
introduction
2025-04-15
Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-16
Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
2025-05-08
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-05-12
Representative Brill added as a coauthor
2025-05-15
Public hearing held
2025-05-28
Executive action taken
2025-05-29
Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 4, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-29
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-13
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Moses
amendment-introduction
2025-11-13
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
2026-02-18
Made a special order of business at 11:07 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2026-02-19
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers
amendment-introduction
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-19
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Moses
amendment-introduction
2026-02-19
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 71, Noes 22
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-25
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-25
Available for scheduling
2026-03-10
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
referral-committee
2026-03-11
Executive action taken
2026-03-11
Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0
2026-03-11
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-11
Available for scheduling
2026-03-16
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-03-17
Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall
amendment-introduction
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-17
Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
amendment-failure
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-18
LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)
2026-03-18
Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026
enrolled
2026-03-18
Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-24
Report approved by the Governor on 3-23-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 116
executive-signature
2026-03-24
Published 3-24-2026
became-law
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Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 4, Noes 2
2025-05-29 · pass · 4-2
PASSAGE
2026-02-19 · pass · 71-22
Member-level votes (93)
- MIRESSE: no
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: yes
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: no
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: no
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: no
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SINICKI: no
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STUBBS: no
- SUBECK: yes
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 2
2026-03-11 · pass · 11-2
Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0
2026-03-11 · pass · 13-0
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2026-03-17 · pass · 25-8
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WALL: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- NASS: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- QUINN: yes
- WIRCH: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- JAMES: yes
- SMITH: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- JOHNSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2026-03-17 · pass · 18-15
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