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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 326

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Relating to: local grant writing and compliance assistance. (FE)

Municipality — Finance Reports Restaurant Revenue department of Sunset

  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 requires the Department of Revenue, in each year from 2026 through 2029, to provide grants of up to $5,000 to political subdivisions with populations of less than 7,500 to be used to obtain grant writing and compliance assistance services. These grants may be used to obtain services only for grants related to public works, transportation infrastructure, public safety, utility service, or cybersecurity.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Johnson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Steffen (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tranel (R)

6 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Pfaff (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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 Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Oct 16, 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 Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Oct 16, 2025 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.

Full history

  1. Jul 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Swearingen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Johnson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Steffen and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Pfaff, Spreitzer and James

  2. Jul 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Jul 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Sep 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz

  7. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Anderson

  8. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  11. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  12. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

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

  13. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:15 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  19. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  22. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  24. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  25. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  28. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Smith added as a cosponsor

  30. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. Mar 25, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026

  33. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  34. Apr 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026

  35. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

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

  36. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

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