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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 75

Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation

Topics: Income tax: Return, Organization, Miscellaneous

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

    Apr 7, 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.

Under current law, an individual income tax check-off procedure exists that allows an individual who files a return to designate any amount of additional payment or any amount of a refund due for the endangered resources program.

Similar checkoffs exist to provide payments to several other programs, including a veterans trust fund, prostate cancer research, multiple sclerosis programs, a fire fighters memorial, Second Harvest food banks, and a breast cancer research program, and to provide a donation to a professional football stadium district. This bill creates a similar income tax checkoff for designations to the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc.

Read the full summary

Under the bill, an individual who has an income tax liability, is due a refund, or is required to file a return may designate any amount of additional payment, or any amount of a refund due, to the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., on his or her income tax return. If an individual's designation exceeds the amount of his or her refund, he or she must include a check with his or her tax return for the difference between the amount of the designation and the amount of the refund. If an individual who makes a contribution has a tax liability or has no tax liability and is due no refund, he or she must include a check for the amount of the designation with his or her tax return.

The bill requires that an amount equal to the total amount of designations received, less the total cost of administering the income tax check-off procedure, be appropriated to Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc.

Who's behind it

17 lawmakers are its ⁠. 11 are Republicans, 5 are Democrats and 1 is a Independent.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 25 names

Authors (17)

Signed on in support (8)

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, 10 to 1 · Oct 19, 2011

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 10, 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. Oct 19, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Oct 19, 2011

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

  4. Sep 8, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Apr 18, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Apr 7, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  7. Apr 7, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nygren, Marklein, Kooyenga, Krug, LeMahieu, Petryk, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Ziegelbauer, Berceau, Bewley, E. Coggs, Jorgensen and Molepske Jr;Cosponsored by Senators Galloway, Darling, Kedzie, Olsen, Schultz, Hansen, Lassa and Risser

  2. Apr 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Ways and Means

  3. Apr 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 6, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 19, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 1

  7. Oct 19, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Oct 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-1-2011 by committee on Rules

  9. Nov 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. 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.

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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

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