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WI AB 17

withdrawn

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

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No. WI AB 17 was withdrawn on 2026-03-23 and is no longer under consideration.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

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

  1. 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

  2. 2025-02-06

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-19

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  4. 2025-02-21

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  5. 2025-04-01

    Representative Tenorio added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-04-11

    Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor

  7. 2025-04-14

    Representative Roe added as a coauthor

  8. 2025-04-15

    Public hearing held

  9. 2025-04-23

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  10. 2025-05-12

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

    amendment-introduction

  11. 2025-05-14

    Executive action taken

  12. 2025-05-15

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

    amendment-introduction

  13. 2025-05-29

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-29

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-05-29

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-06-10

    Representative Bare added as a coauthor

  17. 2025-06-20

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

    referral

  18. 2025-06-24

    Representatives O'Connor and Stubbs added as coauthors

  19. 2025-06-24

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-06-24

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

    amendment-passage,passage

  21. 2025-06-24

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

    amendment-passage,passage

  22. 2025-06-24

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  23. 2025-06-24

    Rules suspended

  24. 2025-06-24

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

    passage,reading-3

  25. 2025-06-24

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. 2025-06-24

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  27. 2025-06-27

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue

    reading-1,referral-committee

  28. 2025-08-28

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  29. 2026-01-08

    Public hearing held

  30. 2026-03-23

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-failure

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

Related bills

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