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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 165

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: local guaranteed income programs.

County — Finance Municipality — Finance Public welfare

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a political subdivision from expending moneys of the political subdivision for the purpose of making payments to individuals under a guaranteed income program. “Guaranteed income program” is defined under the bill to mean a program under which individuals are provided with regular periodic cash payments that are unearned and that may be used for any purpose. Programs under which an individual is required to perform work or attend training are not “guaranteed income programs” under the bill.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Green (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Wichgers (R)

3 cosponsors

Goeben (R) , Nass (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 9

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 Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Apr 15, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 53–42 Apr 22, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 53

Nay · 42

Not voting · 2

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Nov 10, 2025 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 18–15 Nov 18, 2025 official source full page

Full history

  1. Apr 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Piwowarczyk, Maxey, Allen, Behnke, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Green, B. Jacobson, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Nass and Wanggaard

  2. Apr 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform

  3. Apr 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Goeben added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  7. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 by Committee on Rules

  9. Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 42, Paired 2

  11. Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Apr 23, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Apr 24, 2025 · Senate

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

  16. Nov 5, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  17. Nov 10, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  18. Nov 10, 2025 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  19. Nov 10, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  22. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  24. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  25. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  27. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025

  28. Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  29. Dec 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 12-5-2025

  30. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  31. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82