---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: various changes to the business development tax credit. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: various changes to the business development tax credit. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 627"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 627 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Behnke", "Donovan", "Hurd", "Macco", "Maxey", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "VanderMeer", "Zimmerman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd3b15e-ac37-483d-8728-999be5c9159e"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab627"
source_hash: "69c9ca6ecca939b90f14c206f7e7383872d6bbb1466da3c65f5b55e7475110af"
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 627 (2023) — Relating to: various changes to the business development tax credit. (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/2023/REG/AB627-ASA1-AA1)
2. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB627-ASA1)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB627)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended 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 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 6, Noes 2 — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- Macco — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)
- Zimmerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Macco, Behnke, Donovan, Hurd, Maxey, Mursau, O'Connor, VanderMeer and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Feyen and Ballweg `introduction`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-29T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
- **2023-12-12T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Universities and Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 6, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 26, Noes 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 143 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-22-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bd3b15e-ac37-483d-8728-999be5c9159e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).