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100 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 607 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 785 Relating to: a percentage of income payment program for electricity and gas service, electricity and gas service disconnections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 868 Relating to: Focus on Energy inclusion of programs promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income households and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 877 Relating to: report on environmental impacts to vulnerable communities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 605 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 780 Relating to: a percentage of income payment program for electricity and gas service, electricity and gas service disconnections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 870 Relating to: Focus on Energy inclusion of programs promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income households and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 874 Relating to: report on environmental impacts to vulnerable communities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1018 Relating to: income eligibility for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1113 Relating to: modifications to the property tax exemption for nonprofit organizations that sell property to low-income persons. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1011 Relating to: income eligibility for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1048 Relating to: modifications to the property tax exemption for nonprofit organizations that sell property to low-income persons. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 116 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 394 Relating to: a driver education grant program. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 485 Relating to: an intern placement program administered by the Department of Workforce Development and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 554 Relating to: race-based higher education programs and requirements. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 600 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 670 Relating to: prohibiting certain utility service disconnections for nonpayment. Died at session end 2023
• AB 695 Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 796 Relating to: report on environmental impacts to vulnerable communities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 826 Relating to: Focus on Energy inclusion of programs promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income households. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 116 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 473 Relating to: an intern placement program administered by the Department of Workforce Development and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 557 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 596 Relating to: race-based higher education programs and requirements. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 806 Relating to: Focus on Energy inclusion of programs promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income households. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• AB 146 Relating to: grants to homeless individuals and families, grants to defray housing costs and for diversion programming, housing navigator grants, homeless case management services, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 385 Relating to: refundable income tax credit for bicycle purchases and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 514 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 787 Relating to: report on environmental impacts to vulnerable communities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 792 Relating to: Focus on Energy inclusion of programs promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income households. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AJR 24 Relating to: declaration of an Economic Justice Bill of Rights. Died at session end 2021
• SB 111 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 185 Relating to: grants to homeless individuals and families, grants to defray housing costs and for diversion programming, housing navigator grants, homeless case management services, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 372 Relating to: refundable income tax credit for bicycle purchases and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 510 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 757 Relating to: Focus on Energy inclusion of programs promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income households. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 774 Relating to: report on environmental impacts to vulnerable communities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SJR 19 Relating to: declaration of an Economic Bill of Rights. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1145 Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1176 Relating to: an intern placement program administered by the Department of Workforce Development and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1191 Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AJR 149 Relating to: declaration of an Economic Justice Bill of Rights. Died at session end 2021
• SB 1045 Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 1104 Relating to: broadband expansion grants; assistance for paying for Internet service; regulations of broadband service; electric providers using easements to provide broadband; municipal broadband service; counting pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; creating a one-year fee remission program to cover tuition and fees for resident students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin System two-year campuses; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 56 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Became law 2019
• SB 41 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 59 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Died at session end 2019
• AB 124 Relating to: grants to defray housing costs and for diversion programming and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 144 Relating to: skills enhancement grants and making an appropriation. Died at session end 2019
• AB 394 Relating to: eligibility expansion under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 508 Relating to: housing and homelessness; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; public assistance advisory committee; economic security; adverse childhood experiences reports; creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for household and dependent care services; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 990 Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 123 Relating to: skills enhancement grants and making an appropriation. Died at session end 2019
• SB 144 Relating to: grants to defray housing costs and for diversion programming and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 361 Relating to: eligibility expansion under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 467 Relating to: housing and homelessness; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; public assistance advisory committee; economic security; adverse childhood experiences reports; creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for household and dependent care services; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 932 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 1023 Relating to: interns employed by assembly and senate offices, the governor, and the Department of Justice, an intern placement program administered by the Department of Workforce Development, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 1038 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Became law 2019
• AB 51 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• SB 30 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Died at session end 2017
• SB 60 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 241 Relating to: mitigating the benefit drop-off in Wisconsin Shares. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 733 Relating to: fee waivers for certain occupational credentials. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 746 Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 816 Relating to: counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 869 Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for the development of low-income housing. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 890 Relating to: creating an individual income tax subtract modification for certain low income residents of rural areas. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 201 Relating to: mitigating the benefit drop-off in Wisconsin Shares. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 616 Relating to: fee waivers for certain occupational credentials. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 706 Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for the development of low-income housing. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 3 Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• AB 414 Relating to: eligibility for and premiums under the Medical Assistance purchase plan and disregarding assets in an independence account and retirement benefits for purposes of determining eligibility and cost-sharing requirements under a number of Medical Assistance and long-term care programs. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 423 Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 482 Relating to: counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 854 Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core, accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 917 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 376 Relating to: counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 705 Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 737 Relating to: increasing funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services, modifying eligibility requirements for receiving services funded by those grants, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 49 Relating to: increasing the funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 25 Relating to: increasing the funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 225 Relating to: various changes in the campaign finance laws; exemption of certain electors from the requirement to present proof of identification when voting in an election; identifying documentation to establish proof of residency for voter registration; recording the type of identifying document provided as proof of residence; limiting the times for voting by absentee ballot in person; the method of reporting election returns by municipalities; fees for election recounts; the method of recounting votes cast with automatic tabulating equipment; residency of election officials; recall petition requirements; the procedure for recounting ballots when electors voting in person are required to sign the poll list and fail to do so; challenging an elector's registration during recount proceedings; witness addresses on absentee ballot certificates; nominees submitted by the Government Accountability Board candidate committee; securing ballot containers; party representation for election officials serving at polling places; and scheduling of referendums. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 493 Relating to: exemption of certain electors from the requirement to present proof of identification when voting in an election and use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification. Died at session end 2013
• AB 650 Relating to: counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 904 Relating to: eligibility for and premiums under the Medical Assistance purchase plan and disregarding assets in an independence account and retirement benefits for purposes of determining eligibility and cost-sharing requirements under a number of Medical Assistance and long-term care programs. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 914 Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for low-income individuals who receive certain government benefits and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 618 Relating to: payment of property taxes in multiple installments for low income taxpayers. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 676 Relating to: education and training under Wisconsin Works; reducing Wisconsin Works benefits; a minimum copayment, maximum child care hours, and reducing income based on marriage for eligibility under Wisconsin Shares; changes to the food stamp program relating to financial eligibility for benefits, allowing an election to reduce benefits, recouping unused benefits, and prohibiting supplier discounts; prohibiting advertising concerning means-tested public assistance on radio or television; requiring consideration of the income and assets of all individuals in a household for purposes of eligibility for any means-tested public assistance; eligibility requirements for persons or families of low and moderate income to receive certain housing, housing assistance, grants, loans, or benefits from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Department of Administration, and local housing authorities; reducing the authority of local housing authorities; eligibility requirement for purposes of receiving low-income energy assistance; prohibiting new claims under the earned income tax credit; limiting eligibility for the homestead tax credit; elimination of certain grant programs administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and transfer of the unencumbered balances in the appropriations for those programs to the University of Wisconsin System for the purpose of tuition reduction; consideration of the income and assets of both parents of a student under 22 years of age for purposes of awarding a grant or scholarship to such a student and the permissible uses of grant or scholarship moneys awarded; income eligibility requirements for enrollment in a private school participating in a parental choice program; the school lunch program; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AJR 120 Relating to: commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the War on Poverty in the United States and Wisconsin. Died at session end 2013