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workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit

workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
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
Last action
2025-12-10
Official status
A - Enacted into Law
Effective date
Not listed

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workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit

workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit Status: A - Enacted into Law

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-10 Asm.

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 78

  2. 2025-12-10 Asm.

    Published 12-10-2025

  3. 2025-12-04 Asm.

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  4. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Received from Senate concurred in

  5. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025

  6. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  7. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Read a second time

  8. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  9. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up

  10. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  13. 2025-11-18 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. 2025-11-14 Sen.

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization , pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m) , Ayes 3, Noes 2

  15. 2025-11-14 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  16. 2025-10-08 Sen.

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  17. 2025-10-08 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. 2025-10-08 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  19. 2025-10-07 Asm.

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  20. 2025-10-07 Asm.

    Read a second time

  21. 2025-10-07 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  22. 2025-10-07 Asm.

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. 2025-10-07 Asm.

    Rules suspended

  24. 2025-10-07 Asm.

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 92, Noes 4

  25. 2025-10-07 Asm.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. 2025-10-07 Sen.

    Received from Assembly

  27. 2025-10-06 Asm.

    Representatives Fitzgerald , Spaude and Miresse added as coauthors

  28. 2025-10-03 Asm.

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 10-7-2025

  29. 2025-09-15 Asm.

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means , Ayes 10, Noes 0

  30. 2025-09-15 Asm.

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means , Ayes 10, Noes 0

  31. 2025-09-15 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  32. 2025-09-09 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  33. 2025-09-04 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  34. 2025-08-27 Asm.

    Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor

  35. 2025-08-26 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong

  36. 2025-08-21 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  37. 2025-07-22 Asm.

    Representative Penterman added as a coauthor

  38. 2025-07-10 Asm.

    Representative Tucker added as a coauthor

  39. 2025-06-24 Asm.

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  40. 2025-06-18 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  41. 2025-06-09 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  42. 2025-06-09 Asm.

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  43. 2025-05-30 Asm.

    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

  44. 2025-05-30 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

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workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit
Status: A - Enacted into Law

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 280
May 30, 2025 - 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
. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
AB280,1,3
1
An Act

to amend
71.07 (3y) (b) 6., 71.28 (3y) (b) 6., 71.47 (3y) (b) 6. and 238.308
2
(4) (a) 6. of the statutes;
relating to:
workforce housing and childcare awards
3
under the business development tax credit.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill makes adjustments to the workforce housing investment and child care investment awards under the business development tax credit. Under current law, a person may claim tax benefits of an amount equal to up to 15 percent of the person’s investment in workforce housing for employees and up to 15 percent of the person’s investment in establishing an employee child care program for employees. Under current law, such investments may only include capital expenditures made by the person. Under the bill, the investments in workforce housing and child care for which a person may receive tax benefits may include contributions made to a third party for building or rehabilitating workforce housing or establishing a child care program, including contributions made to a local revolving loan fund program. The bill also removes the requirement that the workforce housing and child care program for which a person may receive tax benefits for investing in be for employees.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB280,1
1
Section

1
.
71.07 (3y) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB280,2,11
2
71.07
(3y)
(b) 6. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, the
3
amount of the investment in workforce housing, as defined in s. 234.66 (1) (i),
for
4
employees,
not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, and the amount of the
5
investment in establishing
an employee

a
child care program
for employees
, not to
6
exceed 15 percent of such investment, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic
7
Development Corporation.
For purposes of this subdivision, investments include
8
capital expenditures made by the claimant and contributions made by the claimant
9
to a 3rd party responsible for building or rehabilitating workforce housing or
10
establishing a child care program, including contributions made to a local revolving
11
fund loan program.
AB280,2
12
Section

2
.
71.28 (3y) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB280,2,22
13
71.28
(3y)
(b) 6. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, the
14
amount of the investment in workforce housing, as defined in s. 234.66 (1) (i),
for
15
employees,
not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, and the amount of the
16
investment made in establishing
an employee

a
child care program
for employees
,
17
not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, as determined by the Wisconsin
18
Economic Development Corporation.
For purposes of this subdivision, investments
19
include capital expenditures made by the claimant and contributions made by the
20
claimant to a 3rd party responsible for building or rehabilitating workforce housing
21
or establishing a child care program, including contributions made to a local
22
revolving fund loan program.
AB280,3
1
Section

3
.
71.47 (3y) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB280,3,11
2
71.47
(3y)
(b) 6. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, the
3
amount of the investment in workforce housing, as defined in s. 234.66 (1) (i),
for
4
employees,
not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, and the amount of the
5
investment made in establishing
an employee

a
child care program
for employees
,
6
not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, as determined by the Wisconsin
7
Economic Development Corporation.
For purposes of this subdivision, investments
8
include capital expenditures made by the claimant and contributions made by the
9
claimant to a 3rd party responsible for building or rehabilitating workforce housing
10
or establishing a child care program, including contributions made to a local
11
revolving fund loan program.
AB280,4
12
Section

4
.
238.308 (4) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB280,3,20
13
238.308
(4)
(a) 6. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, an
14
amount equal to up to 15 percent of the person’s investment in workforce housing,
15
as defined in s. 234.66 (1) (i),
for employees
and up to 15 percent of the person’s
16
investment in establishing
an employee

a
child care program
for employees
. Such
17
investments may include
only
capital expenditures made by the person
and

18
contributions made by the person to a 3rd party responsible for building or
19
rehabilitating workforce housing or establishing a child care program, including
20
contributions made to a local revolving loan fund program
.
AB280,5
21
Section

5
. Initial applicability.
AB280,3,22
22
(
1
)

This act first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2025.
AB280,3,23
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