Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district.
AB 737 allows municipalities to establish neighborhood improvement districts that can impose special property charges to fund infrastructure directly related to residential development within those neighborhoods. Property owners in designated districts would pay these charges, which can be collected in installments over time and included in regular tax bills, rather than requiring delinquency. The bill requires districts to specify exactly which infrastructure projects the funds will support and how charges are calculated per parcel, while allowing exemptions from notice requirements if a single owner holds all properties in the district. This legislation affects local property owners and municipalities by creating a new mechanism for financing neighborhood-specific infrastructure improvements through targeted assessments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Assembly Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Dec 3, 2025
Signed Mar 27, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly Feb 17, 2026
How they voted
33–1
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 18, 2026
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican18
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Mar 27, 2026
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 120
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Introduced
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 64, Noes 35
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 4
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 4
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
lower
Dec 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Kitchens, Moses, Mursau and O'Connor;
cosponsored by Senator Felzkowski
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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