AB 1027 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: requiring information relating to the food stamp program to be compiled and provided to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (FE)

AB 1027 requires the state's Department of Health Services to compile and share specific data about the food stamp program (SNAP) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) within six months of the bill's effective date. The data must cover individuals who received, are receiving, or applied for benefits under SNAP since January 1, 2020, as specified in a July 2025 USDA letter implementing a federal executive order. This law directly affects the state agency responsible for administering SNAP, mandating a formal data-sharing process with federal authorities. The bill does not change eligibility or benefits but establishes a new administrative requirement for state-federal data coordination.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Assembly Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Vetoed

Apr 2026

Introduced Feb 6, 2026 Vetoed Apr 8, 2026

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MODERATE

This bill was finalized as a Wisconsin Act to require the state to share food stamp (SNAP) data with the federal government and to update eligibility rules. The primary changes involve clarifying that non-citizens are ineligible for benefits, setting a specific effective date of July 1, 2026, and adding a requirement to verify citizenship status during enrollment.

Scope change

The bill's scope was refined by adding specific eligibility restrictions for non-citizens and children under 14, while the data sharing requirement was moved from a nonstatutory provision to a formal statutory section.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new section explicitly stating that individuals who are not U.S. citizens or nationals may not receive food stamp benefits unless they qualify as eligible aliens under federal law.

Added a new section stating that parents and household members younger than 14 years old are ineligible for food stamps, even if they live in a household with an eligible child.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the act to July 1, 2026, with the data sharing requirement taking effect immediately after publication.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the data sharing requirement to be codified in the statutes rather than just a nonstatutory provision, mandating that the state provide enrollment data to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Floor votes · Assembly Feb 19, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 8, 2026

Vetoed

Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026

lower

Mar 20, 2026

Introduced

LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

lower

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read a third time and concurred in

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

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

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

upper

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 39

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee on Rules

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 9, Noes 5

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Introduced

Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, O'Connor, Maxey, Gundrum, Born, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell, Penterman, B. Jacobson, Kreibich, Knodl, Goeben, Nedweski, Dittrich, Brill, Green, Behnke and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara and Nass

lower

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors