republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-373.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 373"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 373 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Bare", "Behnke", "Brill", "Dittrich", "Emerson", "Franklin", "Goeben", "Goodwin", "Gundrum", "Hysell", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "McCarville", "Miresse", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Piwowarczyk", "Prado", "Subeck", "Tusler", "Udell", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-07-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d0363b-fe56-4f85-898a-b1c116e2f6bb"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab373"
source_hash: "20f9fb2da05480334c6d4b0ca0cf44bba898f021c051c59b8c4d15489d26576b"
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 373 (2025) — Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (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/2025/REG/AB373-ASA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB373)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4 — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Bare — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Franklin — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Hysell — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- McCarville — primary (person)
- Miresse — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Prado — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Udell — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-17T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Brill, B. Jacobson, Subeck, Armstrong, Bare, Behnke, Dittrich, Emerson, Franklin, Goeben, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hysell, Knodl, Kreibich, McCarville, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Tusler, Udell and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Hesselbein, Bradley, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Nass, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2025-07-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
- **2025-07-24T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Joers added as a coauthor
- **2025-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
- **2025-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-10-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor
- **2025-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Rivera-Wagner added as a coauthor
- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Melotik added as a coauthor
- **2025-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 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 11, Noes 4 `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`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Anderson added as coauthors
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brill
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 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 98, Noes 0 `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`
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+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`
- **2026-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 241 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-10-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50d0363b-fe56-4f85-898a-b1c116e2f6bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).