Bills by subject

Economic Development Corporation, Wisconsin

74 bills and resolutions. 11 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 22 never got a public hearing. They span 2 sessions, from the 2011–12 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 291 Making certain child care expenditures eligible for the business development tax credit. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 375 Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
AB 722 Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 6, 2026
SB 729 Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 6, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 40

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 132: Creating a board to organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 159: Creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 228: Tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 245: Modifying the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 279: Talent recruitment grants. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 283: Making certain child care expenditures eligible for the business development tax credit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 363: Establishing a dairy cattle innovation program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 375: Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 397: Reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 565: Qualified new business venture eligibility. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 566: Qualifying investments for purposes of claiming the early stage seed investment and angel investment credits. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 618: A sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 619: A tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 657: A sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. (FE)
Became law.
Apr 6, 2026
AB 722: Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 811: Main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 813: The opportunity attraction and promotion program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Became law.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 940: Eliminating defunct references to certain economic development positions (suggested as remedial language by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation).
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1078: Creating an innovation grant program for institutions of higher education and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Jul 3, 2025
SB 124: Creating a board to organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 173: Creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 241: Tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 244: Modifying the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 285: Talent recruitment grants. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 291: Making certain child care expenditures eligible for the business development tax credit. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 323: Establishing a dairy cattle innovation program. (FE)
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 382: Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 456: A tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 562: Reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 563: Qualifying investments for purposes of claiming the early stage seed investment and angel investment credits. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 564: Qualified new business venture eligibility. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 636: A sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 637: A sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 729: Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 806: Main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 809: The opportunity attraction and promotion program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 919: Eliminating defunct references to certain economic development positions (suggested as remedial language by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1069: Creating an innovation grant program for institutions of higher education and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 34

Dec 12, 2011
AB 1: Processing refunds for the jobs tax credit.
Became law.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 129: Creation of the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, creation of the badger jobs fund and the jobs now fund certification program, both of which are to be administered by the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 187: Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create and implement a business retention program, increasing the funding for skills enhancement grants, advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 191: The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program, requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses, allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, authorizing positions for the University of Wisconsin, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 211: An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 278: A sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program and payments to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation related to extended-range electric vehicles; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 376: Authorizing the sale or transfer of tax credits in counties experiencing high rates of unemployment.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 399: Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 430: Brownfields redevelopment grants.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 513: A program to employ 10,000 individuals in southeastern Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 533: The state main street program and business area revitalization services.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 572: Tax credit programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 575: Directing the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to develop a workforce training program and authorizing a technical college district board to obtain a state trust fund loan to provide workforce training.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 601: The angel investment and early stage seed investment tax credit programs.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 607: Economic development activities of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 647: The office of the business ombudsman established and operated by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 651: Clean technology grants and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 701: Reporting requirements regarding economic development programs of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 39: Grants to regional economic development entities by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 52: Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 94: Creation of the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, creation of the badger jobs fund and the jobs now fund certification program, both of which are to be administered by the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 121: Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create and implement a business retention program, increasing the funding for skills enhancement grants, advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 122: The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program, requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses, allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, authorizing positions for the University of Wisconsin, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 291: Authorizing the sale or transfer of tax credits in counties experiencing high rates of unemployment.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 293: Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 310: Brownfields redevelopment grants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 376: Creation and coverage of certain positions of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under the code of ethics for state public officials and employees.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 459: Economic development activities of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Became law.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 463: The angel investment and early stage seed investment tax credit programs.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 477: Tax credit programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 542: The process for issuance of prospecting and mining permits for certain iron mining, standards for activities related to iron mining, fees related to iron mining, the net proceeds occupation tax on iron mining, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 564: Grants to certified seed incubator funds.
Stopped in committee.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject