Assembly Bill 266
The fee for filing limited liability company articles of organization with the Department of Financial Institutions. (FE)
Topics: Corporation, Financial Institutions, Department of, Indians and tribal issues, Parochial and private schools, School: Administration, School: Curriculum
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 19, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 267. That version became law.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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 expands the filing fee exception for a student entrepreneur who forms a limited liability company (LLC).
Current law establishes a fee of $130 for filing LLC articles of organization with the Department of Financial Institutions. However, DFI may not collect this fee if the LLC members or organizers are all student entrepreneurs. A “student entrepreneur” is defined as a student who is at least 18 years of age, enrolled in a postsecondary institution in this state, and an organizer or member of an LLC formed as a business start-up.
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This bill expands the definition of “student entrepreneur” to include a student who is enrolled in a public, private, or tribal high school in this state or is homeschooled.
Who's behind it
20 representatives are its . 11 are Republicans and 9 are Democrats.
13 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (13)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 0 · Jan 20, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 20, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 20, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Oct 2, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Oct 1, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 9, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 21, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 21, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 19, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions.
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May 19, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 19, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Maxey, Doyle, Armstrong, DeSmidt, Goodwin, O'Connor, Dittrich, Gundrum, Miresse, Snodgrass, Melotik, Joers, Sheehan, Knodl, Bare, Roe, Kreibich, Behnke and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Bradley, Pfaff, Wirch, Cabral-Guevara, Nass, Kapenga, Ratcliff and Spreitzer
- May 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions
- May 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- May 21, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Oct 1, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 2, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Prado added as a coauthor
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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