WI AB 685
enactedRelating to: individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 685 pass?
Yes. WI AB 685 has been enacted into law as of 2026-04-03. Latest recorded action (2026-04-03): Published 4-4-2026
What is WI AB 685 about?
WI AB 685 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 685?
Swearingen is the primary sponsor of WI AB 685.
- Introduced
- 2025-11-26
- Latest action
- 2026-04-03 — Published 4-4-2026
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Swearingenprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-11-26
Introduced by Representative Swearingen; cosponsored by Senator Felzkowski
introduction
2025-11-26
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-12-19
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2026-01-12
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Swearingen
amendment-introduction
2026-01-21
Public hearing held
2026-02-04
Executive action taken
2026-02-04
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-04
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-04
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-04
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Swearingen
amendment-introduction
2026-02-04
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Swearingen
amendment-introduction
2026-02-06
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4)
referral-committee
2026-02-06
Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
2026-02-09
Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
2026-02-10
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
receipt
2026-02-12
Representative Snyder added as a coauthor
2026-02-13
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
referral
2026-02-16
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
2026-02-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-02-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-17
Rules suspended
2026-02-17
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 99, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2026-02-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-18
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-20
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-20
Available for scheduling
2026-02-27
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
referral-committee
2026-03-03
Executive action taken
2026-03-03
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-03
Available for scheduling
2026-03-16
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-23
Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026
enrolled
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-04-03
Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 192
executive-signature
2026-04-03
Published 4-4-2026
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2026-02-04 · pass · 10-0
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2026-02-04 · pass · 10-0
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
2026-02-10 · pass · 9-0
PASSAGE
2026-02-17 · pass · 99-0
Member-level votes (99)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: 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: yes
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: yes
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: yes
- 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
- TENORIO: yes
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0
2026-03-03 · pass · 16-0
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2026-03-17 · 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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