Assembly Bill 918
Establishment of a veterans court grant program and making an appropriation
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
Apr 3, 2014
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Veterans. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Justice administers a program that provides grants to counties to work with persons, other than violent offenders, who have been charged with or convicted of crimes and who abuse alcohol or drugs with the goal of providing them alternatives to incarceration such as deferred prosecution and counseling based on the principles of restorative justice. Under current law, a violent offender is one who has one or more prior convictions for a felony involving the use or attempted use of force with the intent to cause death or seriously bodily harm and is now being charged with, or has now been convicted of, a similar offense.
A county receiving a grant must provide persons participating in the program with social services, including treatment for substance abuse, mental health treatment, and assistance in finding employment and housing. Under current law, a county must provide matching funds that are equal to 25 percent of the amount of the grant for the program, and a person participating in the program must pay a reasonable amount for any substance use or mental health treatment he or she receives in the program, based on his or her income and available assets.
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This bill creates a similar grant program to be administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans who have been charged with or convicted of crimes and who are not violent offenders. Under this program, the veteran participating in the program need not abuse alcohol or drugs in order to be eligible.
Who's behind it
20 lawmakers are its . All 20 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 3, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Veterans.
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Apr 3, 2014
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Hesselbein, Kolste, C. Taylor, Sargent, Ringhand, Sinicki, Milroy, Bewley, Richards, Shankland, Hebl, Berceau, Young, Ohnstad, Barnes, Wachs, Genrich, Pasch and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Risser, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Harris and Lassa
- Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor