WI AB 208
deadRelating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WI AB 208 pass?
No. WI AB 208 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 208 about?
WI AB 208 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 208?
Joers, Wittke, VanderMeer and 21 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 208, joined by 11 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
- Joersprimary
- Wittkeprimary
- VanderMeerprimary
- Udellprimary
- Tuckerprimary
- Swearingenprimary
- Subeckprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Novakprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Mosesprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Kaufertprimary
- Johnsonprimary
- J. Jacobsonprimary
- B. Jacobsonprimary
- Greenprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Callahanprimary
- Armstrongprimary
- Gustafsonprimary
- Steffenprimary
- Summerfieldprimary
- Quinncosponsor
- Bradleycosponsor
- Feyencosponsor
- Jamescosponsor
- Keyeskicosponsor
- Pfaffcosponsor
- Ratcliffcosponsor
- Stafsholtcosponsor
- Testincosponsor
- Tomczykcosponsor
- Wimbergercosponsor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
2026-02-19
Laid on the table
deferral
2026-02-19
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Summerfield
amendment-introduction
2026-02-19
Representative Stubbs withdrawn as a coauthor
withdrawal
2026-02-18
Made a special order of business at 11:10 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2026-02-04
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-04
Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
2026-01-30
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)
referral-committee
2025-11-11
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received
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
2025-06-10
Representative Bare added as a coauthor
2025-05-13
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
2025-05-08
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-05-08
Report passage 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
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
2025-04-25
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
2025-04-24
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-04-23
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-23
Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, Steffen, Gustafson, Armstrong, Callahan, Dittrich, Green, B. Jacobson, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Moses, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Subeck, Swearingen, Tucker, Udell, VanderMeer, Wittke and Joers; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Bradley, Feyen, James, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Stafsholt, Testin, Tomczyk and Wimberger
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Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-05-08 · pass · 10-0
Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4
2026-02-04 · pass · 11-4
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