Wisconsin Senate Bill 482

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 19-2)
Status: Passed on April 9 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-09 - Published 4-9-2026
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)

Sen. Dan Feyen [R]	Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin [D]	Sen. Mary Felzkowski [R]	Sen. Van Wanggaard [R]
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]

2026-01-20 - House - Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in (Y: 90 N: 6 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-18 - Senate - Senate: Read a third time and passed (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-09	Senate	Published 4-9-2026
2026-04-09	Senate	Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 220
2026-04-02	Senate	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
2026-01-22	Senate	Report correctly enrolled
2026-01-20	Senate	Received from Assembly concurred in
2026-01-20	House	Ordered immediately messaged
2026-01-20	House	Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 90, Noes 6
2026-01-20	House	Rules suspended
2026-01-20	House	Ordered to a third reading
2026-01-20	House	Read a second time
2026-01-20	House	Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
2026-01-14	House	Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules
2026-01-14	House	Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
2025-11-19	House	Received from Senate
2025-11-18	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-18	Senate	Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
2025-11-18	Senate	Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0
2025-11-18	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-11-18	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
2025-11-18	Senate	Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
2025-11-18	Senate	Referred to joint committee on Finance
2025-11-18	Senate	Read a second time
2025-11-14	Senate	Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-11-06	Senate	Available for scheduling
2025-11-06	Senate	Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2025-11-06	Senate	Executive action taken
2025-11-04	Senate	Public hearing held
2025-10-17	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-10-14	Senate	Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
2025-10-02	Senate	Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
2025-10-02	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
2025-10-02	Senate	Introduced

AB494 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb482
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB482.pdf
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/enrolledbills/2025/REG/SB482.pdf
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/acts/2025/220.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb482/sb482_dor.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/agriculture_and_revenue/1952825.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcactmemos/2025/REG/Act%20220.pdf
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/sv0108
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/av0170