WI AB 17
withdrawnRelating 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
Quick answers
Did WI AB 17 pass?
No. WI AB 17 was withdrawn on 2026-03-23 and is no longer under consideration. 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
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
2025-02-06
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-19
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-02-21
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-04-01
Representative Tenorio added as a coauthor
2025-04-11
Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
2025-04-14
Representative Roe added as a coauthor
2025-04-15
Public hearing held
2025-04-23
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
2025-05-12
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
amendment-introduction
2025-05-14
Executive action taken
2025-05-15
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
amendment-introduction
2025-05-29
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-29
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-29
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-06-10
Representative Bare added as a coauthor
2025-06-20
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
referral
2025-06-24
Representatives O'Connor and Stubbs added as coauthors
2025-06-24
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-06-24
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-06-24
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-06-24
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-06-24
Rules suspended
2025-06-24
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2025-06-24
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-06-24
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-06-27
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-08-28
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2026-01-08
Public hearing held
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
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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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