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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 718: Relating to: free state park admission for veterans and gold star families. (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 718 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on December 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: free state park admission for veterans and gold star families. (FE). Primary sponsor: Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), André Jacque (Republican), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 21 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 28 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
André JacquePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47

“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. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Public hearing held
  4. Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
  5. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
  6. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
  7. Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
  8. Fiscal estimate received
  9. Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
  10. Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Smith, Jacque, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Miresse, Prado, Joers, DeSanto, Subeck, Palmeri, Stubbs, Udell, Sheehan, Kaufert, Roe, McCarville, Snodgrass, Bare, Tenorio, Arney, Behnke, Neubauer and Stroud

Sources

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