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WI SB 154

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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)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WI SB 154 pass?

No. WI SB 154 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI SB 154 about?

WI SB 154 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 SB 154?

Tomczyk, Nass, Cabral-Guevara and 1 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 154, joined by 17 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-21
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tomczykprimary
  • Nassprimary
  • Cabral-Guevaraprimary
  • Kapengaprimary
  • Mosescosponsor
  • Knodlcosponsor
  • Kaufertcosponsor
  • Allencosponsor
  • Behnkecosponsor
  • Callahancosponsor
  • Dittrichcosponsor
  • Goebencosponsor
  • Gundrumcosponsor
  • Maxeycosponsor
  • Murphycosponsor
  • Nedweskicosponsor
  • Neyloncosponsor
  • O'Connorcosponsor
  • Pentermancosponsor
  • Snydercosponsor
  • Wichgerscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

  2. 2026-02-18

    Referred to committee on Senate Organization

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-18

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Larson, Keyeski, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Pfaff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

    amendment-introduction

  4. 2026-02-18

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch

    amendment-introduction

  5. 2026-02-17

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  6. 2026-02-13

    Available for scheduling

  7. 2026-02-13

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2026-02-13

    Executive action taken

  9. 2026-02-12

    Public hearing held

  10. 2026-02-11

    Withdrawn from committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development and rereferred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-05-01

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  12. 2025-03-21

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  13. 2025-03-21

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2025-03-21

    Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Knodl, Kaufert, Allen, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder and Wichgers

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

    2026-02-13 · pass · 5-3

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