Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 812 — Relating to: allowing more than 35 percent of the area within a tax incremental district in the Village of Somers to be used for residential use. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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

This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced December 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 68% · high confidence

  • Passed Assembly

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

An Act to amend 66.1105 (2) (cm) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

38 added · 9 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Assembly Bill 812 allows for an increase in the percentage of land that can be used for residential purposes within tax incremental districts (TIDs) in the Village of Somers, raising the limit from 35% to 50%. This change is significant because it aims to promote more residential development in the area, which could help address housing needs and foster community growth. The specific amendment also clarifies the reference to a particular TID, ensuring that the legislation is accurately targeting the intended area.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0878/1 MDE:cdc ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 812 January 28, 2026 - Offered by RepresentatCvGUIRE.
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-5000/1 MDE:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 812 December 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives N OVAK and M CG UIRE, cosponsored by Senator WANGGAARD .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
1.
A N A CT to amend 66.1105 (2) (cm) of the statutes;
Page 2, line 6:
relating to:
delete “is in” and substitute “is Tax Incremental District Number 4 created by”.
allowing more than 35 percent of the area within a tax incremental district in the Village of Somers to be used for residential use.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Current law requires that revenue obtained through tax incremental financing (TIF) be used only for certain project costs, including any expenditures made or estimated to be made or monetary obligations incurred or estimated to be incurred for a mixed-use development tax incremental district (TID).
Under current law, mixed-use development means development that contains a combination of industrial, commercial, or residential uses, except that lands proposed for newly platted residential use may not exceed 35 percent of the real property within the TID.
This bill creates an exception to this 35 percent limit for TIDs in the Village of Somers.
Under the bill, lands proposed for newly platted residential use within a mixed-use development TID in the Village of Somers may not exceed 50 percent of the real property within the TID.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5000/1 MDE:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 812 S ECTION 1 The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
66.1105 (2) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.1105 (2) (cm) “Mixed-use development” means development that contains a combination of industrial, commercial, or residential uses, except that lands proposed for newly platted residential use, as shown in the project plan, may not exceed 35 percent, by area, of the real property within the district or, if the district is in the Village of Somers, 50 percent, by area, of the real property within the district.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Available for scheduling

  3. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  4. Executive action taken

  5. Public hearing held

  6. Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government

  7. Received from Assembly

  8. Ordered immediately messaged

  9. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 89, Noes 7

  10. Rules suspended

  11. Ordered to a third reading

  12. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Read a second time

  14. Made a special order of business at 11:32 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  15. Referred to committee on Rules

  16. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  17. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  18. Executive action taken

  19. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative McGuire

  20. Public hearing held

  21. Fiscal estimate received

  22. Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  23. Introduced by Representatives Novak and McGuire; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 129 not signed on · 7 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (129)

129 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read a third time and passed

Passed 89 Yea · 7 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 52100
Democrat 35602
Unaffiliated 2001
Total 89703
% of votes cast 90%7%0%3%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Not Voting
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Yea
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Yea
Arney, Margaret Democrat Yea
Bare, Mike Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Brown, Brienne Democrat Yea
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Nay
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Nay
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Yea
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Not Voting
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Yea
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Yea
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Yea
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Yea
Joers, Alex Democrat Yea
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Yea
Madison, Darrin Democrat Nay
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Yea
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Nay
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Yea
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Yea
Phelps, Christian Democrat Nay
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Not Voting
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Yea
Roe, Ann Democrat Yea
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Yea
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Yea
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Yea
Stroud, Angela Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Yea
Udell, Randy Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Yea
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Nay
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 812 do?
An Act to amend 66.1105 (2) (cm) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 812?
AB 812 is sponsored by Wanggaard, Novak, Todd (Republican), and McGuire, Tip (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 812?
This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced December 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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