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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 279: Relating to: talent recruitment grants. (FE)

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 279 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on May 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: talent recruitment grants. (FE). Primary sponsor: Dave Armstrong (Republican), Joel Kitchens (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Jeff Mursau (Republican), Todd Novak (Republican), Rob Swearingen (Republican), Bob Wittke (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave ArmstrongPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Joel KitchensPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Rob KreibichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Jeff MursauPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Rob SwearingenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Bob WittkePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Dan FeyenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Brad PfaffCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Patrick TestinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Available for scheduling
  3. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
  4. Received from Assembly
  5. Ordered immediately messaged
  6. Read a third time and passed
  7. Rules suspended
  8. Ordered to a third reading
  9. Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 44
  10. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Fitzgerald
  11. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 44
  12. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source