Bills by subject

Veteran: Relief

20 bills and resolutions. 6 became law and 9 never got a public hearing. They span 2 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 717 Veterans Benefits Education Week.
Stopped in committee. Last action Jun 1, 2026
SB 719 Funding for a grant administration system for veterans benefits programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Jun 1, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 596 A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026
AB 597 A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 17

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 383: The veterans housing and recovery program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 404: The Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 428: The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project, funding for the veterans housing and recovery program, eligibility changes for the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 596: A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 597: A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 777: Veterans Benefits Education Week.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 935: Repealing expired programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs; definition, terminology, and grammatical changes for the Department of Veterans Affairs, mental health services for post-traumatic stress disorder; reporting on rules proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs; asset calculation for determining eligibility for veterans assistance payments; and deceased veterans’ graves (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Veterans Affairs).
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 385: The veterans housing and recovery program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
SB 396: The Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 411: The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project, funding for the veterans housing and recovery program, eligibility changes for the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 608: A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 609: A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Jun 1, 2026
SB 717: Veterans Benefits Education Week.
Stopped in committee.
Jun 1, 2026
SB 719: Funding for a grant administration system for veterans benefits programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 914: Repealing expired programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs; definition, terminology, and grammatical changes for the Department of Veterans Affairs, mental health services for post-traumatic stress disorder; reporting on rules proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs; asset calculation for determining eligibility for veterans assistance payments; and deceased veterans’ graves (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Veterans Affairs).
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 3

Apr 28, 2010
AB 73: Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Jul 23, 2009
SB 39: Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program.
Became law.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject