republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-737.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district."
description: "Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 737"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 737 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Behnke", "Kitchens", "Moses", "Mursau", "O'Connor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e158207-85e8-412b-8245-4ac6c2315812"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab737"
source_hash: "1477d0a18e2590386649486947d0cc21c896adf122a454f2b37d61b2e45cf96a"
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 737 (2025) — Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district.

## 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/2025/REG/AB737-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB737)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 4 — **11–4** (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 — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **64–35** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 4 — **11–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Kitchens, Moses, Mursau and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senator Felzkowski `introduction`
- **2025-12-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+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
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly 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 64, Noes 35 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended and taken up
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-23-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 120 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e158207-85e8-412b-8245-4ac6c2315812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).