republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-253.md

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Bill	Relating to: independence accounts. (FE)	Relating to: independence accounts. (FE)	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2025	AB 253	Wisconsin AB 253 (2025)	bill		enacted	Allen Behnke Brooks Kaufert Knodl Murphy Mursau Subeck Wichgers	2	38	3	2025-05-08T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fc9f1986-3cff-46cf-9702-c2b14177e3d2	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab253	ca6f444add0142d77211dd08201bf37ad1e9509c214317ce1e3d7e711199b3aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/fc9f1986-3cff-46cf-9702-c2b14177e3d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).