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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 608

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Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)

United states — Veterans affairs department of Veteran — Relief Veterans affairs department of

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current federal law, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs awards per diem payments to eligible organizations that furnish services to homeless veterans in an amount of up to $82.73 per day per veteran housed.

The bill appropriates $950,000 in each fiscal year of the 2025-26 biennium to the state Department of Veterans Affairs to provide state matching grants to eligible entities other than the state that are recipients of federal per diem payments.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: James (R) , Quinn (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wimberger (R)

23 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Hurd (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs and Ortiz-Velez , Summerfield (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 22, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 3, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wimberger, James, Quinn, Stafsholt and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Moses, Hurd, Steffen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder, Spiros, Tucker, Wichgers, Mursau and Summerfield

  2. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  3. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 19, 2025 · Senate

    Representatives Stubbs and Ortiz-Velez added as cosponsors

  5. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jan 29, 2026 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  10. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  11. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  13. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1