Assembly Bill 176
Financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. (FE)
Topics: Disease, Family, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. 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
Apr 15, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 152. That version became law.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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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
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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
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 allocates funds to local agencies to assist eligible families with obtaining goods and services related to the care of a person with Alzheimer’s disease or another irreversible dementia. Currently, a person is financially eligible for the program if the joint income of the person with irreversible dementia and that person’s spouse, if any, is $48,000 per year or less. This bill repeals the financial eligibility requirement.
Who's behind it
19 representatives are its . 11 are Republicans and 8 are Democrats.
21 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (21)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Moore Omokunde, Vining, Andraca and Sinicki
- Ortiz-Velez and Moses
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Jun 6, 2025
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 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jun 11, 2025 to Jun 24, 2025
6 more representatives and 3 senators signed on in support.
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Jun 6, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jun 6, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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May 30, 2025 to Jun 2, 2025
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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May 14, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 13, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 25, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 15, 2025 to Apr 22, 2025
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Apr 15, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Apr 15, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Franklin, Bare, Behnke, Donovan, Gundrum, Joers, Knodl, Kreibich, Mursau, O'Connor, Palmeri, Snyder, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Madison, Clancy and Melotik; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Dassler-Alfheim, James, Tomczyk, Wirch, Drake, Ratcliff and Spreitzer
- Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
- Apr 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Arney added as a coauthor
- Apr 25, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
- May 14, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 30, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
- Jun 2, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Moses added as coauthors
- Jun 4, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jun 11, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- Jun 17, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor
- Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Pfaff added as a cosponsor
- Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
- Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Moore Omokunde, Vining, Andraca and Sinicki added as coauthors
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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.
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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