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SB608 • 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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The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senators Wimberger, James, Quinn, Stafsholt and Tomczyk, cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Moses, Hurd, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder, Spiros, Tucker, Wichgers, Mursau and Steffen
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)
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: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

What This Bill Does

  • a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

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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. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-02-03 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  3. 2026-02-03 Sen.

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

  4. 2026-02-03 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  5. 2026-01-29 Sen.

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  6. 2026-01-22 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  7. 2026-01-22 Sen.

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

  8. 2026-01-22 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  9. 2026-01-13 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  10. 2025-11-19 Sen.

    Representatives Stubbs and Ortiz-Velez added as cosponsors

  11. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. 2025-11-06 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Wimberger , James , Quinn , Stafsholt and Tomczyk ; cosponsored by Representatives Franklin , Moses , Hurd , Steffen , Armstrong , Behnke , Brill , Dittrich , Donovan , Goeben , Green , B. Jacobson , Kaufert , Knodl , O'Connor , Penterman , Snyder , Spiros , Tucker , Wichgers , Mursau and Summerfield

  13. 2025-11-06 Sen.

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

Official Summary Text

a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation
Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 608
November 6, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Wimberger
,
James
,
Quinn
,
Stafsholt
and
Tomczyk
, cosponsored by Representatives
Franklin
,
Moses
,
Hurd
,
Armstrong
,
Behnke
,
Brill
,
Dittrich
,
Donovan
,
Goeben
,
Green
,
B. Jacobson
,
Kaufert
,
Knodl
,
O'Connor
,
Penterman
,
Snyder
,
Spiros
,
Tucker
,
Wichgers
,
Mursau
and
Steffen
. Referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families.
SB608,1,3
1
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:
SB608,1
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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SB608,2
4
Section

2
.
20.485 (2) (vv) of the statutes is created to read:
SB608,2,7
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.
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