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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 884

Who may purchase certain contractual services and technical changes to tax provisions related to qualified retirement plans and the film production services credit

Topics: Administration, Department of: Agency and general functions, Amusement, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Purchasing, Government, Retirement: Private plans, Revenue, Department of

Became law

The governor signed it on Apr 2, 2026. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 16, 2026

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 19, 2026

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 33 to 0

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2025 Wisconsin Act 174

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 2, 2026: “Published 4-3-2026”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 880. 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.

Taxation Retirement Current law allows an individual to claim an income tax subtraction for the amount of the payments or distributions received each year from a qualified retirement plan or from an individual retirement account. The amount may not exceed $24,000 in any taxable year for an individual taxpayer or $48,000 in a taxable year for spouses filing a joint return. An individual or couple who claims the subtraction for a taxable year may not claim any state income tax credit under current law for that same taxable year. Under the bill, in addition to being prohibited from claiming any state income tax credit for the taxable year, the individual or couple may not claim the unused amount of any such credit in a subsequent taxable year. The bill also makes technical changes to the subtraction.

Film production tax credit Under current law, a film production company may claim an income and franchise tax credit equal to 30 percent of the salary or wages paid to its employees in this state for services rendered to produce a film, video, broadcast advertisement, or television production in this state. The total amount of the credit may not exceed the first $250,000 of salary or wages paid to each of the claimant’s employees in the taxable year. However, if the claimant’s budgeted production expenditures for that year are $1,000,000 or more, the salaries or wages paid to the claimant’s two highest-paid employees may not be used to claim the credit. Under the bill, a claimant may not use the salary or wages paid to the claimant’s two highest-paid employees in the taxable year to claim the credit if the claimant actual production expenditures for that year are $1,000,000 or more. The bill also makes technical changes to the the film production credit and the film production company investment credit.

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Purchasing Under current law, if contractual services are purchased by the Department of Administration or an agent of DOA—typically another state agency—that would require an individual performing the services to have access to federal tax information received directly from the federal Internal Revenue Service or from a source that is authorized by the IRS, a background check must be performed on each individual performing the services. Under the bill, the Department of Revenue may be an agent of DOA for the purchase of such contractual services.

Who's behind it

2 representatives are its ⁠. 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 5 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (3)

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 5 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote to recommend it

Passed, 10 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 recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 88 to 5 · Feb 19, 2026 · 6 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (88)

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

Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 0 · Mar 11, 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 Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 13 to 0 · Mar 11, 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 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 33 to 0 · Mar 17, 2026

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

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

What happened

  1. Apr 2, 2026

    The new law was published.

  2. Apr 2, 2026

    The governor signed it. It became 2025 Wisconsin Act 174.

  3. Apr 1, 2026

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 17, 2026

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  5. Mar 17, 2026

    The Senate passed it too, 33 to 0.

  6. Mar 11, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.

  7. Mar 11, 2026

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  8. Mar 11, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.

  9. Mar 10, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  10. Feb 25, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.

  11. Feb 23, 2026

    The Senate received it.

  12. Feb 19, 2026

    The Assembly passed it, 88 to 5.

  13. Feb 19, 2026

    The Assembly adopted it.

  14. Feb 4, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  15. Feb 4, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.

  16. Jan 21, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  17. Jan 16, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  18. Jan 16, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

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  1. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kaufert and Bare; cosponsored by Senators Testin and Pfaff

  2. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  6. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

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

  8. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:30 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  9. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  10. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kaufert

  12. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 88, Noes 5

  16. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  19. Mar 10, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  20. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  21. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  22. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  24. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  25. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  26. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  27. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  28. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  29. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  31. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  32. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Smith added as a cosponsor

  33. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  34. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  35. Mar 26, 2026 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)

  36. Mar 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2026

  37. Apr 1, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026

  38. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 174

  39. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Published 4-3-2026

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Author

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Signed on in support

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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Roll call

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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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote