Assembly Bill 80
An education tax credit for businesses
Topics: Business, Corporation: Taxation, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Revenue, Department of, Scholarships and loans
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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 24, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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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. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates an income tax and franchise tax credit for businesses that pay tuition for an individual to attend a university, college, or technical college. Sole proprietorships, corporations, and insurers may claim the credit. Partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations compute the credit but pass it on to the partners, members, and shareholders in proportion to their ownership interests. The credit is an amount equal to: 1) 50 percent of the tuition paid by a business for an individual to attend school in a taxable year, if the individual is enrolled in a degree-granting program; and 2) 75 percent of the tuition paid by a business for an individual to attend school in a taxable year, if the individual is enrolled in a degree-granting program and if the individual's taxable income is not more than 185 percent of the federal poverty line. If the credit claimed by a business exceeds the business's tax liability, the state will not issue a refund check, but the business may carry forward any remaining credit to subsequent taxable years.
Who's behind it
22 lawmakers are its . All 22 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (22)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Theodore Kanavas · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 10, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 24, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
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Feb 24, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Zipperer, Honadel, Ballweg, Brooks, Davis, Kaufert, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kramer, LeMahieu, Murtha, Nass, Nygren, A. Ott, Petersen, Ripp, Roth, Spanbauer, Strachota, Suder, Townsend and Vos;Cosponsored by Senators Darling, Kanavas, Harsdorf, Hopper, Kedzie, Lazich, Leibham and Schultz
- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business
- Mar 10, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
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. 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
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