---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: grants to homeless shelters, modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Administration, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: grants to homeless shelters, modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Administration, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 119"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 119 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Dittrich", "Duchow", "Edming", "Felzkowski", "James", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Kulp", "Kurtz", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Petersen", "Petryk", "Plumer", "Pronschinske", "Rodriguez", "Rohrkaste", "Schraa", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Steffen", "Steineke", "Subeck", "Thiesfeldt", "Tittl"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a048dfeb-b1d7-40bf-a675-06eb53a2d8c9"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab119"
source_hash: "4b53addd226b081ec7744b61b784effe87421799195db08402bc3dae03496e4a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 119 (2019) — Relating to: grants to homeless shelters, modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Administration, and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB119-AA1)
2. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB119-AA2)
3. **Assembly Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB119-AA3)
4. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB119)
5. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB119-SA1)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 14 — **17–14** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT AMENDMENT — **14–19** (fail) · upper
- SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Petersen — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Pronschinske — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Steineke — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Steineke, Rodriguez, Snyder, Pronschinske, Kurtz, Plumer, Dittrich, James, Tittl, Mursau, Felzkowski, Rohrkaste, Spiros, Steffen, Allen, Duchow, Kulp, Petryk, Petersen, Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Edming, Schraa, Krug, Murphy and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Carpenter and L. Taylor `introduction`
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Novak added as a coauthor
- **2019-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steineke `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Steineke `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Committee on Public Benefit Reform `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 3
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 1
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-18-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Steineke `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Point of order that motion to withdraw a bill from committee is only in order under the 13th order of business well taken
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 14
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Nass `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Erpenbach `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Refused to reject Senate Amendment 1, Ayes 14, Noes 19
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 14 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 3)
- **2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-24-2020
- **2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 1-24-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 1-28-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 76 `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Published 1-29-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a048dfeb-b1d7-40bf-a675-06eb53a2d8c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).