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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 609: Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 609 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on November 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE). Primary sponsor: Eric Wimberger (Republican), Jesse James (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican), Rob Stafsholt (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 27

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric WimbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Romaine QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Rob StafsholtPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Karen HurdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Clint MosesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Pat SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
John SpirosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Rob SummerfieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Duke TuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Available for scheduling
  3. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
  4. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
  5. Executive action taken
  6. Public hearing held
  7. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
  8. Representatives Stubbs and Ortiz-Velez added as cosponsors
  9. Fiscal estimate received
  10. Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
  11. Introduced by Senators Wimberger, James, Quinn, Stafsholt and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Moses, Hurd, Summerfield, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder, Spiros, Tucker, Wichgers, Mursau and Steffen

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source