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WI AB 231

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Relating to: creating a tax credit for expenses related to film production services and for capital investments made by a film production company, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 231 pass?

No. WI AB 231 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 231 about?

WI AB 231 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: creating a tax credit for expenses related to film production services and for capital investments made by a film production company, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 231?

Zimmerman, Wichgers, Tittl and 21 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 231.

Introduced
2025-05-02
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Zimmermanprimary
  • Wichgersprimary
  • Tittlprimary
  • Swearingenprimary
  • Steffenprimary
  • Snyderprimary
  • Pradoprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Mursauprimary
  • Mosesprimary
  • Miresseprimary
  • Melotikprimary
  • Maxeyprimary
  • Kreibichprimary
  • Kitchensprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Greenprimary
  • Goodwinprimary
  • Emersonprimary
  • Doyleprimary
  • Brownprimary
  • Hurdprimary
  • Callahanprimary
  • Armstrongprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-02

    Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Callahan, Hurd, Brown, Doyle, Emerson, Goodwin, Green, Johnson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Miresse, Moses, Mursau, O'Connor, Prado, Snyder, Steffen, Swearingen, Tittl, Wichgers and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Bradley, Testin, Drake, Feyen, Larson, Pfaff, Quinn and Spreitzer

    introduction

  2. 2025-05-02

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-07

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  4. 2025-05-07

    Public hearing held

  5. 2025-05-07

    Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-05-08

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  7. 2025-05-13

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong

    amendment-introduction

  8. 2025-05-14

    Executive action taken

  9. 2025-05-19

    Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor

  10. 2025-05-19

    Representatives Anderson and Stroud added as coauthors

  11. 2025-05-20

    Representative Spaude added as a coauthor

  12. 2025-05-21

    Representatives Udell and Subeck added as coauthors

  13. 2025-05-28

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  14. 2025-05-29

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-05-29

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-05-29

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-06-02

    Senator James added as a cosponsor

  18. 2025-06-05

    Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  19. 2025-06-10

    Representative Bare added as a coauthor

  20. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0

    2025-05-29 · pass · 9-0

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

    2025-05-29 · pass · 10-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab231

Attribution

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