Senate Bill 411
The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project, funding for the veterans housing and recovery program, eligibility changes for the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Chippewa Falls, City of, Income tax: Credit, Property tax, University of Wisconsin: Madison, University of Wisconsin: Regents, Veteran, Veteran: Housing, Veteran: Relief, Veterans Affairs, Department of
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. 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
Sep 4, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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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 ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 428. That version died when the session ended.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to provide funding in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium to the UW Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project (MIA Recovery Project) for missions to recover and identify Wisconsin veterans who are missing in action. At the conclusion of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, the MIA Recovery Project must submit to the Board of Regents, the Joint Committee on Finance, each legislative standing committee dealing with veterans matters, the governor, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Military Affairs a report on findings and the accounting of expenditures related to the MIA Recovery Project’s missions.
The bill also provides to DVA $900,000 in 2025-26 and $1,050,000 in 2026-27 to increase funding for supplies and services costs in the veterans housing and recovery program and for costs associated with leasing a different facility for the Chippewa Falls-based veterans housing and recovery program.
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In addition, the bill reduces the eligibility threshold for an eligible veteran, the spouse of an eligible veteran, and the unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit under the individual income tax system. Under the bill, a claimant may claim the credit if the claimant’s service-connected disability rating is at least 80 percent. Currently, that rating must be 100 percent.
Under the bill, the maximum credit that a claimant may claim is multiplied by the percentage of the claimant’s service-connected disability rating. Also, for an individual whose service-connected disability is less than 100 percent, the amount of the credit claimed may not exceed the amount of property taxes paid on the first $350,000 of the property’s assessed value for the tax year the credit is claimed.
The bill does not affect a claimant who claims the credit based on his or her individual unemployability rating. Under current law, an individual with a 100 percent disability rating based on individual unemployability may also claim the credit.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Natural Resources vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 1 · Oct 8, 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 Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 5, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 8, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.
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Oct 2, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 29, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 18, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 4, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs.
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Sep 4, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 4, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jacque and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Behnke, Dittrich, Goeben, Kreibich, Maxey and Wichgers
- Sep 4, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
- Sep 18, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 2, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 7, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 8, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Oct 8, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 9, 2026 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
- Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote