Assembly Bill 16
The jobs tax credit
Topics: Corporation: Taxation, Income tax: Credit
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
Feb 4, 2011
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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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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c). 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a person who undertakes certain business activities in this state may claim an income an franchise tax credit (jobs tax credit) in an amount determined by the Department of Commerce (Commerce), not to exceed 10 percent of the wages paid to eligible employees who make at least $20,000, but no more than $100,000, in the taxable year. Under this bill, a person may also claim a jobs tax credit in an amount determined by Commerce, not to exceed 5 percent of the wages paid to eligible employees who make more than $100,000, but no more than $250,000, in the taxable year.
Under current law, the total amount of credits that may be allocated under the jobs tax credit for the period beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on June 30, 2013, is $14,500,000. Under the bill, the total amount of credits that may be allocated under the jobs tax credit for the period beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on June 30, 2013, is $20,000,000.
Who's behind it
13 representatives are its . All 13 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Parisi · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Donna Seidel · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, 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. 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, 37 to 60 · Jun 21, 2011
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 Jobs, Economy and Small Business and take up, Ayes 37, Noes 60”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 16, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs.
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Feb 23, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 4, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.
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Feb 4, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 4, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Seidel, Barca, Molepske Jr, Turner, Milroy, Staskunas, Fields, Parisi, Hintz, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Pope-Roberts and Jorgensen;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Holperin and Taylor
- Feb 4, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business
- Feb 23, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 23, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 21, 2011 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and take up, Ayes 37, Noes 60
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and referred to committee on Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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
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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote