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Wisconsin Legislature · AB 685 · A - Enacted into Law

Individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses

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Officially: “individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. Read the full text

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2025-2026 legislature

Where it is

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Introduced by Representative Swearingen; cosponsored by Senator Felzkowski · Nov 26, 2025

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Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means · Nov 26, 2025

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Fiscal estimate received · Dec 19, 2025

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Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Swearingen · Jan 12, 2026

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Public hearing held · Jan 21, 2026

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Executive action taken · Feb 4, 2026

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Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 · Feb 4, 2026

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Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 · Feb 4, 2026

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Referred to committee on Rules · Feb 4, 2026

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Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Swearingen · Feb 4, 2026

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Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Swearingen · Feb 4, 2026

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Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4) · Feb 6, 2026

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Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor · Feb 6, 2026

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Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions · Feb 9, 2026

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Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 · Feb 10, 2026

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Representative Snyder added as a coauthor · Feb 12, 2026

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Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026 · Feb 13, 2026

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Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor · Feb 16, 2026

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Read a second time · Feb 17, 2026

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Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted · Feb 17, 2026

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Ordered to a third reading · Feb 17, 2026

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Rules suspended · Feb 17, 2026

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Read a third time and passed, Ayes 99, Noes 0 · Feb 17, 2026

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Ordered immediately messaged · Feb 17, 2026

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Received from Assembly · Feb 18, 2026

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Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization · Feb 20, 2026

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Available for scheduling · Feb 20, 2026

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Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c) · Feb 27, 2026

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Executive action taken · Mar 3, 2026

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Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 · Mar 3, 2026

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Available for scheduling · Mar 3, 2026

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Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 · Mar 16, 2026

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Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) · Mar 16, 2026

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Read a second time · Mar 17, 2026

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Ordered to a third reading · Mar 17, 2026

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Rules suspended to give bill its third reading · Mar 17, 2026

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Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 · Mar 17, 2026

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Senator Smith added as a cosponsor · Mar 17, 2026

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Ordered immediately messaged · Mar 17, 2026

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Received from Senate concurred in · Mar 18, 2026

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Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026 · Mar 23, 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 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 192 · Apr 3, 2026

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Published 4-4-2026 · Apr 3, 2026

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The numbers

1
sponsor on the bill

Sponsors

Swearingen

Recorded votes

CONCURRENCESenate · 2026-03-17 · AYES 33, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 0
PASSAGEAssembly · 2026-02-17 · 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 4-4-2026 (Apr 3, 2026).