Bills by subject

Financial institution

47 bills and resolutions. 8 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 15 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 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.

AB 385 Online credit card contributions and providing a penalty.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 968 Virtual currency kiosks.
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
SB 921 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement.
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
AB 19 Increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 22

Apr 2, 2026
AB 19: Increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.
Became law.
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 384: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 385: Online credit card contributions and providing a penalty.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 471: The regulation of digital assets.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 580: Disaster assistance grants. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 715: Nonrecourse civil litigation advances, prohibiting certain foreign persons from financing civil litigation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 892: Digital asset staking and the state’s securities laws.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 968: Virtual currency kiosks.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 972: Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 990: Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 15: Increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 386: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 535: The regulation of digital assets.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 558: Disaster assistance grants. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 705: Nonrecourse civil litigation advances, prohibiting certain foreign persons from financing civil litigation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 879: Proxy advisory services.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 885: Digital asset staking and the state’s securities laws.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 921: Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 970: Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 975: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

2011–12 session: 14

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 150: Interest rates on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 186: An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution, increasing the credit amounts for the dairy manufacturing facility, meat processing facility, and food processing facility investment credits, and granting rule-making authority.
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 510: Deposit placement programs of public depositories.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 553: Matching financial records for Medical Assistance eligibility and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 578: Employment discrimination based on credit history.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 603: The collection of delinquent child support and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 3, 2012
AB 725: Contracts between the state, a county with a population of 750,000 or more, or a 1st class city and financial institutions and devoting 10 percent of the state's, 20 percent of such a county's, and 40 percent of such a city's expenditures on economic development and housing programs and procurements to several areas in the city of Milwaukee.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 733: Creation of the Wisconsin Seed Fund Authority and creation of the business seed fund, to be administered by the Wisconsin Seed Fund Authority.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
SB 99: Interest rates on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 120: An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution, increasing the credit amounts for the dairy manufacturing facility, meat processing facility, and food processing facility investment credits, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 308: Deposit placement programs of public depositories.
Became law.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 474: Matching financial records for Medical Assistance eligibility and providing a penalty.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 11

Apr 28, 2010
AB 20: Denying tax benefits to financial institutions that violate the state or federal soldiers' relief act.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 40: The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 315: The financial institutions in which the investment instrument of a college savings account may be held.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 691: Requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 816: State contracts with financial institutions with foreclosures in the state.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 948: An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 2: The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 105: Payment card network fees for merchants and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 503: Requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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Apr 30, 2010
SB 692: An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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