Senate Bill 286
Workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit. (FE)
Topics: Business, Day care, Housing, Income tax: Credit
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 30, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 280. That version became law.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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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 would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill makes adjustments to the workforce housing investment and child care investment awards under the business development tax credit. Under current law, a person may claim tax benefits of an amount equal to up to 15 percent of the person’s investment in workforce housing for employees and up to 15 percent of the person’s investment in establishing an employee child care program for employees. Under current law, such investments may only include capital expenditures made by the person. Under the bill, the investments in workforce housing and child care for which a person may receive tax benefits may include contributions made to a third party for building or rehabilitating workforce housing or establishing a child care program, including contributions made to a local revolving loan fund program. The bill also removes the requirement that the workforce housing and child care program for which a person may receive tax benefits for investing in be for employees.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
21 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (21)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
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 2 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue vote on an amendment
Passed, 8 to 0 · Sep 19, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue vote to recommend it
Passed, 8 to 0 · Sep 19, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 6, 2025 to Nov 18, 2025
4 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Sep 19, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.
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Sep 19, 2025
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Aug 28, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jun 24, 2025 to Aug 27, 2025
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jun 19, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 10, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 30, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.
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May 30, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- May 30, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Feyen, Marklein, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Moses, O'Connor, Sheehan and VanderMeer
- May 30, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
- Jun 10, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 19, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 24, 2025 · Senate
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- Jul 10, 2025 · Senate
Representative Tucker added as a cosponsor
- Jul 22, 2025 · Senate
Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
- Aug 26, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen
- Aug 27, 2025 · Senate
Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
- Aug 28, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Sep 18, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Sep 19, 2025 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Sep 19, 2025 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Sep 19, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 6, 2025 · Senate
Representative Fitzgerald added as a cosponsor
- Oct 7, 2025 · Senate
Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor
- Oct 8, 2025 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Nov 4, 2025 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
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