Wisconsin House Bill 494

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 20-2)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 71.28 (5b) (d) 1. and 71.47 (5b) (d) 1.; to renumber and amend 71.07 (4n) (d) and 71.28 (5) (b); to amend 71.07 (2dm) (h), 71.07 (2dx) (e) 1., 71.07 (2dy) (d) 1., 71.07 (3g) (c), 71.07 (3h) (d) 1., 71.07 (3n) (f), 71.07 (4k) (e) 2. b., 71.07 (5b) (d) 1., 71.07 (5d) (d) 2., 71.07 (5g) (d) 1., 71.07 (5i) (d), 71.07 (5j) (d) 1., 71.07 (5k) (d), 71.07 (5n) (d) 1., 71.07 (5r) (d) 1., 71.07 (5rm) (d) 1., 71.07 (6n) (d) 1., 71.07 (8b) (e), 71.07 (9m) (e), 71.07 (9r) (g), 71.07 (10) (d), 71.28 (1dm) (h), 71.28 (1dx) (e) 1., 71.28 (1dy) (d) 1., 71.28 (3g) (c), 71.28 (3h) (d) 1., 71.28 (3n) (f), 71.28 (4) (f), 71.28 (4) (k) 2., 71.28 (5g) (d) 1., 71.28 (5i) (d), 71.28 (5j) (d) 1., 71.28 (5k) (d), 71.28 (5n) (d) 1., 71.28 (5r) (d) 1., 71.28 (5rm) (d) 1., 71.28 (6) (e), 71.28 (6n) (d) 1., 71.28 (8b) (e), 71.28 (10) (d), 71.47 (1dm) (h), 71.47 (1dx) (e) 1., 71.47 (1dy) (d) 1., 71.47 (3g) (c), 71.47 (3h) (d) 1., 71.47 (3n) (f), 71.47 (4) (f), 71.47 (4) (k) 2., 71.47 (5g) (d) 1., 71.47 (5i) (d), 71.47 (5j) (d) 1., 71.47 (5k) (d), 71.47 (5r) (d) 1., 71.47 (5rm) (d) 1., 71.47 (6) (e), 71.47 (6n) (d) 1., 71.47 (8b) (e) and 71.47 (10) (d); to create 71.07 (4n) (d) 2., 71.28 (5) (b) 2., 71.28 (5b) (e), 71.28 (5b) (f), 71.28 (5b) (g), 71.28 (5b) (h), 71.47 (5b) (e), 71.47 (5b) (f), 71.47 (5b) (g) and 71.47 (5b) (h) of the statutes; Relating to: increasing the carryover period of the research income tax credit. (FE)

Increasing the carryover period of the research income tax credit. (FE)

Rep. Calvin Callahan [R]	Rep. David Armstrong [R]	Rep. Mark Born [R]	Rep. Dan Knodl [R]
Rep. Paul Melotik [R]	Rep. Rob Swearingen [R]	Rep. Robert Wittke [R]	Rep. Shannon Zimmerman [R]
Rep. Barbara Dittrich [R]	Rep. Brent Jacobson [R]	Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]	Rep. David Murphy [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]	Rep. William Penterman [R]	Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk [R]	Rep. David Steffen [R]
Rep. Lisa Subeck [D]	Rep. Joel Kitchens [R]	Sen. Dan Feyen [R]	Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin [D]
Sen. Mary Felzkowski [R]	Sen. Van Wanggaard [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-01-20	House	Laid on the table
2026-01-14	House	Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules
2026-01-14	House	Referred to committee on Rules
2026-01-14	House	Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2026-01-08	House	Executive action taken
2025-11-18	House	Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
2025-11-12	House	Public hearing held
2025-10-17	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-10-14	House	Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
2025-10-09	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2025-10-09	House	Introduced

SB482 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-09 - Published 4-9-2026

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab494
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB494.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab494/ab494_dor.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/ways_and_means/1963039.pdf