Senate Bill 3
Tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority
Topics: Administrative rules, Business, Commerce, Department of, Corporation: Taxation, Employment, Revenue, Department of
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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
Jan 14, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 sat with the Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, generally, a business that increases its net employment by at least 15 full-time employees in any taxable year may begin to receive a tax benefit, if it applies to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to receive that benefit.
Under the bill, an eligible business may, rather than submit the amount as withholding taxes, retain an amount that is equal to the withholding taxes that the business is required to pay on wages earned by each full-time employee, as certified by Commerce, in the year for which the business claims the tax benefit, multiplied by the employee's applicable tax rate. A business may claim the benefit for only five years, unless the business can demonstrate to Commerce that it needs an additional five-year extension. Under the bill, the Department of Revenue (DOR) considers all amounts retained as tax benefits to be amounts submitted to DOR as withholding taxes.
Who's behind it
10 senators are its . 9 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
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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Feb 3, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 1, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 1, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 14, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue.
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Jan 14, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 14, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Leibham, Hopper, Zipperer, Galloway, Taylor, Olsen, Lazich, Darling, Wanggaard and Schultz;Cosponsored by Representatives Endsley, Knodl, Ripp, Pridemore, Kestell, Spanbauer, Rivard, LeMahieu, Kleefisch, Thiesfeldt and Mursau
- Jan 14, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue
- Feb 1, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 1, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 3, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
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