Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE)
Identification cards Military personnel Milwaukee — City Motor vehicle — Drivers license Motor vehicle — Equipment National guard Veteran
- Introduced, completed
- Passes Senate, completed
- Passes Assembly, completed
- Governor signs, completed
- Law, completed
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a veteran of the U.S. armed forces may elect to indicate his or her veteran status on his or her Wisconsin operator’s license or identification card. “Veteran” is a defined term that includes individuals who have served a specified period of active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces. With limited exceptions, neither national guard duty nor service in a reserve unit qualifies as active duty.
This bill creates a definition of “veteran” that includes any person who is a former member of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or the national guard and who meets the eligibility requirements for a veterans home loan established by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This definition applies only for the purpose of enabling such a person to indicate on his or her operator’s license or identification card that he or she is a veteran and does not apply to any other veteran benefit.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Feyen (R) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)
33 cosponsors
B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brown (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Goodwin (D) , Gustafson (R) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers and Stubbs , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Madison (D) , Maxey (R) , McCarville (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor and Arney , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Roe (D) , Roys (D) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tucker (R) , Udell (D) , Wichgers (R)
Votes
Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
Passed 5–0 Nov 10, 2025 official source full pageNo 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 5, Noes 0
Passed 5–0 Nov 10, 2025 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Aug 11, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jacque, Pfaff, Feyen, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Sortwell, Sinicki, Doyle, Behnke, Dittrich, Fitzgerald, Goeben, Goodwin, Hysell, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Madison, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Roe, Udell, Wichgers and Stroud
- Aug 11, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Aug 27, 2025 · Senate
Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- Sep 2, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 9, 2025 · Senate
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- Sep 23, 2025 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Sep 26, 2025 · Senate
Representative Tittl added as a cosponsor
- Nov 5, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Nov 5, 2025 · Senate
Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
- Nov 10, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Nov 10, 2025 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Nov 10, 2025 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Nov 10, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Senator Roys added as a coauthor
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Tucker added as a cosponsor
- Jan 9, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- Apr 2, 2026 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
- Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 207
- Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
Published 4-9-2026