Assembly Bill 359
An income and franchise tax credit for providing broadband service
Topics: Data processing, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Poor, Rural planning
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
Nov 3, 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
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Public hearing
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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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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
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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.
This bill creates an income and franchise tax credit for amounts that a taxpayer spends for infrastructure costs to provide broadband service to any of the following:
1. Rural areas in this state.
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2. Areas in this state where there is no broadband service or where the Internet access service is no more than 200 kilobits per second.
3. Areas in this state that are populated primarily by low-income persons.
Who's behind it
6 lawmakers are its . All 6 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
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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Jan 11, 2012
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 14, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 3, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.
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Nov 3, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Spanbauer, Petryk, Petrowski, A. Ott and Ripp;Cosponsored by Senators Holperin and Taylor
- Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business
- Nov 14, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 11, 2012 · Assembly
Representative Bies 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