Senate Bill 152
Financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. (FE)
Topics: Disease, Family, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment
Became law
The governor signed it on Aug 11, 2025. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Mar 21, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Jun 18, 2025
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jun 24, 2025
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2025 Wisconsin Act 21
Latest entry in the official record, Aug 11, 2025: “Published 8-9-2025”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 176. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Health Services allocates funds to local agencies to assist eligible families with obtaining goods and services related to the care of a person with Alzheimer’s disease or another irreversible dementia. Currently, a person is financially eligible for the program if the joint income of the person with irreversible dementia and that person’s spouse, if any, is $48,000 per year or less. This bill repeals the financial eligibility requirement.
Who's behind it
9 senators are its . 5 are Democrats and 4 are Republicans.
28 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (28)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Moore Omokunde, Vining, Andraca and Sinicki
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Pfaff, Keyeski and Carpenter
- Snodgrass, Ortiz-Velez and Moses
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · May 5, 2025
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 Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Aug 11, 2025
The new law was published.
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Aug 11, 2025
The governor signed it. It became 2025 Wisconsin Act 21.
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Aug 7, 2025
Sent to the governor.
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Jun 24, 2025
The Assembly passed it too.
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Jun 23, 2025 to Jun 24, 2025
5 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jun 20, 2025
“Read first time and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025” (the official wording)
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Jun 19, 2025
The Assembly received it.
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Jun 18, 2025
The Senate passed it.
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May 13, 2025 to Jun 18, 2025
5 more representatives and 4 senators signed on in support.
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May 5, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Apr 24, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 23, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 7, 2025 to Apr 22, 2025
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 21, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health.
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Mar 21, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 21, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Dassler-Alfheim, James, Tomczyk, Wirch, Drake, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Franklin, Bare, Behnke, Donovan, Gundrum, Joers, Knodl, Kreibich, Mursau, O'Connor, Palmeri, Snyder, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio and Madison
- Mar 21, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
- Apr 7, 2025 · Senate
Representative Melotik added as a cosponsor
- Apr 15, 2025 · Senate
Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor
- Apr 21, 2025 · Senate
Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
- Apr 22, 2025 · Senate
Representative Arney added as a cosponsor
- Apr 23, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Apr 24, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- May 5, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- May 5, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- May 5, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- May 13, 2025 · Senate
Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- Jun 2, 2025 · Senate
Representatives Snodgrass, Ortiz-Velez and Moses added as cosponsors
- Jun 11, 2025 · Senate
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- Jun 17, 2025 · Senate
Senator Habush Sinykin added as a coauthor
- Jun 17, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
- Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Fitzgerald added as a cosponsor
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Moore Omokunde, Vining, Andraca and Sinicki added as cosponsors
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 24, 2025 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Jun 25, 2025 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Aug 7, 2025 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025
- Aug 11, 2025 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 21
- Aug 11, 2025 · Senate
Published 8-9-2025
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote