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AB453 • 2025
required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension
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Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 173
Published 4-3-2026
Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
LRB correction ( Senate Substitute Amendment 1 )
Report correctly enrolled on 2-23-2026
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
Action ordered immediately messaged
Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Ratcliff , L. Johnson , Wall , Spreitzer , Drake , Dassler-Alfheim , Habush Sinykin , Hesselbein , Keyeski , Pfaff , Roys and Smith
Read a second time
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 28, Noes 5
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
Ordered immediately messaged
Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended ( Senate amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 and Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted)
Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Executive action taken
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry , Ayes 5, Noes 0
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry , Ayes 5, Noes 0
Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry , Ayes 5, Noes 0
Available for scheduling
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jagler
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jagler
Fiscal estimate received
Public hearing held
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
Read a second time
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 41
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
Assembly Amendment 4 adopted
Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Armstrong
Assembly Amendment 5 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 39
Ordered immediately messaged
Received from Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate , Ayes 13, Noes 1
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate , Ayes 14, Noes 0
Report Assembly Amendment 4 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate , Ayes 14, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate , Ayes 9, Noes 5
Referred to calendar of 10-7-2025
Executive action taken
Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Armstrong
Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Armstrong
Public hearing held
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Brooks
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong , Brooks , Dittrich , Knodl , Kreibich , Murphy , O'Connor , Piwowarczyk , Summerfield and Penterman ; cosponsored by Senator Jagler
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension Status: A - Enacted into Law