Assembly Bill 280
Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses
Topics: Employment, Income tax: Deduction, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Metropolitan transportation
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
Sep 28, 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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates an individual income tax exemption for the cost of a public transportation pass provided by an employer to an employee, or for the money paid by an employer to an employee to purchase such a pass, of up to $230 per month.
Under current federal law, for taxable years beginning in 2010, such passes, or funds to pay for such passes, provided to an employee that have a value of $230 per month or less are exempt from the income tax. This federal exemption applies for Wisconsin purposes.
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This bill first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2011, except that if the bill takes effect after July 31, 2011, it first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2012.
Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.
Who's behind it
4 representatives are its . All 4 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Elizabeth Coggs · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, 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 was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 0 · Feb 15, 2012
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 Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. 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 15, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Feb 14, 2012
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 7, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 17, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 28, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
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Sep 28, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Sep 28, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 28, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Toles, Fields, Sinicki and Grigsby;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Schultz and Risser
- Sep 28, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Sep 28, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- Oct 17, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 7, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held by committee on Transportation
- Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly
Representative E. Coggs added as a coauthor
- Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken by committee on Transportation
- Feb 15, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- 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