republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 268"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 268 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behnke", "Brandtjen", "Brooks", "C. Anderson", "Dittrich", "Doyle", "Duchow", "Edming", "Emerson", "Green", "Joers", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Moses", "Murphy", "Ortiz-Velez", "Penterman", "Petryk", "Plumer", "Rettinger", "Schraa", "Shankland", "Sinicki", "Snyder", "Steffen", "Summerfield", "Swearingen", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d88a1147-7978-4464-8f44-c450d99f36ac"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab268"
source_hash: "bc7d08826119398ea797d322f95f9fd3c4a1ae1721fc8e6eac1846f2dfd16a87"
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 268 (2023) — Relating to: commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan fund and loan program. (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/2023/REG/AB268-AA1)
2. **Assembly Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB268-AA3)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB268)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 14, Noes 1 — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Anderson — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Doyle — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Joers — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Rettinger — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Summerfield — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, Brooks, Emerson, Steffen, C. Anderson, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Green, Joers, Kitchens, Moses, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Petryk, Plumer, Rettinger, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Snyder, Swearingen, Wichgers and Krug; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Quinn, Jacque, Jagler and Nass `introduction`
- **2023-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
- **2023-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Baldeh added as a coauthor
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Magnafici added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
- **2023-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Allen and Emerson
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 14, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Brooks
- **2023-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Ratcliff and Bare added as coauthors
- **2023-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives O'Connor and Jacobson added as coauthors
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Cabrera and Conley added as coauthors
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 withdrawn and returned to author
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senators Taylor and Spreitzer added as cosponsors
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-16-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-16-2023 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-22-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 18 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-23-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d88a1147-7978-4464-8f44-c450d99f36ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).