Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)
Health services department of — Administration Medical service Public assistance
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
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.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Novak (R)
6 cosponsors
Doyle (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , James (R) , Johnson (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez, Fitzgerald, Sinicki and Miresse
Registered lobbying interests · 2
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Votes
Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0
Passed 14–0 Feb 12, 2026 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Aye · 97
- Adam Neylon (15)
- Alex Dallman (39)
- Alex Joers (81)
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner (90)
- Amanda Nedweski (32)
- Andrew Hysell (48)
- Angela Stroud (73)
- Angelina Cruz (62)
- Angelito Tenorio (14)
- Ann Roe (44)
- Barbara Dittrich (99)
- Ben DeSmidt (65)
- Ben Franklin (88)
- Bob Donovan (61)
- Bob Wittke (63)
- Brent Jacobson (87)
- Brienne Brown (43)
- Calvin Callahan (35)
- Chanz Green (74)
- Christian Phelps (93)
- Christine Sinicki (20)
- Chuck Wichgers (84)
- Cindi Duchow (97)
- Clint Anderson (45)
- Clint Moses (92)
- Dan Knodl (24)
- Darrin Madison (10)
- Dave Armstrong (67)
- Dave Maxey (83)
- Dave Murphy (56)
- David Steffen (4)
- Dean Kaufert (53)
- Deb Andraca (23)
- Duke Tucker (75)
- Elijah Behnke (6)
- Francesca Hong (76)
- Greta Neubauer (66)
- Gus Gustafson (55)
- Jeff Mursau (36)
- Jenna Jacobson (50)
- Jerry O'Connor (60)
- Jessie Rodriguez (21)
- Jill Billings (95)
- Jim Piwowarczyk (98)
- Joan Fitzgerald (46)
- Jodi Emerson (91)
- Joe Sheehan (26)
- Joel Kitchens (1)
- John Spiros (86)
- Joy Goeben (5)
- Kalan Haywood (16)
- Karen DeSanto (40)
- Karen Hurd (69)
- Karen Kirsch (7)
- Kevin Petersen (57)
- Lee Snodgrass (52)
- Lindee Brill (27)
- Lisa Subeck (79)
- Lori Palmeri (54)
- Margaret Arney (18)
- Mark Born (37)
- Maureen McCarville (42)
- Mike Bare (80)
- Nancy VanderMeer (70)
- Pat Snyder (85)
- Paul Melotik (22)
- Paul Tittl (25)
- Priscilla Prado (9)
- Randy Udell (47)
- Renuka Mayadev (77)
- Rick Gundrum (58)
- Rob Brooks (59)
- Rob Kreibich (28)
- Rob Summerfield (68)
- Rob Swearingen (34)
- Robin Vos (33)
- Ron Tusler (3)
- Ryan Clancy (19)
- Ryan Spaude (89)
- Scott Allen (82)
- Scott Krug (72)
- Sequanna Taylor (11)
- Shae Sortwell (2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (30)
- Shelia Stubbs (78)
- Steve Doyle (94)
- Supreme Moore Omokunde (17)
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (8)
- Tara Johnson (96)
- Tip McGuire (64)
- Todd Novak (51)
- Tony Kurtz (41)
- Travis Tranel (49)
- Treig Pronschinske (29)
- Tyler August (31)
- Vinnie Miresse (71)
- Will Penterman (38)
Not voting · 2
- Robyn Vining (13)
- Russell Goodwin (12)
Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1
Passed 4–1 Mar 12, 2026 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Novak; cosponsored by Senator James
- Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
- Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Johnson added as a coauthor
- Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly
Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Fitzgerald, Sinicki and Miresse added as coauthors
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 1:42 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Novak
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 19, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Feb 23, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1