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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: exempting persons engaged in certain contract research services from the sales and use tax. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: exempting persons engaged in certain contract research services from the sales and use tax. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "AB 670"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 670 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Dittrich", "Steffen"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02c45772-a88a-4c01-9fce-67ee535af9de"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab670"
+source_hash: "41f9dcdf66223275ffc9759140757c3abf28080bfc29e0264d540f1e6315cce1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 670 (2025) — Relating to: exempting persons engaged in certain contract research services from the sales and use tax. (FE)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB670-AA1)
+2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB670)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 1 — **9–1** (pass) · lower
+- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 1 — **9–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **89–7** (pass) · lower
+- Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCURRENCE — **32–1** (pass) · upper
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Armstrong — primary (person)
+- Dittrich — primary (person)
+- Steffen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Dittrich and Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Marklein `introduction`
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-25T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)
+- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
+- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `receipt`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 9:31 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 15
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 89, Noes 7 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
+- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026 `enrolled`
+- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 190 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-4-2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02c45772-a88a-4c01-9fce-67ee535af9de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+