AB 172025 to 2026
bill
2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill
AB 17
Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)
In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Sponsors 23
Status
In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.
Referred to: Assembly Rules, Assembly Ways and Means, Senate Agriculture and Revenue (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 0
No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.
Timeline 30
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2026 | Senate | Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| January 8, 2026 | Senate | Public hearing held |
| August 28, 2025 | Senate | Fiscal estimate received |
| June 27, 2025 | Senate | Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue |
| June 24, 2025 | Senate | Received from Assembly |
| June 24, 2025 | Assembly | Ordered immediately messaged |
| June 24, 2025 | Assembly | Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0 |
| June 24, 2025 | Assembly | Rules suspended |
| June 24, 2025 | Assembly | Ordered to a third reading |
| June 24, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted |
| June 24, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted |
| June 24, 2025 | Assembly | Read a second time |
| June 24, 2025 | Assembly | Representatives O'Connor and Stubbs added as coauthors |
| June 20, 2025 | Assembly | Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025 |
| June 10, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Bare added as a coauthor |
| May 29, 2025 | Assembly | Referred to committee on Rules |
| May 29, 2025 | Assembly | Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 |
| May 29, 2025 | Assembly | Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 |
| May 15, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell |
| May 14, 2025 | Assembly | Executive action taken |
| May 12, 2025 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell |
| April 23, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Joers added as a coauthor |
| April 15, 2025 | Assembly | Public hearing held |
| April 14, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Roe added as a coauthor |
| April 11, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor |
| April 1, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Tenorio added as a coauthor |
| February 21, 2025 | Assembly | Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor |
| February 19, 2025 | Assembly | Fiscal estimate received |
| February 6, 2025 | Assembly | Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means |
| February 6, 2025 | Assembly | Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Franklin, Kaufert, Madison, Anderson, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Goeben, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hong, Hysell, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Tusler, Udell, Wichgers and Stroud; cosponsored by Senators James, Larson and Tomczyk |
Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.