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IntroducedSep 25, 2025
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Passed AssemblyOct 07, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 18, 2026
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Became Law
Wisconsin Assembly Bill
Relating to: required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension. (FE)
Last Action See all actions
Assembly • Feb 23, 2026: Report correctly enrolled on 2-23-2026
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on AB 453
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Sponsors



- Knodlprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Murphyprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- Summerfieldprimary
- Pentermanprimary
Votes
YES: 55
- ALLEN
- ARMSTRONG
- AUGUST
- BEHNKE
- BORN
- BRILL
- BROOKS
- CALLAHAN
- DALLMAN
- DITTRICH
- DONOVAN
- DUCHOW
- FRANKLIN
- GOEBEN
- GREEN
- GUNDRUM
- GUSTAFSON
- HURD
- JACOBSON, B
- KAUFERT
- KITCHENS
- KNODL
- KREIBICH
- KRUG
- KURTZ
- MAXEY
- MELOTIK
- MOSES
- MURPHY
- MURSAU
- NEDWESKI
- NEYLON
- NOVAK
- O'CONNOR
- PENTERMAN
- PETERSEN
- PIWOWARCZYK
- PRONSCHINSKE
- RODRIGUEZ
- SNYDER
- SORTWELL
- SPIROS
- STEFFEN
- SUBECK
- SUMMERFIELD
- SWEARINGEN
- TITTL
- TRANEL
- TUCKER
- TUSLER
- UDELL
- VANDERMEER
- WITTKE
- ZIMMERMAN
- SPEAKER
NO: 39
NOT VOTING: 5
Actions
- Feb 23, 2026 | Assembly
- LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- Report correctly enrolled on 2-23-2026
- Feb 19, 2026 | Assembly
- Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
- Action ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 18, 2026 | Assembly
- Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 and Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted)
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Wall, Spreitzer, Drake, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Pfaff, Roys and Smith
- Read a second time
- Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 28, Noes 5
- Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Nov 11, 2025 | Senate
- Executive action taken
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Available for scheduling
- Nov 03, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jagler
- Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jagler
- Oct 20, 2025 | Senate
- Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 15, 2025 | Senate
- Public hearing held
- Oct 08, 2025 | Senate
- Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Oct 07, 2025 | Senate
- Received from Assembly
- Oct 07, 2025 | Assembly
- Read a second time
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 41
- Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
- Assembly Amendment 4 adopted
- Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Armstrong
- Assembly Amendment 5 adopted
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 39
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 03, 2025 | Assembly
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 13, Noes 1
- Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Report Assembly Amendment 4 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 5
- Referred to calendar of 10-7-2025
- Oct 02, 2025 | Assembly
- Executive action taken
- Oct 01, 2025 | Assembly
- Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Armstrong
- Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Armstrong
- Sep 30, 2025 | Assembly
- Public hearing held
- Sep 26, 2025 | Assembly
- Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
- Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Brooks
- Sep 25, 2025 | Assembly
- Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Brooks, Dittrich, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Summerfield and Penterman; cosponsored by Senator Jagler
- Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
Bill Texts
- Text as EnrolledHTML
- Text as EnrolledPDF
- Bill TextHTML
- Bill TextPDF
- Assembly Amendment 1 (adopted 10/7/2025) -- BrooksHTML
- Assembly Amendment 1 (adopted 10/7/2025) -- BrooksPDF
- Assembly Amendment 2 (adopted 10/7/2025) -- BrooksHTML
- Assembly Amendment 2 (adopted 10/7/2025) -- BrooksPDF
- Assembly Amendment 3 (offered 10/1/2025) -- ArmstrongHTML
- Assembly Amendment 3 (offered 10/1/2025) -- ArmstrongPDF
- Assembly Amendment 4 (adopted 10/7/2025) -- ArmstrongHTML
- Assembly Amendment 4 (adopted 10/7/2025) -- ArmstrongPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (offered 10/7/2025) -- JoersHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (offered 10/7/2025) -- JoersPDF
- Assembly Amendment 5 (adopted 10/7/2025) -- ArmstrongHTML
- Assembly Amendment 5 (adopted 10/7/2025) -- ArmstrongPDF
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 (adopted 2/18/2026) -- JaglerHTML
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 (adopted 2/18/2026) -- JaglerPDF
- Senate Amendment 1 (adopted 2/18/2026) -- JaglerHTML
- Senate Amendment 1 (adopted 2/18/2026) -- JaglerPDF
- Senate Amendment 2 (rejected 2/18/2026) -- Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Wall, Spreitzer, Drake, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Pfaff, Roys, SmithHTML
- Senate Amendment 2 (rejected 2/18/2026) -- Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Wall, Spreitzer, Drake, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Pfaff, Roys, SmithPDF
Documents
- Amendment Histories
- LC Amendment Memo
- AB453: Fiscal Estimate From DOR
- AB453 ROCP for Committee on Housing and Real Estate On 10/3/2025
- AB453 ROCP for Committee on Housing and Real Estate On 10/3/2025
- AB453 ROCP for Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry On 11/11/2025
- AB453 ROCP for Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry On 11/11/2025
- LC Hearing Materials for AB453 on 9/30/2025
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission information
- 2025 Senate Bill 472
