Senate Bill 500
WHEDA pilot program to make grants to counties for down payment assistance. (FE)
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
Aug 5, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade. 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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Cost estimate
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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.
This bill directs the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority to establish a pilot program to award grants to three counties that the counties will then distribute as down payment assistance to individuals for the purchase of a principal residence. Under the bill, the amount of down payment assistance to each individual is limited to $15,000 and the total amount of grants WHEDA may award is $2,000,000.
Under the bill, a county that wants to participate in the program must file an application with WHEDA. The bill directs WHEDA to award grants based on criteria determined by the authority that includes the county showing it will use the grants to provide down payment assistance to individuals who meet the following conditions:
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1. The individual's household income does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty line.
2. The individual will use the monies to make a down payment on the purchase of a principal residence for the individual in the county.
3. The individual completes a financial education program approved by WHEDA.
4. The individual agrees to pay back the assistance if he or she does not maintain the residence as his or her principal residence for a period of at least five years.
An individual who wants to receive down payment assistance must apply to the county. Upon the applicant's showing to the county's satisfaction that the above conditions are met, the county must approve the application and hold the amount of down payment assistance awarded in a restricted account for that individual for a period of up to nine months. The county must pay the account's funds to the individual upon his or her purchase of the principal residence. If the individual does not purchase a principal residence by the end of the nine-month period, the county may use the funds to provide down payment assistance to another applicant.
Under the bill, if an individual who receives down payment assistance fails to maintain the residence as his or her principal residence for a period of at least five years, the individual must pay back the assistance to the county. The county may use the monies to make an award to another applicant.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Democrats.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (19)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Sara Rodriguez · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · 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 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Aug 27, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 5, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade.
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Aug 5, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Aug 5, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Agard, Johnson, Roys, Larson and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hong, Shelton, Hebl, Baldeh, Snodgrass, Moore Omokunde, Conley, Andraca, Neubauer, Stubbs, Pope, Sinicki, Cabrera, Spreitzer, Subeck, Emerson, Bowen, S. Rodriguez and Shankland
- Aug 5, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade
- Aug 27, 2021 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
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
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
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