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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 350

Sales and use tax exemption for motorboats

Topics: Boat, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Sales tax: Exemption

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jul 28, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for any motorboat, outboard motor, or motorboat trailer purchased during a 12-month period. The exemption applies to the first $30,000 of the sales price of each item sold separately or of two or more items sold together.

Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.

Who's behind it

24 lawmakers are its ⁠. 23 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 28 names

Authors (24)

Signed on in support (4)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Aug 17, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Jul 28, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.

  4. Jul 28, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 28, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Townsend, Mason, Bies, Brooks, Davis, J. Fitzgerald, Gunderson, Gundrum, Huebsch, Kerkman, Kestell, LeMahieu, Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, A. Ott, Rhoades, Spanbauer, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Vos, M. Williams and Zipperer;Cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Kanavas, A. Lasee and Leibham

  2. Jul 28, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  3. Aug 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate