---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 24 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hesselbein", "Ratcliff", "Spreitzer", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9347081c-7c48-4abf-b095-508e6ff2a19a"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb24"
source_hash: "959b008a3245d02e899e4d7866b78b4ec584a8513e04deb412a53a0ac3095b48"
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 SB 24 (2025) — Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB24)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hesselbein — primary (person)
- Ratcliff — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Hesselbein, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Novak, Joers, Bare, Armstrong, Arney, DeSmidt, Hysell, Palmeri, Tenorio, Udell and Roe `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- **2025-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025
- **2025-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2025-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-14-2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 5-16-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 6 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-17-2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9347081c-7c48-4abf-b095-508e6ff2a19a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).