Senate Bill 120
Financial aid for service members and their immediate families and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Aug 7, 2013. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Apr 1, 2013
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 33 to 0
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jun 6, 2013
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2013 Wisconsin Act 45
Latest entry in the official record, Aug 7, 2013: “Published 8-6-2013”
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Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) is required to provide financial aid from the military family relief fund to certain military family members. The military family relief fund is funded by the voluntary donations of Wisconsin taxpayers on state income tax returns. Under current law, a person may be eligible to receive military family financial aid if he or she is a Wisconsin resident who is part of the immediate family of a service member who is a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces or of the Wisconsin national guard, is a Wisconsin resident, and is serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. Service members themselves are not eligible for military family financial aid.
This bill extends eligibility for military family financial aid to members of the immediate family of a service member who is a Wisconsin resident and is a member of the U.S. armed forces, including any reserve unit, or of the Wisconsin national guard, regardless of whether that service member is on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. The bill also extends eligibility for military family financial aid to a service member who is a Wisconsin resident and is a member of he U.S. armed forces, including any reserve unit, or of the Wisconsin national guard, regardless of whether that service member is on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or has any immediate family members who are eligible for the financial aid.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 5 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Apr 11, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Apr 16, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to Joint Committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Apr 16, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 33 to 0 · Apr 17, 2013
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (33)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- John Lehman (D, 21)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd (D, 6)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Richard Gudex (R, 18)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Veterans vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · May 13, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Veterans, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Aug 7, 2013
The new law was published.
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Aug 7, 2013
The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 45.
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Aug 2, 2013
Sent to the governor.
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Jun 6, 2013
The Assembly passed it too.
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May 13, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 13, 2013
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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May 9, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 23, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Veterans.
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Apr 17, 2013
The Assembly received it.
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Apr 17, 2013
The Senate passed it, 33 to 0.
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Apr 17, 2013
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Apr 16, 2013
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Apr 16, 2013
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Apr 11, 2013
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Apr 4, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 2, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 1, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Apr 1, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 1, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Lassa, Olsen, Schultz and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Petryk, Bies, Berceau, Bernier, Brooks, Endsley, Jacque, Kahl, Kestell, Mursau, Ohnstad, Sinicki and Strachota, by request of Department of Military Affairs
- Apr 1, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs
- Apr 2, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 4, 2013 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Apr 11, 2013 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Apr 11, 2013 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Apr 11, 2013 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 16, 2013 · Senate
Referred to Joint Committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Apr 16, 2013 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Apr 16, 2013 · Senate
Placed on calendar 4-17-2013 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Apr 17, 2013 · Senate
Read a second time
- Apr 17, 2013 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 17, 2013 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Apr 17, 2013 · Senate
Senator Hansen added as a coauthor
- Apr 17, 2013 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0
- Apr 17, 2013 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 17, 2013 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Apr 23, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans
- May 9, 2013 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 9, 2013 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- May 13, 2013 · Assembly
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Veterans, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- May 13, 2013 · Assembly
Referred to Committee on Rules
- Jun 4, 2013 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 6-6-2013 by Committee on Rules
- Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Jun 6, 2013 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 7, 2013 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Jun 17, 2013 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Aug 2, 2013 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 8-2-2013
- Aug 7, 2013 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 8-5-2013. 2013 Wisconsin Act 45
- Aug 7, 2013 · Senate
Published 8-6-2013
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote