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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 164

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an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness

programs. The amount of the credit is equal to 30 percent of the amount that an

employer pays in the taxable year to provide a workplace wellness program to any

of the employer's employees who are employed in this state. A workplace wellness

program is a health or fitness program, as defined by administrative rule by the

Department of Revenue, that is provided with health risk assessments.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Hopper (R) , Kapanke (R) , Lazich (R) , Leibham (R) , Moulton (R) , Schultz (R) , Zipperer (R)

31 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Doyle (D) , Honadel (R) , Jacque (R) , Jorgensen (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kestell (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Litjens (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Nygren (R) , Petersen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Petryk (R) , Pridemore (R) , Ripp (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spanbauer (R) , Staskunas (D) , Stone (R) , Strachota (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R) , Van Roy (R) , Zepnick (D)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Oct 24, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Aug 11, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Moulton, Lassa, Hopper, Kapanke, Lazich, Leibham, Schultz and Zipperer;Cosponsored by Representatives Murtha, Nygren, Bies, Brooks, Doyle, Honadel, Jacque, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kestell, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Nerison, A. Ott, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pridemore, Ripp, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Stone, Strachota, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Van Roy and Zepnick

  2. Aug 11, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue

  3. Sep 1, 2011 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue and rereferred to committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism, pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c)

  4. Sep 12, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 13, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Sep 19, 2011 · Senate

    Representative Ballweg added as a cosponsor

  7. Oct 10, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Lassa withdrawn as a coauthor

  8. Oct 18, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Holperin

  9. Oct 18, 2011 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Moulton

  10. Oct 20, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Holperin

  11. Oct 20, 2011 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)

  12. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  13. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  14. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  15. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  16. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1