A tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization
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Officially: “a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization.” Read the full text
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2025-2026 legislature
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Introduced by Representatives Novak, Tranel, Armstrong, Donovan, Franklin, Gundrum, Melotik, Mursau, Pronschinske, Swearingen and Gustafson; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Feyen and Tomczyk · Apr 23, 2025
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Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation · Apr 23, 2025
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Senator Testin added as a cosponsor · Apr 30, 2025
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Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor · Apr 30, 2025
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Fiscal estimate received · May 6, 2025
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Withdrawn from committee on Transportation and referred to committee on Ways and Means pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c) · Jun 16, 2025
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Public hearing held · Sep 4, 2025
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak · Oct 16, 2025
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Executive action taken · Nov 5, 2025
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Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0 · Nov 7, 2025
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Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0 · Nov 7, 2025
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Referred to joint committee on Finance · Nov 7, 2025
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Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor · Nov 7, 2025
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Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance · Nov 12, 2025
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Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 · Nov 20, 2025
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Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 · Nov 20, 2025
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Referred to committee on Rules · Nov 20, 2025
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Representative Bare added as a coauthor · Dec 3, 2025
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Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor · Dec 12, 2025
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Representative Joers added as a coauthor · Jan 5, 2026
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Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak · Jan 6, 2026
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Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules · Jan 8, 2026
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Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor · Jan 8, 2026
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Representative DeSanto added as a coauthor · Jan 9, 2026
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Read a second time · Jan 13, 2026
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Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted · Jan 13, 2026
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted · Jan 13, 2026
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Ordered to a third reading · Jan 13, 2026
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Rules suspended · Jan 13, 2026
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Read a third time and passed, Ayes 99, Noes 0 · Jan 13, 2026
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Ordered immediately messaged · Jan 13, 2026
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Received from Assembly · Jan 14, 2026
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Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization · Jan 14, 2026
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Available for scheduling · Jan 14, 2026
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Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 · Jan 16, 2026
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Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) · Jan 16, 2026
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Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor · Jan 21, 2026
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Read a second time · Jan 21, 2026
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Ordered to a third reading · Jan 21, 2026
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Rules suspended to give bill its third reading · Jan 21, 2026
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Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 · Jan 21, 2026
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Ordered immediately messaged · Jan 21, 2026
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Received from Senate concurred in · Jan 22, 2026
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Report correctly enrolled on 1-26-2026 · Jan 26, 2026
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Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 · Apr 2, 2026
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Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 242 · Apr 9, 2026
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Published 4-10-2026 · Apr 9, 2026
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The numbers
11
sponsors on the bill
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Recorded votes
CONCURRENCESenate · 2026-01-21 · AYES 32, NAYS 1, NOT VOTING 0
PASSAGEAssembly · 2026-01-13 · AYES 99, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 0, PAIRED 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Wisconsin legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Published 4-10-2026 (Apr 9, 2026).