WI AB 159
deadRelating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 159 pass?
No. WI AB 159 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 159 about?
WI AB 159 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 159?
Tusler, Tranel, Steffen and 18 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 159.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-02
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Tuslerprimary
- Tranelprimary
- Steffenprimary
- Palmeriprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Miresseprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Johnsonprimary
- J. Jacobsonprimary
- B. Jacobsonprimary
- Hongprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Greenprimary
- Billingsprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Bareprimary
- Armstrongprimary
- Andersonprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Novakprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-04-02
Introduced by Representatives Novak, Kitchens, Anderson, Armstrong, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Green, Gundrum, Hong, B. Jacobson, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kreibich, Miresse, Mursau, O'Connor, Palmeri, Steffen, Tranel and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Testin, Pfaff and Spreitzer
introduction
2025-04-02
Read first time and referred to Committee on Rural Development
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-10
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-04-10
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
2025-04-30
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
2025-05-06
Senator Cabral-Guevara added as a cosponsor
2025-05-13
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
2025-05-28
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
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Votes
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Related bills
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