Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced Bipartisan · 13 R · 7 D cosponsors

AB 159 — Relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced April 02, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Prognosis

Advancing 34% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 25 sponsors

    1 primary, 24 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (13 R · 7 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

An Act to create 238.137 of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  3. Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  4. Senator Cabral-Guevara added as a cosponsor

  5. Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  6. Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  7. Fiscal estimate received

  8. Read first time and referred to Committee on Rural Development

  9. Introduced by Representatives Novak, Kitchens, Anderson, Armstrong, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Green, Gundrum, Hong, B. Jacobson, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kreibich, Miresse, Mursau, O'Connor, Palmeri, Steffen, Tranel and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Testin, Pfaff and Spreitzer

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 24 co-sponsors · 107 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (24)

Not signed on (107)

107 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 159 do?
An Act to create 238.137 of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 159?
AB 159 is sponsored by Anderson, Quinn, Testin, Pfaff, Spreitzer, Novak, Todd (Republican), Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Armstrong, David (Republican), Bare, Mike (Democrat), Behnke, Elijah (Republican), Billings, Jill (Democrat), Green, Chanz (Republican), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Hong, Francesca (Democrat), Jacobson, Brent (Republican), Jacobson, Jenna (Democrat), Johnson, Tara (Democrat), Kreibich, Rob (Republican), Miresse, Vincent (Democrat), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Palmeri, Lori (Democrat), Steffen, David (Republican), Tranel, Travis (Republican), and Tusler, Ron (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 159?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced April 02, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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