Wisconsin House Bill 17

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to amend 71.05 (6) (a) 15., 71.21 (4) (a), 71.26 (2) (a) 4., 71.34 (1k) (g) and 71.45 (2) (a) 10.; to create 71.05 (6) (b) 57., 71.07 (12), 71.10 (4) (em), 71.26 (2) (a) 13., 71.28 (12), 71.30 (3) (am), 71.45 (2) (a) 25., 71.47 (12), 71.49 (1) (am), 73.03 (78) and 73.03 (79) of the statutes; Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)

Creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)

Rep. Shae Sortwell [R]	Rep. Benjamin Franklin [R]	Rep. Dean Kaufert [R]	Rep. Darrin Madison [D]
Rep. Clinton Anderson [D]	Rep. Ryan Clancy [D]	Rep. Angelina Cruz [D]	Rep. Ben DeSmidt [D]
Rep. Joy Goeben [R]	Rep. Russell Goodwin [D]	Rep. Rick Gundrum [R]	Rep. Francesca Hong [D]
Rep. Andrew Hysell [D]	Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]	Rep. Dave Maxey [R]	Rep. Vinnie Miresse [D]
Rep. Todd Novak [R]	Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk [R]	Rep. Pricilla Prado [D]	Rep. Ron Tusler [R]
Rep. Randy Udell [D]	Rep. Chuck Wichgers [R]	Rep. Angela Stroud [D]	Sen. Jesse James [R]
Sen. Christopher Larson [D]	Sen. Cory Tomczyk [R]

2025-06-24 - House - Assembly: Read a third time and passed (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-01-08	Senate	Public hearing held
2025-08-28	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-06-27	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue
2025-06-24	Senate	Received from Assembly
2025-06-24	House	Ordered immediately messaged
2025-06-24	House	Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0
2025-06-24	House	Rules suspended
2025-06-24	House	Ordered to a third reading
2025-06-24	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
2025-06-24	House	Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
2025-06-24	House	Read a second time
2025-06-24	House	Representatives O'Connor and Stubbs added as coauthors
2025-06-20	House	Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
2025-06-10	House	Representative Bare added as a coauthor
2025-05-29	House	Referred to committee on Rules
2025-05-29	House	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-05-29	House	Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-05-15	House	Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
2025-05-14	House	Executive action taken
2025-05-12	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
2025-04-23	House	Representative Joers added as a coauthor
2025-04-15	House	Public hearing held
2025-04-14	House	Representative Roe added as a coauthor
2025-04-11	House	Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
2025-04-01	House	Representative Tenorio added as a coauthor
2025-02-21	House	Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-02-19	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-02-06	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2025-02-06	House	Introduced

SB21 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab17
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB17.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB17-ASA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB17-ASA1-AA1.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab17/ab17_dor.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/ways_and_means/1914081.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcamendmentmemos/2025/REG/AB17.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab17/ab17_dor_u.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/agriculture_and_revenue/1988552.pdf
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/av0050