Senate Bill 254
Funding for the War Memorial Center and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Milwaukee County, Veteran: Organization, Veterans Affairs, Department of
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 9, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was André Jacque. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 250. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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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
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, by agreement between the county board and any nonprofit private corporation, a county having a population of 750,000 or more may establish and maintain a memorial to commemorate the lives and deeds of persons who served the state or nation in war or other national service. Milwaukee County is the only county in the state with a population of 750,000 or more, and the county established and maintains a memorial called the War Memorial Center. This bill creates a continuing appropriation account for the Department of Veterans Affairs from which the War Memorial Center’s memorial board may request DVA to provide funds to it for support of the memorial. In making a request for the funds, the memorial board is required to describe its intended use of the funds, and to aver that it has secured equal matching funds that it will contribute to its intended project supporting the War Memorial Center. In addition, in each fiscal year in which the War Memorial Center’s memorial board receives funds from DVA as described under the bill, the War Memorial Center’s memorial board is required to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance that describes how the funds were used and that indicates how much money remains in the appropriation account.
Who's behind it
8 senators are its . 6 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
33 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (33)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Brent Jacobson · Republican, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Piwowarczyk · Republican, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 21, 2025 to Nov 4, 2025
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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May 21, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 9, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs.
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May 9, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- May 9, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Bradley, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Pfaff, Wirch and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Donovan, Sinicki, Anderson, Brown, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Doyle, Franklin, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, McCarville, Melotik, Moore Omokunde, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Snodgrass, Snyder, Steffen, Tenorio, Tucker and Wichgers
- May 9, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
- May 21, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- May 21, 2025 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- May 22, 2025 · Senate
Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
- Jul 23, 2025 · Senate
Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
- Nov 4, 2025 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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