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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 182

Excluding permits and licenses from the definition of real property for property tax purposes

Topics: Personal property, Property tax: Exemption, Real property

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

    Sep 14, 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 Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue. 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.

Under current law, for property tax purposes, "real property" includes land and all buildings and improvements on the land and all fixtures and rights and privileges related to the real property. Under this bill, "real property" does not include permits and licenses related to real property.

Under current law, money and intangible personal property, including credit, checks, share drafts, notes, bonds, stocks, and other written instruments, are exempt from property taxes. The bill clarifies that permits and licenses are also intangible property for purposes of the property tax exemption for money and intangible personal property.

Who's behind it

11 senators are its ⁠. 9 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.

23 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 34 names

Authors (11)

Signed on in support (23)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 19, 2011

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Sep 14, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue.

  4. Sep 14, 2011

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 14, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Zipperer, Galloway, Grothman, Hansen, Holperin, Lasee, Lazich, Moulton, Olsen, Schultz and Vukmir;Cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, August, Brooks, Craig, Endsley, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Krug, LeMahieu, Mursau, Nass, Nygren, A. Ott, Petersen, Rivard, Spanbauer, Steineke, Thiesfeldt, Wynn and Weininger

  2. Sep 14, 2011 · Senate

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

  3. Sep 19, 2011 · Senate

    Representative Ballweg added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

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

Official term: Cosponsor