Skip to content
Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 719

Funding for a grant administration system for veterans benefits programs and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Veteran: Relief, Veterans Affairs, Department of

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 2, 2025

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Jun 1, 2026: “Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was André Jacque. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

Read the bill

Following saves it on this device. New actions show on your Following page. You can also get updates in a feed reader.

Embed this on your site

Paste this code into your page. The card shows the latest record each time it loads. Preview the card

What it would have done

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

This bill increases a Department of Veterans Affairs appropriation account in both fiscal years of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for the purchase and ongoing maintenance of a new cloud-based grant administration system for veterans benefits programs.

Who's behind it

12 senators are its ⁠. All 12 are Democrats.

20 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 32 names

Authors (12)

Signed on in support (20)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Jun 1, 2026

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  2. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  3. Jan 27, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026

    3 more representatives signed on in support.

  4. Dec 8, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Dec 2, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs.

  6. Dec 2, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

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

    Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Ratcliff, Roys, L. Johnson, Wirch, Dassler-Alfheim, Smith, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Tenorio, Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Miresse, Joers, Subeck, Stubbs, Udell, Roe, McCarville, Snodgrass, Hong, Bare, Arney, Neubauer and Stroud

  2. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

  3. Dec 8, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 27, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 17, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  7. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  8. Jun 1, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

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

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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

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