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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 744

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: free state park admission for veterans and gold star families. (FE)

Family Motor vehicle State park Veteran

  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

Under current law, no person may operate a vehicle in any state park or in certain other recreational areas on state land unless the vehicle displays a vehicle admission receipt.

This bill provides that a vehicle admission receipt is not required for any vehicle occupied by a person who is a veteran under federal law or who qualifies under federal law for a gold star lapel button (commonly known as gold star family), which signifies that the recipient is the immediate family member of a member of the U.S. armed forces who died while serving during a time of conflict.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , DeSanto (D) , Joers (D) , Kaufert (R) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

14 cosponsors

Anderson and Johnson , Carpenter (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Jacque (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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

  1. Dec 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Miresse, Prado, Joers, DeSanto, Subeck, Palmeri, Stubbs, Udell, Sheehan, Kaufert, Roe, McCarville, Snodgrass, Bare, Tenorio, Arney, Behnke, Neubauer and Stroud; cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Smith, Jacque, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer

  2. Dec 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Jan 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 27, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Anderson and Johnson added as coauthors

  7. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  8. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1