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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 397: Relating to: reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 397 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on August 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans. Primary sponsor: Dave Armstrong (Republican), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Alex Joers (Democratic), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Travis Tranel (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass 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 5 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave ArmstrongPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Rick GundrumPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Alex JoersPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Rob KreibichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Paul MelotikPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Jerry O'ConnorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Travis TranelPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Melissa RatcliffCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Mark SpreitzerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Patrick TestinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Jamie WallCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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 pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Referred to committee on Rules
  3. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 10, Noes 0
  4. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 10, Noes 0
  5. Executive action taken
  6. Public hearing held
  7. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
  8. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
  9. Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and Economy
  10. Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Gundrum, Joers, Kreibich, Melotik, O'Connor and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Wall

Sources

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