Assembly Bill 17
Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority
Topics: Administrative rules, Business, Commerce, Department of, Corporation: Taxation, Employment, Revenue, Department of
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 this bill, generally, a business that hires new full-time employees may begin to receive a tax benefit, if it applies to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to receive that benefit. Under the bill, an eligible business may, rather than submit the amount as withholding taxes, retain an amount that is equal to the increase in the business's payroll attributable to new employees with full-time jobs.
A business is only eligible for the tax benefits if it employs no more than ten employees during the year. Under the bill, the Department of Revenue (DOR) considers all amounts retained as tax benefits to be amounts submitted to DOR as withholding taxes.
Who's behind it
21 lawmakers are its . 20 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (21)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- David Cullen · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Parisi · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Donna Seidel · Democrat, Assembly
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- 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 were 2 votes 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, 38 to 59 · 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 38, Noes 59”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Failed, 34 to 61 · Oct 25, 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 34, Noes 61”. 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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Mar 8, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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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 Hintz, Mason, Parisi, Shilling, Vruwink, Roys, Barca, Milroy, Turner, Molepske Jr, Spanbauer, Pasch, Grigsby, Berceau, Clark, Pope-Roberts, Bernard Schaber, Jorgensen, D. Cullen, Sinicki and Seidel;Cosponsored by Senators 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
- Mar 8, 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 38, Noes 59
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 61
- 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