AB 2082025 to 2026
bill
2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill
AB 208
Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)
In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Sponsors 24
- Prime sponsors
- Armstrong, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Dittrich, Green, Gustafson, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Moses, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Steffen, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tucker, Udell, VanderMeer, Wittke
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, Joint Finance, Joint Tax Exemptions Survey (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 0
No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.
Timeline 23
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2026 | Assembly | Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Laid on the table |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Summerfield |
| February 19, 2026 | Assembly | Representative Stubbs withdrawn as a coauthor |
| February 18, 2026 | Assembly | Made a special order of business at 11:10 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14 |
| February 4, 2026 | Assembly | Referred to committee on Rules |
| February 4, 2026 | Assembly | Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4 |
| February 3, 2026 | Assembly | Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance |
| January 30, 2026 | Assembly | Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a) |
| November 11, 2025 | Assembly | Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received |
| November 11, 2025 | Assembly | Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions |
| November 7, 2025 | Assembly | Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4) |
| June 10, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Bare added as a coauthor |
| May 13, 2025 | Assembly | Representative McCarville added as a coauthor |
| May 8, 2025 | Assembly | Referred to committee on Rules |
| May 8, 2025 | Assembly | Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 |
| May 7, 2025 | Assembly | Executive action taken |
| April 30, 2025 | Assembly | Public hearing held |
| April 30, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor |
| April 25, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Miresse added as a coauthor |
| April 24, 2025 | Assembly | Fiscal estimate received |
| April 23, 2025 | Assembly | Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means |
| April 23, 2025 | Assembly | Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, Steffen, Gustafson, Armstrong, Callahan, Dittrich, Green, B. Jacobson, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Moses, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Subeck, Swearingen, Tucker, Udell, VanderMeer, Wittke and Joers; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Bradley, Feyen, James, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Stafsholt, Testin, Tomczyk and Wimberger |
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.