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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 811

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

Business Economic development corporation wisconsin Municipality — Planning Municipality — 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 appropriates $25,000,000 in general purpose revenue in each year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to award grants to provide assistance to businesses opening a new location or expanding operations in a vacant commercial space. WEDC already administered such a program, which was nonstatutory, with federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Under the bill, WEDC must establish eligibility requirements and other policies and procedures for grants awarded under the bill that are substantially similar to the eligibility requirements and policies and procedures in effect on June 30, 2023, for the Wisconsin Tomorrow Main Street Bounceback Grant program administered by WEDC. Additionally, WEDC may not award a grant under the bill to a nonprofit organization.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Arney (D) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , Joers (D) , Kirsch (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Palmeri (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

12 cosponsors

Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Larson (D) , Mayadev (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Sheehan (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

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

Full history

  1. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Joers, Vining, Anderson, Arney, Billings, Brown, DeSmidt, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Hong, Hysell, Kirsch, McCarville, Miresse, Palmeri, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Wirch

  2. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Tourism

  3. Jan 22, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  8. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1