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AB180Introduced in the Assembly

Requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)

Passed

Introduced by Clint Moses, District 92

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act to create 49.79 (7x) of the statutes; Relating to: requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)

Where it stands

Published 3-24-2026

March 24, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

Assembly votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate: Read a third time and concurred in · March 17, 2026

25

Yes

8

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

33 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Andre Jacque1Yes
Eric Wimberger2Yes
Timothy Carpenter3No
Dora Drake4No
Rob Hutton5Yes
LaTonya Johnson6No
Christopher Larson7No
Jodi Habush Sinykin8Yes
Devin LeMahieu9Yes
Rob Stafsholt10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced

  2. Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform

  3. Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  4. Fiscal estimate received

  5. Representative Brill added as a coauthor

  6. Public hearing held

  7. Executive action taken

  8. Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  9. Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Moses

  11. Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  12. Made a special order of business at 11:07 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers

  14. Read a second time

  15. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Moses

  16. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  17. Ordered to a third reading

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 71, Noes 22

  20. Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Received from Assembly

  22. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  23. Available for scheduling

  24. Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  25. Executive action taken

  26. Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  27. Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 2

  28. Available for scheduling

  29. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  30. Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  31. Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall

  32. Read a second time

  33. Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  34. Ordered to a third reading

  35. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  36. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8

  37. Ordered immediately messaged

  38. Received from Senate concurred in

  39. LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)

  40. Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026

  41. Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026

  42. Report approved by the Governor on 3-23-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 116

  43. Published 3-24-2026

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