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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 546

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Relating to: admission of spouses at veterans homes. (FE)

Veteran — Hospitals and home

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill allows spouses of veterans to be admitted as members to state veterans

homes before the veteran spouse is admitted as a member. Under current law, in

addition to other eligibility requirements, a spouse of a veteran may be admitted to

a state veterans home only if that person's veteran spouse is already a member of the

state veterans home. This bill provides that a spouse of a veteran may be admitted

to a state veterans home even when the person's veteran spouse is not a member of

the state veteran home, if the spouse of the veteran meets all other eligibility

requirements, including that he or she 1) is permanently incapacitated due to

physical disability or age from any substantially gainful occupation; 2) has not been

convicted of certain crimes; 3) provides a financial statement to the Department of

Veterans Affairs; and 4) has care needs that the veterans home is able to provide.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Hesselbein (D) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Taylor (D) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

32 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Callahan (R) , Carpenter (D) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gustafson (R) , Hurd (R) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Magnafici (R) , Maxey (R) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Penterman (R) , Petersen (R) , Rozar (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vos (R) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 12, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Wanggaard, Hesselbein, James, Marklein, Nass, Taylor and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Vos, Armstrong, Behnke, Cabrera, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Gustafson, Hurd, Magnafici, Michalski, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Penterman, Rozar, Shankland, Stubbs, Subeck and Sinicki

  2. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Wirch added as a coauthor

  7. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  9. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  10. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  13. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  16. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Jan 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Maxey added as a cosponsor

  20. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  21. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:20 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28

  22. Feb 21, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor

  23. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 22, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  29. Feb 29, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  30. Mar 18, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

  31. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 204

  32. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-23-2024