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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 973

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Relating to: grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)

Health services department of — Administration Medical service Public assistance

  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 requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to 10 counties to fund an economic support specialist position in the aging and disability resource center (ADRC) that serves the county. DHS must give preference in awarding six of the grants to two rural, two suburban, and two urban counties. The bill provides $1,000,000 for the grants. If funding is available after DHS awards the grants to 10 counties, the bill allows DHS to award a grant to an 11th county. Within one year after receiving a grant, the bill requires grant recipients to submit a report to DHS and the legislature detailing the effectiveness of the grant.

ADRCs, referred to in the statutes as “resource centers,” provide information and services related to long-term care to the public.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Gundrum (R) , Joers (D) , Knodl (R) , McCarville (D) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D)

8 cosponsors

James (R) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse and Anderson , Moore Omokunde (D) , Palmeri and Clancy , Stubbs (D) , Udell (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 Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Feb 12, 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 Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Feb 12, 2026 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 97–0 Feb 18, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 97

Not voting · 2

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Mar 12, 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. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Novak, Doyle, Gundrum, Snyder, McCarville, Armstrong, Behnke, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Joers, Knodl, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Sinicki, Subeck and Taylor; cosponsored by Senator James

  2. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Palmeri and Clancy added as coauthors

  4. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak

  5. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

  8. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  10. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  11. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  13. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  14. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  15. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Miresse and Anderson added as coauthors

  16. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor

  17. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:39 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  18. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  19. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  20. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Novak

  21. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  22. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0

  25. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  27. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government

  28. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  29. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  30. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  31. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  32. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1