---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: independence accounts. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: independence accounts. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 253"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 253 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behnke", "Brooks", "Kaufert", "Knodl", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Subeck", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc9f1986-3cff-46cf-9702-c2b14177e3d2"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab253"
source_hash: "ca6f444add0142d77211dd08201bf37ad1e9509c214317ce1e3d7e711199b3aa"
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 253 (2025) — Relating to: independence accounts. (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/AB253-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB253)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (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 passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Kaufert — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Kaufert, Allen, Knodl, Murphy, Mursau, Subeck, Wichgers and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Feyen `introduction`
- **2025-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- **2025-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-07-14T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-08-27T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
- **2025-09-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-09-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Palmeri and Stubbs added as coauthors
- **2025-09-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2025-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Madison and Clancy added as coauthors
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+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 `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`
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 225 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc9f1986-3cff-46cf-9702-c2b14177e3d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).