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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 220

An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority

Topics: Corporation: Taxation, Employment, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Revenue, Department of

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 18, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs. The amount of the credit is equal to 30 percent of the amount that an employer pays in the taxable year to provide a workplace wellness program to any of the employer's employees who are employed in this state. A workplace wellness program is a health or fitness program, as defined by administrative rule by the Department of Revenue, that is provided with health risk assessments.

Who's behind it

30 lawmakers are its ⁠. 25 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 37 names

Authors (30)

Signed on in support (7)

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 was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Health vote on an amendment

Passed, 11 to 0 · Oct 25, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 25, 2011

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  3. Oct 25, 2011

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 1.

  4. Sep 21, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Sep 16, 2011

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. Sep 9, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Aug 18, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  8. Aug 18, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Murtha, Nygren, Bies, Brooks, Doyle, Honadel, Jacque, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kestell, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Nerison, A. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Strachota, Stone, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Van Roy and Zepnick;Cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Hopper, Kapanke, Lassa, Leibham, Schultz and Zipperer

  2. Aug 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health

  3. Sep 9, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 16, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 21, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly

    Senator Lassa withdrawn as a cosponsor

  7. Oct 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Murtha

  8. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Richards, Seidel and Pasch

  9. Oct 19, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  11. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 10, Noes 1

  12. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  13. 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.

More in the glossary

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.

More in the glossary

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