AB 451 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: residential tax incremental districts. (FE)

AB 451 creates new rules for "residential tax incremental districts" (RTIDs) in cities, limiting these districts to 3% of a city's total taxable property value (down from a 12% cap for other districts). It requires RTIDs to fund only infrastructure for residential developments meeting strict size limits: single-family homes under 7,500 sq ft lots, two-family homes under 15,000 sq ft lots, and strict setbacks/sizes for homes (e.g., max 1,500 sq ft for single-story). Project costs are restricted to district-wide infrastructure (like stormwater systems), not individual lots, and must be paid from tax increments or developer financing. The bill directly affects cities creating RTIDs and developers building qualifying residential projects.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Oct 2025
Assembly Passage
Oct 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Sep 25, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
Floor votes · Assembly Oct 7, 2025

How they voted

887
Passed
Total votes 95
Oct 7, 2025
D Democratic42
36 Yea 6 Nay
85% Yea
R Republican53
52 Yea 1 Nay
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Amendments
7
Mar 23, 2026
Amended
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
upper
Oct 15, 2025
Introduced
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
upper
Oct 14, 2025
Introduced
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)
upper
Oct 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 88, Noes 7
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Oct 3, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Armstrong
lower
Oct 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 12, Noes 2
lower
Oct 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 12, Noes 2
lower
Oct 1, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
lower
Sep 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, B. Jacobson, Brooks, Dittrich, Goeben, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Rivera-Wagner, Summerfield and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Marklein and Cabral-Guevara
lower
14 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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