Assembly Bill 171
An income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income
Topics: Corporation: Taxation, Farmland preservation, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Industrial development
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
Jun 8, 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 Jobs, Economy and Small Business. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under the federal Internal Revenue Code, a taxpayer may claim a deduction equal to 9 percent of the taxpayer's qualified production activities income in the taxable year or 9 percent of the taxpayer's total taxable income, whichever is less.
For federal tax purposes, qualified production activities income is, generally, the amount of the taxpayer's domestic production gross receipts that exceed the sum of the cost of goods sold and other expenses, losses, or deductions. Domestic production gross receipts are, generally, gross receipts derived from property that was manufactured, produced, grown, or extracted in the United States.
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Under this bill, an individual taxpayer may claim a state income tax credit equal to the taxpayer's qualified production activities income derived from manufacturing property and agricultural property, multiplied by 7.5 percent. A corporation or insurer may claim a state income and franchise tax credit equal to the lesser of its taxable income apportioned to this state or its qualified production activities income derived from manufacturing property or agricultural property, multiplied by 7.5 percent.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . All 16 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 5, 2011
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Aug 11, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 8, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.
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Jun 8, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kooyenga, Jacque, Brooks, Petryk, Knilans, Endsley, Litjens, A. Ott, Wynn, Strachota, Stroebel, Pridemore, Thiesfeldt, Kapenga, LeMahieu and Knodl;Cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Leibham, Kapanke, Galloway, Darling and Lazich
- Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business
- Aug 11, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 5, 2011 · Assembly
Representative Spanbauer added as a coauthor
- 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
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