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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 387

A sales and use tax exemption for coins, currency, and commemorative medallions

Topics: International relations, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Personal property, Sales, Sales tax: Exemption

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

    Nov 21, 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 a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of coins, currency, commemorative medallions, or coins of the United States, or any other sovereign government, that are made from gold, silver, platinum, or palladium, or any combination of such metals.

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

5 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 5 are Republicans.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 10 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (5)

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 Ways and Means vote to recommend it

Passed, 9 to 1 · Feb 27, 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 Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 27, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.

  3. Feb 27, 2012

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 1.

  4. Feb 9, 2012

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Nov 22, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Nov 21, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  7. Nov 21, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 21, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Kaufert, Pridemore, Krug and Kooyenga;Cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Olsen, Grothman, Schultz and Lassa

  2. Nov 21, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Ways and Means

  3. Nov 22, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  7. Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  8. 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