Ben Franklin
- Republican
- Representative
- District 88
Primary
Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
Received from Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0
Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors
Ordered immediately messaged
Rules suspended
Ordered to a third reading
Read a second time
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
Referred to committee on Rules
Executive action taken
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Tenorio, McCarville and Brown
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Franklin
Fiscal estimate received
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
Public hearing held
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
Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Bill Text | PDF HTML |
| Assembly Amendment 1 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
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| 2025 Senate Bill 609 | HTML |
| Wisconsin Ethics Commission information | HTML |
| LC Bill Hearing Materials | HTML |
| AB597 ROCP for Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs On 11/13/2025 | HTML |
| AB597: Fiscal Estimate From DVA | |
| LC Amendment Memo | |
| Amendment Histories | HTML |
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