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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 24

Creating an individual income tax checkoff for Wisconsin food banks that are members of Feeding America and making an appropriation

Topics: Eau Claire, City of, Income tax: Return, Madison, City of, Milwaukee: City, Nutrition, Organization, Miscellaneous

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 3, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, an individual income tax check-off procedure exists that allows an individual who files a return to designate any amount of additional payment or any amount of a refund due for the endangered resources program.

Similar checkoffs exist to provide payments to several other programs, including a veterans trust fund, prostate cancer research, multiple sclerosis programs, a fire fighters memorial, and a breast cancer research program, and to provide a donation to a professional football stadium district. This bill creates a similar income tax checkoff for designations to food banks in Wisconsin that are members of Feeding America (formerly Second Harvest). Feeding America distributes food to more than 1,500 nonprofit programs throughout Wisconsin.

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Under the bill, an individual who has an income tax liability, is due a refund, or is required to file a return may designate any amount of additional payment, or any amount of a refund due, to Feeding America on his or her income tax return. If an individual's designation exceeds the amount of his or her refund, he or she must include a check with his or her tax return for the difference between the amount of the designation and the amount of the refund. If an individual who makes a contribution has a tax liability or has no tax liability and is due no refund, he or she must include a check for the amount of the designation with his or her tax return.

The bill requires that an amount equal to the total amount of designations received, less the total cost of administering the income tax check-off procedure, be appropriated to food banks in Wisconsin that are members of Feeding America.

Sixty-five percent of the amount goes to Second Harvest food bank in Milwaukee, 20 percent to Madison, and 15 percent to Eau Claire.

Who's behind it

8 senators are its ⁠. 7 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 18 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (10)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Health vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 1 · Apr 14, 2009

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 Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 6, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 4 to 0 · Apr 20, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 4, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 20, 2009

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  3. Apr 14, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 1.

  4. Mar 18, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Feb 20, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Feb 3, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.

  7. Feb 3, 2009

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 3, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Coggs, Vinehout, Risser, Hansen, Kreitlow, Erpenbach, Taylor and Darling;Cosponsored by Representatives Young, Hilgenberg, Richards, Grigsby, Sinicki, Gunderson, A. Williams, Pasch, Roth and Montgomery

  2. Feb 3, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue

  3. Feb 20, 2009 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 18, 2009 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 14, 2009 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 14, 2009 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  7. Apr 14, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 20, 2009 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 4, Noes 0

  9. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

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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.

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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

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.

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary