The committee also voted to tie payroll tax credits to the number of jobs Foxconn creates that pay between US$30,000 and US$100,000.

The bill was also changed to call for state officials to encourage in its contract with Foxconn that it hire Wisconsin residents, addressing concerns that many of the workers would come from neighboring Illinois.

The committee also approved spending US$20 million on worker training to help create a pipeline for high-tech workers who would be needed at the plant.

If constructed as promised, the Foxconn facility would be the first LCD monitor manufacturing plant outside of Asia.