---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 676"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 676 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Behnke", "Kreibich", "Murphy", "Zimmerman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f1f8e0b-35a4-44eb-adfc-60e6604d83fd"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab676"
source_hash: "f3ce4942b154de028db3ec82d5b6c6749f2b86783346c332d5f3b31cc484fff4"
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 676 (2025) — Relating to: creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. (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/AB676-AA1)
2. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB676-AA2)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB676)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (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
- CONCURRENCE — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 2 — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **92–7** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Zimmerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Zimmerman, Armstrong, Behnke, Kreibich and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Marklein and James `introduction`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-11T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Zimmerman
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Joint Committee on Finance
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 92, Noes 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+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, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `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 Amendment 1)
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 191 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-4-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f1f8e0b-35a4-44eb-adfc-60e6604d83fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).