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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 266

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Relating to: the fee for filing limited liability company articles of organization with the Department of Financial Institutions. (FE)

Corporation Financial institutions department of Indians and tribal issues Parochial and private schools School — Administration School — Curriculum

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Brooks (R) , DeSmidt (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Franklin (R) , Goodwin (D) , Gundrum (R) , Joers (D) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , O'Connor (R) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Snodgrass (D)

13 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Hutton (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Pfaff (D) , Prado (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Udell (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

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 passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jan 20, 2026 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. 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

  2. May 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions

  3. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  4. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  6. Oct 1, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Oct 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  8. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Prado added as a coauthor

  9. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  12. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules

  13. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  14. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1