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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 446

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Relating to: 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)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues County — Finance Immigration Legal aid Organization miscellaneous

  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 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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Keyeski (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D)

34 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D) , Wirch (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. 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

  2. Sep 29, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 20, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 28, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 28, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Wirch added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 30, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor

  7. Feb 4, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  8. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1