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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 1002

Funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Health Services, Department of: Administration, Medical service, Public assistance

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Feb 18, 2026, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 2, 2026

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 18, 2026

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 997. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill appropriates $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to the Department of Health Services for grants to fund economic support specialist positions in resource centers, as provided in other legislation. If the other legislation is not enacted into law during the 2025 legislative session, the appropriation of the money is void.

Who's behind it

Todd Novak, a Republican, is its ⁠.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 7 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (6)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 3 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it

Passed, 14 to 0 · Feb 12, 2026

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 Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 97 to 0 · Feb 18, 2026 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (97)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote to recommend it

Passed, 4 to 1 · Mar 12, 2026

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 Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 19, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Mar 12, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.

  4. Feb 23, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Feb 20, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.

  6. Feb 19, 2026

    The Senate received it.

  7. Feb 18, 2026

    The Assembly passed it, 97 to 0.

  8. Feb 18, 2026

    The Assembly adopted it.

  9. Feb 16, 2026 to Feb 17, 2026

    5 more representatives signed on in support.

  10. Feb 12, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  11. Feb 12, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.

  12. Feb 10, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  13. Feb 4, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  14. Feb 3, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  15. Feb 2, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.

  16. Feb 2, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Novak; cosponsored by Senator James

  2. Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  8. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  10. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Fitzgerald, Sinicki and Miresse added as coauthors

  11. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor

  12. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:42 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  13. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  14. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Novak

  16. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  17. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0

  20. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government

  23. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  24. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  25. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  26. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  27. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  28. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

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

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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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