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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 308

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE)

Alien Medical service

  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 any funds of this state, any county, city, village, town, long-term care district, any subdivision of this state, or any subdivision or agency of any county, city, village, or town and any federal funds passing through the state treasury from being authorized for or paid to any person to subsidize, reimburse, or otherwise provide compensation for any health care services for an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States. The prohibitions described under the bill do not apply to the extent that a payment of funds described under the bill is required under federal law or to the extent that the application of the prohibitions described under the bill would result in the loss of any federal funds.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Maxey (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tucker (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Vos (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Nass (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 10

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 State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Sep 9, 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 51–44 Sep 11, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 51

Nay · 44

Not voting · 2

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 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 21–12 Nov 18, 2025 official source full page

Full history

  1. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Dallman, Swearingen, Allen, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Steffen, Tucker, VanderMeer, Vos, Wichgers and Sortwell; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Nass and Tomczyk

  2. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jun 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jun 25, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jul 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Sep 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Piwowarczyk added as a coauthor

  9. Sep 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  10. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  11. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to calendar of 9-11-2025

  12. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  13. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 51, Noes 44, Paired 2

  17. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Sep 11, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Sep 12, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  20. Sep 18, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  21. Oct 8, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  23. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

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

  25. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  28. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  29. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025

  32. Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  33. Dec 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 12-5-2025

  34. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

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

  35. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

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