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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 140

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Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Port Washington. (FE)

Data processing Dodge county Ozaukee county Property tax

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the equalized value of taxable property of a new or amended tax incremental district (TID) plus the value increment of all existing TIDs in a city or village may not exceed 12 percent of the total equalized value of taxable property in the city or village. Under this bill, the 12 percent rule does not apply to TID Number 5 created by the city of Port Washington.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Brooks (R) , Melotik (R) , O'Connor (R)

2 cosponsors

Feyen (R) , Habush Sinykin (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 10

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 May 7, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 May 7, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 May 7, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 91–6 May 13, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 91

Not voting · 2

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Jun 3, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jun 17, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 29–3 Jun 18, 2025 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Melotik, Armstrong and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senators Feyen and Habush Sinykin

  2. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Mar 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Brooks and Born

  6. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks

  8. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  10. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  11. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  12. May 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025

  13. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  15. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  16. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 91, Noes 6

  19. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. May 13, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. May 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  22. Jun 2, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  23. Jun 3, 2025 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  24. Jun 3, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  25. Jun 17, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Jun 17, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  28. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  30. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 3

  31. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  33. Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 6-23-2025

  34. Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  35. Jul 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 7-2-2025 by directive of the Speaker

  36. Jul 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 16

  37. Jul 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Published 7-9-2025