Senate Bill 614
Pay for performance grant requirements. (FE)
Topics: Administration, Department of: Budget and fiscal issues, Organization, Miscellaneous, Public assistance
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
Nov 6, 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 625. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
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.
Under current law, the Department of Administration administers a number of grant programs having the purpose of alleviating homelessness. This bill establishes “pay for performance” requirements for certain grants issued under those programs to grant recipients. For each eligible grant awarded to a grant recipient, DOA must withhold between 10 and 50 percent of the amount of the eligible grant for at least nine months after the award. DOA may then pay the amount withheld to the grant recipient only if the recipient demonstrates that it has met one or more of the following performance objectives, as determined by DOA:
1. Increased the number of homeless individuals and families securing continued housing for longer than nine months after participation in a program offered by the grant recipient.
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2. Increased the number of homeless individuals securing part-time or full-time employment and an increase in earned income after participation in a program offered by the grant recipient.
3. Reduced the number of homeless individuals and families returning to homelessness after participation in a program offered by the grant recipient.
Any moneys that DOA has withheld and does not pay to a grant recipient due to the grant recipient’s failure to satisfy one or more of the performance objectives may be reallocated as additional grant moneys to other grant recipients that do satisfy the performance objectives.
The bill also requires grant recipients to provide to DOA, at least nine months but no more than 12 months after the award, a detailed report that includes information about the program offered by the grant recipient and demographic information about each individual participating in the program offered by the grant recipient.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Insurance vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Feb 12, 2026
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 Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. 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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Feb 12, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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Feb 10, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 4, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 6, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Nov 6, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Marklein, Quinn, Testin and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Dittrich, Knodl, Kurtz, O'Connor and Melotik
- Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Feb 4, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- 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