Bill Commons

WI SB 181

enacted

Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did WI SB 181 pass?

Yes. WI SB 181 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-09): Published 4-9-2026

What is WI SB 181 about?

WI SB 181 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI SB 181?

Testin, Spreitzer, Pfaff and 4 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 181.

Introduced
2025-04-14
Latest action
2026-04-09 — Published 4-9-2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Testinprimary
  • Spreitzerprimary
  • Pfaffprimary
  • Nassprimary
  • Cabral-Guevaraprimary
  • Jamesprimary
  • Markleinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-09

    Published 4-9-2026

    became-law

  2. 2026-04-09

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 212

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-04-02

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-03-19

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. 2026-02-26

    Report correctly enrolled

    enrolled

  6. 2026-02-23

    Received from Assembly concurred in

    receipt

  7. 2026-02-19

    Ordered immediately messaged

  8. 2026-02-19

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 92, Noes 1

    passage,reading-3

  9. 2026-02-19

    Rules suspended

  10. 2026-02-19

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  11. 2026-02-19

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  12. 2026-02-18

    Made a special order of business at 11:09 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. 2026-02-04

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  14. 2026-02-04

    Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2026-02-03

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  16. 2026-01-30

    Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance

    reading-1,referral-committee

  17. 2026-01-22

    Received from Senate

    receipt

  18. 2026-01-21

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. 2026-01-21

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 3

    passage,reading-3

  20. 2026-01-21

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  21. 2026-01-21

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  22. 2026-01-21

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

    amendment-passage,passage

  23. 2026-01-21

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  24. 2026-01-21

    Senator Spreitzer withdrawn as a coauthor

    withdrawal

  25. 2026-01-16

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  26. 2025-11-12

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein

    amendment-introduction

  27. 2025-11-11

    Available for scheduling

  28. 2025-11-11

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-11-11

    Executive action taken

  30. 2025-07-03

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  31. 2025-05-14

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  32. 2025-04-29

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  33. 2025-04-25

    Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor

  34. 2025-04-24

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  35. 2025-04-23

    Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor

  36. 2025-04-23

    Public hearing held

  37. 2025-04-21

    Senator Habush Sinykin added as a coauthor

  38. 2025-04-14

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

    reading-1,referral-committee

  39. 2025-04-14

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, James, Cabral-Guevara, Nass, Pfaff, Spreitzer and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Gustafson, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Green, Kaufert, Kitchens, Maxey, Melotik, Moses, Mursau, Neubauer, Palmeri, Piwowarczyk, Steffen, Subeck, Udell, VanderMeer and Nedweski

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    2025-11-11 · pass · 5-0

  • PASSAGE

    2026-01-21 · pass · 30-3

    Member-level votes (33)
    • BRADLEY: yes
    • JACQUE: yes
    • QUINN: yes
    • CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
    • JAGLER: yes
    • RATCLIFF: yes
    • CARPENTER: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • ROYS: yes
    • DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
    • JOHNSON: yes
    • SMITH: 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
    • KAPENGA: no
    • SPREITZER: no
    • WIRCH: no
  • Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

    2026-02-04 · pass · 15-0

  • CONCURRENCE

    2026-02-19 · pass · 92-1

    Member-level votes (93)
    • 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
    • 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
    • PRONSCHINSKE: yes
    • RODRIGUEZ: yes
    • ROE: yes
    • SINICKI: yes
    • SNODGRASS: yes
    • SNYDER: yes
    • SORTWELL: no
    • SPAUDE: yes
    • SPIROS: yes
    • STEFFEN: 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

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