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SB480 • 2025
residential tax incremental districts
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 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 235
Published 4-9-2026
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
LRB correction ( Senate Amendment 1 )
LRB correction
Report correctly enrolled
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
Assembly 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)
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
Read a second time
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 90, Noes 5
Ordered immediately messaged
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
Referred to committee on Rules
Made a special order of business at 12:09 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
Received from Senate
Read a second time
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
Senate Amendment 2 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 3
Senators Dassler-Alfheim , Ratcliff and Spreitzer added as coauthors
Ordered immediately messaged
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Feyen
Executive action taken
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 15, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 15, Noes 0
Available for scheduling
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
Executive action taken
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry , Ayes 5, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry , Ayes 5, Noes 0
Available for scheduling
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen
Public hearing held
Fiscal estimate received
Fiscal estimate received
Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
Introduced by Senators Feyen , Marklein and Cabral-Guevara ; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong , B. Jacobson , Brooks , Dittrich , Goeben , Kitchens , Knodl , Kreibich , Murphy , O'Connor , Penterman , Rivera-Wagner , Summerfield , Tranel and Palmeri
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
residential tax incremental districts Status: S - Enacted into law