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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 27

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Relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.

Minority groups Veteran

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  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 expands the definition of “veteran” to include individuals who were naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000. The bill extends most veterans benefits to anyone who meets this newly expanded definition of veteran, however, admission to a state veterans home and burial in a veterans cemetery are not included benefits as they are subject to federal regulation.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brill (R) , Brown (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Donovan (R) , Franklin (R) , Hysell (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , McCarville (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , O'Connor (R) , Palmeri (D) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Spaude (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Tucker (R) , Tusler (R) , Udell (D) , Wichgers (R)

15 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , Keyeski (D) , Kirsch (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wall (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wirch (D)

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 Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Jun 20, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Jun 20, 2025 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Murphy, Snyder, Anderson, Armstrong, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Brill, Brown, DeSmidt, Donovan, Franklin, Hysell, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Maxey, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Mursau, O'Connor, Palmeri, Piwowarczyk, Rivera-Wagner, Sheehan, Sinicki, Spaude, Subeck, Tenorio, Tucker, Tusler, Wichgers, Neubauer, Udell, Roe and Joers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Tomczyk, Carpenter, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wall, Wanggaard, Wirch and Bradley

  2. Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. May 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor

  4. May 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Kirsch added as a coauthor

  6. Jun 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Murphy

  7. Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  9. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  11. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  12. Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Hesselbein added as a cosponsor

  13. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1