---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 56"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 56 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowen", "Dittrich", "Gundrum", "Murphy", "Novak", "Petersen", "Rozar", "Skowronski", "Spiros", "Steffen", "Zimmerman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dde119e8-b8a9-4450-9ef4-b619ef754203"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab56"
source_hash: "76a8303100015684cfcbf6b68c8daece80ebfb20ff9a64c708f24aebbb8750df"
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 56 (2021) — Relating to: distribution of the aid payment for personal property upon termination of a tax incremental district. (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/2021/REG/AB56-AA1)
2. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/AB56-AA2)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB56)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowen — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Petersen — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Zimmerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Bowen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Murphy, Novak, Petersen, Rozar, Skowronski, Spiros and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Ringhand and Stroebel `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a coauthor
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Behnke and Snyder added as coauthors
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Steffen
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2021-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)
- **2021-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-24-2021 `enrolled`
- **2021-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-2-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 61 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-08T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-9-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dde119e8-b8a9-4450-9ef4-b619ef754203`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).