Assembly Bill 156
State workforce housing income and franchise tax credit and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on Oct 26, 2021, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 10, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Oct 26, 2021
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a state workforce housing tax credit program that is administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Under the bill, WHEDA may certify a person to claim a nonrefundable credit to offset income and franchise taxes if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
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1. The person has an ownership interest in a qualified housing development.
Under the bill, a “qualified housing development” is a residential rental property development located in Wisconsin if at least 25 percent of the rental units are occupied by individuals whose income is at least 61 percent but not more than 100 percent of area median income and the rents for such units do not exceed 30 percent of area median income.
2. The tax credit is necessary for the financial feasibility of the development.
3. The qualified housing development is the subject of a recorded restrictive covenant requiring that the development be maintained and operated as a qualified housing development for at least 10 years.
4. The tax credit certification is issued in accordance with a qualified allocation plan established by WHEDA.
The bill requires that WHEDA give preference to qualified housing developments located in a city, village, or town of fewer than 150,000 residents. The bill caps at $42,000,000 the amount of credits WHEDA may issue each year, including all amounts each person is eligible to claim for each year of the credit.
However, the bill raises that cap for each year by an amount equal to all unallocated credits from prior years and all previously allocated credits that have been revoked, canceled, or otherwise recovered by WHEDA.
The bill also requires that WHEDA submit an annual report to the legislature concerning the program's progress.
Who's behind it
14 representatives are its . 13 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 4 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote on an amendment
Passed, 13 to 0 · Oct 21, 2021
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote on an amendment
Passed, 12 to 1 · Oct 21, 2021
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 3 · Oct 21, 2021
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 95 to 0 · Oct 26, 2021 · 4 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (95)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Alex Dallman (R, 39)
- Amy Loudenbeck (R, 31)
- Barbara Dittrich (R, 99)
- Beth Meyers (D, 74)
- Bob Wittke (R, 63)
- Calvin Callahan (R, 35)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Chuck Wichgers (R, 84)
- Cindi Duchow (R, 97)
- Clint Moses (R, 92)
- Cody Horlacher (R, 33)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Daniel Riemer (D, 7)
- Dave Armstrong (R, 67)
- Dave Considine (D, 81)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- David Bowen (D, 10)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Deb Andraca (D, 23)
- Dianne Hesselbein (D, 27)
- Don Vruwink (D, 43)
- Donna Rozar (R, 69)
- Dora Drake (D, 4)
- Elijah Behnke (R, 6)
- Evan Goyke (D, 18)
- Francesca Hong (D, 76)
- Gae Magnafici (R, 28)
- Gary Hebl (D, 46)
- Gordon Hintz (D, 54)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- James Edming (R, 87)
- Janel Brandtjen (R, 22)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R, 52)
- Jesse James (R, 23)
- Jessie Rodriguez (R, 21)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jim Steineke (R, 5)
- Jimmy Anderson (D, 47)
- Jodi Emerson (D, 91)
- Joe Sanfelippo (R, 15)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- John Macco (R, 88)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Jon Plumer (R, 42)
- Jonathan Brostoff (D, 19)
- Kalan Haywood (D, 16)
- Katrina Shankland (D, 71)
- Ken Skowronski (R, 82)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Kristina Shelton (D, 90)
- LaKeshia Myers (D, 12)
- Lee Snodgrass (D, 52)
- Loren Oldenburg (R, 96)
- Marisabel Cabrera (D, 9)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Michael Schraa (R, 53)
- Mike Kuglitsch (R, 84)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Nick Milroy (D, 73)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R, 19)
- Rick Gundrum (R, 58)
- Rob Brooks (R, 59)
- Rob Summerfield (R, 68)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Robyn Vining (D, 13)
- Ron Tusler (R, 3)
- Samantha Kerkman (R, 61)
- Samba Baldeh (D, 48)
- Sara Rodriguez (D, 13)
- Scott Allen (R, 82)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Shae Sortwell (R, 2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
- Shelia Stubbs (D, 78)
- Sondy Pope (D, 80)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Sue Conley (D, 44)
- Supreme Moore Omokunde (D, 17)
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D, 8)
- Terry Katsma (R, 26)
- Timothy Ramthun (R, 59)
- Tip McGuire (D, 64)
- Tod Ohnstad (D, 65)
- Todd Novak (R, 51)
- Tony Kurtz (R, 41)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Treig Pronschinske (R, 29)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Tyler Vorpagel (R, 27)
- Will Penterman (R, 38)
Didn't vote (4)
- Gary Tauchen (R, 6)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Mark Spreitzer (D, 15)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 3, 2022
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 2, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue.
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Oct 27, 2021
The Senate received it.
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Oct 26, 2021
The Assembly passed it, 95 to 0.
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Oct 26, 2021
The Assembly adopted it.
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Oct 21, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 21, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 3.
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Sep 20, 2021 to Oct 11, 2021
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jun 8, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jun 8, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 22, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 11, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 10, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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Mar 10, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, Armstrong, Edming, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Moses, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Skowronski, Spiros, Tittl, Tusler and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ballweg and Feyen
- Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 22, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 10, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Summerfield
- Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Dittrich added as a coauthor
- Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Sep 20, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Novak added as a coauthor
- Oct 7, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Summerfield
- Oct 11, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor
- Oct 11, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Summerfield
- Oct 12, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 1
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 3
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 0
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 27, 2021 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Nov 2, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue
- Mar 3, 2022 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote