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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 525

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Relating to: repeal of obsolete tax credits and tax provisions. (FE)

Franchise — Taxation Income tax — Credit Sunset Taxation

  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 repeals various tax credits that taxpayers may no longer earn because of sunset provisions related to each of those credits, repeals various obsolete tax provisions, and updates other tax provisions to reflect those changes. Current law allows taxpayers to carry forward certain unused nonrefundable tax credits to future years. Under the bill, the repeal of any nonrefundable tax credits is delayed until the date that those credits may no longer be used. The bill repeals, among others, the following tax credits and other obsolete tax provisions:

1. The armed forces member credit.

2. The biodiesel fuel production credit.

3. The community development finance credit.

4. The dairy and livestock farm investment credit.

5. The development, development opportunity, development zone additional research, and enterprise development zones credits.

6. The electronic medical records credit.

7. The economic development tax credit.

8. The ethanol and biodiesel fuel pump credit.

9. The health insurance risk-sharing plan assessments credit.

10. The internet equipment credit.

11. The jobs tax credit and the corresponding appropriation.

12. The manufacturing investment credit.

13. The manufacturing sales tax credit.

14. The postsecondary education credit.

15. The research facilities credit.

16. The super research and development credit.

17. The technology zones credit.

18. The water consumption credit.

19. The veteran employment credit.

20. The credit for investment in certified capital companies.

21. Provisions related to computation of apportionment of business income for tax years prior to 2008.

22. Obsolete Internal Revenue Code definitions.

23. Income tax rates and brackets for tax years prior to 2025.

24. Income tax return donation checkoffs that are discontinued.

25. The alternative minimum tax.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brill (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

3 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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 Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Nov 20, 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 passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Nov 20, 2025 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. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Cabral-Guevara and Nass

  2. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Oct 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  6. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  9. Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules

  11. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  12. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1