Senate Bill 164
Increasing the maximum claim under the school property tax credit for older claimants
Topics: Landlord and tenant, Property tax, Senior citizen
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
Apr 9, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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.
Under current law, the school property tax rent credit may be claimed by an individual for property taxes paid on the claimant's principal dwelling, or rent constituting property taxes paid on the claimant's principal dwelling, during the taxable year for which the credit is claimed. The credit, which may be claimed up to the amount of the claimant's tax liability, is 12 percent of the first $2,500 of property taxes, or rent constituting property taxes ($300), paid or 12 percent of the first $1,250 of property taxes, or rent constituting property taxes ($150), paid by a married person filing separately.
For a claimant who reaches the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her claim relates, this bill increases the maximum credit which may be claimed to 12 percent of the first $5,000 of property taxes, or rent constituting property taxes ($600), paid or 12 percent of the first $2,500 of property taxes, or rent constituting property taxes ($300), paid by a married person filing separately. The bill first applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
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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May 7, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 9, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
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Apr 9, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 9, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Darling, Leibham, Hopper, Schultz, A. Lasee and Plale;Cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Kerkman, Gundrum, Bies, Lothian, Brooks, Murtha, Kaufert, Spanbauer, Gunderson, Honadel and Van Roy
- Apr 9, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue
- May 7, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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