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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 337

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Relating to: local grant writing and compliance assistance. (FE)

Municipality — Finance Revenue department of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 Revenue, in each year from 2026 through 2029, to provide grants of up to $5,000 to political subdivisions with populations of less than 7,500 to be used to obtain grant writing and compliance assistance services. These grants may be used to obtain services only for grants related to public works, transportation infrastructure, public safety, utility service, or cybersecurity.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Keyeski (D) , Marklein (R) , Pfaff (D) , Spreitzer (D)

22 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , James (R) , Johnson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Steffen (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tranel (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 6

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

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

Passed 4–1 Sep 30, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

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

Passed 4–1 Sep 30, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

Passed 18–15 Oct 14, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 25–8 Oct 14, 2025 official source full page

Full history

  1. Jun 19, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Pfaff, Spreitzer and Keyeski; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Swearingen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Johnson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Steffen and Tranel

  2. Jun 19, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Jun 20, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  4. Jun 30, 2025 · Senate

    Senator James added as a coauthor

  5. Jul 1, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Sep 23, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Sep 25, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein

  8. Sep 26, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Sep 29, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Sep 30, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  11. Sep 30, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. Sep 30, 2025 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  13. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

  15. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  18. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  20. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 25, Noes 8

  21. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  23. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  24. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  25. Nov 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz

  26. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  27. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  28. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  29. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  31. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  32. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  34. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1