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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 581

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Relating to: disaster assistance and making an appropriation. (FE)

Business Military affairs department of Natural disaster

  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 appropriates to the Department of Military Affairs $10,000,000 for a disaster assistance for individuals grant program and $20,000,000 for a disaster assistance for businesses grant program in the 2025-26 fiscal year.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Donovan (R) , Johnson (D) , Knodl (R) , Melotik (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Tranel (R) , Vining (D)

10 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hutton (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Jacque (R) , Joers (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 6

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 Commerce, Ayes 6, Noes 0

Passed 6–0 Jan 20, 2026 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Jan 20, 2026 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 Commerce, Ayes 4, Noes 2

Passed 4–2 Jan 20, 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. Oct 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Melotik, Donovan, Tranel, Piwowarczyk, Vining, Andraca and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Habush Sinykin and Spreitzer

  2. Oct 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce

  3. Oct 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Wirch added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  6. Oct 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  7. Nov 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Nov 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  9. Nov 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  10. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl

  11. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Tranel

  12. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  13. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  14. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  15. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  16. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  17. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  18. Mar 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  19. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1