SB 480 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: residential tax incremental districts. (FE)

SB 480 modifies Wisconsin's rules for residential tax incremental districts (TIDs), which are special tax zones used to fund local development projects. It allows towns with sewer systems to create residential TIDs using city-level powers (previously limited to cities), extends the standard TID lifespan to 20 years (up from 15), and adds conditions for extensions: cities must provide an independent audit proving they cannot repay project costs within 20 years to request a 3-year extension. The bill also clarifies that project costs for residential TIDs can include expenses for newly platted single-family homes and adjusts lot size requirements for residential developments. These changes apply to TIDs created on or after October 1, 2004, with specific adjustments for districts approved after March 3, 2016.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Assembly Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Oct 2, 2025 Signed Apr 9, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly Feb 19, 2026

How they voted

313
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 11, 2026
D Democratic16
14 Yea 2 Nay
87% Yea
R Republican18
17 Yea 1 Nay
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
49
Key actions
12
Committee
4
Amendments
10
Apr 9, 2026
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 235
upper
Mar 20, 2026
Introduced
LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 90, Noes 5
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 3
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment 2 adopted
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Introduced
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Feyen
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
upper
Oct 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
upper
Oct 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
upper
Oct 15, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen
upper
Oct 2, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Senators Feyen, Marklein and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, B. Jacobson, Brooks, Dittrich, Goeben, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Rivera-Wagner, Summerfield, Tranel and Palmeri
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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