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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 373

Creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Income tax: Credit, Maternal and infant care

Became law

The governor signed it on Apr 9, 2026. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jul 17, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 17, 2026

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 32 to 1

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2025 Wisconsin Act 241

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 9, 2026: “Published 4-10-2026”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 379. That version died when the session ended.

What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates a refundable individual income tax credit of $2,000 that may be claimed by the parents of a stillbirth. The bill defines “stillbirth” as a birth that occurs in this state that results in a stillbirth for which a fetal death report is required. Because the credit is refundable, if the amount of the credit for which the individual is eligible exceeds his or her tax liability, the difference will be refunded to the claimant.

Who's behind it

25 representatives are its ⁠. 16 are Republicans and 9 are Democrats.

22 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 47 names

Authors (25)

Signed on in support (22)

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 6 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote to recommend it

Passed, 9 to 0 · Nov 7, 2025

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 Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote on an amendment

Passed, 11 to 4 · Feb 4, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · Feb 4, 2026

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 Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 98 to 0 · Feb 17, 2026 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (98)

Didn't vote (1)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 16, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 32 to 1 · Mar 17, 2026

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

No (1)

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 9, 2026

    The new law was published.

  2. Apr 9, 2026

    The governor signed it. It became 2025 Wisconsin Act 241.

  3. Apr 8, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  4. Apr 2, 2026

    Sent to the governor.

  5. Mar 17, 2026

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  6. Mar 17, 2026

    The Senate passed it too, 32 to 1.

  7. Mar 16, 2026

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

  8. Feb 20, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  9. Feb 18, 2026

    The Senate received it.

  10. Feb 17, 2026

    The Assembly passed it, 98 to 0.

  11. Feb 17, 2026

    The Assembly adopted it.

  12. Feb 16, 2026

    2 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  13. Feb 4, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  14. Feb 4, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  15. Jan 8, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  16. Nov 7, 2025

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  17. Nov 7, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.

  18. Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025

    3 more representatives signed on in support.

  19. Oct 1, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  20. Sep 12, 2025 to Sep 15, 2025

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  21. Jul 24, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  22. Jul 18, 2025

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  23. Jul 17, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  24. Jul 17, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Brill, B. Jacobson, Subeck, Armstrong, Bare, Behnke, Dittrich, Emerson, Franklin, Goeben, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hysell, Knodl, Kreibich, McCarville, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Tusler, Udell and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Hesselbein, Bradley, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Nass, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wanggaard

  2. Jul 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Jul 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  4. Jul 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  6. Sep 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor

  7. Oct 1, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Oct 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor

  9. Oct 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Rivera-Wagner added as a coauthor

  10. Oct 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Melotik added as a coauthor

  11. Nov 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  13. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  14. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  15. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  16. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  17. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  18. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  19. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  20. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  21. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  22. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Anderson added as coauthors

  23. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brill

  25. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  26. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  28. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  29. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Feb 18, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  31. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  32. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  33. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  34. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  35. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  36. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  37. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  38. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1

  39. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Smith added as a cosponsor

  40. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  41. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  42. Mar 25, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026

  43. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  44. Apr 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  45. Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 241

  46. Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Published 4-10-2026

Terms on this page

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

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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

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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