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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 16

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the jobs tax credit.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Fields (D) , Hintz (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Milroy (D) , Molepske Jr (D) , Parisi (D) , Pope-Roberts (D) , Seidel (D) , Staskunas (D) , Turner (D)

3 cosponsors

Hansen (D) , Holperin (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and take up, Ayes 37, Noes 60

Failed 37–60 Jun 21, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. 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

  2. Feb 4, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business

  3. Feb 23, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 23, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. 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

  6. 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)

  7. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1