New Wisconsin laws taking effect July 1, 2026
7 laws take effect July 1, 2026.
Of the 247 bills enacted since 2025, 245 have an effective date and 2 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 7:42 a.m. EDT.
Taxes (3)
AB 657 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
a sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects
How we got this date
This act takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after publication.
Published Apr 3, 2026 → first day of the third month after Jul 1, 2026
AB 670 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
exempting persons engaged in certain contract research services from the sales and use tax
How we got this date
This act takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after publication.
Published Apr 4, 2026 → first day of the third month after Jul 1, 2026
AB 700 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
an appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation
How we got this date
If 2025 Assembly Bill 699, or any other 2025 bill whose content is identical to the content of 2025 Assembly Bill 699, is enacted into law, then this act takes effect on the effective date of the first of those bills that is enacted into law or on the effective date of this paragraph, whichever is later.
Finance (1)
AB 699 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
a long-term care insurance assessment and a long-term care insurance assessment tax credit
How we got this date
This act takes effect on July 1, 2026, except as follows:
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Healthcare (1)
SB 264 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans
How we got this date
This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.
Published Mar 20, 2026 → first day of the fourth month after Jul 1, 2026
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Housing (1)
AB 452 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
subdivision plat approvals
How we got this date
This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication.
Published Dec 10, 2025 → first day of the seventh month after Jul 1, 2026
Traffic (1)
SB 38 · 2025 Regular SessionDerived
personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates
How we got this date
This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication.
Published Dec 10, 2025 → first day of the seventh month after Jul 1, 2026
Enacted, but not yet dated (2)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect July 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- AB 80Contingentratification of the Social Work Licensure CompactCompact statute is enacted into law in the 7th member state
- SB 248Contingentlicense eligibility and restriction extensions relating to ignition interlock devicesTakes effect on the first day of the 12th month beginning after the date specified in the notice published in the Wisconsin administrative register under Section 17 (2)