A tax credit for employer-provided child care
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Became law
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Officially: “a tax credit for employer-provided child care.” Read the full text
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2025-2026 legislature
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Introduced by Senators Feyen, Nass and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Allen, Behnke, Donovan, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Kreibich, Maxey, Mursau, O'Connor, Sortwell, Steffen and VanderM · Jul 16, 2025
Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue · Jul 16, 2025
Senate
Representative Dittrich added as a cosponsor · Jul 24, 2025
Senate
Fiscal estimate received · Jul 24, 2025
Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen · Aug 26, 2025
Senate
Public hearing held · Aug 28, 2025
Senate
Executive action taken · Sep 18, 2025
Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 · Sep 19, 2025
Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 · Sep 19, 2025
Senate
Available for scheduling · Sep 19, 2025
Senate
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) · Nov 14, 2025
Senate
Read a second time · Nov 18, 2025
Senate
Senate Amendment 1 adopted · Nov 18, 2025
Senate
Ordered to a third reading · Nov 18, 2025
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Rules suspended to give bill its third reading · Nov 18, 2025
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Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 · Nov 18, 2025
Senate
Ordered immediately messaged · Nov 18, 2025
Senate
Received from Senate · Nov 19, 2025
Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules · Jan 16, 2026
Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a) · Jan 30, 2026
Assembly
Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance · Feb 3, 2026
Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance · Feb 3, 2026
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Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 · Feb 4, 2026
Assembly
Report concurrence as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 · Feb 4, 2026
Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules · Feb 4, 2026
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Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026 · Feb 13, 2026
Assembly
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor · Feb 16, 2026
Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Haywood · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Haywood · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Read a second time · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Ordered to a third reading · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Rules suspended · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 94, Noes 4 · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged · Feb 17, 2026
Assembly
Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted · Feb 18, 2026
Senate
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) · Mar 16, 2026
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 · Mar 17, 2026
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Senator Smith added as a coauthor · Mar 17, 2026
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Action ordered immediately messaged · Mar 17, 2026
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Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor · Mar 19, 2026
Senate
LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1) · Mar 23, 2026
Senate
Report correctly enrolled · Mar 23, 2026
Senate
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 · Apr 2, 2026
Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 183 · Apr 6, 2026
Senate
Published 4-4-2026 · Apr 6, 2026
Senate
The numbers
3
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
CONCURRENCESenate · 2026-03-17 · AYES 32, NAYS 1, NOT VOTING 0
CONCURRENCE AS AMENDEDAssembly · 2026-02-17 · AYES 94, NAYS 4, NOT VOTING 1, PAIRED 0
PASSAGESenate · 2025-11-18 · AYES 33, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 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.
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