Assembly Bill 700
An appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Insurance, Insurance: Miscellaneous
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 9, 2026. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Nov 26, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 97 to 0
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 30 to 3
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2025 Wisconsin Act 228
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 9, 2026: “Published 4-9-2026”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 683. That version died when the session ended.
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
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
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill provides a sum sufficient appropriation to authorize refundable credit payments for the long-term care insurance assessment credit created by 2025 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5462/1). If 2025 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5462/1) is not enacted into law, then this bill is void.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . 5 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Piwowarczyk · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Ortiz-Velez and Kaufert
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Stafsholt · Republican, Senate
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 5 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Insurance vote to recommend it
Passed, 8 to 1 · Jan 14, 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 Insurance, Ayes 8, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 97 to 0 · Jan 20, 2026 · 2 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (97)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Alex Dallman (R, 39)
- Alex Joers (D, 81)
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D, 90)
- Amanda Nedweski (R, 32)
- Andrew Hysell (D, 48)
- Angela Stroud (D, 73)
- Angelina Cruz (D, 62)
- Angelito Tenorio (D, 14)
- Ann Roe (D, 44)
- Barbara Dittrich (R, 99)
- Ben DeSmidt (D, 65)
- Ben Franklin (R, 88)
- Bob Donovan (R, 61)
- Bob Wittke (R, 63)
- Brent Jacobson (R, 87)
- Brienne Brown (D, 43)
- Calvin Callahan (R, 35)
- Chanz Green (R, 74)
- Christian Phelps (D, 93)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Chuck Wichgers (R, 84)
- Cindi Duchow (R, 97)
- Clint Anderson (D, 45)
- Clint Moses (R, 92)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Darrin Madison (D, 10)
- Dave Armstrong (R, 67)
- Dave Maxey (R, 83)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Dean Kaufert (R, 53)
- Deb Andraca (D, 23)
- Duke Tucker (R, 75)
- Elijah Behnke (R, 6)
- Francesca Hong (D, 76)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- Gus Gustafson (R, 55)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jenna Jacobson (D, 50)
- Jerry O'Connor (R, 60)
- Jessie Rodriguez (R, 21)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jim Piwowarczyk (R, 98)
- Joan Fitzgerald (D, 46)
- Jodi Emerson (D, 91)
- Joe Sheehan (D, 26)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Joy Goeben (R, 5)
- Karen DeSanto (D, 40)
- Karen Hurd (R, 69)
- Karen Kirsch (D, 7)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Lee Snodgrass (D, 52)
- Lindee Brill (R, 27)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Lori Palmeri (D, 54)
- Margaret Arney (D, 18)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Maureen McCarville (D, 42)
- Mike Bare (D, 80)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Melotik (R, 22)
- Priscilla Prado (D, 9)
- Randy Udell (D, 47)
- Renuka Mayadev (D, 77)
- Rick Gundrum (R, 58)
- Rob Brooks (R, 59)
- Rob Kreibich (R, 28)
- Rob Summerfield (R, 68)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Robyn Vining (D, 13)
- Ron Tusler (R, 3)
- Russell Goodwin (D, 12)
- Ryan Clancy (D, 19)
- Ryan Spaude (D, 89)
- Scott Allen (R, 82)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Sequanna Taylor (D, 11)
- Shae Sortwell (R, 2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
- Shelia Stubbs (D, 78)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Supreme Moore Omokunde (D, 17)
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D, 8)
- Tara Johnson (D, 96)
- Tip McGuire (D, 64)
- Todd Novak (R, 51)
- Tony Kurtz (R, 41)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Treig Pronschinske (R, 29)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Vinnie Miresse (D, 71)
- Will Penterman (R, 38)
Didn't vote (2)
- Kalan Haywood (D, 16)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Feb 3, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. 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, 30 to 3 · Mar 17, 2026
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (30)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Brad Pfaff (D, 32)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Cory Tomczyk (R, 29)
- Dan Feyen (R, 20)
- Devin LeMahieu (R, 9)
- Dianne Hesselbein (D, 27)
- Dora Drake (D, 4)
- Eric Wimberger (R, 2)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Jamie Wall (D, 30)
- Jeff Smith (D, 31)
- Jesse James (R, 23)
- Jodi Habush Sinykin (D, 8)
- John Jagler (R, 13)
- Julian Bradley (R, 28)
- Kelda Roys (D, 26)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (D, 18)
- LaTonya Johnson (D, 6)
- Mark Spreitzer (D, 15)
- Mary Felzkowski (R, 12)
- Melissa Ratcliff (D, 16)
- Patrick Testin (R, 24)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R, 19)
- Rob Stafsholt (R, 10)
- Romaine Quinn (R, 25)
- Sarah Keyeski (D, 14)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
No (3)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Rob Hutton (R, 5)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 9, 2026
The new law was published.
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Apr 9, 2026
The governor signed it. It became 2025 Wisconsin Act 228.
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Apr 2, 2026
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 17, 2026
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 17, 2026
The Senate passed it too, 30 to 3.
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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)
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Feb 3, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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Jan 29, 2026
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Jan 23, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Jan 20, 2026
The Senate received it.
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Jan 20, 2026
The Assembly passed it, 97 to 0.
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Jan 14, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 14, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 1.
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Dec 23, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 4, 2025 to Dec 5, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Dec 4, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 2, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 26, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Insurance.
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Nov 26, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Doyle, Gundrum, Kreibich, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Stafsholt and Wall
- Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance
- Dec 2, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Kaufert added as coauthors
- Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Dec 5, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Bare added as a coauthor
- Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 8, Noes 1
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Jan 29, 2026 · Senate
Withdrawn from committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 30, Noes 3
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
LRB correction
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026
- Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
- Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 228
- Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly
Published 4-9-2026
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
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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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