WI AB 185
in committeeRelating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did WI AB 185 pass?
Not yet. WI AB 185 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 185 about?
WI AB 185 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 185?
Sheehan, Johnson, Rivera-Wagner and 10 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 185.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-15
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Sheehanprimary
- Johnsonprimary
- Rivera-Wagnerprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Tranelprimary
- Billingsprimary
- Brownprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Duchowprimary
- Novakprimary
- Kitchensprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
2025-11-20
Available for scheduling
2025-11-20
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-11-20
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-11-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-19
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2025-11-19
Rules suspended
2025-11-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-19
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-11-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-13
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-12
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
2025-11-11
Referred to joint committee on Finance
referral-committee
2025-11-11
Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0.
receipt
2025-11-11
Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
2025-11-07
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4)
referral-committee
2025-05-19
Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
2025-05-08
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-05-08
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Executive action taken
2025-04-30
Public hearing held
2025-04-30
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kitchens
amendment-introduction
2025-04-30
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-04-25
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
2025-04-23
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
amendment-introduction
2025-04-15
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-15
Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Novak, Duchow, Melotik, Kreibich, Brown, Billings, Tranel, Mursau, O'Connor, Rivera-Wagner, Johnson and Sheehan; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Spreitzer
introduction
Versions
Documents
- text/html
- application/pdf
- text/html
- application/pdf
- text/html
- text/html
- text/html(no extracted text yet)
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- text/html
- text/html
- text/html
- text/html
- application/pdf
- application/pdf
Votes
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-05-08 · pass · 10-0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-05-08 · pass · 10-0
Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0.
2025-11-11 · pass · 9-0
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0
2025-11-12 · pass · 14-0
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0
2025-11-12 · pass · 14-0
PASSAGE
2025-11-19 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (97)
- 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
- CALLAHAN: 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
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: yes
- SHEEHAN: 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
- 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
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:42.962855Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=WI&identifier=AB 185. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
- Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.