Assembly Bill 255
FoodShare benefits for legal immigrants
Topics: Alien, Food stamp plan
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 15, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Public Health and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Before the 2011 biennial budget act (act), the Department of Health Services was required to provide benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly known as the food stamp program and called FoodShare in Wisconsin) to qualified aliens, unless such benefits were restored by the federal government. Under federal law, a state may, but is not required to, provide SNAP benefits to qualified aliens, and any state that does provide such benefits must pay the whole cost itself. The act eliminated the provision of FoodShare benefits to qualified aliens, except to the extent that it is required under federal law. This bill restores FoodShare benefits to qualified aliens, unless such benefits are restored by the federal government.
Who's behind it
8 lawmakers are its . All 8 are Democrats.
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Authors (8)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Elizabeth Coggs · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 5, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 2, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 15, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Public Health and Public Safety.
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Sep 15, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 15, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives E. Coggs, Roys, Toles, Bewley, Hulsey, Berceau, Young and Grigsby
- Sep 15, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health and Public Safety
- Nov 2, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 5, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate