Senate Bill 1037
Feasibility study concerning the establishment of a down payment assistance grant program. (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
Feb 19, 2024
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry. 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 conduct a feasibility study with respect to the establishment of a program to award up to $2,000,000 in grants to counties that the counties will then distribute as down payment assistance to individuals for the purchase of a principal residence. The program would include the requirement that counties use the grants to provide down payment assistance to individuals who meet at least the following conditions:
1. The individual's household income does not exceed 80 percent of the area median family income in the participant county, adjusted for family size, as published annually by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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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.
Under the bill, WHEDA must submit a report of its findings from the feasibility study to the legislature no later than December 31, 2024. The report must include any recommendations of WHEDA, including additional or different eligibility criteria for counties and individuals participating in the grant program.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- 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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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 28, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 20, 2024
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 19, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Feb 19, 2024
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 19, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Agard, L. Johnson and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Considine, Shelton, Ratcliff, Emerson, Stubbs, Clancy, Conley, Sinicki, Moore Omokunde, Subeck, J. Anderson, Bare and Ohnstad
- Feb 19, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Feb 20, 2024 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Feb 28, 2024 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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