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AB219 • 2025
a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
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Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 242
Published 4-10-2026
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
Report correctly enrolled on 1-26-2026
Received from Senate concurred in
Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
Read a second time
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
Ordered immediately messaged
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization , pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m) , Ayes 3, Noes 2
Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Received from Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
Available for scheduling
Read a second time
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 99, Noes 0
Ordered immediately messaged
Representative DeSanto added as a coauthor
Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
Representative Bare added as a coauthor
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 14, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 14, Noes 0
Referred to committee on Rules
Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means , Ayes 9, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means , Ayes 9, Noes 0
Referred to joint committee on Finance
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
Executive action taken
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak
Public hearing held
Withdrawn from committee on Transportation and referred to committee on Ways and Means pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
Fiscal estimate received
Senator Testin added as a cosponsor
Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
Introduced by Representatives Novak , Tranel , Armstrong , Donovan , Franklin , Gundrum , Melotik , Mursau , Pronschinske , Swearingen and Gustafson ; cosponsored by Senators Quinn , Feyen and Tomczyk
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization Status: A - Enacted into Law