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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 180

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Relating to: requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)

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  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to request any necessary waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. Under current law, the federal food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and called FoodShare in this state, provides benefits to eligible low-income households for the purchase of food. FoodShare is administered by DHS. The federal government pays the benefits for FoodShare while the state and federal government share the cost of administration. Current federal law defines the foods eligible for purchase under FoodShare. The bill requires DHS to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the use of FoodShare benefits for the purchase of candy or soft drinks. If the waiver is granted, DHS must prohibit the use of FoodShare benefits to purchase candy or soft drinks. If any necessary waiver is not granted, the bill requires DHS to resubmit the waiver request annually until it is granted.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , Neylon (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Snyder (R) , Wichgers (R)

6 cosponsors

Brill (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kitchens (R) , Nass (R) , Tomczyk (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 24

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 May 29, 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 71–22 Feb 19, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 71

Senate: Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Mar 11, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 2

Passed 11–2 Mar 11, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 16, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

Passed 18–15 Mar 17, 2026 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 25–8 Mar 17, 2026 official source full page

Full history

  1. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Moses, Knodl, Kaufert, Allen, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Nass and Tomczyk

  2. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform

  3. Apr 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  4. May 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. May 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Brill added as a coauthor

  6. May 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. May 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

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

  9. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  11. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Moses

  12. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:07 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Moses

  16. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  17. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 71, Noes 22

  20. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  23. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Mar 10, 2026 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  25. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  26. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  27. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 2

  28. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  29. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  30. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  31. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall

  32. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  33. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  34. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  35. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  36. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8

  37. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  38. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  39. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)

  40. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026

  41. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026

  42. Mar 24, 2026 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-23-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 116

  43. Mar 24, 2026 · Assembly

    Published 3-24-2026