Assembly Bill 91
An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority
Topics: Commerce, Department of, Corporation: Taxation, Employment, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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 27, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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 ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
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Committee
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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 and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs. The amount of the credit is equal to 30 percent of the amount that an employer pays in the taxable year to provide a workplace wellness program to any of the employer's employees who are employed in this state. A workplace wellness program is a health or fitness program, as defined by administrative rule by the Department of Commerce, that is provided with health risk assessments.
Who's behind it
28 lawmakers are its . All 28 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (28)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gottlieb · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- 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
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · 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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Jul 30, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 18, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 12, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 4, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 27, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
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Feb 27, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 27, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Murtha, Davis, Huebsch, Gunderson, Petersen, M. Williams, Townsend, LeMahieu, Spanbauer, Strachota, Brooks, Kaufert, Meyer, A. Ott, Zipperer, Knodl, Kramer, Lothian, Roth, Honadel, Tauchen, Suder, Ripp, Vos, Van Roy, Gottlieb, Nygren and Nerison;Cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Erpenbach, Olsen, Lazich, Darling, Schultz, Leibham, Kedzie and Kapanke
- Feb 27, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business
- Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 17, 2009 · Assembly
Senator Erpenbach withdrawn as a cosponsor
- May 12, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 18, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 30, 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