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AB744 • 2025

free state park admission for veterans and gold star families

free state park admission for veterans and gold star families

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Miresse, Prado, Joers, DeSanto, Subeck, Palmeri, Stubbs, Udell, Sheehan, Kaufert, Roe, McCarville, Snodgrass, Bare, Tenorio, Arney, Behnke, Neubauer and Stroud, cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Smith, Jacque, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Veterans and Military Affairs
Effective date
Not listed

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free state park admission for veterans and gold star families

free state park admission for veterans and gold star families Status: A - Veterans and Military Affairs

What This Bill Does

  • free state park admission for veterans and gold star families Status: A - Veterans and Military Affairs

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-20 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-01-27 Asm.

    Representatives Anderson and Johnson added as coauthors

  4. 2026-01-20 Asm.

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  5. 2026-01-05 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. 2026-01-05 Asm.

    Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor

  7. 2025-12-03 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Sinicki , Rivera-Wagner , Miresse , Prado , Joers , DeSanto , Subeck , Palmeri , Stubbs , Udell , Sheehan , Kaufert , Roe , McCarville , Snodgrass , Bare , Tenorio , Arney , Behnke , Neubauer and Stroud ; cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein , Habush Sinykin , Drake , Ratcliff , L. Johnson , Smith , Jacque , Carpenter , Larson and Spreitzer

  8. 2025-12-03 Asm.

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

Official Summary Text

free state park admission for veterans and gold star families
Status: A - Veterans and Military Affairs

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 744
December 3, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Sinicki
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Miresse
,
Prado
,
Joers
,
DeSanto
,
Subeck
,
Palmeri
,
Stubbs
,
Udell
,
Sheehan
,
Kaufert
,
Roe
,
McCarville
,
Snodgrass
,
Bare
,
Tenorio
,
Arney
,
Behnke
,
Neubauer
and
Stroud
, cosponsored by Senators
Hesselbein
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Drake
,
Ratcliff
,
L. Johnson
,
Smith
,
Jacque
,
Carpenter
,
Larson
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
AB744,1,2
1
An Act

to create
27.01 (7) (c) 13. of the statutes;
relating to:
free state park
2
admission for veterans and gold star families.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no person may operate a vehicle in any state park or in certain other recreational areas on state land unless the vehicle displays a vehicle admission receipt.
This bill provides that a vehicle admission receipt is not required for any vehicle occupied by a person who is a veteran under federal law or who qualifies under federal law for a gold star lapel button (commonly known as gold star family), which signifies that the recipient is the immediate family member of a member of the U.S. armed forces who died while serving during a time of conflict.
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:
AB744,1
3
Section
1
.
27.01 (7) (c) 13. of the statutes is created to read:
AB744,2,3
4
27.01
(7)
(c) 13. Any vehicle, except a motor bus, occupied by a person who
1
produces evidence that he or she is a veteran, as defined in
38 USC 10
1, or that he
2
or she meets any of the eligibility criteria specified in
10 USC 112
6 (a) (1) to (3) for
3
a gold star lapel button.
AB744,2,4
4
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