---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: who may purchase certain contractual services and technical changes to tax provisions related to qualified retirement plans and the film production services credit."
description: "Relating to: who may purchase certain contractual services and technical changes to tax provisions related to qualified retirement plans and the film production services credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 884"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 884 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bare", "Kaufert"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/114796de-f85e-4d0c-9b76-6872f1622fda"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab884"
source_hash: "7e260c1f62914ecb04c1cf35c332f62d0f8ed9e283be7437dd7e498a56927e52"
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 884 (2025) — Relating to: who may purchase certain contractual services and technical changes to tax provisions related to qualified retirement plans and the film production services credit.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB884-ASA2)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB884)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **88–5** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bare — primary (person)
- Kaufert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kaufert and Bare; cosponsored by Senators Testin and Pfaff `introduction`
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 1:30 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kaufert
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 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 88, Noes 5 `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 Agriculture and Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 174 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-3-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/114796de-f85e-4d0c-9b76-6872f1622fda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).