Senate Bill 446
Grants for the provision of immigration-related civil legal services to individuals and families, county grants for the provision of civil legal services to individuals and families, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Administration, Department of: Budget and fiscal issues, County: Finance, Immigration, Legal aid, Organization, Miscellaneous
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
Sep 29, 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 Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was Chris Kapenga. 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 475. That version died when the session ended.
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. 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 Department of Administration to award grants to community-based and other organizations based in Wisconsin for the provision of civil legal services to individuals and families in matters related to immigration. The bill requires DOA to establish an accessible and equitable application process for the award of the grants. Additionally, before awarding a grant, DOA must determine that the grant applicant has a record of providing civil legal services to individuals and families in matters related to immigration and that the applicant provides such services without regard to the client’s immigration status.
The bill further authorizes counties to appropriate funds to make payments to community-based organizations and other organizations, whether or not operated for profit, based in Wisconsin for the provision of civil legal services to individuals and families, regardless of whether the matter is immigration-related.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Democrats.
34 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (34)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 20, 2026 to Feb 11, 2026
4 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.
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Sep 29, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
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Sep 29, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Clancy, Rivera-Wagner, Prado, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Phelps, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Haywood
- Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
- Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- Jan 28, 2026 · Senate
Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
- Jan 28, 2026 · Senate
Senator Wirch added as a coauthor
- Jan 30, 2026 · Senate
Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
- Feb 4, 2026 · Senate
Senator Larson added as a coauthor
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Representative McCarville 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
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