Assembly Bill 20
Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation
Topics: Business, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Income tax: Refund, Industrial development
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 8, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Terms on this page
Committee
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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
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 taxpayer may claim early stage seed and angel investment income and franchise tax credits for the taxpayer's investments in qualified new businesses. If the credit amounts exceed the taxpayer's tax liability, the taxpayer does not receive a refund, but, instead, may apply the amount of the unused credits to subsequent taxable years. Under this bill, if the credit amounts exceed the taxpayer's tax liability, the taxpayer receives a refund.
Who's behind it
19 lawmakers are its . All 19 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- David Cullen · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Donna Seidel · Democrat, Assembly
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
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, 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
Assembly Committee on Jobs vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 5 · Oct 14, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 9, Noes 5”. 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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Oct 14, 2011
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Oct 14, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 5.
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Oct 4, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 28, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 28, 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 8, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.
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Feb 8, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 8, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Barca, Seidel, Hintz, Vruwink, Milroy, Pasch, Molepske Jr, Danou, Turner, Sinicki, Fields, Berceau, Shilling, Clark, Pope-Roberts, Jorgensen, Bernard Schaber, D. Cullen and Hebl;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, S. Coggs and Erpenbach
- Feb 8, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business
- Feb 23, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 28, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 28, 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
- Oct 4, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business
- Oct 14, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 9, Noes 5
- Oct 14, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to joint committee on Finance
- 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.
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.
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