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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 373

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Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE)

Income tax — Credit Maternal and infant care

  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

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Goodwin (D) , Gundrum (R) , Hysell (D) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Prado (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Udell (D) , Wichgers (R)

22 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Jacque (R) , Joers (D) , Keyeski (D) , Melotik (R) , Nass (R) , Ortiz-Velez and Anderson , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roys (D) , Sheehan (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Vining (D) , Wall (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 4

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 Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Nov 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 Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

Passed 11–4 Feb 4, 2026 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 Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 4, 2026 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 98–0 Feb 17, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 98

Not voting · 1

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

Passed 3–2 Mar 16, 2026 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 32–1 Mar 17, 2026 official source full page

Nay · 1

Full history

  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