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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 997

Funding for the Department of Financial Institutions for contributions to Trump accounts and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Financial Institutions, Department of, Retirement: Private plans, United States: Treasury, Department of, Youth

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Feb 19, 2026, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 2, 2026

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 19, 2026

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 989. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill provides $60,000,000 in annual funding in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for the Department of Financial Institutions to make contributions to Trump accounts if these contributions are expressly authorized under state law.

Who's behind it

9 representatives are its ⁠. All 9 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 11 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (2)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 1 · Feb 11, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 8, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 62 to 35 · Feb 19, 2026 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (62)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 4, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  3. Feb 25, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage.

  4. Feb 24, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Feb 23, 2026

    The Senate received it.

  6. Feb 19, 2026

    The Assembly passed it, 62 to 35.

  7. Feb 19, 2026

    The Assembly adopted it.

  8. Feb 11, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  9. Feb 11, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 1.

  10. Feb 5, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  11. Feb 2, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions.

  12. Feb 2, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Behnke, Gundrum, Kreibich, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez and Tucker; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Quinn

  2. Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions

  3. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  6. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 12:00 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  8. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Cruz

  9. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Behnke

  11. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  12. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 62, Noes 35

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Feb 24, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  18. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

  19. Mar 4, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  20. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary