WI AB 602

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Relating to: participating in the federal tax credit program for contributions to scholarship granting organizations.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WI AB 602 pass?

No. WI AB 602 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-05-13): Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

What is WI AB 602 about?

WI AB 602 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: participating in the federal tax credit program for contributions to scholarship granting organizations.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 602?

Gustafson, Wittke, Wichgers and 18 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 602.

Introduced: 2025-10-29
Latest action: 2026-05-13 — Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

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2026-05-13
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
failure
2026-05-12
Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
2026-03-30
Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-30-2026
executive-veto
2026-03-26
Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026
executive-receipt
2026-01-23
Report correctly enrolled on 1-23-2026
enrolled
2026-01-22
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-01-21
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-01-21
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
passage,reading-3
2026-01-21
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-01-21
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-01-21
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
2026-01-21
Referred to joint committee on Finance
referral-committee
2026-01-21
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-01-16
Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-01-09
Available for scheduling
2026-01-09
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-09
Executive action taken
2026-01-06
Public hearing held
2025-11-20
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
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 54, Noes 44
passage,reading-3
2025-11-19
Rules suspended
2025-11-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-13
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-13
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-13
Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 5, Noes 3
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Executive action taken
2025-11-05
Public hearing held
2025-10-30
Representative Melotik added as a coauthor
2025-10-29
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-29
Introduced by Representatives Rodriguez, Franklin, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Spiros, Steffen, Tusler, Wichgers, Wittke and Gustafson; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Hutton, Wanggaard, Jagler, James, Kapenga, Nass, Quinn, Tomczyk and Wimberger
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Votes

Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 5, Noes 3
2025-11-13 · pass · 5-3
PASSAGE
2025-11-19 · pass · 54-44
Member-level votes (98)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: no
- ANDRACA: no
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: no
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: no
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: no
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: no
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: no
- FITZGERALD: no
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: no
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: no
- JOERS: no
- JOHNSON: no
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: no
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: no
- MCGUIRE: no
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: no
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: no
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
- PALMERI: no
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: no
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: no
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: no
- SINICKI: no
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: no
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: no
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: no
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: no
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-01-09 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2026-01-21 · pass · 18-15
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- NASS: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- JOHNSON: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- KEYESKI: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- PFAFF: no
- WALL: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab602

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