Assembly Resolution 7
Requiring a two-thirds majority vote in the assembly for passage, concurrence, and adoption of proposals that increase the rate of the state sales tax, increase any of the rates of the income tax or franchise tax, or increase a fee
Topics: Bills, Legislative, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Rate, Legislature: Procedure, Legislature: Rules: Assembly, Sales tax
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 proposal.
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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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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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.
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
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 resolution requires a two-thirds majority vote for passage, concurrence, and adoption of a proposal to increase the rate of the state sales tax, to increase any of the rates of the income tax or franchise tax, or increase a fee.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . All 10 are Republicans.
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Authors (10)
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this proposal. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Failed, 43 to 53 · Feb 24, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 43, Noes 53”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Feb 24, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.
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Feb 24, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Vukmir, Nygren, Kramer, Pridemore, Mursau, Strachota, Zipperer, J. Ott, LeMahieu and Vos
- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Read and referred to committee on Assembly Organization
- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 43, Noes 53
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to adopt 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
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote