AB 884 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: who may purchase certain contractual services and technical changes to tax provisions related to qualified retirement plans and the film production services credit.

AB 884 amends Wisconsin's tax code with three key changes. It requires background checks for individuals handling federal tax data when contracted by state departments (affecting state agencies and contractors). It updates retirement plan tax benefits, allowing individuals aged 67+ to subtract up to $24,000 annually from taxable income (or $48,000 for married couples filing jointly), subject to specific rules. Finally, it clarifies film production credit eligibility by defining "production expenditures" to include local spending on Wisconsin-based music, travel agencies, and insurance services, while excluding marketing costs. These changes directly impact state agencies, retirees, and film productions seeking tax credits.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Assembly Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Signed Apr 2, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2026 · Assembly Feb 19, 2026

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Mar 17, 2026
D Democratic15
15 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican18
18 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Apr 2, 2026
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 174
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Introduced
LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)
lower
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 88, Noes 5
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kaufert
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Kaufert and Bare; cosponsored by Senators Testin and Pfaff
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors