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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 806

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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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: Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

30 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Arney (D) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kirsch (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Roys, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored 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, Udell and Mayadev

  2. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 5, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  7. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1