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SB376 • 2025
a tax credit for employer-provided child care
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 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 183
Published 4-4-2026
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
LRB correction ( Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 )
Report correctly enrolled
Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
Senator Smith added as a coauthor
Action ordered immediately messaged
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Haywood
Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Haywood
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
Read a second time
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 94, Noes 4
Ordered immediately messaged
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 15, Noes 0
Report concurrence as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 15, Noes 0
Referred to committee on Rules
Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
Received from Senate
Read a second time
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0
Ordered immediately messaged
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue , Ayes 8, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue , Ayes 8, Noes 0
Available for scheduling
Executive action taken
Public hearing held
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen
Representative Dittrich added as a cosponsor
Fiscal estimate received
Introduced by Senators Feyen , Nass and Quinn ; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong , Allen , Behnke , Donovan , Goeben , Green , Gundrum , Kreibich , Maxey , Mursau , O'Connor , Sortwell , Steffen and VanderMeer
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
a tax credit for employer-provided child care Status: S - Enacted into law