republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-685.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 685"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 685 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swearingen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-11-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532a6d00-cda8-43eb-899b-709c8e684840"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab685"
source_hash: "30da659ed85ec97c519be22dc409590e64ea5ef1e660860828eb5794aaaf0add"
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 685 (2025) — Relating to: individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB685-ASA2)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB685)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (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
- CONCURRENCE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swearingen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representative Swearingen; cosponsored by Senator Felzkowski `introduction`
- **2025-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Swearingen
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Swearingen
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Swearingen
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Snyder added as a coauthor
- **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** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 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 99, 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
- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+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** 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 33, Noes 0 `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`
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 192 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-4-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/532a6d00-cda8-43eb-899b-709c8e684840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).