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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 385

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Relating to: the veterans housing and recovery program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Veteran — Housing Veteran — Relief Veterans affairs department of Video recording

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs $900,000 in 2025-26 and $1,050,000 in 2026-27 for the veterans housing and recovery program to increase funding for supplies and services costs for the program’s three locations in Chippewa Falls, Green Bay, and Union Grove and for costs associated with leasing a different facility for the Chippewa Falls-based program due to space and facility deficiencies of the current location.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , James (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (D)

29 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Brown (D) , Cruz (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Franklin (R) , Goodwin (D) , Haywood (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Moses (R) , Neubauer (D) , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spaude (D) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Aug 11, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Wall, Hesselbein, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff, Carpenter, Roys, Larson, Spreitzer, James, Keyeski, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Wirch, L. Johnson and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Emerson, Spaude, Phelps, Sinicki, Brown, Rivera-Wagner, McCarville, Tenorio, Doyle, Cruz, Neubauer, DeSmidt, Sheehan, Roe, Taylor, Goodwin, Andraca, Moore Omokunde, Hysell, Franklin, Fitzgerald, Anderson, Moses and Stroud

  2. Aug 11, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  3. Aug 21, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Aug 28, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith and Wall

  5. Sep 12, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  6. Sep 19, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Udell added as a cosponsor

  7. Sep 23, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  8. Dec 11, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor

  9. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  10. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1