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SB45Introduced in the Senate

State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)

Failed

Introduced by Finance

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act; Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)

Where it stands

Failed to pass partial veto notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

May 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

Assembly votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

29 recorded votes · each counted separately

AssemblyStage: Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in · July 2, 2025

59

Yes

39

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

99 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each assemblymember voted

AssemblymemberDistrictVote
Joel Kitchens1Yes
Shae Sortwell2Yes
Ron Tusler3Yes
David Steffen4Yes
Joy Goeben5Yes
Elijah Behnke6Yes
Karen Kirsch7No
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez8Yes
Pricilla Prado9No
Darrin Madison10No

Bill history

  1. Introduced

  2. Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance

  3. Agency briefing held

  4. Public hearing held

  5. Public hearing held

  6. Public hearing held

  7. Public hearing held

  8. Executive action taken

  9. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  10. Executive action taken

  11. Executive action taken

  12. Executive action taken

  13. Executive action taken

  14. Executive action taken

  15. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested

  16. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems requested

  17. Executive action taken

  18. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received

  19. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems received

  20. Executive action taken

  21. Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  22. Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4

  23. Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4

  24. Available for scheduling

  25. Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

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

  27. Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  28. Senate Amendment 4 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  29. Senate Amendment 5 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  30. Senate Amendment 6 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  31. Senate Amendment 7 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  32. Senate Amendment 8 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  33. Senate Amendment 9 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  34. Senate Amendment 10 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Roys, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  35. Senate Amendment 11 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  36. Senate Amendment 12 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  37. Senate Amendment 13 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  38. Senate Amendment 14 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff and Ratcliff

  39. Senate Amendment 15 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  40. Senate Amendment 16 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  41. Senate Amendment 17 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Roys, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Wall, Ratcliff, Smith, Spreitzer, Pfaff, Drake, L. Johnson and Larson

  42. Senate Amendment 18 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Roys, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Wall, Ratcliff, Smith, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Pfaff, Drake, L. Johnson and Larson

  43. Senate Amendment 19 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  44. Senate Amendment 20 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  45. Senate Amendment 21 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Roys, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  46. Senate Amendment 22 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  47. Senate Amendment 23 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  48. Senate Amendment 24 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  49. Senate Amendment 25 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall

  50. Read a second time

  51. Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  52. Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  53. Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  54. Senate Amendment 4 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  55. Senate Amendment 5 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  56. Senate Amendment 6 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  57. Senate Amendment 7 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  58. Senate Amendment 8 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  59. Senate Amendment 9 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  60. Senate Amendment 10 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 16

  61. Senate Amendment 11 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  62. Senate Amendment 12 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  63. Senate Amendment 26 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator LeMahieu

  64. Senate Amendment 13 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  65. Senate Amendment 14 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  66. Senate Amendment 15 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  67. Senate Amendment 16 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  68. Senate Amendment 17 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  69. Senate Amendment 18 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  70. Senate Amendment 19 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  71. Senate Amendment 20 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  72. Senate Amendment 21 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  73. Senate Amendment 22 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  74. Senate Amendment 23 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  75. Senate Amendment 24 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  76. Senate Amendment 25 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  77. Senate Amendment 26 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 adopted, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  78. Senate Substitute Amendment 2 adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  79. Ordered to a third reading

  80. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  81. Read a third time

  82. Move to call the question, Ayes 22, Noes 11

  83. Passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  84. Ordered immediately messaged

  85. Received from Senate

  86. Read

  87. Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  88. Read a second time

  89. Ordered to a third reading

  90. Rules suspended

  91. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 59, Noes 39

  92. Ordered immediately messaged

  93. Received from Assembly concurred in

  94. LRB correction (Senate Amendment 26 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2)

  95. LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 2)

  96. Report correctly enrolled

  97. Presented to the Governor on 7-3-2025

  98. Report approved by the Governor with partial veto on 7-3-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 15

  99. Published 7-3-2025

  100. LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2)

  101. Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  102. Failed to pass partial veto notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

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