WI AB 596

enacted

Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WI AB 596 pass?

Yes. WI AB 596 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): Published 4-3-2026

What is WI AB 596 about?

WI AB 596 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 596?

Mursau, Wichgers, Tucker and 18 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 596, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-10-27
Latest action: 2026-04-02 — Published 4-3-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-02
Published 4-3-2026
became-law
2026-04-02
Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 153
executive-signature
2026-04-01
Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026
executive-receipt
2026-02-13
Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026
enrolled
2026-02-12
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-02-11
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-11
Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
2026-02-11
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
passage,reading-3
2026-02-11
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-02-11
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-11
Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
amendment-failure
2026-02-11
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-11
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
amendment-introduction
2026-02-09
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-03
Available for scheduling
2026-02-03
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Executive action taken
2026-01-29
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
referral-committee
2026-01-22
Available for scheduling
2026-01-22
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Executive action taken
2026-01-13
Public hearing held
2025-11-20
Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-11-20
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-11-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-19
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2025-11-19
Rules suspended
2025-11-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-19
Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 55, Noes 43
2025-11-19
Decision of the Chair appealed
2025-11-19
Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
2025-11-19
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sinicki
amendment-introduction
2025-11-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-19
Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors
2025-11-13
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-13
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-13
Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-13
Executive action taken
2025-11-12
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Brown, McCarville and Tenorio
amendment-introduction
2025-11-07
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-10-29
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
2025-10-29
Public hearing held
2025-10-27
Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-27
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
introduction

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Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0
2025-11-13 · pass · 12-0
SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND
2025-11-19 · pass · 55-43
Member-level votes (98)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: no
- ANDRACA: no
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: no
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: no
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: no
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: no
- FITZGERALD: no
- 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: no
- JOERS: no
- JOHNSON: no
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: no
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: no
- MCGUIRE: no
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: no
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: no
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
- PALMERI: no
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: no
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: no
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: no
- SINICKI: no
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: no
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: no
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: no
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: no
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
PASSAGE
2025-11-19 · pass · 98-0
Member-level votes (98)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: yes
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: yes
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: yes
- CRUZ: yes
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: yes
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: yes
- HONG: yes
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: yes
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: yes
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: yes
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: yes
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: yes
- SHEEHAN: yes
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: yes
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: yes
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: yes
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TENORIO: yes
- 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 Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2026-01-22 · pass · 5-0
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
2026-02-03 · pass · 15-0
Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2026-02-11 · pass · 18-15
CONCURRENCE
2026-02-11 · pass · 32-1
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- ROYS: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- SMITH: yes
- CARPENTER: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- SPREITZER: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- DRAKE: yes
- LARSON: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WALL: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- NASS: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- QUINN: yes
- WIRCH: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- KAPENGA: no

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab596

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