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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 141

Resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons and exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature

Topics: Claims, Income tax: Deduction, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Prison

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jul 5, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, the claims board is directed to hear petitions for compensation by persons who are released from imprisonment for crimes of which they claim to be innocent. If the board finds that the petitioner was innocent and that he or she did not by his or her own act or failure to act contribute to or bring about the conviction and imprisonment for which he or she seeks compensation, the board must award the petitioner compensation not to exceed $25,000 total nor more than $5,000 for each year of imprisonment. Any award is paid from state general purpose revenues.

If the board determines that it is not able to award an adequate compensation, it is directed to submit a report to the legislature specifying the amount that it considers to be adequate.

Read the full summary

This bill increases the limit on the amount of compensation to a rate of $15,000 per year and eliminates the limit on the total amount of an award. Under the bill, the $15,000 limit is subject to an annual adjustment based upon changes in the cost of living.

The bill also exempts from taxation the payments that an individual, or his or her estate, receives from the claims board, or from the state legislature as a result of claims board action.

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

2 senators are its ⁠. All 2 are Democrats.

9 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 11 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (9)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jul 13, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Jul 7, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Jul 5, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.

  5. Jul 5, 2011

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 5, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Taylor and Hansen;Cosponsored by Representatives Spanbauer, Berceau, Bernier, Bies, Kessler, Pasch, Roys, Staskunas and Young

  2. Jul 5, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations

  3. Jul 7, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 13, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

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Cost estimate

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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