---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 596"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 596 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Brill", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Franklin", "Goeben", "Green", "Hurd", "Kaufert", "Knodl", "Moses", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Summerfield", "Tucker", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-10-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d460f01-c955-4ea6-a84a-c16eb158ed24"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab596"
source_hash: "05674bf3c1dae9269cb80f45159b99a21bc57592d062925f3e88a1c3dc9d9f98"
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 596 (2025) — Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB596)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15 — **18–15** (pass) · upper
- SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND — **55–43** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Franklin — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- Kaufert — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Summerfield — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Moses, Hurd, Summerfield, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder, Spiros, Tucker, Wichgers and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, James, Quinn, Stafsholt and Tomczyk `introduction`
- **2025-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Brown, McCarville and Tenorio
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sinicki
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair appealed
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 55, Noes 43
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Wall, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 153 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-3-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d460f01-c955-4ea6-a84a-c16eb158ed24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).