Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: the veterans housing and recovery program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Veteran — Housing Veteran — Relief Veterans affairs department of Video recording
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs $900,000 in 2025-26 and $1,050,000 in 2026-27 for the veterans housing and recovery program to increase funding for supplies and services costs for the program’s three locations in Chippewa Falls, Green Bay, and Union Grove and for costs associated with leasing a different facility for the Chippewa Falls-based program due to space and facility deficiencies of the current location.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Brown (D) , Cruz (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Franklin (R) , Goodwin (D) , Hysell (D) , McCarville (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Moses (R) , Neubauer (D) , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spaude (D) , Stroud (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D)
21 cosponsors
Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Haywood (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , James (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Mayadev (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D) , Wall (D) , 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
Full history
- Jul 31, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Emerson, Spaude, Sinicki, Phelps, Brown, Rivera-Wagner, McCarville, Tenorio, Doyle, Cruz, Neubauer, DeSmidt, Sheehan, Roe, Taylor, Goodwin, Andraca, Moore Omokunde, Hysell, Franklin, Fitzgerald, Anderson, Moses and Stroud; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Wall, Hesselbein, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff, Carpenter, Roys, Larson, Spreitzer, James, Keyeski, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Wirch, L. Johnson and Pfaff
- Jul 31, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
- Aug 13, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 12, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- Sep 19, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Sep 23, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Sep 23, 2025 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Emerson
- Oct 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1