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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 228

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Relating to: tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers. (FE)

Data processing Economic development corporation wisconsin Elections Property tax

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, there is a sales and use tax exemption for certain property and items used to construct, operate, or renovate a qualified data center, as certified by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Also under current law, the equalized value of the 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 a TID that contains within its boundaries a qualified data center certified by WEDC if all of the project costs of the TID are related to the qualified data center.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: B. Jacobson (R) , Born (R) , Brooks (R) , Franklin (R) , Green (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Melotik (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Snyder (R) , Steffen (R)

2 cosponsors

Feyen (R) , Jagler (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 22

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

Full history

  1. Apr 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Born, Brooks, Franklin, Green, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Nedweski, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Snyder and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Jagler and Feyen

  2. Apr 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Apr 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. May 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1