Bill Commons

WI AB 17

in committee

Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WI AB 17 pass?

Not yet. WI AB 17 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 17 about?

WI AB 17 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 17?

Stroud, Wichgers, Udell and 20 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 17.

Introduced
2025-02-06
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Stroudprimary
  • Wichgersprimary
  • Udellprimary
  • Tuslerprimary
  • Pradoprimary
  • Piwowarczykprimary
  • Novakprimary
  • Miresseprimary
  • Maxeyprimary
  • Kreibichprimary
  • Hysellprimary
  • Hongprimary
  • Gundrumprimary
  • Goodwinprimary
  • Goebenprimary
  • DeSmidtprimary
  • Cruzprimary
  • Clancyprimary
  • Andersonprimary
  • Madisonprimary
  • Kaufertprimary
  • Franklinprimary
  • Sortwellprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-failure

  2. 2026-01-08

    Public hearing held

  3. 2025-08-28

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  4. 2025-06-27

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue

    reading-1,referral-committee

  5. 2025-06-24

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  6. 2025-06-24

    Ordered immediately messaged

  7. 2025-06-24

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0

    passage,reading-3

  8. 2025-06-24

    Rules suspended

  9. 2025-06-24

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  10. 2025-06-24

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

    amendment-passage,passage

  11. 2025-06-24

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

    amendment-passage,passage

  12. 2025-06-24

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  13. 2025-06-24

    Representatives O'Connor and Stubbs added as coauthors

  14. 2025-06-20

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

    referral

  15. 2025-06-10

    Representative Bare added as a coauthor

  16. 2025-05-29

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-05-29

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-05-29

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2025-05-15

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

    amendment-introduction

  20. 2025-05-14

    Executive action taken

  21. 2025-05-12

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

    amendment-introduction

  22. 2025-04-23

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  23. 2025-04-15

    Public hearing held

  24. 2025-04-14

    Representative Roe added as a coauthor

  25. 2025-04-11

    Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor

  26. 2025-04-01

    Representative Tenorio added as a coauthor

  27. 2025-02-21

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  28. 2025-02-19

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  29. 2025-02-06

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

    reading-1,referral-committee

  30. 2025-02-06

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Franklin, Kaufert, Madison, Anderson, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Goeben, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hong, Hysell, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Tusler, Udell, Wichgers and Stroud; cosponsored by Senators James, Larson and Tomczyk

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

    2025-05-29 · pass · 10-0

  • Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

    2025-05-29 · pass · 10-0

  • PASSAGE

    2025-06-24 · pass · 96-0

    Member-level votes (96)
    • ALLEN: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • ANDRACA: yes
    • ARMSTRONG: yes
    • ARNEY: yes
    • AUGUST: yes
    • BARE: yes
    • BEHNKE: yes
    • BILLINGS: yes
    • BORN: yes
    • BRILL: yes
    • BROOKS: yes
    • BROWN: yes
    • CLANCY: yes
    • CRUZ: yes
    • DALLMAN: yes
    • DESANTO: yes
    • DESMIDT: yes
    • DITTRICH: yes
    • DONOVAN: yes
    • DOYLE: yes
    • DUCHOW: yes
    • EMERSON: yes
    • FITZGERALD: yes
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • GOEBEN: yes
    • GOODWIN: yes
    • GREEN: yes
    • GUNDRUM: yes
    • GUSTAFSON: yes
    • HAYWOOD: yes
    • HONG: yes
    • HURD: yes
    • HYSELL: yes
    • JACOBSON, B: yes
    • JACOBSON, J: yes
    • JOERS: yes
    • JOHNSON: yes
    • KAUFERT: yes
    • KIRSCH: yes
    • KITCHENS: yes
    • KNODL: yes
    • KREIBICH: yes
    • KRUG: yes
    • KURTZ: yes
    • MADISON: yes
    • MAXEY: yes
    • MAYADEV: yes
    • MCCARVILLE: yes
    • MCGUIRE: yes
    • MELOTIK: yes
    • MIRESSE: yes
    • MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
    • MOSES: yes
    • MURPHY: yes
    • MURSAU: yes
    • NEDWESKI: yes
    • NEUBAUER: yes
    • NEYLON: yes
    • NOVAK: yes
    • O'CONNOR: yes
    • ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
    • PALMERI: yes
    • PENTERMAN: yes
    • PETERSEN: yes
    • PHELPS: yes
    • PRADO: yes
    • PRONSCHINSKE: yes
    • RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
    • RODRIGUEZ: yes
    • ROE: yes
    • SINICKI: yes
    • SNODGRASS: yes
    • SNYDER: yes
    • SORTWELL: yes
    • SPAUDE: yes
    • SPIROS: yes
    • STEFFEN: yes
    • STROUD: yes
    • STUBBS: yes
    • SUBECK: yes
    • SUMMERFIELD: yes
    • SWEARINGEN: yes
    • TAYLOR: yes
    • TENORIO: yes
    • TITTL: yes
    • TRANEL: yes
    • TUCKER: yes
    • TUSLER: yes
    • UDELL: yes
    • VANDERMEER: yes
    • VINING: yes
    • WICHGERS: yes
    • WITTKE: yes
    • ZIMMERMAN: yes
    • SPEAKER: yes

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab17

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