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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 683

An appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Insurance, Insurance: Miscellaneous

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 2, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 700. That version became law.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill provides a sum sufficient appropriation to authorize refundable credit payments for the long-term care insurance assessment credit created by 2025 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5462/1). If 2025 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5462/1) is not enacted into law, then this bill is void.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 13 names

Authors (3)

Signed on in support (10)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Insurance vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 22, 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 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · Feb 3, 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 Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 3, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  3. Jan 29, 2026

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  4. Jan 22, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  5. Jan 13, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Jan 5, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Dec 4, 2025 to Dec 5, 2025

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  8. Dec 2, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.

  9. Dec 2, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Wall and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Doyle, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kreibich, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Subeck

  2. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

  3. Dec 4, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Udell added as a cosponsor

  4. Dec 5, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Bare added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 5, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Jan 29, 2026 · Senate

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

  11. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  12. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

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

  13. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  14. 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.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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