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AB596 • 2025

a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation

a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
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
Last action
2026-04-02
Official status
A - Enacted into Law
Effective date
Not listed

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a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation

a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation Status: A - Enacted into Law

What This Bill Does

  • a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation Status: A - Enacted into Law

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-02 Asm.

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 153

  2. 2026-04-02 Asm.

    Published 4-3-2026

  3. 2026-04-01 Asm.

    Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026

  4. 2026-02-13 Asm.

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026

  5. 2026-02-12 Asm.

    Received from Senate concurred in

  6. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    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

  7. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    Read a second time

  8. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  9. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  11. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1

  12. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  13. 2026-02-11 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. 2026-02-09 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  15. 2026-02-03 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  16. 2026-02-03 Sen.

    Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 15, Noes 0

  17. 2026-02-03 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  18. 2026-01-29 Sen.

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  19. 2026-01-22 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  20. 2026-01-22 Sen.

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families , Ayes 5, Noes 0

  21. 2026-01-22 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  22. 2026-01-13 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  23. 2025-11-20 Sen.

    Received from Assembly

  24. 2025-11-20 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  25. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors

  26. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Read a second time

  27. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sinicki

  28. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  29. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  30. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 55, Noes 43

  31. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Ordered to a third reading

  32. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Rules suspended

  33. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  34. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  35. 2025-11-13 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  36. 2025-11-13 Asm.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs , Ayes 12, Noes 0

  37. 2025-11-13 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  38. 2025-11-13 Asm.

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  39. 2025-11-12 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki , Brown , McCarville and Tenorio

  40. 2025-11-07 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  41. 2025-10-29 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  42. 2025-10-29 Asm.

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  43. 2025-10-27 Asm.

    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

  44. 2025-10-27 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

Official Summary Text

a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation
Status: A - Enacted into Law

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 596
October 27, 2025 - 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
. Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
AB596,1,3
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An Act

to create
20.485 (2) (vv) of the statutes;
relating to:
a state matching
2
grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an
3
appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current federal law, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs awards per diem payments to eligible organizations that furnish services to homeless veterans in an amount of up to $82.73 per day per veteran housed.
The bill appropriates $950,000 in each fiscal year of the 2025-26 biennium to the state Department of Veterans Affairs to provide state matching grants to eligible entities other than the state that are recipients of federal per diem payments.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB596,1
4
Section

1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
5
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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AB596,2
4
Section

2
.
20.485 (2) (vv) of the statutes is created to read:
AB596,2,7
5
20.485
(2)
(vv)
State matching grants.
The amounts in the schedule to
6
provide state matching grants to eligible entities other than the state that are
7
recipients of federal per diem payments.
AB596,2,8
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