Assembly Bill 801
A sales and use tax exemption for electricity used to make snow
Topics: Electricity, Recreation, Sales tax: Exemption, Weather
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 4, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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 a sales and use tax exemption for electricity sold for use in making snow.
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
10 lawmakers are its . 9 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
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Authors (10)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Tourism vote to recommend it
Passed, 8 to 1 · Apr 16, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties, Ayes 8, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 16, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
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Apr 16, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 1.
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Mar 24, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 17, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 4, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties.
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Mar 4, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Roth, Zigmunt, Mursau, LeMahieu, Zipperer, Spanbauer, Suder, Ripp, Petrowski and Ballweg
- Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties
- Mar 17, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 24, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties, Ayes 8, Noes 1
- Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote