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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 17

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tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority.

  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 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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Clark (D) , D. Cullen (D) , Grigsby (D) , Hintz (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Molepske Jr (D) , Parisi (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope-Roberts (D) , Roys (D) , Seidel (D) , Shilling (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spanbauer (R) , Turner (D) , Vruwink (D)

2 cosponsors

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 38, Noes 59

Failed 38–59 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.

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 61

Failed 34–61 Oct 25, 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 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

  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. Mar 8, 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 38, Noes 59

  6. 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

  7. 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)

  8. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1