Assembly Bill 1059
Funding for home-delivered meals and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Food, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment, Senior citizen
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 26, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care. The committee's chair at the time was Clint Moses. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 1055. That version died when the session ended.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Health Services and the federal government provide funding for home-delivered meals for seniors. This bill increases by $250,000 in each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 the amount appropriated to DHS for programs for senior citizens for the purpose of increasing the funding available for the home-delivered meals.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . All 16 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Andrew Hysell · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 10, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Feb 26, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Feb 26, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Taylor, Clancy, Goodwin, Hysell, Kirsch, Madison, Miresse, Prado, Palmeri, Roe, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Rivera-Wagner and Sheehan; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Spreitzer and Carpenter
- Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Mar 10, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Arney added as a coauthor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
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
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