republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-619.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 619"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 619 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "August", "B. Jacobson", "Callahan", "Green", "Gustafson", "Kreibich", "Melotik", "Mursau", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Summerfield", "Swearingen", "Tranel", "Tucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b354e843-af2f-47d7-9e2f-8d06450dc410"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab619"
source_hash: "82691b492bedd7cbdfe400c056880fc3bf8b1d50bd4bda8d7f15c5c8c00383a0"
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 619 (2025) — Relating to: a tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, 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/AB619-ASA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB619)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 1 — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **31–2** (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

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- August — primary (person)
- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Summerfield — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Green, Armstrong, August, Callahan, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tucker, Kreibich, Melotik, Mursau, Spiros, Snyder, Tranel, B. Jacobson and Gustafson; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Quinn, James and Tomczyk `introduction`
- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Green
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+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** Representatives Stroud, Miresse 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 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** Representative Arney added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 94, Noes 5 `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
- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+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** Senators Ratcliff and Smith added as cosponsors
- **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 31, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 164 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-3-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b354e843-af2f-47d7-9e2f-8d06450dc410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).