Assembly Bill 47
Creating an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts received from the well contamination and abandonment compensation program
Topics: Income tax: Deduction, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Natural Resources, Department of: Administration, Wells
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
Mar 8, 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 Ways and Means. 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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Signed on in support
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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.
Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) administers a program that provides compensation to persons with contaminated wells and wells that are unused. A person with a family income of not more than $65,000 may be eligible for the program. The program generally pays 75 percent of eligible costs with a maximum award of $9,000. Eligible costs include the costs of treating the well water, of constructing a new well or obtaining clean water from another source, or of abandoning an unused well.
This bill creates an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts received by an individual from DNR under the contaminated and abandoned wells compensation program. Under the bill, the amount of the award received by an individual is exempt from taxation.
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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
10 lawmakers are its . 7 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, 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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Apr 7, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 17, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 8, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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Mar 8, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives A. Ott, Ballweg, Berceau, Brooks, Molepske Jr, Mursau, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Thiesfeldt and Jorgensen;Cosponsored by Senators Moulton and Schultz
- Mar 8, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Ways and Means
- Mar 17, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 7, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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