WI AB 280
enactedRelating to: workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WI AB 280 pass?
Yes. WI AB 280 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-12-10): Published 12-10-2025
What is WI AB 280 about?
WI AB 280 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 280?
VanderMeer, Sheehan, O'Connor and 9 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 280, joined by 5 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-30
- Latest action
- 2025-12-10 — Published 12-10-2025
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- VanderMeerprimary
- Sheehanprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Mosesprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Kaufertprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Armstrongprimary
- Feyencosponsor
- Markleincosponsor
- Dassler-Alfheimcosponsor
- Habush Sinykincosponsor
- Spreitzercosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-12-10
Published 12-10-2025
became-law
2025-12-10
Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 78
executive-signature
2025-12-04
Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
executive-receipt
2025-11-19
Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025
enrolled
2025-11-19
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2025-11-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-18
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2025-11-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-11-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-18
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
2025-11-18
Referred to joint committee on Finance
referral-committee
2025-11-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-18
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
2025-11-14
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-11-14
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2025-10-08
Available for scheduling
2025-10-08
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-08
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
2025-10-07
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-10-07
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-10-07
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 92, Noes 4
passage,reading-3
2025-10-07
Rules suspended
2025-10-07
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-10-07
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage
2025-10-07
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-10-07
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
2025-10-06
Representatives Fitzgerald, Spaude and Miresse added as coauthors
2025-10-03
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 10-7-2025
referral
2025-09-15
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-09-15
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-15
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-09
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-09-04
Executive action taken
2025-08-27
Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
2025-08-26
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
amendment-introduction
2025-08-21
Public hearing held
2025-07-22
Representative Penterman added as a coauthor
2025-07-10
Representative Tucker added as a coauthor
2025-06-24
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
2025-06-18
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-06-09
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
2025-06-09
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-05-30
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-30
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Moses, O'Connor, Sheehan and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Marklein, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin and Spreitzer
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Votes
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-09-15 · pass · 10-0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-09-15 · pass · 10-0
PASSAGE
2025-10-07 · pass · 92-4
Member-level votes (96)
- ALLEN: 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: no
- 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: no
- 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: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: yes
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: 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
- TAYLOR: yes
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2025-11-14 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2025-11-18 · pass · 33-0
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- ROYS: yes
- CARPENTER: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- SMITH: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- SPREITZER: yes
- DRAKE: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LARSON: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WALL: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- NASS: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- QUINN: yes
- WIRCH: yes
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