republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-932.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: modifying the certification criteria to be a qualified new business venture. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: modifying the certification criteria to be a qualified new business venture. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 932"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 932 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Jacobson", "Maxey", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Wittke", "Zimmerman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0641940e-fd30-4345-9f3d-e1ba956c8609"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab932"
source_hash: "49b4b4301bfa4c510440dd8b94918d2947def425f87d6420d4f646c47ffeb973"
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 932 (2023) — Relating to: modifying the certification criteria to be a qualified new business venture. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB932-ASA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB932)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Jacobson — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Wittke — primary (person)
- Zimmerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Zimmerman, Armstrong, Mursau, Maxey, O'Connor and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators Feyen and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brooks added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:40 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `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)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+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 32, Noes 0 `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 144 `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/0641940e-fd30-4345-9f3d-e1ba956c8609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).