WisconsinWisconsin's LLC fee waiver covers qualifying student entrepreneurs
Wisconsin law waives the $130 LLC filing fee when every member or organizer is an eligible student entrepreneur, including qualifying high school and homeschooled students.
What it does
Student entrepreneurs who are at least 18 and attend college, high school, or a home-based private education program qualify for the $130 filing-fee waiver when every LLC member or organizer meets those requirements.
Argument forEligible high school and homeschooled students could avoid the $130 filing fee when every LLC member or organizer qualifies.
Argument againstA student startup with even one member or organizer who does not qualify may have to pay the filing fee, even if the other founders qualify.
More detail
The Department of Financial Institutions does not collect the $130 filing fee when all LLC members or organizers are student entrepreneurs. The waiver applies only when all members or organizers of the LLC are student entrepreneurs. A student entrepreneur must be at least 18 and enrolled in a Wisconsin postsecondary institution, a public, private, or tribal high school, or a home-based private educational program. The rule applies to articles of organization filed on or after the act’s effective date, the first day of the second month beginning after publication.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 9Published 4-9-2026Latest
- Apr 9Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 224Became Law
- Apr 2Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026To Governor
- Feb 20Report correctly enrolledMinor
- Feb 13Received from Assembly concurred inMinor
- Feb 12Ordered immediately messaged
- Vote recorded CONCURRENCE. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 91, Noes 6Passed House
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 12Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Feb 12Read a second timeMinor
- Feb 12Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take upMajor
- Feb 5Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 16Read first time and referred to committee on RulesMinor
- 2025
- Nov 4Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Oct 14Received from SenateMinor
- Oct 14Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 14Read a third time and passedPassed Senate
- Oct 14Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Oct 14Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Oct 14Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
- Oct 14Referred to joint committee on FinanceMinor
- Oct 14Read a second timeMinor
- Oct 13Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Oct 2Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- Sep 23Available for scheduling
- Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 23Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0Minor
- Sep 23Executive action taken
- Sep 16Public hearing held
- May 22Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
- May 21Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
- May 20Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting HeritageMinor
- May 20Introduced by Senators Hutton, Bradley, Pfaff, Wirch, Cabral-Guevara, Nass, Kapenga, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Maxey, Doyle, Armstrong, DeSmidt, Goodwin, O'Connor, Dittrich, Gundrum, Miresse, Snodgrass, Melotik, Joers, Sheehan, Knodl, Bare, Roe, Kreibich, Behnke and BrooksIntroduced
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