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WI AB 204

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Relating to: creating a video game production tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WI AB 204 pass?

No. WI AB 204 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 204 about?

WI AB 204 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: creating a video game production tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 204?

Behnke, Swearingen, Callahan and 4 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 204, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-04-23
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Behnkeprimary
  • Swearingenprimary
  • Callahanprimary
  • Gundrumprimary
  • Goodwinprimary
  • Zimmermanprimary
  • Mosesprimary
  • Testincosponsor
  • Feyencosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

  2. 2026-02-04

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-04

    Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-02-04

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-02-03

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

    amendment-introduction

  6. 2026-02-03

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  7. 2026-01-30

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-10-23

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  9. 2025-06-06

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-06-06

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 5, Noes 1

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-06-06

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 6, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-06-04

    Executive action taken

  13. 2025-06-03

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Moses

    amendment-introduction

  14. 2025-05-12

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  15. 2025-05-12

    LRB correction

  16. 2025-05-07

    Public hearing held

  17. 2025-04-30

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  18. 2025-04-23

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Science, Technology, and AI

    reading-1,referral-committee

  19. 2025-04-23

    Introduced by Representatives Moses, Zimmerman, Goodwin, Gundrum, Callahan, Swearingen and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators Testin and Feyen

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 5, Noes 1

    2025-06-06 · pass · 5-1

  • Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 6, Noes 0

    2025-06-06 · pass · 6-0

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

    2026-02-04 · pass · 11-4

  • Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

    2026-02-04 · pass · 11-4

Related bills

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab204

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