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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 740

Online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin. (FE)

Topics: Administration, Department of: Agency and general functions, Business, Data processing

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 12, 2025

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. The committee's chair at the time was Dan Feyen. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 735. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Administration to establish on the Internet a clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin. Under the bill, DOA must coordinate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Departments of Workforce Development and Revenue, local governments, local economic development organizations, and any other person DOA considers appropriate, to publish information relevant to small businesses on the clearinghouse, including information relating to all of the following:

1. Bidding opportunities for small businesses to participate in state and local government contracts.

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2. Economic development programs, whether public or private, that may offer benefits to small businesses.

3. Courses of instruction, networking opportunities, and other events or opportunities encouraging the establishment, development, and expansion of small businesses.

4. Requirements for small businesses to obtain from the state or a local government any license, permit, or other authorization.

5. Requirements for small businesses to pay any tax, fee, assessment, or other charge imposed by the state or a local government.

Who's behind it

9 senators are its ⁠. All 9 are Democrats.

33 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 42 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (33)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 19, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Jan 29, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Jan 26, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Jan 13, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Jan 2, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Dec 12, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.

  8. Dec 12, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 12, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Larson, Roys, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Hong, Joers, Arney, Bare, Billings, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio and Udell

  2. Dec 12, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  3. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  7. Jan 29, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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.

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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

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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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