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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 810

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Relating to: reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors. (FE)

Funeral and funeral director Military personnel Minority groups Veteran Veterans affairs department of

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs coordinates the provision of military funeral honors to deceased members or former members of the military. If the provision of military funeral honors is conducted by a local unit of a member organization of the council on veterans programs or a local unit of a veterans organization certified by the department to provide military funeral honors, the department must reimburse the organization for its cost in providing military funeral honors in an amount of up to $50 per funeral. This bill increases the reimbursement amount to $100 per funeral.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R)

22 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Wirch, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Drake and Smith , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kreibich (R) , Kurtz (R) , Maxey (R) , Miresse, Sheehan and Anderson , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sinicki (D) , Steffen (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 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.

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Feb 16, 2026 official source full page

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

Assembly: CONCURRENCE AS AMENDED

Passed 98–0 Feb 18, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 98

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Jacque and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Tucker, Franklin, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kreibich, Kurtz, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Steffen and Wichgers

  2. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 7, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 28, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 30, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Summerfield added as a cosponsor

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Wirch, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Drake and Smith added as coauthors

  11. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  15. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall, Wirch and Jacque

  18. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  21. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  22. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  23. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  24. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Miresse, Sheehan and Anderson added as cosponsors

  25. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:25 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  26. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  27. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  28. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Tucker

  29. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  30. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  31. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  32. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  33. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  34. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  35. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  36. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 concurred in

  37. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  38. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  39. Mar 20, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  40. Apr 2, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  41. Apr 9, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 206

  42. Apr 9, 2026 · Senate

    Published 4-9-2026