Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin AB 185
Relating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE)
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Sheehan (Democratic)
- Johnson (Democratic)
- Rivera-Wagner (Democratic)
- O'Connor (Republican)
- Mursau (Republican)
- Tranel (Republican)
- Billings (Democratic)
- Brown (Democratic)
- Kreibich (Republican)
- Melotik (Republican)
- Duchow (Republican)
- Novak (Republican)
- Kitchens (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Mar 23, 2026): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2025 House | PASSAGE | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| Nov 12, 2025 House | Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| Nov 12, 2025 House | Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| Nov 11, 2025 House | Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0. | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| May 8, 2025 House | Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| May 8, 2025 House | Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 - Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling - Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization - Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
Received from Assembly - Nov 19, 2025 · House
Ordered immediately messaged - Nov 19, 2025 · House
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0 - Nov 19, 2025 · House
Rules suspended - Nov 19, 2025 · House
Ordered to a third reading - Nov 19, 2025 · House
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted - Nov 19, 2025 · House
Read a second time - Nov 13, 2025 · House
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules - Nov 12, 2025 · House
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 - Nov 12, 2025 · House
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 - Nov 12, 2025 · House
Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance - Nov 11, 2025 · House
Referred to joint committee on Finance - Nov 11, 2025 · House
Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0. - Nov 11, 2025 · House
Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions - Nov 7, 2025 · House
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4) - May 19, 2025 · House
Senator Larson added as a cosponsor - May 8, 2025 · House
Referred to committee on Rules - May 8, 2025 · House
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 - May 8, 2025 · House
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 - May 7, 2025 · House
Executive action taken - Apr 30, 2025 · House
Public hearing held - Apr 30, 2025 · House
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kitchens - Apr 30, 2025 · House
Fiscal estimate received - Apr 25, 2025 · House
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor - Apr 23, 2025 · House
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens - Apr 15, 2025 · House
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means - Apr 15, 2025 · House
Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Novak, Duchow, Melotik, Kreibich, Brown, Billings, Tranel, Mursau, O'Connor, Rivera-Wagner, Johnson and Sheehan; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Spreitzer