A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation, the official text

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 596
October 27, 2025 - 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. Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.

An Act to create 20.485 (2) (vv) of the statutes; relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current federal law, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs awards per diem payments to eligible organizations that furnish services to homeless veterans in an amount of up to $82.73 per day per veteran housed.
The bill appropriates $950,000 in each fiscal year of the 2025-26 biennium to the state Department of Veterans Affairs to provide state matching grants to eligible entities other than the state that are recipients of federal per diem payments.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
- See PDF for table
Section 2. 20.485 (2) (vv) of the statutes is created to read:
20.485 (2) (vv) State matching grants. The amounts in the schedule to provide state matching grants to eligible entities other than the state that are recipients of federal per diem payments.
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