---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: employment of direct-care employees by veterans homes, eligibility for burial in veterans cemeteries, and elements of sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: employment of direct-care employees by veterans homes, eligibility for burial in veterans cemeteries, and elements of sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 1079"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 1079 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petersen", "Vos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a8bb289-df4c-4a0e-af97-57eeb67083ab"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab1079"
source_hash: "f3742359c516e970f2a06f18e7d0be6e847fc5ea44e968fb82023c36e1c95a40"
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 1079 (2023) — Relating to: employment of direct-care employees by veterans homes, eligibility for burial in veterans cemeteries, and elements of sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB1079-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB1079)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 4 — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Petersen — primary (person)
- Vos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Vos and Petersen; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Ballweg and Testin `introduction`
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Kurtz and Allen added as coauthors
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Michalski added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:04 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Vos
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-14-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 206 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a8bb289-df4c-4a0e-af97-57eeb67083ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).