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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 303

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline grants. (FE)

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  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 requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to organizations that provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals who contact the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline from anywhere within the state. Currently, DHS partners with Wisconsin Lifeline to provide statewide 988 crisis hotline services.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Melotik (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Tranel (R)

2 cosponsors

James (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 5

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 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 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. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators James and Wanggaard

  2. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention

  3. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Vining, DeSanto and Roe

  5. Jun 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jun 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  8. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1